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  1. On my opinion it's not a bug - it's a feature! on IE and Konqueror Bug Makes SSL Insecure · · Score: 1

    IMHO:
    Finally get rid of that "Certificate check" stuff!

    Reality check: people do not use certificates to check recipient validity. They use SSL to cover traffic in transit. Man in the middle attack is much more remote possibility than having unencripted traffic flow.

    People that didn't check certificates are getting what they ought to.

  2. Re:Gobe + Linux + High Cost of Office Addmission on Gobe Productive To Be GPLed · · Score: 2, Interesting

    On my review Opera is a very moderate product, crashes with segfaults often, uses weird navigation.
    I deleted it and returned to Mozilla and Konqueror, which at least not crashes so hard...

  3. Re:Lotsa sizzle, little steak on MS "Software Choice" Campaign: A Clever Fraud · · Score: 2

    For libraries, in that case, you can choose LGPL...
    That's it. And that ...,...,...,..., ...
    will be slight happy and the library still be free.

  4. Re:Here's a tip to avoid this on California Tracks Everyone Using Toll Transponders · · Score: 1

    Incidentally, I chose to walk to work today!

  5. Good time to make wishes.. on Perseid Meteor Showers · · Score: 1

    What is your best wish?

  6. Re:linux sales as a % of a MS sales on Linux Sales Down, But... · · Score: 1
    eliminate the candidate with the lowest vote count
    Presidential "Survivor" ?
  7. Re:Warranties are bad for EVERYONE. on What's (Still) Wrong With UCITA · · Score: 1

    I mean people like Alan Cox (who is AFAIK not thinking
    to move to US anyway) and Linus Torvalds will think
    twice before moving to US...

  8. Re:Warranties are bad for EVERYONE. on What's (Still) Wrong With UCITA · · Score: 2

    Linux can also weather that storm... by moving overseas...

  9. Re:It really is a sad state of affairs on The Continuing Death of Pinball · · Score: 1

    In Rehoboth Beach, VA there is a lot of arcades and
    about 5 or 6 pinball machines...

  10. Re:Did you see the .NET clause? on More MS EULA Fun · · Score: 1

    I think they afraid of unfair benchmarks.
    Benchmarks that are biased to different product.
    It happens all the time, not only with .net, but
    as far as I remembemer, with Linux...

  11. Re:Is Linux suited for this? on New Red Hat Multimedia Oriented Distribution · · Score: 1

    At least in Russian MuDi means some parts of the private parts :)

  12. New Century Opens January First 2000! on 1985 Usenet About Y2k · · Score: 1

    First Year Was Year #0
    C and C++ Forevaar!
    (Doesn't really matter to you which year is the first)?

  13. what about server software on Click-Thru Licensing on Open Source Software? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ... which have no GUI and is installing using
    RPM ?
    Or updated using RPM?

    Or worse, installed using OS installer?
    I will sit and click through about 600 EULA-s?
    Even through GNU EULA-s?

  14. Re:Where are the support opensource vendors? on Open Source in Government · · Score: 1

    1. For PostgreSQL you can go to PostgreSQL website - they
    offer paid support. PostgreSQL is much better for
    OLAP solutions. MySQL is very fast but I really don't like
    its design - no transactions, etc...
    2. You can go to mandrake-linux.com for some other solutions...
    3. Probably RedHat. I don't know for sure.
    4. Probably you can get Red Hat support 24/7
    For business cases in Mandrake
    you may click here...

  15. Re:Richard supports the DMCA on U.S. Computer Security Advisor Encourages Hackers · · Score: 2

    Just curious, does, for example, passing a
    CISCO security specialist certification
    make you "security professional" ?

  16. Re:Need an alternative on Death to the 3.5" Floppy? · · Score: 1

    CD-RW disks are pretty cheap...

  17. Re:still has uses... on Death to the 3.5" Floppy? · · Score: 2

    what about CD-RWs for the same purposes?
    I was in a great trouble when my floppy disks refused to read after backup...

  18. Re:/etc/toast.conf on VNC Server for Toasters and Light-Switches · · Score: 1

    C00L HaKS0r:
    echo "buRn ZE KiTCheN" >/dev/toaster

  19. Re:Two words... on GUIs for Everyone · · Score: 2

    Have you really saw it?
    I expect about 80% of people are of type 1, so when you'll try to market product like Bob, you'll get A LOT of bad words from people who do not like it...

  20. Re:My idea on GUIs for Everyone · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Yea, great.
    There are already 2 categories of people that use computers
    1) That hate distractions. They are better working alone and in silence. They love passive interface.

    Windows95-like interface is very passive and is made exactly for them - it does nothing until you do anything.

    2) That love distractions. These people (including me) have maximum productivity if they are near other people, can chat, etc. When leaved alone - becomes depressed and looping in unproductive mode. That people usually put walking sheeps on screen - it allows them have at least some interactivity for their stucked brains.
    For them a wizard-like, chatting interface is much better than original silence. Unfortunately,
    most decisions on interface made by people who are persons type 1.
    If you hate chatting, dialoged interface - you are type 1 and this interface is obviously not for you. But let us, people who cannot live without interactions, have some useful distraction from computer!

  21. Re:For example.... on GUIs for Everyone · · Score: 2

    I just have large cursors in Linux
    in KDE
    Settings(Icon) -> Peripherials -> Mouse -> select
    "use large cursors".
    Then restart your X11.
    That's it.

  22. Re:In RedHat linux... on New Way To Grade Decay of Computer Installations · · Score: 1

    rpm -Va checks the changes in files in all packages, including time changes and MD5 sum changes against their original values! Is there any way to do this with dpkg?

  23. In RedHat linux... on New Way To Grade Decay of Computer Installations · · Score: 2

    decay can easily be measured as a result of
    rpm -Va | wc -l
    (check all packages and count lines of mistakes)
    In my case its value on my working horse notebook
    is 26644,
    on moderately used server it's 25535
    On new machine it should be near 0...
    BTW What command do you have on Debian machines to check all packages?

  24. Re:Not surprising... on Linus: Praying for Hammer to Win · · Score: 1

    I tried to transfer custom-made system from Linux/RedHat on Sun SparcStation to Linux/RedHat on x86. The one and only problem was with endianness. (BIG ENDIAN versus LITTLE ENDIAN).

  25. Re:Anti-Gravity would be cool but not what I want on Boeing Joins In Anti-Gravity Search · · Score: 1

    What happens if we'll try to teleport a teleportator?