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  1. Theses puposes? on Google Used to ID Hit-And-Run Victim · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Like, "The effect of barnacles on the shipping trends of the 18th century", or "Hitler and Steve Ballmer: A Comparison"? Those sorts of theses? :)

  2. Troubleshooting? on EWeek Details Linux to Windows Migration · · Score: 0

    Why troubleshoot something that doesn't break? Honestly, just undo the last thing you did. That's all you need for most base installs.

  3. Re:Skip the technical details on Security Alert · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Explaining how these things are dangerous has little affect on the "normal" computer user who doesn't know the difference between a DSL/cable router and a hub, who doesn't know how the Internet works (such as how TCP works, packets, routing).

    Or like explaining the difference between effect and affect? :)

  4. Re:Regarding Linux and Mac viruses.. on Windows Viruses up Sharply in 2004 · · Score: 1

    They did, it's called Administrator. The problem is that by default, home installations of XP log in as this.

  5. Hmmm on O'Reilly's New Magazine for DIY Tech Projects · · Score: -1, Redundant

    ./configure --with-subscription
    make
    make subscribe


    ad nauseum. . .

  6. You could do this on purpose with IPTABLES on File and Printer Sharing Insecure in XP SP2 · · Score: 3, Funny
    and Samba, and acheive the same effect.

    But why?

  7. Re:Stoopid on SCO Files for Stay of Execution · · Score: 1

    Only if we do it be prosecuting fivolous lawsuits, not by restricting the total awardable. It's like the whole flap over medical malpractice insurance rates supposedly driving doctors out of some areas. If we reform the total award down far enough to "correct" the issue, we've then taken away the one piece of restraint on the desire of corporations to completely screw individuals. They have to be held accountable when they fuck up, or intentionall injure someone in some way. Punishing the frivolous plaitiffs is the answer, not capping the awards.

  8. Re:Images on World's Largest Working Computing Grid · · Score: 1
    Yeah, I know. That didn't even occur to me until after I'd posted. I'm usually one of the least Yankeecentric (awk?) Americans I know. I just found this image first.

    And, since we're picking nits, that's a photograph, which while you could technically consider it a form of map, is at the same time the most accurate and least useful type of map. :)P

  9. Images on World's Largest Working Computing Grid · · Score: 4, Funny

    I found a picture of the system here. You may have to zoom in a bit to see individual machines.

  10. Re:LOTR on 2004 Hugo Awards Presented at Noreascon · · Score: 0

    See, it's got this ring, and while it's wearing it, it's damn near invincible.

  11. Re:Harry Potter fans rejuice! on Secret Chamber In The Great Pyramid? · · Score: 1
    Rejuice? Like plug in to the charger? Or go back to the fridge for another beverage?

    I'm so confused.

  12. Netcraft confirms it! on SCO's Finances, Legal Case Take Hits · · Score: 0

    SCO is . . .never mind. You get the idea.

  13. SCO needs a change of focus on SCO's Finances, Legal Case Take Hits · · Score: 1
    Perhaps now they'll re-structure and focus one the silver bullet of any business's success:

    Actually putting out a quality product.

  14. Re:Hooray for PragProg! on Pragmatic Project Automation · · Score: 1
    Lunch. . .coming. . .up. . .(gwaaaaf)

    Sorry. Good joke, just. . .a bit rich. :)

  15. Educate me. on NX - A Revolution In Network Computing? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Is this on top of a remote X display, or in place of one?

  16. Re:DIY on Replacing FileMaker with Free Software? · · Score: 1

    Amen. My Help Desk needed a operations monitoring/backup tape/outage tracking solution. I rolled it myself. The outage reports are a bit homely, but printable, and the PHB's are happy.

  17. Awesome! on Kevin Smith set for Clerks sequel · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just don't accidentally suck any dick on the way to the theater! :)

  18. Re:They might want to look at the bug.. on MSIE 7 May Beat Longhorn Out The Gate · · Score: 1

    That's funny. I tried it. Works on a current, "patched" IE6.

  19. One point the poster missed on How Google Will Have Achieved The Semantic Web · · Score: 2, Insightful

    President Ashcroft==Scary as hell

  20. Re:he just had to have revenge on Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith · · Score: 4, Funny

    Not to flame, but is there something wrong with your keyboard? :)

  21. Fantastic! on Mars Had Surface Water for Eons · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now we just need to evidence of other university mascots, and we can build a case for a Mars Bowl.

  22. Re:Bah on Netcraft: Red Hat Still Top Linux Server Distro · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Amen, sister. And the tiny amount of RAM the installer needs makes it the king of the minimalist distros, while still being full-featured and highly compatible. It's the backbone of my network, though I will admit to using Fedora for desktop. Slack is definately the king for servers.

  23. Re:Radiation != superpowers on Atomic Veterans Speak Out · · Score: 1

    Actually, isn't that where most people got the radiation, from the U.S. and U.S.S.R.? :)

  24. Acronym overload? on Hide and Go Sneak - The Rise Of Stealth Gaming · · Score: 1
    I need to spend more time in RL, not on /.. I just spent 30 seconds trying to figure out what the heck LOTS stood for. Lord Of Teh Suck? Lettuce On The Side? Lift Off The Scab? No idea.

    (sigh)

  25. Re:How generous on On Afghanistan's Thomas Edison · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm sure the decades of economic isolation, Soviet occupation, Taliban rule, and then having the living fuck bombed out of them by the U.S. had NOTHING to do with it. :)