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  1. Re:Not very useful. on Government Asks Court to Keep ID Arguments Secret · · Score: 2, Informative

    yes, the current one is available at Papers Please.

  2. Re:He plans to show the exploit this Thursday! on TCP Vulnerability Published · · Score: 2, Informative

    dude, CanSecWest doesn't start until tomorrow. a month my butt. :P

  3. Re:Greenlighted? on New Battlestar Galactica Series Greenlighted · · Score: 2, Interesting

    well, you know something that's for sure. however in the entertainment industry (yes, I've worked on movies) we generally say "greenlit" not "greenlighted."

  4. Re:Not a privacy issue on California Cybercafe Regulation Decision Released · · Score: 1

    When I was in NYC once I walked by a kinko's that had a bunch of internet terminals you could rent. One guy that had his back to the window had a bunch of porn up on the screen. He was happily surfing porn at a public terminal. People do it, don't be surprised.

  5. in the San Francisco/Oakland/Berkeley area on Proper Disposal Of Old PCs? · · Score: 4, Informative

    there is the Alameda County Computer Resource Center. They even have a list of fees that they charge to make sure they can properly dispose of the items. They take many types of electronics, "We want everything you can plug in that you don't put food inside of." They also turn around and provide computers and other things that work or are repaired to schools, charities, non-profits, and disabled folks. So it's a win-win situation, you get rid of your computer parts and they help someone else.

  6. Re:Jury's out on that one on What Has Number Portability Done For You? · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's not a law, but an FCC rule. I couldn't find it on the FCC site (I mean, it might be there, but I didn't find it) but there is a Chicago Tribune article on it.

  7. Re:Walt Disney on Disney Does Digital, Ditches Drawings · · Score: 2, Informative

    Fox didn't make "Antz", Dreamworks did (and it was produced at PDI). The person at the helm of it all was Jeffry Katzenburg. Disney accused him of stealing the story for "A Bug's Life" because he had been head of Disney's animation group and then departed to found Dreamworks.

  8. Re:From Das Article on Company Files Motion to Stop IE Distribution · · Score: 1
    Isn't it a fact that after XX years if you don't defent a patent, you in effect, lose it?

    you're thinking of trademarks. patents are enforcable until they expire.

  9. Re:Other uses? on ESR to Shred SCO Claims? · · Score: 1
    you mean like this?

    granted, it's not based on source code comparisons, but rather history.

  10. darn, no TAMU distribution on Historic Linux File Archive Created · · Score: 1

    ah, those were the days. 13 3.5" floppies painstakingly downloaded and dd'd onto floppies with and AIX box.

  11. Re:Interesting idea, but will it work? on Foiling Cinema Pirates · · Score: 1

    actually, for film and tv they use a box that changes that sync on TV's and monitors to match the camera shooting is to that there is no flicker or bands.

  12. oh so timely on Looking at Video Games and Violence · · Score: 4, Funny
    maybe they're related, maybe not. still good.

    PVP comic strip from yesterday

  13. Re:Some Problems on Matrix Reloaded Trailer Released · · Score: 1

    heck, even my g3 b&w 350 handles this fine.

  14. Re:Beyond XP on Hydra: Rendezvous-Enabled Text Editing · · Score: 1

    um, yeah.

    1) should have been titled "other than XP".

    2) yes, you can just say "look at like 565 please", but getting to see someone correct your code might be helpful.

  15. Beyond XP on Hydra: Rendezvous-Enabled Text Editing · · Score: 1

    If you happen to be working along and get stuck it'd be nice to be able to email/IM/irc/phone/etc someone elsewhere in the office and get them to look at your code with a system like this. Not having to go over to their desk and they pull it up or come back to your desk. But, that's just a thought from my end. of course then you've broken the other persons flow and wasted company time :)

  16. Re:Myth on 56k Times Five: Myth Or Moneymaker? · · Score: 1

    indeed, thank you for the correction.

  17. Re:Myth on 56k Times Five: Myth Or Moneymaker? · · Score: 1

    take a look at Privoxy (from the guys that brought you junkbuster. There is a setting to strip flash. It also has configuration via a web page, very nice.

  18. some books that might help on Making a House That Will Last for Centuries? · · Score: 1
    not for materials, but for design, these books might help one figure out the best way to make a house that feels right and lasts:

    The Timeless Way of Building

    A Pattern Language

  19. Re:Its too bad.. on Why Do Google Hit Numbers Vary? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Ah, but Google does have one....well, available at the Googleplex.

  20. Re:If there only was... on A Look at IRIX 6.5.17 · · Score: 2
    Anyone out there providing ssh'd remote X access to an IRIX box so one could have a look?


    that won't do you any good. most of the GL stuff won't display back because of library incompatabilities. You also lack the groovy hardware to work the X magic.


    We have lots of IRIX machines where I work (a computer animation studio). For interactive use, you can't beat the cheaper x86 based hardware, be it running Windows or Linux. We are going to be moving from IRIX to Linux because the machines cost too much and the support contracts are a nightmare of expense. The faster interactive work doesn't hurt the cause either.

  21. Re:evolution on More on KDE Groupware · · Score: 2
    If we all stopped at the point where somebody says "It's been done before" we wouldn't have Linux, KDE or GNOME and I'd be posting to /. in IE.
    no, you'd be posting it under the NCSA Mosaic browser.
  22. Re:Nooooooo! on Disney Aquires Sen to Chihiro, Lasseter to Dub · · Score: 2

    unfortunatly Disney locked up all the Ghibli rights a while back. They control the distribution in the US. This the sucky dubs of stuff like Mononoke.

  23. Out of luck Taco on Disney Aquires Sen to Chihiro, Lasseter to Dub · · Score: 2

    Sorry CmdrTaco, unless you have a SAG card you won't be dubbing anything :P

  24. Great! Where's the backup solution? on The Amazing $5k Terabyte Array · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I would rather spend the money on good disk storage with an integrated or integral back-up solution. Why? Well, as cool as all that storage it, what happens when it goes *poof* and you can't get it back. You're screwed.

    Yes, this is a groovy/geeky/cool solution for under your desk, but at least spend the extra dollars for a SCSI card and tape backup unit. You could fit the whole thing on a few DLT's. You can also keep incremental backups to keep the tape swapping to a minimum.

  25. Re:Good. on Custom OpenBSD 3.0 with IPFilter From Darren Reed · · Score: 2

    No, it is close however. Converting rules from ipf to pf is very easy.