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  1. Re:How to make enemies and lose allies. on Galileo System To Include Jamming Capability · · Score: 1

    last year a survey in germany had the result that 86% thought the USA was a greater threat to world peace than any of the so-called 'scoundrel states' (sorry, no idea whats the english term for it, you get the idea anyhow).

    my bet is that this number has not declined since.

    bye,
    [L]

  2. As if... on New IE Holes Discovered · · Score: 1
    The part about this story that gets to me is that the researcher didn't alert Microsoft before posting to a public mailing list.

    As if microsoft would care about said holes unless the first exploits are out there in the wild...
    bye,
    [L]

  3. Re:Works for me on Critical Eye on SpamAssassin · · Score: 1
    Inside /etc/postfix/main.cf:
    # The header_checks parameter specifies an optional table with patterns
    header_checks = regexp:/etc/postfix/header_checks

    Inside /etc/postfix/header_checks (note: replace "*" with "[backslash]*"):
    /^X-Spam-Level: ************/ REJECT
    can i use 'real' regex there, like this:
    /^X-Spam-Level: [*]{12,}/ REJECT

    bye, [L]

  4. Re:Works for me on Critical Eye on SpamAssassin · · Score: 1
    automatically chuck it into /dev/null once it hits 12 (using Postfix's header_checks).

    Can you gimme a quick howto on how to do that? Right now i'm doing the same with sieve and regex, but that means every user has to install a special sieve filter...

    bye,
    [L]

  5. Re:Hmmm on Wardriver Charged with Theft of Communications · · Score: 1

    whitehanded, more likely...

  6. Re:No one eat at McDonalds! on SCO News Roundup · · Score: 1

    strange enough... McDonalds Germany prefers SuSE. see http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/boi-13.11.03-0 00/ for german newsflash about that.

  7. Re:Read the bloody books on Saruman Completely Cut from 'Return of the King' · · Score: 1

    do so yourself.

    Without saruman wreaking havoc in the shire, a load of previous events do not make any sense.

    bye,
    [l]

  8. who would have thought... on AMD Optimal BIOS settings + Overclocking Guide · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ... that a 'this box was not l337. am making it l337 now' article would make it on the /. frontpage.

  9. no 9.0 for me and my laptop. on Upcoming SuSE 9.0 Professional Reviewed · · Score: 1
    I just gave it a try...

    and I will put 8.2 back on that laptop tomorrow.

    Reasons:

    • a simple reboot and X11 font antialiasing stopped working.
    • compiling a little program while connected via a vnc session crashed it so badly, i needed to reboot into a rescue cd and run reiserfsck --rebuild-tree, thus clearing /home of some essential files.

    'nuff said.

  10. still illegal on Kazaa Backs Plan To Bill P2P Music Transfers · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't that be just the same as if microsoft said "hey if you pay us a monthly fee for using the internet explorer, all soiftware you download with it no matter where from is legally yours then"...

    'nuff said.
    [L]

  11. Re:A translation on Spoofed From: Prevention · · Score: 1
    Secondly, in order to register a domain you need to provide some sort of cc information which would imply that there would be a way to track down spammers (assuming they didn't use stolen cc's, and I wouldn't put that past 'em -- but then they're commiting an actual crime and this kind of thing is much easier to put people in jail for than the current crimes they commit).

    And you really think all the providers check the handles he gets for the cc: record? Then why are there so many domains with forged registration data?

    bye, [L]

  12. Great idea, but... on Spoofed From: Prevention · · Score: 1

    How many mail server admins will actually implement it?

    I mean, with the gazillions of open relays and open proxys out there, especially in asia and the lots of misconfigured broadband 24/7 connected home pcs, what good would it do?

