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  1. Re:Thank the lord on Marine Finds Duct Tape on Mars · · Score: 1

    Or Gen 6 night vision.

  2. Re:How much? on Human Powered Helicopter · · Score: 2, Insightful
    They spent 30 grand for a device that will stay off the ground for 3 minutes with a pilot that probably is no doubt, more capable running this thing than most of us.

    This was only a concept flight, you would be better off saving money with cheaper heavier material and adding an engine.

  3. Re:Holy Crap! on Windows XP SP2 Goes Gold · · Score: 1

    How is getting a service pack from a 3rd party mirror much different than apt-getting or downloading rpm's from a 3rd party mirror?

  4. Re:Holy Crap! on Windows XP SP2 Goes Gold · · Score: 1
    No, MS offered the final build (2180) to the Windows beta site. Currently that, and BitTorrent are the only places to obtain a final copy of SP2

    "by releasing RTM on its WindowsBeta site."

    It was in the article summary.

  5. Re:Holy Crap! on Windows XP SP2 Goes Gold · · Score: 2, Funny

    Since the windows beta site seems to be down, here is the BitTorrent link

  6. Re:Damn the NYT! on Disney Enters PC Market · · Score: 1

    Google link 124 other sources also covering this same story. Will slashdot _please_ stop linking NY Times articles becasue they keep deleting all the community acounts I use. Try maybe ZDNet

  7. In a word.. on FCC Rules VoIP Must Be Tappable · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Duh.

    The feds have access to existing phone lines, they have access to internet traffic, why shouldn't they also have access to VoIP traffic?

    Eventually VoIP will be like email, with the option to use PGP or another form of encryption at both ends.

  8. Re:...EU software patents? on City of Munich Freezes Its Linux Migration · · Score: 1

    Very good points, thank you for sharing your thoughts.

  9. Re:They're in for an unpleasant surprise... on Sun Pondering Buying Novell · · Score: 1

    Are you pondering what I'm pondering Pinky?

  10. Re:Non QT format? on DOOM 3 Final Video Trailer Released · · Score: 5, Informative

    Well, you can download Quicktime Alternative if you don't want to install quicktime. See also Real Alternitave

  11. Re:Yahoo matches Google? on Microsoft Challenges Google · · Score: 1

    Yes, GeoCities free home pages and Sitebuilder software. They also have Yahoo photos that lets people publish photo albums.

  12. Re:Yahoo matches Google? on Microsoft Challenges Google · · Score: 1
    Yahoo was one of the first "big" internet companies, they aquired rocketmail in the 90's to become one of the largest (the leargest?) free webmail providers on the internet. They also have my.yahoo.com agreements with some PC vendors.

    Yahoo also has yahoo groups (formerly egroups?), a successful webhosting buisness, personals, a popular portal, Yahoo Finance, and Yahoo news.

    I use Google for searches, but I am not likely to give up Yahoo mail for a long time. For a free email service it is very good.

  13. Re:And the best part of the article on Microsoft Wants More Credit for Inventions · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sorry jomas1, your post was kind of long so I didn't bother to read it all. But yes, your patent for first post is granted.

  14. Re:Sad news on DoubleClick Hit by DDoS Attack · · Score: 4, Informative

    Becasue it takes a long time for nowhere to reply.

  15. Re:Sad news on DoubleClick Hit by DDoS Attack · · Score: 5, Informative
    Not that box, I am pinging their primary DNS server and still getting a reply, they have 4.

    ns1.doubleclick.net
    ns2.doubleclick.net
    ns3.doubleclick.net
    ns4.doubleclick.net

    This way you can check your networks to see if any machines are hitting these DNS server. I am going to keep my ping going to make sure ns1 stays online. j/k

    You can do your part to reduce the load by adding doubleclicks ad-servers to your /etc/hosts file as 127.0.0.1 (this can be done in windows too).

