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  1. Re:Useless site design for the visually impaired on GUIs for Everyone · · Score: 1

    In opera is is very easy, four keystrokes to fix any web page,

    CTRL-G
    +++

    Try it sometime.

  2. Re:Asteroids on Slashback: Assembly, Avoidance, Civility · · Score: 3, Funny

    Because once you shoot the big ones, you have 4 times as many little ones to shoot, then 8 times as many tiny ones, that move 4 times faster.

    Even with the most expert operators, it's unlikely the earth will survive past maybe 30 rounds of these before running into something.

  3. Re:Battery Life? on Hop-On Hops Back On the PR Bandwagon · · Score: 1

    It doesn't matter if you lose your service, if you have a cell phone, the tower will accept your 911 call. I think there is a legal requirement, or it's just a courtesy arrangement.

  4. Re:The problem with Hammer. on Linus: Praying for Hammer to Win · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, that whole 16 bit to 32 bit transistion never happened either. People just didn't want to update their code.

  5. Re:Lots of small form factor boards coming... on Modern Retro computing · · Score: 1

    I found a heat sink that should work on a C3 800 totally fanless. I sent an email to the mini-itx web site guy, he hasn't gotten back to me yet.

    here

  6. Re:Hmmm... on RPM Dependency Graph · · Score: 1

    rpm -e python
    error: removing these packages would break dependencies:
    python is needed by modemtool-1.22-3
    python is needed by 4Suite-0.11-2
    python is needed by dateconfig-0.7.4-6
    python is needed by redhat-config-users-0.9.2-6
    python >= 1.5.2-27 is needed by python-xmlrpc-1.5.1-7.x.3
    python >= 1.5.0 is needed by eroaster-2.0.11-0.6
    python >= 1.5.2 is needed by hwbrowser-0.3.5-2
    python = 1.5.2 is needed by python-devel-1.5.2-35
    python is needed by redhat-config-network-0.9.10-2
    python is needed by pythonlib-1.28-1
    python is needed by PyXML-0.6.5-4
    python >= 1.5.2 is needed by apacheconf-0.8.1-1
    python >= 1.5.2 is needed by pygtk-0.6.8-3
    python = 1.5.2 is needed by tkinter-1.5.2-35
    python >= 1.5 is needed by rpm-python-4.0.4-7x
    python >= 1.5.2 is needed by rhn_register-2.7.9-7.x.2
    python is needed by python-popt-0.8.8-7.x.2
    python >= 1.5.2-27 is needed by up2date-2.7.61-7.x.2
    python is needed by fetchmailconf-5.9.0-11
    python is needed by printconf-0.3.61-4.1 /usr/bin/python is needed by 4Suite-0.11-2 /usr/bin/python is needed by redhat-config-users-0.9.2-6 /usr/bin/python is needed by gettext-0.10.38-7 /usr/bin/python is needed by eroaster-2.0.11-0.6 /usr/bin/python is needed by kdelibs-2.2.2-2 /usr/bin/python is needed by redhat-config-network-0.9.10-2 /usr/bin/python is needed by PyXML-0.6.5-4 /usr/bin/python is needed by anaconda-7.2-7 /usr/bin/python is needed by alchemist-1.0.18-1 /usr/bin/python is needed by gnome-core-1.4.0.4-38 /usr/bin/python is needed by rhn_register-2.7.9-7.x.2 /usr/bin/python is needed by rhn_register-gnome-2.7.9-7.x.2 /usr/bin/python is needed by up2date-2.7.61-7.x.2 /usr/bin/python is needed by up2date-gnome-2.7.61-7.x.2 /usr/bin/python is needed by printconf-0.3.61-4.1 /usr/bin/python is needed by printconf-gui-0.3.61-4.1 /usr/bin/python1.5 is needed by up2date-2.7.61-7.x.2

  7. Re:Lots of small form factor boards coming... on Modern Retro computing · · Score: 1

    Thanks. The next best price at a reputable dealer was big008.com, which has excellent reseller ratings, but prices are quite a bit higher than the link you gave.

  8. Re:reboot? on Internet Security Standards · · Score: 1

    You only have to reboot after you follow all their instructions to secure your system. Basically they want you to change a bunch of conf files, and apply all the updates, which might include a new kernel.

  9. Re:Ridiculous on Internet Security Standards · · Score: 1

    It's scanning for things that affect local security too it seems.

    And it also has several false alarms and places where the code is pretty fucked up. Oh well.

  10. Re:Excellent! on USB 2.0 for Linux Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    If they would have just followed real standards and not worried about proprietary MS-USB (whatever that is), then it would just work on various platforms.

    At least they were somewhat responsive, and they have made a token effort for working toward Linux compatibility.

    The fallacy of market share is important though. Sure, the linux market is much smaller than Windows, but if you make the extra effort to be Linux friendly, you can totally dominate the whole Linux market, and in effect, face no competition in that market. This effect is more pronounced with server-type hardware, and you do see more manufacturer linux support there.

