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  1. Re:News Corp making a play for Rovio? on Fox News Ties 'Flame' Malware To Angry Birds · · Score: 1

    This person is the "Fox News Chief Intelligence Correspondent" -- as far as I can tell, she's a long, long, long way from 'intelligence'. This story, especially the headline is sensationalistic tripe. Fox News has said and done a lot of dumb things, but this is really takes the cake. Disgraceful.

  2. Re:Too Old to Play in the Snow on Stroke Victim Stranded At South Pole Base · · Score: 2

    Absolutely. Anyone at any age who volunteers to spend time on the South Pole must recognize they have no access to emergency care. I sympathize with her situation, but no more lives should be put at risk to rescue her.

  3. Re:Will somebody please think of the children!?! on Why Doesn't 'Google Kids' Exist? · · Score: 1

    His analogy, not mine.. though I'd argue that some of the ideas expressed in books could potentially be far more harmful than any pornographic image, especially without the proper context.

  4. Will somebody please think of the children!?! on Why Doesn't 'Google Kids' Exist? · · Score: 1

    Give me a freaking break, would you? Yes, my parents would drop me off at the library, but the librarians never stopped us from going into the 'adult' section. Why? Because that's the job of the parent! Not a librarian, not a teacher, and certainly not a corporation. Raise your children and spend time with them or don't have them at all.

  5. I am heart broken. Sunday's just won't be the same on Tim Russert Dies At 58 · · Score: 1

    I am originally from Buffalo and I always had a great sense of pride to have that common bond with Tim Russert, a man who I watched intently on Sunday mornings. Though beyond that, his CNBC interview show was always fascinating as well as his regular commentary on MSNBC, especially on 'Morning Joe'.

    Tim Russert was one in a billion. We'll never see the likes of him in our life time. It's a truly sad day for America, Tim's extended family.

    Kathy Nooan said today: "Tim was a patriot, he had a love of country that just radiated..." Perhaps that should be inscribed on his tombstone.

  6. Doesn't matter anyway... on US Wants Courts to OK Warrantless Email Snooping · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's not like the Bush administration cares what a court says. They'd do it regardless. It's a matter of national security, you know?

  7. Re:The same man... on FBI, IRS Raid Home of Sen. Ted Stevens · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "That is, unless the federal government was paying for it."

    It's not the federal government that pays.. it's you and me.

  8. Re:We'd love to, but... on Michael Moore's New Film Leaked To BitTorrent · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Your constant appeasement of the current US administration is one of the reasons they're able to get away with what they do. Encourage your politicians to impose massive sanctions, if you feel the way you do. The fact is, they won't, because that would hurt your economy just as badly as our own --- the hypocrisy goes both ways.

  9. Re:NASA overlooks the obvious on NASA Tackles Ethics of Deep-Space Exploration · · Score: 1

    Off topic: How do you know Bob Farris? I saw a post of yours that mentioned his questionable business practices -- I hear that.

  10. A Book Of Stamps on Retail Theft Detectors and False Alarms? · · Score: 1

    I would set off alarms every time I left a store, could never figure out why. Finally an aggressive security agent had me reveal the contents of my wallet. We discovered a book of stamps with one of those magnetic strips in there. It was never reset properly when I bought it from the local bodega. Once the security agent swipped the book of stamps, I've not had the problem since.

  11. QuickBooks 2003 on Crossover 4.2 Runs Quickbooks on Linux · · Score: 1

    I use VMWare to run QuickBooks inside of Window 98. If this is true, it will be a big help in getting rid of Windows entirely.

    So far.. QuickBooks 2003 Pro did install, but gives me an out of memory error when I try to run it. Looks like it needs a little tweaking. :)

  12. Letting my friend put my 486 DX-2/66 in backwards. on What Was Your Worst Computer Accident? · · Score: 1

    I turned my back for 5 seconds and next thing I know I'm smelling burnt electronics. We became the the poster boys for ZIF sockets.

  13. Re:Why the hell is this on Slashdot? on Cannes' Palme d'Or goes to Michael Moore · · Score: 1

    lol - that's funny.

    You're going to attack me because of a .us domain? That's absurd. I'm a liberal.. Michael Moore gives liberals a bad name. Do not confuse me for some Bush loving neo-con.

  14. Why the hell is this on Slashdot? on Cannes' Palme d'Or goes to Michael Moore · · Score: 0, Troll

    Wow.. Slashdot has stooped to a new low.

