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  1. Re:Problems with Bayesian filtering on Spamassassin Beats CRM-114 In Anti-Spam Shootout · · Score: 1

    On my server, I have spamassassin enabled along with all the blacklist checks. The blacklists alone are horrible to use as an indicator, but when the sender is on a couple of them, it works wonders.

    With the bayesian enabled with auto-learn, many of those spams that try to bypass the bayesian filtering get caught anyways by all the blacklists. It's then auto-learned so those tricks in the body are less effective the next time.

    Of course this doesn't work for everyone. All those remote tests takes a lot of time, but it works great on my personal server.

  2. Re:I always wanted to get Minix .. on Minix from Scratch Project Established · · Score: 3, Informative
    You answered your own question regarding it being free, but if you want a good book to go along with it, try:
    Operating Systems: Design and Implementation

    Meant to go alongside Minix (most of the source code is printed in the back) and written by Tanenbaum. We used it in my operating systems class, and I think it's one of the best resources to understand what's going on. Install the code in BOCHS under Windows/Linux and tinker away.

  3. Re:Dupe - No one reads DaddyPants email? on First Mobile Phone Virus Discovered · · Score: 1

    I emailed it too. michael probably just put all the stories in the queue at once and went to lunch/dinner.

  4. geez... on First Mobile Phone Virus Discovered · · Score: -1, Troll

    A dupe from 9 hours ago. The editors are getting good!

  5. Re:Hmmm.. weird stats... on Gmail Spam Filter Testing · · Score: 1

    My (not gmail) spam directory, going back less than a month, currently has 2985 messages, with a directory size of 21MB. Thats about 6.87kb per message. He has an average of 55kb per message. That seems high to me.

  6. Re:FireFox on End Run Around Pop-up Blockers · · Score: 1

    Usually clicking on the link again will allow the popup through.

  7. Re:It was tough on Parenting and a Career in Coding? · · Score: 4, Funny

    "You should have beaten the tar out of him"

    Don't you mean .cab?

  8. Re:We're the governent. We're here to help. on FCC Move Could Shut Down High School Radio Station · · Score: 1

    "Let's reduce it, reduce the FCC"

    If the FCC wasn't in this, they would have moved the tower three years ago when they first wanted to. What are the other options? This isn't a troll, I'm curious what the alternative is.

  9. DSL? on Suggestions for a Home VOIP Provider? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I have a related question... Can you keep DSL and sign up for one of these providers? Will *insert local bell or SBC* let you have a line without service?

  10. 38 pages? on There Are Infinitely Many Prime Twins · · Score: 5, Funny

    They should have put it in 37 pages..

  11. Re:Interstellar catastrophic source no longer need on Dinosaurs Died Within Hours of Asteroid Impact, says New Study · · Score: 1

    "this means that if the bodies of the dead were to get up again, we could kill them all 12 more times."

    Given enough fallout, we might see that happen!

  12. Re:Carmen Sandiego? on Teaching History In Schools With Video Games · · Score: 1

    Great. Now I have it stuck in my head... Thanks.

  13. Re:Hmmmm on Open Source Hotspots · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It seems the whole point of this type of system is to be able to control who gets to access the AP and what those people can/can't access.

    I have no need for a Linux-based wireless AP, but there are many applications that do.

  14. Re:If nothing else on Voice Over IP Goes Global, The DNS Way · · Score: 1

    I think the cell phone industry helped this also.. They're the ones that kept trying to outcompete each other with more minutes.

  15. Re:Humble suggestion on IBM tells SCO to Put Up or Shut Up · · Score: 1

    Just hire and fire Milton.

  16. Re:Slashdot? on Schizophrenia Experiences and Suggestions? · · Score: 1

    When dealing with Schizophrenia, there comes a point where all the medical advice means absolutely nothing. If your loved one refuses to take medication and refuses help, nothing's going to help. That person may be admitted and medicated for a while, but if they aren't seeking help themselves, it means nothing. Understanding the illness is the first step to helping a loved one. That comes from reading about it, or talking with other people about it.

    Whether or not Slashdot is a good place to do so, is up to you..

  17. Re:God be with you on Schizophrenia Experiences and Suggestions? · · Score: 1

    Make sure you pray for all schizophrenics.. 1 of 100 people worldwide have it. Count 100 of the people you know.. One probably has or will develop schizophrenia. Add that with the number with bi-polar or a number of common mental diseases, and most likely everyone will deal with it at one time or another.

  18. Re:Find out more on Schizophrenia Experiences and Suggestions? · · Score: 1

    My mother was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia a few years ago. Some of the books I highly reccommend:

    Surviving Schizophrenia by E. Fuller Torrey, M.D. Pretty much an encyclopedia on Schizophrenia.

    The Day the Voices Stopped by Ken Steele. AWESOME book to really see it from a Schizophrenic's perspective. Highly reccommended.

    I am Not Sick I Don't Need Help! by Xavier Amador. Was interesting on how to understand your loved one.. Not necessarily anything practical on how to really get help.

    For me, reading a lot about it and talking it over with close friends and family really helped to understand the disease and that being afraid of it doesn't help anyone. My mother refuses treatment because she doesn't see any problem, which was hard to understand at first. The biggest step is trying to understand what that person is going through and now to try to argue sense into him or her.

    BTW, this is directed to anyone reading .. I attached it to nizo's post since he asked about books and so it wouldn't be lost in the crowd.

  19. Re:Question on Gmail Users Get A Storage Boost [updated] · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just check out the google cach-- .. er.. oh ya. never mind.

  20. Re:Like WEP is secure? on Safe and Insecure? · · Score: 1

    And trying to keep it closed deters the vast majority of people anyways. They'll just use the next AP that their sniffer picks up.

  21. Re:But they freeze your BANK account! on Paypal Deals Blow To Freenet · · Score: 1

    They have no control over bank accounts. Where are you pulling that from?

  22. Re:Something it didn't say on H2G2 Film Website · · Score: 1

    They must have read this thread.. Go look at it now.

  23. Re:Good point- on Amateur Rocket to Carry Ham Radio Payload to Space · · Score: 1

    I remember launching one with a single C or D engine in what seemed like calm conditions.. After running after it for 10 minutes and finally losing sight of it off to the distance, I gave up. Those things sure drift.

  24. Re:But the Pictures Themselves... on Digital Cameras Change War Photo-Journalism · · Score: 1

    If "Flags of Our Fathers" by James Bradley is close to accurate (which I'm sure it is.. He's the son of one of the flagraisers), it wasn't "staged" but it's true that it wasn't a big deal.

    The original flag was put up earlier that day when the mountain was first taken. It obviously had historical value to the the batallion so a replacement flag was put up. The famous photo was taken as the old flag was taken down and the new one raised. The photographers just happened to be there at the time. Rosenthal, the one who took the photo, wasn't even sure he got it. He nearly missed it and didn't even look into the viewfinder when he took it.

  25. Re:Tech demo at recent WinHEC on Projected 'Average' Longhorn System Is A Whopper · · Score: 1

    Ha. And they say people today have short attention spans...

    "Back in my day, we'd only play ONE game at a time."

    I mean, come on. Besides demo purposes, what's the point?