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  1. Re:Now is the time on Report Says Patents Threaten Software Innovation · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is great news. I know a lot of you think Duh, but you have to look at it from the other side. This report was not meant for the /. crowd, it was meant for the ministry of economic affairs in The Netherlands. The minister himself had to change it's vote after a vote in the parliament.

    This give the recall of the vote a lot more cloud and hopefully will start to appeal to parliaments in other EU countries.

  2. Re:Hello NWO on Warez Suspect To Be Extradited, After All · · Score: 2, Informative

    First of all let's get one thing straight: The International Court of Justice does not try war crimes:

    Contentious cases between States
    The Parties
    Only States may apply to and appear before the Court. The Member States of the United Nations (at present numbering 191) are so entitled.


    Only cases between countries. And yes there is the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia" and they only prosecute war criminals from the former Yugoslavia.

    And then again your arguments are shaky. You say that you and the people in the United States are the victims, but what about the citizens of Madrid or some other places in the world.

    Also do you really think that OBL would get a fair trail in the US? You are talking about a judge, but what about the jury? I reckon that it would be impossible to find an impartial jury in the US.

  3. ROTFLMAO on Windows XP-64 Delayed Into 2005 · · Score: 1

    Damn, where are those mod points when you need them

  4. Re:How about small keyboards? on Building Your Own Extra-Large Keyboard · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'm extremly happy with my happy hacking keyboard. Just the name was enough for me to purchase it. I use it a lot to type while the keyboard is on my lap and my feet on the table. And with this size I can stow it anywhere I like.

  5. Re:Students on Sun's "Java Powered" Campaign · · Score: 2, Informative
    From the Mozilla java FAQ:

    Windows

    On Windows, Mozilla can be used with Sun's Java Runtime Environment (JRE). It can not be used with the Microsoft Java VM, as that can only be used with Internet Explorer. Also, versions of Sun's JRE older than 1.3.0_01 will not work.

    It is possible to install JRE 1.4.2_05 from within Mozilla, using XPInstall technology. This is by far the easiest way to install Java. If you can not use XPInstall, you can download the JRE 1.4.2_05 full installer and use that instead.

    Mozilla's handling of XPI files is changing. For more details, see the XPInstall Changes FAQ.

    On some systems, JRE 1.4.2 does not work. In this case, you can use JRE 1.4.1_07 until the issue you are having is resolved.

    If you are using a zipped build of Mozilla or Mozilla Firefox, you need to add this registry entry. Some users report requiring it even if they have used the Mozilla Firefox installer, so try it first if you have problems with JRE 1.4.2 or later.

  6. Re:Yeah... and? on Oxford Students Hack University Network · · Score: 2, Interesting

    But wait, there is more:
    XS4ALL figths spam
    and stands by their customer

  7. Bluetooth and wireless on Fiat Joins Microsoft in a Wireless Partnership · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does this mean that I can hack away at somebodies car? I hope it has a bit more security then the usual Microsoft products. And do I need to run Windows Update every week if I have such a system in my car?

  8. Re:Yeah... and? on Oxford Students Hack University Network · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This is the exact same reason why I love my provider. From their general conditions:
    4.4 Without prejudice to article 4.3, customers are permitted to hack the
    XS4ALL system.

    The first customer who succeeds in attaining a position equivalent to that
    of the XS4ALL system administrator will be offered six months' free use of
    the system, provided that the said customer explains how he or she succeeded
    in hacking the system, has not damaged the system or other customers and has
    respected the privacy of other customers. Each customer hereby gives consent
    for other customers to attempt to hack the system under the aforementioned
    conditions.

  9. Re:Who else? on Where Do Dummy Email Addresses Go? · · Score: 1

    That's why I can't register on some sites ;) I used to use it because their address was easy to remember. Could fill in a form from memory:
    Mailing Address

    The White House
    1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
    Washington, DC 20500

    Phone Numbers

    Comments: 202-456-1111

    Nowedays I use santa@northpole.org. Just found out that the domain is registered. Must find a new one...

  10. Re:And They Are Us on USA PATRIOT Act Survives Amendment Attempt · · Score: 3, Informative

    I gather from your post that you are from the USA and probably do not a member of the 1200 people that were detained without trial after the 9/11 bombings. And lucky for you you don't live outside the USA, because you could end up in Guantanamo bay

  11. Re:who else remmbers on Free Certificate Authority Unveiled by Aussies · · Score: 1

    This is all about instructing the user. When switching banks my mother could not get the site to work. The damn thing gave an error and I was trying to find out what the error was. After a week of emailing I finally found the time to go to her place and told her to show me what she did. Apparently the bank wanted to instal an ActiveX control. I had told here that she always had to close all pop-ups she encountered. So when confronted with the pop-up asking if the ActiveX should be installed, she closed it!

