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  1. Not only WiFi, but Internet2 as well on The Changing Face Of Campus Tech · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The best campuses are offering Internet2 connectivity -- I wouldn't even consider going to a college without Internet2 access. The main advantage of Internet2, besides speed, is that it is separate from the regular Internet1, and less susceptible to monitoring by third parties such as corrupt administrators and the questionable activities of BayTSP and others.

    I've been using I2Hub for a couple weeks at my college and am very impressed. All the benefits of fast Internet P2P at college, without the drawbacks (i.e., the RIAA suing you).

    Personally I don't buy the subsidized Napster or other music service access. I would rather choose a college based on its academic credibility, performance, a rigorous curriculum and dedicated teachers. College is an investment, and while access to these services may seem nice, I doubt many students will choose colleges entirely based on this. You would get much more out of going to a well-respected established universe than a cheap fly-by-night college that gives out useful gadgets for free to lure you in to paying for a four-year education. That said, Internet2 and iPods are invaluable, but I think of them more as gifts than a deciding factor in choosing which campus to matriculate to.

  2. Re:WINE is not just for "basic apps." on 10 Points About Transgaming's Cedega/WineX · · Score: 1

    I found out that several people sell cheap "self-repair" guides, but these are in some wacky Windows hypertext browser format (probably to prevent copying). Worked fine in WINE, and I had repaired my own PS2 for $10 in less than an hour.

    These are probably chm files -- which might be readable with libchm, FYI.
  3. Re:ever herad of 'strings'? on A Grep-like Utility That Works on More than Text? · · Score: 1

    This also won't work with MS Word documents because they store text out of order.

  4. Direct link to cornering video on Electromagnetic Suspension System · · Score: 1
  5. Re:Rsync your own Gutenberg library on Distributed Proofreaders Posts 5,000th E-book · · Score: 2, Informative

    I use --exclude \*.zip --exclude \*.iso --exclude \*.mp3 with wget to achieve similar results. The advantage of this is you get all the images and indexes, without wasting space on computer synthesized spoken books (yech), zipped files which you already downloaded the contents of, and 4.7GB/700MB DVD or CD ISOs. On the other hand, the Project Gutenberg CD and DVD Project is worth looking into for "best of" collections if you don't want the whole library.

  6. Re:Windows port? on Reiser4 Filesystem Released · · Score: 1
    I'm on a laptop, where hard disk space is relatively scarce, and I use Explore2fs to access my music collecton stored in my /home. Its very useful. Creating a separate partition cause problems if the data in one of the partitions grows unexpectedly.

    I can't speak for rfstool as I haven't tried it (just found out about it today--otherwise I'd be using ReiserFS), but Explore2fs doesn't create a virtual drive, therefore other programs cannot (as far as I know) access the files. Of course, malware could write to the disk directly, but it could do the same to a FAT partition.

  7. Re:The reason on It's Just the 'internet' Now? · · Score: 1
    The "internet" is any set of networks connected with routers
    Wouldn't that be "an internet" then?
    Mod parent up. In most cases, the article (a/the) clearly defines whether we're talking about an internet or the Internet.

    About the only exceptions is when Internet is used as an adjective--"internet-based", "internet-enabled", and so on. But the intent here is clear: the writer is referring to the Internet, not an. Has anyone actually ever used "internet" in its original meaning? "Intranet" is far more common.

    Personally, I'm glad Wired has has eschewed the upper-case internet. Language evolves. Homonyms and capitonyms only serve to confuse; causing ambiguities to arise in speech. The Internet/internet distinction has lost all its meaning; and never had any except in written communication. Its time to move on.

    Here's a poem I found when searching for capitonym:

    Job's Job

    In August, an august patriarch
    Was reading an ad in Reading, Mass.
    Long-suffering Job secured a job
    To polish piles of polish brass.

    Herb's Herbs

    An herb store owner, name of Herb,
    Moved to a rainier Mount Rainier.
    It would have been so nice in Nice,
    And even tangier in Tangier.
  8. Re:easy workaround on TransGaming Tagging Downloads to Combat Piracy · · Score: 4, Informative

    For those not blessed with Python: dd if=file.tar skip=36 | md5

  9. Re:Perhaps instead of AES... on NIST Proposes Abandoning DES · · Score: 1

    I haven't read anything about "HyperEncryption" but you may want to hear what Bruce Scheneier has to say about one-time pads. Although OTPs are proveably unbreakable, many cryptosystems that claim to be OTP actually generate the pads with stream ciphers, which invalidates the guarantee of OTP.

