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  1. Re:Misleading Slashdot title on Galaxy Clusters' Stunted Growth Confirms Dark Energy · · Score: 1

    but I thought we had a glimpse of it's fur

  2. Re:You LOSE! on Final Judgment — SCO Loses, Owes $3,506,526 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Not so sure
    Is Novell a good guy today
    or
    a less bad guy

  3. Re:IP and Hardware addresses on (Useful) Stupid Regex Tricks? · · Score: 1

    One of our operators once decided to tidy up the hosts file on the openview sun box
    Added leading zeros to all the octets in all IP addreses.
    That created a fair few problems.

  4. Re:Idiots on Passport Required To Buy Mobile Phones In the UK · · Score: 1

    Excellent case for a stronger house of Lords and hereditary peers.
    Better that those that provide some form of check on the government are not government appointed lackeys a la Manleson

  5. Re:Of'course we could sell this for you ! on Lenovo Requires NDA For Windows License Refund · · Score: 1

    PS: OEMs cannot be resold according the EULA; although there are companies dealing specifically in OEM stickers, cd's and manuals; so there might be some middle line to walk there; how thin this line is, I don't know. IANAL.

    But if you have not accepted the EULA then how can it bind you into not selling it.

  6. Re:Fighter ?? on First All-Drone USAF Air Wing · · Score: 2, Informative

    And you think that the MQ-9 a faster more agile high G aircraft.
    Fine in the future I can see that the fighter roll could be taked over by a drone but not the MQ-9
    Which was my point

  7. Fighter ?? on First All-Drone USAF Air Wing · · Score: 1

    Surveillance Wing yes
    Ground Attack Wing possibly
    Fighter Wing, no way

  8. Re:Voorwerp = Thing on Galaxy Zoo Produces a Rare Specimen · · Score: 1

    Voorwerp shmoorwerp

    It's a cosmic frog

  9. Congratulations on Wireshark 1.0 Released · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Well done to the whole team on reaching this milestone.
    This excellent and valuable tool has been a vital part of my toolkit for many years.

  10. Re:The only differences on Has the Novell/Microsoft Deal Made a Difference? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I have moved from Suse to Kubuntu
    I had always recommended Suse to beginners, not anymore.

  11. Re:Reason for pull? on Controversial Security Paper Nixed From Black Hat · · Score: 1

    No, it's Wrong Trousers Day
    http://www.wallaceandgromitfoundation.org/

  12. Blue String Soup on Large Caves Found on the Surface of Mars · · Score: 1

    Great we are one step closer to finding the blue string soup.

  13. Use the RIP act on them on British Cops Hack Into Government Computers · · Score: 1

    There should be no need to hack

    I think that the RIP act alows the police to demand your password.
    If you do not provide this information the sentance is a long term in gaol.

  14. Re:Voice over Frame Relay on VOIP to be Made Illegal in India · · Score: 1

    Can you then do frame relay over IP

  15. Re:It's all conspiracy on FBI Taps Cell Phone Microphones in Mafia Case · · Score: 1

    Anyone going to pjone the Cell Number in the PDF
    Has the Maff guy been locked up yet.

  16. Re:Not so bad on RFID Tech Infiltrating a British Institution · · Score: 1

    OK agreed my mistake, I should have said store cards.
    But my main point is that how will RFID affect any of the points in the parent post

  17. Re:People don't know or care on RFID Tech Infiltrating a British Institution · · Score: 1

    And they will be pro RFID when they understand that the store is more likely to have their (all) sizes in stock.

  18. Re:Not so bad on RFID Tech Infiltrating a British Institution · · Score: 1

    All nothing to do with RFID, all the above can be tracked by credit cards and bar codes.

  19. Re:Not so bad on RFID Tech Infiltrating a British Institution · · Score: 3, Informative

    The tag only has an ID, (think MAC address) you require access to the backend database only then can know what is in the bag.

  20. Re:They have every right. on Samba Team Urges Novell To Reconsider · · Score: 1

    Yep

    Obviously your memory of Redhat history may be failing.
    I left Redhat for Suse a long time befor Fedora although I have dabbled with Fedora since.
    I didn't mind paying 40-50 GBP for a new boxed distro every 18 months but I wasn't going to pay 70-80 so I moved to SuSE
    Laterly I have preferred the magazine cover disks of the n-1 SuSE release and now OpenSuSE

    However I will not be going near SuSE again while they're playing with Bill

  21. Re:They have every right. on Samba Team Urges Novell To Reconsider · · Score: 1
    If you don't like it, don't buy their products.

    and that's just how Iill play it.
    I used to purchae Redhat but then when they went all comercial I moved to SuSE
    I have since purchased a number of the SuSE box sets from 6.1 on.
    I always recommend SuSE to friends and colleagues.
    I won't be using or recommending them any more.
    Time to give Centos a try I think
  22. Re:Unreliable Network Simulation on pfSense 1.0 Firewall Released · · Score: 1

    For traffic shaping there is always netem http://linux-net.osdl.org/index.php/Netem
    If not for you have a look at nistnet URL:http://www-x.antd.nist.gov/nistnet/>
    and dummynet.

  23. Re:The default password is... on Googling for ATM Master Passwords · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This is clearly rubbish.

    Stating the bleeding obvious, ATMs contain cash.
    All ATM's have keys, combination locks or a mixture of the two.
    There is no good reason for the operator mode switch not to be locked away.

    Whoever makes these ATMs deserves all the bad publicity that they get.

  24. Re:That's EASY! on Left Sided Windows Scrollbars? · · Score: 1
    Heck, grab your favorite pencil or pen, hold it in your right hand, and read the markings on the pencil. If they're right side up, you've got yourself a right handed pen. Switch to the left side, and the letters are upside down! How disorienting

    Sharpen the other end
    Saw the original point square
    Presto Hey
      a left handed pencil
  25. Re:One jailer for another on Microsoft To Release 'iPod Killer' at Christmas? · · Score: 1

    Remember when Microsoft NT Netware Gateway allowed you to have unlimited users use Netware File shares breaking the Novell license restrictions. They basicly killed netware. Now look at the CAL restrictions on 2003 Server and XP.

    So they will be "unlocking users from iPod's vendor lock-in."
    Yeah right, just to build market share before they lock you in even tighter.