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  1. Re:Cost of the system on PS2 Linux Kit Shipping in May · · Score: 2
    Any reasons to think that's the case? Companies making Linux drivers usually only protect the code that would reveal some trade secrets. I cannot think of anything secret in USB support.

    Besides, they would have to merge the contoller module (UHCI or OHCI or whatever they are using) and the modules for the supported devices. Otherwise it would be easy to replace to high-level parts with the open-source drivers while preserving the closed-source low-level part.

    By the way, the order page does mention an Ethernet adaptor. I cannot see on the picture whether it's USB to Ethernet or something else. But I think, however, that the adaptor can be used for Linux networking. They would not ship useless hardware with Linux.

  2. Re:Cost of the system on PS2 Linux Kit Shipping in May · · Score: 1

    It should be possible to use a USB Ethernet adaptor. They are supported by Linux, although some platform-specific fixes may be needed.

  3. Re:Woah DUDE!!! on PS2 Linux Kit Shipping in May · · Score: 3, Informative
    From the order page:

    USB Keyboard & USB Mouse (for PlayStation 2)

    Your are making fun of those who post here without having read the story. Too bad you sound just like one of them.
  4. Re:I think you are wrong on Xft Hack Improves Antialiased Font Rendering · · Score: 2

    Freetype is a library for supporting TrueType fonts only. It may or may not support anti-aliasing, but its scope is limited to a subset of the fonts used with X. Type 1 fonts are not affected by FreeType, neither are bitmapped fonts.

  5. Re:Reasonable fear, wouldn't you say on Why Batteries Haven't Kept Up · · Score: 2
    To achieve sufficient level of supercriticality to trigger a nuclear explosion you'll need:
    1. Clean fissile material. At least avoid everything that captures neutrons without producing more neutrons.
    2. High explosives. Not your average TNT.
    3. Special configuration of the device. If you want to reach supercriticality by implosion, you should make sure that the pressure is highly uniform. Gun assembly requires making a target and a gun.
    4. You may need a neutron source to ignite the reaction in some configurations.
  6. Re:about that ip address on The Teddy Borg is Alive! · · Score: 3, Informative

    They have some class B networks as well (as if a class A network is not enough for them). It's a well known fact that MIT has more IP addresses than the whole China.

  7. Re:You too can ping through Teddy Borg on The Teddy Borg is Alive! · · Score: 2
    That's why I'm doing a ping -f, also known as 'gang ping'.
    They should have used a live bear to teach you some lessons.
  8. Re:Pish posh. on The Teddy Borg is Alive! · · Score: 2
    Getting the network switch into the bear isn't the hard part...
    The hard part is connecting the power and ethernet cables.

    Once you do it, nobody will flood-ping the network out of fear of being "shut down" by the bear.

  9. Re:Meaning of latest intel codenames on Glimpses of the Future from the Intel Developer Forum · · Score: 2, Funny
    Banias, formerly Caesarea Philippi, is the Arabic name for the Hellenistic city of Paneas whose name derives from Pan, the Greek god of herds and shepherds.
    I misread the last part as "the Geek god of nerds and she-nerds" :-)
  10. Re:It's happened already! on ESR Says as PCs Get Cheaper, Windows Will Die · · Score: 2
    Because we just KNOW those are used with pirated OS's because EVERYONE uses Windows.
    Oh, yes, we just KNOW those computers are used with stolen monitors, because EVERYONE uses monitors.

    Seriously, if you are using Windows, don't assume that all other people use it. And if you are "pirating" software, don't assume that all other people do the same.

  11. First results on Legal Analysis Critical of Blizzard v Bnetd · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Of 92 clicks 46 are from MSIE. Exactly the half!
    I don't know where those 97% come from,
    but I believe that more than 50% of slashdotters
    are using MSIE, so the trend is clear.


    Resolving the hostnames is left to the exersize
    for the readers.


