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  1. Re:gmail has good spam protection on Interview With The SpamAssassin · · Score: 1

    The reason for this is obvious. Tons of people rely on gmail to get messages from lkml, gnome lists, and other known and trusted sources. When the mailing lists let the spammer messages go through, gmail would probably think it's unwise to filter messages from an source that so many others trust and rely on. Autowhitelisting en masse.

  2. Re:Solitaire??? on Intel's Dual-core strategy, 75% by end 2006 · · Score: 1

    It'd be nice of Solitaire in Windows XP even just supported double buffering. The flickering when you resize the window is hideous.

    Of course, I'm biased towards aisleriot, so it doesn't matter much to me.

  3. Re:Time to post the famous Knuth quote... on Optimizations - Programmer vs. Compiler? · · Score: 1

    "It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to students that [sic] have had prior expose to BASIC; as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.
    --E. W. Dijkstra"

    So... Can anybody prove that the root of BASIC is premature optimization?

  4. I'm not surprised that they are targeting swappers on New Round of Lawsuits in Preparation for Oscars · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm nout surprised that they are targeting file swappers... I mean, it would look bad if you had to sue your own people after they leak the movies.

  5. Wrong playbook, perhaps? on Red Hat & Centos On Name Usage · · Score: 3, Interesting

    "Moreover, our client does not allow others to provide links to our client's web site without permission."

    I enjoy the effort that Red Hat's lawyers seem to be applying to this, but I think that the statement above may have simply been a stock, typical IT notion used by lawyers and not something that Red Hat either believes or enforces. I could be wrong, though....

  6. Re:Vectorized graphics on GNOME 2.10 Beta 1 Screenshot Demo · · Score: 1

    I'm sure that one day, GNOME will even ship with SVG-powered solitaire, minesweeper, and even klotski.

    Yes, I'm bragging. Click here.

    (For what it's worth, I don't care about using SVG for icons just yet. Perhaps one day, we will se people running at least 133 dpi regularly, then I'll consider it. That day is not today.)

  7. My cell phone is better than yours... on PDA Sales Fall for Third Year in Row · · Score: 1, Funny

    My cell phone has almost every piece of functionality I got from my PDA 3 years ago. Plus a crappy camera. Still no dice roller.

    Sure, but can you use it like a CB radio (DJ Convoy)? Is it Shatner-compliant?

  8. Not yet, I'll wait a few months... on 1.7 Billion Digits Of Pi On CD · · Score: 4, Funny

    I figure the director's cut on DVD will include even more content.

  9. Re:Sims 2? on China Bans 50 Games · · Score: 1

    And yes, I have now read tfa. The headline was completely wrong. I blame slashdot editors.

  10. Sims 2? on China Bans 50 Games · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well... if women in Sims 2 are allowed to have more than one child, then maybe the Chinese people will start getting ideas.... The sims could lead a revolution, and their government simply can't allow that. :)

  11. Re:Found you! on Revenge of the Sith Pics Leaked · · Score: 5, Funny

    Christopher Lee needs to make his own t-shirt line.....

    "57 years in the movies and all I got was typecasting as Saruman."

    At least he doesn't have it as baaaad mutha... uhm, I mean bad... as Samuel L. Jackson.

  12. Yep, bad legistlation... or maybe it's the summary on California Sets Fines for Spyware · · Score: 4, Funny

    "The bill bans the installation of software that can be used to take over another computer..."

    Goodbye, SSH. I'll miss you.

  13. Wrong question for the task. on Vendor Neutral File Formats? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "I have recently been tasked with developing a corporate wide policy that will standardize all employee created documents on vendor neutral file formats."

    Sorry, but looking at that statement, it seems to me that you are asking the wrong questions. Rather than getting concerned about formats and standards organizations, you should realize that to replace certain formats you will need to improve on open source projects without funding for the development of them. If they say "no" to this, then congratulations, you don't actually have to do this research. Nothing's quite as useless as an unfunded mandate.

    Sadly, I'm not sure if this post is meant to be funny.

  14. Related topic... URL blacklist attack spam. on Bounced Email - Dealing w/ the Latest Type of Spam? · · Score: 1

    For the last few months, using surbl (dot org) as to detect spamvertised URLs worked nicely, but this Christmas weekend, the company I work for got a ton of e-mails crammed with URLs with good websites. I'll have to check out spamassissin 3 to see if it gets around any of these problems, but it looks like this tactic kept my dns and spamassassin daemon busy enough to start letting e-mails through without getting scanned.

    Just a heads up... It's the next phase in the arms race for me, and I'm not seeing this bounced traffic problem like the poster is.

