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  1. Mandrake Move on MandrakeSoft Improves Financial Health · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Now mandrake move looks a cool idea in storing all the files on the move however what would be even better is a system which boots from a USB device. Now that would be cool

    Rus

  2. Release date on Spider-Man 2 Preview Online · · Score: 4, Funny

    Right on my Wedding Anniversy...cheapo present :)

    Rus

  3. Re:Why the U.K.? on Free IBM Computers For UK Households · · Score: 1

    Retailers are easy:

    So there is Pete Beale who has the fruit and veg stall, The women from Corrie who have the corner shop.The Woolpack and Queen Vic

    Top Swede..um Head Chef at the Ritz?

    OK I can't think of anything more funny (not that it is) to write

    Rus

  4. Re:PC Worth 800?! Hardly! on Free IBM Computers For UK Households · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I agree its not worth that much but I think those prices don't include a monitor but that would still be only 500. Of course there is a P4 2.6Ghz which is 800 which is what they might of picked up.

    Rus

  5. Advertising on Free IBM Computers For UK Households · · Score: 1

    Well as you are meant to take a break every 30 minutes or so just get a cup of tea whilst the adverts are on. Anyway I've ordered mine. Lets seem what happens

    Rus

  6. but.. on Free, Open Source OS For TI Calculators · · Score: 1

    can it run nethack?

    Probably yes

    Rus

  7. Archos Jukebox Multimedia on Archos Recorder + Rockbox Plays Video · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well it would be nice if there was firmware for the Archos Jukebox Multimedia but speaking to the people who devloped Rockbox they said that its just to hard. Have to wonder why. Oh well its all fun

    Rus

  8. Address on Legal Recourse Against Spammers You May Know? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    When filling out online forms its always worth putting "tagged" address like slashdot@domain.org, linux.com@domain.org. That way if you get spammed you know who sold your email address

    Rus

  9. Hardware Support on Solaris 8 & 9 Free for x86 Once Again · · Score: 4, Informative

    Worth reading the hardware compatibility list before installing

    Rus

  10. Standard on China Releases Own WLAN Security Standard · · Score: 1

    They have reasonable fears but prehaps they are more scared as its a better standard

    Rus

  11. Physical Access on U.S. Agencies Earn "D" For Computer Security · · Score: 3, Informative

    You can have all the cyber security (firewalls, IDS ) etc you want however there is still the risk of someone just stealing a laptop and getting access to a load of secret files.

    Your security is only as strong as your weakest link

    Rus

  12. Re:surprised? on AOL Lays Off 450 In California · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Well I wouldn't be surpised if winamp was sold to microsoft and they merged it into media player, or just killed it. As for Netscape commercially it might be dead however mozilla is still going strong

    Rus

  13. Outsourcing on AOL Lays Off 450 In California · · Score: 1

    Well its not suprising. I'm just expecting an announcement in the next couple of days that they are outsouring themselves to India

    Rus

  14. Best I've seen on Funny Things You've Seen on Resumes? · · Score: 2, Funny

    MCSE.

    Rus

  15. Naked twister on Favorite Games at Holiday Parties? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hours of fun :)

    Rus

  16. Star Trek solution on A Mars Mission's Greatest Challenge: Radiation · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well we will have to reroute main engine power through the deflector dish to create a graviton feedback wave which will in turn allow us to turn the radiation into a non-harful form of chocolate

    Rus

  17. Patch size. on XFS Merged into Linux 2.4 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Fun for the whole family with guess where the patch was applied From the snapshot directory

    bk6 - 424K

    bk7 - 964k

    bk8 - 1.2M

    Well thats increased the kernel by about another 5-10%. However I would say I do like xfs and its proven quite stable now.

    Rus

  18. Re:Not going to work on Spamholes Fighting Spammers · · Score: 1

    Isn't this the sort of thing outblaze.com does and has some very good filtering

    Rus

  19. Re:Spamming method on Spamholes Fighting Spammers · · Score: 2, Funny

    Kneecaps are to quick and not painful enough. You want something more drawn out. Prehaps electrodes attached to the testicals

    Rus

  20. Re:How can this work? on Spamholes Fighting Spammers · · Score: 1

    If the spammers just bounced of a number of open proxies and keep rotating around them I can see how it will just become worse.

    Rus

  21. Spamming method on Spamholes Fighting Spammers · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is not a bad idea though it could be abused. However what the author doesn't seem to realise that open relays may only account for 25% of spam. The rest comes via open proxys which mask the connection and mean that the mail server is receiving an SMTP session from a valid IP address. It might help a bit but at the end of the day the only good solution to fix spammers is hit them where it hurts in the pockets.

    Of course that is easier said than done

    Rus

  22. 3D Control on Simon Phipps Looks At 'Looking Glass' · · Score: 1

    I have to wonder how easy/hard it would be to get a 3d controller that works well enough allow a user to move through the desktop and select windows. The pratical limitation I can see are that if you went for a glove type interface which sould seem obvious how long would it be before someones arm got tired

    Rus

  23. Exchange on Considerations When Accepting Bandwidth Donations? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Whilst its nice that some people offer free hosting (and we do for a couple of projects) ask what they are getting in return. Some companies are happy with a text link saying "hosted by ...". However watch out for popups.

    Then again hopefully most hosts can be trusted

    Rus

  24. Support on Sun to Offer Support for OpenOffice.org · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is one thing that will help companies except open source is support. Companies are scared of open source to some degree as if something like OO goes wrong there is no-one who can offer support there and then.

    Its nice to have someone to speak to on the phone who know what they are talking about as well as sometimes having someone to blame

    Rus

  25. Project Managment is harder on Outsourcing Winners and Losers · · Score: 1

    Programmers take a logical series of instructions and then type the correct order and software comes out and most of the time works well.

    Project managers take a logical series of instructions and then managed to screw the order up so beyond beliefand have to wait for other people to sort it out. As such everyone has to work harder

    Rus