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  1. Ideas on Slash 2.2.0 Released · · Score: 2

    The new "absolute" comment number seems to have stopped a lot of FPs, but it makes it a real pain to see if something is redundant when doing M2. Also, editing is not such a good idea, I would think. This is a web LOG for a reason.

  2. Re:MusicCity or FastTrack? on EFF To Defend Music Swapping Service MusicCity · · Score: 2

    Because MusicCity is part that you notice. They don't want effect, they want glitter and control. How many people know|care what is behind the system?

  3. Re:Resource limits are needed by hosting companies on One-Machine Linux Cluster · · Score: 2
    Freeware such as s_context and user mode linux provide no control over how much resources one virtual server gets over another besides disk usage. Other limited resources like CPU, disk and network bandwidth (RAM?) are shared just like they would be shared by separate processes under a single Linux system.
    Yup, you're right. But you can cap individual users in the main system. User Bob could be limited to $X% processor usage, etc. He's still root of his machine once he changes context though. Run as a script at boot before allowing him to log in, and his virtual machine is capped. I'm really liking the sound of this.
  4. ICQ software on Keeping Non-Corporate Instant-Messaging Alive? · · Score: 2

    First thing: I'm not looking for the official client stuff. I want a server. And I haven't had luck finding one. Think about it: you own private ICQ network. Anyhow, has anyone found a Linux-based ICQ server?

  5. Re:144 or 128 petabytes? on Linux Breaks 100 Petabyte Ceiling · · Score: 2

    If you're buying a hard drive from a store, 1 meg = 1,000,000 bytes. If you're talking on Slashdot or about any scientific research, 1 meg = 1,048,576 bytes. My pansy 32 bit calculator can't comprehend Terabytes...

  6. Re:One baggy could kill everyone reading this, eas on Comdex Bans Bags From Show Floor · · Score: 2

    Wow, I guess that means I could get that into a fake card for the Springboard modules of my Visor. Better ban those too, 'cause if you've got the determination to run this in a laptop, it ain't gonna be hard to stick it in a Palm...

  7. Re:Jon... on Jet Lag: 2 Reviews Of "The One" · · Score: 3, Funny

    YES! A 2 liner from a guy with goatse.cx listed as his home page totally dissing John Katz gets modded up to 4 (at the time of this post, I bet he's going for 5)! And here's the kicker - it's insightful! I'll bet this one will even pass on M2. Take a hint folks - we want Katz gone!

  8. Re:How does this affect the game? on Hellhound Paintball ATV · · Score: 1

    YEAH! You know that is sweet. Kinda takes any sort of strategy out of the game though :)

  9. Re:How does this affect the game? on Hellhound Paintball ATV · · Score: 2
    I imagine that the players would require an even number of them per team, and you can't actually remove the machine - only the driver. If the driver gets shot, he must leave the field. Of course, watch that go to shit when they encase it in Lexan... It would be tough and unfair to disable it when it gets hit as the driver would have a hell of a time knowing if he got hit in the back. And it's too big a target...

    Fact is I'd never allow one in my games. Use it for marking cattle or painting a building... People get mad enough when you've got somebody w/ two guns and armor that hits as many people as he can by losing all cover and loosing all his rounds right off. *Promotional use only, not for sale* - a reason behind that.

  10. Secure Palm Pilot on Strong Token-Based Authentication w/ Open Source Software? · · Score: 2

    Do a search on google for "Palm Pilot STRIP" (be sure to include the palm pilot part - who knows what other kind of stuff you'll get). STRIP uses AES to encrypt the keys, so theoretically if you stole the pilot with the program not loaded and read straight from the chip, you'd be little better off. Be better to try brute forcing the password direct rather than stealing the token (pilot) and brute forcing that...

  11. Re:68 C? Ouch! on Shhh! Constructing A Truly Quiet Gaming PC · · Score: 2

    Seems to me that he's quoting an average number for really high speed Athlon procs. I've got one, and it takes a DESK FAN to keep it at 53 C idling (@1.4Ghz, not overclocked). It's the craziest most insane thing I've every seen, but that's just the way it is. I've been refusing to shut the case and let it run because up 'till now I thought that was an insane temp for a proc to run at - but it's normal.

  12. Re:Complete ignorant bias on A Strategic Comparison of Windows Vs. Unix · · Score: 2
    Unless a network does not already exist, or the current one is crapped to the point of replacing (or you have Novell and just hate it, or...). I think that was more the scope of this article.

    By the way: What do you think the point of a debate is anyway? Conclude what you believe to be the right answer, then convince everyone else about it. Seems like what everyone on /. is doing nowadays.

  13. Re:Why the world spins... on Performance of Ext2, ReiserFS, and XFS? · · Score: 1

    Collected knowledge, experience != FUD. FUD == bullshit.

  14. Re:Not a real world case study on A Strategic Comparison of Windows Vs. Unix · · Score: 2
    Yeah, and all the libraries that it needs to run, all the X sessions that are established, etc. I mean, how much memory does that add up to when you start including those. Try building LFS. You'd get a kick out of the outrageous amount of space a static program takes up.

