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  1. Re:Downplay on DirectX Flaw Leaves Windows Vulnerable · · Score: 1

    There isn't any mention of DirectMusic in EEye's advisory, but of QUARTZ.DLL, which supplies a common interface for MIDI.

  2. Re:Downplay on DirectX Flaw Leaves Windows Vulnerable · · Score: 1

    he doesn't even have to click it, IE autoplays bgmusic tags

  3. Re:logged in on DirectX Flaw Leaves Windows Vulnerable · · Score: 5, Informative

    Wrong, all you need is that someone view a webpage with the following tag
    <BGSOUND SRC="exploit.MID" >
    (assume the file exists :)
    IE plays these by default.

  4. Re:subtle effect on research? on Digging Holes in Google · · Score: 2, Informative

    Just wanted to note that large amounts of CS articles (dead tree and otherwise) are indexed by google via Citeseer due to it's usage of citations.
    A nice example (though not the best, probably) is this search for phonetic matching

  5. Re:Well there goes Windows......FOOM! on House Bill to Make File-Sharing an Automatic Felony · · Score: 1
    I'll probably get modded down for this, but WinNT/2K/XP does have auto generated hidden shares on by default. (it requires the administrator password tho, IIRC)
    seriously though, from the bill
    Section 506(a) of title 17, United States Code, is amended--
    (1) by striking ``, United States Code''; and
    (2) by adding at the end the following: ``For
    purposes of section 2319(b) of title 18, the placing
    of a copyrighted work, without the authorization of
    the copyright owner, on a computer network acces-
    sible to members of the public who are able to copy
    the work through such access shall be considered to
    be the distribution, during a 180-day period, of at
    least 10 copies of that work with a retail value of
    more than $2,500.''.
    IANAL, but wouldn't this make most windows users into criminals?
  6. Re:Still isn't available for Linux though... on New Kazaa Lite Protects Identity · · Score: 1

    there also exists one other FT plugin for giFT here

  7. Re:Interesting on Top Five Reliable Providers · · Score: 1

    it seems to be sorted by failed req% by default, all the top records are currently at 0.0
    also, the chart is avaraged over one month, the live on over 24h, not the same, right?

  8. hmph on Inside Electronic Voting Machines · · Score: 1

    Well, at least they don't cheat... right?

  9. Re:Ok.. (Matrix ?) on X11 in ASCII · · Score: 1

    cmatrix has a vga font supplied with it,
    aalib shouldn't have any problems with it, as long as you feed it properly. (cmatrix is nice standalone, anyway :)

  10. Re:Impaired on X11 in ASCII · · Score: 5, Informative

    I seriously doubt anyone visually impaired will be able to understand anything of the text after it passes through aalib.
    anyway, there are tactile displays that can handle regular (high contrast) screens just fine, AFAIK.
    Virtouch and ABTIM, for example.

  11. Re:stay tuned... on Menu Shadows in GTK2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    seen Vigor?

  12. Re:Gee on Biometric Face Recognition Exploit · · Score: 1

    sorry, couldn't find anything
    It's just a picture, printed in strips, with trianglar plastic lens over them to give stereo seperation.

  13. Re:How? on $180 Million for Piracy Conspiracy · · Score: 2, Funny

    guess they'll lock him up for not paying his debts, then.

  14. Re:Wooohooo!! on FSF Statement on SCO vs. IBM · · Score: 1

    I don't think you need to, they seem to be intent on earning their Darwin Awards

  15. Re:Gee on Biometric Face Recognition Exploit · · Score: 1
    Use two cameras in tandem, spaced a couple inches apart to give you a depth analysis as well. Harder to fool, and you can't just use a picture. It would have to be a full blown model.
    Ever seen one of those three dimensional prints, the ones that use refracting plastic triangles to split the image?
  16. Re:I'm gonna ask someone to cut and paste... on Video Chat Software Reviewed · · Score: 1
    Is the art of formatting dead?
    1. Copy text into editor, replace drop cap with letter
    2. Copy over whatever links are in original article
    3. s/\n/<br>/g
    or just use plain old text mode.
  17. Re:Other systems too? on Biometric Face Recognition Exploit · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Keystroke and timing capture/playback is trivial, I wouldn't go trusting that as secure.