  15. Re:Perhaps they should have played Wolf3D! on Whippersnappers Bad-Mouth Old Games · · Score: 4, Informative

    Actually, the kid saw the hammer & sickle and thought "Nazi sign", confusing it with a swastika.

    And, for what it's worth, Nintendo didn't allow Wolfenstein's swastikas in the port to the SNES... I'd say Parker's at least half right. :)

  16. These kids aren't all bad... on Whippersnappers Bad-Mouth Old Games · · Score: 4, Funny

    Proof that kids can relate to the older generation:

    Dillon: And to think 20 years from now, people are going to think, "Oh, you're playing [GameCube Zelda game] Wind Waker? That's boring."

    EGM: What will you say when your kids say Wind Waker looks boring?

    Parker: Get out of my house. You're out of my will.

  17. Problems with changing... on New Calendar Proposal · · Score: 2, Insightful

    1) Aggies (Texas A&M) would need to switch from the "12 pairs of underwear" system.
    2) The once-a-year event of celebrating the arrival of the same paycheck for working 14/15th the time will disappear. The French wouldn't notice this.
    3) Doesn't fix the problem of daylight savings time... As Paul Harvey once described it, it's a bit like cutting off the top of your blanket and using it to cover your feet.

  18. Re:Who would play the role? on Harrison Ford Confirms Indiana Jones IV Production · · Score: 1

    I'd disagree there... I think it was a bit like Deep Space 9. Week to week, there was made-for-TV action and adventure, yet it was also obvious that young indy simply couldn't be a massive action hero. The first World War gave a nice story arc, and at times would show young Indy as a man with much to learn and little significance.... he wasn't somebody that could walk onto a battle field and tell everyone to throw down their weapons, nor was he a leader. He just did his job, often as a courier if I recall.

    The individual episodes had weak points all over, but I'd at least give it a B for effort and an A for something completely different on TV.

  19. In the words of Indy & Panama Hat... on Harrison Ford Confirms Indiana Jones IV Production · · Score: 5, Funny

    Harrison ford was born on 13 July 1942. That makes his 62. So we are going to have a 62-year-old man doing Indiana Jones stunts. Mr. Ford must be one fit senior citizen.....

    Indy: "It belongs in a museum."

    Panama Hat: "So do you."

    (video clip of it here)

  20. A plug and a question... on Programming Puzzles · · Score: 3, Informative

    First of all, for GNOME 2.10, gnome-game's Klotski has been updated and now supports SVG and comes with 37 puzzles, several classic wood puzzles from Minrobu Abe (this one may be solvable in 227 moves, not sure...)

    I've also started a hint function that thells the user the precalculated minimum number of moves for each puzzle. The only problem is that Microsoft's Sunshine puzzle is huge, and I've not seen any solutions for it online yet, never mind a calculated minimum. Any klotski addicts out there want to help me out?

  21. Re:Expensive? on World of Warcraft Launches · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well, that's after you pay $50 for the game + box + first month free trail subscription.

    Hrm, "free"... Gee, Blizzard marketing department, thanks for offering us a free month of game play in exchange for buying a $50 game that is useless without that subscription.

    Ugh. Between creepy marketing like that and everyone else jumping over to a Half-Life 2, both publiched by a company that still sells Counter-Strike for $30 when they've disabled the ability to play it at all (without installing a DRM platform under a different license, of course).... I'm really just getting ticked off. I'm probably alone in saving my money and avoiding both of those games, though.

    For now, I think I'll stick to working on games that are free for everyone and occasionally play UT2004 and a few budget titles without these restrictive licenses.

  22. Overheard at Red Hat Marketing... on Red Hat Launches Online Red Hat Magazine · · Score: 4, Funny

    A little birdie told me that they want you to read Red Hat Magazine, but stay away from Fedora Core. It will EAT YOUR BRANE.

  23. Re:What if I find commericials objectionable? on Senate May Rush Copyright Legislation · · Score: 1

    "But on the other hand, it's perfectly fine to skip the part about saying sex exists, and then, from the assumption that everyone knows it does, anyway, proceed to tell them that they are unattractive, under-endowed, smell bad, and are generally worthless people unless they shell out for xxxx."

    Insigihtful? .... I'm convinced that Slashdot has been taken over by Rainman mods today. :)

  24. Re:Wahoo! on Outsourcing To Rural America · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    South Dakota gave me want on November 2nd.

    Nothing against Liberals and Democrats, just a certain minority leader.

  25. Somebody get a calculator. on Former TechTV Shows and Staff Dropped · · Score: 4, Funny

    I wondering home much money Comcast spent to buy what amounts to... well... Morgan Webb.