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  1. flaming ideologues. on Open Source Convention 2001 Wrap-up · · Score: 2

    You mean we're not? But. But. But. Emacs vs vi. Perl vs Python. Linux vs *BSD. We flame, we're ideological, if we're not flaming ideologues then what are we?

  2. Funny, but... on What Makes You "High Risk" For SPAM? · · Score: 2

    It is funny. It is also a good way to get sued for harassment. Hope your friend is being careful about using an anonymizer so he can't be tracked.

  3. Re:Autorotation on Fabulous Flying Machine Progress · · Score: 2

    Yeah, but helicopters glide strait down while rotating. I've seen them do it.

  4. hippie anarchists on Business Wants a New, Profitable Internet · · Score: 2

    Last time I saw Vint Cerf, at a meeting on software patents lasw fall (in Tysons Corner) he was wearing a nice three-piece suit.

  5. Autorotation on Fabulous Flying Machine Progress · · Score: 2
    its what you do if the engine dies

    And what I hear from people who've done it is that it is, marginally, preferable to boring a hole in the ground. Apparently the chopper spins one way and the rotors another. At the same speed. Barf-o-matic.

  6. from the make-it-faster dept on Perv-y Material Heralds Move From Silicon · · Score: 2

    I think we're talking about sex in general

  7. Re:Thanks on Are Games Turning Kids Into Jocks? · · Score: 2
    We're not all yanks!

    Some of us are rednecks...

  8. Re:Drivers for newbies? on Linux Device Drivers, 2nd ed. Released Under GNU FDL · · Score: 2

    Don't know about the 2nd edition, but the first was great. Lots of good examples to get you up and running in a hurry. Well, depends on what you're coding a driver for. I got a ISA DIO-24 card driver written and tested in a couple of hours.

  9. Check at O'Reilly on Red Hat Linux System Adminstration Handbook · · Score: 4

    Running Linux, Linux in a Nutshell, and Linux Network Administrators Guide. With those three you can handle most any distro.

  10. Drivers Licenses! on All The World Over, Your Stolen I.D. · · Score: 2

    Most states, but not Virginia (it's an opt-out in Va) and Utah, use the SSN as the drivers license number. So when someone steals your wallet, they've got your SSN and birthday. Then all they need is mothers maiden name (probably on your birth certificate) to complete the ID theft.

  11. Re:You can't blame them entirely on CAIDA Released Code-Red Worm Post Mortem · · Score: 2

    I got my license in 81. Most people didn't have computers then. I suspect that dividing line, agewise, is around 35 or so. People younger than that started on PCs, and pay to have their Johnson Rods lubricated, those older started on cars and can pull a VW engine in half an hour.

  12. Radek! on Tracking A Thief Via The Sircam Virus? · · Score: 3
    Someone who steals your computer and then disables the security deserves what he gets.

    I assume he disabled your security. And not that you forgot to secure it.

  13. Re:You can't blame them entirely on CAIDA Released Code-Red Worm Post Mortem · · Score: 2
    just don't ... see why they should do this for their PC, which is just another appliance

    You just described my Father.

    And I'll bet that 95% or more of Slashdotters wouldn't fix their car themselves

    I suspect you would lose that bet. Many of us were hacking on cars before we hacked on computers.

  14. Bob Cringely on CAIDA Released Code-Red Worm Post Mortem · · Score: 4

    Wrote about the coming DDoS from Hell.

  15. Linux Journal review of Kylix on Borland Kylix Is Free - Sort Of. · · Score: 2

    The review.

  16. Re:Sigh ... and they were so close ... on Borland Kylix Is Free - Sort Of. · · Score: 2

    You can use the free version of Kylix to produce commercial software for sale. The software just has to be GPLd. Read the GPL, it doesn't prohibit selling GPLd software, it just says you have to provide the code, and whoever buys it has the same rights you do. Including the right to re-sell.

  17. The C++ version on Borland Kylix Is Free - Sort Of. · · Score: 2

    Borland is working on one, but beware. I've been using C++ Builder since ver 1.0 and it's very nice. It's also not standard c++. You see, in order to get the RAD working they added a couple of keywords to c++.

  18. Venues on US Looks At Bioterrorism · · Score: 2

    In the book mentioned in the article the venue is the "Mall of America" in Minneapolis.

  19. smallpox is an easily recognized disease on US Looks At Bioterrorism · · Score: 2
    Ok then, describe the symptoms of this easily recognized disease.

    Well, headache, fever, vomiting, in the earliest stages. Could be the flu. A rash a little later. Could be chicken pox, or any other of a number of things. End stage, when it is creating the pus filled "poxes" is when it is most easily differentiated from anything else. By that time you're horrendously contagious and it's too late.

  20. Re:The Armys' response on Death To Virus Writers · · Score: 1

    I'm so scared I'm shaking in my jungle boots.

  21. Re:Hmmm. Might not take much, either. on Death To Virus Writers · · Score: 2

    It is interesting to note that virii and trojans are a part of cyberwar. So a Presidential Finding sending out the assassins is not that far fetched.

  22. Re:The Armys' response on Death To Virus Writers · · Score: 2
    It's an official use. You'd be surprised how many .mil people, and contractors, read slashdot. They need to know this.

    That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

  23. The Armys' response on Death To Virus Writers · · Score: 5
    This came recently...

    From: NISA CIRT

    Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 8:04 PM

    Subject: CIRT ALERT: Web Traffic Limited to Military Sites Only

    ** Unclassified - For Official Use Only **

    As of 1900 hours, 19 July 2001, the Joint Task Force-Computer Network
    Operations (JTF-CNO) has ordered that the DoD gateways be disconnected
    from the Internet on TCP port 80 (protocol http) from now until a time to
    be announced. The reason for this outage is the proliferation of the Code
    Red worm.

    All traffic between military installations will continue without
    interruption. However, access to domains other than *.mil will be
    limited. This restriction means that connections through a commercial
    ISP, such as AOL or Earthlink, will not be available. Your military
    organizations web-based Outlook will not be accessible from a commercial
    ISP. Furthermore, if you are connecting from your office, you will not be
    able to access *.com, *.net or other non-mil domains.

    Any questions regarding this outage should be directed to the agency or
    service CERT or JTFCND.

    ** Unclassified - For Official Use Only **

  24. Denying bail on Travesty: Dmitry Sklyarov's Arrest · · Score: 2

    He's being denied bail because the Feds say he'll flee the country. Which he would, being a smart guy. Once he got back to Russia, they'd have a hard time getting ahold of him.

  25. Technically... on Travesty: Dmitry Sklyarov's Arrest · · Score: 3

    He wasn't arrested for the speech. He was arrested for disseminating (for money) a program that broke Adobes' "encryption". It is the software that he is being persecuted, err, prosecuted, for. In theory, his speech had nothing to do with it, other than allowing the Feds to know where he would be so they could pick him up. In theory.