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  1. Re:Alan Rickman is like Sean Connery on RIP Alan Rickman, AKA Hans Gruber, Severus Snape (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    You are right, there is an exception to every rule - in this case it's called Zardoz :-)

  2. Alan Rickman is like Sean Connery on RIP Alan Rickman, AKA Hans Gruber, Severus Snape (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    Both of them seem to make any movie they are in watchable.

    Just think of "Highlander" without Connery or Rickman's Sheriff of Nottingham.

    If they made a movie of the Seattle phone book and Rickman or Connery are in it i'd go watch it.

  3. Re:Lack of background, nuance on Activists Destroy Scientific GMO Experiment · · Score: 1

    Could you please define terrorism for me, and vandalism too if you don't mind.

  4. Re:GMO scientists, who do you think you are? on Activists Destroy Scientific GMO Experiment · · Score: 1

    Surely you are aware that there have been humans in the Middle East and Indonesia for quite some time and you are eating what they are eating. ... or do you go out into the jungle and eat the first plant you happen to see?
    Surely you won't be quite as fine then :-)

  5. Sorry, no bonus - try again! on Novel Method for Universal Email Authentication · · Score: 1
    This (not very well thought) suggestion has all the "features" to make it fail before it even starts
    • captchas (yeah, sure - we all LOVE jumping through loops just to send some mails)
    • requires new software on client and server (users AND mail server admins will tell you this: "I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!" :-)
    • relies on a central authority (why should all the world rely on one central system - possibly even run by Michael G. Kaplan who can't even correctly add some images to his suggestion)
    • even more bounces (sounds like greylisting on steroids with lots defective-by-design)
    Well, there may be more - but i stopped reading after i found those :-)
  6. Linux is Not Windows on Walt Mossberg Reviews Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    OMG - i have to learn a new UI - i'm so lost :-)

    http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm

  7. Re:An extension to help you... on Password Vulnerability In Firefox 2.0.0.5 · · Score: 1

    Using it for some time and it seems to stop the vulnerability.

    Recommended if you are lazy (as i am) and allow FF to manage your passwords.

  8. Re:A more readable overview on US and China Top List of Spam-Relaying Countries · · Score: 1

    > They almost definitely wrongly counted Turkey___

    I humbly dare to disagree.

    > May I suggest that the countries that don't appear in the top 10 make up for a significant amount of the missing % and so the EU does infact containt the largest percentage.

    The list is called "list of spam-relaying countries", that's probably why it's grouped by ___ drumroll ___ COUNTRIES :-)

    my mail server - last 7 months by country code

    CC ___ PCT
    ------------
    US ___ 25.7
    TR ___ 7.0
    KR ___ 4.8
    FR ___ 4.7
    DE ___ 4.5
    GB ___ 4.4
    PL ___ 3.3
    BR ___ 2.9
    IN ___ 2.5
    CN ___ 2.4

    Not sure why China is that low (rigid blocking
    by CIDR: rules in postfix ?) and Turkey
    is that high (i've been told that my last name
    obviously is a common turkish name)

    customer server - last 4 months by country code

    CC ___ PCT
    =============
    US ___ 17.3
    PL ___ 11.9
    DE ___ 6.0
    RU ___ 4.4
    KR ___ 4.1
    CN ___ 4.1
    TR ___ 4.0
    BR ___ 3.2
    IT ___ 2.9
    FR ___ 2.9

  9. Re:Great ! on Dell Refunds Vista/Works With Two Emails · · Score: 1

    > By the way: "Deutschland" had "Deutsche Marken" back in the day.

    Almost right, but "Deutsche Marken" would translate to "German Stamps",
    "German Tags", "German Labels" or "German Brands" (which probably is not
    what you intended ;-)

    They used "Deutsche Mark" or short "D-Mark".

  10. .org != .us on Perspectives on Spamhaus's Dilemma · · Score: 1

    Get a clue why .org != .us :-)

  11. Re:cultural questions... on Will Solve Captcha for Money? · · Score: 1

    > How about: "What is the average airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? "

    What do you mean, an African or European swallow?

  12. Guess what ... on HD-DVD and Blu-Ray Disappointing So Far · · Score: 1

    .. the average customer will get when buying into HD now - just what you see in the shops.

  13. Yes, you are wrong on EFF Sues Barney Producers over Spoof Sites · · Score: 1

    > Yes, satire is protected, but the use of copyrighted images is not.

    Using copyrighted images as part of a parody is, and has long been, completely lawful under the doctrine of fair use and requires no permission from Lyons Partnership.
    etc. etc.

    legal analysis by EFF: http://dustyfeet.com/evil/legal2.html

  14. Re:Makes sense on PR Firm Behind Al Gore YouTube Spoof? · · Score: 1

    > You must not frequent youtube.

