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  1. Re:ROTT on Nintendo Patents Insanity · · Score: 1

    > 'shroomin' mode
    I recall a game like this where you could site and talk to the local apothacary. You could take a hit from his hooka and get a color cycling screen. Three hits in a row and you die. :)

  2. Re:Your rights online? on File System Forensic Analysis · · Score: 1

    I would like to see the compliment to this book.
    "How to keep your thoughts and PC data yours and yours alone."

    How do you know if your encrypted volume is really as secure as you think it is?

  3. shhhhh!!! on BitTorrent's Loss is eDonkey's Gain? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why does slashdot keep letting the cat out of the bag? The first rule of P2P is don't talk about P2P.

  4. Re:Linux far from ready on Vista Launch Good for Desktop Linux? · · Score: 1

    ./configure, make, make install???

    Not exactly.
    1 You just look at a list of >16,000 software programs using an application that is as easy to use as email. (3D games, browsers, media players, svg graphics programs, html editors, p2p)
    2 Place a checkmark in the box next to the program you want installed.
    3 Click on [Apply]

    The program and its dependencies are seamlessly downloaded from the internet and installed.

    and I have heard of "./configure, make, make install". It is only for cutting edge software that has not hit the main stream yet. You can compile software in windows too if you want.

  5. Analogy on EFF Weighs in on Computer Privacy Case · · Score: 1

    their Fourth Amendment rights don't disappear when a computer is delivered to a technician for servicing."

      And what if I bring my blood covered machete in for sharpening?

  6. Re:why did you want to in the first place? on Convincing Your Superiors to GPL the Code? · · Score: 1

    > plenty of GPL zealots around here who will show up sooner or later.

    Actually, we've been lined up at the door waiting for this one.

  7. Re:step by step argument on Convincing Your Superiors to GPL the Code? · · Score: 1

    and he shouldn't for get to mention that he built upon the efforts of the GPL community who provided 99 percent of the work from the get go. Consider it compensation to the thousands of FOSS contributors before him.

  8. Re:Ignorance on A New Look at Linux vs. Windows TCO · · Score: 1

    Actually, Ernie Ball has lot of extra copies of Windows since they ditched MS for Linux an recouped that 80,000 in the first year. There are NO MS PCs at Ernie Ball.

  9. Annoyance on Death of Cookies, Spyware Greatly Exaggerated? · · Score: 1

    From the report:
    [For example, cookies help a computer limit how many times a user sees annoying ads like a floating, animated message.]

    They need a cookie that can reveal my final visit to a web site. That the best time to show the annoying, floating animated ad, assuring that i will never return to the site.

  10. Re:40% of the market is a problem on Death of Cookies, Spyware Greatly Exaggerated? · · Score: 1

    >big bright flashy "YOU WON A FREE PIECE-OF-SHIT" bouncing all over the screen.

    Is that a reference to the geotze.cx website?

  11. Re:stupid on FCC Wants to Track Wireless · · Score: 1

    New Windows Vista(tm), because it's french for "crap".

    Merde

  12. Re:RIAA should address the cause on Recordable Media a Bigger Threat Than Filesharing? · · Score: 1

    Sir,

    1 song from iTunes. ($0.99)
    19 from gnutella. ($0)
    ~1 dollar / 20 songs

    Maybe you should not get so caught up in your attitude problem.

  13. Spam filtering is bullshit. on Ending Spam · · Score: 1

    Spam filtering is crap. It's like having to wear a bullet proof vest because people will be firing at you while you drive to work. Excuse me for thinking it, But no one shoud be taking shots at you for no good reason.
      We need to have an automated way of dog-piling the retail site that the spammer is trying to lure you to.
    Every time a spammer sends an email for viagra our email client should goto the site and fill out the order form 50 times per second... incorrectly.
      There is simply no more time to be pussies about this shit. Spam filtering has been given plenty of time to fix this problem. It's time for something new and aggressive.
    VERY AGGRESSIVE.
    THE TIME IS NOW!

    thank you for your time.

  14. Re:In other news... on Recordable Media a Bigger Threat Than Filesharing? · · Score: 1

    >your - belongs to you
    >you're - you are

    You're your self.

  15. Re:sneakernet ...is it OK to use... on Recordable Media a Bigger Threat Than Filesharing? · · Score: 1

    a pair of Rockports?

    We (no names provided) like to share a USB harddrive. When you loan it to someone they copy files off and then add files to the drive. Before you know it, the drive is full and everyone has a copy. This can be much better than P2P for "general" libraries. You still need P2P (or a music store) to find specific songs.

  16. Re:RIAA should address the cause on Recordable Media a Bigger Threat Than Filesharing? · · Score: 1

    >$1 per song, $12.99 per CD
    >until a happy "middle-ground" is found

    The happy medium has in fact been found.
    Buy one song at $1 for every 19 songs downloaded for free. That's five cents per song. I'm happy.

  17. Re:As a Google fan on Google Loses AdWords Case · · Score: 1

    Of course I have not read the F article but I think the issue here is the difference between mentioning your competitor in your own ad VERSUS licensing one companies trademark to another company when the trademark is not yours to sell or license.

    As a Google fan i would like to see Google do the right thing and not license trademarks to the trademark owners competitor. They can license the term "Insurance" to anyone they want.

  18. Re:Obvious question on Firefox Hits 80,000,000 Downloads · · Score: 2, Interesting

    How many distro's download it once and let many thousands of people use firefox without downloading it from mozilla.org?

    Count me as one.

  19. Re:640 Years on Spammer Scott Levine Convicted · · Score: 1

    Should just put a wooden stake through his heart.
    Very, very slowly. Perhaps over the course of a year.

  20. Re:Not a user-perceptable change. on Intel Plans to Overhaul Chip Architecture · · Score: 1

    Hell, the typical user wouldn't notice if you stole half the RAM out of their box. :)

  21. Re:Optimus on Discussing Logitech's New Gaming Mice · · Score: 1

    What ever happened to those card board templates you could lay around your F-keys to show their functions in your word proccesor? I sure miss those.

  22. Memories on The Lives And Times of Speed Runners · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Yep, I used to do this back then. Doom would report your time to complete a level. At some point the thought occurs. Hey, i'll just skip killing the bad guys and run my ass off!

  23. Re:/usr/local/bin/egregious_spell_checker on 8th Annual AUV Competition Results · · Score: 1

    duct tape vs duck tape

    please wiki my friend...

    Duct tape (originally known as duck tape) is a strong, fabric-based, multi-purpose adhesive tape, usually silver in color, although many other colors, including transparent, are also available, and is usually 2 inches (50 mm) wide. It was originally developed during World War II in 1942 as a waterproof sealing tape for ammunition casings. Permacel, then a division of Johnson & Johnson, used a rubber-based adhesive to help the tape resist water and a fabric backing to facilitate ripping. Because of these properties, it was also used to quickly repair military equipment, including jeeps, guns, and aircraft.

  24. Re:Windows XP on 8th Annual AUV Competition Results · · Score: 1

    >UF team ran Windows XP on their embedded computer

      It's OK to run Windows on these devices since there is no requirement to stay afloat.

  25. Re:TFA indicates it is flawed on 'Uncrackable' Document and Product Security? · · Score: 1

    >Two reams of paper and you're in (or 1,000 peices of passport plastic, or whatever).

      So let me know how things work out for you when you hand 1000 passports to customs and wait for one of them to pass the test.