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  1. not high risk on Even Flash Can Get Viruses · · Score: 1

    the infoworld article refers to an executable that uses the macromedia logo, apparently a different virus than the swf one..

  2. Re:Can anyone recommend an Exchange replacement? on Open Source Software in a Windows Environment? · · Score: 1, Informative

    my company is almost exclusively macos on the desktop. we use team agenda for calendaring and ms entourage for mail (with pop3). we're planning to move to imap and would like to integrate calendaring if possible. i read the bynari docs on using outlook with their server, but outlook 2001 for macos requires an exchange server. the bynari stuff doesn't emulate an exchange server; it's just integrated imap, pop3 (cyrus), smtp (exim), and ldap (openldap) servers. it stores calendar info on the server by having the client ftp up vcalendar files.
    in short, i don't know if the windows version of outlook requires an exchange server, but if not, i'm sure it will soon.

    xn

  3. Re:If only the sales reps were as smart as the car on What About "Smart" Credit Cards? · · Score: 1

    i don't expect the salesman at circuit city to be an electrical engineer, but he should be able to tell me how long it'll take to make popcorn in my new microwave.

    of course, i don't expect the saleman at fry's to know how to plug in the microwave..

    xn

  4. Re:Another solution on SSH Taking Stand On Vulnerability · · Score: 1

    the keystroke timing comes into play after you're authenticated, but then you su or ssh into another box (if you're not using rsa/dsa keys with key forwarding)

  5. as read with junkbuster enabled on The Ultimate Destination of Banner Ads · · Score: 1

    Net Advertisers Say

    Copyright 2001, SatireWire

  6. Re:Okay, lets analyse this on VeriSign Usurps .com · · Score: 1
    Well, I'm working on a DNS server that stores its cache in Freenet. This means the cache can be called up by any other such DNS server. This elimanates the need for a tree-based DNS structure and its centralized control.

    and domains that don't get enough queries disappear??

  7. Re:Whose side are we on? on Copyright.net Springs Into Action · · Score: 1

    >> Minor detail: The labels loan the artists some money--Every dollar spent on recording,
    >> packaging, promotion, distribution, plus all touring costs, comes out of the artist's pocket.

    Good point, but your average contract is more than that. Not only do the artists have to pay back the "loan", but they lose ownership of their works, and they only get a small cut of the profit. If labels just functioned as a combination of consultant/bank/recording studio, then artists would only have to pay back these costs (plus interest), and would keep all the rest of the profits. Unfortunately, that ain't how it works.

    an artist is free to go to a bank to try to get a loan to record and promote their albums, but the risk of the artist failing is rather high so the bank is unlikely to write the loan. the potential return on investment would have to be a lot higher than the interest for them to consider writing the loan, and banks aren't in high risk investment business. they also don't have the right people on staff to evaluate the investment. so record companies exist.

  8. Re:Got a problem wwith Slashdot's editorial commen on Digital Convergence Likes Hackers (?) · · Score: 2

    my girlfriend thought the cuecat sitting on top of my monitor was cute, but not *that* cute

  9. Re:Slashing Back on Are Formats What Napster Really Needs? · · Score: 1

    aren't adam curry and curt loder the same person? like that tabitha soren chick..wasn't she resurrected as some other vj?

  10. Re:Still on his county's 'most wanted' list though on Phillip W. Katz, Creator Of PKZIP, Dead At 37 · · Score: 1

    > May Mr. Katz finally find some peace.

    uhm, you do realize he's dead, right? he's not likely to find anything from this point on...

  11. Re:Spare me on Phillip W. Katz, Creator Of PKZIP, Dead At 37 · · Score: 1

    you are very much remembered by what you do during your lifetime..i'm sure his family and friends are upset about his death for reasons different than the average slashdot reader/writer but it certainly possible to be upset about the death of a person you respected as a developer..

    xn
    self promotion

  12. Re:cents 3-4 inclusive on Microsoft Adresses World · · Score: 1

    you're not forced to have a pizza though..and if you really want a pizza, but not a pepsi, you can buy a bobolli (sp?)..or start your own pizza parlor offering customers their choice of beverage..

  13. Re:Libertarian Hypocrisy on Microsoft Adresses World · · Score: 1

    These are the same people who have been
    trying, unsuccessfully, to get me to read Ayn Rand for years. What would
    Her-Enlightened-Self-Interestedness have thought of Bill Gates and the
    "principles" of her followers?



    if she was computer literate, she'd probably realize how bad microsoft's products are, but champion their right to sell them how they see fit, and your right to use them at their terms or not at all..

  14. Re:cents 3-4 inclusive on Microsoft Adresses World · · Score: 1

    you don't have to buy your pizza at pizza hut..you can go to domino's who'll be happy to sell you a coke..or maybe they'll only give you rc with the pizza..you don't have the right to a coke..you are free to try to find someone to sell you coke..
    your rights cannot be violated when you agree to buy a pizza..even if pizza hut decides it's going to sell pizzas for $50 because they know everyone loves the stuffed crust, you are free to not buy it..

  15. reading it on Microsoft Clarifies Linux Myths · · Score: 1

    lynx -dump http://www.microsoft.com/typography/downloads/verd an32.exe > /tmp/verdana.exe
    wine /tmp/verdana.exe
    (click yes)
    killall wine (oh well, it worked well enough)
    mkdir -p /usr/share/fonts/default/truetype
    cp /tmp/IXP000.TMP/*.TTF (or wine_temp_dir/IXP000.TMP/*.TTF) /usr/share/fonts/default/truetype
    /usr/sbin/ttmkfdir -d /usr/share/fonts/default/truetype -o /usr/share/fonts/default/truetype/fonts.dir
    /usr/sbin/chkfontpath --add /usr/share/fonts/default/truetype
    (or add it to /etc/X11/fs/config by hand..whatever)
    /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart

    (if you're not using xfs, change accordingly)

  16. Re:mySQL C API on Review: MySQL and mSQL · · Score: 0

    > The mySQL API is easy to learn but it could be
    > easier to use. At least in the raw form, you
    > can't refer to fields by name.
    ...
    > while (row = mysql_fetch_row(result)) {
    > printf("%s %s %s", row[0], row[1],
    > row[2]);
    > }

    use:
    while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
    printf("%s %s %s", $row[id], $row,[first], $row[last]);
    }

  17. Re:mySQL C API on Review: MySQL and mSQL · · Score: 0

    > The mySQL API is easy to learn but it could be
    > easier to use. At least in the raw form, you
    > can't refer to fields by name.
    ...
    > while (row = mysql_fetch_row(result)) {
    > printf("%s %s %s", row[0], row[1],
    > row[2]);
    > }

    use:
    while ($row = mysql_fetch_array(result)) {
    printf("%s %s %s", $row[id], $row,[first], $row[last]);
    }

  18. utterly boring on Forum:Blair Witch Project · · Score: 1

    i was pretty excited to see "the scariest movie since the exorcist"..watching the bwp, i kept waiting for it to get scary..unless you are afraid of the dark, and things that go bump in the night, there is nothing to frighten you in this film..

    go see american pie, the best film this summer