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  1. Re:Create Theft? on Disney Blames Apple For Music Piracy · · Score: 1

    Some people thought Apple was on the movies/music companies side because they did not have a cdr on their computers.

  2. Re:*RIP*, Mix , Burn on Disney Blames Apple For Music Piracy · · Score: 1

    They did outlaw the use of alcohol; even got its own amendment to the Constitution. There was another amendment to get rid of it because everyone was bootlegging anyway, this will be the same as ripping music.

  3. Re:Here We Go on Criticize Online, Get Fined · · Score: 1

    Actually it is not if you have the money but if you are loosing money you need to profit somehow, so you sue someone who posted something on a message board saying something bad about your company.

  4. Re:IP address based restrictions on Cryptographic Software in Debian's Main Archive · · Score: 1

    If I remember correctly, Netscape used to use this technic but it was the opposite where you could not download the software unless you were from an US IP address but it failed and I could never download Netscape with 128bit encryption even though I was in the US and using an university computer.

  5. Re:Boot partition? on Zarf in Mac OS X Land · · Score: 1

    Actually Classic Mac OS 9 native booting does not need to be within 8GB because when the Mac starts up it loads an IDE for the Mac OS via the ROM but since Mac OS X or any other boot-loader(not depended on the Mac OS 9.x) would need to be within the 8GB limit.

  6. Re:Summarization on Zarf in Mac OS X Land · · Score: 1

    That is because some Carbon apps still use QuickDraw while other use CoreGraphics(Display PDF).

  7. Re:110 Ghz Dell on IBM Creates World's Fastest Semiconductor Circuits · · Score: 1

    Actually Steve Jobs will say forget what we have been telling you about the Hz Myth because the Myth is actually true.

    Steve Jobs will show off a 110GHz G6 and say that.

  8. Cananda, also on Fighting Spam With A 17th Century Law · · Score: 1

    Since the Commonwealth include Canada, that means the Canada has a law that USA does not have to save them from SPAM; now the USA needs a law like this!!!

  9. Re:No "legal" closed-source C++ programs for Linux on GCC 3.0.4 is Out · · Score: 1

    The library in is case is libstd++ and if you read on: Specifically, if other files instantiate templates or use macros or inline functions from this file, or you compile this file and link it with other files to produce an executable, this file does not by itself cause the resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License.

  10. Re:Why not just mark the stack non-executable? on Fix the Bugs, Secure the System · · Score: 1

    Because that is not solving the problem only hindering how programs work; some programs use the stack for executable code.

    The problem is that the stack needs to store more than just data, it needs to store where the previous function was (iff the current function is not a leaf).

  11. Re:Linux is dying?? on Sun to Charge for Star Office 6.0 · · Score: 1

    Linux can run on x86, ppc, sparc, itanium, 68K, alpha, os390, and other processors, while solaris can only run on sparc and x86, with x86 support going dead.

  12. Re:Linux strategy on Sun to Charge for Star Office 6.0 · · Score: 1

    Solaris 9 will not exist for x86 is that issue is moot.

  13. Re:Big day for Apple on Photoshop for OS X · · Score: 1

    It has happened twice now in Apple world, getting rid of 68K, and now, from Mac OS 9.x to Mac OS X.

    When the PPC came out `Modern Memory Manger' came out and it was a semi-protective memory; only had read-only spaces for code and some stings.

  14. Re:Corrections, pointers, and cautions on Understanding NFS · · Score: 1

    If read the /. news around December 16, you would see this has been fixed and other nfs bugs(the rest were client side ones): http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/12/16/151250 &mode=nested&tid=128 .

  15. Re:Corrections, pointers, and cautions on Understanding NFS · · Score: 1

    The real old way was using YP(NIS).

    Yes this was should be avoided unless you are on a secured network and have you can block ips on udp/rpc.

  16. Re:No "legal" closed-source C++ programs for Linux on GCC 3.0.4 is Out · · Score: 2, Informative

    The STL has an exception to the GPL:

    // As a special exception, you may use this file as part of a free software
    // library without restriction. Specifically, if other files instantiate
    // templates or use macros or inline functions from this file, or you compile
    // this file and link it with other files to produce an executable, this
    // file does not by itself cause the resulting executable to be covered by
    // the GNU General Public License. This exception does not however
    // invalidate any other reasons why the executable file might be covered by
    // the GNU General Public License.

    So you can use any license for C++ programs.

  17. Re:FYI: The whole letter.... on NOA to Sue for Flash Advance Linkers · · Score: 1

    That means I cannot sell you a text editor because that would be able to circumvent an exactable for strings or a disassembler (which comes with a compiler for your own use)?

  18. Re:Itanium vs. Hammer vs. All Others. on What's Next in CPU Land after Itanium? · · Score: 1

    The PowerMac 6100 was a 60MHz PPC, the PowerMac 7100 was a 66MHz, and PM8100 was 80Mhz; then the 100 came and everything got a bust, and then 110Mhz.

    Those days were great because the PPC was still faster than a Pentium.

  19. Re:I'm not an OS X user but... on How to Fix the Unix Configuration Nightmare · · Score: 1

    This faq is outdated, they changed to FreeBSD when Jordan came to Apple and some of the other FreeBSD guys.

  20. Re:x86 is x86. on Linux on Older Hardware · · Score: 1

    Also the 7100 is a NUBUS machine and does not have OF so you have to have a booter that works in MacOS 9.

  21. Number for OpenBSD ... on The Myth of Open Source Security Revisited v2.0 · · Score: 2, Informative

    is wrong because it lists the glob problem twice, once for ftp and once for libc.

  22. Re:Why though? on Linux on the iMac G4 · · Score: 1

    Mac OS X supports multiple buttons mice but most apps don't support it; I can use my 4 button optical wheel Logitech mouse in Mac OS X, even in most apps use the wheel, unlike X-Windows.

    In Quake 3 I can even use all 4 buttons and the wheel as buttons.

  23. Repeat? on California Court: EULAs are Inapplicable in Some Cases · · Score: 1

    Is this a repeat, I thought I say about two months ago when it concerned Adobe?

  24. Your own on What Makes a Powerful Programming Language? · · Score: 1

    I don't know of a language that uses all of the above but if you want all of them, why don't you write your own.

    It would be much easier than asking ./ which language is better for the job when you are given too huge of a requirement and a language that does not exists.

    I think your boss want you to write one, not find one.

  25. All I want for Valentine's Day is ... on Gifts for Valentine's Day, 2002? · · Score: 1, Troll

    A slashdot that keeps my preferences.
    A slashdot that stops posting dup stories.
    A slashdot that is in bed with Linux but in bed with BSD.
    A slashdot that stops posing old news.

    I don't care if you mod me down to a toll.