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  1. Re:WTF!! on Mandrake Linux 9.2, Adware Version · · Score: 4, Informative

    Well, if you keep buying Mandrake boxes, you don't have to worry: only the download version contains ads.

  2. Re:ammo box on Mobile Linux Project In Ammo Canister · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    Fifty calibre ammunition?
    With tracers?
    You live in Colombia, don't you?
    No need to be from Columbine^H^Ha. There are plenty of wackos in any other country too.
    Hmm... Actually, it is possible that some country has a few more eNRAged wackos than others.
  3. Re:And I thought red light cameras were a nuisance on UK to Put Monitors in Every Car? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I hate automatic radars as much as the next fast driver but I certainly back red light/photo radar camera completely. Hey, they should be at every crossroad. And don't tell me that the traffic light turning yellow and then red doesn't give you enough time to break. That means that you were definitely going too fast to go safely through that crossroad. Let me remind you that a green light at a crossroad doesn't mean that you have to speed up to catch it; it means you have to be ready to slow down and stop if it turns yellow.
    It's probably because of irreponsible fast drivers like you that the rather-responsible fast drivers like me and others are being prosecuted by automatic speed radars and stupid regulations everywhere.
    Also, I often take my fas^Ht ass out of my sport car and become a pedestrian. And I enjoy biking too. So do the kids and other pedestrians in the neighboorhood. Hell, I am against death penalty, but I am not sure what I'll think if one of us get run over because somebody irresponsible ran a red light.

  4. Re:I welcome our masters on Verizon Rolling Out Nextel-Like PTT Service · · Score: 1

    Yes, trolls are a welcome attraction on a slow Friday afternoon.
    I didn't get the space-invading thingy in your post. Are you trying to link that to the ALL YOUR BASES stuff? I think you missed your post. It could have been such a nice one-liner.

  5. Re:Do you remember... on Verizon Rolling Out Nextel-Like PTT Service · · Score: 1

    Hum, let me explain...
    Well, the blackout story was yesterday. It is an event that happened in the past. Since then, time has ellapsed and the information got old.
    In comparison, an article about Verizon going PTT is today's news. That's the kind of info you find on news sites. If you do not like that, you should visit archive web sites instead. Capite?

  6. Re:Why would you want to use anything but Swing? on GUI Toolkits for the X Window System · · Score: 1
    > Why would you want to use anything but Swing?

    Short Answer is: S.W.T.
    Long Answer is: here.

  7. Re:Full text, since I'm a karma whore on SCO Calls IBM Countersuit "Unsubstantiated Allegations" · · Score: 1

    You are a whore and a stupid one at that too. Do you really think that the biz.yahoo.com server could ever be slashdotted?

  8. Re:shoulda shaved or something on Former Intel Engineer Pleads Guilty To Taliban Aid · · Score: 1

    Or whoever cuts his hair has been instructed not to touch his beard...
    But enough with the conspracy theory, how long would it actually take to grow a beard like that?

  9. Yes, there is a market for solid-state MP# players on Gateway Portable MP3 Player · · Score: 1

    The snowboarder in me whole-heartedly agrees with you. There is nothing like a solid-state MP3 players to survive crashes at 20-30 mph. The iPod wouldn't survive the first bump or would stop operating as soon as it gets a little too cold.
    Now, I just wished they had better remote controls. Small buttons are not easy to use with big gloves!

  10. Re:um, a 2mp camera for 10.99 on Disposable Digital Cameras Have Arrived · · Score: 1
    Or better, you just watermark the pictures. You draw a big imaginary X across the picture and encrypt the pixels covered by the X, which should be pretty fast when compared to the encryption of a full picture.

    But the real problem is that any type of weak-to-medium encryption will be flawed in this case because attackers can have easy access to many pairs of clear and encrypted texts. By taking pictures of black|white|red|blue|... panels, they can somewhat easily run cryptanalytic attacks to guess the private key.

  11. Re:um, a 2mp camera for 10.99 on Disposable Digital Cameras Have Arrived · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Not necessarily. This is an obvious candidate for public key encryption.

    Not sure about that. What kind of CPU would you need to encrypt 2 MegaPixels of data in a decent amount of time with public key algorithms? You might be surprised by how much power would be needed to be able to take 2 consecutive pictures within a decent time frame.