    216.209.43.87 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)"
    130.85.16.42 "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.8) Gecko/20020204"
    208.61.180.4 "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:0.9.8) Gecko/20020208"
    68.55.103.16 "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Konqueror/2.2.1; Linux)"
    68.55.103.16 "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Konqueror/2.2.1; Linux)"
    18.187.1.64 "Mozilla/4.78 [en] (X11; U; IRIX 6.5 IP32)"
    217.13.7.227 "Opera/5.0 (OpenBSD 3.0 i386; U) [en]"
    213.65.65.77 "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.8) Gecko/20020214"
    216.94.170.10 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Q312461) WebWasher 3.0"
    213.65.65.77 "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.8) Gecko/20020214"
    195.92.67.74 "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.7) Gecko/20011221"
    168.143.112.103 "Mozilla/4.78 (TuringOS; Turing Machine; 0.0)"
    204.210.234.193 "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:0.9.8) Gecko/20020204"
    64.221.235.34 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Linux 2.4.7-10 i686) Opera 5.0 [en]"
    64.146.4.3 "Mozilla/5.0 Galeon/1.0.3 (X11; Linux i686; U;) Gecko/20020205"
    130.85.16.42 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Q312461; AT&T CSM6.0)"
    160.36.92.182 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT 5.0)"
    32.97.110.142 "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.8) Gecko/20020212"
    65.93.19.211 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98)"
    65.93.168.9 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)"
    216.160.43.133 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 5.0; T312461)"
    24.157.130.159 "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:0.9.7) Gecko/20020111"
    128.59.22.185 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0; Q312461)"
    67.82.200.231 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)"
    192.48.245.20 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT 5.0)"
    63.226.218.220 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 5.0; T312461)"
    24.136.157.197 "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Konqueror/2.2.2; en_US, en)"
    128.59.22.185 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0; Q312461)"
    65.209.221.137 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98)"
    130.161.69.26 "Mozilla/4.72 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.17 i686)"
    208.207.31.162 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 8.0)"
    24.149.23.120 "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; SunOS sun4u; en-US; rv:0.9.8) Gecko/20020205"
    142.150.161.204 "Mozilla/4.78 [en] (WinNT; U)"
    12.25.248.52 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 2000) Opera 6.01 [en]"
    205.150.113.98 "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Konqueror/2.2-11; Linux)"
    130.85.16.42 "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.8) Gecko/20020204"
    128.125.130.186 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98; Unversity of Southern California; Q312461)"
    128.252.137.43 "Mozilla/4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.18 i686)"
    66.169.49.192 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0; Charter B1)"
    155.99.203.172 "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.4) Gecko/20010917"
    128.4.22.58 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0; Q312461)"
    65.201.153.238 "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.7+) Gecko/20020121"
    63.11.192.198 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0)"
    63.11.192.198 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0)"
    168.28.181.213 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT 5.0)"
    24.209.91.135 "Opera/6.01 (Windows 2000; U) [en]"
    209.184.62.12 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Q312461)"
    64.192.247.77 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Q312461)"
    132.216.32.109 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Q312461)"
    132.216.32.109 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Q312461)"
    24.27.61.97 "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:0.9.5) Gecko/20011011"
    217.34.238.159 "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:0.9.8) Gecko/20020204"
    212.174.163.66 "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.8) Gecko/20020204"
    64.130.98.133 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 5.0)"
    65.167.98.35 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98; Win 9x 4.90)"
    24.188.217.75 "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.8) Gecko/20020214"
    167.76.159.30 "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; WinNT4.0; en-US; rv:0.9.4) Gecko/20011128 Netscape6/6.2.1"
    207.236.32.221 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)"
    63.148.70.90 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 5.0; T312461)"
    24.27.61.97 "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:0.9.5) Gecko/20011011"
    130.233.18.104 "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Konqueror/2.2.2; Linux)"
    216.161.136.46 "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.5) Gecko/20011012"
    207.236.32.221 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)"
    216.161.136.46 "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.5) Gecko/20011012"
    24.27.61.97 "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:0.9.5) Gecko/20011011"
    24.27.61.97 "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:0.9.5) Gecko/20011011"
    24.27.61.97 "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:0.9.5) Gecko/20011011"
    24.27.61.97 "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:0.9.5) Gecko/20011011"
    24.27.61.97 "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:0.9.5) Gecko/20011011"
    194.126.101.118 "Mozilla/5.0 Galeon/1.0.3 (X11; Linux i586; U;) Gecko/20020205"
    64.130.229.125 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98; Q312461)"
    63.228.115.177 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705)"
    207.245.64.5 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 4.0; T312461)"
    62.3.67.221 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Q312461)"
    134.39.100.70 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 5.0)"
    63.148.70.90 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 5.0; T312461)"
    64.92.129.225 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 5.0; T312461)"
    66.149.127.58 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 98; DigExt)"
    24.112.171.115 "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:0.9.7) Gecko/20011221"
    206.47.99.133 "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.8) Gecko/20020204"
    155.99.222.63 "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; SunOS sun4u; en-US; rv:0.9.8) Gecko/20020205"
    65.65.64.67 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT 5.0)"
    68.0.131.128 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 2000) Opera 6.0 [en]"
    213.45.28.215 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Q312461)"
    213.45.28.215 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Q312461)"
    217.13.7.227 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 95) Opera 6.0 [en]"
    66.210.204.50 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 5.0)"
    64.160.25.120 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Q312461)"
    203.45.42.185 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0)"
    209.158.25.222 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Q312461)"
    12.145.236.245 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Q312461; AT&T CSM6.0)"
    12.145.236.245 "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Q312461; AT&T CSM6.0)"

  12. Re:Wide pages are cool on Legal Analysis Critical of Blizzard v Bnetd · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Of those 97% MSIE users 99% read at +1 and above, so you lose. Those who enjoy reading inane posts and looking at really nasty pictures are mostly Linux users.

  13. Re:Blizzard does have a point though... on Legal Analysis Critical of Blizzard v Bnetd · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Imagine KDE developers sueing GNOME developers because there are not enough beta testers for KDE. Or vise versa. Or Emacs vs VI.

