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  1. Screenshots of /. over the years on Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda Resigns From Slashdot · · Score: 1

    I've had /. as my default homepage for longer than I can remember. Ah, the green glow. Around '02 my sister even printed a copy of Slashdot for me to read when I was in the hospital post surgery. Over the years I've collected a few screenshots of /. that cracked me up... looking back at these now just amazes me: browser versions, software running, awesome /. design changes...
    http://chowned.com/remember-CmdrTaco

    Good luck to you Rob. and really. Thanks.

  2. Interesting Concept on Using Gravity To Tow Asteroids · · Score: 1

    How about using momentum from an astroid to provide power? Any Ideas?

  3. Look Online on Building Secure Computers? · · Score: 1

    A lot of the guidelines are already published. You can find recommendations to software that can be installed to government encryption algorithms. Try this: http://iase.disa.mil/policy.html and http://www.nist.gov/

  4. Re:After 3 Seconds of playing with MSN Virtual Ear on Apple Campus Missing From MSN Earth · · Score: 1

    I could not replicate this with google maps, what did you do?

  5. After 3 Seconds of playing with MSN Virtual Earth on Apple Campus Missing From MSN Earth · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I found that MSN Virtual Earth fails to register your mouse button release. If you leave the map area with your mouse button clicked

    ex:
    Moving your cursor to the Tool bar in Mozilla/Firefox
    Or to a different monitor if you are using IE...

    When you return your cursor to the map, it will move without having to click your mouse...

    Sweet.

  6. Mirrors for Download on Local Area Security Linux LiveCD · · Score: 5, Informative
    Main Download Location (Miami, FL USA)

    HTTP Current 185MB Version | Current 210MB Version| Download Directory

    FTP Current 185MB Version | Current 210MB Version| Download Directory

    Please try to use a geographically closer mirror:

    http://chefax.fe.up.pt/mirrors/las/ -HTTP Portugal
    ftp://chefax.fe.up.pt/pub/mirrors/las/ -FTP Portugal

    http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/pub/iso-images/LAS -HTTP US Delaware
    ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/pub/iso-images/LAS -FTP US Delaware

    http://www.mednor.net/ftp/pub/mirrors/las/ -HTTP US California
    ftp://ftp.mednor.net/pub/mirrors/las/ -FTP US California

    Not all mirrors are up at this time. We remove mirrors periodically from the list that are not updated but re-add them once updated.
    We are currently seeking additional mirrors in Europe and Asia.

    MD5s

    L.A.S.0.5-185MB MD5:543fe2f42472f73cdba8378d9cb58579

    L.A.S. 0.5-210MB MD5: bc3a9ba8afcb99ff3e549b5d8d0b22a8
  7. THE Best Costume! on Assorted Bits of Halloween · · Score: 0

    I bet this guy picked up a lot of chicks Halloween party picture

  8. RTFA on Buy Your Very Own Exoskeleton Flying Vehicle · · Score: 4, Informative

    The Auction does not say you can't fly it...
    "As a condition of sale, the successful bidder will have to execute an agreement warranting that they will use the aircraft for static exhibition and educational purposes only."

  9. RadioShack on RadioShack Stops Being Nosy · · Score: 2

    When your information is in their system it only takes a second to check out... However, the problem lies when they start asking if you want to buy a cellphone or perhaps the 47 in. tv behind you because it is on sale for that day only (or the next day when you walk in) and they only have one left. Or when they ask you to sign up for a radioshack credit card so I can recieve huge discounts on future purchases. so next time I walk in to purchase my dollar IC that is on sale because it is going to be no longer sold at radioshack I'd be lucky to save a penny.

  10. Re:Download conditions? on Peercast Source Available · · Score: 2

    " The reason being that broken clients will affect everyone on the network. In order to help you test changes we have set up a seperate network solely for this purpose. When you are happy that your changes work, then please make a submission to the CVS so that we can make the changes available to everybody.
    If you absolutely need to use the main PeerCast network to test, then you must let us know beforehand. Please state the changes made and when you plan to connect. Although in most cases its much easier to use one of our test networks instead. "

  11. Re:how useful is Peercast? on Peercast Source Available · · Score: 3, Informative

    If you are a user on a dialup modem, you will be able to broadcast music to the entire network. The stream is distributed to many other streaming servers and hence a small amount of bandwidth is required on your end to reach a large number of users. This would be fantastic for "Dialup DJ's" and others who don't have the bandwidth but want to stream out audio shows. GPL should allow the project to reach goals faster and possibly spawn other projects/ (streaming video, voip plug-ins)

  12. Re:The Finder still needs work on Is Mac OS X Slow? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Maybe your hard drive is to blame. I dont think it has to do with the OS. I just moved 7000+ files registering at about 2.5 gigs. I dragged them dropped them clicked the always replace check box and it was done before I could move the mouse away from the prompt.

  13. Next week in the news... on AIM And ICQ to be Integrated · · Score: 5, Funny

    AOL files a lawsuit against itself as it tries to integrate ICQ into their Instant Messenger System.

