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  1. Re:unmap your EML file association on New (More) Annoying Microsoft Worm Hits Net · · Score: 1

    And save the file. Double click and it will add itself to the registry. This will re-associate the .eml extension with Notepad. NOTE: this may affect Outlook since the .eml is an extension used for mail stores. Use at your own risk.

    I once remap .vbs to notepad before I could find a solution to fix HELLO.VBS virus in a user's machine. It works, kinda, but the notepads are spamming too fast for me to do anything else.

    I wonder if there's something like 'false' or /dev/null that I could use in this case. :(

  2. Re:My version: on New (More) Annoying Microsoft Worm Hits Net · · Score: 2

    I see the power of community efforts. Thanks!

  3. Re:Yep, we're seeing them here too. on New (More) Annoying Microsoft Worm Hits Net · · Score: 2, Funny

    (I Don't Do Windows:-)

    but Windows do you. :)

    347 Nimda requests recorded in access.log and counting.

  4. Re:Outlook Express 6.0 can prevent spread on New (More) Annoying Microsoft Worm Hits Net · · Score: 1

    Tools>Options>Security>check "Do not allow attchments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus"

    That's a thought:

    Tools>Options>Security>check "Do not allow Windows to be booted up that could potentially be a health hazard."

  5. Re:Some interesting strings from README.EXE on New (More) Annoying Microsoft Worm Hits Net · · Score: 2

    Concept Virus(CV) V.5, Copyright(C)2001 R.P.China

    Mainland China is "People Republic of China (PRC)".

    Some congressmen call Taiwan "Republic of China".

    So, what is R.P.China?

    Is R.P. an initial of something else? Or somebody who is not Chinese attempted to put the blame on China but accidentally mispelled the name? :)

  6. Backdoor on Stallman: Thousands Dead, Millions Deprived of Liberties · · Score: 1

    Backdoor to encryption tools, sounds like something proposed by armchair philosophers.

    FBI can use the backdoor, so do anti-spies, and terrorists.(so haven't we had enough anti-spies stories?)

    Business are forced to use backdoor encryption tools to do their sensitive transactions. Now if the backdoors had been exploited by wrong hands.....

    Too bad those who realize, or understand, the treats are mostly can't/won't vote. So who can save us?

    I must thank RMS, for bravely standup and voice out something that'll surely be attacked by emotional patriotic mobs.

  7. What's up with /. editors on Fujitsu Releases Specs For Hackable Robot · · Score: 1, Troll

    I post the news last time as soon as LinuxDevices has news on this and got rejected.

    Now zdnet featuring this old news and got spotlighted? What's up with you editors?

    So it isn't a worthy news until your Greatest ZDNet featuring it?

    Mod me down if you like, you ZDNet dude.

  8. Re:Consistancy is the hobgoblin of little minds on Mozilla's 100,000th Bug · · Score: 1

    Keep this in mind the next time you're dumping on M$ for announcing they've fixed thousands of bugs in a Windows product

    Mod this as troll would only make you more like a M$ dude. :)

    We should feel sorry for having so many bugs, and on the other hand feel proud of keep accurate tracking of the bugs.

    Quality we go! :)

  9. Re:Sacrifice on BBC: AOL, Earthlink Are 'Cooperating' With FBI · · Score: 1

    3) Less privacy to ensure law enforcement can do what they need to do

    I totally agree with you but 3).

    What if the measures to prevent terrorists from hidding their secret with encryption falls into wrong hands? Would it be possible that terrorists would use the same methods FBI is using on us?

    I don't think weakening our security would help protecting us. We would sacrifice ourselves to the right cause, not to the morons who made unrealistic laws.

  10. Re:Even more reason to use PGP/GPG on BBC: AOL, Earthlink Are 'Cooperating' With FBI · · Score: 1

    Well.

    The country is at war. The piracy will not be their prime concern.

    Will open source developers cooperate to make backdoor in their encryption? Very unlikely, because not all developers are from US.

    It'd do more harm than good for US to prohibit the development of encryption tools. That'd make us more vulnerable to the outside world where encryption is not restricted by stupid laws.

  11. Hemos... on Diablo 2 Items Bringing Home the Bacon · · Score: 1

    Earth to Hemos: that's for real.

    (This line is added to get around the stupid postercomment compression filter.)

  12. Please tell me on Learning Java Through Violence · · Score: 2

    Anyone has develop a bot that won the 'Wall' bot? I worked hard on it in vain. Please!

  13. Re:Compatibility is crucial on When Do You Kiss Backwards Compatibility Goodbye? · · Score: 1

    May be the old printing interface is in fact slow and memory comsuming, thus create a new one.

    Well, they aren't supposed to put resources to optimize depreciated api in new release, are they? :)

  14. Re:down they go. on Learning Java Through Violence · · Score: 2

    It's just getting slow but doesn't crash. I'm still downloading the game at 1.2K/sec, 1hr to go. Not too bad really. :)

  15. Re:Compatibility is crucial on When Do You Kiss Backwards Compatibility Goodbye? · · Score: 1

    1.0, 1.1 or 1.2?

