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  1. Re:v6 could help solve some net problems on IPv6 is Here · · Score: 2, Informative
    But someone has to manually add that entry to the dhcpd.conf file, and someone has to manually add the static route for the /30 on the router you connect to. If a network change is made, all these /30's have to be relocated to the other device.

    We don't bother adding the /30's to DHCP becasue it is easier to let users do it with tech support than it is to pay UNIX admins to make the changes.

  2. Re:v6 could help solve some net problems on IPv6 is Here · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I got bored one day and figured out there are over a million IPv6 addresses for every square inch of the earth suface (counting water). Also it is not difficult to track somwone down just becasue they have a DHCP assigned IP address. Without DHCP we would have to hire 1 administrator for every person becasue they will have 15 or 20 IP connected devices.

  3. Re:Bzzt on Former Windows Chief on Microsoft Vs. Open-Source · · Score: 2, Funny
    "and are extremely good"

    Then why do they have such a poor image now? Why do you suppose even so many anti-MS technical users are still using windows today?

    The answer is not marketing, and for most people (probably you included) it is not vendor lock in either, no matter how much we like to blame that.

    Could it be that the alternatives are either immature (desktop Linux) or prohibitively expensive (Apple)?

    No, couldn't be.

  4. Sure didn't take him long to fuck up. on Dell CEO Tells All · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    He has been the CEO for all of a week and all ready he is opening his mouth about how HP sucks. Why not just make a good product and let people decide? We get enough mud slinging tactics in politics. It sure didn't take long to jump in the sand box and start being a mean kid. I sure hope this is not a sign of what is to come fome Dell now.

  5. Re:So close.... on Is A Catch-All Address Worth The Spam? · · Score: 1, Insightful
    Insightful? You are suggesting I reply to all my spam and say, I am sorry xxx@domain does not exist, thank you.

    That is like when answering the phone and then saying "I am sorry Priest is not home right now.... and sounding off my best attempt at a *beep*

    There are timestamps, mail headers etc. that are too time consuming to try to forge, you are better off hoping they will think the mail platforms spam filter ate it.

    I say go with the catch all domain, that way you can give out temp aliases like ny-times-reg@domain.com and know when someone sells your alias for spam.

    Another piece of advice, is to register the domain with OpenSRS rather than a register.com reseller, because register.com either sells your info or has an easier database to mine from my experience with snail mail from my register.com domains.

  6. Re:Casual on LANL, Sandia Report Losing Classified Data · · Score: 4, Funny

    We once had a HDD end up missing at our company headquarters (Army). All barracks were placed under lock down, everyone near the HQ building in the previous few days was investigated, and a team of searchers were sent to search through our rooms, cars, bags etc. After what was an all day event searching through our stuff, it was later discovered that someone sent the parts to a the repair shop and one hand didn't talk to the other.

  7. Re:perfect, just what I needed on More on Toronto's Linux-only Computer Store · · Score: 1

    You seem to misunderstand humor, something intended to induce laughter or amusement.

  8. Re:Don on North Korea Opens Official Website · · Score: 1

    BTW, looks like the movies and songs downloads are busy, but there are some good photos on the tourism page.

  9. Re:Don on North Korea Opens Official Website · · Score: 1

    email address is not required for registration, I just created oldwarez/oldwarez.

  10. Re:perfect, just what I needed on More on Toronto's Linux-only Computer Store · · Score: 1

    Right next door to "Priest's Coffee Shop and Thermonuclear Weapons and Energy Research", I wonder if the domain is taken, I think I'm on to something.

  11. Re:Mono on Novell as Open Source Hero? · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    They just need to package portage with SuSE Linux. rpm is horrible, gentoo's install method is time consuming, why not take the best of both worlds?

    Does portage not scale?

  12. Re:Sad but (maybe) true on Ballmer - Xbox 'Can Take Sony' In Next Generation · · Score: 1

    Then other people will be more willing to buy new games becsaue they have a high resale value. I think that arguement is so retarded. If you want to hurt MS spend the $500 on Linux games and software.

  13. Re:Makes sense for Japanese parents on Japanese Schoolchildren to be Tagged with RFID · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nothing to see here, the US has been doing this with ankle bracelets for years. That is what these kids get for.. er, what did they do wrong again?

  14. Is it RFC3514 compliant? on IIALP - Abuse Logging Protocol · · Score: 3, Funny

    We already have an RFC for the security flag in the IPv4 header (AKA "Evil Bit").

  15. Re:go kerry! go edwards! on Pilgrimage 2004 American Demoparty Announced · · Score: -1, Troll

    Reply from Imperialism.Welfare.taxes.world-dominatioin
    !N Destination net unreachable.

  16. Growth rate of Gentoo vs SuSE on Netcraft: Red Hat Still Top Linux Server Distro · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Gentoo had the fastest growth rate only becasue it went from .7 to 1.0 market share.
    SuSE however gained the most market share going from 10.9 to 11.8. It gained .9%, compared to the next highest Debian which gained only .4%.
    So it looks like SuSE picked up more RH defectors than any other distro.

  17. Re:isn't it obvious? on Where Do Dummy Email Addresses Go? · · Score: 2, Informative
    I don't use a real domain because then some poor companies mail servers still has to process the junk@domaiail address. I often use something like sp@m.this becasue it is not valid.

    When I had a catch all address with my own domain I would enter the site I was giving my email as the alias eg. osdn-7-11@mydomain.com, this way when I get spam from \/1a.gra Inc. sent through some relay I know who sold the address.

  18. Re:Where is Ottawa, Ontario, Canada? on Open Source Geographic Information Systems · · Score: 1

    True though, try asking some random person how many states are in Canada some time. The answers will amuse you. For some other easy questions people seem to miss see: About how long does it take for Earth to orbit the sun? How often do we have a leap year? I think MSNBC did a survey with simmilar questions, I was shocked by the results.

  19. Re:I download books on Americans Read Fewer Books · · Score: 0, Troll
    am on welfare so I download books from IRC and read them on screen.
    then
    Why can't libraries allow downloads and have author payments from them

    PS. get a fucking job, I don't pay %40 of my income in tax for you to whack off and hang out on IRC all day

  20. Re:Great. Whats next? on New Google Groups in Beta · · Score: 1

    Like this ? (Link is to GoogleFish)

  21. Re:A clear advantage on Mozilla/Firefox Bug Allows Arbitrary Program Execution · · Score: 1
    lol, you forgot the #include filename :)

    And he called it "the pritf line"

  22. Re:Newsgroups on P2P Networks Blamed For Software Losses Doubling · · Score: 5, Funny

    IRC is multiplayer notepad.

  23. In other news. on HP Markets Cheap 4-User PCs To African Schools · · Score: 2, Funny

    Reports of Nigerian 411 scams have quadrupled.

  24. Here are the numbers. on Security Statistics and Operating System Conventional Wisdom · · Score: 3, Interesting

    XP Professional: 46 advisories in 2003-2004
    48% remote attack
    46% granting system access

    SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 8 had 48 advisories in the same period,
    58% remote attack
    37% granting system access

    Red Hat's Advanced Server 3 had 50 advisories in the same period - despite the fact that counting only began in November of last year.
    66% remote attack
    25% granting system access

    Mac OS X 36 advisories
    61% remote attackers
    32% granting system access

  25. Re:Mod parent (-1, Flamebait) on Tiger Slideshow: Pretty Mac OS X Pictures · · Score: 1

    You came up with one example and declare Linux more ready for the desktop than Windows XP? People have their own opinions on just how ready Linux is for the desktop, talking about it rarely sways anyones opinion in either direction.