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  1. Re:How Linux Fares on The Twenty Most Critical Internet Security Holes · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Apache is not GNU software. In fact, the GPL is incompatible with its license.

  2. What's new here? on The Twenty Most Critical Internet Security Holes · · Score: 1

    I just read over the list and there is nothing new here. We know Sendmail needs regular patching. We know BIND needs regular patching. We know never to run the R commands or IIS. We know we need firewalls. I can write down a list of common sense things to do, too. There is nothing new here.

  3. Old News on Non Photo Realistic Quake · · Score: 1

    Slashdot covered this story back on May 16th. It is goofy and makes you feel like you are playing in an Aha video.

  4. Re:How will this affect Slackware? on FreeBSD 5.0 Delayed One Year · · Score: 1

    Slackware was released on CD by Walnut Creek just like FreeBSD was released on CD by Walnut Creek. WC also employed some developers for both, but WC did not produce either package. As it is, Slackware was abandoned after the buyout of BSDi by WindRiver. So, Slackware is unaffected. Even if they were still both released on CD by WC, they are wholly seperate projects and have nothing to do with each other.

  5. PostgreSQL on MySQL Gets Perl Stored Procedures · · Score: 1

    PostgreSQL has had Perl, Tcl/Tk, C, and hooks for other languages for some time now.

  6. Transparent Government on How Public Should Public Records Be? · · Score: 1

    It is a necessity for the public that these records remain public. These records have been public in the United States for 200 years. The only difference was ease of access. Years ago, when a high school student, I worked for my local auditors office and I had floor plans to every building in the county available to me. This access must remain open.

  7. Re:Isn't everything copyrighted? on Aussie ISP Scans Downloads For Copyright Violation · · Score: 2, Informative

    No, your heirs own the copyrights for 75 years after you die. Unless you transfer them. And patents last 17 years. Please, do not post patently false information like the above.

  8. Re:Isn't everything copyrighted? on Aussie ISP Scans Downloads For Copyright Violation · · Score: 1

    No, this is wrong. In the United States, unless something is specifically given the public domain, the copyright remains with the creator for all works. Registration is not required. Neither is notice.

  9. The BSDs solved this long ago on What Happens To -AC (And Other) Kernel Mods? · · Score: 1

    You know, the BSD's solved this long ago by allowing more open modification of the official kernels.

  10. Re:Doom and earlier games? on 3D First-Person Games, So Far · · Score: 1

    You are thinking of Catacomb 3D or Catacomb Abyss from Softdisk. They both used a reduced version of the Wolf3D engine.

  11. Europe on Dolby Tells NetBSD Project: Don't Decode AC3 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Software patents are still against the rules in Europe. Move the software there and Dolby has no recourse.

  12. This is a total sham! on Gamespy.com's "Top 50 Games of All Time" · · Score: 1

    Where is PacMan? Where is Pong? Where is Breakout? Where is Hunt the Wumpus? These guys have no idea. I still play these games because they are far better than most of the games released today.

  13. Re:Like it or not, DMCA is law on Say Here Why Sklyarov Should Go Free · · Score: 1

    Actually, that is not true. Quite frequently, corporations will write a law, and then copyright it so that they may be the only ones to distribute it.

  14. Link to John Tobin on Say Here Why Sklyarov Should Go Free · · Score: 0

    I said on July 23rd on M-Net that the Russians would try to trade Tobin for him and on the 27th, the Times said they may release Tobin without linking the events. Today, Tobin was released. This is a play up to the Bush administration. Skylarov will go free. IT may not be as timely as anyone expects.

  15. Consequences for Tobin? on US Won't Drop Charges Against Sklyarov - More Protests Planned · · Score: 2

    The New York Times had a brief article this morning saying Russia may reduce John Tobin's term. This may be a bargining chip for the Russians.

  16. Re:question? Euros to dollars on Adobe Threatens KIllustrator Over Name · · Score: 1
  17. 2500 EUR on Adobe Threatens KIllustrator Over Name · · Score: 1

    If he waits a few weeks, it'll only be $1.25 USD :)

  18. Re:My /. password is... on The Psychology of Passwords · · Score: 1

    So we were joking about the phone system manual which takes 3 pages to
    explain how to dial a number. I was following the mock instructions and
    dialing. "1-8-0-0...I don't know, dial something" so I continued with
    "I don't know" Apparently I dialed more than seven numbers. Well, the
    phone (on speaker) says, "You have not dialed the correct access number,
    please try again." My mananger looks and me and says, "Great, now you
    are going try to break in, aren't you?" "Of course," I say,
    "1-2-3-4-5." "Ring...ring...Hello?" Sometimes, they make it too easy.

  19. Re:Will I be "out of memory" when first 640K is fu on NetBSD Ported to AMD x86-64 (Sledgehammer) · · Score: 1

    There are already 256 interrupt lines on the x86. Has been ever since the 8088.

  20. Re:Partially public funded on Can University Students GPL Their Submitted Works? · · Score: 1

    No, it does not. It presumes they are going to a publicly funded school. Where they may be in a publicly funded dorm room. Or, something certain, have a publicly funded instructor.

  21. Re:Partially public funded on Can University Students GPL Their Submitted Works? · · Score: 1

    Which is exactly what happened with BSD. DARPA funded the development. And because any idiot could use it and its wonderful TCP/IP stack, we have open standards with a very low barrier to entry which give us the wonderful Internet we have today.

  22. Re:Partially public funded on Can University Students GPL Their Submitted Works? · · Score: 1

    Well, I never thought about it before. Yes, they should.

  23. Re:Uh...no. on Can University Students GPL Their Submitted Works? · · Score: 1

    I know, and other examples include AFS. This is a more ideal world I am describing :)

  24. Re:Partially public funded on Can University Students GPL Their Submitted Works? · · Score: 2

    Wow, who else have you blackmailed?

  25. Re:Partially public funded on Can University Students GPL Their Submitted Works? · · Score: 2

    Uhm, no. If software is paid for by the public using taxpayer money, any taxpayer (which, in case you hadn't noticed, corporations pay taxes too), should be able to use that software for any means desired.