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  1. Re:sligtly OT on Are The Digits of Pi Random? · · Score: 2

    Run code on certain number that has already been discovered. Compare with said number. Lather, rinse, repeat. 100% accuracy over several million numbers is in mathematical terms enough to safely say that it will be the same over the next several million numbers. And after that, they can always draw some really big circles :)

    Microshaft still OWNZ JOO!

  2. Site that pulls it off: on Can a Free Online Game Make Money? · · Score: 2

    games.swirve.com Talk to the guy who runs the site (Mehul) - maybe he'll be willing to give you some tips (maybe not).

    Microshaft still OWNZ JOO!

  3. Re:Why... on .NET has Open Source Competition · · Score: 2
    Because for once we're taking something that they're still thinking of and putting it into play first. Kind of gives us an upper hand. We've been lower priced copycats for sometime, and now they get to play catch-up to us by offering something already around for a higer price (why the hell would you change to tah?). People like to stick with wha they have as change is a pain in the ass. And to pay more for what you're changing to in order to have the same functionality? You have to be stupid (That's why M$ is so succesful, they've claimed the largest market :)!

    Now we have the upper-hand through and through. And yes, this is a damned crusade and M$ IS playing unfair and dirty. Check the sig in this comment for proof (up-to-date direct link to the usage policy from THEIR server).

    Microshaft still OWNZ JOO!

  4. Re:Hack attacks on port 25... on On the Definition of a Hostile Network Connection? · · Score: 2
    My favorite URL would have to be the one that tries to point to the Linux Counter site, but ends up giving you a bad /. link. I bet Pater is getting a lot of e-mails from people that can't figure this one out :)

    Psst - try http:// next time...

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  5. LNB? on Long-Range Networking · · Score: 2

    Why not use a standard LNB module instead of a juice can? Is it not possible to transmit with one of those? How about one from those 2-way dishes (is there even any difference)?

    Microshaft still OWNZ JOO!

  6. Best Quote on Five Years of Quake · · Score: 2
    As being snuck up on from behind by FIRESTORM_V1, you might here "Here Kitty Kitty Kitty, Here Kitty Kitty Kitty - BAAAAAAAADDDDDDDDD KITTY!... BOOM." That last sound would be the beautiful noise of a QuakeIII Railgun ramming through your skull - or worse, a the radioactive blobs of the BFG.

    Anybody got any other game quotes?

    Microshaft still OWNZ JOO!

  7. Anyone look at the experimental khttpd? on The Speed Demon That Is Tux 2.0 · · Score: 2

    Found in the Linux kernel. Play with it, bench it, enjoy it. 'nough said, eh?

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  8. Re:Not a chance (OK, very slim chance) on Routing to Multiple Providers with Linux? · · Score: 2

    Depends on what system you're on. Each Tier-1 ISP has it's own policy. Verio goes by /32 I believe. About a year ago, it wasn't uncommon for many ISPs to do routes smaller than /32 - but the routing tables are really hurting...

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  9. Not a chance (OK, very slim chance) on Routing to Multiple Providers with Linux? · · Score: 3
    You'll need to register for an autonomous system (AS) number, get yourself into the listings on the major routing tables (warning: nobody wants to add a /32 listing - better get 255 IP addressess for each connection!), and you'll probably have to get your ISPs to play nice too. Oh, and I doubt they'd change their route tables to provide you with a new block of IP addies.

    I know that this how things sounds harsh and cruel, but the truth of it is that it's probably not going to happen the way that you want.

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  10. Re:Free Speech != Supported Speech on Intellectual Property and a Censored Slash Site? · · Score: 2

    Removing his connection is removing support. Removing his computer, wiping his hardisks, suing him, and banning him from the school is beyond censorship. In fact, it's outright downright heavy-handed. This is damned close to the definition of oppresion. Good point in the end, but it just doesn't work out here.

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  11. Why this actually matters on ccTLDs Revolt Against ICANN · · Score: 3
    When major domains break off, people notice - the people that do stuff.

    One of four things can happen right now:

    1. Chaos: Everybody follows suit, but in different directions. We end up with 50 different clusters of TLDs all with their own agendas. (visit us at www.server.com on DNS net 7!)
    2. Order: We get together and everything works to the benefit of the internet in general (ICANN benefits nobody - not even corps!)
    3. Bad Order: We just get another ICANN.
    4. Nothing: Sorry Slashdot, it happens sometimes - nothing happening that is...
    Anybody venture to guess which one it will be?