  16. I got bored just after Kazaa came out. on P2P Leaks Surprises · · Score: 2, Interesting

    And I wanted to see howe many win98 users just shared the HDD. so I searched kazaa for windows 98 password files (.plw) and sure enough. It was a script kiddie act but I amused myself with access to some of the websites I found, lol.

  17. Uhm? on Annual Customer Support Rankings · · Score: 1
    They listed _every_ major PC vendor.

    Apple, IBM, ABS, Dell, Toshiba, Gateway/eMachines, HP/Compaq, and Sony.

    Wow, I think the only company that didn't make the list is that guy in Canada selling white boxes out of the back of his car wash.

  18. RE: Seagate Ups Drive Warranties To 5 Years on Seagate Ups Drive Warranties To 5 Years · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Funny, I don't remember slashdot covering when Microsoft upped their product support to 10 years. I guess this means Seagate is on "the Good List"(tm)

  19. Re:It's google.. on How Does Gmail Stack Up In The Webmail World? · · Score: 1
    Speaking of trust, I prefer a "free" email service that has none of my actual information than one which I pay money where me email address can easily be linked back to my personal information in some poorly secured database.

    They don't have my address or information to be able to sell it. I have had Yahoo mail since they bought Rocketmail and they have never sold my alias. I have also found their email service to be generally very reliable.

    Yahoo also has a notepad feature that I use often to store small bits of info, and I generally tend to prefer their email interface to Google's or Yahoo. They too also offer email server and do not show me ads based on email content.

  20. Re:HA on Are You Annoying? · · Score: 1

    Is Zealotry considered one of these annoyances? I think so.

  21. Re:PGP/GPG? on Microsoft to Deploy SPF for Hotmail Users · · Score: 1
    You could use the same argument to say open relays will cease to exist, but in many cases we have overseas schools etc. where it is impossible to contact someone and have them reconfigure the things.

    I am also curious how this prevents spammers from jjust using domains that are not actually valid.

    eg. spammer@try-finding-SPF-keys-for-this.com

    Could you further explain how this is enforced by the mail exchangers?

  22. Re:This isn't normal behavior? on Reverse Firewalls As An Anti-Spam Tool · · Score: 1
    "spammers will just use blah@domainT which doesn't have SPF / DK records"

    "Anyone claiming DK or SPF will eliminate spam is talking out of their ass"

    Which was exactly my point, DK and SPF do not prevent direct client to MX mail transfers. even if every domain in the world added the proper records, spammers would just have "an associate" register a domain and "forget" to add said records so that it can be used in the from: header.

    You can make valid mail servers as secure as you'd like, but until a technical solution is put in place, people to simply not use them. Any and all attempts to secure them will just increase the rogue to valid SMTP server ratio.

    This places the administrative responsibility on Joe Users to protect their PC's from getting 0wn3d and being used as mail relays. I don't know about you, but this makes me sleep better at night.

  23. Good idea. on FAA Approves Sport Pilot License · · Score: 2, Insightful
    The 1,320 pound limit is definately a good thing.
    I wish more states would follow this trend in the other direction with cars. I remember renewing my license at 21, the lady asked me to read the 2nd or 3rd line down in the eye chart, no prob, done. Expecting her to ask me to read the next line, or maybe a few down, she says thanks and stamps off my renewal. wow.

    That is all the better I have to see to be licensed to drive a 3500 pound automobile that will go 165 mph? In the Army, when I got my hummer license, at least they made me take a test that measured my reaction times and depth perception.

  24. Re:This isn't normal behavior? on Reverse Firewalls As An Anti-Spam Tool · · Score: 1
    Comcast started filtering outgoing 25 on "problem machines" a while back. Personally, I like the way AOL blocks mail from all dynamic IP addresses.

    My mail exchanger should be able to _only_ accept mail from IP addresses that are listed in that domains "MTA" records. This stops trojaned PC's from being used as spam relays.

  25. Re:Truth Elves on SCO Claims Linux Lifted ELF · · Score: 5, Funny

    SCO: "I see your Elf, and raise you a troll"