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  1. Re:Windows 7 on Ask Slashdot: Mac To Linux Return Flow? · · Score: 0

    I routinely use both OpenVPN and Junos Pulse on my Android. What are you talking about?

  2. Re:Is the story correct? LG says no. on Nexus 4 Includes Support For LTE · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Apple's cheapest phone is $650. Google's is $299. You'd have to be a fool to expect that they would be treated the same with that price delta. Also just how much is Apple paying for their goddamn radio that a 32GB iPod Touch is $299, but it's $650 for 16GB iPod Touch + Phone capabilities (iPhone)?

  3. It is 4G on 34% of iPhone Owners Think the 4 Is 4G · · Score: 1

    Guys, I dunno how to break it to you but at least on AT&T it is 4G as it has been redefined. A 3G phone is incapable of doing more than 128kbps upstream on AT&T's network. When you negotiate your network connection, you set a hspa version. The iPhone 4 and the 4G Android phones negotiate the same way. They get the same transfer speeds.

    Blame the FCC for allowing this to become so goddan murky. Reminds me of the old days when USB 1.1 got relabeled USB 2.0 Full-Speed, vs USB 2.0 Hi-Speed which was way faster than Full-Speed.

  4. Re:Meanwhile, in Japan on 68% of US Broadband Connections Aren't Broadband · · Score: 1

    bzzt, wrong. 'Broadband' is a technical term that does not change in meaning. "[Broadband is] a term used to describe a network that can transmit a wide range of signals, including audio and video. Broadband networks are especially useful in the Networked World, as they can carry many signals at once, resulting in faster data transmission"

    Words get new meanings over time. Organic has been supplanted to mean something other than "life". Get with it, because as much as I hate organic it is here to stay. So is broadband as a synonym for "big pipe"...

  5. Re:What the article doesn't mention on Looking Back At OS X's Origins · · Score: 1

    You're just holding it wrong!

    That's what she said!

  6. Re:Wow! on Wikipedia Explains Today's Global Outage · · Score: 1
    Nah, its standard practice.

    $ host download.microsoft.com
    download.microsoft.com is an alias for download.microsoft.com.nsatc.net.
    download.microsoft.com.nsatc.net is an alias for mscom-dlc.vo.llnwd.net.
    mscom-dlc.vo.llnwd.net has address 208.111.161.113
    mscom-dlc.vo.llnwd.net has address 208.111.161.89

  7. Re:A pretty good one, actually on Windows 7 "Not Much Faster" Than Vista · · Score: 1
  8. Re:Let's flip the question.... on No Business Case For IPv6, Survey Finds · · Score: 3, Insightful

    There is more than one protocol than http. Try ftp, imap, smtp, irc and https on for size.

  9. Re:Content Management System is not a design progr on Dreamweaver Is Dying; Long Live Drupal! · · Score: 1

    I use Drupal Joomla and Wordpress fairly regularly for different jobs/projects and most of my time is spent making the sites looks different from every other cms site out there

    How about you learn to use a comma?

  10. Re:Removing IE poses one very significant problem on EC Considering Removing Internet Explorer From Windows · · Score: 1

    The Windows ftp client doesn't support passive mode. This makes it practically useless if you're behind nat.

  11. Re:Seriously... on iTunes DRM-Free Files Contain Personal Info · · Score: 5, Insightful

    i seriously doubt that an email which can be easily changed in a file can be used as the sole grounds for pressing charges. It ma however bolster a case where a user has been tracked by IP and the files have his email too.

    As we're talking about purchased music, all Apple would have to do is lookup the record of the credit card used to purchase the song.

    So unless you always use iTunes redeemable gift cards, it's probably fairly easy to track a user definitively.

  12. Re:Perfect for in-dash navigational systems... on Running Android On Netbooks · · Score: 1

    What can Gentoo do that Ubuntu can't do?

    Cookies?

    Oh come on, sure that initial compile is slow and heats up your processor big time, but it's still not capable of making cookies!

  13. Re:Still making 32 bit? on 32bit Win7 Vs. Vista Vs. XP · · Score: 3, Informative

    Unless you have more than 3.5 GB of RAM

    Unless you allocate more than 3.5 GB per process.

    PAE has gotten around the 4 gig limit a long time ago.

  14. Re:Still making 32 bit? on 32bit Win7 Vs. Vista Vs. XP · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I agree. Nobody is selling 32-bit processors anymore.

    Intel's Atom processor is 32-bit.

    Linux can handle 32-bit applications on 64-bit OSes. Surely MS can do the same?

    It's the proprietary drivers that make it hard for MS to do the same. In Linux the vast majority of drivers are maintained in source, so this isn't as much of a problem.

  15. Re:Linux vs. Windows Speed boots on Boot Windows Vista In Four Seconds · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If they've found a way to boot Windows in 4 seconds, nobody other than haters is going to care how it was done. Calling the method an abuse of the hibernation system is as ridiculous as calling Jailbreaking an abuse of an iPod. It's your hardware.