  12. Re:Coming events on New IE Malware Captures Passwords Ahead Of SSL · · Score: 2, Informative

    Nice tool, but why the hell does it need a setup. I have been infected with the CWS ad/spyware thingy and had a hard time getting rid of it. I finally resorted to reinstalling my compu and making mozilla my default browser (btw there is a google toolbar for mozilla). My mom called me yesterday and told me she had the same problem, maybe I will try to let her use Mozilla as well. However I use the view this page in IE option a lot and I do not see my mom using this option.

    I had a hell of a time removing the CWS thing and used spy-bot, Ad-Aware and CWShredder all to no avail. I wrote my own BHO remover which will delete the Browser Helper Objects, but remeber that you shouldn't have any browsers or explorers open when using this program! And restart your computer after deleting any BHO's.

  13. Re:Wave of the future on SMP Now In OpenBSD HEAD · · Score: 1

    Please mod parent up with +2 simplicity ;)

  14. Re:soo... on McDonald's Germany Moves to SuSE Linux · · Score: 1

    If you're moving to Frankfurt/Germany i would suggest you practice your German first. "Would you like fries with that?" would translate into something like "Wurde sie pommes mit dem?" (Hey my German is a bit rusty, so please correct me if I'm wrong).

  15. Re:probably on BIND Is Most Popular DNS Server · · Score: 3, Interesting
    So I have to learn a more complex syntax. It took me half an hour (not taking the strange M$ lookup into account). The fact that you need to update your BIND software because of security related problems _at all_ is something I do not like. Take for example securtiyfocus' Vulnerabilities archive:
    BIND: 24 vulnerabilities (since 1999)
    TinyDNS: 0 vulnerabilities

    That's what I call a secure DNS server!

  16. Re:Embarassing on McAfee Granted Far-Reaching Spam-Control Patent · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Or differently put:
    So you call this your free country Tell me why it cost so much to live (3 Doors Down, Duck and Run)

    And while we are on the subject:
    Free is when you don't have to pay for nothing or do nothing. We want to be free, free as the wind (Frank Zappa: Teenage Wind)

  17. Re:Carry a gun on The Urban Geek As A Mugger Magnet? · · Score: 1
    Or perhaps simply appear to be armed. Wear a shoulder holster in the summer and leave your jacket unbuttoned, etc. NOTE: don't move quickly while talking to policemen

    This reminds me of the time I was with the military police. Whenever we needed to escort things, we needed to be armed. Since checking out your weapon from the save was a lot of hassle, we couldn't be bothered. So we ended up stuffing our side holster with an empty UZI mag and a rolled up sock. It looked real enough, but if we ever got in a situation where we needed our gun we would have been in real trouble!

  18. Re:if tcp is copyrighted on Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP · · Score: 5, Informative
    Presumably the USPTO is smart enough to shoot down a process patent that's based on published recommendations by a third party, but maybe there's something clever in Cisco's particular implementation that's worthy.

    Dream on:
    - USPTO Grants CA Lawyer Domain-Naming Patent
    - Patent Granted on Sideways Swinging
    - Patent On Software Downloads Upheld

    and to sum it all up:
    - Enter The 'Stupid Patent Tricks' Contest

  19. Re:Where does the ownership go? on 100-Year Domain Renewals? · · Score: 1

    Thanks a lot! It will take me at least a week to lose that song. I will be singing it the whole day and people will start to give me funny looks.

  20. Re:Peering into my crystal ball... on Microsoft To Be Fined E500M By European Union? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, he conveniently forgot the part the Russians took in the war. To make it easier for the parent I included a picture.

  21. Re:Flamebait? on Audio Format Shifting To Be OK'd In New Zealand · · Score: 1

    Like a union? (Sorry the site is in dutch, there is an article about them in english at the beeb)

  22. Re:Huh? on SCO Aims For The Feds · · Score: 1
    Look at Microsoft: The ONLY time they ever had anything on the ball creatively was Windows NT. Let's face it.

    Oh, you mean thay shouldn't have settled with Digital then?

  23. Re:What about Apple? on Real's Reality · · Score: 1
    Well I can. First of all why should apple need a service? This gets started every time the computer starts, not when a user logs in. They can as easily start up the program when the user logs in using the startup menu folder. This way I can see which programs get started when I log in and be able to disable (delete the item from the start menu).

    Also if I would have an iPod, I would not have the thing connected to my PC every time I use my PC, so the processes would use resources that I can use for something else when they are not needed. My personal project is always to disable all services I do not need when installing a new PC (I use black viper as my reference). And to add to the grandparent post, the memory usage displayed in the taskmanager are not the real memory usage or at least not for all processes. I mean to say that the sum of all Mem Usage or VM Size does not add up to the commit charge.

  24. Re:This will make stalking all the easier. on Background-Check Software Goes Retail · · Score: 1
    We all thought Big Brother would arise from the government... I think we were looking in the wrong place.

    Yep, Big Brother was started by a company in the Netherlands called Endemol.

  25. Re:.net? fuck that on Latest SnapStream PVR App Reviewed · · Score: 1

    I always compare the .Net to a Java virtual machine. I found that this page explains a lot about where the .Net environment fits into the operating system, especially the picture (i love pictures!).