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  1. uh... on FLAC Joins The Xiph Family · · Score: 1

    the audiotron is supported

  2. just a bust-a-move clone on Snood, the Simple Game · · Score: 0, Redundant

    there is nothing unique about snood. all of the gameplay elements are a direct rip-off of bust-a-move.

    see this review for a little more on the subject, and give your money to the people who not only invented the game but implement it better than their 'successor' clone!

  3. incentive on RIAA Settlement: Possible Consumer Payback · · Score: 2

    if i go out to eat, i'm giving them money for the food. the server is getting paid with that money.

    if i go to a (for all intents and purposes) anonymous web site that's HANDING OUT MONEY, i think there's reason to be much more skeptical about disclosing details.

    web sites are known for harvesting contact information for the purpose of reselling it. resteraunts and dumpster divers aren't.

    i think you're confusing the fear of spam with the fear of identity theft.

  4. look at ebay before you post on TiVo to support HDTV by "Year-End" · · Score: 2

    the lifetime-subscribed boxes yield about a $250 (read: the original cost of a lifetime subscription) premium over those that don't have them.

    existing owners (like me) would be prudent to list their tivos before the hdtivo gets released to get max value

  5. this isn't compliant with the hdcp license itself on More Details About HDTV Pact · · Score: 5, Informative

    here's the license pdf from the makers of hdcp

    sections 3.3/3.4 clearly state that it's not legal to have a dvi/hdcp receiver with any analog outputs (save 16/48 audio).

    not having dvi on your set (or not having a mitsubishi 'promise') is nigh a death knell for future hdtv compliance.

    here is an excellent writeup on the present situation

  6. check the right places on DVI Flat Panels? · · Score: 2

    like techbargains and fatwallet

    i bought a 17" dell 1702fp (samsung/dvi+analog) for $500 with no tax and free shipping about a year ago

    recently the dell 2000fp (1600x1200 native 20" dvi/analog/svideo lcd), highly reviewed here, was going for $800 including shipping.

  7. it looks like nobody understands the concept here on Spam Blocking Engine for OpenBSD · · Score: 3, Interesting

    the point is to punish open relays, not to block spam. the mail has to be retried for days, wasting network bandwidth and space.

    if a signifigant number of people were to employ this, open relays would become crushed and filled with their own load.

  8. i know i'm responding to a troll on New SSH Vulnerabilities Discovered · · Score: 2

    here's the source code via http, the source code via ftp, and the md5sum

    all this and more including read-only cvs access, nightly cvs tarballs, and contacts for submitting your own patches can be found at putty's home page here

    just getting the word out. they've apparently become inundated with support mail for their free product, and could use some more developers :)

  9. yes on Stack-Smashing Protection Added To OpenBSD gcc · · Score: 4, Informative

    perhaps you should look at the project web site?

  10. Re:Heh on OpenBSD Requests UltraSPARC III Documentation · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Maybe if the OpenBSD guys could get SMP working or something, someone might take them seriouesly

    someone like sun?

    openssh, created by the openbsd project, is a standard part of solaris 9. gripe about smp all you want - i would prefer they focus on security and crypto - but your bias isn't applicable on this point.

    while sun should provide this kind of documentation anyway, it's absurd that they don't provide it to the very people that freely provided them with tools they have rebadged as their own (sunssh) and tout as a feature.

  11. quick question on Grounding Ethernet Cable on a Ship? · · Score: 1

    if you know so much about ethernet, why are you living on a houseboat?!

  12. power supplies or fans? on Review of the New Shuttle XPC Chassis · · Score: 2

    i have about 20 sv24s, 4 ss40s, and 20 ss51gs. i've had 5 of the sv24 power supply fans go bad, but never the actual power supply.

    this does appear to be a sv24/sv25 issue; the "heat pipe"-based units (ss40*, ss50*, etc) all have only one fan in the unit: an 80mm easily-replaceable sunon.

    i have experienced instability on the ss40s (fixed via replacement) and power supply issues with the sv24/sv25s. i didn't use an sv24 as a router because the power supply had a fan, and i'm glad i made that choice now.

    with the good amount of experience with these systems, and i wouldn't hesistate to recommend the ss50 series to anyone.

  13. typical rant ahead on Possible SAMBA Vulnerability · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    "The samba team have released 2.2.7 following the discovery of a secureity hole in versions 2.2.2 to 2.2.6 that could lead to remote root access. Eeek! Full story on the samba site"

    the slashdot team have released a story to the developers section following the discovery of a "secureity" hole in samba that could lead to remote root access

    what does this have to do with developers? it has everything to do with a large base of the slashdot audience. this should be main page news.

  14. 256mb worth of demos and community software? on Gamecube Finally Plays GBA Games · · Score: 1

    right...no wonder you posted ac

  15. corrected link on Qiuet Keyboards with Tactile Feedback? · · Score: 3, Informative

    store

    less info than their main page (which is apparently down), but it still gets the point across.

  16. i love my happy hackers on Qiuet Keyboards with Tactile Feedback? · · Score: 1

    found here

    one at home, one at work. great feel, proper ctrl placement, and no useless number pad to move your hand over every time you go to use your mouse

  17. i can't suggest a distro, but i can suggest an os on Antique Distros? · · Score: 2, Informative

    openbsd. it runs great on my soekris net4501 (486/133 - 64mb - 32mb compact flash disk). you can follow the procedure outlined here in the openbsd faq to get up and running on a system with less than 32mb of ram

  18. you're forgetting...IT'S COWBOYNEAL on Intel Releases "Fastest Chip Ever" · · Score: 1

    Whut is you're CPU sped?

    []2.764ghz
    []2.432ghz
    []626mhz
    []25mhz
    []Cow boyneal runs the cage that powers my CPU

  19. consider the via eden platform on Intel Releases "Fastest Chip Ever" · · Score: 4, Informative

    mini-itx form factor, integrated video/ethernet/fanless cpu - just add memory and storage. link

    if you wanted to go all-out on skipping the moving parts, you could run the os on compact flash using an ide to cf adapter from pcengines.com and use a cupid case with a dc power supply. just make sure to disable writing, or you'll wear it out! use mfs or a (non-essential) extra standard hard disk for data.

  20. i don't think so on Intel Releases "Fastest Chip Ever" · · Score: 1

    most reviewers appear to be getting 3.5-3.6ghz out of these consistently with the retail heat sink/fan. it would seem that 3ghz is not as far as they could reach and release.

  21. random fact: neanderthal pronunciation on We Are Not Related · · Score: 1

    scientists tend to pronounce it 'knee-anne-der-TALL'

  22. smalltalk...new? on Questioning Extreme Programming · · Score: 1

    it was made at xerox's palo alto research center in in 1972

  23. security concerns on Using HomePlug PowerLine Adapters for Home Networking? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    i've never liked the idea of phone line or power networking, simply because power lines and phone lines don't stop outside my house - they're connected to everyone.

    'the signal will get weak' isn't good enough :(

  24. a combo solution on Antibiotic Resistant Staph Infections · · Score: 1

    perhaps an interaction between the magnetic pole shifting and the chemical weapons that will be used against us in the next 6 months could result in the destruction of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

    i, for one, have had enough indirect threats to my life for this year

  25. news: bill gates donates 100m to india for "aids" on Microsoft Targeting Indian Developers · · Score: 1