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  1. Re:Their fears were justified. on Microsoft Feared Mac Vs. Vista In '05 · · Score: 1

    It isn't already bloated? Have you seen the size of the printer driver install set that's installed by default? Yeesh.

  2. Re:Epic Fail. on McColo Briefly Returns, Hands Off Botnet Control · · Score: 4, Insightful

    if spam wasn't profitable nobody would be doing it

    Not necessarily. Spam may not be profitable, spamming may be. If you convince someone to pay you to spam for them, whether or not the spam itself generates any profit, you hustled them out of the money.

  3. Re:But Can They Do It Justice? on Multiple Upcoming Games, Movies Based On Jordan's Wheel of Time · · Score: 4, Informative

    I remember reading a review of the demo, apparently of someone who hadn't read the books. "Pretty fog effects. Why am I taking damage?" This was in Shadar Logoth. When I played, the reaction was slightly different - "Fog? RUN!!!!".

    This game was why I got a 3D accelerator, but it was delayed many, many times. Fun, I finished it, but nothing memorable.

  4. Re:It's sad... on AVG Virus Scanner Removes Critical Windows File · · Score: 1

    What part of "reissued a package" did you miss?

  5. Re:It's sad... on AVG Virus Scanner Removes Critical Windows File · · Score: 1

    If anyone running a Linux system simply adopts a self-imposed policy of "I will only install software from the repositories using the package management system" ... then their system is guaranteed to never get malware.
    Is that so?

  6. Re:SecuROM? Fail. on Fallout 3 Launches Amidst Controversy · · Score: 1

    DRM is flawed in the same way perpetual motion machine is.

    Does this install a driver, yes/no? Does this require admin access to run, yes/no? If so, it's intrusive.

  7. Re:OK, please 'splain this to me . . . on Open-Source DRM Ready To Take On Big Guns · · Score: 1

    You're missing the point.

    Open source encryption works because the attacker doesn't know the keys, just the sender and receiver.

    With DRM, the receiver *IS* the attacker. They have the keys, otherwise it can't be played.

  8. Re:I'm with Kaspersky on Can You Trust Anti-Virus Rankings? · · Score: 1

    Also netcat, which is a "hacker tool", immediately deleted by our policy.

    I work on proxy software. Netcat is one of those things I need on a regular basis.

  9. Re:is that still around? on Users Rage Over Missing FireWire On New MacBooks · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That's SOOOO much easier than holding down some keys, plugging into a running computer and editing files.

  10. Re:is that still around? on Users Rage Over Missing FireWire On New MacBooks · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Speed isn't the issue, at least for me.

    USB doesn't let you use the Mac in Target mode, turning it into an HD without needing any OS to boot. It's great for system recovery.

  11. Re:What Has Changed? on How Big Should My Swap Partition Be? · · Score: 1

    !analyze -v

    Doesn't require an upload to MS.

  12. Re:What Has Changed? on How Big Should My Swap Partition Be? · · Score: 0

    Windows should have a swap file that is the size of RAM. If there's a system crash, the memory dump is written there and written to the dump file after the next boot.

  13. Re:irrational... on Apple Censors App Store Rejection Notices · · Score: 1

    How do you not test one of the major subsystems that was COMPLETELY broken, as in the simplest test app wouldn't work when you have a QA department?

  14. Re:irrational... on Apple Censors App Store Rejection Notices · · Score: 1

    Right, Apple would never, ever ship anything that say, broke the 64-bit subsystem.

  15. Re:Installation limits on EA Patches Spore, Eases DRM · · Score: 2, Informative

    There's one flaw with your argument.

    They don't sell used PC games, only used console games.

  16. Re:To borrow a phrase... on EA Patches Spore, Eases DRM · · Score: 1

    Personally, I *DON'T* give Steam a pass, not at all. That was the final straw that knocked me out of PC gaming for good.

  17. Re:QC? on Users Report Faulty WPA In 2nd-Gen IPod Touch · · Score: 1

    I agree. Apple does boneheaded things like this, they broke 64-bit in Tiger with a patch, WPA2 is broken on Tiger for me and has been that way since the beginning...

  18. There's another cost to seperate processes on In IE8 and Chrome, Processes Are the New Threads · · Score: 2, Interesting

    AV slowing the start of each process is really going to cause a performance hit.

  19. Re:It should be a civil matter, too on YouTube Reposts Anti-Scientology Videos · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I think it needs to be more than $250K.

    Take the maximum fine for willful copyright infringement. Triple it (ala RICO). That should be the fine, per notice.

  20. Re:Not the first time! on Kaminsky DNS Bug Claimed Fixed By 1-Character Patch · · Score: 1

    I've used that construct (and in many cases sizeof(x)/sizeof(x[0]) for getting count of elements that aren't byte sized ) for more than a decade over many compilers without issues. You need to relearn C/C++.

  21. Re:Not the first time! on Kaminsky DNS Bug Claimed Fixed By 1-Character Patch · · Score: 2, Informative

    better change:

    Remove the < *AND* don't use a hardcoded number, change to sizeof

  22. Re:Opt Out? on FTC Bans Prerecorded Telemarketing Drivel · · Score: 1

    I only get one call from particular numbers, they regularly change (or forge) different numbers.

  23. Re:Oh, come on on Apple's IPhone 3G Firmware Update Bombs · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's what else is on the market. It is a perfectly fair comparison, the iPhone doesn't live in a vacuum.

  24. Re:Opt Out? on FTC Bans Prerecorded Telemarketing Drivel · · Score: 1

    Cell phone owners get charged for calls. How is hanging up a viable solution?

  25. Re:Finally! on FTC Bans Prerecorded Telemarketing Drivel · · Score: 1

    They change their number frequently, if it even is their real number. I think they go through the list of numbers, change, and do it again.