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  1. Re:fear the command prompt! on The Failures Of Desktop Linux · · Score: 1

    Mostly that's just pourly coded software that printer manufacturers make you install. You never have to restart to install basic drivers under XP/2K/2K3.

  2. Re:fear the command prompt! on The Failures Of Desktop Linux · · Score: 1

    Installing printer drivers does not require a re-start. When you shout such obviously incorrect things it really makes you look foolish, and reflects poorly on your cause.

  3. Re:Not exactly fair on The Failures Of Desktop Linux · · Score: 1

    Which reminds me...

    Arguing on the internet is much like running in the special olympics. Even if you win, you're still retarded.

  4. Re:Question. on RIAA Now Targets Pirates' Parents · · Score: 1

    F) When I want a song, I look up the label of the artist. I then compair that label to the members of the RIAA obtained off their website. If there is a match, I download off a P2P service because I will not support the RIAA. If there is not a match, I will attempt to buy it online. If it is imposible to download or purchace online, I will download it.

  5. Re:I'm thinking of creating 1000 mp3's on The RIAA's Hit List Named · · Score: 1

    Do a search on Kazaa for 'What the fuck do you think you're doing'

  6. Re:phew. on The RIAA's Hit List Named · · Score: 1

    I've got an old version of Kazaa lite that used 'defaultuser@Kazaa'. Well, I'm not on there either. Not that I would have cared if I was...

  7. Re:No salt on Swiss Researchers Exploit Windows Password Flaw · · Score: 2, Informative

    Not only that, but I've run Windows Update on a restricted user using Run As...

    I don't know why this guy thinks Run As isn't good enough, I've never seen one thing I can do as Administrator but can't as a user with the correct password in my pocket.

    Note, there is both a graphical run as, and a command line run as. The graphical run as is reached by holding down shift and then right clicking on the item to open, and the command line run as is the same as sudo.

  8. Re:No salt on Swiss Researchers Exploit Windows Password Flaw · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Then all I need to DoS the machine is this hammer I've got in my back pocket. DDoS? Two hammers. The moral of the story? Give someone physical access to the box and it's their box. No amount of security can prevent that.

  9. Why is it... on REALbasic To Add Linux support · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why is it 'Everyone's favorate language' once it's on Linux, but a steaming pile of shit that's infested the computing platform when it's on Windows?

  10. Re:Strong passwords? on Inkblot Passwords · · Score: 1

    '1' and ' ' is basically the same as '1' and '0', which isn't one charactor. Just because one of your charactors happens to be a space doesn't meen it doesn't exist.

  11. Re:So What did people get? on Inkblot Passwords · · Score: 1

    1) Fighter Plane
    2) Board Meeting
    3) Cockpit
    4) LAN Party
    5) Osama
    6) Bloody Chest
    7) Frog Ferry
    8) Globe
    9) Strong Chest
    10) Strong Arms

    febgctlyoabtfygestsa.

    YAY!

  12. Re:patch beat slashdot on Windows Vulnerabilities Revealed, Patched · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hah! I've got Opera, automatically re-freashes the page ever 5 Seconds! Take that Slashdot! Take that E-Bay! No honney, I wont come to bed... I'm WORKING!

  13. Re:Good use vs. Bad use of computers on Good and Bad Uses of Tech in Public Schools? · · Score: 2

    And for the love of god, PLEASE! Just because you can put in sound and slide transitions doesn't meen you have to!

  14. Re:No, or at least not using traditional approache on Low Power FM Report Rejects Interference Concerns · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I don't know what a Segway is so I'll skip it,

    BetaMax had higher technical quality, but had several important flaws that lead to its downfall. The most important was that it was short. There were MANY full length movies that had to be shipped on two. I wouldn't like switching tapes in the middle of the Matrix.

    Windows has very good quality. Most people here refuse to admit it, but Windows is a large complex peice of quality software. It also works beutifully for running a radio station. In an environment where zero downtime is a must Windows is trusted over Mac, Unix, Linux, BSD, ect. competators for some simple reasons.

    1. There is a large company backing it up. I know most of you think it's a large evil company, but it is a large powerful company which isn't going anywhere for a while.

