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  1. A game that violates the Rinoa Rule? Impossible! on Attack of the B-Grade Games · · Score: 1

    # All The Time In The World (Rinoa Rule)
    Unless there's a running countdown clock right there on the screen, you have as long as you want to complete any task -- such as, say, rescuing a friend who's hanging by one hand from a slippery cliff edge thousands of feet in the air -- no matter how incredibly urgent it is. Dawdle or hurry as you will, you'll always make it just in the nick of time.

    http://project-apollo.net/text/rpg.html

  2. Debunked on How Much Virtual Memory is Enough? · · Score: 1

    http://tinyurl.com/eqncw It's an old setting, not for XP for starters, and it's not very useful on the OS it's intended to be used with.

  3. Linus' first comment deleted, reposted on Linus Speaks Out On GPLv3 · · Score: 2, Informative

    PJ Deleted Linus' first comment due to language restrictions, but has redacted the swearing, reposted and continued the discussion (and the discussion reads like Linus, so I believe in MathFox's opinion on the identity of these posts). The discussion is well worth the read, no matter if Linus has PGP signed his posts or not.

  4. Re:Great? In what way? on You OS Web Based Operating System · · Score: 1

    VNC - bandwidth issues, and this is largely what I do anyway currently. It's the potential I'm talking about, not what is best currently.

    The users who would be using this as a "thin client" approach to get tech support wouldn't know what a "shitty JS/HTML" app is if it hit them in the face. They just want to know if it works. Not to mention addressing the potential here, not the current state: shitty Java apps used to be the norm, but you've just suggested I use one in you VNC suggestion.

  5. Re:Great? In what way? on You OS Web Based Operating System · · Score: 1

    Ever use an old computer to do something useful? Every want *your* OS on a live CD? Ever want to your own OS at a public computer? Keep thinking and the possibilities are there. I'm looking at it for something I can run on a central server (preferably that I control) and still get to my own setup easily. In that vein, it's a powerful idea.

    Also, similar to a thin client, ever want to not have to support your family/friends/not-even-working-with-you-coworkers ? Tell them to wipe their browser host OS then reinstall about anything they want with a browser. More apps and the power increases.

  6. Re:Except... on SCO Accuses IBM of Destruction of Evidence · · Score: 1

    Obligatory Penny Arcade link:

    http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/07/20

  7. Re:Someone on Microsoft Acquires Winternals and Sysinternals · · Score: 1

    "Unless otherwise specified, the Services are for your personal and non-commercial use. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, software, products or services obtained from the Services."

    http://www.sysinternals.com/Licensing.html

    Thanks for the list, I'm getting it before it's completely slashdotted.

  8. Re:What about on Cell Users As Bad As Drunk Drivers · · Score: 1

    The screaming kids in the back seat are the passengers that demand you pay attention to them, but unfortunately, they can't be easily ejected.

  9. This idiot. on IBM Motion to Limit SCO Claims Granted · · Score: 1

    I caught my stupidity after it had been accepted, then quickly got it in the coral cache before it was posted, which someone has already linked to below.

  10. Re:Impressive, but usability?.. on BumpTop, Pushing the Desktop Metaphor · · Score: 1

    If you watch the whole movie, you'll see later on that entire pictures of documents (thumbnails not just for pictures) are shown

  11. Re:Freedom where art thou? on First Photos of MIT $100 Laptop · · Score: 1

    If you think the Insurance companies pay full rate, you need to look closer at some itemized statements. They frequently get a cheaper rate, and it's not a sliding scale for them, it's a "buy in bulk" logic.

    To keep this on topic, I think schools and kids with a specific need should get the $100 rate - I'm looking at one for my speech aparaxic 7 year old, who would break a normal laptop, but this may just be perfect to go with pVoice http://www.pvoice.org/ and survive in her hands. I'm not interested in receiving charity for it, but this could provide a revolution in assistive technology or kids.

  12. Re:Extremely old, and misleading, news on Mac OS X Kernel Source Now Closed · · Score: 1

    I can't speak to it running a customized kernel, but it's still running PPC based Macs
    http://www.tcf.vt.edu/systemX.html so closing the Intel kernel would not effect that system.

  13. Working torrent on Tanenbaum-Torvalds Microkernel Debate Continues · · Score: 1

    I've made a working torrent, and replied to the usenet thread with it as well:
    http://iddl.vt.edu/~jackie/IDE-3.1.2.iso.bz2.torre nt

  14. Re:Use cookies on Unique Visitors = 1/10th of Unique IPs? · · Score: 1

    http://www.analog.cx/docs/logfmt.html

    Look for %u in defining a custom log format for analog, which can be used with the user report capability to give you session ID information (easily paired with Apache's mod_usertrack http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_usertrack .html).

    http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/3 504311 is a good read on the module as well.

