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  1. A new start for internet? on Cisco Working to Block Viruses at the Router · · Score: 1

    ...checked to see whether it has security measures already in place. Those that don't can be denied access, shunted off into a quarantined segment of the network...

    Is it just me, or does this sound like the re-birth of the internet, where vulnerable OS-es are quarantined into a kind of proprietary subnet?

  2. Re:Altix on NASA Installs Linux Supercomputer · · Score: 1

    They claim to do quite a bit more on their oss page

  3. Re:it's the freeware, stupid on Stopping Malware Before It Hits · · Score: 1

    You're right friend, 'such as' does not preclude any hypothetical or existing other piece of malware.

    So, I stand humbly corrected: All the freeware not mentioned in the article is extremely vulnerable to all the malware not mentioned in the article. Thank you again for your relevant insights.

  4. Re:it's the freeware, stupid on Stopping Malware Before It Hits · · Score: 1

    Indeed. Funny how malware does not seem to infest products we actually pay for...

    Right, naturally you did read the article that cites the following reason for using this hardware:

    Computer virus and Internet worm attacks, such as Nimba, Code Red, Slammer, SoBigF, and MSBlast have infected computers globally

    So, I have to conclude you consider Windows and Outlook free software.

  5. Re:I know Linux is precious.... on Forbes Examines SCO Subpoenas · · Score: 1

    but in the unlikely event that this FUD succeeds can't everyone move over onto BSD or Darwin or some other kernel, or am I missing something
    Well, everybody for whom a ruling from a judge in Utah is even remotely relevant might consider that option. The other 95% of the world population however will probably not bother.

  6. Re:This days... on Video Card History · · Score: 1

    1- External genlocking
    2- Quad buffered stereo
    3- More a tiny handful of light sources

    If you happen to need those features there is still no cheap replacement.
    (unfortunately)

  7. Re:Microsoft's Distributed Statistical Debugging on Distributed Statistical Debugging · · Score: 2, Insightful

    In my calculations Microsoft must have gotten at least 30,000 reports of this bug and it is still not fixed yet...

    Yes, but what makes you think the feature doesn't work?

  8. Re:Pentel Hybrid Gel Grip...woo-hoo! on When Word Processors Are Out: What's The Best Pen? · · Score: 1

    Now there's a fine pen, but I disagree on the 'any gel'; The Pentel has by far the blackest gel-ink I've ever found.
    I love it, it feels like writing with a space age lubricant, but looks like a real pen-and-ink job...

  9. Re:Metric and Imperial on More Linux Activity in German Government · · Score: 1

    Yeah right.
    We've adopted the British Imperial units in 1974, just to spite the Germans.

    There cannot be enough disinformation on the web.

  10. Re:The key word is "whisper" on GNOPPIX: Bootable GNOME CD · · Score: 1

    pronounce it like the 'e' in 'how are you?'

  11. Re:You got one thing right. This is a *WEAPON*. on Build Your Own Gauss Pistol · · Score: 1

    http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/now/jun28/data.html

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/962721.stm

    etc.

    why did I even bother to check

  12. Re:Loopback?? on USPTO Issues Microsoft A Patent For 60's Technology · · Score: 1

    Easy but expensive.

    We get this all the time in my workplace (I do drugs for a living;).
    Many companies file recursive claims that contain an infinite amount of different existing and new compounds, these patents are accepted without many problems. In practice this means that companies can settle for some royalty agreement to avoid figuring out the prior art in court (sometimes without their actually knowing what 'intellectual property' they are getting the money for...)

  13. Re:Yes, I run Windows! on Windows Vulnerabilities Revealed, Patched · · Score: 1

    Well, looking in my apache log entries of today it may be:
    218.109.221.243
    or
    80.51.77.8

  14. Re:question about these cards on 3DLabs Releases Linux Drivers · · Score: 1

    OpenGl Stereo which Nvidia disables on their closed source Linux drivers for all Non-Pro (i.e. low profit margin) products, even when the card supports it...

  15. Re:Fix the numeric pad first! on OpenOffice.org SDK Released · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Convert them to use Linux and Calc then

    xmodmap -e "keysym KP_Decimal = comma"

    fixes OpenOffice, and all other programs