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  1. Re:download.com? on Freeware for Windows -- Where Did It Go? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Ever heard of robots.txt?

    Say maybe a Disallow: /archives/ or something similar? If you don't want to be spidered, at least educate yourself about the possibilities.

  2. Re:Back in my day... on "Witty" Worm Wrecks Computers · · Score: 1

    boooooring. then you don't have an open SMTP/HTTP/TCP proxy open for the taking, or a 1,000 user botnet on IRC. if you destroy the computer, then the owner immediately notices and your program will not spread as far. most worms are non-obvious so they go undetected for longer.

  3. Re:YaST - great for newbs but... on YaST to Become Open Source · · Score: 1

    --snip--
    Actually, have you ever heard of gconf? It's like the Windows Registry, only for Gnome.
    --snip--

    90% of /. won't make it past this sentance.

  4. answer on BitTorrent Gains Corporate Support · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Will the recent acceptance by such reputable companies open the possibility to Universities that not all P2P distribution is inherently bad?
    NO.

  5. Re:The Difference... on What Differentiates Linux from Windows? · · Score: 1

    Too bad 'excell' doesn't come with a spellchecker!

  6. Re:What?! Old GUI is gone?! on A First Look At The GIMP 2.0 · · Score: 2, Funny

    yeah, the syntax could be like this:

    PEN DOWN
    FORWARD 10
    RIGHT 45
    etc. etc.

  7. [ADV] on Filter-foiling Gibberish Becoming A Spam Staple · · Score: 5, Funny

    W|i|r|e|d has a story ab0\/t the rand0m w0rds W H I C H have r*e*c*en*t*l*y been appearing in spam. Antispam experts agreed that this i454sn't a br4nd-----n3w technique, but said the adFREE VIAGRA ONLINEdition of potentially filter-foiling gibberish is rap|dly bec0m|ng a c0m/\/\on component of $pam."

    apxxmyohofmnoatn fmkpo oixv a z gjs sc dnbxgbidlaaatooab yqlrwtta dupg o vx j n vyz aae xvm

  8. haha on Solaris 8 & 9 Free for x86 Once Again · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah, good thing they made it free. Solaris x86 is worth $0 anyway. Even Sun is making their desktop system Linux for X86, with their "java" desktop. I think this will be one of the last x86 Solaris releases. Sun is basically throwing away $ every second they develop Solaris instead of their Linux distribution.

  9. Re:The apparent lack of a patch. on Microsoft: Patches, Patches Everywhere! · · Score: 1

    *!crickets*

  10. haha on Nuclear Powered Mission to Jovian Moons · · Score: 4, Funny

    We all know the REAL reason we're going there.

    TO NUKE THE MONOLITH IN 2010.

  11. haha on AOL's $299 PC · · Score: 2, Informative

    anyone remember the iOpener?

    totally hacked

  12. ANTIVIRUS companies are to be blamed! on Real Security? · · Score: 1

    If people can't discuss bugs and security problems online, the only places it will be done is privately, i.e. in Symantec's and NAI's labs... this is one way to kill your competition--get the government to outlaw it.

  13. This is terrible... on Dell To Techs: Don't Help Customers Remove Spyware · · Score: 1

    At work we have a constant battle against Gator on user PCs as it uses deceptive messages and popups on websites to convince users to install. I have found little software that does more to make a user's PC using experience unenjoyable than Gator. Bravo, you've gone above and beyond the call of duty; most spyware simply installs itself and tracks users movements, your software pretends to provide useful functionality on top of being deceptive and displaying your customers' ads instead of the ones that rightfully belong on the site. And on top of all this it makes an already nearly unbearably (wow, alot of -ys) unstable OS (Windows) even more unusable.
    Thanks alot, Gator! You've made me look like a PC Repair genius as simply running Ad-Aware on most systems to remove the stinking heap of maggot infested goat dung your software is from a user's PC thereby speeding it up and making it crash less often!

  14. haha on Retooling Slashdot with Web Standards · · Score: 2, Funny

    i just went to the new slashdot code, and it looks horrible in konqueror.
    the actual /. code renders fine though.

  15. Re:What is IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL on 1.6 Megahertz per Pixel: TMDC6 · · Score: 2, Funny

    you think that is low?

  16. !!! rag on Linux Kernel Back-Door Hack Attempt Discovered · · Score: 3, Funny

    Imagine if this had sneaked into some Longhorn code right before shipping. Many eyes make few mistakes.

  17. Slashdot editors are the best. on Fedora Core 1 Released · · Score: 4, Funny

    Usually, I'd just expect some vague headline, like "Fedora Core released", but our editors have gone ABOVE AND BEYOND the call of duty and attached a brief synopsis of what Fedora is and why this is an important news item. I'm glad they didn't just say "Fedora released" and call it that.

  18. Take the D&D route... on DARPA's Autonomous Vehicle Challenge Too Popular? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just roll a D100 and see who wins.

  19. Re:Gator is evil on A Gator By Any Other Name · · Score: 1

    this is true, i think people get a rush because THEY GET TO USE THE HOSTS FILE!! OMG ISNT THAT ON LINUX TOO!

    yeah, get proximitron, it rocks the boat.

  20. energy crisis my ass! on X17 Solar Flare Sends 2B Tons of Plasma at Earth · · Score: 1

    why bother fighting over oil when there is so much free plasma to be had? 2 billion tons of plasma is enough power for 500,000 people.

  21. typical on Sci-Fi Channel Looks for LGM in NASA Files · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You want to know why you are not allowed to know?

    Fuck you, that's why.

    The government doesn't care that we want to know. There is no REASON for them to tell us. Sure, we elect them and all, but until you get at least 51% to vote to make a law to make the processes of government more open, it will never happen. Most likely, this issue will remain forever closed (or at least withheld) forever from us. It was probably missle testing or something that the public does not "need to know". If you want to find out what was/is inside Area 51 or who really killed JFK, you are better off inventing a time machine and reading about all of this later in the history books. Either that, or run for president and divulge all this information to the public (not likely).

  22. VB 6? on Top 5 Submerging Technologies Pinpointed · · Score: 1

    What about Visual Basic for MS-DOS. Does anyone still have a copy?

  23. Best part of KDE on Seven Years of KDE Celebrated · · Score: 1

    The best part of KDE is the way QT/XFS-XTT makes all of the fonts look nice and antialiased. I used to dread using X11 because of the ugly fonts, but now everything is quite nice.

  24. An open letter to idiots on RIAA Threatens More Music-Lovers · · Score: 1

    Remember, "you're" is a short form of "you are". "Your" is possessive.

    Good: You're an idiot.
    Bad: Your an idiot.
    Worse: Your a idiot.

    A good way to remember this is that the "'" is just a substitute for "a" in "you're".

    So, one last time:

    Good: You're a good person.
    Bad: Your a good person.

    If you keep these two words from being misused, you will easily add 5 IQ points to your posts.

  25. Re:Please tell me you don't use unix on Linux Users Try FreeBSD 5, Windows · · Score: 1

    actually, that's not half bad compared the registry.