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  1. Re:Once encryption is outlawed only outlaws will.. on FBI Reports on Encryption · · Score: 2

    The point with crypto control is simple. If the "bad guys" have strong crypto, and the Gov't outlaws strong crypto, they can bust the "bad guys" for having crypto and get them off the street. Sound familiar? Ask the deceased Al Capone, who was "caught" for tax evasion.

    Go figure.

  2. Re:More Bandwidth Than God on Qwest bids $55 billion for US West, Frontier · · Score: 1

    I have seen the OC maps, the sonet maps, the layout in various cities, and I have to say it's impressive. I'm so psyched with this company, I may need to buy a lot of stock from them.

    But it's gonna be an odd lot, I can't afford to blow 3500 dollars on one basket.

  3. The name change on X11AMP changes name to XMMS and gets sponsored · · Score: 1

    The name change may also be partly due to AOL buying out Nullsoft. If AOL wanted to, they could sue 4front for trademark violations. Hence the name XMMS. Besides, what does a name mean? Not much. X11Amp was essentially a rip-off of WinAmp's name.

  4. Re:Not if we'd only care for ourselves on Ask Slashdot: Another Word for "Hacker"? · · Score: 1

    I thought they were called "Yogis"... "guru" is a level of understanding. They call me a guru at work. It's funny, because they call me the "windows guru" and I laugh, since I hate windows, and only understand it because there is not much to learn. An "expert" is just the person that knows the most about a subject in the crowd.

  5. Disturbing thoughts... on California to sell wage data to companies · · Score: 2

    This may be a disturbing thought to ya'll but the government has become a corporation like any other. They just want to make money any way possible, including marketing deals. This is not surprising, since this past century in the US has turned our country from a constitution-based society to a quasi-socialist corporation. "Civil" rights are held against constitutional rights, and the freedom to follow the bill of rights is being shut off day by day. 1984 is just 15 years late.

  6. Re:Broadband in PA on Feature: Getting DSL · · Score: 1

    Do any other PA natives feel this way?

    I live in Cranberry Township, north of Pittsburgh. I can tell you, I'm never getting DSL or cable modems, since I live in an apartment plan with proprietary Cable/Phone taps. Everything seems to go through a massive (but high quality - my modem works fine) pbx system, and there are probably a lot of A/D conversions down the line. I'm pretty sure they'd have a local node to my immediate area, but I cannot tap into it due to the nature of my plan.

    I hear BA has connections downtown, but I'll probably never move to Allegheny county or Pittsburgh again until they lower their damned taxes. TCI also runs @home to the local area.

  7. Re:Pretty weak manifesto. on Responsibility in OS Design · · Score: 1

    Be IS mucho powerful, but it currently has some of the same problems that linux has : a lack of perceived support by vendors. Like Linux, you have a lot of companies denying even thinking about a port to the OS. Adobe said they would make "something" though probably not photoshop. It is likely they will do some after-effects related work. A lot of Be users scoff at GiMP and blender, likely due to their "ugly" interface.

    OTOH, I like Be for it's ease of use, Configurability, and standard unix tools, things other windowed OSes don't have or implement properly.

  8. Re:I generally agree... on Responsibility in OS Design · · Score: 1

    If a non-family member asks me questions about windows, I politely decline to comment about my level of expertise. I don't want to outright tell them "no, I won't help you with that kludge of an OS" or make them think they are somehow inferior for using it. I simply inform them that I cannot help, and that Unix is my area of expertise.

    Seems people hear computer and think windows. Mindshare.

  9. Re:Odd news.. My sentiments exactly on Rasterman leaves RedHat · · Score: 2

    It takes infinately more maturity to realise that the situation that you are in is not in your best interests. I wish I had half the courage and integrity as raster has to get up and quit with no open prospects. Keep in mind that there are many other people who will be wiling to hire him based on his talents. When you are hiring a new employee, you have to look at their contributions and performance, not the past falling down that he has.

    He said:
    'I am so glad to get out of ths creativity-stifling environemnt of RHAD LABS - away from certain people there who see E and its userbase as what I can literally quote them saying a "festering crowd".'

    That is hardly a unfounded remark. As he can say, he can literally, quote them, not figuratively. In other words, somebody within redhat has shown raster their true stripes as a corporation, and he feels it no longer has a soul. What is immature about that? and where else does he dog on redhat? Yes, he says they are trying to make an exact copy of windows, and for all intents and purposes, they seem to be doing just that! He speaks more about his move, and his love for E than anything, while spending very little time to be whiny and immature.


  10. Re:Blame it on Shannon on 3Com Class Action Suit · · Score: 1

    What's even funnier than the 54kbps limit imposed by the fcc is the fact that the xDSL modems work outside of the bandwidth of the regular line, so why can't modems?

  11. Re:Mozilla... Is it even worth the download? on Mozilla M6 released · · Score: 1

    I've used this "browse in new process" and it has a habit of LOCKING UP the OS when everything goes down, instead of just crashing IE. That feature doesn't help much.

