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  1. Re:Many ISP mail servers get blacklisted now? on New Spam Zombies Use ISPs' Mailservers · · Score: 1

    Only if we're lucky.

  2. Cerf article on The History of Computing Auctioned at Christie's · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Check out the estimated price on the 1974 journal article by Vinton Cerf describing IP adressing.

    Once again Gore is buying up evidence that disproves he invented the internet.

  3. Re:I'm aghast! on MGM's DVD Class Action Settlement · · Score: 1

    5 more karma... priceless.

  4. Re:Who wants to live forever, when love must die? on Do You Want to Live Forever? · · Score: 1

    Re-elect Bush! 400 more years!

    That's the most terrifying future I can imagine.

  5. Thank God... on Local Root Exploit in Linux 2.4 and 2.6 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Thank God I run Firefox!

  6. Basic looking backpack laptop case on A Pizza Box for Your Laptop · · Score: 1

    Here's a standard looking backpack that's designed to fit your laptop and accessories. Of course it still looks like a shiny new backpack so maybe you want to sandblast it to look a little more worn.

  7. Updated, odds now at 1.8e-05 on 2004 MN4 Asteroid Odds Inching Up Again · · Score: 2, Informative

    Move along, nothing to see here.

    http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2004mn4.html

  8. 10 hour day on New Calendar Proposal · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nobody is taking my 10 hour day plan seriously either.

    Actually, it was the one hour of work that your boss didn't like.

  9. Use a projector and a digital camera on Professional Photographers Using Linux? · · Score: 1

    You might be surprised. Be sure to use a good screen though.

  10. Re:michael: STFU on Valve Cracks Down on 20,000 Users · · Score: 1

    I just don't get it. I bought HL2 through Steam and I can play it without an internet connection. How the hell will the Steam servers going away break the game if I don't even need network access to play it?

  11. Illegal? Pffft. on Nintendo Blocking Counterfeit Game Machines · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Who cares. I got my for $45 bucks (apparently some kiosks sell them for $60 and some for $45, they're exactly the same). It's a lot of fun. I actually own a hundred or so NES games (many of the ones I play on this gizmo) so I don't fell too bad about the ROMS being pirate. It also has a NES cartridge slot in the back so you can play your own NES games.

  12. On the other hand... on Iceland and USA Feel the Copyright Industry's Wrath · · Score: 2

    'It's almost as if having lost its bitterly fought case against the p2p application owners and failed in its many obvious (and expensive) attempts to disrupt the p2p networks, the music industry is now determined to vent its wrath on helpless men, women and children who can't hope to stand up to it with its tremendous political and financial power.'

    I hate to side with the RIAA here, but don't you remember all the p2p networks screaming in court, "You can't blame us, we don't put pirate music on the internet, our users do!" Apparently the RIAA got the message.

    If this were about the SCO lawsuits we'd all be crying for the distros and hardware vendors to indemnify us. I guess it's a little too late to ask Kazaa to take the blame for us.

  13. Re:To suggest this is almost criminally stupid on Cleansing Hardware Of Dead Pig Odors? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Although I'd be a little scared to do this myself, if you plan on doing it, be sure to remove the clock battery, wait awhile after unplugging it for caps to discharge, and use only 99% pure rubbing alcohol. You might want to remove the expensive parts first too (CPU, RAM, etc).

  14. Re:This should be pretty cool on Johansen Cracks AirPort Express Encryption · · Score: 1

    ...RSA encrypted AES key. AES is a symmetric block cipher. How exactly could he get a public key for a symmetric cipher? Yes, he could decrypt the streams. But who really cares since the music is coming from his own computer. If you really wanted decrypted copies of your iTunes Music Store purchased music you should use hymn which will decrypt your AC3. If you capture the stream you get a decrypted Apple Lossless file, which is about 8 times as large as the original AC3 file.

  15. The real reason on NASA Gives OK to Fix Hubble Telescope · · Score: 3, Funny

    Secretary of State Rumsfeld insisted NASA "repair" the hubble by turning it around and pointing it at Earth.

  16. Ugh, big download on Windows XP SP2 In Release · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you're on a slow connection, try submerging your computer in your bathtub. You'll be just as secure and you're about as likely to reboot successfully.

  17. Re:Ridiculous statement on States Threaten P2P Companies · · Score: 1
    You forgot:
    • Jelly Beans
    • Round-tipped scissors
    • Toilet tissue
    • Toothpicks
    • The New York Times (Sunday edition)
    • Condoms
    • Swimming pools
    • /.
  18. Re:Mega-spark RAM on Abused, But Working Hardware Stories? · · Score: 1

    This reminds me of the PCs in high school. You could shuffle around the carpet and touch the metal circular lock on the front and reboot them. Called it the one finger salute.

  19. Re:Buy Low Sell High on Red Hat Vs. The Lawyers · · Score: 3, Informative

    Au contraire. Buy when it's going up and sell when it's going down. Right now it's still going down.

  20. Re:Does it still run on love? on PlayStation 3 To Debut at E3 2005 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Sony: The PS3 controller also have egg of Sirry Putty and a Rubber Ducky built in.

    mis: Are they meant to specially interact with a certain game, like the Samba De Amigo maracas or something?

    Sony: No. They just fun. Rubber Ducky, it goes squeek!

  21. Security concerns on Microsoft Eases "Shared Source" Restrictions · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Their shared source has two problems:

    First, by making the source available to a limited audience for cost, dedicated crackers can get thier hands on it (illegally) but legitimate developers can't without paying big bucks. It's good to know only law-breaking coders will be looking for secrity vulnerabilities.

    Second, by allowing third parties to modify the source without requiring peer review (either by MS or by the community), they are likely to introduce new bugs. At least with the Linux kernel, there's a hell of a lot of review before changes are integrated into the mainline. Forks also frequently get merged back into the mainline. Now there will be hundreds of modified WinCE varients, none of which getting peer reviewed or integrated into the trunk, and who knows how MS will handle distribution of security updastes to modified WinCE variants.

  22. Easy explination on PCs Use More Sick Days Than People · · Score: 1

    At least where I work my colleagues and I frequently install viruses on our own computers, make a hysterical call to IT about how I have looming deadlines, and go home early.

  23. Re:Great on First Linux-only Retail Store? · · Score: 1

    They expect it to directly complete with the Apple Store. Unlike Apple's target of hip urban professionals, however, their sales demographic is guys washing cars.

  24. Re:RIAA similar to Microsoft? on RIAA Dumps Unsold Inventory to Settle Anti-Trust Case · · Score: 5, Funny

    Good point. I bet when SCO gets slammed by the SEC they'll settle by donating "100 million dollars worth of Linux licenses" to the US government.

  25. Backwards compatibility with unsupported products? on Yahoo Changes Protocol, Blocks Third Party Clients · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Who blames them? When they decide to upgrade their product and add new features to their protocol, do you really expect them to test for backwards compatibility with all the unsupported 3rd party IM clients!? They never provided an API/protocol spec. They never provided developer support to 3rd parties. They have *no obligation* to maintain compatiblity and they clearly won't and shouldn't let backwards compatibility interfere with new features in their own clients. Damn tin foil hats.