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  1. Re:gcc 2.95? on How To Upgrade Linux To The 2.6 Kernel · · Score: 3, Informative

    2.95 is a known-good version. The newer GCC seems to work just fine, but it might have some quirky bugs that causes it to miscompile.

    bwindle@morpheus:~$ cat /proc/version
    Linux version 2.6.0-test3 (root@morpheus) (gcc version 3.2.3 20030415 (Debian prerelease)) #29 Mon Aug 11 11:56:22 EDT 2003

  2. I wouldn't call this a hack on Consumer Database Company Hacked · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The person had legitimate access to the system. I wouldn't call using your legitimate access to then, *GASP*, access that system, a hack.

  3. OT: Spam levels on Hormel Sues Over SpamArrest Name · · Score: 1

    Ughh.. speaking of artery clogging spam... Here is some info about the spam level at my company.

    From Wednesday, 02 July 09:00:06 to Wednesday, 02 July 11:31:02.

    Total emails: 971
    Total emails rejected 577
    Total emails accepted 394
    Rejection details:
    Spamhaus 306
    NJABL 151
    SpamCop 85
    SORBS 35

    These numbers don't even count the two-page long ACL that is blocking spammers at the gateway router.

  4. Re:Application choice as a security feature on Securing Your Network? · · Score: 2, Informative

    What does running Cisco gear have to do with security? Your Cisco stuff is talking layers 1, 2, and 3, far below your applications. Unless you can't figure out how to setup an ACL to block packets, your Cisco routers and switches have very little to do with your security, assuming you have decent passwords on them. You can even turn off ports you aren't using to make sure someone can't plug in a rogue PC, or limit ports to only one MAC address.

  5. Same with a Bank on Dealing with Employers Who Perform Credit Checks? · · Score: 1

    When I got hired for my job at a financial institution, they did a credit check. It is for their protection against those people who are in bad shape financially, and are a higher risk to steal from the company. It makes it harder for us to hire people, but we don't have many thieves here either.

  6. Selling DivX Movies and Mp3s? on Grab A Bunk In The Dot-Com Dorm · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    What are they doing, selling camcorder movies and Mp3s CDs?

  7. Dreamhost.com on Non-Red Hat Linux Hosting? · · Score: 1

    Dreamhost.com runs on all Debian, and they are CHEAP, with a nice web-interface, and they even give you ssh shells :) No, I don't work for them, I'm just a long-time, happy customer.

  8. Re:Nukes for asteroid deflection on Air Bags for Planetary Defense · · Score: 2, Informative

    And what is wrong with breaking it up? Say you hit the asteroid with the biggest nuke we've got, wouldn't it either a) break it up into smaller pieces that would then hit the atmosphere and burn up, or b) shatter like a clay-pigon and the pieces would miss the Earth?

  9. Re:7 pm CET = 11 AM EST on EBone/KPNQwest Network Shutting Down · · Score: 1

    7 pm CET = 11 AM EST, at least according to their website.

  10. Re:I always find myself needed a wireless monitor on Wireless Monitors? · · Score: 1

    How about a KVM switch? That way you can control multiple servers with one keyboard, one monitor, and only onemouse?

  11. I hate to say it... on DoubleClick Gets Into Spam · · Score: 2, Interesting

    but hasn't this always been one of the biggest complaints about SPAM is that it is things you are uninterested in? I might not just blindly hit 'd' on everything that looks like spam if its actually things I'm semi-interested in...

  12. Home PCs are 2,100 MTOPS on Bush Lightens Supercomputer Export Restrictions · · Score: 2, Redundant

    A typical U.S. home computer now sold in retail stores is capable of roughly 2,100 MTOPS.

  13. DNA Pic? on 3rd Chromosome Deciphered · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why does that DNA link go to a picture of Douglas Adams? Just because his initals are DNA doesn't make him the genetic code of us ;)

  14. Re:Interesting, isn't it? on More on LoTR Special Effects · · Score: 1

    Yes, there may only be one Linux kernel.. but it's certainly not without competiton. You've forgotten about GNU/HURD, and the constant performace/feature comparisions to (Free|Net|Open)BSD.

  15. Re:Differences in American and Japanese cultures on Japan to Allow Human-Nonhuman Mixed Cloning · · Score: 1
    Fixing defective genes to "normalize" our children would be acceptable; ask anyone who has to wear glasses, or those who have children stricken with down syndrom. But to make us better than normal, that opens a whole new can of worms. What happens when your non-altered-dna child can't get a job because everyone else has had their IQ bumped 50 points?

    My point is this.. no one died and made me God. Fixing defects is not playing God, its helping humanity.

  16. Re:Differences in American and Japanese cultures on Japan to Allow Human-Nonhuman Mixed Cloning · · Score: 1

    No! We should never let people pay to augment their children (or their) DNA. To remove a gene for cancer, or poor eyesight, sure. But once you start doing cosmetic changes, it'll be just a short jump to super-human IQs, super-human stength..and those are things we shouldn't do. To fix a defect is one thing, but to create a race of super-humans is another.

  17. Re:How many people does it take... on Dreamhack 2001 · · Score: 1
    LAN has nothing at all to do with ammount of nodes, but mearly area.

    DreamHack might be able to call it a CAN (Campus Area Network), or BAN (Building Area Network), or maybe even ABRAL (A Big Room Area Network), but now I'm just making up stuff ;)

  18. OT: Using your Video Card for Number Crunching on Beyond Contact: a Guide to SETI · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Ok, totally off topic.. but with video cards getting more and more powerful everyday, what sort of SETI/rc5 speed ups could be seen from harvesting the power of a GPU? Ok, sure, I'm sure they're optimized for doing graphics, but in its heart, its still just a number cruncher.

  19. Re:Power without Application? on Nvidia Geforce 4 (NV25) Information · · Score: 1

    Try Ghost Recon. On my XP1600 (KT266A mobo) with 512mb DDR ram, and a GeForce 2 MX 400, Ghost Recon is choppy on anything above 640x480. Even if nothing uses it *now*, in the future things will use it. However, if there simply isn't a card fast enough to handle the graphics, then some developers will be satisified to never push the envelope.

  20. Non-Wireless Monitor? on Concept PC 2001 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Maybe its just me, but I didn't see anything about a wireless monitor..."DVI Interface LCD monitor" "and an 18" flat screen LCD monitor to top things off".