  14. I just got spammed by one of these the other day.. on Windows/NetBIOS pop-up Spam: · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I come home one night to find one of these on my desktops... I thought it was funny and just happen to have taken a screen shot

    Messenger_Service_Spam.gif

  15. Distinguish between working and non working.. on More on Orbital Space Debris · · Score: 1

    There is bound to be some sort of RF admission or electrical noise that these LEO emit. Therefore, it would be possible to detect debris from which that is not. A garbage robot can sweep the area with sonar to detect leftover boosters; bolts, foot clamps or whatever else is up there. When the garbage holding area is full, the robot will destroy itself by falling into the ocean where the rightful owners can pick it up

  16. Re:So lemme see... on Mysteries of the Las Vegas Telecom System · · Score: 1

    I wonder why, or if they tried, to hire own their own 'Uber Hackers' to help 'counter' the others. Granted that would just make this whole thing sound way more bizarre than it already does

    "Bardarson says he discovered what appears to be computer security weakness in Sprint's infrastructure. He's not the only one. As SecurityFocus Online reported last year, former hacker claims extensive penetrations into Sprint's Las Vegas systems from approximately 1992 until his February, 1995 arrest -- smack dab in the middle of the call diversion complaints. Mitnick's access gave him the power to monitor or reprogram any phone line in town. Following that story, Munoz retained Mitnick as a technical consultant in his case, only to give him up later. Munoz says Mitnick wanted to run too many pointless tests; Mitnick says Munoz stiffed him and a partner for thousands of dollars in fees and expenses.",

  17. Easy solution: Nanotubes on Smart Cards Vulnerable to Photo-Flash Attacks? · · Score: 4, Funny

    All they need to do is intertwine single wall carbon based nano tubes throughout the memory. When the camera flash hits the memory, the memory will self destruct.

  18. Re:More information on Time Travel · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yes, This is common belief that I have heard and read before. Logically, if you have a device that is capable of sending you back in time, you would need an entry point in the point of time you are traveling to. If no device is capable of time travel in this past point in time, then there would be no time travel and therefore impossible. There are many arguments against the possibility of time travel, one of which intrigues me. That is that if matter cannot be created or destroyed, how can you travel back into time without adding more matter to that point in space and time.

  19. More information on Time Travel · · Score: 1

    This Professor at Uconn has been in the news before. I believe he was posted on /. several months ago. More information on the project can be found here:
    Moving Time with Light

  20. Re:NIS/YP..Take your pick. on Cross-platform Password Management? · · Score: 1

    At Southern Connecticut State University we are currently using NIS+ for our Solaris authentication. This system is effective for the Solaris boxes. It is a similar system to NIS, but includes encryption and other features that make it a better all around package. The majority of systems on campus run 2K. In the upcoming months we will be phasing into the Campus Pipeline [www.campuspipline.com] software package, and authenticate against LDAP servers. We are planning on integrating all logins with LDAP. The Solaris boxes and OS X boxes will have no trouble authenticating in this manner, however, with our current setup on the Solaris machines, OS X will not work with NIS+. IMHO, LDAP is a better solution for our current setup then would an implementation of NIS.

  21. Congratulations on Kathleen Fent Read This Story · · Score: 1

    Congratulations CmdrTaco

  22. hmmm on New Thoughts in Public Transportation · · Score: 1

    In the final scheme, passengers would use the vandal-proof vehicles as personalised taxis, using a smart card to tap in their destination and pay the fare.

    A few weeks later:
    A top security manager is quoted as saying that "vandal-proof" doesn't really mean vandal-proof, or something

  23. More information from the keynote on New iMac Announced · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I remember a few years ago when they announced the IMAC, I listened the keynote on streaming audio. I was amazed.. Today I watched the keynote on QuickTime. The new IMAC is very cool. It comes with a 15-inch flat screen display suspended on the base of the computer. This screen can swivel 180 degrees, raise up and down, and tilt forward and backwards. The base itself is only just over 10 inches in diameter! They come with a CD-RW up to Apple's super drive (CD-RW, DVD-R). Starting at $1299.

    Apple also announced a really sweet image editing program that automatically imports, edits and prints images from a digital camera. IPhoto can also publish to a website (provided on apple's servers), order Kodak prints online, and even publish a hard bound book of photos. All in one application. This application and the new iMac completes apples "digital hub"

  24. Keynote UPDATE on Time Canada Shows New iMac · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I remember a few years ago when they announced the IMAC, I listened the keynote on streaming audio. I was amazed.. Today I watched the keynote on QuickTime. The new IMAC is very cool. It comes with a 15-inch flat screen display suspended on the base of the computer. This screen can swivel 180 degrees, raise up and down, and tilt forward and backwards. The base itself is only just over 10 inches in diameter! They come with a CD-RW up to Apple's super drive (CD-RW, DVD-R). Starting at $1299.

    Apple also announced a really sweet image editing program that automatically imports, edits and prints images from a digital camera. IPhoto can also publish to a website (provided on apple's servers), order Kodak prints online, and even publish a hard bound book of photos. All in one application. This application and the new iMac completes apples "digital hub"

  25. Bad Time to release on In Line for Episode II · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "To be released May 16, 2002"


    That week in May is the time when college students are cramming last minute for finals and finishing up the semester. bad timing...