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  1. Re:There are no threats...now on Mac Users Blast Symantec ... Again · · Score: 1

    Yep, I remember those. Finder 6.08 around then, passing floppies between people at college, and actually my old Mac was infected quite a number of times back then. I remember my first Mac virus, don't know the name- suddenly the keyboard went all haywire, keys pressed would output completely different characters. I went to the college bookstore's computer department and let the clerk know about it, he goes 'Here- use this' and handed me a copied floppy with an anti-virus app on it. But they were mostly harmless hacks that were more aggravating than malicious.

  2. Re:WTF? on Top 50 Science Fiction TV Shows · · Score: 1

    Sorry, you're wrong.

    Numbers rule this argument, and you're the lone voice in the wilderness.

  3. Re:No Max Headroom? on Top 50 Science Fiction TV Shows · · Score: 1

    They leave out The Prisoner but put in a show clearly inspired from it, Nowhere Man.

    I liked NM, but it wasn't as entertaining as The Prisoner.

  4. Re:F**K OFF on Microsoft Fights the Flab as it Turns 30 · · Score: 1

    OTOH, when I was in my mid-20's, the first time a young girl in her upper teens called me "Sir", that hurt! :(

    So I take it this means you don't shout to your wife/gf/SO "Who's your daddy?!" in bed...

  5. Re:Just started using The GIMP... on A Gimp In Photoshop's Clothing · · Score: 1

    I got used to the Gimp the same way you got used to Photoshop

    Try re-reading that. He'd never used Photoshop before.

  6. Where's Napoleon?! on Bill Gates Speaks Out · · Score: 4, Funny

    Better news would have been the 'face off' with Napoleon Dynamite.

  7. Re:Bart PE works great on Windows XP In Your Pocket · · Score: 2, Funny

    Time to dump that 486.

  8. Re:Full of himself... on ESR Gets Job Offer From Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Setting up email gardens at Linux World in 1999, those of us with VA's tech support staff got one-off shirts for the show. Someone not on with VA present there commented on how he might get one of those shirts. Raymond pops up with "I'm a DIRECTOR. I can get as many of those shirts as I want!"

    He is an ass.

  9. Re:www.fuddrruckers.com on Fuddruckers Called Out on Hotlinking · · Score: 1

    $ dig fuddruckers.com mx

    ; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> fuddruckers.com mx
    ;; global options:  printcmd
    ;; Got answer:
    ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 12174
    ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 6, ADDITIONAL: 6

    ;; QUESTION SECTION:
    ;fuddruckers.com.               IN      MX

    ;; ANSWER SECTION:
    fuddruckers.com.        7200    IN      MX      30 fuddruckers.com.inbound30.mxlogic.net.
    fuddrucker s.com.        7200    IN      MX      10 fuddruckers.com.inbound10.mxlogic.net.
    fuddrucker s.com.        7200    IN      MX      20 fuddruckers.com.inbound20.mxlogic.net.

  10. Re:Shockwave? on Linux For Supervillains · · Score: 1

    It's a good thing then we are all reading and posting from our PowerBooks.

  11. Re:Been doing this myself. on Linux Based CarPC · · Score: 1

    Impressive!

  12. Re:Been doing this myself. on Linux Based CarPC · · Score: 1

    Nope, but if it's not the main article, you usually don't get that much of a traffic boost. I've done it several times. But if you post them tomorrow, most people won't come back to this article.

  13. Re:Pretty cheap - Should have a screen though on USB-Powered Linux Server Fits in Your Pocket · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does it have have a screen?

    Nope. The fingerprint reader has a Vulcan mind-meld feature. Works great, except your co-workers might think you have severe gas or something once you start groaning your shell input in a pained voice.

    "cd dot dot forward-slash!"

  14. Re:Market Share on Internet TV Arrives (for Mac users) with DTV · · Score: 1

    Who cares- with a million low budget "Wayne's World" type shows popping up all over, break out the beer and popcorn because That's Entertainment!

  15. Re:Not very exciting on VMware Opens Up API to Partners · · Score: 1

    It looks to me like the submitter, who is also the author of the linked article, is the one guilty of the phrase "best combination of Open Source and proprietary" and only in the /. submission. It doesn't appear in the article itself. In another article, VMWare specifically shies away from commenting on OS as a business model.

    So I am not certain that the phrase you object to was not a tech writer attempt to push a boundry that the company was not doing itself.

  16. Re:Please, be reasonable on Google Urged to Drop Images · · Score: 1

    "I doubt that even a terrorist would use Microsoft's mapping software. Google is definitely the way to go."

    Not always.

  17. Re:huh? on The "Google Hack" Honeypot · · Score: 2, Informative

    Then read the packages FAQ. And focus on this paragraph:

    Why should I implement Google Hack Honeypot on my site?

    GHH allows you to safely monitor attempts by malicious attackers to compromise your security. The logging functions that GHH implements allows you, the administrator, to do what you like with the information. You can use the attack database to gather statistics on would-be-attackers, report activities to appropriate authorities and temporarily or permanently deny access to resources.

  18. Re:Good. on HP and Apple Separate; Apple gets Custody · · Score: 1

    In much of the 90s during St. Steven's exile, Apple's product line was similarly convoluted. The proliferation of pre-G3 PowerMacs and Performa models back then was Insanely Stupid.

  19. Re:For the lazy... on Apple Campus Missing From MSN Earth · · Score: 1
  20. Re:Good press begins with the Mac on Yahoo Purchases Konfabulator · · Score: 1

    It would help the perception even more if they'd finally update Yahoo IM for crap sake (currently 2 years old software with a hobbled feature set).

  21. Re:Google Maps with the serial numbers filed off on MSN Virtual Earth Revealed · · Score: 1
    Heh- Glad to see Microsoft eats other people's dog food- One of the folks accessing came from an MS IP address. Note the browser: Up-to-date FireFox. :-)

    tide517.microsoft.com - - [24/Jul/2005:13:52:02 -0700] "GET /grafix/msn-google.jpg HTTP/1.1" 200 347875 "http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/24/12562 28&from=rss" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6"
  22. Re:I tried this this weekend.... on Linux And the Enterprise Environment · · Score: 3, Insightful
  23. Re:Google Maps with the serial numbers filed off on MSN Virtual Earth Revealed · · Score: 3, Informative

    Check out Google's campus from Google Earth:

    http://catatonic.org/grafix/google-google.jpg

    Now from MSN's product:

    http://catatonic.org/grafix/msn-google.jpg

    Pretty darn nice. Sorry for the folks in other parts who don't have good resolution in either product but for the SF Bay Area, MSN has the better satellite images (for now). The block I live on not far from the above shots was similarly clear. I could clearly see my car.

  24. Re:As good as this looks... on Google Offers Hybrid Satellite and Map View · · Score: 1

    I am wondering who exactly is doing QA testing for all of these things, given how much square mileage is covered and how poorly some things may match up.

    You saw the new Willy Wonka, haven't you? You know, those squirrels?

  25. Re:Chances are Orkut IS already being monitored on Orkut Linked To Drug Ring Bust · · Score: 1

    Product you may be interested in.

    PS: Re the article you are referencing- that network information is, ahem, old hat. Orkut.com infrastructure moved to the Googleplex almost a year ago.