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  1. Time to go back to original method to pick a book. on Amazon.com Pierces Reviewer Anonymity · · Score: 4, Funny

    .. by its cover.

  2. Re:Promiscuous mode on "Port Knocking" For Added Security · · Score: 2, Informative
    It is trivial to capture other packets on the same ethernet.


    Not if your network is using a wired switch to connect the hosts. By definition, you should only see broadcast and unicast to your IP, not the whole network. This could be more of an issue if you are using a shared network link 10base2 or 802.11.

  3. OT: Re:You are perfectly safe on Robots for No Man's Land · · Score: 1
    no... it was America who did "horse with no name"

    See this article.

  4. Re:Suggestions for hardware? on SmoothWall 2.0 Linux-Based Firewall Released · · Score: 1


    The GCT Allwell is a set-top-box type PC that has no moving parts. There are articles on how to use it with linux as a firewall. You can get a box for as little as $300 USD

  5. Re:Better than... on Could Google Be SCO's Next Big Target? · · Score: 1

    (OK, OK. I know sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, )

    nope.. that would be a pun... :)

  6. Ditech bill board on Public BSOD Sightings? · · Score: 1


    On the freeway near my house one of those Ditech bill boards that have a giant computer display was showing the BSOD. I was tempted to break into the bill board and install linux or reboot it and run quake on it.. :)

  7. Re:How much press will it get, though? on Gore Vidal Savages Electronic Voting · · Score: 1

    The LA Times is owned by the Times Mirror consortium

    Wrong, the LA Times is owned by the Chicago Tribune folks.

  8. Re:What better way to..... on McDonald's Billion-Song iTunes Giveaway · · Score: 2, Funny


    Funny, I've always prefered Zamfir, Master of the Pan Flute. :p

  9. Re:And MUSHes, and MOOs, and ... on The Trouble with MMORPGs · · Score: 1

    I was in a couple of versions of PernMush waaaaay back in the day. I built a town, but I cannot remember the name of it. One of the servers had a working thread fall system in which us dragon riders had to burn the thread before it hit the ground, or hit us.

    But what I liked best was just meetng people from all over the world and basically, hang out.

  10. Re:What's the street address? on Prosecuting Spamming Crackers? · · Score: 1


    I got spacker from the article where the author said that Wired used the term "Spacking" to refer to spamming hackers.

    Although confining these folks to a wheel chair is not a bad idea.

  11. What's the street address? on Prosecuting Spamming Crackers? · · Score: 1



    If it is near me I can scrounge up a few buddies with the promise of beer afterwards and make the spacker an offer he cannot refuse.

  12. crappy website on Enter Warriors In GridWars Interactive · · Score: 1


    You know, I bet more people would be interested if their website was not full of crappy flash.

    That said, it sounds like lots of fun.

  13. Re:missin the point. on The Cost of Distributed Client Computing? · · Score: 1

    2. there is no I in team

    But there is an I in win!

  14. Re:And when they finally find on The Cost of Distributed Client Computing? · · Score: 1

    I think my S.O. would rather be decimated finaincially then dead. Come to think of it...so would I.

    Amen to that brother... especially since that is exactly what we are going through now...

    Although, now that the grandparent has mentioned it, does any solution to cancer found using grid.org go to a big corp?

    According to grid.org's web site...

    "Are the results going to be made public?

    Yes. Prof. Graham Richards' research group in the Chemistry Department of Oxford, the project coordinators, will publish the results. This group originally designed the project and is currently orchestrating the study. Scientific interpretation of the results from this study will take some time. Results and scientific findings will be published in the usual manner through a peer-reviewed process.

    Are you going to sell the results of this project to large pharmaceutical companies?

    No. The results of this study are the intellectual property of the University of Oxford and the National Foundation for Cancer Research, who will make the scientific findings of this project available to the greater scientific community."

    So to me it sounds like this information will be free.

  15. Re:I'm just waiting... on Element 110 Now Darmstadtium · · Score: 1

    Don't forget about upsidaisium...

  16. Re:No need to worry... on 9th Circuit Overturns FCC's Cable Modem Decision · · Score: 1

    Appeal to emotion tends to work poorly with geeks.

    Hence the lack of dates for geeks... :)

  17. Re:Why ? on Replacing the Aging Init Procedure on Linux · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Moderators, mod up this parent!

    I 100% agree that linux can use a parallel service loader, but not with the bloat Seth envisions. All systems come with bash. Why not use it? Python is not needed for this.

    Personnaly I LIKE my init.d scripts.

