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  1. Re:CD copiers on Operation FastLink Yields Three Arrests · · Score: 1

    I still haven't figured out if they are just black and white or are they color. Can anyone help find out?

  2. Re:Other platforms on WormRadar Node Volunteers Help Graph Attacks · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It didn't work in WINE (CodeWeavers Wine):

    0x65f00000-65fc0800 (PE) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\OLE32.DLL
    0x70bd0000-70c34600 (PE) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHLWAPI.DLL
    0x78000000-78040000 (PE) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSVCRT.DLL
    Threads:
    process tid prio
    0000000a (D) Y:\updates\WormRadar.exe
    0000000b 0 <==
    WineDbg terminated on pid a

  3. Re:Quantum Crypto Provably Flawed? on First Bank Transfer via Quantum Cryptography · · Score: 1

    And even more interesting is that if you got *in* to the place that is generating these photons, you might as well just lift the equipment and everything in the office because you'd make more money with that than trying to sit there and crack the thing to get into bank accounts while Blow Joe security guard is running down the hall.

  4. Re:Is this a joke submission? on World's First 1GB Web Mail May Not Be From Google · · Score: 1

    So, are there really advantages to being a subscriber?

  5. Now if someone smart... on Torque Network Gaming Library Released Open Source · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Can give me a triple punch of an architecture including the best of:

    * Twisted
    * ACE
    * OpenTNL

    Any other neat ones you can think of?

  6. Re:Probe componentry on NASA Gravity Probe Launched · · Score: 1

    can you guess which?

    I believe the third component has been accounted for. NASA engineers will be utilizing Vol. 2 Track 3 in all further netmeeting conferences for their opening exercises.

  7. Re:Lots and lots of terms in a screen session on Text Based User Interfaces in the 21st Century? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Ever used a recent copy of Konsole or gnome-terminal? Might give it a try. I've mapped my IBM T30 laptop's back/forward buttons to flip through the embedded virtual terminals. Then you pick one of your desktops to contain a full screen version of that terminal and there you go.

    Though, "screen -x user/share" is old-school netmeeting. So it's still quite useful!

    TUI/CUI still needs focus for low-bandwidth situations like modem support, etc.

  8. Re:Do we really need this? on OSRM Declares Linux Free of Copyright Violations · · Score: 1

    Question is: why isn't there liability insurance for other platforms, namely proprietary?

    For example: what if I bet the farm on BeOS as my development platform?

    The answers to this post will inevitably be the answers to this thread's question.

  9. Re:Even if everybody here did give up TV... on National TV Turn Off Week · · Score: 1

    So, when's National /. Turn Off Week?

  10. Re:Bloack Boxes are certified by whom? on Automobile Black Box Sends Driver to Jail · · Score: 1

    Regardless, you still struck and killed a guy. You don't need a box to tell us that.

    thanks.

  11. Re:Good on American Airlines Is Third Company To Share Data · · Score: 1

    Just like you use a myriad of tools to defeat spam (RBL, Bayesian, etc.), the government needs different tools to defeat terrorists. One system will never be the silver bullet, but it can at the very least put a dent in the plans of those who wish to kill, mame, and otherwise terrorize.

    Privacy is a great thing, but all things can be abused and exploited. We whine and complain about how draconian the government is about trying to catch these guys, but don't forget about the two who didn't get away. We won't be needing a future "911" commission because of it.

  12. Re:intermezzo! on Distributed Filesystem for Disconnected Operation? · · Score: 0

    Unfortunately, it crashes just as much as coda.

  13. AMD using monopoly power again!!! on AMD, Intergraph Settle Patent Lawsuit · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dammit! It seems like everything bad that happens to AMD, AMD turns around and uses it in their favor...

    I mean:
    - States sue AMD for abusing monopoly powers; AMD pays lawsuit with AMD products that indoctrinate kids (future buyers) into AMD products.

    - AMD sues Intel for it's impossible common word trademark of gigahertz in US courts. AMD loses. AMD sues Intel in other world courts; Intel is forced to change name. AMD loses, yet wins. Intel runs out of lawsuit money.

    - States sue AMD over alleged undocumented CPU instructions that allow AMD software to run better on Athlon than other software. Source code is released later on that shows AMD lied in court. Nothing happens to AMD!

    How is this new lawsuit good for anything but AMD? It's like AMD basically paid $25million to ensure that 3rd party software has a disadvantage - something AMD has already been sued for! This, once again, screws consumers by causing 3rd party manufacturers to pay more for licensing and allows AMD to eat another market.

