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  1. Hell, somebody can't take a joke. on Satellite TV From a Moving Car · · Score: 1

    Look at my other posts in this thread, man, no need to get all nervous...
    And, FYI, I drive an economy car (20km/l) AND I pay attention to the road (most of the time :)
    Besides, my kid is not spoiled, and I have a meaningful and stable relation with him.

  2. Re:How about some conversation on Satellite TV From a Moving Car · · Score: 1

    I agree to some extent, but... have you tried really long trips? My 4yo gets very, very uncomfortable after some time. I really, really think that some cartoon AFTER the conversation would be really good.

  3. Re:heh dvd? on Satellite TV From a Moving Car · · Score: 1

    which will serve them right.

  4. Man, I pity your kids on Satellite TV From a Moving Car · · Score: 1

    The endless talking dad's kids... hehe.
    More serious, there is only a short period of time I can keep the attention of my 4yo boy. Especifically, my personal record is 1h20. After that, he (a) sleeps [best case], (b) vomits, or (c) jumps up and down and makes me generally crazy.
    And I only have one kid.
    If and when I get another, they will pick each other and fight. Unless Dragonball ZYXk is on to the older and Clifford the Giant Red Dog is on to the younger.
    I am ordering one of these now, and another next year. Maybe I can sneak one into the steering wheel too, and commute watching Enterprise (if it does not get cancelled).

  5. Re:Kylix/CLX has too many problems on Kylix in Limbo · · Score: 1

    ...the C++ standard library is FULL of bugs...
    amen, they even changed it to STLport in recent releases...

  6. Are you sure? on Dispelling the IPv4 Address Shortage Myth · · Score: 1

    I use bittorrent in a NATted network and it does upload a lot, and counts as seed.

  7. Re:Microsoft on Linux Kernel Back-Door Hack Attempt Discovered · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I think he meant: War is having sex with dead people.

  8. I'm the one on Microsoft Offers A Bounty On Virus Writers · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wrote the MsBlaster and the entire SoBig series! I'll plead guilty! who will split the bounty fifty-fifty with me?

  9. Re:Desktop on Linus Holds Forth On the Future of Linux · · Score: 1

    Wrong, wrong, and wrong. I'm sorry. Kudzu gets the printer in knoppix, kde has a comprehensive print settings dialog, and simple. no hassle.

  10. Re:Desktop on Linus Holds Forth On the Future of Linux · · Score: 1

    Have you ever heard of Knoppix?
    1. put CD in the drive
    2. reboot the machine
    3. profit?!
    4. if you want it to go faster, install into the HD with ONE click.

  11. Some options... on Non-Technological Ways to Combat Cheating? · · Score: 1

    As someone who teached for 3-4 years, I faced the same difficulty. So, my options were, basically:
    1. grade the students based on practical, speed tests (not essays or homeworks). What is concept? How would you use it in case? What is the error hidden in lot of code here?
    2. grade the students based on my subjective perception of how much each one absorbed. pop quiz everyday, 3 or 4 students a day, noting my remarks on their answers. keep them interested.
    3. to smooth 2, throw in some auto-evaluation.
    Hope I have helped.

  12. Re:Windows Key on What's A 'Scroll Lock' And Why Is It On My Keyboard? · · Score: 1

    Not for non-USian users... we normally have AltGr in the right side of the keyboard, so we can in one (two really) keystroke.

  13. Re:Why ask ? on Frontiers: A New Xlib Compatible Window System · · Score: 2, Funny

    I suppose a gimp can run faster than Carl Lewis, but it'll take an awful lot to train him...
    To train Carl Lewis?

  14. Re:XML on Frontiers: A New Xlib Compatible Window System · · Score: 4, Informative

    a binary protocol should be used.
    A binary protocol is being used: it's WBXML over HyperQueue. RTFA. :-)

  15. I, for one, welcome our overbooking overlords! on Oops, Dave Barry Does It Again · · Score: 1

    Serious, overbooking is not all that bad. If you scream loud enough, you (a) get a night in a nice, five-stars hotel with expenses paid or (b) get an executive-class or first-class upgrade or (c) they toss somebody else and you can get your flight.

  16. American English... on Snail Mail As E-Mail · · Score: 2, Funny

    is newspeak.

  17. Two mistakes on Biology's McGyver: DIY DNA P.C.R. · · Score: 1

    1. it's not resequence DNA, just test it (think paternity tests)
    2. it's not /. running gag, it's an obligatory Simpsons quote

  18. Re:"To fire you must think in Russian." on Bionic Arm Reads Brain's Signals · · Score: 1

    Oh, man, Eastwood (Firefox)! Gimme a break...

  19. dnsmasq has a fix on Blocking SiteFinder Service · · Score: 4, Informative

    here.
    version 1.16 is ok.
    others have fixes, too, you can find them in this place.

    hope I have helped,

  20. Re:My observations... on Word Processors: One Writer's Retreat · · Score: 1

    There are programs designed to be word processors for serious writers. I don't know what they are or what the good ones are, just that they exist.
    But... it's vi! unix was meant to be a text-processing system, this way:
    vi -> *roff if needed -> paper.

  21. I don't get it... on Remote Root Exploit In lsh · · Score: 1

    The parent pointed to djb's software guarantees... you pointed to two "linux has flaws too". Do you know of any djb's softwares' flaws? Share this with us. But then, maybe I'm feeding a troll, I don't know.

