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  1. National Cybersecurity Undermined on MS To Share Early Flaw Data With Governments · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Time to move .gov off of Microsoft entirely. This negates some of the protection afforded by our nation in the event of a cyberwar.

    Not like anyone can really win a cyberwar, it will be decided by who owns more bots......

  2. Solar Power? on Bill Gates Funds Seawater-Spraying Cloud Machines · · Score: 1

    Since this will decrease solar cell efficiency, is he signing off on a coal-burning plant nearby to power this wonderful device?

  3. Fingerprints on the screen on iPad Is Destroying Netbook Sales · · Score: 1

    I can't get past the fingerprints all over the screen. Who can enjoy a movie/web experience having to look past all the smudges?

    I will keep my Netbook, thank you.

  4. New Event at DefCon / Toorcon? on Seattle Hacker Catches Cops Who Hid Arrest Tapes · · Score: 1

    God I hope this translates into a new event (foam drunken golf) and a good discussion at DefCon or Toorcon (David Hulton also was tagged as a naughty monkey!)

    Great work, this illustrates the huge gap in modern Law Enforcement and the failure to keep up with and understand the impact of new technology.....

  5. Re:Fedora *had* 24 million users on Ubuntu Claims 12 Million Users — Before Lucid · · Score: 1

    From bailing my friends out who insist on being a Fedora Fanboy....

  6. Re:Fedora *had* 24 million users on Ubuntu Claims 12 Million Users — Before Lucid · · Score: 0, Troll

    Had meaning I am no longer a user. Guess I should have said they have 23.999999 Million users. I still left that unstable project and never looked back.

    Ubuntu works for me like Gentoo did (and I got flamed for that but oh well) and Fedora still gives a lackluster performance.

  7. Fedora *had* 24 million users on Ubuntu Claims 12 Million Users — Before Lucid · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Until they jacked up some updates. I left RedHat Open Source product after using RedHat since 4.2. Ran into dependency hell with Fedora Core. I went Gentoo for a while (love the speed) but got lazy and tried Ubuntu. It has been my primary desktop and netbook distro ever since. (8.04) Solid as a rock. I even do the distro upgrades after being paranoid and backing everything up, but the upgrades have been flawless.

    Still use RedHat Enterprise products with no major issues except the occasional hardware support thing.

    Ubuntu just works. If there is a problem the forums have the answer. YMMV

  8. BEER of course on Why Do We Name Servers the Way We Do? · · Score: 1

    All of the machines at a hardware manufacturer I worked at named them for beers. Any kind of beer.

    It was kind of fun finding names for new ones.

    Corona (fileserver) had an uptime of over 2 years before we upgraded the hard drive, thereby requiring a reboot......

  9. PUPPY LINUX FTW! on Configuring a Windows PC For a Senior Citizen? · · Score: 1

    Just loaded up Puppy Linux for the kids and it is fast and very menu driven with everything you need - Web, Email, Chat.....

  10. Solid GPO on Windows on Creating a Security Test Environment? · · Score: 1

    MBSA only looks for know stuff like AdAware and Spybot does.

    Windows - Sysinternals old stuff, FileMon, RegMon, and NetMon are what you need to use for seeing how applications behave within your environment.

    This all depends on how locked down your environment is. If you have a masochistic GPO then definitely take this route.

    Or, Enforce a solid GPO and let any application on there.

  11. Re:Countdown... on Disgruntled Engineer Hijacks San Francisco's Computer System · · Score: 1

    IBTSTLIE

    In Before The Stupid Law Is Enacted

  12. Re:Folks can see the writing on the wall on Disgruntled Engineer Hijacks San Francisco's Computer System · · Score: 1

    California is AT WILL

    Unless you are a government employee. Or Union.

    San Fran is messed up on SO many levels, this is just noise.....

  13. Refresh a T20 and then get back to us on Revitalizing an Aging Notebook On the Cheap · · Score: 1

    'Refresh' an R50?

    Try eliminating the spyware first. Total cost for 28% faster = $0.

    I just wiped clean a T20 for my wife, added 128MB RAM to get up to 256M and loaded XP.

    Works great, and the screen is nice.

    Cost:
    Free T20 that was getting tossed - $0
    128MB from Craigslist - $5
    XP license from long-gone neighbor's computer - $0
    Orinoco Silver Combo card from the old days - $0

    I spent $5.

    OK, it took me a couple of hours to load XP and all the goodies, but I have a solid laptop that plays DVDs, burns CDs, browses the web (wired or wireless), gets email..... you get the picture.

    I am laughing since you spent way too much!

  14. Protect that Free Speech and Privacy on Wiretapping Law Sparks Rage In Sweden · · Score: 1

    Good thing Sweden has something like the 2nd Amendment to keep the government in check!

    Oh.... wait a minute.... maybe they don't? OOPS.

