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  1. Re:Purple Bayes... on SpamAssassin 3.0 Released · · Score: 1

    good idea - here's 2 years' worth of mid-scored spam for your bayes-training pleasure (really high scores get bounced by my milter)

    http://dave.clendenan.ca/SPAMBOX.gz

    anyone else got spam to share?

    ps: remember to sa-learn YOUR OWN non-spam messages to balance this...

  2. Re:Anyone tried it... on Doom 3 Demo Available · · Score: 1

    I needed lowest-quality settings with a radeon 9200 on a 2.8GHz pc, and even then it got pretty awful framerate when lotsa stuff was going on (esp the guardian/watchers fight).

    Anything less, forget it. Sorry.

  3. Re:link in sig on AOL Will Not Support Sender-ID · · Score: 1

    ROFL!!!

    the first whiny co-worker tomorrow gets that link set as their homepage :)

  4. Re:Biased on Windows Fails 8% of the Time · · Score: 2

    event viewer sometimes gives useful info on a few MS apps (exchange, for example) but most third-party apps give nothing there. Neither does word, for that matter, and it's _always_ buggering things up on my PC...

  5. Re:A sniffer would still be helpful... on New Worm Installs Sniffer · · Score: 1

    1) messenger service is generally off on our PCs

    2) automation of repetitive tasks is good

    3) my comment was a %#@%# joke! :)

  6. Re:A sniffer would still be helpful... on New Worm Installs Sniffer · · Score: 4, Funny

    >> "For the love of god, please try deodorant. Any deodorant."

    we could use this one at my work... :(

  7. Re:I still say Gmail... on Cringely's P2P Backup Idea · · Score: 1

    that's the same thing I was thinking...

    gpg-encrypting a few zipfiles/tarballs and emailing them to your gmail account should be pretty simple.

    Safe backup of the gpg keys might be a bit trickier...

    Something like the AES-based tools also mentioned is more vulnerable to a dictionary attack then gpg with a very large key...

  8. Re:Interesting article on the draft issue on Top 25 Censored Media Stories of 2003-2004 · · Score: 1

    >>Again...the President cannot simply say "I need another 100,00 troops

    but he _can_ say "bring it on" to those forces fighting the states, and thereby increase the casualties the US is taking, causing troop shortages long-term...

  9. Re:One more important missing feature on Time to Kill Microsoft Word? · · Score: 1

    I'd agree with the 'enhancement' classification, since the bug refers to a new feature.

    As to votes, have _you_ voted for it?

    This is how the community approach works, if you can't/won't fix the bug yourself, at least make your opinion known where it matters...

  10. This includes dialup on Survival Time for Unpatched Systems Cut by Half · · Score: 1

    This 'survival time' is an average which includes dialup users and those whose ISPs filter certain ports. Time for truly unprotected high-speed-connected PCs is probably MUCH shorter...

  11. Re:Resident Evil on What's the Worst Movie You've Ever Seen? · · Score: 1

    my god that must have been bad!!!

  12. Re:That's great and all... on The Business Value of Open Source Examined · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I have contributed in small ways to several OSS projects, and all of them were enhancements to things I already used, and wanted particular functionality in. With one exception (something I worked on as a student), all were done on work time.

    Just because it's OSS, you're not necessarily working for free...

    My company pays me to improve the OSS tools we use for development, and I release my changes to the main project once they're done.
    The argument I make for releasing the changes (none of them are licensed to require it) is that other people can maintain my changes and check for mistakes I might have made. Otherwise I'll have to keep updating my changes to match other development, which would cost my company more $$.

  13. Re:Why does Thunderbird use IE??? on Security-Updated Versions Of Mozilla Released · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, you should browse to bugzilla.microsoft.com and enter a bug report against XP.

    If you tell them about the problem they'll hurry to solve it, I'm sure...

  14. Re:Is that an eye-piece in your pocket? on More on Next-Generation Army Gear · · Score: 1

    it's a projection onto eyewear - from the eye's perspective it _looks_ like a 17" screen.

  15. Re:The only thing they need.. on More on Next-Generation Army Gear · · Score: 1

    I was about to say y'all need one smarter than my left boot...

    Or maybe just one willing to tell daddy's old buddies to go piss up a rope, and actually make a decision for himself...

  16. Re:FLASHLIGHT in helmet.. on More on Next-Generation Army Gear · · Score: 1

    let me think about this - it's dark, someone's trying to shoot me, and i have a light marking the best target. Um, no thanks...

  17. Re:Wins Again on Mapping The Tour de France Riders From Space · · Score: 1

    the yellow jersey was decided well before the end, but the race for the green (points, best sprinter) was decided at the finish today.

    Often the most exciting finishes late in the race don't involve the big contenders for the yellow jersey, since they aren't willing to take the risks others are..

  18. Re:friends say that it is OK... on Experiences with Laser Eye Surgery? · · Score: 1

    100 times/week???

    you think he'd learn to block/evade...

    FWIW, several people I train with (taekwondo) have had surgery, with no problems.

  19. Re:Making sure I see my role in this... on Microsoft to Deploy SPF for Hotmail Users · · Score: 5, Informative

    SPF allows you to state a list of servers which are qualified to send.

    So you could add your server + your ISP's servers, so your fallback would still be within your SPF record

  20. poor you on Software Monoculture in Schools? · · Score: 4, Funny

    your school website even has an MS colour scheme

    you're doomed, drop out now ;)

  21. Re:I'm not convinced of VoIP yet... on VoIP Questioned · · Score: 1

    voice transmissions are encrypted under SRTP, but that's all. It presumes that there will be a secure mechanism for key exchange (tls-encrypted signalling, for example).

  22. Re:I'm not convinced of VoIP yet... on VoIP Questioned · · Score: 4, Insightful

    >> care to tell me how to eavesdrop on a digital

    sure. right after you let me know how you're planning on intercepting my SRTP-protected VoIP calls...

    True, VoIP security is just beginning to see the light of day, but since we're building on a good base of existing network-security tools it will ramp up fast.

    SRTP rfc: http://zvon.org/tmRFC/RFC3711/Output/index.html

  23. Keychain on Top Ten Linux Configuration Tools? · · Score: 4, Informative

    I regularly access dozens of *nix systems (mostly linux & solaris). I love the fact that I can enter my privatekey password once on booting my laptop, and then have a tool handle all the ssh-agents in subsequent sessions. Entering one (very long and tangled :) password once is so much nicer than having to enter passwords every time I connect to a new system...

    http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/keychain.xml

    Also, (obligatory) perl is great and larry wall is my hero...

  24. I'm conflicted on Top Ten Linux Configuration Tools? · · Score: 1

    I somehow feel obligated to mark the parent funny, even though the joke is nearly as old as unix...

  25. Re:Tour does not Pale in comparison on The Man Who Knew Too Much · · Score: 1

    I just want to add that the reason the other guy crashed was that it was soo $#%^ hot that the pavement they were going 50 Kph+ on was MELTING!

    Lance's cyclocross dismount/remount avoiding the crash was simply spectacular...