    You have to get your log formats set right, but I believe this is what you're looking for (I don't use awstats, but it's most likely possible in a similar fashion).

  15. Distributed Cracking! on Judge Creates Own Da Vinci Code · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    OK, so who wants to write a distributed cracking for this?

    Yes, I'm joking. My guess is that if you know enough to write a distributed cracking program, and it's a simple code, then it's probably something you can crack this code without one.

    Help finish the M4 project (enigma) with the new client at http://www.bytereef.org/

    Then go back to your favorite distributed code project when it's done - only one message left.

  16. Re:Oh God, It Has Already Started on Slashdot Design Changes for Wider Appeal · · Score: 1

    Don't be too surprised to see that in one of the stories this year....

  17. Re:Wow on Slashdot Firefox Extension · · Score: 2

    To get kids usually requires a life first - all the better to crush your free time on the rocks of parenthood.

  18. Re:Should have tested it as soon as he installed i on Vonage Puts VoIP 911 Caller on Hold · · Score: 1

    Excellent idea, but if you don't know the 911 Dispatch Manager, how would one go about scheduling a test 911 call? (I'm actually thinking of the educational possibilities for my kids, since I don't have VoIP.)

  19. Re:Best tool for the job on Apple MacBook Pro 'Fastest Windows XP Notebook'? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    time to market is probably correct, as OS X is a continuation of NextStep, not a write from scratch. Now NextStep chose Mach for different reasons than time to market I suspect, but in speaking strictly of OSX you have to remember its original origins (part of the reasson Intel compatability is a simple issue for the OS, since the dual life is quite historical for NextStep).

  20. Re:Stick to what the real needs are on Refurbishing PCs For Charity? · · Score: 1

    While linux geeks (me) would find it easier to support bunch of linux boxes, finding supporters of Windows software will be easier, so in the remaining life of the hardware, more supporters than just yourself will be needed, and there are more people who can support Windows.

    On the flip side, someone will have to deal with licensing issues, and since linux runs on older hardware, and most licenses for it don't require as much scrutiny to figure out, there is some benefit. (Somewhere on MS's site it has a page about if you can receive donated Windows licenses and terms, but I'm too lazy to look for it now.)

    Overall, talk to those looking to receive the donations about what they're going to use them for (e-mail, browsing, educational games, etc.) and who they are going to need to get to support them (maybe a LUG can adopt-a-support program, or they can actually hire someone).

  21. Re:I live in Montgomery County, this isn't a surpr on Policing Porn Isn't Part of The Job · · Score: 1

    OK, so I'm not living in Montgomery Co., MD currently (ironically Montgomery Co, VA currently), I have lived next door in Charles Co., MD and if you think that region of the country is liberal, then you need to get out more and go more places. I'd suggest out west or possibly north for a while.

    And to weigh in on the debate, the local DHS workers should have stopped and talked to the librarian and not the patrons, as it's the librarian's job to know what is allowed in the library. If it was something inappropriate, I'm sure the library has methods to deal with it appropriately.

  22. Re:Camino on Mozilla Camino 1.0 Released · · Score: 1

    You can install IceCoffee for right click to the "Search" service in OSX if you like APE, or get the Search Google Service and use a command shortcut instead.

  23. Re:Quiet, I'm working! on Time Management for System Administrators · · Score: 1

    What are these breaks of which you speak? Perhaps you should discuss this concept with my lUsers.

  24. Re:The real question.. on Time Management for System Administrators · · Score: 1

    Ignore the parent strategy. Realize you will lose a given number of games, so you sacrifice them. Start clicking middle squares at random until you hit a "blank" resulting in an area with many squares cleared in one click, then play off of that area (a corner might be a balnk, but probably will only give you one limited area to play from). If you hit a bomb early on, who cares? Start a new game. You're going for time, not percentage of games won. (I really miss those days as a junior sysadmin.)

    Note: Not responsible if this tactic is used on an actual minefield.

  25. Re:Allow cutscenes to be skipped on Cinematics Are Killing Gameplay? · · Score: 1

    Final Fantasy X would not let you skip cut scenes. Believe, me, I have a strange reason for knowing this

    Also, for the Xenosaga comments below, thankfully it will let you skip or I'd have killed them. (For fair time, I'll link to http://www.onegaistudios.com/

    Now a rewind button is what we really need for those times the kids just *have* to show you something at the wrong plot point in the FMV