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  1. Re:if it's modular, on Professor Testifies Windows Is Modular, Separable · · Score: 2

    There is a solution for NO MORE BSODs in Windows. GSODs rule!

  2. Re:DOS is dead on DoS Attacks Persisting, On The Rise · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ofcourse it's dead. Microsoft has released DDoS (aka WinXP).

  3. Filtering spam on Another Go At Making Spam Cost Money · · Score: 2

    Actually, spam filters work quite well. Most filters can filter out 95% of all spam while throwing away about 1% of legitimate e-mails.

    Filtering can be done based on the content of the message. For example, if the message includes the words "enlarge" and "penis" or "herbal viagara" it will be quickly classified as spam. This is done automatically using algorithms similar to those of search engines.

    Also, legitimate e-mails could usually be easily detected: mailing list traffic is tirival, any message including a copy of your sig, your real name, names of people close to you or your place of work, etc. The automated tools take advantace of all this in filing your message.

    To try it yourself, see ifile which does this for both spam filtering and folder classification.

  4. Re:Heh on Overture Sues Google Over Pay-for-Placement Patent · · Score: 2

    Well, at least you don't get a targetted ad...

  5. Great! on GNU Radio · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now I can try out tempest for eliza without need to actually use a radio!

  6. Bugs? on Gigantic Bugs in Southern California · · Score: 4, Funny

    OK... So where can I download the patched version of Southern California?

    What do you mean not that kind of bugs?

  7. Re:Why no click? on No-click Mouse? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    headphones and being connected - the solution:

    When I have to use headphones, I usually connect a mic with some mixing level and play it on the headphones as well. As a result, I'm still connected to the enironment can can hear people around me and key clicks. Lets you enjoy the best of both worlds.

  8. Google's Translation on Germany's Version of DMCA/DRM · · Score: 2
  9. Re:You aren't making sense on Sony Intentionally Crashes Customers' Computers · · Score: 2

    OK, So what happens if the roomate takes your backup copy of the CD (it's been shown elsewhere in this article the CD is in fact copyable)?

  10. Don't do that!! on Encryption by Hand? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    These numbers, which are probably random, are not crytographically secure precisely because it's in a book you can find in the library.

    An attacker can easily find out which book you are using from quite a small portion of plaintext and thus reveal all messages past and future.

    One Time Pad relies on the utmost security of the key, and the fact that it's only used once (for any purpose).

  11. Re:best lie on Most Outrageous Vendor Lie Ever Told? · · Score: 3, Funny

    "This new Athlon XP 2100+ with 512 megs of ram 160 GIG HD, G-force 4, DVD rewritable will help you get laid*!"

    _______
    * Only applies if you are female.

  12. What about movies? on Open Source... Television? · · Score: 2

    One of my friends is doing a project called humanity which is an open-source project for creating a movie script (and then filming it).

  13. Re:At least it's easy to disable on Morpheus Hijacks Browsers For Affiliate Links · · Score: 1

    The easiest way to remove it is to click here or install this.

  14. That's News? on Laser HUD Projected on Retina · · Score: 2

    It's been in Serious Sam several years ago?

    What do you mean Serious Sam is not real life? They're not using UNREAL engine!

  15. Old news on Microsoft XP License Prohibits VNC · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This has been reported ever since WinXP license was released. I myself saw this problem in XP license.

    But who cares? I installed VNC on XP anyway and it works great (never could make the original "remote control" work because it needs another XP system).

  16. Boot Up! on Server Naming Conventions? · · Score: 5, Funny

    A:Boot up?
    B:Which server?
    A:Up.
    B:Up who?
    A:The server.
    B:Which?
    A:Boot up.
    B:Boot up what server?
    A:No no what server should stay up!
    B:I don't know.
    A:No no that's our web server.
    B:Your web server is "I don't know"?
    A:Yes. But nevermind, we need to boot up.
    B:What server?
    A:What server should stay up.
    B:I'm ASKING YOU THAT! WHAT SERVER SHOULD STAY UP?
    A:Certainly.
    B:Oh at last! So certainly should stay up. Ok, so I should boot what server?
    A:No no no, what server should stay up!
    B:Certainly.
    A:OK, so now boot up!
    B:AAAAARGH! What does that server do?
    A:It's a mail server.
    B:So, what you get mail what server does it say in the headers it's from?
    A:No no, what server's our web server. It says it's from up.
    B:What do you mean up? Mail can't come from up!
    A:It can if it's our mail server.
    B:You're mail server is called "it" and it should boot it up?
    A:No no no! It's our DNS server! We should be booting up!
    B:So we should be booting it up?
    A:No. We should be booting up.
    B:THAT'S WHAT I SAID!

    ...

  17. Re:Check the RFC on Server Naming Conventions? · · Score: 2

    My local hardware store sells computer equipment, it has no paint section.

    OH- you meant the other type of hardware store...

  18. In the future... on Frequent Flyer Miles Take You to Space? · · Score: 2

    Customer: I'd like to cash in some frequent flyer miles I've collected.
    Sales rep: No problem, sir. What direction will you be flying?
    Customer: Up.
    Sales rep: Sorry, say again?
    Customer: Up. To space. To the sky.
    Sales rep: Hmm... I'm not sure if it's in the list of destinations here. Are you sure it's available
    Customer: Sure I'm sure. I read it on SlashDot!
    Sales rep: Slashwhat?
    Customer: Nevermind.

    [Kinda reminds me of a scene from "Flight of the Navigator"...]

  19. Re:A step... on AOL To Finally Switch To Mozilla? · · Score: 2

    Only in a transition phase. Don't forget that all AOL/TW partner sites will be modified to be Gecko-friendly. Then, there will remain just a few sites that don't support Mozilla, and AOL would pressure those sites into complaiance.

  20. Re:A perfect solution: the internet. on When Publishing Contracts Go Bad · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The biggest problem with online publishing is that anybody could do it. Hence, there is no quality control. Publishers won't publish any junk you send them.

    My brother has recently published a book. If he had published it online, noone would have read it. But now the book has been read by much more people.

    I, personally prefer getting my books online (or from the local library). But I won't read a book that wasn't recommended.

  21. Mod Parent up! on Star Wars Episode II Trailer Tonight · · Score: 2

    Hey moderators! This AC is funny!

  22. Hmm.. on U.S. Works Up Plans for Using Nuclear Arms · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't they know that nukes generate 8 squares of pollution, and make the entire world hate you?

    Guess I've been playing too much CIV ][...

  23. Re:Sunlight==good on CRT Eavesdropping: Optical Tempest · · Score: 2

    I think he was talking about a building not having any windows to be secure

    That definately important! If you have Windows in the building, they can use magic lantern or other M$ software holes.

  24. Second best? on Netscape 6 is Spyware? · · Score: 1

    You've bashed Opera and Netscape. What browser do you think is better than Mozilla? Mosaic? Lynx? HotJava? Links?

    Don't say IE, because IE does not comply with RFC2616 HTTP/1.1 content-type header (it shows text/plain documents as if they were text/html documents). See my site for a demo.

  25. Re:Is this the same industry claiming losses? No. on Movie Industry Cries All the Way to the Bank · · Score: 2

    On the other hand, they win people who liked the part they saw on TV and wouldn't have come to the film otherwise.

    I don't go to the movies that much, but if I would have seen, let's say, the first half of "Memento", "The Sixth Sense" or "Fight Club" on TV, I would have ran to the cinema to see it.