    If the admins in question are too lazy / to stupid to set up proper anti relaying, how on earth would you get them to implement this additional check?

    bye,
    [L]

  13. Re:the solution to spam on Anti-Spammers DDoSed Out Of Existence · · Score: 1
    guess you got no clue, dude.

    1. I yet have to see an email app that can do that,
    2. spamassassins strength is identifying spam by looking at the content of the mail.

    bye, [L]

  14. Re:anyone? on Microsoft Introduces IM Licensing · · Score: 1

    i use jabber, and as client i recommend psi because its good. and its not only good, but its good on unix, mac and windows, without being the evil that is java ;)

    bye,
    [L]

  15. Re:wtf on Comparison of Bayesian POP3 Spam Filters · · Score: 1

    No.

    your 'fence in the street' example is more like a supplement for SMTP that verifies the sender before accepting the mail; spammers are kept outside.

    bye,
    [L]

  16. wtf on Comparison of Bayesian POP3 Spam Filters · · Score: 2, Insightful

    When will 'the net community' finally get it?
    filtering is no solution as long as there's no way to stop the spammers!

    Or would you say that ignoring the corpses in the gutters would be a solution to the problem of violence on the streets?

    bye
    [L]

  17. Re:Left their site open on The Economics Of Spamming · · Score: 1
    I would not condone damaging or killing somebody purely because they are stupid.


    As the darwin award shows, they do it themselves.
  18. NiMH batteries + a really good charger on Rechargeable Batteries - Yes or No? · · Score: 1

    Hi,

    i use NiMH in various sizes, and a really good charger from conrad electronics which is microcontroller controlled, can rapid-charge even normal accus, and pumps an average of 125% of the nominal capacity into any cell... Ownage with 2000mAh AA cells... or 800mAh AAA cells. I almost have to throw away a dead remote long before the accus are flat...
    Drawback: computerized recharger and NiMH cells are expensive.

    bye,
    [L]

  19. Re:Spamassassin and recent false-negatives on FTC vs Spammers · · Score: 1
    However, there have been a slew of recent spams that have made it through.

    I run spamassassin as well. Whenever I start getting false negatives, I check for an updated spamassassin, and alas! no more false negatives after the update...

    bye, [L]

  20. I wonder.... on Windows Media for Embedded Linux Systems · · Score: 2, Informative

    ...if someone finally notices that the very same thing came through here three days ago?

    Here's a little cut&paste from slashdots search function, search term was "intervideo" with no restrictions:

    Windows Media for Embedded Linux Systems
    On April 11th, 2003 with 198 comments
    ntmonkey writes "According to this article, Microsoft has authorized InterVideo to port Windows Media Player to Linux. However, WMP will not be available to...
    Section: Main > Microsoft
    Score: 0.5

    Windows Media Format Could Hit Linux-Based Devices
    On April 8th, 2003 with 260 comments
    An anonymous reader writes "LinuxDevices.com reports that Microsoft has licensed InterVideo Inc. to supply Windows Media Technology to makers of Linux-based...
    Section: Main > Media
    Score: 0.5

    Also I wonder how many more duplicates we'll see on /. before they try to do something about it?

    bye,
    [L]

  21. intervideo? on Windows Media Format Could Hit Linux-Based Devices · · Score: 1

    boy-o, that's the safest way of:
    1. being able to say "Yea, veryly we embrace linux", and
    2. not doing it at all.

    Wasn't it intervideo that still hasn't delivered a product that they already showed at a cebit ages ago?

    wasn't that product their windvd player ported to linux?

    bye,
    [L]

  22. Re:You know it's a really slow day when... on How to Make a Starship Enterprise out of a 3.5" Floppy · · Score: 1

    .... and what do we do now instead... play NWN on linux, that is what we do...

    clear skies!

  23. Re:FP! on TCP/IP Header Bit Added to Improve Security · · Score: 1

    is not.

    at least, not anymore after the umpteenth mentioning on /.

    bye,
    [L]

  24. Re:Why So slow? on Europe Heads for the Moon in July · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You haven't heard of DS1?

    anyhow. The key benefit of an ion thruster is that it needs very little fuel. So, it can be left thrusting for very long times, so generating very high end speeds.

    Best case so far: the DS1 probe was the first spaceship running on an ion thruster. Even with the force of a running ion thruster being not much more than the pressure that a sheet of paper makes on the ground, DS1 has long overtaken the older probes which were launched with regular chemical engines.

    bye,
    [L]

  25. omg... the fools.... on What High End Unix Features are Missing from Linux? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    that post like "What's really missing is %BLAH%" without even checking if linux has it or not.
    Like the guy down there who says that he would miss jfs and lvm...

    bye,
    [L]