  15. Not good on Hard Drives as Backup Media? · · Score: 2

    It's been thought of, and rejected. The reason for this is that the data storage and mechanical parts are contained in one unit, and failure of either makes the other useless. This means that if your drive stops spinning, but your data is fine you can't get to it. This wouldn't be a problem with removable media because you can change the read/write device.

  16. Re:Not a real world case study on A Strategic Comparison of Windows Vs. Unix · · Score: 2

    Usage caps. Besides, if you're not running crack or rc5 or seti (or *), how many cycles do you really use?

  17. Re:Complete ignorant bias on A Strategic Comparison of Windows Vs. Unix · · Score: 1

    Yeah, duh - what I said. The point runs both ways.

  18. Re:Nice try, but too biased on A Strategic Comparison of Windows Vs. Unix · · Score: 2
    I'm just pissing everyone off today...

    1. Sun provides both academic and bulk price dicounts - he didn't take advantage of those on the *nix side.
    2. What percentage of High School students know enough shit about comps to care about anything more that if they can surf the web (easy enough - most browsers ARE pretty damned identical), and check e-mail (a million styles of clients for Windows, as many for *nix). For those that can do more and are in classes that need more, give them more. Put them on a /home2 partition or something that still has nosuid, but exec. And all support is basically server side. No (little) running around the building.
    3. Yeah, now put 5000 [in|on] the same [building|campus], and then they'll start calling. And hey, maybe it is heavy. But when you consider the number of techs:seats in a public school building (and still their understaffed), you easily see the scaling for just what he's talking about - academia. Not so true for a corp, but hey...
  19. Re:Complete ignorant bias on A Strategic Comparison of Windows Vs. Unix · · Score: 2

    To be fair, he didn't include the discount for ordering a shitload of SunRays either. Who's biased and which way?

  20. Re:Not a real world case study on A Strategic Comparison of Windows Vs. Unix · · Score: 4, Informative

    Nope. That'd work just fine - heck, Sun reccomends a 450 for 50 machines. Consider that the 4800 is just that much damned faster per proc, and case closed. Also remember *shared memory*. Only 1 instance of the program itself is run - the rest is just individual states. Assuming Windows and *nix are equally stable (I disagree, but beyond the scope of this), the *nix solution is still more worth it - 'cause you sure as hell ain't getting Windows on anything that's gonna touch a damned 4800.

  21. Re:Why the world spins... on Performance of Ext2, ReiserFS, and XFS? · · Score: 2

    heh, working off of ouside knowledge. From experience and benchmarks from other sources (hehe, I feel dumb right now for missing that), I can tell you that real-world, Reiser beats Ext2, and benchmark overall. Can't speak real-world for XFS, but benchmarks from some really sweeet machines say it's a good thing (tm).

  22. Why the world spins... on Performance of Ext2, ReiserFS, and XFS? · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Ext2 (0.45, 0.093, 0.13)
    ReiserFS (2.5, 0.45, 0.94)
    XFS (6.4, 0.15, 7.1)

    Hmmm, seems to me that the more time it spends on writes, the faster it reads... Notice a slight trend? Now, unplug the power. See which one comes up faster. No benchmark needed - you DON'T want to sit through a fsck run. Also, longer writes are a result of better indexing. Better indexing = bad ass read times, and in respectable proportion. (Of course, XFS COULD work on that delete time...)

  23. Re:2.4GHz ? on Wireless along the Maine Coast · · Score: 2

    2.4 Ghz can be used for anything you'd like - you just have to stay within the power constraints. And there are exceptions to that as well...

  24. Yay! 'nother post on RIAA Looks To Stop KaZaA, Morpheus & Grokster · · Score: 2
    "It is time to get coordinated and aggressive with the new round of peer to peer services. The amount of music being downloaded is, as you know, reaching unprecedented levels. Since college started last week Morpheus traffic was up to 19 million downloads per day. AND THAT'S JUST MORPHEUS. With the imminent launch of legitimate subscription services we have to get our customers back," Rosen told executives at various major labels, Yahoo, Real Networks, Microsoft and AOL in an email.

    Right - so you need to shut down your competition so that you may get more money. If think we should file an anti-trust lawsuit against the RIAA. And what defines legitimate anyway? I'm curious to know where a law exists that says you must be held liable by what people use your sofware to transfer since your company would be classified as a carrier. And the data doesn't even pass through their services anyway!

  25. Lawyer's group? on RIAA Looks To Stop KaZaA, Morpheus & Grokster · · Score: 4, Insightful
    I swear it up and down - RIAA no longer represents music companies, but rather lawyers and looks for their interests instead. After all, they're probably damned near making all of their money off of lawsuits...

    If find it very hard to believe that this organization was allowed to exist. It functions autonomously using other people's money, but claims to do everything "on other's behalves."