    2. It's very stable. You set up a good instalation of 2K, put what you NEED on it, and keep what you don't off, stop end users from making un-necessary config changes and you'll see that thing running like a rock.

    3. It's very easy to write software for. Because of this, there is much more software availible for it. Because of this, there is much more quality software availible for it.

    Microsoft didn't get where it is today with marketing, it needed a quality product. That's why radio stations use it.

  15. Re:It is hopeless. on Current State of Exporting Open-Source Encryption? · · Score: 1

    Yah, but now in MY window it showes her as a freek, which is true...

    and in HER window it shows me as a foe. Also true.

  16. Re:B.S. Propaganda on Filesharing Traffic Drops After RIAA Threats · · Score: 1

    And here's another...

    http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/06/153229 &mode=nested&tid=188

    Does this count as an anti-dupe? Does it take away one of their previous dupes?

  17. Re:No, or at least not using traditional approache on Low Power FM Report Rejects Interference Concerns · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You would still get those low quality radio hippies, but I belive the quality in general would improve. Why? Because the people who are going to do the crappiest job are the kind of people that WOULD set up a pirate radio station, whereas people like me who would do a decent job wouldn't dare might the FCC triangulate us.

    I'm currently writing a Windows-based radio station automation system (no jokes about the blue sound of death, almost all radio stations are run off Windows) modelled after OpLog (http://omt.net), and I would take the care and time to schedual, voice track, and even go on live when I had the time. Not only that, but I have a good taste of music (to me).

    I personally hope the FCC gets off their asses and does something good for the PEOPLE once instead of Entercom and Clear Channel. Does anyone remember when 'The Airwaves Belong[ed] To The People'? I think it was back when ONE company could own ONE FM, ONE AM, and ONE TV station in a single market.

    So, from this I'm sure you can tell how I fell about the new legislation Clear Channel and Entercom passed through the government allowing single corperations to own EVEN MORE stations in a single market.

    I hate you FCC.

    I hate you Clear Channel.

    I hate you Entercom.

    If the airwaves belong to the people, why can't the people own them?

  18. Re:wha? on Installing Halon Fire Supression System at Home? · · Score: 1

    Source:

    Story

  19. Re:Just FYI on Repel Bugs With Your Cell Phone · · Score: 2, Funny

    5 Informative followed by a 5 Funny. Damn lad, I think you hit the karma jackpot!

  20. Re:It is hopeless. on Current State of Exporting Open-Source Encryption? · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I know I'm going to be modded into oblivion for this but...

    Karma: Excellent (Better then positive) (But who fucking cares? Get off your high horse, get some therapy for your self-esteem issues, and get the fuck out of our faces. Everyone is tired of you acting like a more evolved person. It's old, and especially irritating considering you:
    1. Don't have a clue what you are talking about most of the time,
    2. Are plainly less intelligent then most of the people on this site,
    3. and are BLIND TO SEE HOW IRRITATING YOU ARE


    Note to mods: Please see MensaBabes posting history before you mod me; her pathetic past and present is the only redeeming quality of my post.
  21. Re:What? on Harry Potter in German, not Czech · · Score: 1

    In this case it is. You can't publish someone elses work as your own, whether you originally buy the book or not. That's like saying I can legally and morally rent a copy of 'Cube', overdub my voice translating the whole thing into Spanish, and sell it.

  22. Re:The solution to all /. 'ings on Random Humor · · Score: 1

    Um... no, you get whatever error message the server is set to respond with. You can control what page is returned for every HTTP error. Not only that, but control it server wide, site wide, directory wide, or even file wide.

  23. Re:Speaking of Piss on July 6th - Website Defacement Day? · · Score: 1

    Hell, I'm sure a few dosen slashdotters are workin on it right now.

  24. Re:Hardly realistic on The Bug · · Score: 1

    I've experianced this problem over a remote session served by a computer with no graphics card.

  25. Re:Windows + Methanol = BIG EXPLOSION! on NEC Unveils Methanol-Fueled Laptop · · Score: 1

    It'll be about half the size of the explosion from when someone tries to put an AMD in it.