  10. Re:Okay... on Is Sveasoft Violating the GPL? · · Score: 1

    Let's try that again...

    # gmake
    gmake -C src all
    gmake[1]: Entering directory `/opt/WRT54G/src'
    gmake -C router all
    find: illegal option -- i
    find: illegal option -- n
    find: illegal option -- a
    find: illegal option -- m
    find: illegal option -- e
    find: *.h: No such file or directory
    find: illegal option -- i
    find: illegal option -- n
    find: illegal option -- a
    find: illegal option -- m
    find: illegal option -- e
    find: *.h: No such file or directory
    gmake[2]: Entering directory `/opt/WRT54G/src/router'
    rm -rf /opt/WRT54G/src/router/mipsel-uclibc/target
    rm -f /opt/WRT54G/src/router/mipsel-uclibc/linux.trx /mnt/200gb/sw/WRT54G/src/ro
    uter/mipsel-uclibc/vm linuz /mnt/200gb/sw/WRT54G/src/router/mipsel-uclibc/targ et.
    squashfs
    gmake -C openssl
    gmake[3]: Entering directory `/opt/WRT54G/src/router/openssl'
    + rm -f libcrypto
    $ more log
    gmake -C src all
    gmake[1]: Entering directory `/opt/WRT54G/src'
    gmake -C router all
    find: illegal option -- i
    find: illegal option -- n
    find: illegal option -- a
    find: illegal option -- m
    find: illegal option -- e
    find: *.h: No such file or directory
    find: illegal option -- i
    find: illegal option -- n
    find: illegal option -- a
    find: illegal option -- m
    find: illegal option -- e
    find: *.h: No such file or directory
    gmake[2]: Entering directory `/opt/WRT54G/src/router'
    rm -rf /opt/WRT54G/src/router/mipsel-uclibc/target
    rm -f /opt/WRT54G/src/router/mipsel-uclibc/linux.trx /mnt/200gb/sw/WRT54G/src/ro
    uter/mipsel-uclibc/vm linuz /mnt/200gb/sw/WRT54G/src/router/mipsel-uclibc/targ et.
    squashfs
    gmake -C openssl
    gmake[3]: Entering directory `/opt/WRT54G/src/router/openssl'
    + rm -f libcrypto
    + rm -f libssl
    making all in crypto...
    make: don't know how to make w. Stop
    gmake[3]: *** [sub_all] Error 1
    gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/opt/WRT54G/src/router/openssl'
    gmake[2]: *** [openssl] Error 2
    gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/opt/WRT54G/src/router'
    gmake[1]: *** [all] Error 2
    gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/WRT54G/src'
    gmake: *** [all] Error 2
    $

  11. Re:Okay... on Is Sveasoft Violating the GPL? · · Score: 1
    Yes, that person supposedly violated the GPL. This isn't about him/her.
    He was, but not anymore. The source is available with binaries at http://wrt54g.streamfire.net/. Has anyone got it to compile? # gmake gmake -C src all gmake[1]: Entering directory `/opt/WRT54G/src' gmake -C router all find: illegal option -- i find: illegal option -- n find: illegal option -- a find: illegal option -- m find: illegal option -- e find: *.h: No such file or directory find: illegal option -- i find: illegal option -- n find: illegal option -- a find: illegal option -- m find: illegal option -- e find: *.h: No such file or directory gmake[2]: Entering directory `/opt/WRT54G/src/router' rm -rf /opt/WRT54G/src/router/mipsel-uclibc/target rm -f /opt/WRT54G/src/router/mipsel-uclibc/linux.trx /mnt/200gb/sw/WRT54G/src/ro uter/mipsel-uclibc/vmlinuz /mnt/200gb/sw/WRT54G/src/router/mipsel-uclibc/targ et. squashfs gmake -C openssl gmake[3]: Entering directory `/opt/WRT54G/src/router/openssl' + rm -f libcrypto + rm -f libssl making all in crypto... make: don't know how to make w. Stop gmake[3]: *** [sub_all] Error 1 gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/opt/WRT54G/src/router/openssl' gmake[2]: *** [openssl] Error 2 gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/opt/WRT54G/src/router' gmake[1]: *** [all] Error 2 gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/WRT54G/src' gmake: *** [all] Error 2
  12. Re:Wake Up on Is Sveasoft Violating the GPL? · · Score: 1
    This posted software was issued by a disgruntled employee with virii infesting therein, or at least so claims some of the pages you've found..
    The Alchemy pre-5.1 firmware was posted by TheIndividual who got it from "Andreas", a customer of Sveasoft not an employee. The firmware of three different customers has been compared and the only differences found where whitespace in hmanagement.asp, which is used to track who releases the pre-releases to the public and to cancel their subscription.
  13. Re:Sveasoft binaries differ from compiled source? on Is Sveasoft Violating the GPL? · · Score: 1

    Looks like the authorities have locked this thread: permission denied Try SHIFT-RELOAD if you suspect this page is stale (err 1,name remark,10804 029,your IP 12.110.110.204) Hopefully its just a server problem. If anyone grabbed the posts before they went down, please mirror them here.

