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  1. Re:RSYNC on Tridgell and Samba Recognized · · Score: 1

    if you got unexpected EOF, you should have gotten a message just before that. One would say "rsync: not found", or the other is "unable to write to xxxxx".

    I do agree, it'd be nice to say "rsync not found on destination host", since it took me a minute to realize the message was coming from the destination server, not the local.

  2. Re:Like shooting fish in a barrel on Microsoft Raises Security Game, Notes Shortcomings Elsewhere · · Score: 2

    It's true... On 3 different occasions I've written to the e-mail address for a driver/app I might be having an issue with, and all 3 times I've gotten responses back with either what I was doing wrong, or a patch to fix the problem.

    Compare that with MS, where we paid them on a Gold Support call to resolve an issue with IIS, and in the end, their answer was "We aren't even sure which ASP page is breaking the server, but it does seem to be some sort of bug. Rewrite the website without using features X, Y and Z"

  3. Re:Sure Windows is more secure than Linux... on Microsoft Raises Security Game, Notes Shortcomings Elsewhere · · Score: 2, Informative

    Uhm... That was pretty stupid. Most people do not allow direct login with root, they login with a normal user and su to root, giving you your complete control. But it requires knowing 2 passwords instead of one.

  4. Re:I'd RATHER use URL's on my PHONE... on John Patrick: ENUM is a Really Big Deal · · Score: 1

    The number of items you can keep in your short-term memory is a very finite number. Through a great deal of mental training you can up the number to around 10 or 11, there are people that have gotten upwards of 15, but that's a lot of work.

    The fact is, most people can only remember from 3 -> 5 items in short-term memory. You can test this by having someone list off numbers, start with 1 and work your way up. They should be random, and then see if you can repeat them back after 10 seconds.

    You will find out through this experiment that you will tend to handle this short-coming. You'll group numbers together, much like when people say phone numbers, you'll hear certain groups of numbers flow-together. This is how they "extend" the number of items they can hold, but reducing them to bigger numbers.

    Here's a very simple test on the web I found: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/stm0.html

  5. Re:Cui bono on SCO gets $50 Million Investment · · Score: 1

    They can't buy them... that would involve going into the UNIX market, and they would be back in court with the Justice Department before they could say "SCOX Rules"!

  6. Re:SCO market cap is 283 million on SCO gets $50 Million Investment · · Score: 2, Informative

    They bought all non-voting stock.

  7. Where is Microsoft? on Verisign Plans to Revive SiteFinder Advertising 'Service' · · Score: 1


    Isn't Microsoft's biggest attack on Google the fact that they automatically send you to their search engine if you can't find the DNS entry?

    This would put a huge damper on that attempt.

    Of course, if it damages Google, perhaps they could just wait for the damage to be done, and then "license" their search engine to Verisign/Network Solutions?

  8. Re:Thank Jebus, I am not crazy on MPAA Ruins Own Films As Anti-Piracy Measure · · Score: 1

    They explain the Lycan/Werewolf thing RIGHT in the movie.

    The movie was slower paced than most Americans like, but it actually had a plot and back-story, that's probably what threw you off.

  9. Re:A little more detail please on SGI Compares Linux & System V Source Code · · Score: 1

    They don't have to... they said they submitted patches to remove the offending code...

    Just look for patches submitted from SGI.

  10. Re:Didn't just pick the sequence.... on The Guy Responsible For Ctrl-Alt-Del · · Score: 1

    No, it's hardware... really. Last I checked the Keyboard was hardware. There is an actual electrical impulse that goes down the Interrupt chain and is then accepted by the OS. The OS, for those that forget, is the Operating System, it's primary job is to handle the Hardware.

    The fact that the OS catches the interrupt doesn't make it magically "software" or that would be like saying the fact that the OS controls writing to the hard drive, the hard drive is software.

  11. Re:50,000,000 Americans? No, 50,000,000 PHONE #s on House Votes to Launch Do-Not-Call List · · Score: 1

    Why would you register a Cell Phone? They aren't allowed to call them already.

  12. Re:How many hidden root exploits in this version? on Samba 3.0.0 Released · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm sure a lot less than in W2K3.

    2 so far?

  13. Re:Wow! on Google Adds Location Targeted Searching · · Score: 1

    Agreed, they have added other products/features without really messing with the core search engine at all.

