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  1. AVG is good on Best of the Free Anti-virus Choices? · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I've always had good luck with AVG, but YMMV.

  2. Sguil is a fantastic tool on Network Intrusion Detection and Prevention? · · Score: 1

    I attended USENIX '05 out in Anaheim, CA this year. One of the training sessions was lead by Richard Bejtlich who is one of the co-authors of a tool called sguil. When I got back from the conference I started playing around with sguil and discovered that it is one of the most awesome network security tools ever! It combines all of the information that I need when investigating a network security incident all in one place.

  3. Only for existing customers on AT&T Plans CNN-style Security Channel · · Score: 3, Informative
    As a security professional, I was intrigued by the idea until I read:

    it will be offered as an additional service to the company's customers

    It's only going to be available to AT&T customers. That's too bad. Now it doesn't sound nearly as cool or half as useful to me.

  4. Re:Then go here... on Under a Big Blue Shadow · · Score: 1
  5. Re:A preemptive mirror on Nat Friedman on the Future of Collaboration · · Score: 1

    If by "dinky" you mean 7 gigabit links to 6 different providers and a network that utilizes RouteScience architecture to constantly monitor and adjust BGP routes for the best routing based on latency and performance, then yes, "dinky" it is.

  6. Re:A preemptive mirror on Nat Friedman on the Future of Collaboration · · Score: 1

    C'mon, you guys aren't even touching the mirror. Only 3GB transferred so far and the load on the server is only 0.02.

    Oh, and here is an .ogg mirror too (for the whiney fedora user who posted earlier):
    http://webilaz.com/mirrors/

  7. A preemptive mirror on Nat Friedman on the Future of Collaboration · · Score: 4, Informative

    Just in case it gets slow, here is my new server (you can help me load test):

    30 mb mp3 file

  8. CherryOS goes down! on Cherry OS Claims Mac OS X Capability For x86 · · Score: 1

    Oops ... look like somebody got slashdotted already. And only 0 comments so far!

  9. Re:World's Largest Wind Turbine on World's Largest Wind Turbine · · Score: 3, Informative

    The average house that has solar pannels on the roof produces something on the order of 10^4 watts. The problem for an off-grid is not generating the power, but storing it. Typically to have an off-grid system one would need a medium-sized shed full of batteries and intervters. However, if you are hooked into the grid you can sell your excess power back to the power company when you have a surplus and consume from the grid when you do not.

  10. Re:Public Opinion on X Prize Launch At Mojave Spaceport [updated: success!] · · Score: 1, Insightful

    That's because you're listening to Howard Stern. That man is the bottom feeder of American society ... I don't think I've ever heard anything positive come out of his mouth (unless it was a comment about a hot chick).

  11. Re:Any way to watch the stream under Linux? on X Prize Launch At Mojave Spaceport [updated: success!] · · Score: 1

    ditto for me ... realplay plays the nasa stream without any troubles

  12. article from the future? on Windows Not Expected Secure Until 2011, Says MS · · Score: 1

    Did anyone else note that the article appears to be from the future (Sept. 2004)? In my time zone, its still Aug. 30, 2004.

    Perhaps Wired has invented a time machine too?

  13. IBM T41 on Laptops with the Longest Battery Life? · · Score: 1

    I can get nearly 8 hours out of my IBM T41 with the larger battery when I'm just using a word processor or something similarly non-CPU intensive. Easily watch at least one full DVD.

  14. Vonage Rules! on Suggestions for a Home VOIP Provider? · · Score: 1

    I've had Vonage now for nearly a year and have had absolutely no troubles with it. In my experience, it is very reliable. The only times it acts up is when I am doing lots of traffic upstream on my cable modem. And then it just sounds choppy. (Of course, this is to be expected.)

    Other than that, the only times that I ever lose phone service is when the power goes out. Not a big issue for me, since I live in the village and have lots of neighbors with regular phones. So, if an emergency did ever arise, I could simply run nextdoor and call for help.

  15. mirror on A Complete Map To Springfield · · Score: 1

    Their poor University's webserver.

    Here is a mirror!

  16. Re:Home Cellular Repeater - Cheap!! on Where's Your 'D-Spot?' · · Score: 3, Informative

    This only works if your cell phone is not a CDMA phone (which works at a frequency range of 1850-1990 MHz).

    Here's a cool page that talks a bit more about the subject.

  17. Re:IP listings on RIAA Sues Nearly 500 New Swappers · · Score: 1

    Nah, their database hasn't been updated since December. It says so right on their page. For other interested parties, here is the link.

  18. MOD DOWN! on RIAA Sues Nearly 500 New Swappers · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    This is not a link to a description of his battle against the RIAA. This is a link to some strange war/battle/game thing. Don't clik on the link.

  19. IP listings on RIAA Sues Nearly 500 New Swappers · · Score: 1

    So, where is the listing of IP address they are suing this time? I want to know if I'm on it. :)

  20. how about a blog software that doesn't require sql on Weblog System Features Compared · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I've been looking for a piece of blogging software that doesn't require a SQL server. I've been using MovableType, storing its data in a BerkleyDB file. However, I'd like to move away from MovableType (for licensing issues, as well as usability issues).

    Any suggestions for this case? And please don't say "change hosting providers" because I'm doing this for a University program and it needs to be hosted in University webspace. Hence no SQL server.

  21. 20 servers for only 100,000 messages? on University Capitulates, Switches Off Spam Filters · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Here at the university where I am a sysadmin, we get approx. 100K emails per day and we have no problem pushing them through spamassassin on a single server with dual 2.8 xeon processors. How in the world could this place possibly need 20 servers to process this much mail?!

  22. So what kinds of extra fees do I have to pay now? on New York State Classifies Vonage As Phone Company · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So, I use Vonage (and love it, btw) in New York State. And I have never known New York State to not charge a tax on something that it could. So, what kinds of extra taxes will I have to pay now?

    If the taxes are large, then it is starting to look like I should just go back to having a cell phone again.

  23. mirror on Covert Channel: ASCII Art Over ICMP · · Score: 4, Informative
    this server seems to be quite slow ... here is a mirror

    http://www.unixauthority.com/~fiskeja/mirror/mirro r1.internap.com/echoart/

  24. mirror here on Using a 747 to Fight Wildfires · · Score: 1
  25. mirror on Project Grizzly Bear-Proof Suit Up For Auction · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://www.unixauthority.com/~fiskeja/mirror/www.n fb.ca/grizzly/ The site was a bit slow for me, so here you are...