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  1. Re:security? on 802.11g Hardware Arrives · · Score: 2

    But then the access point can still serve as a local relay for rogue user? what if you dont want that?

  2. Re:Security mathers? on 802.11g Hardware Arrives · · Score: 2

    and are the 802.11* standard independant of each other or are they all a complete solution to the wireless problem? (i mean, is 802.11i an add-on to other 802.11(a | b | g) standard?) and when is that going to be available? :-)

  3. Security mathers? on 802.11g Hardware Arrives · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Does this 802.11g standard fix the security issue we had with 802.11b ? If not, which 802.11* will fix that? :)

  4. According to local cinema site... on Equilibrium · · Score: 2

    they say it is to be released on april 2003... that may explain why you aint seeing no preview :-)

  5. PDAs are pretty useless... on Do People Really Use Their PDAs? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    personnaly i bought a Palm IIIx and after a year sold it and went back to pen and papers... (agendas) Syncing is annoying and the palm lose everything if you don't have fresh batteries.. i cant forget it in a corner for a long time. I did read some eBooks but it's not really worth it. I did have some fun with the software available but after a week you do something else :)

  6. Re:HT on Linux or FreeBSD... (fixed) on Intel Releases "Fastest Chip Ever" · · Score: 2

    Apparently 2.4.18 or higher does support HT...

  7. Re:One too many? on Trojan Found in libpcap and tcpdump · · Score: 2

    There always is a private exploit circulating ... that's the problem.

  8. Re:In my ideal world on Namibia Says "No Thanks" To Microsoft Donation With Strings · · Score: 2

    You mean Bush? oh... you were talking about Africa... ;)

  9. Re:Wait a second... on Tetris Is Hard: NP-Hard · · Score: 2

    There are more than just 48 moves because some times you have to move the piece at the last moment to make it fit under another one :-) (But they probably just ignore that possibility! :)

  10. Re:Clearly he has never install OpenBSD on Two Reviews of Debian 3.0 · · Score: 2

    hehe the only hard part actually is the partionning since BSD has their own way to do it :) but i agree that making an installer harder almost on purpose is not a good idea ...

  11. Re:Yup on Two Reviews of Debian 3.0 · · Score: 2

    So you can actually upgrade from redhat 7 to redhat 8 for free by running this program? I saw this i think at school on our redhat machines but i thought users had to register with redhat?
    And about that apt-get for RPM, which repository can be used?

  12. Re:Debian is rock solid but the install ... on Two Reviews of Debian 3.0 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    thats the main reason why i didn't like the BSD /ports... having to compile a whole batch of file (like when you dist-upgrade) would use the power of your slow machines until the next upgrade :-) I still think that it is probably the second-best way to do it though... i first learned linux on redhat and having to _seek_ upgrade on the web really is a huge p.i.t.a ... i wonder what is happening these days with redhat and mandrake, do they have free-internet-ready (buzzwords! :) upgrades? (like a apt-get dist-upgrade?)

  13. Debian is rock solid but the install ... on Two Reviews of Debian 3.0 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    As a long time debian user i must say that i would never want to go back to other packaging system (for now at least)... But when it comes to trying to install a _NEW_ computer for some friends, i usually try debian first and since i can't stay there to tweak everything for hours (which i would do at home since once done your system is constently kept up to date for years), i usually have to throw a redhat or mandrake at them :-/ conclusion: Debian rocks if you can get it installed and know linux well... maybe not the best thing for starters unfortunetaly..(not wanting to scare anyone ... not too fast ;-)

  14. Re:Wow on US Secrecy Efforts Hurting Scientific Research · · Score: 1

    Man, you still read that entertainment site? come on, scrap CNN and get some real news source...

  15. Re:I don't think you get it ... on US Secrecy Efforts Hurting Scientific Research · · Score: 1

    The reason is the same one that makes people play at the casino, they didn't listen in their statistics classes! :-)

  16. Re:No need to be smaller than 512 really... on Smallest Possible ELF Executable? · · Score: 1

    ReiserFS as other said, or some steganographic tools that actually use the lost space after your files to hide some other things (like this crazy tiny executable hehe :-)

  17. Re:The Parent is _NOT_ FLAMEBAIT on Mac OS X to Get Journaling FS · · Score: 1

    So why isn't apple distributing ISOs for me to trashout OS X and install a real/complete open source OS?

  18. Re:Apple == Microsoft on Mac OS X to Get Journaling FS · · Score: 1

    Apple is even worst, they control the hardware too! Just imagin apple and ms role reversed, it would be computer hell ... :-(

  19. Tron? on Science Brings You Brighter Pants · · Score: 1

    All i ever really wanted, Tron's clothes! woohoo! ;-)

  20. Quality TV news... on Are Internet News Sites Ready for Major World News? · · Score: 1

    as in, those with CNN will definitely want to go to the web ;-)

  21. Re:So... on Ask Dr. Vinton Cerf About the Internet · · Score: 1

    Of course he's been burned, as a vice-CEO i guess all his money(read: actions) went poof out the window ...

  22. Posix thread... on Running 100,000 Parallel Threads · · Score: 1

    I frequently hear people bitching about pthread lib and how f*cked up it is... is this going to change the way we use thread too? :-)

  23. Narcissist... on HOWTO: Spend A Billion Dollars · · Score: 1

    I wonder why isn't the geek actually the one designated as narcissist... :-)

  24. Definition of soda... on Drink Pepsi, Go to Space? · · Score: 1

    SODA = Water + sugar + junk that makes you teeth go away(and remove the rust off of nails) + shiny bottle .. what about a good glass of grapegruit juice? (better than caffeine! ;-)

  25. Debian... on Linux Worm Creating "Attack Network" · · Score: 1

    thanks debian for always being easily updatable! :-)