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  1. Old wives tails on Perfect Weather on the Net · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Red sky at night shepards delight. Red sky in the morning shepards warning.

    Lot of truth in that saying

    Rus

  2. Misread the title on Interview with Jeremy Hogan of Red Hat · · Score: 2, Funny

    and I though it was an interview with Hulk Hogan of RedHat

    Rus

  3. Re:When I saw that map of the Internet on Slashback: Matrix, Terminology, Topology · · Score: 1

    And I though there was also hubs,bus and star networks

    Rus

  4. Linux and Spammers on Slashback: Matrix, Terminology, Topology · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well taking that things like sendmail can send 1,000,000 mails and hour with the right spec its not overally surprising as they platform is quick and stable. Of course all spammers should be spit roasted.

    Hmm spitroastedspammers.com

    Rus

  5. Alternativly on California Bans Genegineered Fish · · Score: 1

    Catch your fish from near the Springfield nuclear power plant and they have 3 eyes. Surely very good for you :)

    Rus

  6. Value in old domains on HP to Launch Music Service, Player In 2004 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Prehaps hp just went through a list of domains they owned and thought, how can we make money off this and off they go. Wonder if they own hpporn?

    Rus

  7. Obligatury Simpons quote on Japanese Train Sets A Speed Record Of 581 kph · · Score: 1, Funny

    "There's nearly [a train] that can out run a greased Scotsman"

    Well ok its close

    Rus

  8. 96 Hours.. on 96 Hours Of Open Source Talks In Bangalore · · Score: -1, Redundant

    OK this would be more impressive if it was one after another however surely this is like any show where the are scheduled talks.

    Rus

  9. Transparent SMTP on Australia's Largest ISP Redefines Spam · · Score: 1

    Does bingpond intercept all SMTP connections? If not wouldn't it just be possible to buy a small hosting accounts with AUTH-SMTP and send out via that. The other choice would be to just setup an SSH tunnel on a non-standard port and tunnel to another SMTP server

    Rus

  10. UK ID Cards on BT's Predictions for the Future · · Score: 1

    They say 2010 and the UK government is going for 2013. To close for comfort for my liking

    Rus

  11. 2.4.23-pre? on Kernel Exploit Cause Of Debian Compromise · · Score: 1

    Does anyone know which pre the fix might be in? I ask as for UML there are some precompiled kernels and just trying to find out if it would be quicker/easier

    Rus

  12. As said RH = UNIX on On The Death Of Unix · · Score: 3, Informative

    and for a little walk through memory lane The UNIX Story. Also also lets not forget MS UNIX, Xenix IIRC

    Rus

  13. Glasses on PC Magazine Reviews Sharp's 3D Notebook · · Score: 2, Funny

    and there was me hoping to see a room full of business men wearing 60's green and purple glasses whilst listening to a lecture :)

    Rus

  14. Outages on Latest Maps of the Internet · · Score: 2, Interesting

    How do they check for outages. IF I'm going from A->B for the first time and suddenly the route drops or changes surely that changes the map. So any idea of how many times they check a route?

    Rus

  15. Moving orbit on ISS Fender Bender · · Score: 1

    "In case a piece of debris is big enough to threaten damage, the spacecraft are directed to a safer orbit."

    Am I the only worried by this in that if there is a bit of junk they have to move. Surely if we keep polluting space then there eventually won't be another orbit.

    If there was a bit of junk on the freeway it would be picked up and moved and in space we just avoid it

    Rus

  16. MicroMetoriets on ISS Fender Bender · · Score: 1

    Least it wasn't a micro meteroite which would of just punctured the ISS and caused massive decompression. Of course floating around where the only way down is 100 mile fall isn't an overally comforting idea

    Rus

  17. Re:Greatest poster ever! on OSDL Answers SCO With Kernel Awareness Campaign · · Score: 1

    The horrible thing is that I understand it from a managment point of view. Oh dear what is happening to me

    Rus

  18. Mirror on OSDL Answers SCO With Kernel Awareness Campaign · · Score: 4, Informative

    Mirror here

    Its very managment speak with a few differenet coloured tux's

    Rus

  19. Noticable impact on Transatlantic Cable Fault Disrupts Internet In UK · · Score: 5, Informative

    It was definitly noticable as our customer reported

    1) Website traffic down at least 30%
    2) Around 75% packet loss from the EU -> US
    3) Slow delivery of email

    Basically it caused a massive amount of headaches and you have to wondered WTF didn't they fix the first problem when it came up. Its like running a RAID Array on one disk.

    Well least things seem to sort of be getting back to normal

    Rus

  20. Privacy on Implanted RFID Tag To Replace Cash? · · Score: 1

    OK so having not to carry cash around is nice in prinicpal. Same as not having to carry keys or a mobile but how far should this go? It should be my choice if I want to have some for of gadget that can handel all this. Peronally I would much rather see something like a medical bracelet which could be hard to get off (To stop theft). Prehaps have an unlocking device at home.

    The basic thing is that it should be my choice of what I have on me and when. Ease of use in regard to my privacy. I think I know which camp I would sit in

    Rus

  21. For further preformace. on Linux 2.6.0 Expected In Mid-December · · Score: 1

    apply the mm patches which include bug fixes as well as nice to have other features. Prehaps its time to try 2.6 in production

    Rus

  22. Story posted today on Diebold ATMs hit by Nachi Worm · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Today: script kiddies reads story

    Tommorow: Writes worm to get people pins + number

    Thur: Release worm

    Fri: Rolling in cash

    Just hope I'm wrong

    Rus

  23. If he wants to pay on Critical Eye on SpamAssassin · · Score: 1

    then he can just get Spamassasin Pro but hey what do I know?

    Rus

  24. Wish I could be there.. on FreeBSD 10-Year Anniversary Tonight · · Score: 1

    but at that time I will be safely tucked up in bed. Anyway way to go FreeBSD. Have a drink on me

    Rus

  25. Re:IMO on Israeli Ministry of Commerce Picks OO.org Over MS · · Score: 2, Insightful

    While I agree that OO does have some problems its got 99% of the funtionality most people need i.e. spell checking, basic formatting. Of course if you are going to start trying to link to DB sources it might fall over. However with it starting to get some exposure it might help to get some extra development money to fix all those little bugs

    Rus