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  1. Re:And if you want something really cool on FireWire for 75% Better Mac mini Disk Performance · · Score: 1

    Some external enclosures are huge and ugly, but not all. I've got one that's a nice brushed aluminum and not much bigger than the drive itself.

  2. Re:One lesson, but not specifically for linux on 25 Years After DOS - Lessons for Linux? · · Score: 1

    Ummm...emacs DOES have drop down menus. Soes does gvim (I assume when you say vi you mean vim). I can't think of what you might mean by "other shell apps". The vast majority of the shell apps I use don't have an interface to add drop down menus to.

  3. Re:This is false! on Seeing Around Corners With Dual Photography · · Score: 1

    The bear's chin is in the shadows because the camera and the light swap positions. The light is coming from the left in image b. Although you are correct in saying there is no new data. Obviously there cannot be any information pulled from nowhere.

  4. Did Apple have this early? on GCC 4.0.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Apple's site says this is packaged with Tiger. Did they get an early release of it?

  5. Re:Note to self... on Canadian ISP to Name Music Swappers · · Score: 1

    I used to have Telus DSL. One day I called to tell them the service was down. When I finally got through to a real person, they went through their typical process of telling me how to renew an IP in Windows. I sat their going "uh-huh, uh-huh" and looking at my bash prompt while they took 15 minutes to tell me how to get to the Windows control panel. Eventually managed to interrupt and tell the guy that I knew how to renew an IP, I already tried that, I'm not using Windows, their gateway wasn't responding, and I'm not using Windows. At which point they responded with "oh, we only support Windows". GAH!

  6. Re:I'm sure the $20 hookers say the same on Canadian ISP to Name Music Swappers · · Score: 1

    They've requested a court order. So far, the courts have said no. Until they actually have a court order, why should they get private information?

  7. Re:Videotron = PIPEDA Violators on Canadian ISP to Name Music Swappers · · Score: 1

    RTFA. Videotron is giving out the info without a court order. The courts have said no to the CRIA every time they asked.

  8. Re:Too easy to circumvent and go around this tarif on Canadians May Face 25% Download Tariff · · Score: 1

    There is no such thing as "perfect forward-secrecy". While TOR is good at obfuscating the source/destination of traffic, someone who is determined enough can still pull a few tricks to track you down.

  9. Re:When information is made illegal on Study Shows China Tightens Internet Filtering · · Score: 1

    And at the current exchange rate, a Chinese millionaire works out to $120,821.10 US. Maybe they should go for billionaire.

  10. Re:ID? Bullshit. on U.S. to Require Passport To Re-Enter Country · · Score: 1

    As a Canadian who lives near the border, I haven't seen a US border officer do that in at least 10 years. Everytime I've crossed recently, I've been grilled, my ID checked again and again, any bags had to be carried through and scanned...

  11. Apple laptops on Return of the Mac · · Score: 1

    Apple laptops are definately some of the best out there. Cool, silent, long battery, great wireless range, solid construction, lightweight. The PPC architecture has some efficiency advantages over the eternally backwards compatible x86. Unless you want to run Windows, there really isn't any advantage to most x86 laptops (other than maybe a slightly cheaper price tag). While I like OS X, the hardware is more important to me than what OS is on it.

  12. Re:How about real mail? on IBM Unveils Anti-Spam Services to Stop Spammers · · Score: 1

    Well I live in an appartment building, and a lot of the junk (real) mail I get is un-addressed bulk flyers that are given to everyone in the building. You can't really be taken off of a list there, as there is no list. The only way would be if everyone in the building returned the flyers.

  13. Re:How about MAC address filtering? on IBM Unveils Anti-Spam Services to Stop Spammers · · Score: 1

    Sure, just tell me your MAC address and attatch it to all your email so I can filter you out. Please don't lie or change your MAC as that would be unkind.

  14. Re:to watch it Happen... on date +%s Turning 1111111111 · · Score: 1

    heh, "until [ 6 -eq 9 ]". How about "while :"?

  15. Not a chance. on Canadian Spam Levels - Up? Down? You Be the Judge · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I work in the IT field for a large Canadian company. The amount of spam we get is slowly but steady increasing. Currently somewhere around 98% of all the mail we get is "Junk" (spam, invalid recipients, improper smtp protocol, etc). Looking at our mail server graphs shows a definite upward trend in both overall "Junk" and confirmed spam.

  16. Slightly misleading on Australian ISPs Required To Report Child Porn · · Score: 4, Informative

    From the article, it sounds more like ISPs will be required to notify authorities if they are made aware of a specific instance of child pornography.

  17. Re:Hmm on SHA-1 Broken · · Score: 1

    DSA or RSA.

  18. Re:Interesting take on reality... on Creationist Textbook Stickers Declared Unconstitutional · · Score: 1

    Well said. The fact is that we don't know everything, and most people don't like to be told that (creationists included).

    - A creationist.

  19. A Christian's opinions on the issue on Creationist Textbook Stickers Declared Unconstitutional · · Score: 1

    Disclaimer: I am a Christian, and I do not believe that the modern evolutionary theory is true.

    That said, I don't really have an opinion on keeping or removing the stickers. I guess I just don't think that the stickers mean much of anything one way or the other.

    It does seem, however, that there is a misunderstanding of the scientific method (though probably not so much among the slashdot crowd). Many people seem to regard the current theories as unopposable fact. We seem to think we have the world all figured out. I believe that is highly unlikely. Historically, people have always thought their models and theories were rock solid, but now they seem laughable. In the same way, I think both creationists and evolutionist alike will be surprised by what we learn in the future.

    In light of this, I think it is important that schools teach the importants of testing and evaluating ALL theories. A sticker on a textbook is certainly not the solution for that.

    I'm not quite sure what those who called for the stickers hoped to accomplish. What I hope is that schools do encourage students to come up with new ideas and test existing ones. After all, aren't we all just searching for the true facts?

  20. Re:Code Split - Ethics on On the Ethics of a Code Split? · · Score: 1

    Ah, I see. I would have counted the ChangeLog as part of the source code, seeing as it is in the source tarball.

  21. Somebody didn't read the FCC regs on An FM Broadcast Transmitter For Your Home · · Score: 3, Informative

    On FM frequencies, these devices are limited to an effective service range of approximately 200 feet (61 meters).

    source:
    http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/lowpwr.html
    see also:
    http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Engineering_Technology/ Documents/bulletins/oet63/oet63rev.pdf

    Bottom line:
    The transmitter described is not even close to complying with FCC regs. FCC compliance depends not only on transmitter power, but also on antenna gain and several other factors. You cannot simply say "X milliwatts is safe". Not only that, but 100mW into almost any antenna is going to be a violation. Something in the range of 1mW into an omni antenna would be more like it.

  22. Re:Code Split - Ethics on On the Ethics of a Code Split? · · Score: 1

    Did you even read it? "and gave credit to the spinoff team in the changelog"

  23. Re:I'm actually somewhat impressed... on Flaw in Google's New Desktop Tool [Update: Fixed!] · · Score: 1

    Java does not necessarily run in a sandbox, although it does as a web applet.

  24. Re:That Doesn't Justify Stealing on MPAA to Sue BitTorrent Tracker Servers · · Score: 1

    You mean copyright infringement. I hate to flog a dead horse, but people still don't seem to realize that it isn't the same thing as stealing (not saying that its OK though).

  25. Re:Scripts. on Alek's Christmas Lights Webcam is Back · · Score: 1

    yee gads, no wonder his server gets /.ed every year! spdt keeps running a few hundred thousand simultaneous connections!