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  1. Re:not the first time on MPlayer Licence Trouble With A Twist · · Score: 1

    > you'll notice there is no qmail/djbdns in debian or OpenBSD for similar reasons.

    $ apt-cache search djbdns
    djbdns-installer - Source only package for building djbdns

    Binary packages aren't distributable, but source-only packages with a post-download compile/install stage are legit.

    A similar thing is available for Pine to work around similar license restrictions.

  2. Re:Corporations should not have free speech on Supreme Court Takes Nike Free Speech Case · · Score: 2

    > Corporations are supposed to server the greater good.

    Oops. One too many "r"s. Was that serve or sever?

    Seems it's just a "before" and "after" alternative ...

  3. Planar. on DVI Flat Panels? · · Score: 2

    I use a Planar 17.4" dealie. When I got it there were two types available at the same size, and with similar model numbers ... I have the dual analog/DVI input with pivot.

    It's bright, fast, and compared with the others at the time I bought it (December of last year) was a steal at around $700. Any of the other brands with similar feature sets were priced at more like $1000.

  4. Spell Checker. on Thermally Powered Mechanical Wristwatch · · Score: 2, Funny

    At those prices, you'd think he could afford a spell checker. I've been reading the site for 5 minutes and already found 3 errors.

  5. Marie Antoinette said it best on Mandrake Appealing to Community, Again · · Score: 2

    Let them eat cake.

  6. Re:access on Gateway to Ship PCs with Pre-Installed DRM Music Files · · Score: 2

    > If I recall correctly, mainframes in the old days used to ship with HARDWARE that you couldn't access legally.

    This is still the case. The processor block on an IBM S390 has, I think, 12 CPU chips on the silicon. You pay for as many as you want to use ... if one goes bad it's disabled and you start to use fresh silicon without needing to replace the unit.

  7. Re:JohnCompanies on How Much Do You Pay to Host Your Website? · · Score: 2

    I'll second that recommendation.

    It's good value, good hardware, and good support.

    There are a few limitations - for example if you're on the freebsd side of the house you're absolutely limited to one IP total, though I believe under linux you can pay extra to get more IPs if you need them (if I could get them, I would use them).

    I have about 40 sites running in one of their virtual instances, and have seen no performance problems.

  8. Re:What of Dynamic Images (charts and graphs)? on Ask an Expert About Web Site Accessibility · · Score: 2

    > Too bad my website can't ask the user's browser: "Is this person blind?"

    How about a nice chartreuse colour scheme (like Larry uses, actually)? If your reader hasn't already left then you can safely assume they have some degree of visual impairment.

  9. Re:A 19 year old??? on Martin Schulze Steps Down As SPI Vice President · · Score: 2

    > This must be some prestigious organization if a 19 year old is offering to serve on the board...

    I've met Jimmy. He's a pretty prestigious guy. Can't say the same about you, though.

  10. Re:Suggested equipments for best view on Leonid Meteor Shower Observation Tips · · Score: 2

    > I want to take pictures of the night.

    read this --
    http://luminous-landscape.com/techniques/leonide s- 2002.shtml

  11. Re:tinydns: internal and external views? on Bind 4 and 8 Vulnerabilities · · Score: 2

    Search for this string in the referenced page.

    "... specifies that jupiter.heaven.af.mil has address 192.168.1.2 for clients in the 192.168.* network and address 1.2.3.4 for everyone else."

    Now, why do you need any of the four words you quote to explain/demonstrate the concept?

  12. Re:Single Drive RAID on Have Fujitsu Harddrives Been Failing in Record Numbers? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    > So, manufacturers, build me a single drive form factor hard drive, with 1 ide connector that is in fact a RAID 1 array!

    And, when one drive fails, you want to replace both together instead of just replacing the bad one and remirroring??

  13. Re:And I guess... on Bind 4 and 8 Vulnerabilities · · Score: 3, Informative

    > ...that's why I run Bind 9 and keep it updated.

    The more pressing concern is that parts of bind4 and bind8 are so far ingrained in standard system libraries and other binaries that simply changing to use bind9 as your nameserver doesn't remove the old, buggy code from your system.

  14. Re:tinydns: internal and external views? on Bind 4 and 8 Vulnerabilities · · Score: 5, Informative

    > Does TinyDNS support internal and external views?

    Yes. This page shows you how http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/tinydns-data.html

  15. Just imagine a beowulf .... on SGI Introduces World's Densest Server · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Uh, nevermind.

  16. Re:My MSI board failed. on Taiwanese Capacitors Leaking, Exploding · · Score: 2

    It was nothing that recent. I believe I bought it in jan/feb of 2001. Perhaps a K7T Turbo 2?

  17. My MSI board failed. on Taiwanese Capacitors Leaking, Exploding · · Score: 4, Interesting

    My MSI board failed a couple of months ago, and we didn't have a dog to blame the smell on.

    I noticed many of the caps around the memory banks appeared blown - there was a lot of brown residue around the top. The smell occured a week or so (perhaps?) before final failure.

    For my money, even though the original board cost around $120, I just bought a $50 replacement from ECS. It took most of the original memory (2 DIMM slots only, compared to the 3 slots in the original), and otherwise did what was needed without spending repair money on what's now an old-tech product.

    The machine has an Athlon 900 T-bird, now has a 1/2G of ram (did have 3/4) and doesn't really do a great deal other than email, web, games, photoshop. Sure, the extra 1/4G of ram would have been nice to keep but for the money of even thinking about the repair I'd be better off just recycling and buying new with a DDR333 system.

    Once again, technology is cheaper to replace/upgrade than it is to repair.

  18. Re:nForce on Why Do Graphics Cards Cost So Much? · · Score: 2

    > Graphics cards are expensive because they don't sell in large quantities.

    Yeah, one graphics card per computer never did seem like a large enough quantity to me, either.

    </joke>

  19. My technique... on Encrypt Information In Images Without Distortion · · Score: 2

    Hmmm ... how to embed/encode/encrypt the image within itself? ... I just XOR the image with itself. I also gain a few extra notches of JPEG compression that way.

  20. Re:gotdotnet.co.uk running ... Linux on Microsoft Puts SourceForge Clone Into Beta · · Score: 2

    apache 1.3.23? Hmm ... chunked encoding vulnerability, perhaps?

  21. Re:What is the relevance of FreeBSD today? on FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE · · Score: 5, Informative

    > There's no RedHat FreeBSD, SuSE FreeBSD, Debian FreeBSD, etc. It's just FreeBSD.

    Um. Actually there *is* Debian/FreeBSD. You can find more details here: http://www.debian.org/ports/freebsd/

    That said, I do agree with your original point.

  22. Yeah yeah ... on Tom's Hardware Review of Yamaha CRW F1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wake me up when I can burn data on the image side.

  23. Not just in school. on "L33T" Speak Invades Schools · · Score: 1

    You should see some of the business correspondence that I receive daily :-(

  24. D'uh. on Linux Worm Creating "Attack Network" · · Score: 4, Funny

    Seems it is true...the security of your web server depends on how effective you are at keeping up to date on patches, no matter if you are running Windows or Linux."

    D'uh. Go on, mod me down if you must.

  25. Hmm ... I'll post to /. on If You Didn't Need Money, What Would You Do? · · Score: 2

    I think I have to post to Slashdot for ideas on how to use all this free time I seem to have on my hands.