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  1. Re:Time to buy some really good sunglasses on More on JSF Laser System · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    ... the potential to permenently blind large ammounts of people is great.

    Hey dude, it's a WEAPON. That means it's SUPPOSED to cause damage... so blinding some enemy troops isn't such a bad thing.

  2. Re:Isn't it ironic... on The Rolling Stones' Business Model · · Score: 1
    Speaking of Keith, where do I sign up to get some of that man's blood?

    I have three words for you: Swiss Chalet Transfusion

  3. Re:They're Going On Another Tour! on The Rolling Stones' Business Model · · Score: 1

    IANAB either, but I've seen this guy in real life and he looks like beef jerky... about as dessicated as you can get. I don't think the Stones are quite to this stage yet...

  4. satisfaction? on The Rolling Stones' Business Model · · Score: 1
    "...the band has generated more than $1.5 billion in gross revenues."

    $1.5 billion? Son of a bitch!

    Mick, I will NO LONGER TOLERATE hearing you talk about not getting any satisfaction.

  5. More than physical and logical... on Physical and Network Security Merging? · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's more than just physical and logical security. There is also psychological security, if you will. All the physical and logical security in the world won't protect you from social engineering.

    (Oh, and don't forget to email your username/password/IP to me. Thanks.)

  6. Re:from the rabid-knee-jerk-reactions dept. on RIAA Sues Backbone ISPs to Censor Website · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "If this suit passes in the favor of the RIAA, then you can kiss justice goodbye, as well as the common sense of that judge."

    If this suit passes in the favor of the RIAA, then you can kiss The Constitution goodbye.

  7. LOGO on OSI Launches Certification Program With Logo · · Score: 1

    After our new logo was featured on Slashdot, we have received a ton of email asking where to obtain a LOGO Interpreter for Linux. This is the LOGO interpreter we used to create our new, um, logo:

    ftp://ftp.anarres.cs.berkeley.edu/pub/ucblogo

    -OSI Certification Program

  8. OpenBSD Rulez! on Geeky Child Names? · · Score: 1

    I'm gonna name my son Theo!

  9. Re:um, inetd? on OpenSSH Gets Even More Suspicious · · Score: 1

    But that's only if they find an overflow in inetd. In inetd.conf you can tell inetd to run a process as a user other than root. Then all the processing is done as, say, nobody.

  10. um, inetd? on OpenSSH Gets Even More Suspicious · · Score: 1

    Other than the tty and authentication seperation, this doesn't sound a whole lot different than running sshd out of inetd. Or have I been smoking crack again without my knowledge?

  11. Re:Boss's problem on Balancing Memory Usage vs Performance? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, right. And who does the boss blame? Why, the grossly incompetent employee who got the project into this mess, of course.

  12. Re:World Cup Football Results on Creative Applications for SMS? · · Score: 2, Funny

    That would be cool, but my mobile phone's screen isn't big enough to display

    GOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!

  13. Who needs commercial code? on How Good is Commercial BIOS Code? · · Score: 3, Informative

    I dunno about commercial BIOS code, but the BIOS I use is pretty good... and I can verify it for myself if I want to. :-)

  14. Garmin Vista on GPS Receivers? · · Score: 3, Informative

    I have a Garmin Vista (about US$300), RS-232 Cable and Cigarette Lighter plug (about US$30), and Ram-Mount (about US$20).

    What a fantastic combination for driving. Tha maps (US and Europe (about US$175 each) rule.

    I usually use NiMH batteries when walking. They last a few hours without charging. I recently used a pair of alkaline AAs for a two week trip through Europe and only had to change them once! Granted I didn't use it constantly, but I did use it quite a bit.

    I use gpspoint on Linux for saving, uploading, and downloading routes, waypoints, and tracks.

  15. SCAN THIS! on Pardon, Is This Your File? · · Score: 1

    Luckily I did the following after downloading the movie a few weeks ago:

    $ uuencode spiderman-the-movie.avi spiderman-the-movie.avi > spiderman-the-movie.avi.uu
    $ rm spiderman.avi

  16. /usr/bin/bc on Personal Finance Software for Unix? · · Score: 1

    For decades now I have used /usr/bin/bc as my personal finance software. Give it just one try and you'll never go back to GUIs again. (I'm currently using v1.06 from GNU.)

  17. the man on dot.com Bust Gotcha Down? Try the Gubmint! · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Gonna sell out and work for the man?

    NEVER!

  18. blah blah blah on Nomad Jukebox 3 Officially Out · · Score: 1

    blah blah blah obligatory ogg reference blah blah blah

  19. Re:Oops... on Slashback: Membership, Quarkiness, Audioggogy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Geez... I had SO much fun this morning filling out my Schedule D with the details of my huge amounts of Enron stock.

  20. Faster downloads == more images? on JPEG2000 Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    ... web graphics to be downloaded much faster than is currently possible.

    Yeah, right... then web designers will just make bigger/more images and, thus, any savings gained by this codec will be moot...

  21. Re:patents? on Microsoft Tech Specs Prohibit GPL Implementations · · Score: 1

    It's easy to imagine Evil Linus with a goatee, but what would Evil RMS look like?

    That's easy too... the Evil RMS would be 100% completely hairless.

  22. Re:not quite on Slashback: Blender, Pictures, Servitude · · Score: 2, Funny

    sure, you can download /bin/ls but have you tried http://www.wehavethewayout.com/etc/passwd yet?

    note: i didn't try :-)

  23. Fake Mars Landing? on Utah, the New Red Planet · · Score: 1

    We're all well aware that NASA very secretly faked the moon landing. I, for one, am very pleased to see that they're being so open about where they're going to film the Mars landing.

  24. ... and physics too ... on Simpsons Guide to Math · · Score: 5, Funny

    In this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics!

    - Homer Jay Simpson

  25. PH34R MY SK1LLZ on Mapping The CIA Nonclassified Network · · Score: 5, Funny
    h3y d00dz!

    nslookup -q=mx www.cia.gov

    - m4tt4 s3cur1ty 1337 h4x0r