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  1. Interesting article on ZDNN about this... on Cert Slamming, or, Desperate Companies Behaving Badly · · Score: -1, Troll

    On google, so that if they change URL for archiving, people can still access it by Google cache.

  2. Whiny idiots... on Cert Slamming, or, Desperate Companies Behaving Badly · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    "Slamming" is generally recognized as the process of subscribing a user to a new product or service without their express permission. Sounds to me like Comodo is simply taking advantage of publicly-available information to market their own product. Since when is this a crime? It even looks like Comodo was very straightforward with you when you requested additional information. I see no attempt by Comodo to obfuscate their purpose.

  3. Re:Moronic spelling.. on Chip a Playstation, Go to Jail · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    why
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    vagin a
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    buttocks

  4. fp on Time to Say Thanks For the Uptime · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp

  5. 9/11 on WebTV/MSNTV Virus Dials 911 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    if this happened on 9/11, and there was a WebTV in one of the WTC's, and there was a business man reading his e-mail on webtv, and the virus took control of the webtv and called 911, and then the plane crashed into the wtc, would the fireman have arrived quicker, changing history so that an errant virus writer saved the lives of thousands?????? nah.

  6. Problem on The Linux Distribution Game · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hi there.
    I was directed to your website by people who said that you people know a lot about Linux.
    I am going to try to upgrade my Windows 95/AOL computer to Linex and I was reading the instruction manual. It said something about mounting the hard drives.
    My problem is that my computer has 2 hard drives but only one of the little spaces that you put a hard drive in. The other hard drive is mounted in one of the big spaces where the CD changer goes.
    My question is: is Linex smart like Windows 95 so it will know where my second hard drive is mounted? Or should I buy a new computer case so I have the hard drives mounted in the right place?
    Thanks very much for any help you can give me!!! :)

  7. Re:Best Icon on The Linux Distribution Game · · Score: 2, Funny

    what? not really.
    coolest icon goes to icepack

  8. Interesting... on Mount Rainier for Linux · · Score: 1

    Very interesting, but it sounds like the cost would be prohibitive. CD burning isn't that hard, my 72 year old grandma can do it. I think most people will spring for DVD+R/W then this because a burner's a burner, Mount Ranier's probably only gonna be little be cheaper than a DVD+R/W.

  9. i think... on InfoWorld says WinXP much slower than Win2K · · Score: 1

    that this was kinda obvious. high resolution and 65,000 colors do not a faster computer make.

  10. I think... on InfoWorld says WinXP much slower than Win2K · · Score: 1

    that this was kinda obvious. high resolution and 65,000 do not a faster computer make

  11. The real reason we were bombed on New Financing And Fewer Staff @ SuSE · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Blame it on Hollywood. Blame it on Final Fantasy. I don't know WHO to blame, but somewhere down the line we got to believing that we're the 'good guys.' Not only that, we believe that the good guys always follow 'rules.' We don't lower ourselves to the level of the 'bad guys.' We can't kill innocent people, even by accident in self defense. We can't work in secret, or enlist the aid of shady characters who don't reflect our ethics. We have the most powerful military in the world, but we must use it carefully, keep it on a leash, so to speak, lest someone calls us 'mean.'

    BULL FUCKING SHIT. Guess what? Afghanistan and most every other country in that region HAS NOT adopted our post-romantic-era self righteous heroic bullshit. They're still somewhere around Homer's Ulysses 'kill the men and children, rape the women and take them for the slave trade' mindset in that regard. And they're using our liberal, Hollywood-generated pussy attitude to their advantage, BIG TIME.

    We ARE the most powerful country in the world. As I hinted at earlier, we have the best guns, bombs, lasers and God-knows-what-else up our sleeve. Why, then, does a government like the Taliban, whose airforce we could wipe out in a matter of seconds, even DARE let bin Laden and Al Qaeda have free reign in Afghanistan? Why does Mullah Omar scoff at US demands and threaten us AS IF he could stand a chance were this to become a military conflict?

    I'll tell you why. Because Saddam Hussein is still in Iraq. Osama bin Laden was indicted for the bombings of the US Embassies in Tanzania, we dropped a few missiles nowhere in particular, and that was that. WE are the laughing stock of the world, because we are always trying to be a goodie-two-shoes nation that never finishes the job. Mullah Omar knows that, Osama bin Laden knows that, EVERYBODY KNOWS IT. They're like spoiled brat kids who can't get punished by the school because their parents think they need to be 'praised not penalized.' The kids aren't afraid anymore, hence the bolder attacks. I know it's not been a common practice with the past few generations, but it's time to start beating the kids again.

    It's truly a sad fact that we actually give a rat's ass what the rest of the world thinks about our response to what happened on September 11th. There's no doubt in my mind that our leaders knew very quickly who was to blame, but they decided they needed to spend weeks gathering evidence to satisfy everybody else. We should have bombed the living holy shit out of Afghanistan within 24 hours of the attack, while it was still hot. Then we should have sent a mess of troops in to finish the job and make sure bin Laden isn't coming back like Freddy Kreuger in a Friday the 13th sequel. Nobody would have dared say a word. Not while the smell of innocent blood was still fresh in our nostrils, while the fires were still being put out in Manhattan. THEN we could have started the broader war on terrorism, after we put the bad guys in their place.

