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  1. Re:UUNet the Home of Spam on UUNet Is The Number 1 Spam Host · · Score: 1

    Yep, I've got those empty messages.

    The open relay testing hypothesis sounds very plausible to me...

  2. Re:Rackspace? on SCO Says They'll Sue A Linux User Tomorrow · · Score: 1

    Very, very interesting.

    But it wouldn't fit their float the stock game (since most hosting corps aren't top1000), and would seriously make them look bad in the eyes of a judge. (eg, even before the judge understands the emptyness of their claims)

  3. Re:USB-Storage? on Meet Linux Kernel 2.6.2, 'Feisty Dunnart' · · Score: 1

    I don't know what you did, but it's still there.
    I wish I could be more helpfull, but...

  4. Unique? Newsworthy? Hardly... on 'Bagle' Worm Heading For A Windows PC Near You · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why is this one unique? It's just the next worm.
    And it replicates by *emailing* itself...

    No remote root/admin exploits, no network-clogging mass scanning, no nothing.
    Maybe just a few malconfigured mailservers going down, that's it.

    yawn, wake me up when we're at threatcom 4

  5. Re:IPV6 and NAT on Speak Freely To Be Withdrawn January 15 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I currently have a /64 of ipv6 space, totally free. I probably could give every bit of ram in my home a private ipv6 address. (that's an obligatory remark)

    Of course it's trough some tunnel broker (thanks sixxs!), but it works.

    I think if ipv6 penetrates the enduser-market in native mode (won't happen 'till cisco and MS say so), most isp's will give in.

    After all, they're currently denying you a static ip (if they are) because they're short of them themselves, and a pool of dynamic ip's can serve more users (since not everyone is online at the same time)...

  6. Re:Argh, just finished 2.4.23 went back from 2.6 on Linux 2.4.24 Release Fixes Root Vulnerability · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Sounds like you're running your X window system with a nice value. Handy trick for better responsiveness in 2.4, but lethal in 2.6.

    Nice values *really* make a difference in 2.6

  7. Re:Losing battle against false error on Baffling the Spam Bots · · Score: 1

    I blame the Signal to Colorfull ratio, making the test impossible to pass for humanoid moderators.

  8. Losing battle against false error on Baffling the Spam Bots · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This is a losing battle.
    Smart humans will outsmart computers for quite a while. The average human is already dis-comforted with such a test (what's the middle word in the second image?!).

    But those systems should work for the dumbest (within reason) humans. They're trying to design a test that's passed by the dumbest of six million, yet makes the smartest of a few (bots) fail.

    I give in.

    *comment about spambot overlords*

  9. 2.6 switching howto on Linux Kernel 2.6.0-test6 Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    I'm preparing an end-user 2.6 switching howto here Pass the word.

  10. Re:BitTorrent on Mozilla 1.4 Released · · Score: 1

    BT scales UP extremely well, but not down.

    Since the mozilla files are 10-15MB, I doubt it's worth it.

  11. Amen... on Linux Kernel 2.4.21 Released · · Score: 1

    Same here, but not jut with cd drives.

    apt-get upgrade (during configure scripts, they tend to do a lot of disk access) locks up my system for almost half a minute.

    I think it started with 2.4.20, but it meight be earlier.
    As soon as the acpi patch is ready, I'll try 2.4.21

  12. It's fast on Mozilla 1.4 RC1 · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'm posting with my fresh and shiny 1.4 RC1, and I have to say that the subjective speed is increased significantly over 1.4 beta.

    It feels on par with opera now...
    Congrats to the mozilla team

    Btw... why is RC1 announced on slashdot? wouldn't it make more sense to kick their ftp servers in the nuts when 1.4 is finalised?

  13. freeswan setup is just a PITA on Opportunistic Encryption of IP traffic: FreeS/WAN 2.0 · · Score: 1, Informative

    Too bad the FreeS/Wan setup is just way too hard.

    I've decided to wait for linux 2.5's native implementation.

  14. Forget radiation on PDA/Radiation Detector · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I want a pda that can scan for cellular phones (gsm included), and if possible jam them!

    Why? One word: Movies

  15. Re:Mirror of the videos on Peephole Displays · · Score: 1

    nope, it didn't... been trying to download te movies all evening. :(

  16. Re:A couple of issues on Review Of Upcoming Projection Keyboards · · Score: 1

    That's something I have to agree on.
    A friend of mine had a keyboard with the ridge on the H instead of the J (production error, I think).

    I guarantee you one thing: as a blind-typist, it's totally impossible to type on one of those.

    The software should somehow be self-calibrating

  17. chipmakers vulnerable.. on AMD's Fab 30 Revealed · · Score: 4, Interesting

    That area flooded a few weeks ago, and I heard someone say that luckily the plant didn't get destroyed. (aparantly, a few inches of water are enough to render a silicon fab useless)

    This makes me wonder how vulnerable the chipmakers are... One good fire, flood or earthquake and we're without cpu's?
    Imagine the sabotage posibilities... (hey Intel, for 1M, I'll wipe out amd ?)

  18. Re:gobeProductive and FreeRadicalSoftware on Gateway To Use Corel Over MS For Office Suite · · Score: 2, Informative

    On the gobe site: "Currently we are unable to fulfill orders for our products. Sorry for the inconvenience."
    This is perhaps a sign on the wall.

    Also note http://osnews.com/story.php?news_id=1520 here that: "I think it will take 90 -120 days before the broad public sees the GPL'd software. Some people will see it before that date as we work to roll it out".
    Considered the news was out 2002-08-12, so it could take easily 'till newyear before we should start frowning.

  19. Ways arround? on Lik-Sang Back Online, Minus Modchips · · Score: 1

    Can't they just produce 'flashable' sets, and make the actual problem, the copyrighted code they use in them, float the free part of the internet?

    Or even better yet, make it automatically copy the required codeparts from the bios itself?

    Something like that Keep the modchips themselves clean.

    Btw, wasn't there some kind of non-soldering flash-only mod? I'd consider that a killer app for xbox modding...

  20. We demand benchmarks! on Xiph.org Releases Theora Alpha One · · Score: 2, Interesting

    How well does this thing compare to stuff like mpeg4? How well does it stream?
    If we need a killer on video formats, it better be a damn high compression ratio...

  21. PARENT LINK is goatse, the making off on Graphing Randomness in TCP Initial Sequence Numbers · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    subject sais it all, don't look while eating

  22. Isn't that evolution? on Mutant Gene Responsible for Speech? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Isn't that exactly evolution at work?
    Aren't we all what we are because of a series of accidental gene mutations?

  23. ironic editors... on FAA Using Webcams to Aid Alaskan Pilots · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Hopefully the slashdotting won't keep a legit pilot from checking conditions.
    Just guess what happened right now? The editor knew that would happen, and yet he posted the article...
  24. apache attacklog analyser? on Happy Birthday Code Red · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Is there a apache log analyser that shows nifty graphs of all the different kinds of attacks somewhere out there?

    That'd be cool :)

  25. Other punishments... on Microsoft Case Proceeds · · Score: 2, Insightful

    My favorites:
    1) Forced full and free release of all fileformats they created and will create in the last+next 10 years
    2) Held liable for security flaws (this is one for another trial
    3) Forced standards compilance for html
    4) Some huge powerfull comittie above their head, that needs to approve the defaults and quality of all releases. Install ms haters in it
    5) Absolute forbidden to arrange per-oem deals, one price policy, clear and open
    6) Full refunds for all ever-bundled software!
    ...

    1 and 5 seem to be the most feasible...

    Of course, there is still bill-torture, per crash refunds, ...