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  1. Re:Cool, but still buggy on Dynamic Logical Partitioning for Linux on POWER · · Score: 1

    Well, yes and no. You can configure the LPAR to be entirely segregated from a hardware standpoint. However, for the best rate of consolidation, you'd need to use VIO servers (virtual I/O) for the sharing of disk (at an Logical Volume level) and the sharing of Ethernet cards (since you can't split the 2 port cards over 2 LPARs). In that case, the "loss" of the VIO server would impact any client LPARS.

    Which is why a lot of people create two VIO servers, to provide redundancy across two seperate LPARS. That way, if you lose one VIO server, your client LPARs are not necessarily down.

    The VIO servers are basically "appliance LPARs" in any case. They have no other roles except to provide "I/O Servers" to client LPARs.

  2. Piece of Cake! on LiveCD for Secure Web Browsing? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just run an old version of BeOS!

    No one writes Malware for BeOS!

  3. Re:Great name. on OpenBeos Is Now Haiku · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Figured I'd try to reply (since I'm an old beos user).

    gmail.5.agent@spamgourmet.com

  4. Re:Durability over Lifetime? on A Running Shoe For Agent 86? · · Score: 1

    6 Months?

    I wish. I've found I'm lucky to get 4 months. But, the discrete amount of impacts should be the same per type of runner.

    The real question I have is how would this affect break in time...

  5. Maybe its the license? on MSN Search Blocking Results For XFree86? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe they don't like the new license and are blocking it for our own good?

  6. ICS on IP Over 1394/Firewire? · · Score: 3, Informative

    You need to set up Windows Internet Connection Sharing on the firewire port to allow for that connection to use your LAN drop.

    http://www.homenethelp.com/ics/index.asp can help you

  7. Slashdotted already? on BSD For Linux Users · · Score: 1

    Looks like the server has gone "over yonder"...

  8. Re:Unix not immune.. Just not a target on The Battle Against Junk Mail and Spyware · · Score: 1

    Sure, *nix users arent targeted yet so we are safe for now. But we cant *just* sit back and laugh...

    Ha, jokes on you! My BeOS system will probably never have to deal with it and neither will my friend's OS2 system!

    Gotta love nearly dead OSes!

  9. Re:Yeah, you think this is good NOW... on Postal 2 - Share the Pain Demo for GNU/Linux · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, he probably was driven over the edge because he had to recompile the kernel to use his video card. :-).

  10. Re:Good job NVIDIA on NVIDIA Releases New Linux Drivers · · Score: 2, Funny

    I just hope you don't ever bother the Linux developers with weird problems on your system, specifically those involving 'oops'es and whatnot. Not only you'll be wasting their time, but also you might get silence, pity, mocking, or other reactions.

    Yup, why would the developers treat him any differently than anyone else (RTFM, its not a bug, etc). :-D

  11. Use RunAs on Windows XP, Games, and Administrator Privileges? · · Score: 1

    Create a shortcut and use "RunAs" to run it under an administrator account.

    Works fine for me for other games.

  12. Re:My favorite show on MythBusters - Who Ya Gonna Call? · · Score: 1

    They didn't bust the poppy seed bagel one though.

    Quite the opposite.

  13. Re:Discount on Microsoft Defies EU Commission · · Score: 1

    Not at all! That would imply that the OS is just the kernel. But as we all know, because RMS told us, the OS includes compilers, editors, sorting and searching utilities, and of course, a chess program.

    So, basically EMACS?

  14. Re:Yet Another Critical Linux Flaw! on Yet Another Critical Windows Flaw · · Score: 1

    funny nothing you listed was a LINUX FLAW.

    please come back when one of the kernel services has a flaw..


    By this argument, none of these vulnerabilities should be held against Microsoft since none of them affect the Windows kernel (kernel32.dll).

    Please, at least apply the same criteria to both systems. Linux is just as worthless with just the kernel as Windows would be.

    Not to mention, I haven't seen Microsoft include a WEBSERVER in the kernel space yet.

  15. Re:Nit-pickers... on Linux Users Try FreeBSD 5, Windows · · Score: 1

    : Fire up Mplayer to watch any video you want. Interpolate with a large number of different machines.

    OK, what about ASF files? RealMedia? There are a number of formats that mplayer still chokes on.

    Secure your network

    Like the SSH holes that were found a few weeks ago? Security is function of the Admin, not the OS.

    Remote X Session over ssh

    Terminal Services of SSH. Built in to windows servers and XP now.

    Windows bashers and Linux apologists are just as pointless as their Linux/BSD/Mac counterparts.

