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  1. Re:Cynicism is (perhaps too) easy. on JBoss's Fleury Abjures Astroturfing · · Score: 1
    So, how long have you been working for Macromedia?

    ;)

  2. Re:Here in NYC, I just... on Internet Revives Public Libraries · · Score: 1
    Here in King County (Seattle area) I just walk in, grab any open table, turn on my laptop and connect to the wireless network.

    You can even connect from the parking lot!

  3. Re:I guess you've never used Mandrake Linux, then? on Friedman on Linux Desktop Expectations · · Score: 2, Informative
    SWMBO is "She Who Must Be Obeyed"


    You must not be married ;)

  4. Re:Heh... on U.S. Justice Department Prepares Assault on Pr0n · · Score: 1
    "Department officials say they will send 'ripples' through an industry"

    I read it as 'nipples'...
  5. Re:If you live in seattle.... on Solutions for Avoiding Traffic? · · Score: 1
    You are absolutely right - mileage and time aren't always proportional. I was just hoping that he'd done the legwork, and could save me some time testing the fastest route.


    BTW, I drove I-90 two mornings and I-405 twice since posting... 405 was still faster by about 10 minutes both mornings between 8 and 8:30 AM.

  6. Re:If you live in seattle.... on Solutions for Avoiding Traffic? · · Score: 1
    Hmm. I commute from Federal Way to Bellevue too (the Overlake area) Mon - Thurs. I've done it for about 6 years, and I take 405. I timed it years ago, and the reduced mileage on 405 made up for the increased speed on I-90.


    Maybe you could help a brother out, fill me in on what where you go and what you know? Is I-90 really faster?

  7. Re:The Elegant Universe on The Fabric of the Cosmos · · Score: 1
    Did you know that the series was based on a book - surprisingly titled "The Elegant Universe", by Brian Greene(sp?). It's a great book.


    I'm sure you could read a book on the bus ;)

  8. Re:I wonder about the old paper systems on U.S. Interior Dept. Unplugged... Again · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Unless you're the garbage man...


    You'd be surprised what people will just throw in the trash.

  9. Re:There it is!!! on Do Not Call Site Has AT&T Stats Tracker? · · Score: 3, Informative

    And it is inside a tag, which will only be fetched if javascript is disabled. Lynx and links will only fetch it if you ask them to.

    It looks like its purpose is tracking how many people surf with javascript disabled.

  10. Re:interesting comment on how to stop it... on New ssh Exploit in the Wild · · Score: 1

    This is the README from 1998

    Thanks andreas. I didn't notice the date - it is an old README.

    I found it here, in the same directory as the current version of lsh, and assumed it was still valid. I'm sure I won't be the only one. Someone affiliated with lsh needs to remove it - or better, replace it with a current readme.

  11. Re:interesting comment on how to stop it... on New ssh Exploit in the Wild · · Score: 3, Informative
    Before anyone "upgrades" to lsh, here's the README:
    This directory contains snapshots of lsh development. lsh is a free
    implementation of the ssh protocol.

    lsh is far from finished; don't expect these snapshots to compile or
    work, and even if they appear to work, beware that lsh currently does
    *NOT* provide any security at all.
  12. Re:Huh? on Perl Modules as RPM Packages · · Score: 4, Informative
    it *is* nice to have this sort of stuff managed by your package manager.


    Yes, it is. Check out cpan2rpm.

    The best of both worlds - modules built locally, with rpm ease of installation and de-installation.

  13. Re:Some features I would like to see on Netscape Founder Says Web Browsing Innovation Dead · · Score: 1
    Actually, Mozilla 1.2 added the network.prefetch option, and it was back-ported to 1.0.2. It was added to the preferences dialog in 1.3.

    Details can be found here.

  14. Re:Distro problem on FreeBSD 5.1 Released · · Score: 1

    Thank you. You are right (you already knew that though ;)

  15. Re:Distro problem on FreeBSD 5.1 Released · · Score: 2, Informative
    Here is the relevant line from adduser.conf:

    defaultshellpref = ('csh', 'sh', 'bash', 'tcsh', 'ksh', 'no', 'date')

    The default shell is csh.

  16. Re:Distro problem on FreeBSD 5.1 Released · · Score: 1
    No, sh is not the bourne shell.

    According to man sh,

    This version has many features which make it appear similar in some respects to the Korn shell, but it is not a Korn shell clone like pdksh(1). Only features designated by POSIX, plus a few Berkeley extensions, are being incorporated into this shell.

    You are right that it is not csh. For some reason I thought sh was a symlink to csh. It's not.

  17. Re:Distro problem on FreeBSD 5.1 Released · · Score: 1
    Frankly, there is already a good scripting tool in FreeBSD, and that's the Bourne shell.


    Actually bash is not part of the default install, you have to install the port. FreeBSD uses csh by default.

  18. Re:insurance? on Have You Seen This Segway? · · Score: 5, Informative
    I heard an interview with this guy on a local radio station here in Seattle.

    His homeowner's policy wants his auto insurance to pay for it, his auto insurance wants his homeowner's to pay for it - Catch 22.

    He's fed up with the whole thing, so he just wants to pay a $300 reward (no questions asked) for his Segway's return. He even said during the interview that the thieves just needs to tell him that they found it in the bushes.

  19. Re:Is is just me... on Interview With The FreeBSD Core Team · · Score: 1
    As to him not knowing about Java, I very well believe he knows more than any of you, being responsible for the port of Java to FreeBSD.
    Methinks you mean Greg Lewis , not Greg Lehey from the interview. Check the links to the 1.3 VM and the 1.4 VM from this page, and you'll see that all news and patches for the FreeBSD Java project have been posted by Greg Lewis.
  20. Re:This doesn't automatically mean higher performa on Translucent Windows for X using OpenGL · · Score: 1

    If you have an ATI Radeon, ATI has a utility called "Hydravision". It was built to make using multi-head machines easier, but it includes a virtual desktop manager and transparent windows (as well as some useless effects).

  21. Re:What's up Sun??!! on Public Standards: C# 2, Java 0 · · Score: 1

    Blackdown is a port of Sun's JVM, not a new implementation.

  22. Re:RHAS again? on Red Hat, Oracle to get Gov't Certification for Linux · · Score: 1

    Can you post a link to the "step-by-step instructions"? I searched RedHat's site for 5 or 10 minutes, I couldn't find it.

  23. Some different results on Why Do Google Hit Numbers Vary? · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Here's what I get:

    "pictures of mountains" 986,000
    "pictures of of mountains" 1,010,000
    "pictures of of of mountains" 1,020,000

    Two of these pages had a different top-ranked link.
    Funny thing, all three times Google told me "of is a very common word and was not included in my search", but it made a difference!

    Regardless of these results, Google is the best search engine. Period.

  24. Re:exploitable on New SSH Vulnerabilities Discovered · · Score: 2
    Bullshit. What "buffer token error"? What is double-passback scanning"? You can't just make stuff up and expect to be modded up.

    Well, maybe you can, but you are still making this up!

  25. Re:What About Scrolling? on Phoenix 0.5 Has Arrived · · Score: 1
    I just found a fix for the synaptic pad, if that's what you have. Here has a brief description of how to fix it.

    BTW, there is a bug report stating this needs to be documented.