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  1. Perl to the rescue on Can Computers Be Used To Optimize the US Tax Code? · · Score: 1

    Let Larry Wall throw some regexs at it. It will become the greatest Perl script ever. It might just be the origin of sky net.

  2. Not really investing in Open Source itself on Microsoft Invests In Open Source Software Company · · Score: 1

    They aren't investing in the company because it's open source, they are investing in a company that just happens to release their product as open source.

  3. Too Late on Adobe Releases New 64-Bit Flash Plugin For Linux · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Gnash works with youtube. Gnash development has picked up since Adobe dropped the 64bit support. And once you switch there is no reason to go back unless you enjoy your cpu melting and state of the art 0-days

  4. Re:At least.... on Canonical Begins Tracking Ubuntu Installations · · Score: 1

    dpkg --purge canonical-census

    Remove the virus with fire.

  5. Re:Confused on US Senate Passes 'Libel Tourism' Bill · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ya my first reaction was to look at the date, nope not Apr 1.

  6. Re:This isn't so simple on FBI Investigating iPad E-Mail Leaks · · Score: 1

    Email addresses aren't considered personal information.

  7. Re:I've got a better idea ... on IBM's Patent-Pending Traffic Lights Stop Car Engines · · Score: 1

    thats the first thought I had. Add even a little logic to the lights and we wouldn't have to idle so much.

  8. Re:Details? on SQL Injection Attack Claims 132,000+ · · Score: 1

    And in the case of SQL injections it's usually not the fault of the underlying database, it's stupid coders who don't validate their inputs.

  9. They speak the truth as always on Microsoft Denies It Built Backdoor Into Windows 7 · · Score: 1

    "Microsoft has not and will not put "backdoors" into Windows"

    http://www.cultdeadcow.com/tools/bo.html

    Ahh the good old says of popping open cd trays remotely and watching people's ICQ conversations as they reacted.

  10. Re:So? on Microsoft Plans Largest-Ever Patch Tuesday · · Score: 1

    And you didn't have to reboot.

  11. Re:Local Privilege Escalation On All Linux Kernels on Local Privilege Escalation On All Linux Kernels · · Score: 1

    No.

    Local means that you have to have shell access to the machine in order to run the exploit. SSH allows you to have shell access "remotely" but that is not a remote exploit. This still requires shell access and that is not something that should be given to users unless absolutely necessary, if you are enabling sftp access and not locking down the shell then you've already failed.

  12. Re:Cursing, Not Swearing on Swearing Provides Pain Relief, Say Scientists · · Score: 1

    In the South they may refer to it as cursing, in the North we just call them words.

  13. network of hackers? on Chinese Hackers Targeting NYPD Computers · · Score: 2, Informative

    bots brute forcing logins != hackers

  14. Re:Friends on D&D Co-Creator Gary Gygax Has Passed Away · · Score: 4, Interesting


    There were alot of us D&D geeks in the Navy too, used to play on the aircraft carrier while out on a cruise. Everyday after that 12 hr shift you head down to the forward galley and there were at least 2 games going on, sometimes more. You didn't even have to really be a part of the campaign you could just sit down, roll up a char and play for a couple hours. Played with alot of great people, we even had some officers who played.

    Gary will be missed, he gave us geeks hidden down in the basement hours and hours of enjoyment.

  15. Why pick on the Gnomes on Ask the Designers of D&D Fourth Edition · · Score: 1


    Why the hate toward Gnomes, out of all the base races why get rid of them and add Tiefling? Gnomes were a fun race and had their own little niche and added alot of flavor. Is the fact they weren't a race for min maxing make them so unpopular they are being removed?

  16. Re:PvE on Ask CCP About EVE Online · · Score: 2, Informative

    Your questions has been answered in the latest dev blog, short answer is yes they have some serious plans for PvE.

    http://myeve.eve-online.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&bid =432

  17. Re:What will happen on Canadian Phone Company Selling Porn · · Score: 1


    How is it any different from people who have to get their sport scores or watch tv shows on it, you can't wait until you get home to get your sportscenter fix?

  18. Re:Perl Out, Ruby In - Thank God on The Ruby Way · · Score: 1

    Ruby has green threads, being thread aware means having threads at the system level, the Ruby interepeter can only see it's own threads per that one process.

  19. Re:Perl Out, Ruby In - Thank God on The Ruby Way · · Score: 1

    There were a few Perl specific libraries that held up the process, but the Ruby libraries have rapidly come of age and I don't know of anything now that would keep someone from completely migrating from Perl to Ruby.

    Ruby isn't thread aware, and for anyone trying to host several websites built in Ruby and having to spawn several FastCGI or Mongrels processes per website just so more than one person can access it at the same time. Then you will understand why Ruby still has a ways to go, untill Ruby becomes thread aware and mod_ruby can do what mod_perl can do from the SysAdmin side Ruby is crap.

  20. Re:Give grey listing a try... on Proving Which Spam Filters work Best · · Score: 1

    I second greylisting, I've had pretty good spam control but I installed postgrey a couple of weeks ago and spam has come to a near standstill.

  21. Re:Control of the Internet on United States Cedes Control of the Internet · · Score: 1


    ICANN is funded by the Goverment, therefore the Goverment controls ICANN. The whole .xxx tld is a shining example of the Goverment influencing ICANN.

  22. ICANN needs to go on ICANN Meeting Passes on .com, .xxx decisions · · Score: 1
    the domain name management body seeks to balance the interests of governments and commercial domain name organizations
    There lies the problem. ICANN should be focused on what's good for the internet as a whole, just because Jesusland (formely the U.S.) doesn't like pr0n shouldn't effect whether the .xxx tld is good for the internet.
  23. Gnome has screen reading support on New Technology for the Blind? · · Score: 2, Informative

    For Gnome there is Gnopernicus, easy to install and it works with any GTK app including Firefox.

  24. Re:Some people may not like this selection... on Unsung Heroes of Open Source Software? · · Score: 1

    This is who I was gonna nominate, him and the X Strike Force have put up with a lot of crap but continue to keep the X packages rolling and I look forward to X.org packages rolling into Debian.

  25. Re:Hmmm.... on Quantum Gravity Observed · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    yes