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  1. who the fuck cares. on Broadband In Australia Just Got Slower · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah, p2p is great, but when you have applications abusing the basics of tcp/ip bandwidth sharing, you need to retalliate with evil things.

  2. Re:The perfect user on MacOSX Vs BeOS ShootOut · · Score: 1

    Or, linux desktop fans who dont use anything but GTK. I dont run anything these days that doesn't use GTK.

  3. Re:Article is wrong on UDP + Math = Fast File Transfers · · Score: 1

    Wrong. UIUC, not CERN, eh? Plus, its not like gopher would have stayed static.

  4. SPAM ALERT on Another Gaping Microsoft Security Hole Goes Unpatched · · Score: 1

    petitiononline sends you an ad when you use their service.

  5. What the hell are you using OmniSky for. on Earthlink Buys OmniSky · · Score: 1

    Buy a modem, get service from your local CDPD telco/wireless provider for less. Get the blazer browser from handspring.

    AT&T Wireless is like $29.99 for a static ip and unlimited usage for CDPD.

  6. RTFA on Onstar Navigation System to Deliver In-Car Spam · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Its only happening when you use their 'virtual advisor' service. Yeah, you pay for it. but its not going to be interrupting your service use. If you dont like it, dont buy it. duh!

  7. We do it to researchers on Can Developers Work in a 'Locked-Down' Environment? · · Score: 1

    And they get along fine. If they convince us that they need full control of the machines, they go behind a restrictive firewall.

    It's really a great system.

  8. Re:Hypocritical on Whit Diffie Comments On .NET security · · Score: 1

    The best economies have always been centrally and state controlled. For example, the USSR's economy increased 900% from a feudal economy in 1918 to a modern industrial state by 1928, under a communist regime.
    Robust, not 'biggest'. Try again next time. Sometimes its hard to think of survivalibility when youve got such an ego to protect.

  9. Re:Mass mailing last night on Chapter 11 For Excite@Home · · Score: 2, Informative

    Your just using @home for 'content' Your provider is AT&T Broadband.

    AT&T never did the stupid 'let someone else run your network' trick, they knew it was a sham.

  10. Re:Why the Mozilla theme? on Apple Still Says No To Aqua-Like Themes · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yeah, and the mozilla project has a reason to too.

    I hope mozilla looks the same on most operating systems instead of taking "UI Feel" from where its working on. Less User Retraining for another God Damn GUI Toy.

  11. Re:Eric Yang, Sociopath? on Apple Still Says No To Aqua-Like Themes · · Score: 1

    Hrm, and perhaps im sick of people like you who think that the OSX desktop is the new paradigm in desktop computing.

    This isn't the command line to the GUI here. Its toys attached to the widgets we know and love.

  12. Western Scientific on Wanted: Turn-Key 10-Node Beowulf Cluster · · Score: 1

    Has nice setups. www.wsm.com

  13. Re:Cartoon Network's Bowdlerization on Cowboy Bebop on TV This Fall · · Score: 1

    eva DVD's aren't that bad, are *excellent* quality, and are a blast to watch with friends. 4 ep/dvd.

  14. GKG.net on VeriSign Accuses Competitors Of 'Slamming' · · Score: 1

    http://register.gkg.net/ is the address. Last time we transferred soemthing it was $9, and we got a free year.

    They are one of the ICANN registrars, have no ties to opensrs, and aren't a verisign target! Just a great company doing a great job.

  15. mirror on Download 600MB From The EU -- For A Demo? · · Score: 1

    ftp://209.98.65.241/pub/mirrors/ao/

  16. Price on Xbox, GameCube Dates Set For Early November · · Score: 1

    Sony has been rumored to lower prices for the xbox event. I expect them to include the ethernet/modem adaptor as part of the package. "Yeah, it uses aol too, the xbox doesn't"

  17. Re:So they wont be hypocrites.. on Red Hat: Who Needs Netscape? · · Score: 1

    DJB's license doesn't adhere to the DFSG, which makes it near-impossible to put into debian-main. This is what redhat refers to.

  18. Re:this is why the GPL is so important on Can Open Source Escape The Apple Horizon? · · Score: 1

    >It's actaully a good idea for something as protocol-driven as that to come out of a single code base.

    Haha. Yeah, then what would we need standards for anymore, everything will interop! Yeah!

  19. Re:Have you all forgotten already? on Slashdot Moving To FreeBSD · · Score: 2

    Couldn't imagine why people dont use *BSD for application servers more. Oh yeah, the lack of actual vendor support. You cant even get a half-decent JVM for the thing.

    Generaly, I've only had to use BSD in some situations where i needed a pretty robust networking setup with a small base supporting system of programs. I don't mind it being used because of its time tested firewalling (compared to netfilter, which really does kick a bit of ass, but is brand-spanking-new but who cares otherwise?

    Also, nothing stops a few hundred megabit smurfs. You can protect the load on your heavenly precious applications servers, but the poor, poor upstream and firewall taht have to deal with it. Too bad theres no good traceback yet on ICMP to deal with this. Yes, traceback on ICMP. Be afraid, you too might lose your privacy to ping. :)

  20. Still not a perfect solution. on Georgia Tech Implements Wireless Campus Net · · Score: 2

    I'm waiting for 802.1x and EAP to become a reality in the majority of the wireless gear out there. Off the shelf solutions will drive what I would choose, not some webserver/firewall thing. It's a solution right now, but 802.1x is really the way to go.

  21. Re:Rich people *should* get a tax cut... on NASA Shuts Down X-33, X-34 Programs · · Score: 1

    Two words: Class Mobility.
    Two more words: Class Warfare.

  22. Re:It is fair to connect 100 computers to my DSL l on Dispute Over IP Sharing Escalates · · Score: 2

    Can you imagine an insurance company rejecting some long-time customers because they get more sick than average recently?

    No, but I can imagine insurance companies looking at average group expense and calculating out a value that makes them allways win. Thats why many small businesses have really expensive insurance. Only takes a couple of chronically sick people to tip the scales that premiums *have* to go up to keep the agreement profitable.

  23. Re:Student IT jobs are great on Student-Run IT System Just Makes Sense · · Score: 2

    This was probally well before my time, or possibly not. It very much depends on who the operator on duty is on at the moment. Traning people for all problems is a fun thing, really. But usually we cought AC problems within resonable limits.

    Plus, those SP machines could heat small, third world countries on their own. :)

    (I dont represent anything, but myself.)

  24. Re:What the fuck. on Record HDTV To A FireWire DV Deck · · Score: 1

    Because a new technology can do wrong, should we abolish that technology? Why do we keep guns in the hands of evil, childish, people, who can't possibly control themselves from handling that technology.

    Oh, come on. Take a pill.

  25. Create? on Freshmeat II · · Score: 2

    Of course, all CmdrTaco creates is spagetti-full perl code. :)

    Why dont you redisign slashdot! I wanna see you follow your words :)