    Better yet, imagine Microsoft sueing CNN because some users of MSIE read news at CNN instead of "the official" msn.com.

    What Blizzard has is not a point - it's a problem.

  14. Re:No native version? on Windows Media Player in Linux · · Score: 2
    I tried the Linux version back in 1998. It didn't support MP3 at all.

    The crossover plugin should probably emulate all bugs of the software it runs :-)

  15. Re:Why can't they fix it now? on Linux 2.4.18 Released · · Score: 2
    Care to explain? What's exactly wrong with 2.4.18? It seems to me that you are basing your opinion on comments of those who don't know what they are talking about.

    I don't see anything in 2.4.19-pre1 that would justify immediate release of 2.4.19 and marking 2.4.18 as DONTUSE.

    2.4.18 was released only once, with the personality bug fixed. There was no "other" 2.4.18.

    If a bug is found in a release candidate, it is the right thing to do to make another release candidate with this bug fixed and no other changes, and that's exactly what has been done. I see no point in releasing 2.4.18 with a known bug and marking it DONTUSE right away.

  16. Re:Release frequency, release engineering thoughts on Linux 2.4.18 Released · · Score: 2
    Don't get me wrong, I use Linux daily, my servers run on it, and I depend on a variety of other open source software (particularly Python!). I even buy RedHat/KRUD releases just so that some value flows back into the release process from a happy recipient.
    It's very sad that you have to say it. It reminds me of communist regimes where every, say, philosopher had to mention in every article that his theory is consistent with teachings of Marx and Lenin.

    Moderators are supposed to rate your comment, the way how you explain opinion, but not your position in the so-called OS War. Unfortunately, they do the opposite quite often. Now you have to be with one of the camps to be heard and understood.

    I used to like this site.

  17. Re:Misrepresented article.. on Sun Bashes Linux on (IBM) Mainframes · · Score: 1
    Yes, Linux runs faster that Solaris, at least on low end machines. My Sparc 3 was almost useless (i.e. terribly slow) until I installed Linux on it.

    I believe that Solaris is faster on SMP systems, but I have never had a chance to compare.

  18. Re:minimum monthly payments on Class Action Lawsuit Says PayPal Restricted Funds · · Score: 3, Informative

    By sending the minimal payment you confirm that you receive statements at your billing address and that you can pay some money.

  19. Re:Some juicy screenshots on GNOME 2.0 Beta · · Score: 2
    They are PNG:

    $ wget http://developer.gnome.org/dotplan/images/magnifie r.png
    $ file magnifier.png
    magnifier.png: PNG image data, 1400 x 1050, 8-bit/color RGB, non-interlaced

  20. Re:GNOME2 looks like Windows? on GNOME 2.0 Beta · · Score: 2

    Look is not everything. API is radically different from KDE.

  21. Re:Dealing with Chinese spam ;-) on Walling off Asian E-mail to Prevent Spam · · Score: 1
    Wrong. The guy tried to be funny when it was posted the first time. Now the guy just tries to get more karma.

    Besides, China today is not Soviet Union in 1937.

  22. Re:Constructive dialogs on Walling off Asian E-mail to Prevent Spam · · Score: 2

    Accoring to my spam statistics, the axis of evil consists of China, South Korea and USA. Somebody please explain it to GWB.

  23. Re:Cable vs. knife on Serial Cables Illegal Due to DMCA? · · Score: 1
    You guessed it. But let's not copy other people's comments. Also all references to FP should be carefully removed - what is frontpage there is first post here.

    Actually, I wanted to see the difference in the replies and moderation. K5 moderation is very tough, because everyone can moderate and the readers' expectations are higher. Not being a native English speaker, I was amazed how easy it was to get +5 Insightful on Slashdot. Not so on K5.

    On the other hand, some replies on Slashdot are more informative because more people read the comment once it reaches +5.

    Sorry for offtopic.

  24. Cable vs. knife on Serial Cables Illegal Due to DMCA? · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Being neighter addict of games nor user of proprietory software, I would normally vote against articles involving so called "piracy" and game machines, but this article raises a very important issue. Should the customs decide which cables are allowed to be imported based on the probability that they will be used illegally? I strongly believe that the notion of "software piracy" is wrong, because the so called "pirates" don't kill or rob anyone - the worst thing they do is depriving artists of some artificial monopoly that the society grants them to stimulate their creativity.

    Banning cables is even worse - it creates a notion of "pirates' tool", something tangible that can be used as a "weapon" by "bad guys" and should be kept out of the country.

    Isn't it strange that I can import a knife but I cannot import a cable?

  25. Re:How is this remotely news and/or interesting? on Digital-Logic Microspace Mini-PCs · · Score: 2
    Give us news for nerds. Give us stuff that matters. Don't give us re-runs.
    That's the difference between slashdot and kuro5hin. I cannot imagine anybody on k5 screaming "give us this and give us that". You just vote for the stories you like and write your stories.

    As for the device, it could probably serve as a good host-based 802.11a access point. You don't want to hang a laptop on the wall of your office, do you?