  18. Re:Wrong ... on Microsoft Patents 'Phone-Home' Failure Reporting · · Score: 1

    Network Appliance has this feature as well. When a hardware/software "glitch" is found, emails are sent to Network Appliance as well as the admins. Diagnostic emails can be sent on a regular basis as well.

  19. Re:Can we really enforce this? on California Tries Spam Ban · · Score: 1

    i will never send another email to a resident of california again. proving that it was "solicited" is way too tough... and i've got to protect myself.

    wow... my spam traffic has come to a halt... thanks :)

  20. Re:Great Book....But The Censored Book is Censored on Project Censored 2003 Underreported Stories · · Score: 1

    Thank you, racist, sexist, bigot. What you are not a racist/sexist/bigot? Oh, so words DOOO mean something.

    huh? Did you find your logic inside a cracker jack box? Obviously by my statments, I would most definitly not fix into the bigot crowd. Those are the people who are threatened by people who are different from them. Uhh, kinda like you.

    Simply saying someone is something does not make it the case.

    See above about logic and lack thereof.

    The word marriage DOES mean something just like my examples do mean something. And just because the gay lobby wishes to in someway justify/make easier etc.etc. etc. does not change the fact that marriage is between one man and one woman.

    I guess that is what we are debating, whether or not marriage should be changed to include same sex. OBTW, your examples above were shite!

    It does affect your marriage.

    NO it doesn't. My marriage is not based on words, but rather deeds and actions and love!!! Yes LOVE and respect and dedication and trust and so on.... No other actions by other people will change this. And if two guys getting married will ruin your marriage, then your marriage was shite to begin with.

    The dilution of family values and standards has an effect at the neighborhood, community, state and national level.

    Whose family values? The christian right? Certainly not the values I cherish as a family man. You know, all those one I mentioned above and others like tolerance, patience, understanding, etc.

    It may not impact you tommorow, however it will impact you and your children at somepoint.

    How? Because two people who love each other got married? LOL

    My child does not have a racist or bigoted bone in his body. (Except for hating the SF Giants... as all Dodger fans do :) "Live and let live." You should try it. Oh, and another really good one, "Judge not, lest you shall be judged"

  21. Re:I'd rather die hungry and die honest on Linus to SCO: 'Please Grow Up' · · Score: 1

    I think what you are missing is that for those who have responsibilities to others and not just to self, a descision to work for SCO or starve you family is a no brainer. I would most certainly be able to look at myself in the mirror knowing that I am making a huge sacrifice for my family by working for SCO.

    GPL, linux and open source is not more important than my family. A true father/mother and provider will do almost anything to keep food on the table and a roof overhead.

  22. Re:Great Book....But The Censored Book is Censored on Project Censored 2003 Underreported Stories · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The media doesn't want you to know that the majority of Americans don't support gay marriage

    They don't? Links please. BTW, it matters not to me if 2 men or 2 women want to form a lasting legal relationship and call it marriage. It does not effect my marriage one bit.

  23. Re:Embarrass their sorry asses. on RIAA Settles With 12-Year-Old Downloader · · Score: 1

    Seems to me that in a game of chess, no-one cares about the pawns.



    Seems you don't play much chess. Pawns are VERY important.


  24. Re:Why does he think it's spammers? on DoS Assaults Underway Against Spam Blocklists · · Score: 1
    You bitch and moan that it isnt fair to you to have your IPs blocked by those that want them blocked. You sound just like a spammer with that logic.

    I have a few of the comments, and the one disturbing trend I see is when the SPAM Nazis disagree with someone, they assume the person is a spammer. Sure, this is a topic that causes no shortage of heat, but when a person is wrongly blocked, all the SPAM nazis say it was their fault, stick their fingers in their ears a start saying "NYA NYA NYA NYA"

    The only advice the Nazis will offer is when your time comes up to renew your contract, do something about it. Not everyone can afford to wait, nor does everyone have any other options. it would be much more effective if wrongly blocked people were able to easily get white listed by SPEWS and its ilk, but as SPEWS has said, they want to punish the ISP and all its customers, regardless of who they are. Punks, that what I call those black listers.

  25. WTF is this guy smoking? on What Type Of Gamer Are You? · · Score: 1

    Not to beat his article to death point by point, I will just take about the Sport Gamer. The author states that Sports gamer is least likely to actually play any sports. It seems that very recently, the LA Times did an article about all the Madden fans the NFL has. One guy in particular plays on average 6 hours a day during the season, and 8 or more during the off season. NFl players even have tournaments that end superbowl week.

    Of course, this article could have just been a lame troll.

    (not that lame since it got me... lol)