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  1. Re:free as in beer & speech on Yahoo! Messenger Gets Phone Service · · Score: 1

    Not where I live: http://www.rcfp.org/taping/.

  2. Re:Cheap international calls! on Yahoo! Messenger Gets Phone Service · · Score: 1
    Check out Broadvoice.

    I can't offer any insight into the quality of their service, as I'm not affiliated with them in any way, but I've heard good things....

  3. Re:OSS can't make money on its own on OpenBSD Project in Financial Danger · · Score: 1
    ... I cannot understand how that could possibly happen. Especially with the BSD license.
    This tendency is recognized by the GPL: people contribute more when they feel their contributions are "protected". Businesses may be reluctant to donate for similar reasons.
  4. Re:Sudo is only useful when there are lots of admi on Sudo vs. Root · · Score: 4, Informative
    most admins get so irritated at having to type sudo before every command that they'll just sudo into a shell and be done with it
    The BOFH patch for Bash works well for this scenario.
    For a single-user system, sudo is pointless.
    It is an effective way to eliminate root logins and encourage least privilege practices.
  5. Re:WTF are you talking about? on 1001 Islamic Inventions · · Score: 1
    Since you broke Godwin's law yourself... [snip]
    Godwin's "Law" like scientific "law", not jurisprudence "law".