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  1. Re:About Face! on Google Updates Its Face · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Consecutive white space does as long as they're all the same type of whitespace, like all tabs, all spaces, etc. Having a single character of whitespace between two other characters is a different story.

  2. Re:Loose a day per trip? on Latest Chernobyl Motorcycle Photos · · Score: 2, Funny

    I lose an hour of my life everytime I visit Slashdot, so I don't see what the hoopla is about.

  3. Re:US $2000 for .mail domain! on SpamHaus Behind .mail Top-Level Domain · · Score: 2, Interesting

    And who exactly gets this $2000? And why do they deserve the $2000? I'm not paying a $2000 registration fee just to have a domain name, there had better be more to the deal.

  4. Re:...but do they censor the online stuff too? on Wal-Mart Relaunches Online Music Store · · Score: 1

    Last time I was at Walmart, they had copies of the movie "Pretty Baby" right near the checkout aisles, a movie which featured a naked and very underage Brooke Shields (although I'm sure that bit is cut out by now).

  5. Re:Just can't win. on Adobe Kills FrameMaker for Mac · · Score: 1

    Most of the code in FrameMaker is probably shared with the Windows and Solaris versions which are still being developed, so it doesn't make sense for them to release the code just yet. At least not under some restrictive license that prohibits using the code on anything other than the Mac platform.

  6. Re:I don't. on Opera Promises Voice-Operated Web Browser · · Score: 1

    I've never tried it, but Sphinx gets mentioned alot.

  7. Re:Misleading title on UFO Streaks Through Martian sky · · Score: 4, Funny

    Unidentified Not On The Ground Object (UNOTGO)

    Even has a pronounable acronym. You not go!

  8. Re:Anandtech on Anand Reviews Athlon 64 FX-53 · · Score: 1

    Besides socket 939, there's a few other goodies that are supposedly going to be in wide use this year, namely BTX and PCI Express.

    For those of us like me that like the keep our hardware for a good long time, now is not a good time to buy since obsolescence is looming on several fronts.

  9. Re:Aw, crap! on Novell Announces SUSE Linux 9.1 · · Score: 1

    They have to provide source code for ALL GPL'ed programs they distribute, regardless of whether they've made changes or not.

    However, they only need to provide the source to people they've distributed binaries too. So I could write a program, license it under the GPL, and only distribute it with the binaries on a $100 CD and not have it available anywhere else, and it's perfectly fine. Of course, anyone who buys the CD can then redistribute it at will however they want to.

  10. Re:Uh, no on Life After the Video Game Crash · · Score: 1

    Exactly. He definately has his rose colored nostalgia sunglasses on. How many "move your space ship up and down and shoot aliens" games were there around that time? Occasionally, there'd be one that broke the mold and let you move the ship left and right instead.

    The only games you're going to remember from ten years ago are the really good ones. There were plenty of bad, unoriginal games in the same period that time forgot. So when you compare "all the games now" vs. "all the games I remember from 10 years ago", of course the latter is going to win out.

  11. Re:Catch 22-ing EV1Servers.net with GPL Vs SCO on SCO Identifies EV1Servers as Linux Licensee · · Score: 1

    How does this affect EV1? Last I looked, according to the GPL you only have to provide source to anyone whom you distribute a binary to. EV1 doesn't distribute Linux, so this doesn't apply. They simply install Linux on their own hardware and then give you the keys.

    In any case, if you download a kernel binary from website abc.com, abc.com is the one responsible for providing source, not EV1.

  12. Re:You want me to Refresh? on SCO Identifies EV1Servers as Linux Licensee · · Score: 1

    When I tried, there was an error message saying something about "an E-Mail message has been sent to our staff". Sweet, we get to Slashdot their web and email servers at the same time!

  13. Re:I was about to rent.... on SCO Identifies EV1Servers as Linux Licensee · · Score: 5, Informative

    I was thinking about EV1Servers but went with Server Matrix instead. The prices are comparable and they give you more bandwidth.

  14. Re:Nothing 'alleged' about Microsoft's monopoly on China Plans Domestic Software Quotas · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Although the lengthy statement--called a "finding of fact"--was not a verdict


    The article doesn't mean that MS had been convicted of being monopoly (hence the "alleged").

  15. Re:Too many lawyers on Amazon Sued for Patent Infringement · · Score: 4, Insightful

    In the not too distant future, lawyers will prowl around hospital delivery rooms delivering preemptive lawsuits to newborns.

  16. Re:ISO + Daemon Tools on Suggestions for a DVD Video on Demand System? · · Score: 1

    You can also try out DVD Decryptor. It can rip DVDs to ISOs directly (and do things like strip out Macrovision in the process). Might save some time from ripping to your HD and then converting the ripped contents to an ISO.

  17. Re:Grey Tuesday on Eminem Sues Apple for Sampling his Samples · · Score: 1

    I love the argument supporters try to use when justifying the Grey Album: "Jay Z's label released an accapella version of the album to encourage remixes." They somehow somewhere forget there's a second album and artist involved.

    And it's not like this was a random recording being circulated around the Internet for free. It was actually being sold in stores for profit, so the cries about "fair use" don't apply.

  18. Re:Reverse MX DNS querying on New Method of Spam Filtering · · Score: 2, Informative

    There is already something out there that's pretty similar to what you're suggesting. It's called Sender Policy Framework.

    Basically, as part of your DNS entry, you have a record containing a list of all of the addresses that are allowed to send email on your domain's behalf. I think there was a story on Slashdot a few weeks ago about it as AOL has starting using it.

  19. Re:Remotely? on Remotely Crash OpenBSD · · Score: 4, Informative

    No, the ATTACKER has to patch their Linux kernel in order to attack you. So if I knew you were running OpenBSD and using IPv6 and knew your IP address, I could patch my kernel and then try to connect to your box, causing you to crash.

  20. Re:AllofMP3.com on Exchange Rates Play With Online Music Prices · · Score: 2, Informative

    You can now use Paypal to fund your account there as well, for an extra margin of safety (they won't have your credit card number to run around with).

  21. Re:Man... on A Terabyte In A Cigar Box · · Score: 5, Funny

    you whipppersnappers and your newfangled rules. back in my day, we didn't have a rule #234. old farts used to talk about long gone days ALL THE TIME for no apparent reason ABOUT ANYTHING. And we liked it.

  22. Just Show Up on Tech Scholarships for College/University? · · Score: 1

    I noticed alot of classes I took, at least at the lower levels, were big enough that the teacher couldn't keep track of all the students. So just find out when those classes are, and show up. You get a college education without paying a cent!

  23. Re:Winchester, IN on Long Term Effects of Outsourcing · · Score: 1

    It doesn't always have to be that way. Dallas has tons of high tech industry, and nice homes can be had for $150,000 in the suburbs with pretty decent commute times (like ~1/2 hour).

  24. Re:Consider the cost on GM's OnStar System Hacked · · Score: 1

    A cell phone can't automatically call emergency services in the event of an accident where you're unable to make the call yourself. For some people, it's worth the $30 for the peace of mind.

  25. Re:How about the other way around on Using the Real ntfs.sys Driver Under Linux · · Score: 1

    There is also Explore2fs, which gives you read only access to your ext2/ext3 partitions:

    http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs. htm

    I've used it several times without any drama. It's a little clunky to use and pretty slow, but it does the job.