  15. Verified on Fedora Core 2 released to Mirrors, Bittorrent · · Score: 1

    [root@mrsparkle FC2-i386-isos]# gpg --verify MD5SUM
    gpg: Signature made Thu 13 May 2004 03:25:04 PM EDT using DSA key ID 4F2A6FD2
    gpg: Good signature from "Fedora Project "

    [root@mrsparkle FC2-i386-isos]# md5sum -c MD5SUM
    FC2-i386-disc1.iso: OK
    FC2-i386-disc2.iso: OK
    FC2-i386-disc3.iso: OK
    FC2-i386-disc4.iso: OK
    FC2-i386-rescuecd.iso: OK

    The only thing I can't verify is the boot.iso. No MD5SUM was provided. This .torrent appears to be legit.

  16. Re:new kernel on Linux Kernel 2.6.4 Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    PS - I've been running 2.6 for well over a month on most of my boxes without any issues. Though I have noticed that some obscure drivers tend to be missing or broken.

  17. Re:new kernel on Linux Kernel 2.6.4 Released · · Score: 1, Informative

    Mandrake 10, though it's Mandrake, so I woundn't recommend rush in. Fedora Core 2 will ship with 2.6 in April.

  18. Fixes my ICH5 SATA Problems on Linux Kernel 2.6.4 Released · · Score: 5, Interesting

    2.6.4-rc1 ChangeLog:

    [libata] catch, and ack, spurious DMA interrupts

    Hardware issue on Intel ICH5 requires an additional ack sequence over and above the normal IDE DMA interrupt ack requirements. Issue described in post to freebsd list: http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-stable@freebsd .org/msg58421.html

    Since the bug workaround only requires a single additional PIO or MMIO read in the interrupt handler, it is applied to all chipsets using the standard libata interrupt handler.

    Credit for research the issue, creating the patch, and testing the patch all go to Jon Burgess.
    ---------

    Woo, this is very exciting. If you had problems with SATA & ICH5... this probably fixes those problems.

  19. ServerMatrix.com on Looking to Move from EV1? · · Score: 3, Informative

    We moved to ServerMatrix.com after the EV1/SCO fiasco. :) So far so good. We're paying exactly what we were at EV1, but we get more bang for our buck -- including more bandwidth and a better processor.

    They are very quick to respond to trouble tickets and their staff seems quite friendly. They even offer cross connects if you rent more than one server, which is something I don't believe EV1 ever did. We looked at ServerBeach, but they seem much more expensive and their support policy was a turn off.

    I'm glad to see so many others are leaving EV1. To some it seems hasty, but at the end of the day it's just a matter of principle.

  20. Re:EV1Server Refugee on EV1 Servers CEO Responds To Customers · · Score: 1

    Dedicated server providers like EV1 and SM are becoming a commodity. I'll switch again if I must. :)

  21. EV1Server Refugee on EV1 Servers CEO Responds To Customers · · Score: 5, Interesting

    We made the switch last night to ServerMatrix.com. Hopefully they won't screw over the Linux community too.

    We had a total of 3 servers with EV1 which will all be offline by the end of the month. Certainly my 3 servers will not hurt them, but hopefully many more are taking similar actions.

    EV1 has made untold amounts of money off of Linux and then to sell it down the river without a fight is just plain wrong. There's no other way to say it.

  22. Almost laughable on MS and Sendmail work together on Spam Solution · · Score: 2, Funny

    Seriously now.. the two most insecure mail server providers are teaming up? I smell a debacle in the making. End of spam as we know it? Unlikely factor: 9.5

    And I'm sure DJB will be right on top of this. ;)

  23. Car sales for NM's neighbors will sky rocket! :) on An Ignition Interlock In Every Car? · · Score: 1

    This is absurd. All it will do is hurt New Mexico's economy. If I was a resident there, I would travel to Arizona or otherwise to get a new car. Rarely do I drink and I certainly don't drink and drive, but this really offends me.

  24. What's wrong with the existing sources? on U.S. Govt. Offers Computer Security Alerts By E-mail · · Score: 1

    I think I'd much rather get my security alerts from SecurityFocus, BugTraq, and other more independent sources. I suspect the US government doesn't have a worthy full disclosure policy. ;) ... but call me paranoid.

  25. Re:ClamAV to the rescue on Today's Windows Virus - MyDoom / Novarg · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ClamAV had the defs out on Jan 25th.. Norton didn't until the 26th. Score one for open source (again).

    My mail server has been filtering out these messages for the last 24 hours or so. Thousands of e-mails stopped and no end sight. :-/