  22. Re:One more dnsmasq patch on BIND Strikes Back Against VeriSign's Site Finder · · Score: 2, Informative

    replace

    while( bogus_addrs[i].addr.addr4.s_addr != (in_addr_t)-1 )

    with

    while( bogus_addrs[n].addr.addr4.s_addr != (in_addr_t)-1 )

    or you'll be sorry.

  23. One more dnsmasq patch on BIND Strikes Back Against VeriSign's Site Finder · · Score: 1

    I sent to dnsmasq the following patch, to be applied over dnsmasq-1.15, so it accepts more then one address to ignore:

    diff -Nrub dnsmasq-1.15/dnsmasq.c dnsmasq-1.14/dnsmasq.c
    --- dnsmasq-1.15/dnsmasq.c 2003-09-16 16:51:08.000000000 -0300
    +++ dnsmasq-1.14/dnsmasq.c 2003-09-17 12:22:58.000000000 -0300
    @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
    struct server *servers, *last_server;
    struct resolvc default_resolv = { NULL, 1, 0, RESOLVFILE };
    struct resolvc *resolv = &default_resolv;
    - struct all_addr bogus_addr;
    + struct all_addr *bogus_addrs = NULL;

    sighup = 1; /* init cache the first time through */
    sigusr1 = 0; /* but don't dump */
    @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@

    options = read_opts(argc, argv, dnamebuff, &resolv, &mxname, &mxtarget, &lease_file,
    &username, &groupname, &domain_suffix, &runfile,
    - &if_names, &if_addrs, &if_except, &bogus_addr,
    + &if_names, &if_addrs, &if_except, &bogus_addrs,
    &serv_addrs, &cachesize, &port, &query_port, &local_ttl, &addn_hosts);

    /* peerfd is not (by default) bound to a low port
    @@ -402,9 +402,9 @@
    continue; /* no sockets ready */

    if (peerfd != -1 && FD_ISSET(peerfd, &rset))
    - last_server = reply_query(peerfd, options, packet, now, dnamebuff, last_server, &bogus_addr);
    + last_server = reply_query(peerfd, options, packet, now, dnamebuff, last_server, bogus_addrs);
    if (peerfd6 != -1 && FD_ISSET(peerfd6, &rset))
    - last_server = reply_query(peerfd6, options, packet, now, dnamebuff, last_server, &bogus_addr);
    + last_server = reply_query(peerfd6, options, packet, now, dnamebuff, last_server, bogus_addrs);

    for (iface = interfaces; iface; iface = iface->next)
    {
    diff -Nrub dnsmasq-1.15/dnsmasq.h dnsmasq-1.14/dnsmasq.h
    --- dnsmasq-1.15/dnsmasq.h 2003-09-16 17:06:04.000000000 -0300
    +++ dnsmasq-1.14/dnsmasq.h 2003-09-17 12:33:39.000000000 -0300
    @@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
    char **username, char **groupname,
    char **domain_suffix, char **runfile,
    struct iname **if_names, struct iname **if_addrs, struct iname **if_except,
    - struct all_addr *bogus_addr, struct server **serv_addrs, int *cachesize,
    + struct all_addr **bogus_addrs, struct server **serv_addrs, int *cachesize,
    int *port, int *query_port, unsigned long *local_ttl, char **addn_hosts);

    /* forward.c */
    @@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
    time_t now, unsigned long local_ttl);
    struct server *reply_query(int fd, int options, char *packet, time_t now,
    char *dnamebuff, struct server *last_server,
    - struct all_addr *bogus_nxdomain);
    + struct all_addr *bogus_nxdomains);

    /* network.c */
    struct server *reload_servers(char *fname, char *buff, struct server *servers);
    diff -Nrub dnsmasq-1.15/forward.c dnsmasq-1.14/forward.c
    --- dnsmasq-1.15/forward.c 2003-09-16 17:06:49.000000000 -0300
    +++ dnsmasq-1.14/forward.c 2003-09-17 12:33:48.000000000 -0300
    @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@

    /* returns new last_server */
    struct server *reply_query(int fd, int options, char *packet, time_t now,
    - char *dnamebuff, struct server *last_server, struct all_addr *bogus_nxdomain)
    + char *dnamebuff, struct server *last_server, struct all_addr *bogus_nxdomains)
    {
    /* packet from peer server, extract data for cache, and send to
    original requester */
    diff -Nrub dnsmasq-1.15/option.c dnsmasq-1.14/option.c
    --- dnsmasq-1.15/option.c 2003-09-16 17:04:17.000000000 -0300
    +++ dnsmasq-1.14/option.c 2003-09-17 12:32:56.000000000 -0300
    @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
    char **mxname, char **mxtarget, char **lease_file,
    char **username, char **groupname, char **domain_suffix, char **runfile,
    struct iname **if

  24. Specially in my case... on Electronics & Planes Don't Mix? · · Score: 1

    I have this strange mania of reading /. in my PDA while I'm driving (just put the thing in the center of the steering wheel)...

  25. Re:I don't know what would happen, on Can Recent MS Patents Affect Mono and DotGNU? · · Score: 1

    It's like my 4-yo Lucas: you shouldn't tell him not to do something he is not thinking of doing at the time... :-)