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  1. Re:Linux audio is still shakey to me on Linux Audio Developers Conference · · Score: 1

    hdparm -X66 -d1 -u1 -m16 -c3 /dev/hda

    Um, you probably note that running that command is EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. If the kernel did not automatically enable DMA, it probably did so for a reason. Forcefully enabling DMA could corrupt your hard drive.

  2. Re:could be big on Linux Audio Developers Conference · · Score: 3, Informative

    1. High Latency when performing other tasks such as opening windows or moving windows around. This leads to stutters in Audio and MP3 Playback.

    This is definitely being fixed in Linux 2.6. Between the new O(1) scheduler and the recent patches for interactivity, this SHOULD go away completely.

  3. Re:What about games on Rumours of Playstation 3 in 2003 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Have they sent out any kits to game makers, you can't sell videogame console without games.

    That never stopped Sega. Remember Saturn? Didn't think so.

  4. Is a sex drive on Has AOL Lost Its Sex Drive? · · Score: 5, Funny

    like this? If only I knew that AOL came with one of those before!

  5. Real World Linux Security on Real World Linux Security, 2nd Edition · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Wouldn't that be an oxymoron?

  6. You can on Slate Predicts The End Of TiVo · · Score: 1

    There are no recurring fees if you buy the lifetime membership for $250 (which implies that you'll use it 2 years or longer to break even)

  7. Re:evolution on More on KDE Groupware · · Score: 5, Informative

    A large part of this project is the server-side, grouping together existing applications (cyrus IMAP, OpenLDAP, etc) to provide a "Groupware server".

    You should be able to use Evolution with all of those parts anyway (and actually, currently I don't think Evo supports stuff like LDAP and shared calendering, a project like this might influence support for such things).

  8. It isnt the "Palladium spec" alone thats dangerous on Microsoft Planning Digital Restrictions Server · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's the idea of the government getting behind it, such as the SSSCA or CBDTPA. One of these days, a bill like that might just pass and REQUIRE all software by law to have this sort of bullshit in it. I don't even know what Palladium is? Try again buddy.

  9. Palladium: the dark age of computing on Microsoft Planning Digital Restrictions Server · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I just hope that one day I can tell my kids about how close we came to losing our digital freedom, instead of having to explain to them why the software daddy wrote is now illegal

  10. Thats a shame on New Jersey Officially Limits G-Forces on Coasters · · Score: 2

    Six Flags Great Adventure in NJ is one of the best parks for coasters that I've ever been to. Gotta love the Scream Machine!

  11. Most of the movie industry is based on rip-offs on De Niro Seeks Science-Oriented Film Scripts · · Score: 1

    At least DeNiro is being honest!

  12. Re:Where the real value is on German Government Commissions KDE Groupware System · · Score: 2

    I'm not fully confident that stringing together Perl, Apache, MySQL, etc is really going to produce a cohesive Web server. :-)

    Isn't that really the Open Source Way(tm)? Why build some monolithic beast when most of the parts already exist?

    The difficult-to-install issue is a function of your distribution. Debian unstable (possibly stable and testing too, I'm not sure) carries all of those programs (including the most current Cyrus).

    I agree about having standard interfaces making things run a lot smoother in the long run.

  13. Re:Black and White on Linux??? on Running Windows Games with WineX · · Score: 2

    Not unless you find a B&W build for the "Emotion Engine". Wine[X] is not an emulator

  14. Re:OT: Perl Virtual Machine? on Virtual Machine Design and Implementation in C/C++ · · Score: 2

    Perl is a hybrid. It's interpreted at run-time like a scripting language, but before execution, it's pre-compiled to a VM-like bytecode. The idea is to get the best of all worlds. Things like mod_perl benefit from this a lot by only having to compile once but running many times.

  15. Tokyo party on Mozilla 1.0 Release Parties · · Score: 5, Funny

    I see there's one in Tokyo, but I'm disappointed.

    It should be called "MOZILLA DESTROYS TOKYO IN MASSIVE RELEASE" or something!

  16. Re:Sony lies.. but i suppose they all do on Xbox Price Drops to $200 · · Score: 1

    Technically, they didn't "follow suit" since they cut the price first. And despite what they said, it was well known that a price cut was coming. You never pre-announce a price cut because sales dry up!

  17. Re:Major Evolution gripe... on Will Evolution Exchange Microsoft? · · Score: 1

    Have you filled out a bug report? I hope so, because while informing Slashdot readers might be useful, having these issues fixed is better. Maybe an option in the account editor for no local cacheing would be something to suggest?

  18. Re:I wonder why? on ISP Forced Out of Business by DoS · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If 1000 people walk down a backstreet past an empty building, 998 will just pass by. 2 will throw a rock through a window and spraypaint the walls.

    But this isn't throwing a rock and spraypainting. That's more like trolling Slashdot. This is setting the building on fire. The difference between what these kids do and an arsonist is the FBI actually cares about arson.

  19. Re:serious competition for outlook? on Evolution 1.0 Released · · Score: 1

    So, what are features that set Evolution apart

    Well, I don't have a full set of unique features that exist in Evo, but the coolest thing I've found so far is the VFolder system. Its basically a dynamic INBOX filter that allows you to seperate your mail into folders while leaving them in the same physical mailbox. Very useful if you want to categorize an email more than once but dont want stale copies around when you delete it, etc

  20. ad slogan? on Palm to Shift to ARM Processor · · Score: 1

    The Palm bone is connected to the .. ARM bone

  21. movie? on Psion's über-Gadgets · · Score: 2

    It says you can combine all 3 screens on the ACE to watch a movie...

    I dont know what kind of movie you'd want to watch on a screen like this

  22. What I want to know.. on Boeing to Have Net Access on Airliners in 2002 · · Score: 1

    the service operates at data rates of 5 mbps for incoming traffic and 1mbps for outgoing.

    What service _is_ that (mobile wireless 5Mb?!) and where else can I buy it from?

  23. Re:Yeah... look here: on The Return of Microsoft · · Score: 2

    MS is not even on the list

    Bear in mind, that those numbers were all from a time before Windows 95 existed. Until then, MS was still a middle sized (But growing quickly) company.

  24. Re:Windows bashing on Space Station BSOD · · Score: 1

    Show me 1 single example of MS fixing a bug in Windows based on a debug session from a BSOD and I'll concur.

  25. Re:Windows bashing on Space Station BSOD · · Score: 1

    you can get W2K to generate a core dump and then analyse it with the kernel debugger.

    Sure! Then all you have to do is fix the bug and recompile the kernel!! Err.. uhh...