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  1. Call your state attorney on Employees Rights in an Emergency? · · Score: 5, Informative

    During the hurricane a state official was on the television reporting that many similar events had occurred. She mentioned to call the state attorney. The relevant information is available at http://myfloridalegal.com/contact or you can just call 1-866-966-7226.

  2. Re:IBM... on HP Announces Support For MySQL, JBoss · · Score: 1

    >>Dell isn't open source friendly and doesn't seem to be trying either.

    It figures an AC would say that: http://linux.dell.com/

  3. Re:Looks like on Big Screen for NYPD · · Score: 1

    I can't believe this got modded Insightful, I find that +1 Funny.

  4. Re:Thugs or not, they have the right to do so on RIAA Files 531 More Lawsuits · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Does the RIAA need a reputation? They don't sell anything to the consumer and won't be influenced based on projected reputation to them. Sure, lots of /. user's don't buy RIAA music but they are still making millions and millions more dollars without us. Napster has died and the public may or may not have been truly outraged. RIAA memebers still make money. The bottom line is the RIAA doesn't care what the hell we think about them; like the parent said the RIAA is just excercising their rights.

  5. Re:Why ? on IBM Wants to Port Office to Linux · · Score: 2, Informative

    They use Carbon which isn't portable really to *nix. Had they used Cocoa GNUStep would have been an option.

  6. Re:Baby Got DRM on Sir Mix-A-Lot Using Weed To Distribute Music · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The artist still isn't getting "50%." Whoever owns the rights to the copyright gets "50%." If you signed a record contract, it's probably your label that now owns the copyrights. Thus, of that "50%", you get whatever your contract said. A fringe-case however would be the completely independent artist, receiving all "50%."

  7. Re:Wine glasses on Security Tips for Traveling with Tech Gear · · Score: 1

    That's nothing. Everyone in coach on every flight I have ever been on gets a can, a metal can, of soda. The security risk is thus:

    1) Drink or drain can.
    2) Tear can apart with a twist. A five year old can do this.
    3) Instant razor blade.

    All this security we go though well never make us safe as long as their are weapons in-cabin. If terrorists can think to put bombs in their shoes they can think of this.

  8. Re:Definitely on Real Security? · · Score: 1

    That's a great idea, thank you! Being a perpetual student of the piano myself, I'm surprised I didn't think of this first.

  9. Re:There goes my Saturday on Kernel Exploit Cause Of Debian Compromise · · Score: 1

    #1) Possible man-in-the-middle attack. #2) Possible brute force break (unlikely with SSH2) #3) Possible social engineering. #4) Possible mistrust placed in local (ie. VPN) of the developer security. It continues on and on. It's also possible he used the same password on other non-encrypted services (MUDs, AIM, ICQ, HTTP). Again, if the Debian maintainers haven't realeased a real answer (or even speculation) as to the reason, I have even less a chance of knowing.

  10. Re:There goes my Saturday on Kernel Exploit Cause Of Debian Compromise · · Score: 1

    Not true. The devloper's password was sniffed. He was a 'trusted local user.' Regardless, the box was exploited though the exploited password. Any root expolit is critical.

  11. A little late here... on They Blocked My SMTP, Now What? · · Score: 1

    but check out: MailHop from DynDns. They'll "proxy" your domain at port 25 and forward it to your real IP at a non-standard port.

  12. Re:fp on Replace Your Music....Again · · Score: 1

    Where's the "case law [that] supports that?" All patents document exactly how to do what they are patenting. Really. What is there to reverse engineer? You can easily look up -exactly- how to do what they did. You're just not allowed to do it. You could however design something that worked a different way but accomplished the same thing; it just can't use the same method.

  13. Re:I Wonder ... on Mac OS X Update 10.3.1 Available · · Score: 3, Informative

    Command-Option-Escape. Force quit software update once it has done the install. You can also 'kill' the process the *nix way. You can now reboot when you want, with out the nagging dialog box.

  14. Re:That silly on Company Files Motion to Stop IE Distribution · · Score: 2

    Do remember, Ethernet (the standard) was been around way longer than that (1983.) Plus, it's a registered trademark (R) of Xerox. Trademarks can be "voided" if proven to be not enforced/protected. Patents don't have this limitation. You could probably get away with calling your cable "Ethernet" but if the standard had been patented you'd need a license. (Which, knowing Xerox PARC's history, would have been given away anyways.)

  15. Re:Huh? on A Database of Patched Software? · · Score: 1

    We don't know what kind of LANs are being maintained, and it was mentioned Internet-connectivity is not always there. This has nothing to do with software selection. For all we know, he is managing Secret or Top Secret NSA or CIA LANs. Hopefully however, it this is true, he isn't asking Slashdot.

  16. Check first on Using USB to Separate Computer and Keyboard/Mouse? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Look up specs on USB audio devices. Many (and I mean MANY) will not work at all on USB (power or unpowered) hubs and require a direct USB connection.

  17. Re:How did that get mod'ed "insightful"? on Microsoft "Swen" Worm Squiggles Into Sight · · Score: 1

    However, remember the virtues of Open Source. I could easily only allow programs with root privileges to open ANY sockets. I also have much more powerful built in firewalling, inbound or out. The ability to add such things, and not have a MASSIVE group of users be at the whim of another body, secures any open source system.

  18. Re:The Removed Listing on Google Removes Links in Response to DMCA Complaint · · Score: 1

    +1 Funny, but obviously, I posted.

  19. The Removed Listing on Google Removes Links in Response to DMCA Complaint · · Score: 1

    As per the complaint: a. http://www.kazaagold.com b. http://mp3download.com c. http://www.kazaalite.tk d. http://www.kaaza.com e. http://doa2.host.sk f. http://www.k-lite.tk g. http://www.kazaa-file-sharing-downloads.com h. http://www.kazaalite.nl i. http://home/hccnet.nl/h.edskes/mirror.htm j. http://www.kazaa-download.de k. http://www.zeropaid.com l. http//www.kazaalite.nl/downloads.htm m. http://kazaa.infos-du-net.com n. http://www.kazaa-lite.tk o. http://www.kazaa-lite.info We're all removed from Google listings.

  20. Re:And Slashdot is offended by this why? on Cindy Smart Knows Better Than To Say Naughty Words · · Score: 1

    Not going to delve in to the actual 'rights' or things that should be happening. But parents have some sort of say on what their kids learn and when they learn it, though many of us may or may not agree with each of their individual judgments.

  21. Re:Too much crack! on SCO Wants $699 for Linux Systems · · Score: 2, Funny

    Thanks for destroying my LCD with hot beverages though my nose! Made my day ;)

  22. Re:Actual info? on Self-Assembling Networks · · Score: 1

    _that_ supplies.... damn preview button

  23. Re:Actual info? on Self-Assembling Networks · · Score: 1

    Take a look at the PDF the supplies the mathematical fomulae and diagrams. Rather convicing.

  24. Re:Free Codecs on Non-MP3 Codecs? · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's also important to note that Ogg/Vorbis provides VBR (Variable Bitrate) encoding (although MP3s can do this too), which optimizes sound quality and file size.

  25. Segway Computing on Next Generation Xybernaut Wearable · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Sure, a wearable computer sounds like a great idea, and it is. But, will it be socially acceptable in this day and age, or will we have to all be on Segways first?