    I think you're missing the point. Since this is loading a hibernated image of a freshly booted system, this means that updates or changes in startup will be lost unless you remake the image. Since many Windows Updates require a reboot to take effect, this could result in remotely exploitable services running on your system.

  16. Re:Goes to show on Red Hat, Fedora Servers Compromised · · Score: 1

    Synergy, a keyboard sharing app, must run as the user. I use this to use one keyboard between an Windows laptop and Linux desktop at work. As the keyboard is only hooked up to my Linux box, and synergy runs as me I must assume that user level access is all that is needed for a keylogger.

  17. Re:Nope. on Long-Dead ORDB Begins Returning False Positives · · Score: 1
  18. Re:Speeds on Comcast Cheating On Bandwidth Testing? · · Score: 1

    How much you want to bet the "sysadmin" who wrote this submission ran the sustained speedtest from a server on a t1. . .

  19. Re:my rebuttal on Is Apple Killing Linux on the Desktop? · · Score: 1

    I'm typing this on my new MacBook Pro. Before I ordered it I compared the price of a Dell laptop configured close to the MBP and the Dell was about $200 more than my MBP. But I didn't stop with Dell, I also tried an HP, which was the same price as the MBP My route to purchasing equipment is very different than yours. Seems to me that you were just trying to justify your purchase because the equivalent MBP will be cheaper. When I buy equipment I figure out what I want and what I need first, then go from there.

    Needs:
    14" or smaller
    High reso screen, 1280x800 isn't enough
    100+ gb of space
    2gb of ram
    Core 2 Duo
    802.11g Wireless
    Real video card, no Intel built in nonsense

    Wants:
    Bluetooth
    Dual Layer DVD Burner
    Built in Webcam
    At least 4 USB Ports
    802.11n Wireless

    Once I decided what I needed and wanted, I looked around for the cheapest machine that had that. This pretty much eliminated all of the Macbooks, and most HP's. None of them had the high resolution screen that I wanted. I ended up with the Vostro and haven't looked back.

    Of course I paid a lot more than $650, more than 3 tymes that. Then again instead of it having a 14" LCD, it's got one that's 17". While big enough for being portable, it's too small when working at my desk. Even if money was no object, I hate carrying large screens. I have a great desktop that I use at my desk, so for me my laptop is all about portability.

    That said, if Apple ever competes on price I will consider their hardware.

    We all do our purchases in different ways and I'm happy for you that you found the Macbook Pro the better deal. Personally I'm very happy with my Vostro. It's fast, portable and works great in Linux.
  20. Re:my rebuttal on Is Apple Killing Linux on the Desktop? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I bought a Dell Vostro 1400 with a Core 2 Duo, 2 gigs of ram, 14" 1440x900 gloss screen, 120gb HD, 2 Megapixel webcam, Bluetooth, 11g Wifi and DVD Burner for $650 last year.

    Apple's nearest competitor doesn't come with a high resolution screen. To me, Apple just can't compete on price, nor is its software compelling enough to switch.

  21. Re:slashdoters on Dvorak Looks Back At 'Another Crappy Tech Year' · · Score: 1

    Zonk is Dvorak . . . Dvorak is Zonk

    Finkel is Einhorn!

  22. Re:In a word... on DJB Releases All Source to Public Domain · · Score: 1

    "But when you distribute the same sections as part of a whole which is a work based on the Program, the distribution of the whole must be on the terms of this License, whose permissions for other licensees extend to the entire whole, and thus to each and every part regardless of who wrote it." The GPL'd software, and every piece of software within the RH tree is in separate independent packages called rpm's. This means that the independent packages are each entitled to their own license. For example the gcc package only contains gcc.

    You're thinking that this clause about one authors software will apply to an independent package of another piece of software is exactly why you are failing to grasp that RH has followed the letter of the GPL.
  23. Re:Just good. on DJB Releases All Source to Public Domain · · Score: 1

    Here are two security reportsfrm Georgi Guninski, neither of which received the bounty offered:

            * http://www.guninski.com/where_do_you_want_billg_to_go_today_4.html
            * http://www.guninski.com/qmailcrash.html These are DoS attacks that can be easily mitigated by using databytes. The offer was about security issues, not DoS attacks.
  24. Re:OK so when exactly? on DJB Releases All Source to Public Domain · · Score: 1

    I switched from qmail to postfix a few years ago because qmail was non-free and because qmail would get clogged with bounce messages from joe-jobs. It was not fun, and I still want to switch away from postfix (Sendmail is not a better option). From what I hear, both problems can be solved now. Give the QmailToaster a shot. It doesn't do joe-jobs, comes integrated with virtual users, antivirus/anti-spam, spf/srs, and a bunch of other shit.