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  1. Re:Running, Cocaine and Light on Computer Makers Sued Over Hard Drive Size · · Score: 1

    But they why the HELL do they ADVERTISE 1GB of RAM to be equal to two 512MB sticks?

    Bleh upon the inconsistency!

  2. Re:Suprising location for the article on Computer Makers Sued Over Hard Drive Size · · Score: 1

    HP and Dell probably pay for something similar to Google's adwords, so any article with their name has their ads. :)

  3. Re:HTTP is crucial for web development??? on HTTP Developer's Handbook · · Score: 1

    Ah, but a technical understanding of telecom equipment would be nice if you're building a phone.

    Web development is more akin to building a phone than to a phone call, which is more like a simple HTTP GET request.

  4. Try InoStor! on SAN, NAS, Cost and Benefits? · · Score: 1

    The company I work for, InoStor, has the ValuNAS line of products; and as they are a Tandberg Data company, can provide excellent integration of near-line and offline storage (tape).

    The 2.25 terabyte ValuNAS is only around $16K. It gives you a 2.4 GHz P4 processor, gigabit connection, and multiple RAID levels, including multiple disk redundancy (RAIDn). It utilizes SATA technology to allow hotswap drives at a fraction of the cost of SCSI.

    The iceNAS software is very easy to use, and supports SMB/CIFS (through Samba), NFS, Appletalk, and HTTPS.

    When combined with a Tandberg autoloader, this can be a very efficient storage/backup server.

  5. Re:It's not entirely population density on Worldwide State of Broadband - S Korea, Japan Lead · · Score: 1

    Damnit! We're Amarikan! If there's any bombing to do, WE'RE the ones to do it!

    -Americans for bombing America! :)

  6. Re:Debian's already got the patch. on New ssh Exploit in the Wild · · Score: 1

    I'm installing it as we speak on all my Woody....

    apt-get up....

    apt-get up....


    Sorry, but that just sounds real bad....

  7. Re:We already HAVE the different language. on Secure Programming · · Score: 1

    But of course you can write a kernel in LISP. After all, there is an entire operating system!
    :)

  8. Re:The damage is already beginning on Resolving Everything: VeriSign Adds Wildcards · · Score: 1

    Most MX records don't have IP addresses, but host names:

    MX mail.microsft.com

    so now mail.microsft.com will WORK, and the secondary will never be used (but it won't work, it just drops the mail)....

  9. Re:What about the local network? on PGP Universal - Usable Email Security? · · Score: 1

    Have you tried Enigmail + Mozilla? That gets to be about as painless as normal mail; all that happens is you have to type in your GPG passphrase once in awhile.

    Get It Now! GPG 4 EVER, f00! :)

  10. Re:I flip over my Explorer! on Hybrid/Electric Vehicles: Should I Buy? · · Score: 1

    If you are equally likely do die but more likely to kill, then that can't be. Think! Each Kill has to be in another vehicle. Therefore, if you're more likely to kill, then the death rate in the other vehile must be more.

    Think of the classic 18 wheeler vs motorbike. Clearly the motorbike loses.

    Rolling over won't kill you unless you're not wearing your seatbelt or the rollcage collapses or you roll off a bridge. A car is quite able to withstand being on its roof.

  11. Re:Favourite mice on Logitech Ships 500 Millionth Mouse · · Score: 1

    I took a few days to acclimate but I actually prefer the IBM nipple.

    Reread your comment.

    I've heard about buying IBM to be safe, but this is insane!

  12. Re:Unicode on Unreasonable Limit on Open Firmware Passwords · · Score: 1

    You may be right, according to the Samba Gods, Apple Unicode gargles "The Big One":

    See This Thread on samba-technical about it.

  13. Re:Maybe I can be the first to suggest ... on Beatles Bite Apple · · Score: 1

    How much are they worth?

    Doesn't Apple Computer have something like $4 billion in the bank?

    Or maybe Microsoft will buy Apple Music :)

  14. Re:Certificates... on Products Seek Antiterrorism Certification · · Score: 1

    What could one do with a gun on a plane? [Sarcasm] Obviously Nothing![/Sarcasm]

    I guess that's why Air Marshals don't exist.....

  15. Re:The RIAA Stole a 12 year old Cherry, who will p on RIAA Sued For Amnesty Offer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yeah! And UDMA is even worse! I hear those pinko Linux bastards have UDMA5!

    I bet even stupid Macs have it!

    DoWN WiTH The DMA!!!! :)

  16. Re:Hey everybody on Good Guys 2, Spammers 0 · · Score: 1

    What if someone applied a bayesian filter to slashdot?

    Would it learn to recognize troll posts?

    Could it moderate?

    And if it could, would I get Insightful?

  17. Re:Double Whammy on China Blocks Spam Servers · · Score: 1, Funny
  18. Re:Is killing Arabs as satisfying as you thought? on American Science: Addicted to Pentagon Cash? · · Score: 1
    $4 billion a month / 250 million US taxpayers (est) = $16 a month.



    Hey! That's cheaper than DSL!

  19. NOT Grace! According to the OED on Anniversary of the First Computer Bug · · Score: 3, Informative
    Bug,

    b. A defect or fault in a machine, plan, or the like. orig. U.S.

    1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 Mar 1/1 Mr. Edison, I was informed, had been up the two previous nights discovering 'a bug' in his phonograph-an expression for solving a difficulty, and implying that some imaginary insect has secreted itself inside and is causing all the trouble.

    Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition



    Quoted from Chapter 5 of The Practice of Programming, by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike.

  20. Re:I thought the IPod was "Lame" on New iMacs (and iPods) · · Score: 1

    Isn't that supposed to be: "I, for one, welcome my new iPod overlords?"

  21. Re:Old Problem on Users feel Password Rage · · Score: 1
    I, uh, for the sake of, uh, Research would like to, uh, know where you worked.

    That's it. Research. For research purposes.



    Only.

  22. Re:Legal precedent? on Kids Kill, Victim Sues Game Maker · · Score: 1

    Maybe, just maybe, violent people are more likely to buy violent games as opposed to Barbie?

  23. Re:Doh! on Everyone Needs a Personal Server · · Score: 1

    Usually:

    unzip nameofself.exe

    will work.

    Slashdot makes you wait. (Bandwith is expensive!)

  24. Re:Their new tactic on Can RIAA Lawsuits be Blocked by Routers? · · Score: 1

    Ah, but they say (Animal groups) that there are too many kittens anyway, so Save the Planet! Download a song today!

  25. Re:Sharks on IBM's New Linux Advertising · · Score: 2, Funny
    a brief glimpse of a fin

    Would this be the Finn?