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  1. You can't charge for what you can't offer... on Slashback: DRM, Eldred, Aridity · · Score: 1

    I would hope that MS could only charge for better security if they could ofer it. By my calendar, they still have 4 more years before they will finaly figure out that they need to remove gaping holes such as the ability to run executables from EVERY application.

    Tell me again, why email should be able to execute attached programs?

  2. What about Cmdr Taco? on Nobel Prizes for Physics Awarded to Smart People · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    He invented the slashdot effect! He deserves a million dollars, no?

  3. Playstation version.... on Tux Vs Clippy - New XBox Game · · Score: 1

    We need the playstation version for us who are so ardent against MS that we won't by an XBox!

  4. What about patents? on Burn your genes on CD -- for $500,000 · · Score: 1

    Won't this infringe on the gene sequences that have been patented by various companies and institutions?

    Remember it may be your body, but someone else 'owns' your genes!

  5. If you really want to make a difference.... on BitKeeper EULA Forbids Working On Competition · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Then you should really consider starting a "free the source" fund to collect enough money for the required number of licenses needed to work on subversion.

  6. I got the post.... on BitKeeper EULA Forbids Working On Competition · · Score: 1

    I wonder which one of them will be able to piss the highest!

  7. Patch for KMail on Bugbear Windows Virus Making the Rounds · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is there a patch for KMail? I'd hate to be caught off guard on this one!

  8. Re:Thawte, Modded to a 5 as insightfull? on Cheap SSL Certificates for Small Websites? · · Score: 0

    What the hell was insightfull about this post? Looked more like an excersize in foul adjective thowing to me!

  9. Hmmph! on No More Mac Tweaking? · · Score: 0

    Well, any desire to get a Mac has just been squelched. Dang, if I want to paint something I bought green or add handles to it, I really should be able to. It's mine, not yours. I bought it, I didn't rent it!

    So I will continue to be a x86 Linux user/bigot!

  10. let it snow let it snow let it snow.... on Abrupt Climatic Change Coming Soon? · · Score: 0

    Happiness is a warm wife!

  11. Should be put in the "I goddageddelife" dept. on Windows 2000 Runs On Xbox Under Linux · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Don't these people have anything better to do with their time and energy. It's almost as wastefull as spending your days on Slashdot!

  12. Re:Exactly on Ready, Steady, Evolve · · Score: 1

    By "crackpot pseudo-scientific garbage" do you mean evolution?

    Point 2 won't work. Most people have learned to live with the assholes that are all around them.

  13. Re:Don't feed the trolls on Ready, Steady, Evolve · · Score: 1

    That's typical. Who wants a discussion. Just mod the folks who disagree as trolls. Typical of this day and age.

    And the media calls Chritians intollerant!

  14. Re:POPTOP? (Linux implementation) on Microsoft PPTP Buffer Overflow; VPNs Vulnerable · · Score: 1

    Well, if they stayed true to the MS specs, then one can safely assume that your Linux box is vulnerable as well.

  15. Re:Where's the Fucken Story?! on Ready, Steady, Evolve · · Score: 1

    Here here! I couldn't find it either!

    But watch out, you didn't extoll the glories of Evolution, you'll probably be modded to a Troll!

  16. Re:It's a theory... on Ready, Steady, Evolve · · Score: 1

    You may not be able to defy a theory but you can refute it.

    It sounds like what you're saying is that either the theory of evelution (without Creator) will one day become the theory of creation (with Creator), or visa versa, or maybe they will end up the somewhere in the middle (A creator that doesn't create).

    They are both considered theories! They both cannot evolve to fit the evidence and remain as they are in substance, therefore one of them must be wrong and can be refuted.

  17. Anybody remember those ads from the 50s? on Microsoft's Vision Of Future Workplaces · · Score: 1

    Did this strike anyone else like the old ads and such of the 50s showing what the future was going to look like? I'm placing bets when it comes to things like wrap around screens and surround sound, it will be about accurate too!

    Also, all you who are harping about the lack of security. You should know by now that in 5 years, they will have the 'Most Secure OS'(tm) on the market!

  18. Don't forget B.S.O.D. on The Best of Windows Open Source Software? · · Score: 1

    Don't forget to put on a good B.S.O.D. program. It will make them feel at home while they are adjusting with the new applications.

  19. What up with Yall? I got mine! on Fighting the Nigerian Money Scam · · Score: 1

    What scam? I got my 10% in the mail as promised. I want you to know that Mr.Pius Kako is a fine upstanding civil servant who just wanted a little more out of life.

    So what's the problem? Ya jealous that we both made out quite well and you didn't?

  20. Re:Alternative headline on Running 100,000 Parallel Threads · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I think we need to pull some old stats out of our ass. This paper is about athe 2.2.x kernel. Correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't there been massive overhauling of the 2.4.x and 2.5.x kernels in the scheduling area?

    I think I'll just slam XP performance based off of NT benchmarks and aricles. What the hell, thier both from MS the argument must be a valid.

    Get a grip!

  21. Using the right tool.... on Should Open Source Content Management Interoperate? · · Score: 1

    I have a hard time with CMS tools. I guess the last time I tried using one, I got tied to it and couldn't leave without rewriting all of my content. I couldn't update because it was proprietary and at the time could not afford the update.

    In the long run this caused me to draw a few conclusions in life. First off, you need to choose a CMS product you like! Second, you can afford. Third, ine that will live till tomorrow and not die off, Fourth, one that is flexible enough to be able to handle tomorrows needs.

    For me after trying HTML (combersum and static) I forget the name first CMS tool I used. It was better but failed the secoind, and by now it would've failed the first and third conclusions. I finaly settled on mod_perl! It works well, connects to my databases. Makes for light work on most content. Will never go out of date and I have a hard time believing that it will not handle my needs tomorrow.

    That's my opinion for what it's worth (and it's worth a lot to me!).

  22. Re:Hmm... 3500 == 350,000?? on Linux Worm Creating "Attack Network" · · Score: 1

    Small difference in the numbers of infected servers no?

  23. Waaa Waaa!!! on SuSE Presents The YaST2 Package Manager · · Score: 1

    Mommy, I'm scared! Them bad old boys at SuSE told me what is available for my server and what I have! I get so confused when I see all those styles of versions an not standard ones like 2000 SP1 or NT SP6 or (fill in the blank)!

    How can anyone make the silly assed proposals this guy did? What? Translate all of the versions of each package into a standardized set of SuSE versions? How then can I tell what version I chave compered to Red Hat, or the real package itself?

    Silly Silly MS folks should go figure out needle point or something if this stuff is too complicated for them to grasp. They certainly shouldn't be playing with computers if they truely want to work with toasters!

  24. Where's the Linux port? on ATI Releases Competition for NVIDIA's Cg · · Score: 1

    What good is it with no Linux port? Like anybody uses Windows to do stuff like this!

  25. I hope there will be a Camel 6 book! on Damian Conway Publishes Exegesis 5 · · Score: 1

    I hate reading docs online! I can't take my copmputer in the bathroom easily. I hope O'Reily will be publishing a book for 6.0 in a timely manner!