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  1. Just some number on VeriSign Sued Over SiteFinder Service · · Score: 1

    Let's see just assuming plain alpha domains, with 26 letters, and the longest domain at what? 66 letters? so 26^66 = 2.444e+93 just for dot com.

    Letters + Numbers = 1.3518e+104 Just for dot com, figuring $30 a pop for a domain, that's a nice $4.055e+105

  2. Re:Fine Print on Computer Makers Sued Over Hard Drive Size · · Score: 1

    That wont work, since by definition Giga means billion, so 150 GB hard drive is 150 Billion bytes, and also by definition, $1 == 100 cents.

  3. Re:This has always irritated me. on Computer Makers Sued Over Hard Drive Size · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I mean, who decided you could do this? My 120 gig drive is really only 112 gigs.

    No your 120 Giga (as in billion) byte hard drive is 120 billion bytes. You're thinking that Giga is a base 2 unit, when it's a base 10 unit.

  4. Re:Fine Print on Computer Makers Sued Over Hard Drive Size · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's already there on every hard drive box, it says something along the lines of "The Manufacturer considers 1GB to equal 1000MB"

  5. Re:wonder of wonders on Resolving Everything: VeriSign Adds Wildcards · · Score: 1

    How about this one? Forward it to the Department of Commernce (dont they regulate the DNS?

  6. Re:holy.. on Can You Raed Tihs? · · Score: 1

    Sorry, Prior Art

  7. Re:About their XFS claims... on More Criticism of SCO's Claims To UNIX · · Score: 1

    I think SCO and RIAA had the same math teacher . . .

  8. Re:DMCA Notice on Google Removes Kazaa Links, Keeps Sponsored Links · · Score: 1

    Why are Google always linking to the Chilling Effects website?

    Because they can?

    Why aren't they hosting the DMCA Notices themselves?

    Because they dont have to

    Would they still be in DMCA violation if the DMCA notice with the removed links were hosted by them?

    The notice has nothing to do with the offence.

    What about Chilling Effects? Are they in DMCA violation by hosting those notices?

    Show me the part in the DMCA that says you cannot publish said notices.

  9. Holy schnikes Batman! on New AIBO - Meet the ERS-7 · · Score: 1

    $1599!? No offense an Aibo might be cool, but I'd rather get a new computer then a little robotic dog that would most likely get broken hella-lot easier.

  10. Re:they didn't need that server anyway on Is it Just Me, Or Is Our Mainframe Missing? · · Score: 1

    Does pr0n count as personal? Or does that fall under national security?

  11. Re:Moz 0.2 on Mozilla Thunderbird 0.2 Released · · Score: 1

    I dont sugar coat it :) I like copying/filtering/moving/sorting/downloading 3000+ emails from 5 accounts at one time

  12. Moz 0.2 on Mozilla Thunderbird 0.2 Released · · Score: 4, Informative

    Been running it for a good hour or so now, and I must say it DOES start-up alot quicker then 0.1 and it seems to be alot more stable as well. The update was easy (unzipping a folder yay) and everything seems to be working as well if not better then before. Kudos Moz :)

  13. PEAK Performance on Fastest US Supercomputer Runs Linux · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If you notice this is based on PEAK Performance, aka Theoretical Max, not the best they've gotten out of it . . .

  14. Two Words on Cindy Smart Knows Better Than To Say Naughty Words · · Score: 1
  15. POPFile is an MOST EXCELLENT Classifyer on Seven Spam Filters Compared · · Score: 1

    Messages classified: 6,116
    Classification errors: 88

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    Accuracy: 98.56%

    And THAT is with 8, yes EIGHT, different buckets for sorting my mail. Of course 79% of my mail is spam so :)

  16. Well . . . on Power Outages Strike East Coast · · Score: 1

    It's a good way to see if your NOC actually has those backup generators after all . . .

    ((Attempt to be funny in a serious time like this))

  17. Re:Wouldn't you need an expensive switch? on Surviving Slashdotting with a Small Server · · Score: 2, Insightful

    From the Article:
    Each machine has its own independent 100 Mbit connection to the Gigabit SMU internet service,

    I really didn't see 'cheap dual-channel switch' in there anywhere . . I DID see independent 100 Mbit connection though.

  18. Re:Ham radio users on Hams Complain about Powerline Broadband · · Score: 1

    If this is 'insightful' obviously you haven't read THIS. NOW tell me it's not a necessity.

  19. Hold it just a minute . . . on Meet Martin Taylor Of Microsoft's Open Source Test Lab · · Score: 1

    'will highlight Microsoft's advantages in areas such as security, feature-completeness and total cost of ownership.'"

    Coming from the security-hole-ridden IE/OE, and $299 for a copy of XP Microsoft? Those are Advantages?

  20. Re:Proofreading? on Slashdot T-Shirt Contest Winners! · · Score: 1

    I'm pleased to announce that our winners are Scott Lewallen, Chris Hoover, and Jude Hansen.

    I didn't see Chris Hill up there any where . . so logicaly he wasn't a winner, his shirt wont get printed, grammar mistake included.

  21. Not Interesting on Time For A Cray Comeback? · · Score: 1

    Considering the fact that your chart only shows AFAIK the change in value. It doesn't really tell us much. But I can play this game too:
    SCO vs Cray vs DJIA
    By that Chart, SCO must be 1000x better then the Dow Jones!

  22. I dont get it . . on In-Flight Reboot? · · Score: 1

    What is the big deal here? Show me a single application (or suite whatever) that has 2 millions lines of code, is 97% done and DOESNT crash.

  23. Actually it does exist . . . on The Beast of Brussels · · Score: 5, Funny

    . . . but it was built by some hyperintelligent pandimensional beings (whose physical manifestation in their own pandimensional universe is not dissimilar to our own). Downside, is it's busy calculating 'The Answer', whatever that is . .

  24. Re:Entertainment value. on Clock Ticking for Hubble · · Score: 1

    Is that god giving us the finger up there in the top left corner?

  25. Check this site out on RIAA Now Targets Pirates' Parents · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Alot of people have idea's that they should 'boycott' the RIAA buy not buying CD's or buying them and returning them, or even buying from indie artists, but they all ask the same question: Who are RIAA members? Well I'd like to point you you this page which gives you a nice list of all the labels.