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  1. Re:Seriously? Arrest Microsoft, Inc. on Blaster Writer Caught · · Score: 1

    XP itself? Not that I know of. However, there is this: Microsoft baseline security analyzer

  2. Re:What else can you do with it? on Apple is Going Out of Business ... Again · · Score: 1

    Webmasters that allow such simple HTML code insertion really should be shot. Substitute %3C%69%6D%67%20%73%72%63%3D%22%68%74%74%70%3A%2F%2 F%67%6F%61%74%73%65%2E%63%78%2F%68%65%6C%6C%6F%2E% 6A%70%67%22%3E (Remove any spaces added by /.) for ass in the url in the parent for a typical slashdot error message. (yes yes, moderate down now)

  3. Re:interesting article on the reg on Microsoft Instant Messenger Virus Sweeps Net · · Score: 1

    You mean like this or this?

  4. Re:Cappuccino & Espresso anyone?? on Improving Computer Form Factors? · · Score: 1

    The cappucino is also much more expensive. compare $749 to ~ 400. and the SV24 has more expansion ability.

  5. Re:The problem is.. on Linux On the Desktop: 0.24 Percent? · · Score: 1

    1. Stick in cd.

    2. Click next and OK a few times.

    You have a funny definition of easier.

  6. Re:If plants can go naked so can we (eventually). on Global Warming Mostly Confirmed - On Mars · · Score: 1

    Not *all* of us, just me and a couple thousand attractive, large breasted women.

  7. Re:Ways around it. on Win95 Lifecycle Draws to a Close · · Score: 1

    I bet you'd complain when after doing this, none of your DirectX stuff works wouldn't you?

  8. Re:You can't cancel! on AT&T Ends Bid To Buy @Home Assets · · Score: 1

    Granted, legalese isn't always the easiest to read, but if you actually take a second to read and understand what they're saying here, they're not saying you can't have your connection shared, just that you can't hook multiple computers up to THEIR network. In other words, if you only have one computer directly connected to their network, you're fine to run NAT. However, if you were to hang a hub off your cable modem, and connect 5 computers DIRECTLY to their network, you'd be violating their terms. It says connect the Service or any of their equipment to more computers, not use the service on multiple computers.

  9. Re:Tangential Google Question on The Problem of Search Engines and "Sekrit" Data · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Random thought, it'd be possible to use Google as a kind of morpheus/napster-like distributed service? Make a HTML "page" that looks something like:

    FileName: MyFile
    Size: FileSize

    Encode in Base64, rot13 it, and then call it protected under DMCA, bonus points.

    Of course, your web server would only accept connections from the google spiders, and you'd effectively have a free file distribution service. Not saying this would actually work, but I think there's a chance it'd work.

  10. Re:Version 2.3? on Serious Bug In 2.4.15/2.5.0 · · Score: 1

    it goes major.minor.revision/Build. I've seen the third referred to as both revision and build.

  11. Re:what makes the game cube so great? on GameCube Really And Truly For Sale · · Score: 1

    Then again, X-Box is around $450 for everything too (memory card, cables, extra controller, DVD remote to unlock a feature).

    I'm not sure I've ever heard a hard drive called a memory card.

  12. Re:We've seen this before on XBox Released · · Score: 1

    So, are you saying that Microsoft was somehow responsible for most gamers thinking the Dreamcast sucked?
    It's more likely that Sega realized how screwed they were, and decided, "hey, MS has this slick console, maybe we'd make more money if we just did games, since our console thing seems to have gone down the shitter."

    Personally, I don't really care for consoles any more, so I could care less if it really were some conspiracy to wipe out a console. :)

  13. Re:Sheesh on RMS Running For GNOME Board Of Directors · · Score: 1

    Interix, parts from SFU, there was an IPv6 web server they were using too. I saw it on their research website once, but I don't have the link.

  14. Re:Hardly..... on Linux Kernel Bugs · · Score: 1

    Look at the date on the message on securityfocus, it was reported a month ago, and is JUST NOW being publically announced. It's standard practice, and considered the right thing to do, to wait until vendors have a patch before releasing information.

  15. Re:RAM used after boot-up!?!?!? on Linux on the Desktop · · Score: 1

    I've gotten a win2k pro installation down to 35 megs of memory usage. This was for kind of an "appliance" application, and I only had 64 megs of ram at the time available for it. I could trim another 2-3megs off when I used a custom shell that only did what I needed instead of running explorer. (taking explorer off gets you down to ~ 30 megs memory usage.) It took 30-45 seconds to boot normally, 30-35 seconds of which was the POST, I couldn't figure out how to trim that down any more. :) That's basically 10-15 seconds from windows starting to boot to a fully functional desktop.

    You need to disable the services you don't need (most of them, in my case) to get it this low, obviously.

  16. Re:Just disable the sensor on Remote Breathalyzer · · Score: 1

    In Virginia, and I'd imagine most states where radar detectors are illegal, you're permitted to have one in the car. It's no posession that's illegal, it's use.

  17. Re:Not tethered... on The Destructobot For The Man With Everything · · Score: 1

    The rules allow "detachable" bots. You could make this mass an actual controllable bot that detaches from the main bot, and it would be allowed by the rules.

  18. Re:whining winfreaks on Securing Win2K, NSA-style · · Score: 1

    It wasn't any more intelligent the second time around.

  19. Re:Value added on "Smart Tags," Round Two · · Score: 1

    ah, well that explains the bottom of the article where it says:

    In the initial versions of IE 6.0, the Smart Tag technology will be set to a default setting of "off." Users who want to employ the technology will have to turn Smart Tags on, Sanford said

  20. Re:Value added on "Smart Tags," Round Two · · Score: 1

    And since the default setting is Smart tags OFF, that same percentage that wouldn't know how to change the links would know this was even an option. As you said, any time you have a default setting, count on it being used, and used heavily. But don't let logic and facts get in the way of your ranting.

  21. Re:Actually, they are. on UK Government Locks Out Non-MS Browsers · · Score: 1

    it's not like netscape doesn't add non-standard tags.

  22. Re:Seems like a stupid idea on "For Use on Free Operating Systems, Only!" · · Score: 1

    Only for users authenticated against a NT user account. Anonymous connections are unlimited, and you can write (or probably find) ISAPI filters to use a database or other form of authentication and still be perfectly within the licensing. And if you do want to use NT authentication, you'd buy a internet connector license (I'm pretty sure that's what it's called) and get unlimited connections for that as well.

  23. Re:Hotmail does that on "For Use on Free Operating Systems, Only!" · · Score: 1

    http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph?site=hotmail.c om would seem to say otherwise

  24. Re:Guns? on Gaming Companies Being Sued Over Columbine · · Score: 1

    Actually I have a feeling that more of the explosives they had would have been used. I don't know about you, but I can imagine more damage and death being done by explosions than gunshots.

  25. Pac man? on Gaming Companies Being Sued Over Columbine · · Score: 1

    Seen in an IRC Quit: Computer games don't affect us as children. Think about it, if Pac Man affected us, we would all be running around in a dark room, listening to repetitive music, and munching on pills Course, that's what some people do... damn pac man!