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  1. Re:Install is (1 of) Linux's biggest problem(s) on Major New Features in Debian Etch · · Score: 1

    windows-debian is harder, but just because all your data is 'savely' locked away in closed-source applications and proprietary formats.

  2. Re:Do Americans have more, or just less secure, PC on Sophos Reveals Latest Spam-Relaying Countries · · Score: 1

    That's exactly what the ISP's in the Netherlands do you get a (NAT)router with wireless support for example.

    With wireless support, which is not fully open, but properly secured by default.

  3. Re:my experiences with Blender & 3ds max on Blender 2.42 Has Been Released · · Score: 1

    Sounds like the Windows users need turn on x-window-mouse-behaviour in Windows, I think it's a PowerToy or in TweakUI.

  4. Re:Do you really need MS Office? on PowerPoint ZeroDay Vulnerability Exploited · · Score: 1

    > That vulnerability didn't find itself.

    Your right, it was found by people outside the company that created the software.

    This vulnerability wasn't found through auditing or the original programmers. Did you read the article ? Do you understand what a zeroday-exploint means ? Did you even read the title of this slashdot-article ?

  5. Re:Your new Debian password. on Debian Locks Out Developers · · Score: 1

    Then it wouldn't be a save password to use.

  6. Re:Ah. balance on Debian Locks Out Developers · · Score: 1

    You are not afraid the password & IP-address was logged at that webserver or an in between ?

  7. Re:Hmm... on Theo de Raadt Discusses OpenBSD and Beyond · · Score: 1

    They wanted to get rid of people using telnet instead of something secure, so they made it better, more secure, etc.

    If they'd had made it GPL, no1 would have incorporated it in their products.

  8. Re:Phase 2? on Mozilla Raking in Millions? · · Score: 1

    'Bill' has the revenue-stream from the ads on MSN-search. Trust me, not missing out on anything, only problem they have is people changing there homepage to google, installing googlebars, that sorta things.

  9. Re:Here is a chance for Evolution or Thunderbird on MS Thinks OOo is 10 Years Behind · · Score: 1

    Well some people are working on it:
    http://evolution-win32.sourceforge.net/

  10. Re:Tier 1s? on Creating a Backboneless Internet? · · Score: 1

    And not to forget redundancy and more control of traffic-flows.

  11. Re:Tier 1s? on Creating a Backboneless Internet? · · Score: 1

    The primary reason for connecting to an Internet Exchange is to save money, by having to pay for less transit traffic.

  12. Re:naive on Has World Oil Production Passed Its Peak? · · Score: 1

    Stop with the whold oil thing, I think we should really look at creating a good alternate. Oil just isn't goin' to last.

  13. Re:fonts still suck on Novell Makes Public Release of Xgl Code · · Score: 1

    It's not in the way the fonts are rendered. It's the fonts them selfs, there aren't that many good free fonts. Good fonts are hard to make, it's tedious and thus takes a lot of time.

  14. Re:Interesting on Hackers Gather in Finland, Netherlands, and Vegas · · Score: 1

    save, to prevent any nasty things from happening!

  15. Re:Turtle-headed keys on Rundown on SSH Brute Force Attacks · · Score: 1

    I doubt Klingon use passwords, they'd probably use the other kind of brute force, I'm sure.

  16. Re:Oh great, another Microsoft bug story on New Batch of XP SP2 Holes · · Score: 1

    That might also have something to do with that there are seperate sections for Linux and Apple, not so for Microsoft.

  17. Re:Hardware Firewall on New Batch of XP SP2 Holes · · Score: 1

    There is no such thing, an affordable software firewall, there all software.

    Just is they sometimes come in a box, any NAT firewall will help you a very great deal.

    Get some NAT and 99% of the problem goes away and some new problems arise ofcourse (games, voip, whatever, some VPN's, all get more complicated). ;-)

  18. Re:Flash still has lots of room to grow on Flash Drives in Future Apple Laptops? · · Score: 1

    I commute on a bicycle...

    using a mobile-phone is already a bit difficult.

    But that's just my commute, it probably doesn't take as long as yours either. :-)

  19. Re:Too Bad pn Junctions cost more than magnets on Flash Drives in Future Apple Laptops? · · Score: 1

    USB is serial (Universal _Serial_ Bus) :-)

  20. Re:A look into the past on Is There a Place for a $500 Ethernet Card? · · Score: 1

    packets

  21. Re:Um, no. on Is There a Place for a $500 Ethernet Card? · · Score: 1

    Windows is probalby using a smaller tcp-window than Linux.

    So Linux is actually has bigger windows than Windows. :-)

  22. Re:Testing is only a priority on closed source app on Security Patch Creation at Microsoft · · Score: 1

    > So what's different about that compared to the
    > pre-release testers employed by Microsoft?

    The OSS groups are open, thus if I really want the fix, I can download and inspect it myself.

  23. Worse on Safari And KHTML May Never Meet · · Score: 1

    If I remember correctly.

    When Apple forked there code, they used a 1.x version of khtml, while the KDE people were already working on the (not yet stable) 2.x version.

    I'm sure it's really 'easy' to merge them now. :-(

  24. Re:What's the point of not updating anyway... on Providers Ignoring DNS TTL? · · Score: 1

    Actually, the last one is probably shorter then the first, as the others add additional (glue) records.

    There are probably more nameservers in .com then there are webservers for the domain your looking up.

  25. Re:Mind you... on The Next Net · · Score: 1

    Didn't you just answer your own question ?

    If you can't reach it, it's a lot more secure. :-)

    I know it's not for everyone, but it helps a lot of people.