    Remember Qadaffi? Remember what we did when he was sponsoring terrorism in the 80s? I'll refresh your memory. We bombed Libya to hell and back. We blew up Qadaffi's house, killed half his family, and nearly killed him. Scared the living shit out of him. And you know what? We haven't heard a peep out of the fucker since. He knew we meant business, because back then we DID mean business.

    Nowadays, thanks to pussy presidents like Bill Clinton and the feel-good liberals with their heads in the clouds, we have both hands tied behind our back. We've been waiting for weeks. We've heard every world leader tell us how we have to be careful, how a 'measured' response is in order. One would think they're more concerned for the Taliban than for the people who died on September 11th. We've been effectively castrated, and that, my friends, is why the USA was attacked.

    I know that right now there are a hundred hippie liberal university types just imploding at the callous nature of my views. They're going to tell me that I'm just as bad as the terrorists, that violence begets violence, that US foreign policy was to blame, bla bla FUCKING BLA. But honestly, are my views even remotely as ridiculous as the idea that peace marches are constructive at a time like this?

    Actually, I'm a peaceful, loving individual. I love my family, my friends, my girlfriend. I damn near cried on September 11th, and I guess that means I love a whole bunch of people that I don't even know. I love order, and the security we enjoy in free, democratic societies. But I DON'T live in a dream world. Peace can't always be made by turning the other cheek, because some people will just smack that other cheek and then rip your fucking head off. With respect to our current enemy, peace is going to be made by killing a lot of people, and killing them so horribly that the ones who survive will be too impotent with fear to ever even THINK of fucking with the United States of America again.

  12. Re:And yet more slashes to the crippled workforce on AMD To Close Plants, Lay off 2300, Lose Gateway · · Score: 1

    The 'incentive' was the higher clock speeds offered up by Intel to the ignorant masses unaware of the 'megahertz myth'.

  13. Links on VA Lays Off Mesa Developer · · Score: 4, Informative

    Brian's home page
    Slashdot interview with Brian
    Press release about Brian winning Free Software Foundation Award for Mesa

  14. Linksys on Choosing a Router/Firewall for the Home LAN · · Score: 1

    I have a linksys cable/dsl router and it works extremely well. Couple that with good firewall software such as Norton Internet Security and you've got a solution.

  15. Link on Robot Family in Every Home? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Interesting article here on sony's attempts to standardize robot architecture. At least they're playing nice with whatever competitors they have.

  16. links on A Critique of the EFF's Open Audio License · · Score: 4, Informative

    faq about oal here.
    interesting discussion on list group here.
    radio station on live365 playing OAL here.

  17. Links on Great Bridge Out; Caldera in Trouble · · Score: 2, Informative

    Look at Caldera's third quarter results on Businesswire here. They're blaming it on the aquistion of
    Tarantella. Also here is the official press release on the third quarter results.

  18. Re:Why Boycott? on Windows XP: Prices, And One Reaction · · Score: 1

    Ummm... sucko, the reason everyone is complaining is because the home version is really crippled compared to even windows 98 or ME. and who wants to pay for a brain-dead upgrade with a pretty face?

  19. Alanis morrisette rapping... on Ghost in the Shell 2, Matrix Revisted, Daft Punk · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Women, bucks, dollars
    Why God, Why?
    Bucks, condoms, Bitches
    Why God, Why?

    What have I done to deserve this red horror?
    Surrounded on all sides with the Hell of Bitches
    Like a shitty character, I'm wordy and alone
    Why God, Why?

    Girls, women, faggots
    Why God, Why?
    Bitches, faggots, dollars
    Why God, Why?

    What have I done to deserve this red disaster that is my life?
    Surrounded on all sides with the Hell of Bitches
    Like a shitty character, I'm wordy and alone
    Why God, Why?

    What have I done to deserve this red misery?
    Surrounded on all sides with the Hell of Bitches
    Like a shitty character, I'm wordy and alone
    Why God, Why?

    Why God, Why?
    Why God, Why?
    Why God, Why?
    Why God, Why?

  20. Taco... on Ghost in the Shell 2, Matrix Revisted, Daft Punk · · Score: 1

    Why would you buy CD's just because Napster was destroyed? You can use Limewire for Gnutella, Aimster (though i would recommend it), audiogalaxy, imesh, etc....

    come on man...

  21. So... on NASA Overcomes 802.11b Wireless Security Flaws · · Score: 1

    Depend on protocols that will be easily hacked as soon as someone sets to it?

  22. Question... on Windows Reaches 64-Bits, For OEMs · · Score: 1

    Will this work on the as yet unannouced 'enhanced' version of Itanium, McKinley? And what is Intel planning on calling McKinley?

  23. Re:god... on New Wireless Handhelds On The Way · · Score: 1

    no offense, but what crack ass moderator said this was offtopic?

  24. Gee... on Sony Axes eVilla, Offers Refund · · Score: 1

    For some reason, I didn't even know this was out...

  25. This is no problem at all. on Gamecube: Launch Delayed, Logo Added · · Score: 1

    This isn't a problem for Nintendo at all. Disregarding the rumors of a Xbox delay, most everyone has an idea of what console they want, and nobody will change their decision based on a two week delay. However, this could affect Christmas sales if parents want to get their kids a console, and want to get the one that comes out first (which wouldn't make too much sense anyway, because it would be two months till christmas at that point)