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  1. Re:Why does Myth think it's an OS on MythDora — MythTV 0.2 In a Box · · Score: 1
    Fortunately, there are resources like Jarod's Myth-on-Fedora HOWTO which make this process much less painless.


    You nailed it :)
  2. Re:This reminds me of on Rootkit Could Hide In PCI Cards · · Score: 1

    hm.. isn't that knight rider season 1, episode 3 ? :)

  3. Re:And how is this news on Unplugging Your Backups · · Score: 1

    it seems as if your "?" key is stuck. please contact your nearest computer shop and ask for a replacement keyboard.

  4. Re:Languages and piracy stop IE7 on Firefox 2 Downloads Top 2 million in 24 Hours · · Score: 1

    I actually tried to buy a XP license for a friends computer through the windows update (it failed genuine advantage test), but lo and behold - in some bizzare manner it failed because it couldn't validate some activex stuff - with wga. It was by then I simply laughed and went to a webshop instead.

  5. Re:Can I on Ubuntu 6.10 is Out · · Score: 1

    alpha@trait:/$ man work

    No manual entry for work

    I actually thought that was a valid command for a second there :)

  6. Re:TEMPEST? A fun experiment on Dutch Securing E-voting After Being Pwned · · Score: 4, Informative

    Using your monitor as a AM transmitter. This little program is a real eye opener for those who still thinks that TEMPEST attacks are something you just see in the movies.

  7. Re:One of the major concerns... on Dutch Securing E-voting After Being Pwned · · Score: 1

    What they could do is to have a on board chip which checks a signed firmware on the PROM against a public key. This chip could be buried in epoxy as Microsoft does in some of the new revisions of the xbox360. This makes it easy to roll out new firmware revisions, while still making it much harder to change the prom, since you'd also have to swap the key in the epoxy-buried chip, which is not very easy to do to several boxes in a short time without leaving traces. Isn't this basically the ultimate goal of trusted computing and DRM folks ? Shouldn't be to hard to implement.

  8. Re:Tenuous Grounds, IMHO on Is Microsoft Using RIAA Legal Tactics? · · Score: 1

    I believe the speed limit of an aircraft over most land is the speed of sound, so he is ok all the upto ~750mph.

    You haven't been to an airport lately, have you? The speed limit through the security line is up to ~1 meter/hour.


    Also, they don't take lightly to taking your car as carry-on. "All carry-on pieces, including laptops, must fit either underneath the seat in front of you or in an overhead bin."

  9. Re:Define hypocrisy on Slashdot Discussion2 In Beta · · Score: 1
    Slashdot is going the way of KDE and Gnome, with too much concentration on flashy UI elements ....


    ahah,, the Slashdot guy from 2004 almost died laughing at that one :)
  10. who cares... on Original Star Trek Getting CGI Makeover · · Score: 1

    we all know you're just into it 'cause of the chicks.

  11. what on Interview with Googles Greg Stein and Chris DiBona · · Score: 2, Funny

    A google interview, and it's not event expanded on the frontpage - what is slashdot coming to ? :)

  12. something cool about this on "iSCSI killer" Native in Linux · · Score: 1

    .. is that the specs for the AOE protocol is so simple that you could probably make your own little testbed with some cheap microcontrollers and some ram for caching. It wouldn't be very fast, but it would be one cool project.

  13. i do something similar on Turning Network Free-Riders' Lives Upside Down · · Score: 1

    ..BUT! I don't rely on separate ip ranges as security. This aproach is in my view pretty risky - If someone in the know would stumble upon this WLAN, they would certainly be intrigued. Then the ip range thingy would pretty soon be spoofed as soon as someone sniffs a couple of his packets. On my network I have a firewalled interface to the wlan, presenting DHCP, OpenVPN and a thttp server running a blinkenlights MOTD (all traffic redirected to this) :) Offcource the thttpd is an added security risk, but I like to have some sort of feedback on this not being OK with me :)

  14. quick! on Using Electricity to Heal · · Score: 2, Funny

    more gadgets!

  15. Re:Only one A/V vendore currently in MS Vista Beta on Microsoft's Security Meeting Causes Unease · · Score: 1

    Avast has a working AV solution for windows vista beta

  16. Re:Do it like they do on the Discovery channel... on New Crater On Moon Caught On Video · · Score: 1

    Heh, Where the hell are you from ? "A meteorite landed in finland" ? The meteorite landed in Norway - it's a norwegian newspaper, with the article filed under the "local" dir. It really pisses me off when people think that all the countries in scandinavia is a single country.
    I Do Not Live In Finland, you insensitive .. Clod!

  17. Re:Yeah but..... on Freshman MIT Students Automate Dorm Room · · Score: 1

    Apparantly not, Winamp was mentioned as theyr music software. What a shame :)

  18. And most important... on Software Options for Operating a Mid-Sized Hotel? · · Score: 1

    Check all the systems against the screenshots in Major Malfunction's infrared presentations. He seems to have 0wned most of the hotel systems out there. Couldn't find a URL to any of the presentations, but here is a Wired article that contains some information.

  19. From the Narus frontpage on Under the Hood of AT&T's Monitoring System · · Score: 1

    2006.04.05 Narus gains entry into coveted Chinese carrier market with Shanghai Telecom as first regional customer

    It fits the picture quite nicely...

  20. Re:slashcode bug on OMG GOOGLE ROMANCE <3 <3 <3!!! · · Score: 1

    apparantly the lameness filter, combined with me not bothering to preview, removed the alligator from my post too.. hmmm,, lameness filter in TITLE tag, that's a nice one.

  21. slashcode bug on OMG GOOGLE ROMANCE <3 <3 <3!!! · · Score: 2, Informative

    It seems like slashcode removes the from the title of the article in the title tag in the HTML. Probably not the gravest bug, but still :) You'd never expect something useful coming out of 1. April, but there you go.

  22. dangerous on OpenSSH Vulnerability Discovered · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Thinking about how common it is for an average slashdotter to RTFA, this could actually lead to people blindly jumping into their car and speeding away to "patch those boxxors". Nice one!
      I must admit from reading the title my heart missed a beat. Theres's gotta be something real on 1.april, no ?

  23. what about on UK Government to Shut Down GSM Networks · · Score: 1

    a "stupid" moderation option ? I would love to just for once, mod people stupid when they actually reply seriously on any story on slashdot today. Please Taco ? (Jupp, this reply could also be seen as a "serious" reply, but bear with me)

  24. missed one on Some of the Strangest Computer Mice · · Score: 1

    They certainly missed this one.

  25. jump to conclusion mat... on Making an Open Source Application More Successful? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    that name instantly made me think of the jump to conclusion mat, don't know why.

    My advice would be to simply make an "about" page on your site, explaining different usages and the like. This is often the first thing I check out when I come to a website about a project that is previously unknown to me. Some colors on that website wouldn't hurt either. Remember, first impression counts!