  18. Re:Read this before bashing SCO on SCO Protest And Anti-Protest In Provo · · Score: 1
    Formatting is often useful.

    this is sad...

    No, not the SCO folks who made the signs... It's the people who don't have a shred of humor left and, more importantly, weren't even there who seem to be take everything SCO employees touch as being an insult.

    I work across the street from SCO. I was at the protest. At one point, I was one of the people carrying a SCO-produced sign (as a JOKE. At one point I even saw picketters holding SCO signs). If you were there you'd know that the entire event -- albeit serious in its message -- was taken in good spirits by pretty much everyone. I'd be surprised if anyone seriously though the SCO signs were meant to be anything but fun.

    You remember FUN, don't you?? It's like when you're in a bar watching a football game and there are folks rooting for the other team in the bar with you; friendly "traitor" jabs are tossed back and forth, joking insinuations are made, and in the end you all laugh together and say "bye" when you leave.

    Here are some facts that some (all?) of you didn't get from the pictures:

    1) It was very hot that day so Canopy provided drinks for everyone, including the protesters. And yes, protesters took them up on the drinks, and they even said "thanks".

    2) SCO and Canopy employees (including Ralph Yarro and Darl McBride, among others) shared laughs with the picketters. No, I didn't see Chris Sontag or Blake Stowell out there, but I don't know them so I could have just missed them.

    3) Darl, on his way home, stopped by the picketting near 1600 N. (he didn't have to; he could have driven by and nobody would have noticed) and chatted with the protesters. There are at least two pictures of him with his arms around a few of the protesters, and all of them are happy.

    Sorry folks, but other than a reporter who got heat stroke, the people who showed up had a good time. The folks there mixed with SCO, Canopy, etc. employees from around the office complex, had some fun with the "rivalry", and went on their merry way happy. At least that was my observation.

    The intent of the protest was to bring attention to the opinions of those who oppose SCO's actions, not to threaten, throw things, fight, or yell. In that regard, the protest was more successful than I would have hoped. Nobody walked away with a different opinion of SCO's actions, but people can disagree without hating each other.

    At least here in Utah they can.
  19. Mirror on Flight Simulator 2002 With 13 Monitors And 9 PCs · · Score: 2, Informative

    expecting this to get slashdotted,
    here's my mirror.
    contains large images, please don't kill me needlessly

  20. Re:GUI Integration? on TCP/IP Connection Cutting On Linux Firewalls · · Score: 1

    Better yet, it should look like psDooM :)

  21. Re:No support for my distros. on Ximian Desktop 2 Reviewed · · Score: 2, Informative

    it's somewhat close to the redhat trick of replacing the rpm module redhat_release.
    A quick googling brought me this and this.
    looks like you can just change the version number in /etc/SuSE-release to "8.2"
    (the better way would probably be to install a new suse-release RPM, though I can't seem to find one)

  22. Re:For systems without wget... on Ximian Desktop 2 Reviewed · · Score: 3, Informative

    You can download the installer and packages seperatly and point the installer at the files, the installer supports it. (though I can't vouch for how well, not having tried it.)
    find the files at one of the Mirrors

  23. hmph on No Business Like SCO Business · · Score: 3, Funny

    from the Laura Didio interview:
    Have you any previous experience in reading code?

    No. And I am not a copyright attorney either.
    However, for the purposes of authentication, I had a code developer present to review the materials with.
    No one has greater respect for their inherent limitations than I do!!!

    now that's just not nice...

  24. Re:What's so wrong with ICQ? on AOL Bridges AIM and ICQ · · Score: 1

    The current version doesn't, but a new beta version is supposed to come out soon.(this month, I think, or next)
    also supposed to have a sloughfull of new features, like Jabber, Unicode support and Tabbed windows
    you might want to have a look at Cerulean's Development log for more information.

  25. Re:What's so wrong with ICQ? on AOL Bridges AIM and ICQ · · Score: 1

    eh?
    Trillian has a free version, the Pro version simply adds plugin support and some other features.
    Most of these aren't essential for most, I think
    btw, I bought Trillian pro, and have no complaints :)