    AMD is really clever at screwing us all in the ass as efficiently as possible.

    PS. If you don't get it, don't worry about modding this post.

  14. Bowling for Bombay on What Should a Documentary Filmmaker Ask About Offshoring? · · Score: 1

    Need I say more?

  15. Social Chaos and Anarchy on Quantum Cryptography Leaving the Lab · · Score: 2, Funny

    What impact will quantum cryptography have on society?

    It will be the end of us all! I will *never* purchase GMO-computers They will spread into neighboring villages and corporate monopolies such as Consanto will patent with royalties accumulated on a per atom basis.

    Oh, the humanity!

  16. /. Double-standard: Developers or Users on A Need for Greater Cybersecurity · · Score: 2, Troll

    So, which is /.?

    Developers are responsible for secure code? Or, is it the Users?

    Remember legislation that might effect open source projects into being responsible for the security of their code? Remember the uproar that caused?

    Or is this another friendly gray-area-it-depends-if-it's-convenient-for-my-cur rent-political-agenda issue?

  17. Re:Blame the users on A Need for Greater Cybersecurity · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why... why are companies allowed to sell software that has known defects? Surely it's technically possible to ensure that every installation of Windows XP leaves the shop with all necessary patches?

    If it's that easy, why don't you get back to us once you've got it complete.

    This is not meant to be a Troll, but think about the question and think about politics, bureaucracy, red tape, etc. Oh, and you might want to start your own biz too, that helps put things in perspective.

  18. Re:raves? on Plone 2.0: eWEEK Reviews, Raves About OS Software · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's an expression. People of /.: please lighten up. Quit letting rage and hate boil in your hearts. Get out. Take a walk; breathe the fresh air and hear the birds sing. Free your minds from the cares of the word, the patents, the spam, microsoft, governments, corporations. Look in your inner self for answers and release yourselves from self-deposed anguish.

    take care.

  19. Re:B Method? on Tracking the Blackout Bug · · Score: 2, Insightful

    design the system in such a way that it is provable it executes this design

    Unfortunately, if you actually come out of the library and the computer labs, software has to be done -- yesterday. Flawless, provable code would cause most software houses to go bankrupt. It's a fact of life...

  20. Re:MS-Funded Research States Sky Is Red on Linux Distributions Respond to Forrester · · Score: 1

    Now that's dangerous.

    So, when will we be able to see a /. funded research study?!

  21. Re:No matter who says what on Linux Distributions Respond to Forrester · · Score: 1

    Now if I can get that darned IBM T30 to suspend without crashing X and KDE, and if Qt didn't crap out on double-byte Chinese fonts, I might buy into the "It works" portion of your rant. Yes, I've upgraded kernels 2.4.x, 2.6.x, blah blah. ACPI don't work. And APM bugs out.

    (BTW, I run Linux exclusively on my IBM T30 .. no windows at all. In fact, I run several flavors in chroot environments on both the laptop HD and an external USB HD.)

  22. Re:Can techies become a force of change? on Train Your Own Replacement · · Score: 1

    Well, what if I personally *don't* want to deal with unions? What then?

    Screw the corps and the unions. If they mess with me, I move on, instead of holding a grudge or a slew of chips on my shoulders.

    Unions will only bring a continuing bout of unnecessary bureaucracy and we will see more illegal manoeuvrings regardless of what organizations are involved. Europeans gleam with joy about orgs like the United Nations, when looked under the microscope--as all do against the United States--you only find the same rot.

    As for me, when I see more of these types of cases, I won't be surprised.

  23. Re:Can techies become a force of change? on Train Your Own Replacement · · Score: 1

    Know your history, know your past. It will empower you to face the future.

    Well, you're absolutely right. That's why we know the words "Labor Union", "Racketeering", "The Mob", and "Organized Crime" go hand-in-hand.

    Lesson 1 in human nature: no organization is immune to corruption.

    organization is to iron, as corruption is to oxydization.

  24. Slashdot Mantra... on States Link Databases to Find Tax Cheats · · Score: 1

    Tax The RICH
    Make The Cheaters PAY
    While Blind

  25. Lake vs Sea on A Completely Separate Ecosystem on Earth · · Score: 1

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe if it's a body of salt water, the correct term is "Sea". For example, the Dead Sea. The Great Lakes are so named because they're bodies of fresh water.