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  1. Re:MINIX guy on Europe Funds Secure Operating System Research · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I agree.
    Just to put things in the right context here is a link to the famous Tanenbaum-Torvalds debate.
    http://oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/appa.html

  2. Re:Sure... on Single Drive Wipe Protects Data · · Score: 1

    ...
      I'm sure they have other methods of extracting the information they want ...

    That is why some of us wear tinfoil hats, you know.

  3. Re:You can get hard passwords on Elcomsoft Claims WPA/WPA2 Cracking Breakthrough · · Score: 1

    my scheme for semi-random hard to guess passwords is
    $ date | md5sum
    74c00fbcc57e789e98b5b13d62adad65

    esp good when you can cut&paste the password

  4. Re:Most Worthless Ask Slashdot Ever. on Anti-Keylogging Recommendations? · · Score: 1

    In other words, you married a windows user, and now you're coming to us for help.

  5. Re:Agreed on finding a drive on Retrieving Data From Old Amstrad Floppies? · · Score: 1

    That's because the whole manufacturing env is floppy based.

  6. Re:Agreed on finding a drive on Retrieving Data From Old Amstrad Floppies? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    That floppy port isn't going away anytime soon.
    The reason for that is that manufacturers use it for manufacturing tests.

  7. Re:Coupons eh? on Scammers Exploit DTV Coupon Program · · Score: 1

    I don't even own a TV.

    I used to have a tuner card in one of my computers, but I never had time to use it.
    I would average about an hour of TV a week.
    So when I upgraded the machine that card got left out.

    When I want to see a DVD I use my Linux box.

  8. Re:Finding good web developers is hard. on When Should We Ditch Our Platform? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Pick me! I weigh less!

    - think of an add "wanted: lean, mean programmers, that are worth their weight in gold"
    - We pick the small ones, they cost less.

  9. Re:Would these issues affect EFI to the same degre on New "Mebroot" MBR-Modifying Rootkit Analyzed · · Score: 2, Informative

    there are proof of concept EFI rootkits out there
    http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/27/1327228

  10. Re:Law is for lawyers, not scientists on Einstein's Theory Improved? · · Score: 1

    Cole's law : thinly sliced cabage.

  11. A millitary one on The Funniest Places for Hardware Stickers? · · Score: 1

    I spent two weeks with it on untill someoen noticed and had me remove it
    on my M-16
    from an old HP DLT drive (in a nice military style khaki)
    "operate lever only when the operate light is on"

  12. Re:Ewwww on Leaked Pictures of Socket F · · Score: 1

    This is Intel you'r talking about surly you mean a 110W GPU on a 21.1 GigaWat CPU.

  13. Re:My ones on 10 Computer Mishaps · · Score: 1

    ash.static is your friend (google for it)
    I also often use busybox (statically linked)

  14. Re:Is IBM is stupid? on User Group Urges IBM To Open OS/2 · · Score: 2, Informative

    I agree, If nothing else it has lots of code written by Micro$oft.

  15. Re:Best geek joke: on What's the Best Geek Joke You Know? · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't understand all that metric stuff,
    What's a kilobyte in imperial units?

  16. Re:No, no, No, no, nooooooo! on Realistic Sysadmin Workload for a Company of 30? · · Score: 1

    I agree,
    another usefull tool I have seen used to track helpdesk activity is bugzilla.

  17. Re:Wooden crates are completely passé? on Games With Crates Get No Twinkie · · Score: 1

    Last time I checked (last week actually), millitary supplies, esp ammo came in wooden boxes.
    Even when they put stuff in metal boxes, they pack those into wodden ones.

  18. replicated on Bubble Fusion Results Replicated · · Score: 3, Insightful

    that's exactly what he meant when he said 'replicated'

  19. Re:Hmm... sounds tricky on Capturing Genesis · · Score: 4, Funny

    trying to do it while being shot at.

  20. semtex on How Do I Disable My Gadgets' LEDs? · · Score: 1

    What the pros use to turn the lights off (TM)

  21. Re:My own worst enemy on Fun With Passwords? · · Score: 1

    then try passing init=/bin/bash on the kernel cmdline

    - if the machine's bootloader has a password, a grub boot disk will do the trick.
    - that also might be blocked but there are ways around that too.

    the rule of thumb is that you can allways break into a machine to which you have physical access.

  22. Re:"Owning the operating system"? on Sun Pondering Buying Novell · · Score: 1


    - they meant 0wn1ng IBM's OS

  23. Re:On the list of changes: on Bash 3.0 Released · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does that mean that Solaris stole their 'timezone' from SCO?

  24. its the system on Companies that Still Don't Ship to Canada? · · Score: 1

    "I'm only about 200km ..."
    thats the reason.

  25. Re:Not terribly helpful, but ... on Dongles to Fake Presence of a Keyboard? · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't think you could find a Keyboard for 2GBP in the US, could you?