  12. Javed Ikbal, a reviewer on Decipher · · Score: 1

    If like me, you are now a big fan of Javed's write-ups, don't miss his other famous review, where he covers the "UNIX System Administration Handbook", a great book on how to protect yourself from Dilbert's boss (sic)!

  13. Danger of Open Sourcing your body on Getting Back Into Shape While At The Office? · · Score: 1
    Actually, making your body available to the Open Source developer community might not be a healthy idea.

    It is rumored that allowing full access to your body to anyone might be viral.

  14. Referenced article on Open Source Law · · Score: 2, Insightful

    All I can
    say is that
    the referenced
    article is one
    nice column.
    That's for
    sure.

  15. Re:Pointless effort on Linux vs. SCO: The Decision Matrix · · Score: 1

    Excuse me for asking, but if he does not host the page anymore, then isn't it likely that Google will purge its own cached copy?

  16. Re:More icing on the Cake... on SCO Taking Linux Discussion To Japan · · Score: 3, Funny

    FUD means "search the FUcking web, Dude".
    Oh wait, wrong one.

  17. Re:Your ire is so misplaced. Grow up. on Regulatory Fees on the 802.11 Broadcast Spectrum? · · Score: 1

    I have nothing about how you apply your attention. Please read at any level and filter whatever you like.
    But I have something about your public stance on Anonymous Coward posts. It's like saying a bug report is groundless because it was not submitted by a valid Bugzilla user (assuming you are into software development). Or like saying an amateur beer is shitty because it doesn't have a Regitered commercial name (if you are into beer). Or that a gorgeous Australian shepherd is not the most beautiful dog you have ever seen because it does not have an official pedigree (if you are into Best In Show).

  18. Your sig is so stupid. Grow up. on Regulatory Fees on the 802.11 Broadcast Spectrum? · · Score: 0, Troll
    I wish I could filter people who post with a sig so that I could look as stupid as you are.

    Then maybe you can help me understand this one: why is it always the people who think they are open-minded who do the stupidest close-minded things? Or tell me: what do you think is wrong with the concept of open forums?

  19. Evolution connector on Open Source Microsoft Exchange Replacements? · · Score: 2

    Maybe you should start by asking the Ximian guys why they can't release their Exchange Connector's source code... There is probably something in there that they don't own, so they had to license it. And if they had to license it, it is probably something so complex technically or legally that the average OpenSource developer should definitely not put his nose in it.
    I am assuming of course that the poster/submiter of this story wants compatibility with existing Exchange clients, right?

  20. Re:Planet Colony on The Best Of Planetary Explorers · · Score: 0

    I wonder, if you could choose, would you take your gun with you on Mars?

  21. Both on PHP 5 Beta 1 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Both will win.
    The latest news from Sun is that J2EE 1.5 will support scripting languages. And the reference implementation will be done in PHP.
    If you don't believe, check some of the news site reporting on JavaOne 2003.

  22. Easy choice on USB 1.1 Renumbered To USB 2? · · Score: 1

    Well, that clarifies the issue for me.
    I'll just wait for USB 3.0...

  23. Re:Are there even that many lines of code? on SCO Terminates IBM's Unix License · · Score: 3, Funny
    a quick import into Excel says that the sum of column B is 3,629,673
    You could also pipe the whole thing and spool it so that it prints one line per page. Then you can count how many times you have to reload your printer tray and estimate how many sheets it can hold on average.

    More seriously now, why on Earth would you use Excel to count the number of lines? Especially when you have a Linux command prompt ...

  24. Re:Seems thin... on Review Mandrake Linux 9.1 Power Pack Edition · · Score: 1

    2D/3D image processing would be a good reason.
    TOTB.

  25. Re:Please remember his name during election time. on Update on State "Communications Services" Laws · · Score: 1
    So, next time I am in front of a judge, I can just say "Oops, sorry, I didn't know. Thank you for enlightening me. I assure you it won't happen again"? And then, I can walk out clear and clean as a Saint? Of course, not. I am legally responsible for my actions. And so should Sen. Starr with his actions.

    Or, if you think otherwise, please explain to me how it is that noone is supposed to ignore the Law, but you consider acceptable that politicians whose job is to create new laws can ignore what they contain?