  16. Re:Why? on Sonic the Brain Chemical · · Score: 5, Informative

    The reason why the chemical is called Sonic Hedgehog has only a passing relation to the video game. One of the researchers was an avid video game fan and the chemical's precursors are actually: SoNiC. Hence the play on word, Sonic Hedgehog.

    Plus, it has to do with increasing the speed between synapse firings.

  17. Re:Troll on Alternative To Windows Desktops · · Score: 1

    Step 1: Get and install apt for rpm
    Step 2: apt-get update
    Step 3: apt-get install xmms-mp3 mplayer mplayer-fonts mplayer-skins


    That's intuitive. Lets see what I have to do in Windows to listen to an MP3.

    Step 1: Double click on the MP3.

  18. Re:Already Switched / Best Home Distro? on Sun Mad Hatter Linux Desktop Revealed · · Score: 1

    I don't know, that sounds an like an awful lot of work just to get your computer working for you. With Windows, everything probably "just worked." Plus, with the cost of CrossOver office, I don't think you saved much cash.

    I have a life. I prefering working with my computer, not working ON my computer.

  19. Re:less vs fewer on Masters of Doom · · Score: 2, Funny

    [Grammar Nazi = ON] Less is used for amounts of a continuous stuff, fewer is for discrete items or people. For instance, you would use less flower in the next batch of brownies to serve fewer people. If you can count them, use fewer. [/Grammar Nazi]

    [Grammar Nazi = ON]

    Flower is used when describing a things that are planted in the group with stems and petals. Flour is used as a baking ingredient, often in brownies.

    [/Grammar Nazi]

  20. Re:start leading.. on Windows XP Edges Out KDE in Usability Test · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ah, yes, but if MS included all those in the OS, all the Slashdiots would be crying "Unfair competition! Bundling!"

    And then, I'd be forced to call the Waaaaaaaaa-mbulance.

    And no one wants that.

  21. Re:Microsoft Math on Microsoft Deploys Linux, Open Software in Test Lab · · Score: 1

    You're partially right. But mostly wrong. The TCO argument hinges on the fact that, out of the box, Windows is infinately easier to configure than Linux.

    Using Compaq tools, you can install 40 Windows Servers in under an hour. Including patches, security configuration, etc. No hand configuring of anything, just "grip it and rip it".

    Its a lot easier to gain "application interoperability" with Windows. You can buy packages that play nicely and integrate with each other. While possible on Linux, its not nearly as easy (nor are there as many choices).

    Basically, the amount of time configuring boxes kills Linux and Free OSes when it comes to TCO. With Windows 2000/2003, stability isn't a concern. Neither is long term support, you don't have users effing around with settings on servers.

    As far as the license FUD, most companies with any sort of MS usage simply use their new terms that allow for True Up, and other features. If some place hires an additional person for licenses, they are NOT using the tools at their disposal (GPO, VBScript, WMI, MSI).

  22. Why does this matter? on IBM Moving Developer Jobs Overseas · · Score: 1

    I mean, if we all want software to be free, why would we care about commercial coding jobs moving overseas?

    There would still be money to be made as systems integrators, etc. Under the GNU policy, eventually there would be no software coding jobs. Everything would be open source and free.

    You mean that you can't make a living off of supporting and services? Shocking, considering all the posts to the contrary whenever a proprietary vendor is mentioned...

  23. Re:Independent Artists on RIAA Grabs Student's Life's Savings · · Score: 1

    What is interesting is the quality of the "small" group cds. I recently bought a CD of a band at a bar (there was a cute girl hawking them to the crowd for a couple bucks). The group was Maxlider (believe the web address is http://www.maxlider.com) and honestly, its one of the better CD purchases I've made.

    Screw the RIAA, support your local independent artists.

  24. Re:the pieces are there, M$ blows again. on Running Linux On Acer's C100 Tablet PC · · Score: 1

    At 800 MHz, you should be able to do that, recoginize your hadwriting and serve it all out with apatche dynamically at the same time. Try that with eXPensive software

    Well, of course, you can't do it with Free software either, so I have a hard time discerning where your post is coming from....

  25. It's been a while... on Sims Creator Signs TV Deal · · Score: 2, Informative

    Since we've had a frontpage dup.

    Wasn't one of the "benefits" of subscribing being able to give notice to the editors when dupes are posted so that it doesn't hit the front page?

    I'm still in the boat that says I won't subscribe until the editors start running this like a magazine instead of a hobby (spell checking, grammar checking, dupe checking)