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  1. Re:Gentoo on Gimp Hits 2.0 · · Score: 5, Informative

    mkdir -p /etc/portage && echo '=media-gfx/gimp*' >> /etc/portage/package.unmask

    and never edit profiles/package.mask again.

  2. Adventure... on Games For Both Of Us? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Sam and Max, the Monkey Island series, Day of the Tentacle (Lucasarts adventures in general) have worked for my wife and I.

  3. Re:-O3 on Genetic Algorithms and Compiler Optimizations · · Score: 1

    Just use -fno-exceptions

  4. Re:CGI or SFX? on Movie Landmarks for CGI Effects? · · Score: 1

    According to IMDB's trivia for the movie, it was 8 hours for 10 seconds of render time. It also claims that the movie contained the first use of the term "Computer Virus."

    Here be trivia.

    (The trivia sounds nice, not sure if I'd bet on it being 100% accurate.)

  5. P3 faster then P4 at same clock speed? on Building A Homemade Chess Supercomputer · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Does this actually surprise anyone? The P4 was only an exercise in marketing by Intel - redesign the chipset so it can be clocked nice and high (so it appeals to the average consumer) and to hell with the performance...

  6. Ewoks... on Factor 5 Talks Rogue Squadron III · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Kill the little merchandise!

  7. Re:What Can Illegal Hacking Do For MY Business? on Nmap Featured in The Matrix Reloaded · · Score: 1
    Of course, no sane person would use this man's software without compiling it from inspected source, given his history. Fortunately the folks at Redhat pore over his code with a fine toothed comb before including it in their distribution, so if you've ever wanted to peer into the mind of a madman, I encourage you to take a look at Redhat's copy of nmap.

    Interesting claim. Redhat 9's SRPM contains the exact same source (for nmap 3.00) as is available from insecure.org with three patches - one to remove a couple of compiler warnings (relying on undefined behavior it seems), one to remove a function prototype declaration that doesn't seem to be needed, and a style improvement to the makefile.

    It seems your accusations are well founded - Fyodor is guilty of such heinous crimes as minor lapses in coding style, imperfect config macros and slight makefile inelegance.

    Hang the bugger. And praise God for Redhat.
  8. Re:Bit Torrent is great on Mozilla and BitTorrent? · · Score: 1

    > Searching a p2p network is complete ass compared to searching google

    I propose torrent.google.com

  9. Seems well established on Why are Businesses Willing to Spend More for Software? · · Score: 1

    A while ago, when Protel was called Protel, they upped the cost of their software (schematic/pcb design etc) in an attempt to look more respectable to bigger businesses.

    Maybe it's just a matter of understanding managers ("The Dilbert Principle" by Scott Adams is a good introduction).

  10. Re:... on What the Amiga Pioneers Are Doing Now · · Score: 1

    What people fail to realize is that Amiga folks are *the most obsessive* group in the world. It's as simple as that. If amiga's aren't owned by nerds, I don't know who does.

    Besides, why by new systems at high prices when they'll be obsolete in a few months when you can buy obsolete systems at high prices and still feel you've made a good purchase ( I know I do ;)