  11. Re:Alice on Wanna Work for Dave Taylor & American McGee? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Remember the 80's? When every game looked and felt different?

    You must have forgotten the Atari 2600.

  12. Re:Excellent! on USB 2.0 for Linux Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    They were full of shit if they said that 3 months ago. Linux has had solid usb support for almost two years.

  13. Re:Not at a local arcade near you on Virtual Sword Fighting · · Score: 1

    Ah, well you got me. I never owned an Atari, only a C64 for games back then, and the C64 was relatively advanced compared to Atari's offerings around the same time. I played Colecos and Atari 2600 at friend's houses, but I guess I didn't remember how crappy the graphics were.

  14. Re:I know this is off topic. What the hell do I ca on Switch Different · · Score: 1

    I guess you never changed your hardware under a NT based windows. Try changing your motherboard, guaranteed stop error. You will have to delete all your HAL to fix it.

    Linux just works, you can generally transplant a hard disk to a complete new system and Linux will just boot up and work, especially with things like the extremely modular kernels that come with most distros.

  15. Re:Lots of small form factor boards coming... on Modern Retro computing · · Score: 1

    Iv'e got a question for you, where can one order these small board in single quantities? I went looking for the shuttle board when their barebones first came out and couldn't find a reputable dealer for small quantites. Who do you recommend?

  16. Re:Politics in America today on Microsoft's Big Stick in Peru · · Score: 1

    At least take comfort in that I am not correcting you to make you feel bad, I just don't want people to get the wrong ideas about decrim vs. legalization. The drug war people already abuse the terms and try to twist them to whatever is convienent to them.

  17. Re:Politics in America today on Microsoft's Big Stick in Peru · · Score: 1

    and it didn't occur to me that legalize and decriminalize were (basically) the same thing

    Not quite, decrim usually means that "user level" amounts will be tolerated, and not be a jailable offense. Dealing in drugs for profit remains illegal under most decrim plans. Decrim's point is to reduce the negative impact of the drug war by not imprisoning users, but continuing the drug war, which is a lot different from legalization, which would create legal channels to start your own business selling drugs.

  18. freelinuxcd on Microsoft's Big Stick in Peru · · Score: 3, Informative

    Free Linux CD still could use a Peru affiliate. Interested parties should contact the maintainer on said page.

  19. Re:Not at a local arcade near you on Virtual Sword Fighting · · Score: 2

    I don't know about your assertion about the expense and the fall of the arcade. Maybe you are too young to remember arcades in the 80s. Either that or you are a little older and have a more nostalgic view, but still not a very clear memory.

    Well, I remember in the 80s (post 83 or so), arcades had pretty much the same games you could play at home. You had asteroids, pac-man, paperboy, duck hunt, games like that. The only value the arcade added was social value, and unique control systems that the home games didn't have. What was under the hood was mostly the same thing you could buy for home use.

    There may have been a brief period in the early to mid 90s where arcade technology outstripped home technology, but I don't really know much about that period in arcade, the number of times I have been to an arcade since the early 90s is few.

  20. Re:A word to the wise- on WarTalking Arrest · · Score: 1

    You'd be surprised. I often see people posting to bugtraq about vulnerabilities, often they admit to knowing about them and exploiting them for weeks or months prior to going public.

    Why the fuck do I have to "Slow down cowboy"? I mean goddamn, what does Slashdot have against fast typers. That 2 minute ban is bullshit. I propose that everyone who hits the 2 minute ban should hit submit over and over until the two minutes are up. Then when the crew realized it is wasting bandwidth, they may remove it.

  21. Re:Headline is Wrong - Not White Hat on WarTalking Arrest · · Score: 2

    That's like seeing a wide open door to the court house in the middle of the night. What business do you have looking at the court house at night!?

    Of course, I don't know how much this guy poked around before he decided to tell them, so I really can't judge this one.

  22. Re:What we need is... on Perens Backs Down from DMCA Violation · · Score: 1

    repealed like prohibition

    Prohibition wasn't repealed, in fact it keeps expanding to more and more substances every year.

    Oh, I guess you meant Alcohol prohibition.

  23. Re:My method... on Motivating Your Co-Developers? · · Score: 1

    Do you have that hosted on a modem or what? 1KB/sec on our T1, eek.

  24. Re:Awesome, but on U.S. Developing 100-Kilowatt Laser for Strike Fighters · · Score: 1

    I don't know, these welding helmets are fast enough that it doesn't matter you are staring directly into a welding flash, you won't see any of it.

  25. Re:Awesome, but on U.S. Developing 100-Kilowatt Laser for Strike Fighters · · Score: 1

    Speaking of welding helmets, the maintenence guys here at work showed me some kick ass technology the other day, which would also be an effective defense against this sort of laser.

    It's a welding helmet that has a window that appears totally clear when you put the helmet on, then you power the thing up, and any bright flash causes the window, which is really an LCD panel, to darken to welding levels, instantly. No more flipping the helmet up and down!

    I had never heard of it before, so I thought it was damn cool.