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  1. Re:One solution on Music Industry Forcing WMA standard? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Its been mathematically proven also if you listen to /dev/random long enough you will be able to hear the Complete Works of William Shakespere in Dolby Surround Sound Stereo, and violating Dolby's patent in the process. Enjoy!

  2. Encryption is less evil than plain text on Philip Zimmermann and 'Guilt' Over PGP · · Score: 2

    What's worse than encryption in the wrong hands? No encryption for anyone. That leaves everything a free for all for all terrorists and crackers.

    I'm happy that I can use encryption to communicate, especially when dealing with my computer's security. Regretfully, these tools may have been used by bad people, but encryption has prevented many magnitudes of more trouble from being possible. Its good that we have these tools and I have many great thanks to those who advocate their use and security.

  3. Re:try the New York Times on Stallman: Thousands Dead, Millions Deprived of Liberties · · Score: 2

    how do you know that?

    Doesn't OBL read slashdot too?

  4. Re:Difficult on Notebook Upgrades: Hacking your Dell/Compaq/Toshiba · · Score: 2

    You too can make one of these tiny springs (I launched a few of these springs myself.) Strip off a few inches of insulation from one of the conductors of a IDE hard drive cable and grab one strand. Take a pin off your grandma's sewing pin cushion. With the pin in one hand, wrap tightly a new spring. The annealed copper spring should provide enough tension for your quartz noise transducer.

    Extra points for repairing broken pins off tiny IC's.

  5. Purple Dinos on Barney vs. Right to Satire · · Score: 2

    I love Barney.

    Dead.

  6. Re:behavior correction? on Water Guns · · Score: 4

    Cats dislike water on their skin. From what I hear, their saliva contains an enzyme that keeps them from stinking, alerting their prey as cats are predators. Water washes away this enzyme.

  7. Re:Or instead... on Embedding Chips Into Paper Money · · Score: 2

    Highly circumstantial indeed. That's why they want to have a talk with you and get to know more about your interests.

    Its not a conspiracy, but sometimes agents from certain three letter agencies have time to care enough and reach out and knock on your door...

  8. Where does all this noise come from? on Building the Quiet PC · · Score: 3

    Fans. How about low power pc's? That would get rid of the noise problem.

  9. Re:If these guys had any sense at all... on Eco-Terrorism · · Score: 2

    They use something else that works just a well, but without killing the ozone.

    Don't worry about the freon or its closely related substitutes escaping freon from a fire, worry about the freon that reacts in the fire which forms a very lethal gas.

  10. Re:RF Engineering??? on Long-Range Networking · · Score: 3

    this reminds me of those folk who THINK that putting a bunch of aluminum around the ends of their (old) TV antenna's actually make the thing work better.

    Hell, if it works, fuck the math and milling out expensive blocks of aluminum! I used to strategicaly put an empty soda can next to my wireless card when too many cars were parked between my house and my neighbor down the street. When it started to rain, we had to break out the aluminum foil.

  11. Re:Is there a category for... on The Psychology of Passwords · · Score: 2

    I tend to configure /etc/issue so that it prints the root password just above the "login:" prompt.

    Nice way to tease crackers. Too bad telnet doesn't allow root to login, but requires su'ing from a user account.

  12. Re:What Ham Radio Operators do on Protecting Computers From Lightning? · · Score: 2

    I was thinking how to get a rocket to spool a lenght of wire at the end without breaking or melting away. Try a length of tungsten wire or rod (about 3 or 4 feet) near the rocket's engine if the copper wire melts due to the heat from propulsion. The rest of the copper wire can pour off the bobbin with the end taken off toward the ground.

    Once the lightning ionizes the trail, all hell should light up...

  13. Re:Battle of the Goliaths on AOL, Microsoft Squabble Over Control of Online Music · · Score: 2

    There can be only one!

    Microsoft-AOL-Time-Warner

  14. Re:Cell phone viruses on Japanese I-Mode Phones Under Attack · · Score: 2

    "Hello, do you have a John in the house?"

    "No!"

    "Then what do you do, go in your pants?"

  15. Re:Why do some techies never learn? on Japanese I-Mode Phones Under Attack · · Score: 2

    No joke. A shell on a vt100 gives a person far more power than mystery preprogrammed checkboxes and attatchments.

  16. Re:this is true on Law Review Article Says Port Scanning Illegal · · Score: 2

    Guns can also be used for hunting purposes for us that prefer eating tasty animals that haven't been pumped up with steriods and antibiotics, raised on cruel slaughterfarm camps. What a life for a cow. I prefer wild deer

    Portscanning can also be used for searching sites that haven't been shamelessly advertised through marketing. Such rare gems are often found to be representative of local communities. I prefer folks who take the initiative to put up something personal, but haven't spammed their links everywhere. You'd be surprised at what you can find through portscanning httpd, finger, ntalk, etc...

  17. Re:Why portscanning must be legal. on Law Review Article Says Port Scanning Illegal · · Score: 5

    The policy for specifying what is allowed and not allowed is simply closing the damn port in the first place.

  18. Re:I view port scanning as analogous to door knock on Law Review Article Says Port Scanning Illegal · · Score: 2

    I have been known to portscan port 80 on a slow day to see if there are any local webpages on the network. Same with newservers and other interesting ports of communication. Looks like a walk through the neighborhood to visit interesting characters will soon be outlawed.

    Shame people don't believe in locks to spoil it for those of us who like to visit those who wish to open up communication ports to be friendly.

  19. Re:Slashdot under attack as well? on Themes.org Cracked · · Score: 2

    Bill Gates arrested? Never...

  20. Re:cycle world on But Does it Run Linux? · · Score: 2

    Makes me wonder at what point in the drivetrain the 10hp of work is being consumed.

    Makes me wonder how long the clutch lasts before it is consumed.

  21. Re:Only 0.35 secs faster than a stock Yamaha... on But Does it Run Linux? · · Score: 2

    I wish that picture would go away. Nothing to do with motorcycle accidents, but that man bit into a blasting cap during a drinking binge on a dare. This dead horse has been beaten since last summer.

  22. Re:Ehh.. Am I the only one who remembers SimCity2k on Solar Power Satellites by 2020? · · Score: 2

    Speaking of nuking cows with megawatts of microwaves, compare that with all the talk about 0.6 watts of cellphone radiation causing brain cancer.

  23. Re:Microsoft SMS? on Computer Auditing Tools? · · Score: 4

    A cheaper alternative is to call the BSA to handle all your auditing needs. They will fix you up with an offer you can't refuse

  24. Its just a birthday celebration of time! on The Quickly Descending Unix Timestamp · · Score: 2

    9/9 also happens to be my birthday, so my numbers will be rolling over too. Woooooohooooooo!

  25. Re:This is absurd! on The Lone Guns Against Spam · · Score: 2

    I harvest potential contacts ...

    I may have you blocked already! What did you say your name is?