  12. Re:It must be contagious on "Usenet Death Penalty" against AOL · · Score: 0

    "(Your parenthesis is not closed. Tee hee hee..."


    Neither are yours.. harharhar. :)

    I do that all the time, I'm just not good at using parens IRL

  13. Alternate ground transportation - (please help!) on Flying Car by end of year · · Score: 0

    I'm looking for information on a alternative vehicle I saw a couple of months ago on Discovery or some other Edutainment channel. It was a three-wheeled, rear engine vehicle with two wheels in the back, one in the front, and a design not unlike an f16 cockpit. It was a two seater (i think) and got its ability to corner quickly by leaning like a motorcycle. It was a very interesting vehicle to say the least, and I'd like to find more information about it.

  14. Broken indeed! on "Usenet Death Penalty" against AOL · · Score: 2

    Babelfish makes the translation up until 4 para. in, then gives me "**Translation ends here**" with a link to "babelfish.altavista" (an incomplete address.

    I get the drift of the paper, however. In the past, and in the future I suspect, AOL will be a force to be reckoned with as far as spam is concerned. They are so fixated on protecting their users from spam (which they can't) that they don't realise that the users are the spammers. This is certainly unfortunate, as the trend does not seem to be a stoppable one. The best thing to do is to stay away from groups that are prone to spam, and stick to the web for your information.

  15. Re:It could be even worse... on Leo DiCaprio in next Star Wars? · · Score: 1

    "Mr. Bean as the Emperor."

    Actually, I think it would be funny to have Rowan Atkison as the emperor. But the emperor isn't funny. Mr. Bean wouldn't be a step up from the cg kids characters.

  16. I for one am happy... on RIAA Plans to Allow Portable MP3 Players · · Score: 1

    I'm glad that the newest branch of our government is out to protect us from the nasty business of dealing with those evil, virus-ridden, mp3 files. I'm glad someone with common sense has stepped up to "stop the madness" when it comes to piracy. I'm glad that big brother RIAA is interfering with this dangerous "free" market system of ours, and is setting us right as to the technology we are allowed to use. I'm glad to live here in America where, if you have a good idea for a product, someone's always around the corner to sue you for inventing it.

  17. Re:On an unrelated note... on Review:Star Wars:The Phantom Menance · · Score: 1

    We had trailers for some movie with Ben stiller and Janine Garofolo, et. al. called "MM" or something. looked completely forgetable. and that AE looked god-awful-fscking-cheezy, with the ball with flames coming off of it and all. looks like the models for MST3K.

    Here comes another Lame-ass starship troopers quality movie. Or perhaps like the Drakh-human conflict on Crusade, but more devastating...

  18. Re:Pulling itself in many directions? ***spoiler** on Review:Star Wars:The Phantom Menance · · Score: 1

    throw your ideas out the window. Enjoy the movie. Diversity should be praised, not criticised. Those who saw such politics in this movie would appear to have more issues of their own than with the story and its characters.

    Better yet, ignore diversity; enjoy the ride. People are people, as DM said..

  19. Re:Is America in Denial? (+100 unforgivable things on Review:Star Wars:The Phantom Menance · · Score: 1

    102. Jabba in the remastered New Hope is much smaller and more mobile than the Return of the Jedi Jabba. I could buy that because he had a few years to add the pounds. But here, he is as big as ever. What is this, yo-yo dieting?

    He didn't seem that big at the races, and nor did is [wife,girlfriend,etc]

  20. Re:Bill Gates is Antichrist Superstar! READ!! on Microsoft starts anti-Linux Group · · Score: 1

    W can be written as V/? only in 13375p33|.

    W = V/ = VI

    umm yeah.

    religion is a dangerous thing if misused.

  21. Re:Myth behind Cith? -- SPOILER INFO -- on Review:Star Wars:The Phantom Menance · · Score: 1

    The Sith are essentially the Dark Side of the force. Palpatine was sith, and vader is sith.

    But I still don't know what "Darth" means.

  22. Re:Jah Jah is a Gay Rasta :) on Review:Star Wars:The Phantom Menance · · Score: 1

    If you consider the Rasta part, "Jah Jah" is a propos.

  23. Re:God, Jar Jar is annoying... on Review:Star Wars:The Phantom Menance · · Score: 1

    Damn straight. That was starting to get me a little peeved. It was only slightly more annoying than his king and his spazzing out *pbbt*

    At least the king was somewhat understandable.

  24. Re:sexist Star Wars on Review:Star Wars:The Phantom Menance · · Score: 1

    Why does everything have to be about quotas?

    This is the reason I don't usually talk to people; dull logic and opinions.

  25. Re:personal recommend: on More Star Wars Hype · · Score: 1

    And i'll Third it.

    Evangelion has a great storyline.

    and weird aliens.

    Oh, and Add sailor moon to that pile!

    But the best is bubblegum crisis for cool action.IMO.