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  1. mantis limited? on Best To-Do List Software? · · Score: 1

    What exactly is missing from mantis that you require?

  2. I also liked it when he went psycho... on RIAA Dumps Unsold Inventory to Settle Anti-Trust Case · · Score: 1

    ...and smashed the hell out of the tape, and various other studio objects, before being led out of the studio by security.

    The look on the stunned VJ's faces was priceless...

  3. Re:screen for X on The Latest And Greatest Console Applications? · · Score: 2, Informative

    xmove is buggy and crashes on even simple things like xclock. the fact it hasnt been updated since 1996 probably contributes to that. it doesnt know how to handle any of the newer x11 protocols.

    also, it doesnt work _at all_ if your display depth doesnt match.

    you can't redirect xnest, nor detach/reattach. you _can_ use xnest to run 'tiny' xservers resized to your application's window and then vnc to them, but that's not quite the same thing.

  4. would prison be a good enough deterrent? on AOL Employee Arrested in Spam Scheme · · Score: 2, Interesting

    would 5 years in prison make it easier to say no?

  5. screen for X on The Latest And Greatest Console Applications? · · Score: 1

    i've wanted this feature for ages. being able to detach an X application from one terminal, travel to some other site, and reattach it at the remote site.

    sadly there isnt anything like screen for X yet.

  6. i've confirmed this. on AOL Employee Arrested in Spam Scheme · · Score: 5, Interesting

    i've created hotmail accounts with crypto-hard random usernames, not listed anywhere, and almost immediately started receiving spam to them.

    it seems to really only happen on new accounts though. old hotmail accounts dont seem to get spam, if you dont publish them anywhere.

    it's entirely possible someone has recently (within the last few years) backdoored hotmail's account creation system to notify them of new accounts, which would explain why old accounts dont get any spam.

  7. No linux! on Cross-Platform VoIP Software? · · Score: 1

    Nope. No linux ventrilo.

  8. not SIP on Cross-Platform VoIP Software? · · Score: 1

    you're thinking of H323.

    SIP has specific support for NAT. H323 does not.

  9. It's criminal because... on Confession For Two: A Spammer Spills it All · · Score: 2, Interesting

    99.999999% of it is sent via relay rape and compromised machines = criminal trespass, theft of service, unjust enrichment.

    the internet survived just fine for a long time without spam. to say spam subsidizes the internet is bullshit -- it raises the costs for everyone and thus makes the internet more expensive, not less. spam isn't a subsidy -- it's a tariff.

    spam is destructive because of innocent third parties who are destroyed in the wake of these miscreants sending out their get-rich-schemes and penis pill advertisements.

    and these criminals are getting more and more outrageous in their actions. recently a spammer hijacked a california city government network, redirecting them to his own servers where he hosted porn sites and sent out spam. the entire city government network was shut down, utterly destroyed, until they managed to get it back.

    if spam is not such a big problem, i'll just forward you all of mine, then.

  10. Re:For those that just read the summary on Lauren Weinstein: If MTV Calls, Hang Up · · Score: 1

    i'm amazed at all the completey fucktards on cops who we get to see the faces of.

    have to wonder if they get offered more lenient sentences in return for signing the waiver or something.

  11. "nothing exceptional about them" on Terraform Humans First, Then Mars? · · Score: 1

    I imagine 4 billion years ago there was "nothing exceptional" about the first unicellular life too.

    Now imagine if some alien species had decided to terraform the earth, killing it off in the process.

    Well, you wouldn't be here today to debate the issue. :-/

    If there is even the simplest life on mars, then mars belongs to the martians. Period.

    But it is rather likely that mars is sterile now (though it may not have always been!). Mars has no appreciable magnetic field, and because of that most of mars' atmosphere was blown away by solar winds long ago. Mars is a harsh place, even for the most extreme of earth's extremophiles.

