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  1. Re:Nifty on Free, Open Source OS For TI Calculators · · Score: 1

    My friend and I are planning to port a forth interperter to the TI89. Is this of use to anyone except us?

  2. Re:Winux would infringe another trademark... on Lindows Ordered To Stop Using Lindows Name · · Score: 1

    Uh oh, what's that glass thing between you and the outside? A window? If there's more than one, you have windows. Obviously, Lindows is a combination between AN ENGLISH WORD and Linux. Sorry M$, you picked a damn bad word to claim to trademark. Sue Mr. Webster while you're at it.

  3. Re:The apparent lack of a patch. on Microsoft: Patches, Patches Everywhere! · · Score: 2, Funny

    *crickets*

  4. Great on Microsoft Wins HTML App Patent · · Score: 1

    I guess this means people won't write Windows applications any more. Cry me a fucking river.

  5. Re:finally has a toy we'd all like to get for Xmas on Emachines 64-bit Athlons Now On Sale · · Score: 1

    How are the 1337 g4m3rz going to build their own computer with a 64-bit processor? You mean they'll have to use Linux? Hahahahahahahah, thank YOU, Microsoft!

  6. Re:A cheapskate and you want to use a PC? on Building A Low-Budget TiVo Substitute? · · Score: 1

    Uh, I have an Athlon 3000+ with 1G of RAM that I paid $600 for. Surely a Celeron and 256M would suffice. So I'd say $200 for a nice PVR-Computer. That's less than $400. Hell, you could get TWO for the same price as a Tivo.

  7. Re:That's what I find odd on Sun Negotiating With Wal-Mart Over Java Desktop · · Score: 1

    What do you think of NetBeans? It runs great on my computer, and really helps my Java learning (emacs is nicer, but the code completion isn't as good... now that I know the APIs I don't really need NetBeans... but the project management is nice :)

  8. Re:A testament to crypt() on The Death Throes of crypt() · · Score: 1

    I selected the MD5 option but I can still type the first 8 characters of my password and then random garbage and I still get in. Good thing somebody could just steal my computer if they wanted my data...

  9. Re:Mersenne Primes on RSA-576 Factored · · Score: 1

    Sorry, I made a mistake. Let it go :)

  10. Re:bah on Java Desktop System Review · · Score: 1

    EXACTLY. This distro isn't for you! It's for dumbos that normally use windows! Do they care if they can use Qt or not? Probably not. All they need is OO.org and Mozilla. That takes of their "work" and pr0n-surfing :)

  11. Re:Linkage on RSA-576 Factored · · Score: 1

    Just curious, is that a warez'd copy of the book? It seems strange for that to be online in its entirety.

  12. Re:Actually on RSA-576 Factored · · Score: 1

    49561029139355845747971386346688559685802770654976 22183978317743925946576415078139905781369527613655
    898568246775450799399763584829976638122052329279 42
    9846895584179343292612 8 is composite, genius.

    First means the first one. Not the second one.

  13. Re:Mersenne Primes on RSA-576 Factored · · Score: 0

    2^4-1 = 15, for instance

  14. Re:Newsgroup support. on Sun to Offer Support for OpenOffice.org · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, it's because if you can't figure out OO.org by yourself (click the disk to save!!!), you're not going to be using usenet. Even I stick mostly to mailinglists and web-based forums (slashdot!), and I can do more with my computer than OO.org :D

  15. Re:Future of Linux generally on Future of 2.4 and 2.6 Kernels · · Score: 1, Informative

    Um, don't GNOME and KDE do that when you log out anyway? It's called session management...

  16. Re:bah on Java Desktop System Review · · Score: 1

    I'd use Kopete instead. Or, I'd DOWNLOAD and COMPILE the appropriate libraries. Ohh, it's sooooo hard.

    You're writing a fucking operating system, 0x1337. Surely you can download KDE libraries!?

  17. Re:My take on this on Paraphrasing Sentences With Software · · Score: 1

    > "It's enormous".
    > "It's immense".
    > "It's massive".
    > "It's huge".

    Damn! I have GOT to remember to close the shades before I undress :) But, uh, thanks :)

  18. Re: the future? on Microsoft to Charge for FAT File System · · Score: 1

    Nope, I have a happy ext3fs on my 32M CF card. Linux even boots off of it!

  19. Re:Hurt the ones you love.. on Java Desktop System Review · · Score: 1

    Well you know what I meant. gschem is a good program too... :)

    BTW, I like the idea of dumb terminals. Nothing for the luser to screw up (again, if you're doing schematic capture or something, you might want your own box with a nice 21" monitor, though).

  20. Re:Jelousy on AOL's $299 PC · · Score: 1

    Actually, eWorld was too expensive IIRC. I remember reading all the documentation (I was only 8 or so back then :) and thinking? 10 cents an email? You're kidding me!

    Or something like that. The expensiveness is stuck in my head; but when you're 8, everything's expensive. My 2 cents.

  21. Re:nada, and it never will... on What Has Number Portability Done For You? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    No need to mandate anything. If you buy Mac software, it's not going to run under Windows. Nobody is surprised here.

    So, it comes down to this: make sure you buy the right phone for the right carrier. I'm not going to cry for you when you want to change carriers (or OSes :) and don't have the right phone (er... software).

    Right?

  22. Re:How do they know? on Gentoo rsync Server Compromised [updated] · · Score: 1

    Put that server behind a NAT box / firewall so non-local IPs can't even see it. That makes a remote exploit even more difficult!

  23. Re:How do they know? on Gentoo rsync Server Compromised [updated] · · Score: 1

    No. You can ssh into the box with the MD5 sums and the router can't do anything. Does it have the encryption/decryption key?

    Try again :)

    Also, if all the routers in the world are compromised, Gentoo's problem won't seem very severe anymore...

  24. Re:Wanna bet... on Gentoo rsync Server Compromised [updated] · · Score: 1

    Actually, it's good that this was exploited. A remote-root vulnerability is pretty bad, now we know about it and can fix it. That's what makes Linux and OSS better than the alternatives; when there's a problem it's fixed and Linux becomes that much better.

    Windows and its friends just slap on patches and Windows doesn't improve as a result. The next virus gets 'em all again.

    So as a result of these 20 people having a compromised rsync, some 'bigger fish' (the main server?) will be "saved" from this exploit. That's a very very good thing.

  25. Re:Hurt the ones you love.. on Java Desktop System Review · · Score: 1

    I thought the review was bad because it sounds like she wanted FunGameLinux for the corporate desktop. Guess how much MPG-watching you do at work. Not much. Hence Sun did not include such functionality.

    Here's what you need at work: StarOffice, Evolution, GNOME (I personally use KDE because it's shinier, but GNOME is *really* well designed. Read the interface guidelines, etc.).

    That's about all. Obviously if you're doing a computer-related job (programming, etc) you'll need other things. So go buy the other things you need, or pick a different distribution. I recommend Debian or Gentoo for the power-users. Both offer things that Sun Linux [Java Desktop] does not.

    Anyway, my point is that she should review things as what they are, not what they "should be".