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  1. Re:Two questions: DRM/Flooding & Anonymous Dow on Gnutella2 Specifications · · Score: 1

    You can't make such a gateway - you'd need to know the filenames and cryptographic hashes of every file on the gnutella network, and have to insert each one individually. And that's not a gateway.

  2. Re:Two questions: DRM/Flooding & Anonymous Dow on Gnutella2 Specifications · · Score: 1
    1. Sure, but only if you know the hash of the file you want.
    2. No, that's what Freenet is for.
  3. Re:The "About" information on Gnutella2 Specifications · · Score: 1

    Well, the way I see it its biggest innovations are hashes and UDP. These could be added to the existing gnutella protocol.

  4. C structure? on Gnutella2 Specifications · · Score: 1

    #pragma pack(1)
    typedef struct
    {
    CHAR szTag[3];
    BYTE nFlags;
    WORD nSequence;
    BYTE nPart;
    BYTE nCount;
    } GND_HEADER;

    This is not a C structure. #pragma is an implementation-defined directive according to ISO/IEC 1999:9899. Moreover, it fails to define CHAR, BYTE, or WORD.

  5. Re:anyone else getting the feeling... on Prime Numbers Not So Random? · · Score: 1

    You can't prove it by induction without proving that for all odd n, if n is prime, then n+1 is prime. You just proved it for a given range.

  6. Re:anyone else getting the feeling... on Prime Numbers Not So Random? · · Score: 1

    Or the sequence of application of mathematical operations, as defined per axioms, which reduces the opposite of a given statement to a contradiction, is a proof.

  7. Re:anyone else getting the feeling... on Prime Numbers Not So Random? · · Score: 1
  8. Re:Why not? on Microsoft To Teach Undergrads About Secure Computing · · Score: 1

    Now, really, the Traf-O-Data system didn't need to be that secure. No, really! It's isolated, so what could possibly go wrong? *ducks*

  9. Re:That's easy... on Which Shell Do You Prefer? · · Score: 1

    - it's dynamically linked and resides in /usr/local/bin,
    whereas /bin/ksh and /bin/csh are statically linked
    (system rescue issues)

    Don't use a shell where it dosen't belong. System recovery should be done by sash. If all your utilities are shared libraries, other shells won't help much.
  10. Re:I hope he gets it on Amazon's Bezos Wants Web Advertising Patent · · Score: 1
  11. Re:Along these lines... on Wireless Charging your Handhelds? · · Score: 1
    • No more power lines
    • No more batteries
    • Completely wireless monitors (without recharging)
    No more hard drives... No more oscillators with inductors as a component
  12. Re:NonBloated on Screenshot History of Windows · · Score: 1

    Uhm - remove either emacs or vi and you'll see 2/3 of your userbase vanish. 1/3 was the fanatics for the editor, 1/3 just left on general principles.

  13. Re:NonBloated on Screenshot History of Windows · · Score: 1

    Use tar/bzip2 - I guarentee you'll see signifigant space savings. This is especially important if you haven't upgraded to those newfangled 20mb drives yet...

  14. Re:Progression on Screenshot History of Windows · · Score: 3, Funny

    Uh, it might not be a good idea to contradict someone holding that big of a hammer...

  15. Re:Try Australia on Looking for Unbiased War News? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nearly everyone can find it in 7 tries or less...

  16. Duh! on Looking for Unbiased War News? · · Score: 1

    Slashdot comments at -1, of course. They're the most reliable source of information on the web!

  17. Re:lets play a game on Microsoft Bug May Attract Big Worm · · Score: 1
    I say none. They don't run:
    • Windows
    • Outhouse Express
    • A WebDAV server
    • Anything on port 80, in fact
  18. Re:oh no! on CDT Releases New Report on Origins of Spam · · Score: 1

    Aliases don't rewrite Return-Path, From, or Reply-To headers - it goes directly to the sender. Which is usually forged.

  19. Re:The REALLY nice thing about freenet on Freenet 0.5.1 Released, P2P Network Stabilizing · · Score: 1

    Grab a few dozen refs, merge them all. You'll use a mix of each list.

  20. Re:Dangit, Slashdot, mirror things like this on Local Root Hole in Linux Kernels · · Score: 1

    If you don't want to be locked out, subscribe to the list :)

  21. Re:Root Kit on Local Root Hole in Linux Kernels · · Score: 1

    If there is one, it'd have to be installed by one of your users. You can't be sure, but you can't do a clean install each time a patch is released :)

  22. What about ptrace? on Local Root Hole in Linux Kernels · · Score: 1

    What, exactly, is this bug? I remember one a while back where you could ptrace an app that had a saved uid of 0 and keep the trace once it ran seteuid(), is this the same?

  23. Re:Got Root? on Local Root Hole in Linux Kernels · · Score: 1

    Root has all the priviliges and suid-bits you need for a healthy rootkit.

  24. Re:First Post on Ask Nicholas Petreley About Linux Usage Statistics · · Score: 1
    Just because you can't figure out how to customize your X window manager doesn't mean we should condemn the kernel that it happens to run on.

    Why doesn't it come configured half-decently to begin with?

    The programmers aren't mind-readers. They don't know what you want.

    If you increases resolution to something reasonable, it's not "screwed up and squished." Plus install your 100-dpi fonts, and you're good to go.

    Then why doesn't it come like that -- with the proper resolution and decent fonts?


    You chose the resolution - you deal with it. It's one of the questions in the X configuration. And, at least for me, the fonts came with it.

    let's imagine two linked slider bars: At one end is complication and Custimzability, at the other end is Simplification and Let-Me-Do-It-For-You.

    The thing with this is: Windows lets you have the simplification day-to-day if you're lazy or if you're just not good with computers, and has plenty of customisation and complication available for those who want it. With Linux, it's always complicated, even when it tries to fool you into thinking it should be simple.

    Most window managers have a wizard to set the desktop - KDE, for example, can be easily set to mimic windows. If your distro dosen't show you that, use another.
  25. Re:The REALLY nice thing about freenet on Freenet 0.5.1 Released, P2P Network Stabilizing · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Actually, it could be vulnerable to the slashdot effect - sort of. The freenet distribution comes with (iirc) 100 'seed' nodes. These are exported periodically from the hawk.freenetproject.org node. Your node picks 50 of them and uses them as peers. It soon migrates off the seed nodes and onto other nodes. But those first 50 could well be slashdotted.