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  1. Re:/dev/null on Hotmail Blocks Gmail Emails (and Invites) · · Score: 1

    ... or after their "upgrade" from BSD to 2000, the recycle bin!

  2. Re:It's a super bad analogy on Report From "Get The Facts" · · Score: 1

    I guess he was using that old "If OSes were an airplane" joke as reference for his talk...

  3. Re:No they wont' charge for AIM on AOL To Charge for AIM Videoconferences · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Not only do most AOL users not see that there is an internet outside of AOL, they have no incentive to go look. You want chat roots? AOL has them. Discussion forums? They have them too... AOL's communities cover everything from astronomy to zoology.

    All within the disney-like atmosphere of AOL's moderation. They actually use this as a marketing point: "The internet, sanitized for your protection."

  4. Re:Makes you wonder on Canon Digital Rebel Hacked Into A Pseudo-10D · · Score: 2, Interesting

    After finding out I got ripped off by one of those digital descrambler filters, I was messing around with different combos on my motorola box and brought up a setup menu. I made several changes, and the unit stopped working. The next day, Comcast called and asked what had happened to the unit.

  5. Re:solution to everything.. ok maybe not everythin on Will Providers Provide Equally? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The Pigs?? Nice to know Charles Manson is being allowed to post to Slashdot

    From beyond the grave too...

  6. sa/password on MS SQL Server 2005 Adds Security Features · · Score: 5, Informative

    SQL Server 2000 allows you to set the level of authentication to Windows Only (uses the Windows Domain security) or Mixed Mode. You have to specify a password for the sa account. You can have a blank password, but this requires an extra check box that says having a blank password is not recommended.

    There is no default sa password...

  7. Re:I wish... on Microsoft Reward Leads to Arrest of Sasser Suspect · · Score: 1

    I think what you want is here:
    http://www.bsa.org/usa/report/Reporting-Form.cfm

    I am not sure if they still offer the reward though.

  8. Re:Where's the time? on Last Chance for Slashdot T-Shirt Contest · · Score: 1

    Tech people? Having work?

    Really? You must live in India....

  9. Changing the properties of Avatars on The Science of the Matrix · · Score: 1

    "To make a rebel imperceptible, the Nebuchadnezzar's computer changes the body's visible appearance to be transparent; and the body's mechanical resistance to that of the air. From an observer's perspective, the body has melted into air. From a software perspective, the data module is still on the register but simulating a body indistinguishable from thin air. Later, when the scene is no longer being observed by anybody, the module will be deleted. "

    Wouldn't this mean that Trinity should have died when the truck smashed into the phone booth, as her avatar was still there, just not percievable?

  10. Re:stupid on Social Engineering Still Best Way to Crack Security · · Score: 1

    I would say that telling someone that you have noticed them doing something wrong is bad social engineering. They'll be likely to question you, or the accusations, if they think they could get in trouble for it.

  11. Re:Does this seem weird? on Could Doom 3 be a Xbox Exclusive? · · Score: 1

    its nothing that hasnt been done by every other major corporation since the dawn of marketing.

    look at the exclusive movie toy deals at fast food places, or the sports star who only wears one brand of tennis shoes...

  12. Re:Getting the corporate word out on Corporations Getting Into The Open Source Spirit · · Score: 1

    I wonder what single thing tripped off this new trend

    There was this post by this guy on usenet about he was gonna write an OS that was like minix...

  13. Re:Call for suggests for a Free/Open tag slogan on Senator Calls For Copy-Protection Tags · · Score: 1

    Install now for
    999999999999999999999999999999999999 Free Hours!

  14. Why does the reason they did it matter? on Verizon Loses Suit Over Subpoena of Subscriber Info · · Score: 1

    Why does it matter whether it was some principle or some cost cutting measure? I would think they would fight more to save some money than to uphold some code of ethics.

  15. Re:DJs on Inside One Of the Last Vinyl Record Manufacturers · · Score: 1

    You are also missing the newest technology to hit the DJ market: Final Scratch. Info.

    It plays like a dream, and I have never had any problems with it. I can scratch, back cue, and do anything i can do with vinyl. You still a record to record the inital song at a high bitrate, but other than that, vinyl won't be as big in the DJ world for much longer once everyone gets these.

  16. Re:Looks like he was wrong... on Valenti's "Boston Strangler" Testimony · · Score: 1

    not to nitpick, but wasn't there a 486 after the 386 and before the pentium?

  17. Re:Killer Artists & the Internet Top 40 on Homogenized Music · · Score: 1

    The killer app for internet radio is the device that lets you tune into a net station from your car.

  18. Re:Anybody ever think about.. on Homogenized Music · · Score: 1

    But because the same big company is trying to control all the stations it can, and because there is a finite amount of stations in an area, you are forced to listen to something. There isn't the choice to listen to a techno station, or a punk station, or anything that isn't mainstream. That is the problem with the system, not that people don't like something others do.

  19. Re:This is nothing new on Homogenized Music · · Score: 1

    Was that an ad for XM radio?

  20. Re:hmmm... on Pittsburgh Launches Large, Free, Public WiFi Network · · Score: 1

    Yes, but the local government is footing the bill, meaning it can recoup losses from other funds. In this case, they are doing this to attract new businesses to the area, which (in their minds) will create more than enough revenue to cover costs.

  21. Re:TiVo switching to FreeBSD? on Program Tivo over AOL · · Score: 1

    (assuming parent is a troll...)
    Nope....they decided to go with the high reliable and secure WindowsCE... maybe soon Tivo will support Outlook!

  22. Re:Ever heard of an EULA? on MS Pressuring NW Schools: Pay Up, Or Face Audit · · Score: 1

    When you buy new machines from the big vendors (Dell, HP, Compaq, Gateway), they are imaged with all the software and associated files installed, but start up for the first time and go into the end of Windows setup, where the user enters their license key, personal info, and accepts the EULA.

  23. Re:Pick your cause before you pick the site... on On Hacktivism · · Score: 2, Informative

    they repeat that view in the article, and then go on to define "Hacktivism" in the cDc sense of the word.

  24. Re:Now if.... on Browser Wars II: CompuServe Strikes Back · · Score: 1

    In addition to what has been said about open standards and all, Microsoft is also fighting in court with everything it has to prove that IE is an essential part of Windows. The fate of IE then, is the fate of a part of Windows.

  25. Re:Here's my reply to those things on Dateline: Abuja; Nigeria Fights Email Scam · · Score: 1

    this is just like the response to the scam letters on thespamletters.com (which was posted on slashdot earlier)