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  1. Re:Mirror. on Linux Kernel 2.6.6 Released · · Score: 1

    Here's a DNS RR: ftp://ftp.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6. If you're in some other country feel free to replace the .us with your own country code, but there are probably enough mirrors in the country code to go around. Be sure to check the signatures of course :)

  2. Re:From Google: on ExtremeTech Reviews Google's Gmail Beta · · Score: 2, Funny
    From Google: Reviews and comments

    "An outstanding webmail system - outshines all the rest!" -- Google Gazette
    "Three thumbs up!" -- Google Times
    "Why aren't you using it already?" -- Google Management
  3. Re:Ditch Fedora - Go Debian Unstable on Revealed: How Fedora And The Community Interact · · Score: 1

    Try gentoo - the x86 branch has always been stable for me, and the unstable ~x86 branch can be mixed with the stable safely. ~x86 had KDE 3 within hours of release IIRC.

  4. Re:Who invented FTP? on Winny P2P Software Creator Arrested · · Score: 1
    It requires every recordable medium to have a special kind of 'tax' which is divided among copyright holders.

    I hold some copyrights. Can I have some free money, too?
  5. Re:They don't on NYT Discovers Internet's Wild Side: IRC · · Score: 3, Informative
  6. Re:My linux VS my XP on A Public Library's Linux Success Story · · Score: 1
    P2P: XP: KazaaLite, Emule Linux: Emule
    Try apollon and giFT for P2P - they'll let you access gnutella, OpenFT, and Fasttrack (Kazaa) networks from one UI.
  7. Re:Slashdot and Bittorrent on Knoppix v3.4 Hits The Mirrors · · Score: 1

    The Wondershaper can throttle all upstream bandwith with one script, and prioritize ssh traffic too.

  8. Re:A very quick bittorrent how-to? on Knoppix v3.4 Hits The Mirrors · · Score: 1
    Can someone supply the command line for grabbing the iso? Include flags if used/recommended?
    btdownloadcurses.py (file).torrent
    Will running bittorrent open up any security holes? I'm behind a nat device

    Not more than any other network program.
    Will bittorrent work behind the nat device?

    Yes, but it'll go slower. Open oprts 6881-6889 for faster downloads.
  9. MOD PARENT UP - informative on Tuning Linux VM swapping · · Score: 1

    no text

  10. Re:Spamhaus sucks on Spammer Sues SpamCop · · Score: 1

    Then switch to one that dosen't allow spammers upon their networks.

  11. mplayer support? on Dirac: BBC Open Source Video Codec · · Score: 1

    Is there a patch to mplayer/mencoder to add support for this yet?

  12. Re:RTFA - swappiness is tweakable on Tuning Linux VM swapping · · Score: 1

    I don't know, but 2.6 has been stable enough for me that I don't care :)

  13. Re:they missed one of the biggest points! on Tuning Linux VM swapping · · Score: 1

    Don't disk drives do a CRC in hardware automatically? I thought that was how bad sectors were detected and reallocated, by how many reads were needed to get a good CRC.

  14. RTFA - swappiness is tweakable on Tuning Linux VM swapping · · Score: 1

    echo 0 > /proc/sys/vm/swappiness

  15. Re:Enterprise Gentoo Linux? on Gentoo Linux Musings · · Score: 1

    A mechanism for this already exists - all ebuilds are tagged with keywords based on the architecture, depending on if it's stable (e.g. x86), unstable (~x86), or broken (-x86). One could add another (+x86?) indicating it's enterprise, and set the portage filter to that. If one needed a newer one, one can override on a per-package basis.

  16. Re:My feelings on gentoo. on Gentoo Linux Musings · · Score: 1
    Finally, I had a bootable system. Unfortuneatly, I couldn't get it to detect my network card, so I tried to get the network driver of the live cd. Next, I couldn't find my cd-rom. Finally, I found that (it started with s instead of cd something like I expected),

    If you use genkernel to configure the kernel you'll get the same kernel drivers that are used on the CD. The scd bit is because you're using SCSI emulation, needed for CD burning in 2.4.x kernels. Turn it off in 2.6.x, or if you don't have a CD-R/DVD-R, by removing the hdx=ide-scsi from your GRUB configuration file.
  17. Re:Upgrade on Gentoo Linux Announces Gentoo Linux 2004.1 · · Score: 1

    emerge -au world :)

  18. Re:Gentoo is one of the best linux distribs, and h on Gentoo Linux Announces Gentoo Linux 2004.1 · · Score: 5, Funny
    root@gentoo ~# emerge newlines
    HTH.
  19. Re:Infinity on Calculating A Theoretical Boundary To Computation · · Score: 1
    So, if the universe has a limit, and the Mind isn't infinite, and we're all constrained by the entropy of the ever so slowly expanding universe, I have just one question.

    Would anyone like some toast?

    Good god, man! You've solved the problem already! Now it's just a matter of engineering...
  20. Re:Overclock your house on Overclocking your Gameboy Advance · · Score: 1

    No, 240v outlets use a different prong configuration. More info here

  21. Re:so does that mean... on Stretch Announces Chip That Rewires Itself On The Fly · · Score: 1

    C's plenty portable as long as you stick to the standard. Plenty of people don't, though, and that's where unportable C comes from. Of course, without breaking portability you're not going to get much done, beyond mathematical stuff.

  22. Re:Let me help with your analogy on OpenOffice.org, MS Office 2003 Compared, Evaluated · · Score: 1
    You drink Pepsi directly from the can, so you don't need a glass. If you want to switch to water you'd need to buy a glass first, which may be expensive. But that doesn't really matters, because in the long run you recover what you spent on the glass since water is cheaper than Pepsi.
    Ah, but you can pour the water into the can, though it might taste a bit funny.
  23. Re:Loophole! on NYS Senator Suggests Criminalizing Spyware · · Score: 1

    tr A-Z a-z | perl -pne 's/(^|\. *)([a-z])/$1\u$2/g'

  24. Re:WARNING! on Linux's Achilles Heel Apparently Revealed · · Score: 1
    - Some distros have the mixer volume at 0 by default.
    Anything else runs the risk of either being too quiet or blowing out your speakers when the KDE chime (or whatever) plays.
  25. Re:Perl6 is a mistake on Apocalypse 12 From Larry Wall · · Score: 1
    The way it's being done is bad. Perl was once a lightweight, extremely flexible language. Now it's become a huge ugly monster. People wanted OO, so a nasty hack was bolted on top to allow some semblance of it. Now this nasty hack is being expanded. Sure, the code's different, but the basic form is the same. Kludge upon kludge upon kludge; I'd much rather have a nice, clean, pure language (and not one with loads of irritating whitespace thank you very much).
    Have you read A12 yet? It's not as bad as you think:
    class FooBar is Widget {
    has $.frobCount = 42;
    method frobnicate { $.frobCount++; }
    }

    my $barfoo = FooBar.new;
    $barfoo.frobnicate;
    say $barfoo.frobCount; # Prints "43\n"