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  12. Re:The game's afoot on ccTLDs Revolt Against ICANN · · Score: 1

    There is no cabal

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  13. Re:G.lite on Verizon - No DSL Over Hybrid Copper/Fiber Lines? · · Score: 2

    Well, it is an I think type thing. Perhaps it wasn't G.lite - and I wouldn't be half surprised if I was wrong. But I don't claim to be sure, and I'm merely telling what I think is the right answer.

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  14. Re:Its not a Radio signal on Verizon - No DSL Over Hybrid Copper/Fiber Lines? · · Score: 2

    electrical signal = weaker radio signal constrained to a wire. Sorry about the miswording, but I'm still right :)

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  15. Re:He's Not Screwed For Long! on Verizon - No DSL Over Hybrid Copper/Fiber Lines? · · Score: 2

    It's a fact of life: nobody is ever screwed for long - at least not when it's a good thing. But if it's a bad thing, then it lasts damned near forever...

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  16. How DSL works on Verizon - No DSL Over Hybrid Copper/Fiber Lines? · · Score: 5
    DSL is sent as a higher frequency radio signal.Ever try to make radio signals work over fiber? It doesn't work!

    The converter between copper and fiber focuses on the relatively narrow spectrum that voice communications are in and discards DSL as mere noise, thus not sending it over the fiber. The two solutions are to move the CO (not gonna happen), or by a converter with a greater range (also not going to happen - at least anytime soon). Look for a flavor of DSL known as G.lite - I think it fits into the range of the converters and will run over fiber.

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  17. Re:One Word - Intergrate on Motherboards With More Slots Sought · · Score: 2
    The debunk:

    SCSI is more efficient than ATA100, can seek faster, has better transfer, and supports more devices. And 160 is faster than 100.

    Price-wise, ATA wins, but if you're looking for something where you need real performance, you need SCSI.

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  18. Re:Discount for OpenBSD? on Lower Your Insurance Premiums: Use Linux · · Score: 2
    Let me discound that real quick. For going down to the grocery store, you can know nothing about your car other than the gas, brake, and steering wheel (and a few other details). Not how they work, just when to press them.

    Play around in NASCAR, though, and you need to know about every bit of the car, straight down to aerodynamics and what part of the track to be on during a turn. EVERY detail matters, and you want it done your way so it will work.

    Windows : consumer car :: Linux : stock racing car

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  19. Re:Their perspective on Quebec language Police Fine English-Only Site · · Score: 2
    OK, let's try that again. Last language I knew of that was thousands of years old was.. Latin?

    Well, this is what happens when you type things without quite paying attention!

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  20. Their perspective on Quebec language Police Fine English-Only Site · · Score: 2
    Yes, it's rediculous either way, but here's how the (Canadian) French see it: There language is being destroyed. It's like any major language that is thousands of years old - the people that speak it want to see it survive. The government in Quebec is trying (vainly) to preserve the French lanuage.

    Personally, I think they should just make everything from the gov. French and leave the private industry alone, eh? C'est la vie...

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  21. Re:Natural cooling on North Slope Server Farm · · Score: 2
    Nice UID...

    First with DC voltage: DC voltage (I think) can be stepped down without AC conversion. If it couldn't, then why is your computer capable of running that proc of yours at different voltages just by changing a jumper? After all, the PS for a computer only puts out 5 and 12 volt DC. Feed it 12, and step down some of that to 5.

    As for the condensation: You only let in enough air to keep the temperature for the room at say 70.

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  22. Re:Natural cooling on North Slope Server Farm · · Score: 2
    • Solar power comes in... DC! Why is this important? Because it's what your computer uses natively and what plugs direct to telco equipment (and Cisco stuff too...) And it doesn't cost you much above the initial installation cost either.
    • Cold air with a high relative humidity (the number that matters) gets a lower relative humidity when it passes through the machine, or heats up at all. That's the reason we have dew points...
    • True, you can't cool just through heat sinks in the earth, but it helps
    • Athlons new Palamino chips and Transmeta's if they ever reach market...


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  23. For those of you out of the loop on Slash 2.0 Released · · Score: 3

    If you're still uninitiated, all the 2.x versions of Slashcode are named after characters on Fox's Futurama - gleefully created by the folks who made the Simpsons. (psst - it's a secret)

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  24. Re:What do you do with all these? on CD-R Prices Could Triple This Summer · · Score: 4

    You've got to love it when a one-line comment about pr0n is modded up as insightful!

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  25. Re:Should UPSes be tossed? on Why Haven't UPSes Been Integrated w/ PC Power Supplies? · · Score: 2

    Simple answer: If it's APC, no - Don't chuck it.

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