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  1. Re:It doesn't matter. on Ask Slashdot: How Exportable is Linux? · · Score: 1

    This has NOTHING to do with encryption. Iran is one of a few countries that hardly anything can be exported to from the US, because they are considered an "enemy of the state" and the US government doesnt want them to have any technology if it can prevent it.

  2. Re:who cares? on Linux 2.3.0 · · Score: 1

    Hmm. I don't recall NT Service packs being announced here...

  3. Re:Ha! on Linux 2.3.0 · · Score: 0

    I've had it crash numerous times before 2.2.8.

  4. Re:don't bother on Linux 2.2.8 · · Score: 1

    Like the scheduler fixes, that everyone needs?

  5. Re:I don't care on NOS Crossroads · · Score: 1

    Actually, I have found NT4 sp5 to be relatively stable, and have had major problems with Linux 2.2/glibc 2.1 based distributions spiraling into double-digit loads from a single process gone awry..... although it is Linux, so at least I can fix it if I find the problem :)

  6. Re:Err... on TCP Equipped Ethernet Card · · Score: 1

    But ethernet only lets you send 1500 bytes in one go, so it's not that big of a deal.

  7. Re:FTP = plaintext logins = bad on Ask Slashdot: Live Update Web Pages on Linux? · · Score: 1

    Definitely... I've seen more sites broken into from passwords sniffed via ftp than anything else (yes, you won't see root, but all you need is to get to someone who su's and install a trojan that records their password)

  8. Re:Perl! on Ask Slashdot: Live Update Web Pages on Linux? · · Score: 1

    That's the problem... you CAN'T do that... to upload files, you HAVE TO suid to that user's uid to write to their home directory.

  9. Re:Perl! on Ask Slashdot: Live Update Web Pages on Linux? · · Score: 2

    Actually, I wouldn't recommend scripts from that site, unless you're begging to get rooted (suid is going to be needed for file upload)

  10. FrontPage? on Ask Slashdot: Live Update Web Pages on Linux? · · Score: 1

    The FrontPage extensions are not quite in-place editing, but are often demanded by users such as you describe who also use FrontPage for editing their website.

    Be forewarned that there is a lot of concern over how secure the current binary-only implementation is, though.

  11. Re:source code is a recipe on More On Encryption Source Code Appeal · · Score: 1

    Nonetheless, it is still a recipe on how to carry out a process, which has much less grounds for first amendment protection than political speech.

  12. Re:This gets confusing on NSI challenged over "obscene" domains · · Score: 1

    Since when does the Constitution not apply to international dealings? It always has.

  13. Re:Where do you buy from? on wcarchive Upgraded · · Score: 1

    That's where Micron and Dell differ :)

  14. Re:Too lazy to reboot?? on SBLive! Driver for Linux · · Score: 1

    If you're worried about users you shouldn't even have sound support or a soundcard installed...

  15. Re:Credit for PC Maker on wcarchive Upgraded · · Score: 2

    The only issue is, that even though you know that these pieces of hardware WORK, you don't know they work together. And yes, when you buy a preassembled PC from a good manufacturer, you DO know exactly what you get.

    And warranties are better for a LOT more than just not wanting to open the machine up. I've had many a time where some WEIRD problems showed up and nothing I tried work, but calling tech support fixed it in about 10 minutes. A large computer manufacturer has simply seen it all and can help you with almost anything.

  16. Re:What OS? on wcarchive Upgraded · · Score: 1

    But you can't make an Intel linux box with more than 2GB of RAM (and even that requires patches).

  17. The right of the people... on The Public & The Internet: Open Forum · · Score: 1

    So what does scientific education have to do with this? And most such studies have focused exclusively on science and math..... that doesn't mean that American education as a whole is lacking.

    If you look at CEO's of American businesses, a high proportion of them ARE raised in the US to parents raised in the US.

  18. HOWTO Bust Script Kiddies? on Script Kiddy HOWTO · · Score: 0

    If you didn't make backups in some form, if not even on your local computer, you deserved it.... disks fail too, many other things happen... You've learned one of the first lessons of running a business that depends on computers :)

  19. Pre-installation is the key on Gates: "Linux will have Limited Impact" · · Score: 1

    As compared to redhat auto-detecting your video card, network card, and IDE zip drive?? So you still need to specify your monitor and serial mouse, it ain't that bad..

  20. Silly quote~! on Cendant Putting Linux in 4,000 Hotels · · Score: 1

    Intelligent people don't say intilligent.

  21. Got a FEW problems with this whole thing... on NT faster than Linux in tests · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, the sloppy thing is that those items HAVE to be tuned. Linux needs to get rid of things like required patches for filehandles and the like, and support >1GB ram properly, before it begins to get good reviews.

    I know everyone will whine and scream, but Linux on Intel just does not make a good enterprise server, it has too many serious shortcomings. And Linux on Intel is what will be tested, not FreeBSD or Linux on Alpha, because Linux on Intel is what all the linux advocates have pushed.

  22. only 970 MB RAM = misconfiguration on NT faster than Linux in tests · · Score: 2

    The problem is that Linux needs kernel patches for more filehandles, >960MB memory, etc. etc. It's very sad IMO.... a sysadmin should NOT be expected to have to apply patches.... menuconfig options maybe, but not patches.....

    People complain about tests like this and DH Brown, but really only somewhat out-of-box solutions should be tested.

  23. Look at the OS configurations on NT faster than Linux in tests · · Score: 1

    Except linux CANT use more than 960MB of memory without patches......

  24. Why unite *nix? on Big Guns Unite To Unify Unix · · Score: 1

    The license doesn't have to allow you to. Ever since the turn of the century the US has gradually been passing laws that make some aspects of contracts unenforcable. Not that you could sue the software vendor for ANYTHING, but really what the license says isn't necessarily what your rights really are....

  25. Why bother learning??? on Clueless Users Are Bad For Debian · · Score: 1

    The issue with strtok manpage is it expects you have somewhat of a clue about programming in general. As the rest of man(2) and man(3) should. Such definitions occur VERY frequently in specifications of functions, get used to it. It's a semi-formal language you'll need to learn.