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  1. Re:Does anyone use it? on Netscape 8 Breaks IE XML · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I see no reason to use netscape since mozilla came out and now i use firefox.

    I think Netscape it just mozilla a few (minor) versions back + netstcape "branding" modifications.

    But i could be wrong, I did not used it in a while, I have note even seen it installed anywhere.

    I'm wondering why they even bother to release it instead of promoting mozilla and/or firefox, seems like a waste of energy to me.

  2. Re:A question of goals on IBM and Red Hat Offer College Prep · · Score: 2, Insightful

    oh man, your so right, but the problem is to find people that can do the interviews and spot people like you, that is hard.

  3. Re:CAN CONGRESS on Tweaking the CAN-SPAM Act · · Score: 1

    well one could vote for the first and the claim the second. they just have to make legislation that facilitate the allocation of grant money to a series of projects that etc ....

  4. Re:Linus and RMS on Hyper-Threading, Linus Torvalds vs. Colin Percival · · Score: 1

    Nah, RMS would be Yoda.

  5. Outlook Express on Washington State Outlaws Spyware · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Outlook express will re-copy its files next time explorer is started if you delete them.

    at $100,000 per violation that is $100,000 * the number of windows instalations out there, I think microsoft is going broke!

  6. Find it on Microsoft Finalizes Its Desktop Search Software · · Score: 1

    They did not test for five month, they tested for one month and then it took four month to find the executable on the drive ... mmm

  7. Qwerty on Dvorak on the LinuxWorld Fracas · · Score: 1

    I think I will change my name to Qwerty and start a Dvorak bashing column ...

  8. Well, well, well on Microsoft To Offer Virus Defense · · Score: 1

    I have a big firehose and i keep trying to drown you with it. BUT, if you want, I can rent you a nice umbrella.

  9. iPhone on Bill Gates: Cellphone will Beat iPod · · Score: 2, Funny

    I write "CNN is running an article featuring Jobs' prediction that the cell phone is on the way out. From the article: 'As good as mp3 cell phones may be, I don't believe their success is sustainable in the long run.' His prediction for a successor? iPod phones-- powered by none other than embeded Darwin, of course."

  10. Re:Nice...but not necessary on Using Email Networks as P2P Spam Filters · · Score: 1

    The Real problem of bandwith usage will go away by itself when enuf people filter properly. If sent spam is not seen by anybody it will cease to be effective and will become worthless to advertisers.
    if nobody pays for spam, nobody sends spam.

  11. Why? on Due Next Year: Dell's 19-inch Laptop · · Score: 1

    What is the point of a lap top this big?

  12. Re:No protection on Taking on an Online Extortionist · · Score: 1

    Well you have to go with the more powerful group and if someone else tries to get you, well they "take care" of them.

    But most of the time you do not chose, the most poweful group end up with a monopoly in you sector and nobody else will bother you.

    And by the way it happens in 'non-ethnic' areas too.

  13. Re:hold buggy software vendors responsible? on Taking on an Online Extortionist · · Score: 1

    sorry to reply to myself but i have to say:

    i know to configure my linux firewall so it can become a zombie.

    so Debian, Red Hat, Suse, etc are vendors of software which allows computers to become zombies.

  14. Re:hold buggy software vendors responsible? on Taking on an Online Extortionist · · Score: 1

    and allow legal action against people who write software that can be used for illegal actions? (p2p)

    and against hammer manufacturers that make things that allow people to bash other people heads ...

    I know there is a difference, vendors of software which allows computers to become zombies is more like criminal negligence than my exemples. But we all know how laws and legal precedents are used (and misused).

    Is there not enough lawyers already?

  15. No protection on Taking on an Online Extortionist · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The thing with these DOS extortionist is that unlike the mafia or other groups they do not protect you from other extortinist. If you pay them thay can stop their attact, but if someone else try to attack you they cannot do anyting.

  16. you need control on Handling Viruses in an Uncontrolled Network? · · Score: 1

    To handle viruses on a network you need control.
    It is impossible to handle viruses on an uncotrolled network.

  17. Re:Yup on Microsoft Taps Bloggers to Promote Longhorn · · Score: 1

    "I don't know what's more amusing; the fact that Microsoft has always had to pay people off to try to appear like they too have grassroots support or that they've been caught at it pretty much every time they've tried it." How can you know about the times they did not get caught?

  18. Re:Spam filters are fun... on AOL Treats Florida Emergency Alerts Mail As Spam · · Score: 1

    maybe you should administrate you spam filter yourself, this seem to me like a really big problem.

  19. Catching them on Netcraft: 5,600 Phishing Sites Since December · · Score: 1

    Why are they so hard to catch?

  20. Re:Yankee Go Home on U.S. Rejects Canadian Rejection of DMCA · · Score: 1

    Last time i checked irak was not in the USA.

  21. Yankee Go Home on U.S. Rejects Canadian Rejection of DMCA · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If the US can tell us what to do the we should have a say in their election, and it would probably sound like this:

    Canada rejects Bush.

  22. Duh! on Microsoft Messenger Virus Hits Reuters IM · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "This is certainly a wake-up call, IM is just like any other communication media. The media needs to go hand in hand with security."

    well duh!

  23. Re:Hmmm. on NASA Preparing Manned Hubble Service Mission · · Score: 1

    Lost one on the ground? Which one, what happened?

  24. Re:Good on NASA Preparing Manned Hubble Service Mission · · Score: 1

    How many terrorists can you kill with a space telescope?

  25. In Soviet Russia ... on Microsoft States Full TCP/IP Too Dangerous · · Score: 1

    In Soviet Russia full TCP/IP States Microsoft Too Dangerous