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  1. Re:OSX on generic Intel HW on Slashback: OS Xi, Sarge, Statistics · · Score: 1

    Umm wait that was the PC BIOS case? I thought that was Phoenix Technologies and they were the defendent. IBM was the defense in that case?

  2. Re:OSX on generic Intel HW on Slashback: OS Xi, Sarge, Statistics · · Score: 1

    Care to elaborate on Compaq v. IBM? I haven't heard of that one before.

  3. Re:Interesting... on Halo Script Hawked To Studios · · Score: 1
    I can't say that I'm a terribly large fan of either of those movies. I think this guy was overpaid just a little much. They could've lifted one of the internet from some fanfic site for a lot cheaper. I'm a little bit worried about how good of a script it is.

    I think Red v. Blue would be the perfect fanfic site to get the movie script from :p

    "I knew you could pick up chicks in a tank." -- Tucker
  4. Re:apple getting out of hardware? on Apple Switching to Intel · · Score: 1

    Because PC is the term used to refer to the IBM PC and it's derivatives. Something with a Mac isn't. Yes PC stands for personal computer and the Mac is a personal computer, but a Mac is not a PC. This is a case of not all rectangles being squares.

  5. Re:Ever go to a frickin' grocery store? on Online Shoppers Naive About Online Prices · · Score: 1

    For me the last straw was when I noticed the new forms for the values cards at the store I worked at required your driver's license number. I don't work there anymore, I won't even shop there.

  6. Re:This is the fault of consumers and the WiFI mak on Government Use of WiFi Not Secure · · Score: 1

    mmmm encryption co-processors

    I've been thinking of getting one for a long time. SSH, SSL, TLS, they all use AES as their strongest chipher. I also have IPsec and loop-aes setup, so I have even more reason to have one of those cards.

  7. Re:Request Tracker on Software for Technical Support Tracking? · · Score: 1

    Yep RT is what is used all over MTU. Can be a pain, but works well.

  8. Re:High School Systems Insecure? You don't say! on HS Students Steal SSNs to Prove They Can · · Score: 1

    All students run as local administrator on XP machines at the high school I work at during the summer. Why? I don't know, I'm trying to change it.

    the config

  9. Re:From TFA... on The Star Wars Money Machine · · Score: 1

    I'd just like to point out that Poland (and Germany, and plenty of others) are NOT in the western hemisphere.

    Map

  10. Re:AP Computer Science students on Testing Pre-Production Servers Accurately? · · Score: 1

    Lemme guess Novell login?

    Still uses IPX not IP unless configured otherwise.

  11. Re:load average 1024??!!! on The Linux Kernel Archives · · Score: 1

    I've seen load averages well over 1500 on Solaris boxen. The CS dept at my college has some issues with giving us sane limits, so programming assignments occasionally go a little crazy.

    Uptime usually works well into 2k, but "ps" and even ls in the /proc folder crap out around 500.

  12. first post! on The Second Life Future Salons · · Score: 1

    I got a buddy who turned second life into a wargame of sorts. I'm definetly going to have to tell him of this, he hasn't played it in a long time. They regularly ban him

  13. Re:Electric power != mpg on Modified Prius gets up to 180 Miles Per Gallon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Funny, my computer told me it was SIGFPE miles per gallon.

  14. Re:Hmm.... on Batterylife Activator Reviewed · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sean Connery (reading the categories): I've got to ask you about "The Penis Mightier".

    Alex Trebek: What? No. No, no, that is "The Pen is Mightier."

    Sean Connery: Gussy it up however you want, Trebek. What matters is does it work? Will it really mighty my penis, man?

    Alex Trebek: It's not a product, Mr. Connery.

    Sean Connery: Because I've ordered devices like that before - wasted a pretty penny, I don't mind telling you. And if The Penis Mightier works, I'll order a dozen.

    Alex Trebek: It's not a Penis Mightier, Mr. Connery. There's no such thing!

    Nicholas Cage: Wait, wait, wait...are you selling Penis Mightiers?

    Alex Trebek: No! No, I'm not.

    Sean Connery: Well, you're sitting on a gold mine, Trebek!

  15. Re:A simple request on Solving the /etc Situation? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Well with the larger config files knowing where to start can be an issue, so a well commented default config file is nice.

  16. Re:A simple request on Solving the /etc Situation? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    A well commented config file with inline examples is even better. Sure they might end up being 10x longer than necessary, but they are readable.

  17. Re:I got an ... _angle_ on Solving the /etc Situation? · · Score: 1

    damn, beat me to it.

  18. Re:Debian not vulnerable? on Some Linux Distros Found Vulnerable By Default · · Score: 2, Informative

    You were reading bash.org weren't you?

    And yes, my Debian box also fell to that the first time I ran it.

    I put that on the wall of the CS computer lab here for fun, I don't know how many poor souls ran it.

  19. Re:here come the consultants! on date +%s Turning 1111111111 · · Score: 1

    time_t is usually a long now which fixes the problem on 64-bit systems. I think they are hoping we won't be using 32-bit systems in 2038.

  20. Re:Also Amazing: How much we miss on Google's Technology Explored · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Not only that, but all the information we index and then can't retrieve!

    "We have an embarrassment of riches in that we're able to store more than we can access. Capacities continue to double each year, while access times are improving at 10 percent per year. So, we have a vastly larger storage pool, with a relatively narrow pipeline into it." -- Jim Gray, Microsoft Research.

  21. Re:Just wondering here... on 2005 FIRST Robotics Competition Announced · · Score: 1

    Probably the team that the submitter was on.

    Go 288!

  22. slashdotted on Safecracking for the Computer Scientist · · Score: 2, Funny
    The conclusion seems to be that while safes can fail, at least they do so in better ways than computer systems do.

    How about a safe holding up to the /. effect, hmmm?

    wgetting it at 12 K/s :(
  23. Re:Extortion for fun or profit. on B612 Foundation and 2004 YD5 Asteroid Capture? · · Score: 1
  24. Re:2.6 million? on Diebold to Pay $2.6M Due to Insecure Voting Machines · · Score: 1
    Treason is the only crime defined in the Constitution and it does indeed carry the death penalty.

    As a followup, the Constitution also defines the evidence requirements: two witnesses to the same overt act. Makes it very difficult to convict someone of it. Which is why in modern times we just declare them enemy combatants, strip their citizenship, and send them to Gitmo. /me ducks
  25. http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ on Intentional SpyWare Infection? · · Score: 3, Funny

    http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/