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  1. Re:comparison on Spyware Removal is Big Business · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Fine, then you need to write up some computer to sex metaphors. :-P

  2. Re:Captured robots on Military Robots Get Machine Guns · · Score: 1

    HERF guns are directional. Blast the operator and his remote control no longer functions, but the malicious attacker still has a functional remote.

  3. Re:Two thirds??? on Spyware Removal is Big Business · · Score: 1

    Maybe there are more Linux and Mac desktops than people realize?

  4. Re:comparison on Spyware Removal is Big Business · · Score: 1

    Because cars are common complex machines that idiots can use? What else is used by regular people that is as complex?

  5. Re:We'll see how long... on NOAA Adopts New Net Policy · · Score: 1

    Wasn't it TWC that paid for the DRI Radeon8500 drivers? I think your tinfoil hat is too tight.

  6. Re:Captured robots on Military Robots Get Machine Guns · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So what happens when someone converts an old microwave to an EMP blaster and shorts out the joystick, then sends thier own signal to the bot?

    Sure there are ways to harden the electronics but...

  7. Re:Ahhh, the essence of Capitalism... on Verizon-Pushed WiFi Bill Becomes Law in PA · · Score: 1

    Err, Patriot Act? We are headed to fascism.

  8. Re:"knowing everything" on Judge Petitioned To Unseal SCO-IBM Court Records · · Score: 1

    Yes the public really does have a right to know. You waste the Court's time and by extension the Public's money and then settle out of court? The minimum we should get out of the deal is details on the settlement.

  9. Re:Abandonware, ahh.. on Internet Archive Loses Copyright Fight · · Score: 1

    Well, that is how it is written in the Constitution. I know, the Supremes no longer seems to care about the Constitution when is is not to Big Corp's interest.

    Freaking idiot mods

  10. Re:A common misconception... on Feds Propose National Database of College Students · · Score: 1

    There was just an article on stems cells curing parylasis, so I think we can safely say that stem cell treatments do work.

  11. Re:Abandonware, ahh.. on Internet Archive Loses Copyright Fight · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Well, that is how it is written in the Constitution. I know, the Supremes no longer seems to care about the Constitution when is is not to Big Corp's interest.

  12. Re:Thoughts on requiring ID on ID Required to Purchase Games · · Score: 1

    Because censoring will lead to worse things.

  13. Re:I agree on the dimmed menus on Top Ten Persistent Design Flaws · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wasn't aware it was so slow on a Mac. In Windows or Linux, it is pretty much instantenous on any reasonably modern system.

  14. Re:I agree on the dimmed menus on Top Ten Persistent Design Flaws · · Score: 1

    Actually do both.

    Say you see "Save" is greyed out, you click on it and the help file opens to the correct section and you can read that if "save" is greyed out then it means that no changes have been made to the document since you last saved.

  15. Re:Power Failure Crash... on Top Ten Persistent Design Flaws · · Score: 1

    You mean that for a desktop you actually connect a UPS to the computer?

    Just swap out the surge protector with a UPS and be done with it. It should be pretty obvious that when the lights go out and the UPS starts beeping that you have lost power so shutdown the computer.

    While I don't know of any continual save programs , I do know that you can scheduale repeating periodic automatic saves in most Office programs. OOo and MS Office support and I think things like Abiword do as well.

  16. Re:Whaa? on Da Vinci's Ornithopter Prepares For a Test Flight · · Score: 2, Informative

    It is more useful to block those annoying 1/1 creatures. Ever lost a game because of a Scryb spryte?

    You don't need to enchant it, as there are other ways to encrease the power such as Tawno's Weaponry.

  17. Re:I'll call you on that one on 1994 BSD/Unix Settlement Released On Groklaw · · Score: 1

    Eolas

  18. Re:Another nail? on Failed Win XP Upgrade Wipes Out UK Government Agency · · Score: 1

    If people are actually using RPM and not using custom rolled *.rpms or just plain tarballs? Then no, it couldn't hapen on Red Hat or any other RPM-based distro, nor a Debian based one.

    If one is creating custom packaged RPM's then it is just barely possible, if one ignores all testing practices.

  19. Re:This is typical of our government. on Failed Win XP Upgrade Wipes Out UK Government Agency · · Score: 1

    If you are pushing out packages to Linux then almost assuredly you are using RPM or dpkg. Either has version checking that gacefully disallows fatal partial upgrades.

  20. Re:TCO costs rise scarily with Windows XP failures on Failed Win XP Upgrade Wipes Out UK Government Agency · · Score: 1

    Scripting. One can do it either client or server side through a number of ways.

    How I would do it:
    Central ftp server with clients running either apt or urpmi.update as a cron script. Combine with some scripts using expect and ssh to login into a few machines a night or two before uploading to the central ftp server.One might have more than one central server but that really doesn't matter for a simple explanation.

  21. Re:RTFM on An Update on Patrick Volkerding · · Score: 1

    Mitral valve Prolapse is otherwise known as a heart murmur. virtually no Doc wants to admit that it is not always a genetic/birth disorder but something that can result from an infection.

  22. Re:Sadly... on An Update on Patrick Volkerding · · Score: 1

    Mitral Valve prolapse is one of those things that can either be a pre existing genetic condition or cause by an infection. Guess which one it is if it shows up after you are twenty years old?

    Patrick has some wierd bacterial infection and is right to be panicking.

  23. Re:OSDL and RedHat are CCIA members too on Microsoft Critic Received $9.75m After Settlement · · Score: 1

    They have in the past and may still sell some GNU Tools for use on NT which of course have to be GPL.

  24. Re:It's interesting on Failing Grades For Most Anti-Spyware Tools · · Score: 1

    The problem with Loki was twofold. One, the guy running it was a sleaze. Two, most of thier ports were old before they started working on them.

    How is the above a troll?

    The president of Loki was not paying his employees, used one employees credit card to charge up a bunch of expenses while he continued to draw a salary. As for point 2, the only port that I would call timely was Tribes2 as it came out concurrent with the Windows release.

  25. Re:It's interesting on Failing Grades For Most Anti-Spyware Tools · · Score: 0, Troll

    The problem with Loki was twofold. One, the guy running it was a sleaze. Two, most of thier ports were old before they started working on them.