  12. slow rubbish on Star Trek: New Voyages, Downloadable Video · · Score: 1

    overnet is a pile of slow crap. it takes literally months to download some files. some files you won't ever get, because so many idiots leave them unfinished. tons of 99% but 1 segment missing crap like that. and they never get completed. ever. i have to wonder if lots of people are doing this on purpose...

    winmx etc are much faster and less hassle.

  13. ...this is news? on Thief Deadly Shadows 1.1 Patch Fixes AI · · Score: -1, Redundant

    must be a slow /. day.

    mod me down and i will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.

  14. not funny at all on SpaceShipOne to Try for Space on Monday · · Score: 1

    i spotted the so-called joke right off, but it wasn't funny at all. shrug.

  15. yawn-inducing conventional engine on SpaceShipOne to Try for Space on Monday · · Score: 4, Informative

    ...there is nothing radical or unusual about their engine. it is tried and tested technology. fwiw so is just about everything else about their vehicle. they're just the first to put it all together in one package and actually do it.

  16. what was wrong with mantis? on Best To-Do List Software? · · Score: 1

    i've found it perfect for todo lists. very concise and easy to use, and well suited to todo lists as well as bug tracking.

  17. tribal iraq update on Saudi Webmaster Acquitted of Terrorism Charges · · Score: 1

    tribalism and feudalism in iraq, written by an iraqi. part 3 and 4 are particularly interesting.

    http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/
    http://healing iraq.blogspot.com/tribalmap.JPG
    http://healingira q.blogspot.com/legend.JPG

    it's not the west calling iraq tribal. it's the iraqis themselves calling it such.

  18. Re:umm.... on John Carmack's Test Liftoff a Success · · Score: 1

    http://www.xprize.org/

    "While XCOR is not competing in the ANSARI X PRIZE, they do plan to participate in the follow on ANSARI X PRIZE CUP."

  19. xcor closer than armadillo on John Carmack's Test Liftoff a Success · · Score: -1, Troll

    xcor has an actual working craft which has flown a number manned test flights already. It is being piloted by Dick Rutan. They have a working 1800lb thrust engine which exceeds anything armadillo has. They also already have a launch license.

    It's a bit silly for carmack to say he doesnt think anyone else is closer than him.

  20. Re:Bulbs, man... on Efficient Power Supply Contest · · Score: 1

    reference?

  21. Re:Stunning on Phoebe Pictures Released · · Score: 1

    I'd rather see attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion, or watch C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.

  22. well the answer is easy! on Why Users Blame Spatial Nautilus · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    simply restructure your filesystem to fit the UI better! after all, its not spatial browsing that's at fault -- it's the end user's fault for having a filesystem structure which doesn't fit well with the UI's design.

    see, that was simple, wasn't it?

  23. EXACTLY. on Why Users Blame Spatial Nautilus · · Score: 4, Insightful

    why the gnome devs require end users to dig through hidden settings with gconf-editor is beyond me.

    if such a fundamental ui thing as spatial browsing can be disabled, present it to the user in an easily accessible manner. don't hide it away.

    i mean, what's next, hiding away the logoff button in some hidden menu because users might accidentally use it?

  24. spatial nautilus is bad... on Why Users Blame Spatial Nautilus · · Score: 1, Insightful

    ...because it forces the user to adapt to the way the UI does things, rather than the other way round.

    a UI should allow the user to do things the way the user wants, and not force them to adapt to the developer's whims.

    good software accomodates the whims of the end user, bad software doesn't.

    gnome seems to be making some really astonishingly bad ui decisions lately. how much abuse gnome end users will tolerate before jumping ship remains to be seen. 'choice is bad', says gnome devs. um, ok.

    (yes, i know it can be disabled, but making users have to use gconf-editor to change it is bad. it should be an easily accessible option up front, not hidden away.)

  25. Re:I call them tribal systems... on Saudi Webmaster Acquitted of Terrorism Charges · · Score: 1

    tribalism from an iraqi's perspective

    it's more than just 'extended families' as zeyad makes abundantly clear. his description certainly fits feudalism.