  14. Re:My problem... on Is Sveasoft Violating the GPL? · · Score: 1

    Already done - Newbroadcom . TheIndividual's website has the source now as well.

  15. Re:Finally the silence is broken! Read this on Is Sveasoft Violating the GPL? · · Score: 1

    I originally thought Sveasoft's idea of providing an update subscription was a good business model, but Sveasoft's threatening of TheIndividual to remove 100% legal binaries (now with source as well, so its not violating the GPL) crosses the line. James Ewing is the one who is bitching, bitching about people legally redistributing subscriber-only binaries as per the GPL.

  16. Re:I believe that GPL is pretty clear on this on Is Sveasoft Violating the GPL? · · Score: 1

    You can get Alchemy pre-1.5 here, which includes the QoS features, albiet without source code. Hope this helps.

  17. Re:Finally the silence is broken! Read this on Is Sveasoft Violating the GPL? · · Score: 2, Informative
    Hi, I just want to thank you for leaking this firmware and revealing the true nature of Mr. Ewing. I had heard nothing but good things about Sveasoft and was considering purchasing a subscription to support his efforts but alleged threats on his part certainly cast Sveasoft in a new, dark light. They've just lost a potential customer.

    Quick question: is the firmware on http://www.30mb.com/x/annejuul identical to http://sourceforge.net/projects/newbroadcom?

    Funny how Ewing spreads FUD about "P2P pirated" copies of his firmware. Little does he know Sourceforge is legitimately hosting it, not on P2P. He's using the gray-market aura surrounding peer-to-peer to incite fear. Sounds familiar. Now all we need is a copy of the source, which Sveasoft is obligated to provide, and an open-development fork hosted on SF.

    Or maybe I'll simply switch to OpenWRT and avoid all this nonsense. It has less features but at least its truly in the spirit of free software.

  18. Re:Choose wifibox instead on Is Sveasoft Violating the GPL? · · Score: 1

    The only problem with Wifi-Box is that it doesn't support the newer WRT54GS model, a WRT54G with more RAM and flash memory. I haven't been able to find any stores selling the older WRT54G (and I'm not going to go out of my way to find or ebay it), it appears that Linksys is phasing it out. For this reason, I chose the Sveasoft firmware. OpenWRT supports the GS as well.

  19. Re:Security on Wi-Fi by Rail, Bus or Boat · · Score: 1

    Hi, you might want to look into Weplab. It uses optimizations not present in airsnort/dwepcrack to attempt to crack keys using packets with not only the traditional weak IVs.

  20. AMD64 ISOs anyone? on Slackware 10.0 Officially Released · · Score: 1

    Is there an AMD64 architecture ISO of Slackware 10.0 available?

  21. Other architectures on SUSE 9.1 Personal ISO Available For Free Download · · Score: 1

    Is an AMD64-architecture ISO available?

  22. Re:If you want to teach somebody 6502 on Why Learning Assembly Language Is Still Good · · Score: 1

    I second this. Programming the NES is a great application of 6502 assembly. Not only for coding games, but also Game Genie codes.

  23. NYT doesn't know Guarana = Caffeine on 13 Energy Drinks In 3 Sessions · · Score: 4, Informative
    All contain caffeine, guarana or a combination of both. (Guarana, a berry found in the Amazon, has a stimulant effect similar to caffeine's.) Some use ginseng as well, for extra stimulation.

    Maybe that is because guarana is caffeine? Actually, guarana (Paullinia cupana) is a plant, which according to Erowid contains 5% caffeine from which it derives its stimulant effects. There is no alternative to caffeine named guarana. Wikipedia's article on guarana has more information. Yet more misinformation from the Times.
  24. Re:About the gram on The Logic Behind Metric Paper Sizes · · Score: 1
    (Kilo)gram is a unit of mass, not weight.

    This is correct. The metric unit of weight is the newton. Imperial pounds measure weight; the imperial unit for mass is the slug.

  25. Re:Great for warez... on Port Knocking in Action · · Score: 1

    A port doesn't have to be open for a program to take action upon incoming connection attempts to that port. Ever heard of firewall logs?