  14. Re:Two companies on SCO Claims $15,300,000 From SCOsource · · Score: 1

    "I don't wait with baited breath about a hardware..."

    Didn't we just go over this... it's bated breath. :)

  15. Re:a penny a megabyte? on Canada Immune From RIAA? · · Score: 1

    Actually, if you read the fine print on most Maxtor/Seagate/WD drives, they say:

    "Because we have this fine print explaining that we are lying, we call 1GB 1000MBytes"

  16. Re:transactionality is hard on Open Source Database Clusters? · · Score: 1

    Of course, list price of RAC is $40,000 per CPU... not exactly cheap. :)

  17. Why did you have to add the extra reference? on Linus to SCO: 'Please Grow Up' · · Score: 1

    Talk about side-tracking the gist of the headline, you toss in that reference to "Not Hiring SCO Employees" to insure nobody actually talks about the actual response?

    What editorial concept does that fall under?

  18. Re:How come we even get them? on Lousy E-mail Filters Complicating Outlook Worms · · Score: 1

    I would never want my ISP making decisions for me... That's not what I pay them for.

    If you want someone making all your decisions, use AOL or MSN.

    ISP is just that, Internet Service Provider. Not a nanny.

  19. Re:interesting idea... on Kids Kill, Victim Sues Game Maker · · Score: 1

    I agree with your sentiments, if you don't want one, don't own one... However, you do miss one major issue, and the major cause of most accidental gun shootings with kids. It's when your neighbor has an unlocked gun. Teaching the kids the very basic of "stay away, guns are dangerous" is extremely important in any setting.

  20. Re:Ailing School System on Microsoft to Build High School in Philadelphia, PA · · Score: 1

    You had a minor addition/typo:

    You should have said "The public school system is shite"

  21. Re:mimedefang+spamassassin is cool (was Re:huh) on SoBig: Worst is Yet to Come · · Score: 1

    [root@smtp log]# grep -c blocked_filename spamlog*

    spamlog:1068
    spamlog.1:1408
    spamlog.2:1159
    sp amlog.3:27
    spamlog.4:17

    (I moved mimedefang's logging to local1)

    1.2GB of blocked files. and I counted just looking for .pifs, it was almost exactly the same outcome. It's all SoBig... (pun intended).

  22. Re:Precedent against this sort of suit on RIAA/MPAA vs. xMule Author, EarthStation 5 · · Score: 1

    "If you have children and one of them kills themselves while playing with your gun, you deserve to die. Plain and simple."

    Probably true, however locking it up isn't really the only reason... now, granted in a suburban area I would definatly lock up the guns, not because My kids aren't smart enough to not touch them, but because there are tons of other parents that don't teach their kids about guns and avoiding them.

    I grew up in the country where everyone had guns out in the open on the walls in gun-racks. Usually at least 1 was loaded (and we all knew which one). A child killing someone by accident did not happen, because from the age of like 4 we were taught to not touch. And at the age of around 10 we started getting lessons on how to use a gun, so that 2 years later when we finally got to touch one, we had it through our thick skulls that they weren't toys.

    Most of the "accidental" gun deaths were from ignorance and a lack of gun-safety training. The problem would be much easier to solve with training than trying to get rid of guns.

    If one half of the amount of money being spent on getting rid of guns was spent on safety, the whole argument would disappear.

    If you really want to keep your kids safe, call up the NRA, they'll let you know the closest location to get gun safety training.

  23. Re:What a brilliant idea!!!!! on Samba Team Points Out SCO's Hypocrisy · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't that make it more compatible with Windows? People would just think it's a Real W2K3 Server.

  24. Re:What? on Microsoft Stops Development Of Outlook Express · · Score: 1

    Not to mention, if you've installed XP recently you'll note their push to get you to sign up for a .NET passport, and the wording of that offer is extremely misleading, making it sound like you won't be able to use 90% of the Internet if you don't sign up for a passport.

  25. Re:A dollar a message on What Is The Real Cost of Spam? · · Score: 1

    Even the bad spam filters would recognize the use of "leet speak" in the subject and tag it.

    It's the more tricky ones "RE: Your inquiry" or the ones forged to be from someone you know that take a bit longer.

    But ultimately, the question which was stated elsewhere is, is it $1 a e-mail per user, or $1 an e-mail that makes it into your company? if it's just $1 per message that makes it past your filter, any large company is using up quite a bit of cumulative time deleting them.