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  1. BIOS on The End of a Floppy Era · · Score: 1

    True, the floppy is dead. I do not have a floppy drive in my new computer.

    But how do I update the BIOS without a floppy?

    Hopefully motherboard manufacturers will realize this issue.

  2. Wait no more! on The New C Standard · · Score: 0, Redundant
  3. Re:NAT on Federal Agencies Must Use IPv6 by 2008 · · Score: 1

    > though the security aspect that NAT provides really is useful.

    All we need is a checkbox on a IPv6 firewall that says "NAT style security and limitations". Is that really that hard for firewall software?

  4. unpaid workforce on Linux For Losers According To De Raadt · · Score: 1
    ..which he says have turned Linux hackers into an unpaid workforce

    The GPL license makes it difficult to turn work done by Linux developers into "unpaid workforce". Just ask Apple.

  5. Re:Interference with nav system all of a sudden go on Wi-Fi Coming on U.S. Domestic Flights · · Score: 1

    Please mod parent down.

    You can't use them for take off and landing.

    You can use electronic devices during the flight, however.

  6. Cradle to Cradle on Whose Burden is it to Recycle Computers? · · Score: 1

    The concept of putting the responsibility on the manufacturers is so that they will design their products so that it is easy to recycle.

    Cradle to Cradle is a good book on this subject.

  7. Bittorrent is a better FTP on Is Rodi BitTorrent's Replacement? · · Score: 1

    ... Not a better P2P app. This is pointless and likely will slow down the download of legal ISOs, such as Redhat, Debian, etc.

    Keep in mind that RIAA is killing multi level pricing of software, and pushing people to open/free software.

  8. Re:We are the risk takers of our time on EDS: Linux is Insecure, Unscalable · · Score: 2, Insightful
    I don't think we should spend so much time reading articles like this that give us the attitude that the sky is falling.


    As I read the article, it looks like they've backed themselves in a corner. Paraphrasing: "Only high-end environments are not appropriate for Linux".


    And *that* is not even true. Some of the fastest clusters are Linux.

  9. Don't be fooled on Would You Pay 5 Cents For a Song? · · Score: 1
    And it would destroy record companies' incentive to invest in new acts, Pfohl said.

    Don't be fooled. All the risk for CD production and shows rests in the artists, not the label. The artists have to pay for these and hope that sells cover their costs.

  10. Balanced? on Live to be 1000 Years Old? · · Score: 1

    The best way to have a balanced prospective is to read a variety of sources. I would not depend on media outlets to tell us what is balanced.

  11. Re:One thing on Beat Spam Using Hashcash · · Score: 1

    It is used to determine if the hash is 2 weeks old. It won't matter if the hash can be used every 100 years.

  12. This one has a chance on Beat Spam Using Hashcash · · Score: 1

    SpamAssassin gives bonus points for hashcash hashes. (http://spamassassin.apache.org/tests_3_0_x.html) It'll be too expensive to calculate the larger hash values for spammers, so a 25 bit hash will really nock down your spam score.

    User agents can start calculating hashes in emails without really any negative affects. Email software will ignore it.

    As time goes on, more and more MUA will include hashes in the email they send and spam filters will give bonus points for correct hashes. It is not a silver bullet, but it makes it easier to differientiate spam from nonspam.

  13. the truth comes out on Data Mining the US Senate Votes · · Score: 1

    Zell Miller is a Democrat in name only.

  14. This is not as far fetched as it sounds on If Windows Came to PPC, Would You Switch? · · Score: 1

    The .Net CLR works on PPC. We are getting closer to the point where all our programs will run on any CPU.

  15. Cost vs Value on What's The Linux Kernel Worth? · · Score: 2, Informative

    David Wheeler's answer is based on how much it *costs* to make. This is different from how valuable the kernel is to a buyer.

    For example, Windows is *worth* more than it costs to produce (based on profit margins), meaning people are willing to pay more than it takes to make it, which is another way of saying that Windows is worth more to consumers than it costs to make.

    Now, windows is a monopoly so the price tends to go towards the worth of the product, not the cost. Linux is highly competitive (with many distributions), and the price tends towards the cost of the product. Therefore, it is very difficult to calculate the value of the kernel since the Linux market is based on the costs, not value.

  16. Re:Lost productivity on Microsoft Issues Ominous ASP.Net Security Warning · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It is not a rewrite. You have to add 5 lines of code that will work on any project of yours.

  17. Lets see on Telecom Outages Now a State Secret · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Lets see..

    Helps business. check
    Hurts people. check
    Has terrorist excuse. check

    It must be from the Republican administration.

  18. There is no way this was done for political reason on Bush Campaign Offices Burglarized · · Score: 1

    There is no way this was done to steal political information. The crime scene makes it obvious that there was a break-in. It would be way to damaging to the campaign.

  19. Re:Mechanism not listed on An Analysis of Various Election Methods · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This is an example where dishonest votes will make you (and everyone) loose.

    Condorcet is the only voting method where dishonest votes (like voting for a 2 party candidate over a 3rd party candidate) will never work. You will always loose if you are dishonest with your votes and you will never gain an advantage for dishonest votes (such as voting for a 2 party candidate).

    No other voting method prevents dishonest voting strategies.

  20. cost is the only factor on Would You Bid for a Job? · · Score: 1

    It appears that cost is the only factor when choosing nurses. The bidding system does not take any other factor for choosing nurses (besided a minimum standard of being a nurse).

  21. Re:Only time... on Gnomoradio: Creative Commons Music Sharing · · Score: 1
    Sure this is fine for the garage bands, but it will never catch on with the "mainstream" bands. This is for one reason. No money.

    Some bands would like to share music freely ( == advertisements) and make money on concerts.

  22. Re:Hindsight is a wonderful thing... on Inside Al-Qaeda's Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    True, killing muslims will feed more extremists into Al-Qaeda.
    True, negociating with killers will lead them to think that they can get away with it.

    The only way out of this is a non-glamarous punishment, like jail time. This is tried and true, and has shown to be resistant to martardom. It is time we supported the international crimal court system.

  23. First few comment on Fahrenheit 9/11 Discussion · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I've seen the first few negative comments about the movie not being truthful. The movie *is* truthful, and if you think otherwise, please state specific claims.

    This movie is right on. If you scratch your head and wonder why progressives and the world are against the war, watch the movie and see the other point of view. Our media coverage of the war has been very one sided and this movie points it out very clearly.

    Don't brainwash yourself and say Michael Moore is this or that. Watch the movie and think for yourself.

  24. Re:Sigh.... on Cannes' Palme d'Or goes to Michael Moore · · Score: 1
    visit slashdot for geek news, when I want bias and or political commentary, I'll watch CNN or Fox News. Political banter on slashdot, especially Michael Moore, who is quite divisive, only serves to inflame tempers.

    LOL!

    God forbid if we have flame wars on Slashdot!

  25. Hypocricy on What Should a Documentary Filmmaker Ask About Offshoring? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Our government positions outsourced to other countries, yet the CDC has a policy of buying airline tickets from US companies over foreign airlines.

    Our foreign aid also favors purchasing from US companies abroad over local companies. (Who are we really aiding?)

    How does your documentary view the hypocricy of outsourcing when it appears to favor US companies, not US employees?