    Java handles backward compatibility by 'depreciation'. That's what the original poster meant. I think you knew it.

    IBM or Sun or Blackdown? AWT or Swing?

    Yes there's issues here, but aren't they outside the scope of this discussion?

  16. GNU's way on When Do You Kiss Backwards Compatibility Goodbye? · · Score: 1

    Symbol Versioning

    (This dummy line is added to get around a slashcode violation of postercomment compression filter - what the fuck is that?)

  17. Re:Writeability vs. Readability of LISP/JAVA on Lisp as an Alternative to Java · · Score: 1

    I think people who know (i.e. use regularly, not studied for two weeks one semester in school) Lisp find it perfectly readable.

    Hey, by coincidence, a perl guy find a piece of perl code, which looks like an ciphered text to me, perfectly readable!

  18. If it's truth then..... on Looking At The New Linux Trojan · · Score: 1

    Dear V-nuts,

    Good job boy. Your propaganda, not matter how incredibly retarded it is, has created great deal of FUD among idiots, I mean 'general public' in our own word.

    However, it caught me by surprise to find out this line:

    Over 58 per cent of websites worldwide currently use Apache servers for which Linux is the most popular platform.

    I think we've paid more than enough to bury your honesty and self-esteem.

    It's to our great disappointment that our first deal is also our last. It's an important lesson for you. So long sucker.


    B. Gates.

  19. Jornada and Compaq on PDA Wars: HP Strikes Back With New Jornadas · · Score: 4, Informative

    I do wonder what will happen to the Jornada, given the HP purchase of Compaq - my understanding is that the iPaq has kicked far more butt then the Jornada.

    Yes Jornada's kicks, but the success of iPaq tells us a company's marketing and supporting is also very important.

    I know many people who are going to develop apps for iPaq have the common happy experience - Compaq is being very supportive in development, martketing and financing when you shows your intention to develop for iPaq.

    Compaq will take every opportunities to promote your apps(even in pre-alpha stage) in every trade show and even invite you to their promotional events if possible. If your apps is good enough Compaq even help you line up VCs for you to start a new company! That's some kind of convenience that couldn't be found in developing apps in other handheld devices.

    It's no harm in having two lines of similar products, but to ensure the success Jornada HP must put their entire Jornada's team under iPaq's. Really, you can hardly find any other line of business more supportive than iPaq's. :)

  20. Re:The WORST Joke In The World: The Purple Wombat on The Funniest Joke in the World · · Score: 1

    Damn! A trap! :)

  21. Re:doesn't it vary from person to person on The Funniest Joke in the World · · Score: 1

    "Hit a man on the head with a fish, and he'll have a headache for a day..."

    Don't you realize your sig is funny?

  22. Re:Isn't this analagous to robbing 800 banks ? on Exploiting and Protecting 802.11b Networks · · Score: 1

    In the past those who don't farm controlling the food supply, result in rebellation.

    Now those who know the hell nothing about computers decides what we should do, and majority of the programmers prefer to keep their mouth shut and not to vote someone wiser.

  23. Can it run a webserver? on MenuetOS Debuts · · Score: 1

    I can't open the page with a browser(/. effect?), but the following result speaks for itself:

    $ telnet www.menuetos.org 80
    Trying 213.188.129.77...

    Connected to web-is-s007.activeisp.com.
    Escape character is '^]'.

    HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
    Server: Microsoft-IIS/5.0
    Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 06:07:47 GMT
    Content-Type: text/html
    Content-Length: 87

    May be in the later stage of development when we've two floppies version....

  24. Yeah on Is StarOffice Ready To Take On Office? · · Score: 1

    If you keep aiming where Microsoft has already been, then your opportunities will be in China.

    Thanks for your concern, but most citizens here are not using legal copy of Microsoft's software, what'd be the incentive of using SO?

    Wait a minute, I'm not trolling - I live in China. :)

    Also, some people might have misunderstood, Microsoft has done a lot in making Chinese Office. Even now SO/OS/Moz/KOffice still have some problems in displaying/inputting Chinese, so the incentive of changing is further lower.

    However, it's not without chance. BSA will come to China soon after World Trade, and the days of pirating MS Office will be gone. It's very unlikely a normal citizen who made US$100 a month could afford a US$400(or more) Office suite(professional could make more than US$1000 a month, even so....)

    So would Microsoft lowers the price for the market? Very unlikely, because the problem of water goods still exist, and from their track record Microsoft will not do anything in favor of third world countries. *Wow* what a relief. :)

    Also, Government is actually encouraging using opensource software in their support of RedFlag Linux.

  25. Re:Want to take on Office? on Is StarOffice Ready To Take On Office? · · Score: 1

    5) Convince MS to enforce a method of stoping piracy of Office letting only people that *gasp* pay use it. Also convince MS to include advanced phone home features, complicated authentication / license rules, etc. Surely this would be the best thing for a free-beer alternative.

    It's been done in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Government is already in bed with Business Software Alliance to help BSA to crush small business with taxpayers' money.

    However, doesn't seem that people are learning their lesson, and the adoption rate of opensource alternatives is low. Would you mind come over here and change then mind?