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  1. Re:SCCP support? on Cisco VoIP Ditched for Open-Source Asterisk · · Score: 1

    No it's not. SCCP is actually a very good protocol, just the Asterisk implementation of it isn't great. (Full disclosure, maintained the out-of-tree chan_sccp protocol support module for ~ 1 year)

  2. Sony does it again! on European PS3 Launch Delayed to 2007 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The best part of this is that several retailers here in Australia have been advertising pre-orders for the PS3 (notably $big_chain_store) and some of them were aiming it as a possible Christmas present for the kids, this is REALLY going to piss off any parents who were dumb enough to do so (although a pre-order for an A$1000 console is pretty high up there as it is).

  3. Except... on SCO Accuses IBM of Destruction of Evidence · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Unless this work was done *perfectly* it would be really obvious to anyone going through the source tree history (which SCO has), and even then is easy to verify by compiling release trees and doing a binary diff against them (well, decompiling both then diffing might be better).

    SCO are flat out lying, whether just to the public, or to their lawyers as well. The only reason I think IBM are continuing with this is to get each and every claim SCO has specifically and individually struck down so when the house of cards finally does crumble they have no way to try it again.

  4. No on Debian Server Compromised · · Score: 2, Informative

    DSA = Debian Systems Administration (team)

  5. Possibly, on YouTube Killer (Media Portal w/ Revenue Sharing) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    But more likely it's a paid ad...

  6. Re:A good start. on "H-Prize" Announced · · Score: 1

    Which the hell city is that?

    I'm in Melbourne and we're ok but not great, and Sydney's apparently a worse fuckup then we are. No other city even has a proper local rail system. Adelade's busses do work ok to a point though.

  7. Re:The "best" distro right now... on Interview with Debian's New Project Leader · · Score: 1

    Sarge has Mysql 4.1 (in the mysql-server-4.1 package), which was the latest stable mysql when it was released, etch (current testing) has 5.0, and 5.1 is still in beta.

  8. Re:Brandon replaced after only 1 year? on Anthony Towns Elected New Debian Leader · · Score: 4, Informative

    Annual term as DPL, Branden decided not to stand for a second term.

  9. Re:It's like P.T. Barnum said, on Why Phishing Works · · Score: 1

    No they don't.

    They also have paypalobjects.com for no apparent reason. (and ebay is the same)

  10. Re:A true Brit. on Tim Berners-Lee on the Web · · Score: 1

    IPv6 is Plaid!

  11. Re:Debian testing on Linux 2.6.16 released · · Score: 1

    Um no.

    I'm running 2.6.15 in testing, and have been for many weeks (straight from the main repositories). Also as Xorg 6.9 and 7.0 are the same code there should be no difference there, so what you're saying is you want an *older* xorg.

    But yes pam is broken, but that's not just a debian issue, there are some major limitations in pam that make it impossible to do some things that seem simple.

  12. Doesn't work on DoJ Following Porn Blocker Advances? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Here's a great review of a previous generation of this kind of thing.

    http://dansdata.com/pornsweeper.htm

  13. Re:Multifunction devices on Cost Effective Scan-to-FTP Products? · · Score: 1

    Second the HP digital sender, we just got one in the office and it seems to be a pretty good device.

    The earlier versions (at least), the network scanjet 4 can run linux and do sane+scripting which is well regarded.

  14. MS Removing features, again... on No EFI Support for Vista · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Although Microsoft has previously said EFI booting would be supported by Vista, Ritz admitted that EFI support won't be seen in any version of Windows until the release of Longhorn Server."

    Great, yet another vista feature removed before released.

  15. Re:Why make the comparison on Linux Growth Doesn't Offset NetWare Decline · · Score: 2, Interesting

    *NDS* is too little to late.

    THE BEST directory server out there is too little?

  16. Re:Ok what if Cell phones cause cancer on Testing Cell Phone Radiation on Humans · · Score: 1

    No it wasn't, it was because many non-smokers dislike the smell of tobacco smoke, and disliked it enough to not eat somewhere if they had to be subjected to. Proof of second hand smoke effects came later (at least here in .au)

  17. Goodbye thinkpad's! on Lenovo's New PCs and Laptops · · Score: 1

    You were great while it lasted.

    Look back in a year or two and see how many of the think* lines remain, my bet is one or two models of each just to keep the enterprise's whith competent it managment, and the cheap ones for the rest.

  18. Re:Oh yeah? Well vector you! on OSx86 Shutdown Rumors Explained · · Score: 1

    From memory an e450 would take ~1KW as well (my Sun 670 does)

  19. Re:That's nothing on Robot Piloted by a Slime Mold · · Score: 1

    Yes, but that was from a "Genuine Non-Accredited University"!

  20. Re:Can't Hear You on More Bad News About Global Warming · · Score: 1

    er no we haven't.

    Or at least that's what our elected officials like to claim

  21. Re:NZ??? on Samba 4 Technology Preview Released · · Score: 1

    well then why didn't you bid for it in your home city, I'm one of the people doing so for Melbourne in 2008, if you haven't put the effort in then stop bitching. The truth is that the NZ people were the only ones who put a bid in for 2006.

    (I write this lying in bed in my room for the week at LCA)

  22. Re:Jeremy Allison on Samba 4 on Samba 4 Technology Preview Released · · Score: 3, Informative

    Erm, he's not a major developer of samba 4, Tridge is, Andrew Bartlett is, and a few others are, but Jeremy isn't (at least according to Andrew Bartlett yesterday).

    I'm at LCA2006 and have spent several hours with both Tridge and Andrew Bartlett, testing, fixing bugs, and identifing missing features of samba4. I'm not a samba team member, just a sys-admin who wants samba4 to be the best code possible before I deploy it.

  23. Re:Any heat is good heat in winter on Standby Electronics a Waste? · · Score: 1

    I live in Fitzroy and there are very few insulated houses here. There is no insulation in the walls at all since they are solid brick or rarely blue stone. The stuff in the roof already exceeds victorian standards and I intend to at least triple it soon. You can't buy double glazed glass planes for the old window at all (and it would be illegal to install it if you could find it).
    There are some places that sell replacement full windows with wood surrounds, can dig up info when I'm back in melbourne.

    I have a spare room that I tend to rent out to visitors. I find it interesting that Europeans will routinely turn on the oven or stove when its above 30 Degrees (C) even though they consider it extremely hot. There is a reason there is a nice bbq out in the back.
    Hell, I do that, but I don't have a BBQ out the back...

  24. Re:explain to me again on Some Linux Users Violate Sarbanes-Oxley · · Score: 1

    It's about 150MB, it should be up on the net somewhere, try the melbournewireless.org.au wiki

  25. Re:explain to me again on Some Linux Users Violate Sarbanes-Oxley · · Score: 1

    Or one of the companies that rebadge the hardware release all the source they have to the net, and get a lot of good will for them, and a lot of bad will for edimax (I in fact still have a copy of that tarball on my laptop)