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  1. Re:karma on Slashdot Readers Visit Meatspace · · Score: 1

    Why not keep the words, since they will be helpful to newbies, but put the numeric value in parens?

  2. Not quicktime on Matrix Reloaded Trailer Online · · Score: 1

    Any trailers converted to Not Quicktime(tm)?

  3. Portland area newsgroups speak up on MS Pressuring NW Schools: Pay Up, Or Face Audit · · Score: 1

    A thread on the same topic on pdx.general and alt.culture.oregon.

  4. Went for variety on Geek Outdoor Hobbies? · · Score: 2, Informative

    I've been an Asst. Scoutmaster for my Scout troop for a little over 2 years now, since I turned 18 and couldn't be a Scout any more. It gets me outside, rock climbing, camping, boating, and a lot of other cost prohibitive or hard to get to activities. highly recommended for former Scouts or for someone willing to put forth a bit of elbow grease..

  5. distributed.net on Japan Builds World's Fastest Computer · · Score: 1

    Can I put a distributed.net client on it? Gotta find the key...gotta find the key...

  6. Rob should be scored Redundant on Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.1.3 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Anybody else the redundancy in Mac OS X 10.1.3? "Mac OS Ten Ten point one point three."

    It's kinda up there with "ATM Machine"

  7. It's probably too late to mention this on Clear Hard Drive Mods · · Score: 1

    But if you start whining that "The dust will kill this drive," well, you're not the target audience. Look at the pictures from both sites, they're ancient drives. Do not try these with drives you care about, do this with your old 6GB drive in your LAN party box.

  8. Interesting vs Insightful on Oracle Breakable After All · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Alright...here's to karma burn!

    Wow, the moderators went absolutely nuts on this one.

    Moderation Totals: Offtopic=353, Flamebait=4, Troll=27, Redundant=5,
    Insightful=90, Interesting=196, Informative=48, Funny=10, Overrated=11,
    Underrated=57, Total=801.

    I think there should be clarification on Interstesting versus
    Insightful. If I were to mod this post up (I agree with the
    off-topics, it's a reply to a story about Oracle), I'd say it was
    Insightful simply because it shows real thought based mostly in opinion.
    If it was mostly stating facts and backing it up, or similar,
    Interesting.

  9. Write to Nicktoons! on Nick Cancelling Invader Zim · · Score: 1

    Nickelodeon / NickToons
    231 W Olive Ave
    Burbank, CA 91502

  10. LC's and Quadras on Running A Web Server On An Apple Lisa 2 · · Score: 1

    If I'm not mistaken, the LC line is the government/public school version of the Quadra line. Same hardware, different stickers...

  11. I think it's happened already... on Running A Web Server On An Apple Lisa 2 · · Score: 1

    ...but does a red LED count?

  12. The irony kills me on No More Sweaty Mouse Hands · · Score: 1

    A story about a handheld input device presented with an icon of a foot.

  13. If I solved it... on Consequences of a Solution to NP Complete Problems? · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...I'd break the news a lot like Linus did when he released 2.4.

    "Oh, and by the way, here's the solution to some NP complete problem..."

  14. PPPoE? on Excite Could Go Dark On Friday · · Score: 1

    Is your local market still @Home? No @Home market has been, or likely will ever be PPPoE. @Home may have screwed up along the line, but they know evil when they see it.

  15. The Quebec Factor on How Not To Ship Computers · · Score: 0, Troll

    The Canadians might find this amusing: UPS Canada probably sent the package through Quebec, and some random Quebecois couldn't find where the French label for Fragile was twice as big as it is in English, and assumed that it wasn't really fragile.

  16. Debian users have an advantage on BBS Software for Unix? · · Score: 1
    adbbs - ad! BBS. A perl based bbs or easy menu system.

    aD! BBS was basically written to provide a nice, easy to use menu / bbs interface, currently it doesn't handle special permissions, group permissions, etc. but they are in the 'todo' list. Supports ANSI Color.

    apt-get install adbbs, debheads!

  17. New mozilla features? on Web Ads with Sound? · · Score: 1

    1. Block sounds from this site
    2. Block Flash plugins from this site

    Starting to seem better and better every day.

  18. Re:Not difficult, folks on Spam-Free Email-How Much Would that Be Worth to You? · · Score: 1
    Yes, it denies it as user unknown for any user other than postmaster, and gives a brief explaination why so a human can figure out what went wrong.

    As for porting to postfix, I'm not sure. I can't imagine anything's easier to do this in than exim.

  19. False positives are low on Spam-Free Email-How Much Would that Be Worth to You? · · Score: 1

    I hear about one or two legit emails getting sacked in about a month, with moderate use. I handle about 6000 incoming messages a month.

  20. Not difficult, folks on Spam-Free Email-How Much Would that Be Worth to You? · · Score: 2, Informative

    This isn't difficult to figure out, folks. Just check out this tidbit from my exim.conf. Four lines block about 98% of incoming spam looking at the logs.

    rbl_domains = relays.ordb.org:orbz.gst-group.co.uk:inputs.orbz.o rg:outputs.orbz.org:orbs.dorkslayers.com:relays.os irusoft.com:spews.relays.osirusoft.com:dialups.mai l-abuse.org
    rbl_reject_recipients = true
    rbl_warn_header = false
    recipients_reject_except = postmaster@ursine.dyndns.org

  21. Re:Firewalls on Road Runner Doesn't Do XP · · Score: 1
    Every time they want to debug something, they ask me to disconnect my firewall and attach my machine directly to the net.

    DUH! Any tech and any ISP will do anything they can to eliminate anything between your computer and the cable modem/cpe/whatever to eliminate variables. This isn't ignorance, this is us making sure that it truly is our problem and not your equipment being stupid.

    And if it's usually power-cycling the cable modem, why not save everyone some time and do that before calling?

  22. For those of us who run Mozilla... on Slashdot Updates · · Score: 1

    ...could you please stop serving images from the same hostname as the ads?

  23. Alternatives to MSN on MSN Forces Outlook POP · · Score: 1
    Well, cable's a start. Higher bandwidth and uptime for about the same price is a start (well, except in RoadRunner markets, but RoadRunner sucks that way).

    But if we're talking just DSL, you have a line provider and an ISP. If your line provider (telco) can drop a line in there for you, you have your choice of ISP for IP transit. You can choose to tell your ISP to blow it out thier ass and pick an ISP that doesn't pull stupid software tricks.

    I was thinking satellite was out of the picture because it's just like having DSL's crappy low bandwidth and noise problems, but the added bonus of having at least 1500ms pings!

  24. Re:This sucks.... on MSN Forces Outlook POP · · Score: 1
    Is this going to be MS's new way of stopping Linux from gaining ground?

    No. If anything, restricting choice of what people can use will make them even less likely to want to stay with MSN.

  25. Just spamcop them on TeleZapper - A Way to Avoid Telemarketers? · · Score: 1
    Too bad phones don't have the equivalent of procmail filters.

    Ah, but there is! Just transfer them to 1-888-SPAMCOP and they'll call you back with a brief set of options on who you want to report the telespammer to. Rejoice when they loose thier telephone service for violation of the telco's AUP.