    This should be a warning to all Americans - coming to a country near you!

  15. Lock out causing Mayhem? on New Lock Aims To End Chip Piracy · · Score: 1

    What happens when the thing locks back up?

    I hope the next generation fighter jet and Boeing 777 make sure these parts don't make it in there.

    "Flight 82, this is the tower. Please state your intentions for disregarding orders to circle until you are cleared to land"

    "Tower this is flight 82. Throttle controls are unresponsive - I keep getting a 500 error."

  16. Re:Outsourced Ourselves on Helping IT Save Money ... and Jobs? · · Score: 2, Funny

    *sarcasm*

    You left out California.

    In many ways a country by itself. Just a short plane ride from the U.S., 7th largest economy in the world, highly trained (and hungry) IT workforce, Low-level work at average-cost (Lots of Chinese, Mexicans, Vietnamese, and Malaysians), and well-known for string bikinis.

    Downsides are high taxes and English deficient workforce.

    */sarcasm*

  17. Re:Intrigued, but annoyed on The History of Computing Auctioned at Christie's · · Score: 1

    What if the newer Google millionaires want this stuff? They have interests like us, and probably read Slashdot, too. Hard to have a passion for this stuff without wanting that collection.....

    Then, we can Google [museum:Turing] :-)

    My first thought was, which dotcommer put his estate up for sale?

  18. Low Power + Small Footprint + cool case = SOLTEK on Really Stylish PCs and Peripherals · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Soltek IQ3601 - Via C3 1Ghz, colored cases, just throw in some DDR266 memory, a hard drive, CDROM and voila! Bought mine from newegg.com, the damn thing is too quiet. I forget it is on, except the hard drive spinning noise is just enough to make you hear something, but not enough to identify what it is.

    www.soltek.com.tw

    6 USB ports, 2 1394, VGA, 6.1 audio, optical audio out, TV out option, 1 PCI slot, all for under 200 bucks!

    I may buy a couple more to hand out at Christmas.

    Cheers-

  19. Re:Yvan eht nioj on Would You Bid for a Job? · · Score: 1

    Since I got out in 2001, I have recently discovered different locations qualify for 'incentive ' pay - thst is, less popular locations can earn a person an extra 1500 maximum/month incentive.

    Lemoore Naval Air Station, California - 1500/month
    Yokosuka Navy Base, Japan (Telecom center) - 1200/month

    Japan is a lot more fun, and you get extra cost-of-living pay as well.... not in Lemoore!

  20. Bidding starts at $1 - NO RESERVE on Big Brother In Your Front Seat · · Score: 5, Funny

    You are bidding on one (1) Sunday Driver Profile (SDP)package.

    Includes:
    1 SDP download (compatible with GEICO, AAA, Allstate, Progressive, and Farmers)
    1 SDP handbook that includes background information of driving habits for answering those aggressive insurance agents

    Don't pay extra for insurance! Let the Sunday Driver profile work for you - guaranteed to meet the specifications of your insurance company or your money back.

    SATISFACTION GUARANTEED

    "I used the SDP package and saved 100s of dollars on my insurance! Thanks SDP!" - M. Gecko, San Diego

  21. They need the 1 billion on Microsoft's Midlife Crisis · · Score: 1

    To pay for this

    Things are coming to a close on this case, and the European theatre is heating up.
    Microsoft meets Europe July 27

    The bigger they are.........

  22. Re:Stopped using it when my update crashed.... on Fedora Core 2 Dud or Dodo? · · Score: 1

    I have stuck with the 2.4 branch for the same reason. I tried to move to 2.6 earlier, but found too many problems to want to change. I may get around to it this summer.

    I am not sure if it is ATI's lack of support, but many people trumpet the good support from NVIDIA on video card chipsets, but the NForce2 mobo chipset support is lacking?

  23. Stopped using it when my update crashed.... on Fedora Core 2 Dud or Dodo? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Never had that problem with Gentoo. Moved all my machines to Gentoo and never looked back.

    SUSE is also put together well; it also manages updates fine. I recommend that to all my friends. (Unless they have exotic hardware, in which case they are more interested in Gentoo's performance)

    I wonder how many RedHat users switched to other distros since FC1?

  24. Re:Chernobyl on Slashback: Fairness, Radioactivity, Recovery · · Score: 2, Interesting

    She did make reference at one point in her story of a girlfriend that went riding with her - or may be I dreamt of her with another woman? :-)

    Seriously, she did mention it, I have not gone back to see if it is still there, but some shots I think are hard to fake, and if they were, who would spend THAT MUCH TIME to doctor some photos for any purpose.

    BTW, has any questioned anything from the LA or NY Times lately? ;-)

  25. Re:Yeah... on World's Fastest Supercomputer To Be Built At ORNL · · Score: 2

    Remember, DOE is a tax-payer funded agency. For my money, the G5 solutions looks better!