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  1. Re:Unbreakable crypto and my rantings on Neal Stephenson on Zeta Functions · · Score: 2
    "The coding starts with a continuously generated string of random numbers, say from a satellite put up to broadcast them or from some other source."

    Maybe that's what the 'number stations' are for...

  2. So what is the zeta function ? on Neal Stephenson on Zeta Functions · · Score: 2

    Any mathematicans care to explain it ?

  3. Mod this up !! on AOL Germany Found Guilty of Piracy · · Score: 2

    That is a very good point...(well your first one anyway - CDR's are already subject to a 'copyright tax' in Germany).

  4. Nvidia and Mesa (offtopic) on Slashback: Indreams, Dejagain, Codrivel · · Score: 2
    I thought Mesa didn't work with the nvidia drivers ?

    Is this a custom version of Mesa ?

    And on a similar subject, has anybody got X 4.0.2 working properly with nvidia ?

    Every time I try to run tuxracer, evas or gltron my X server crashes. It's annoying the hell out of me.

  5. Re:How about "GNU" on Jedi == Religion In NZ · · Score: 5
    Or even better: 'GNAR' - GNAR is Not A Religion.

    Salsaman.

  6. Re:Close, but no cigar! on Sauce for the Gander: Aimster Uses DMCA to Its Advantage · · Score: 1
    "Since there is no reason to download a file without opening it..."

    Just because there is no reason for you to do so, doesn't mean there is no reason for me to do it. I might just want to test the speed of my network connection.

  7. Re:NVIDIA loses more points... on GeForce 3 Demoed - Running DOOM 3 · · Score: 1

    Thanks. I'll give it a try - I wasn't sure about whether you still needed the kernel patch in the 2.4 series - that probably explains why I can't get Xv to work...

  8. And the answer is: on Microsoft: The Biggest Web Bugger · · Score: 1

    Tools | Privacy and Security | View stored cookies

  9. Mozilla within IE on Announcing PHP-GTK · · Score: 2
    One interesting thing you could do would be to use the gtkhtml widget which I believe is based on mozilla.

    Thus you could open a mozilla browser from within IE.

  10. Re:Cross platform, eh? on Announcing PHP-GTK · · Score: 1
    Yeah but java, much as I love it for server side apps., has a visually very poor set of gui components.

    Also it's not always suitable for client side apps. If you just want to pop up a couple of windows with a menu gtk+ would be a much better option. Plus you have all the inbuilt skinnability of gtk.

  11. Re:what is wrong with people!? on Gnutella "Virus" Roams · · Score: 2

    You mean like a virus that installs Linux ;-) ?

  12. Re:Scientific Internet vs. Commercial Internet on USA Gov. Brief in MPAA vs. 2600 case Online · · Score: 1
    "What if someone makes a news site with fake information?"

    Or even worse, makes a news site with TRUE information.

  13. Re:NVIDIA loses more points... on GeForce 3 Demoed - Running DOOM 3 · · Score: 1

    Ok, so point me to the drivers for my RivaTNT2 card. I'm running linux 2.4 and XFree86 4.0.2

  14. Re:hmmmm. on Kernel 2.4.2 Released · · Score: 1

    All your kernel are belong to us.

  15. Re:Actually I know all this.,.. on Rebel Code · · Score: 1

    Sounds about right ;-)

  16. Re:I'd rather read about Microsoft on Rebel Code · · Score: 1

    Errr..based on NT, which was a graphical hack of VMS...also from the 1970's

  17. Re:faster 'n faster on Building The Fastest Desktop Possible · · Score: 1

    That's why when I buy a new CPU I generally go for the _second_ fastest at the time. It is generally a lot cheaper, and after a few months who cares anyway.

  18. Word docs on How Will Subscription-Ware Affect OEMs? · · Score: 1
    Why not just use antiword instead ?

    Works for me.

  19. Come on Scott, you're not thinking on Sun, Motorola Want Radio Tags In All Consumer Goods · · Score: 2

    If he was really smart, he'd make these chips run embedded linux and apache, an give 'em an IPv6 address too.

  20. Fact mirroring fiction ??? on MS Wants To Outlaw Open Source: "Threatens" the "American Way" · · Score: 2

    See this recent satire on segfault

  21. DOH ! on Superconducting Cables To Carry Power In Detroit · · Score: 1

    Shouldn't they be trying this out in California ?

  22. Re:Thats sick on Spidergoats · · Score: 2

    Yeah, it is sick. They could have got them to produce beer instead...

  23. Re:What would be even cooler... on Linux 2.4 Schematic Poster (Generated From Source!) · · Score: 2
    I don't think it would kill the speed; what you could do is, every millisecond or so choose a process @ random (or cycle through a list) and query it as to what code it is running.

    Also, why would it not work for kernel threads ? You could use one of the debugging tools.

  24. What would be even cooler... on Linux 2.4 Schematic Poster (Generated From Source!) · · Score: 5
    would be to have this diagram as a screen saver, and then to show small moving dots on the diagram showing exactly where each process was within the kernel.

    I wonder how difficult that would be to implement ?

  25. SEX on Can You Suggest Any Non-Zero Sum Games? · · Score: 3

    Sex is a non-zero sum game. Though I don't recommend playing it with children.