    You might not know what "must not" means :-)

  15. My mailserver thinks ... on Sophos Reveals Latest Spam-Relaying Countries · · Score: 1

    Perl + Geo::IP 200601-200607

    US     28.1%
    CN     10.0%
    UA      8.5%
    KR      5.2%
    DE      4.7%
    FR      3.5%
    PL      3.5%
    ES      3.0%
    IN      2.8%
    BR      2.6%
    IT      2.6%
    RU      2.4%
    JP      1.9%
    GB      1.8%
    CA      1.6%
    TR      1.4%
    NL      1.3%
    MX      1.3%
    CZ      1.0%

    (Limit >= 1%)

  16. hurts innovation ? on Supreme Court to Rule on 'Obvious' Patents · · Score: 1

    Whenever i hear "hurts innovation" a voice in my head translates this to "please protect our monopolies - here is some more money"

  17. Simply make them liable for "priorized" content on Net Neutrality or Not? · · Score: 1

    "We don't care WHAT you provide, we just transport your data"
    => cannot be held liable for transporting

    "We want to earn additional cash for YOUR traffic"
    => get sued and possibly go to jail for transporting illegal content

  18. Yeah, sure on 'Leak-Proof' Anti-Spam Solution? · · Score: 2, Funny

    EVERYONE has to change to a NEW SOFTWARE/PROTOCOL and trust a CENTRAL SERVER controlled by a CENTRAL AUTHORITY and spammers have to STOP USING FAKE DATA and STOP USING BOTNETS (and probably all of us have to LICENSE THIS TECHNOLOGY).

    I clearly see this could work - NOT.

  19. ACK on 'Leak-Proof' Anti-Spam Solution? · · Score: 1

    Was just about to post this form - thanks for saving me the work.

  20. '.' character in local part does NOT violate RFC on Gmail Mis.delivered? · · Score: 1

    > The '.' character in an email address violates RFC,
    > but no one seems to really care.

    Nobody cares, probably because it doesn't violate the RFC.
    Don't put it as first or last character and rfc2822 is your friend.

    [...]
    Some of the structured header field bodies also allow the period
    character (".", ASCII value 46) within runs of atext. An additional
    "dot-atom" token is defined for those purposes.
    [...]

  21. Re:Names don't matter... on Linux's Difficulty with Names · · Score: 1

    What makes
    - "GTK" worse or better than "WIN32" or "DCOM" or "ASP" ?
    - "GIMP" worse or better than "iexplore.exe" or "wmplayer2.exe" or "winword.exe" ?

    Either you compare "Image Editor (The GIMP)" to "Internet Explorer" or "Windows Media Player"
    or you comapre "/usr/bin/gimp" to "C:\Progra~1\Micros~1\windord.exe" :-)

  22. Re:Written by computer programmers ? on Linux's Difficulty with Names · · Score: 1

    unable to parse - probably your key is broken

  23. Written by computer programmers ? on Linux's Difficulty with Names · · Score: 1

    Ok, Mr Troll. Here's some food :-)

    > And if I do a search of my linux box for files with +x,

    Strange, on my box there are no files named *.+x :-)
    ( ... and if you know and care what +x is you probably
    are just making some fun in your next comments)

    > I find a whole load, many with the same name which do
    > different things (grep versions...)

    Which is bad because of what ?
    You probably just don't know or care about the differences,
    but others might to.

    > ... and many that only
    > work if i launch them from a set directory.

    You are right.
    Think of the dangerous "rm" which does completely
    different things depending on your set directory.

    Run it form your /tmp directory and it is pretty
    harmless, run it from your home directory and it
    is a dangerous beast :-)

    > .. Also many
    > components of applications and scripts that if I just
    > run em, will break stuff.

    Like "rm", "fdisk" or "shutdown" ?

    > Now. lets take a look at the install mechanisms.
    > You usually install windows programs from a CD,
    > which autoruns if you are a beginner, ... or install a nice rootkit or trojan phone home
    spyware ?

    > or download them from a website. Both make pretty
    > icons with sensible names.

    Like "setup.exe"? or "fb32005.msi"?
    Some of us prefer "OpenOffice-2.0.1.rpm" or "Firefox.deb" :-)

    > For windows components,
    > you download them from the MS website, which has
    > in-depth descriptions.

    Like this?
    ------
    Q304229: Recommended Update
    This update addresses the "16-Bit OLE Servers Started from 16-Bit Programs Create Extra VDMs in Terminal Server Sessions" issue in Windows 2000.
    ------

    > Linux is written by computer programmers,
    > not computer end users, and it still suffers for it.

    Funny, i always thought that it might be a clever idea
    to have computer programs written by computer programmers.

    Windows is written by whom?
    Plumbers? Dishwashers? Undertakers? Disc jockeys?
    I truly hope they add a few computer programmers :-)

  24. who will pay my property taxes ? on Tennessee to Tax Software as Property? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    My software vendor does not grant me property rights on the software i use, so i suppose i will not be the one to pay property taxes for it.

    Whoever "owns" the software will have to pay the property taxes ? Fine for me - send the tax collector to Adobe, Microsoft or Oracle - they "own" my software, i am only "licensed to use" it :-)

  25. make sure your firewall is running on How Long is Too Long to Update? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    don't start any applications
    make sure your firewall is running
    do your updates

    bingo