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  1. Re:a dumb question on Mono C# Compiler Compiles Itself · · Score: 1

    But how do you know the disassembler isn't trojaned?

  2. Re:a dumb question on Mono C# Compiler Compiles Itself · · Score: 1
    Better pseudocode:

    main
    {
    //program opens code file and prints it
    file sourcefile = open_file("sourcecode.whatever")
    print(sourcefile)
    close_file(sourcefile)
    }

    Maybe this is cheating though...

  3. Re:Any experts? on CA Appeals Court Upholds Spam Law · · Score: 2
    How can I setup Sendmail to deny all emails where the Reply To: != From: address?

    Y'know, there's a reason why Reply-To and From are different headers that can have different values. A good deal of people have a recieve-only type account (common among free mail services) which is different from that of the server they send mail from (for example, I might use exim or sendmail or another mailer program on my Linux box to send the mail, but I can't necessarily recieve mail at the same address because my computer isn't always on). I can think of a good deal of other reasons for a different Reply-To header too.

    A better way - filter all mail not addressed to the recipient and all mail containing certain keywords ("Make $$$ fast", "penis size", "lolitas", "don't miss this amazing offer", etc.).

  4. Re:Why Spam is Wrong on CA Appeals Court Upholds Spam Law · · Score: 1

    *cough* plagiarism *cough*

  5. Re:how does this do anything? on The Eyes Have It · · Score: 2

    Probably so, but even a religious fanatic isn't going to believe that there's no bomb in his bag when he put one there a few hours ago.

  6. Re:If you must render, on CGI About to Boom In Hollywood · · Score: 2
    It's not that hard to find a 10-year-old actor who can look like a 7 year old. The problem as I see it is how much the kids age during the book. I don't have a copy, but as I recall, Ender starts the book about half as old as he is when he finishes it.

    In any case, I don't really think an Ender's Game movie should be made. So much of the book is Ender just thinking to himself that a movie version would have to either be completely butchered or be mostly Ender just sitting there as you hear his voice with a corny reverb filter pretending to be his thoughts.

  7. Re:If you must render, on CGI About to Boom In Hollywood · · Score: 2
    (try finding a few hundred kids, who can act, and stay young enough for the sequels).

    What sequels? None of original kids appear in any of the sequels. (except for Ender, of course, but he's an adult). If you're talking about Shadow of the Hegemon, it's a sequal to Ender's Shadow, which is itself not a sequel, but a parallel novel.

    Besides, who says you have to make any of the sequels?

  8. Re:Code Red. on AOL Instant Messenger Remote Hole · · Score: 2

    AOL could say "We won't let you on unless you download this update".

  9. Re:It won't fail because it charges money on Preview the New Napster · · Score: 2
    The main difference between .nap and .ogg files is that:

    a) .nap files have copy protection and
    b) I can play .ogg files in almost any (software) player, on almost any OS.

  10. Re:Code Red. on AOL Instant Messenger Remote Hole · · Score: 1
    Imagine updating every AIM client.

    That should be easy, since all AIM client connect to a central server. I dunno if the client has an auto-update feature, but if it doesn't, all AOL has to do is send a message saying "Upgrade now or the evil terrorist h4x0rs will get into your computer" and everyone will upgrade.

  11. Re:Now THAT's an open standards site! on Ogg Vorbis RC3 Released · · Score: 2
    * The GIMP does not have (that I could find) an option to disable this feature of PNG images when saving as PNG.

    You must be blind. When you Save As PNG in the GIMP, you get a dialog box that, among other options, has a checkbox labeled "Save gamma" . If you don't save gamma, you don't have to worry about gamma correction.

    Also, almost every browser that supports PNG supports PNG transparency. It's just that some browsers don't support the full 256 bits of transparency, they just support 1 bit (off/on) just like GIFs.

  12. Re:This won't change much... on Ogg Vorbis RC3 Released · · Score: 1
    Where can you get the ogg stream from for BBC-R1?

    Here.

  13. Starcraft on Good Games for LAN Parties? · · Score: 2

    Starcraft (and Brood War) is great fun, and you can spawn as many copies as you want. And it's cheap.

  14. Re:Great, more fragmentation on New Kernel 2.4 Development Branch (-mjc) · · Score: 1

    Which is why you should have used ext3.

  15. Re:the last year in the millenium :) on Google Recaps 2001 · · Score: 2

    Ummmmm, sorry, but no. January 1st, 2001 was the start of the new millenium (just as January 1st, 0001 was the start of the first millenium). The media invented January 1st, 2000 as the millenium.

  16. Re:That is true, but... on Gnumeric 1.0 Has Arrived · · Score: 2, Funny

    I use the Excel flight simulator on a daily basis. Do you know of a Linux spreadsheet with that functionality?

  17. Re:Cool, Excel is done on Gnumeric 1.0 Has Arrived · · Score: 2, Informative
    All we need now is full VBS support

    That's coming...

  18. Re:Text Mode Porn is Next on Textmode Quake 2 · · Score: 2, Interesting
  19. Re:Yes there is on Is There a Better Way to do UNIX Workgroups? · · Score: 2

    Any decent admin worried about security will disable booting from CD (and floppy) and password-protect the BIOS configuration screen.

  20. Re:Ladies: date a geek tonight! on A New Year's Idea: Pay For Some Freedom · · Score: 1
  21. Re:Where are the Debian packages? on Quicktime Under Linux With MPlayer · · Score: 1
    On Debian sid:

    /root# apt-cache search mplayer
    /root#

    You must be using an unofficial apt source.

  22. Re:Why RealMedia? on Annual NORAD Santa Tracker Up And Running · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    And Windows Media is better? If you're gonna complain about one company's business practices, at least have the decency not to then recommend a product made by an even worse company.

    Until they finish Ogg Tarkin, I like my streaming video in MPEG format.

  23. Re:Our Complaints.. on Broadband In Australia Just Got Slower · · Score: 1

    An p2p service tends to use a lot of bandwidth. While you may pay a flat fee for unlimited bandwidth, your ISP most certainly does not.

  24. Re:X Printing Panel on Making Linux Printing as Easy as in Windows · · Score: 1

    Or, for those who like a slightly prettier interface, there's gtklp.

  25. Re:Easy as Windows - LOL on Making Linux Printing as Easy as in Windows · · Score: 1

    I do own a Laserjet 2, and it really doesn't have good Linux support. I finally got it to work with CUPS and gimp-print, but it's slow as hell. I prefer my better-supported Stylus Color and Deskjet 932C.