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  1. Re:Still no tunneling on OSX on OpenSSH Going Strong After 10 Years With Release of v5.3 · · Score: 1

    If appropriate, try using -D.

  2. Re:Thats about it for me on UK Court Order Served Over Twitter, To Anonymous User Posing As Another · · Score: 1

    Don't be ridiculous. Nobody on slashdot has friends.

  3. Re:How was life possible without it? on OpenSSH Going Strong After 10 Years With Release of v5.3 · · Score: 1
  4. Re:kettle/black on Microsoft Says Google Chrome Frame Makes IE Less Secure · · Score: 1

    The only time I have tried to use inherit, it failed - "a {color:inherit}" would not work in IE - all links would be blue, regardless of the parent's colour. See http://www.musicfortheblind.co.uk/red.css

  5. Re:kettle/black on Microsoft Says Google Chrome Frame Makes IE Less Secure · · Score: 1

    I had horrible problems trying to get inherit to work in IE before I googled it and found out that it was impossible. This and http://blogs.msdn.com/cwilso/archive/2006/08/10/694584.aspx have left me in rather an unbalanced position when it comes to IE.

  6. Re:kettle/black on Microsoft Says Google Chrome Frame Makes IE Less Secure · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Server-side language choice isn't at all a browser issue. Also, Mr. AC, other than microsoft's own PR, can you cite any security problems here? Sure, they're introducing a new rendering engine that will undoubtedly have its own security problems, but they don't combine with IE's rendering engine's problem since only one of them is being used at a time.

  7. Re:kettle/black on Microsoft Says Google Chrome Frame Makes IE Less Secure · · Score: 1

    Most web developers jump through the hoops microsoft provide. That shouldn't be a surprise.

  8. Re:Free market will fix this on ISP Emails Customer Database To Thousands · · Score: 1

    Because nobody's stupid enough to use the same password in more than one place.

  9. Re:Easy bypass on Microsoft Awarded Patent For Peer-To-Peer DRM · · Score: 1

    Gread idea! And what do you propose is done once the encrypted files are downloaded? Bruteforce a key?

  10. Re:You're obliged to pay for it on BBC Wants DRM On HD Broadcasts · · Score: 2, Informative

    If they can't prove you've been watching broadcasts, they can't have you. Yeah, you could leave your tv unplugged from the aerial and you'd be fine.

  11. Re:Just reduce the bill on T-Mobile Backs Off Plan To Charge $1.50 For Paper Bills · · Score: 1

    Then don't "purchase" the bill. This is exactly what such a programme would be encouraging.

  12. Re:You're obliged to pay for it on BBC Wants DRM On HD Broadcasts · · Score: 1

    The difference is that a tax goes to the government and the license fee goes straight to the beeb. If you buy a TV and play games on it, the beeb get nothing.

  13. Re:You're obliged to pay for it on BBC Wants DRM On HD Broadcasts · · Score: 1

    As quarkoid said, there is a licence fee - GBP142.50 a year. And yes, they enforce the payment of this. If you really don't want to pay the fee, you can always just not watch TV.

  14. Re:Lack of standards. on eBay Denies New Design Is Broken, Blames Users · · Score: 1

    The difference between search engines and auction sites is significant here - the main attraction of an auction site is the number of users it has, anything else is an unnecessary bonus.

  15. Re:Enforcing artificial scarcity is a poor strateg on Indie Game Dev On the Positive Side To DRM · · Score: 2, Informative

    Crytek didn't make FC2. It's not even on their engine.

  16. Re:Watermarking on Indie Game Dev On the Positive Side To DRM · · Score: 1

    You mean like cash? Oh wait.

  17. Re:Will not work. on Personalized In-Game Advertising In Upcoming Titles · · Score: -1, Troll

    God forbid people actually buy products that are targeted and marketed at them.

  18. Re:Its been done for years already on Apple Kicks HDD Marketing Debate Into High Gear · · Score: 1

    For the majority of people, that will not matter - that extra couple k doesn't make a noticable difference to transfer speeds, so disk space is all that matters. If you really care how big a file actually is, there are still ways to do so.

  19. Re:Its been done for years already on Apple Kicks HDD Marketing Debate Into High Gear · · Score: 5, Informative

    Because as far as disk space occupation goes, that file may as well be 16KB.

  20. Re:How Long? on WPA Encryption Cracked In 60 Seconds · · Score: 2, Informative

    Manpages.

  21. Re:Incoming 1st Amendment Challenge on Illinois Bans Social Network Use By Sex Offenders · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's rape if one of the partners doesn't consent or if it's a situation in which statutory rape applies, of which the situation described betterunixthanunix's post is a type.

  22. Re:Web searches aren't THAT bad... on New Company Seeks to Bring Semantic Context To Numbers · · Score: 1

    this is worth framing and putting on a wall

  23. Re:Why OSS needs financial backing on The iPhone SMS Hack Explained · · Score: 1

    There are plenty of examples of free software that gets money for the devs. RHEL, Ubuntu, Firefox- most big FOSS efforts, in fact.

  24. Re:It's like quitting smoking. on Shaw Cable Again Blocks Firewire On Canadian Set-Top Boxes · · Score: 1

    Then what's TV Tropes?

  25. Re:Won't hold up on Microsoft Patents XML Word Processing Documents · · Score: 1

    145 [root@mbpftb] # *Click*