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  1. Re:Physical storage vs. virtual storage? on Cloud Computing May Draw Government Action · · Score: 1

    Good point!

  2. This isn't new information! on Scientists Solve Riddle of Toxic Algae Blooms · · Score: 1

    Aquarists have known this for a long time. Phosphorous and Silicate removing products have been around for aquarium owners for many years to stave off algae blooms..

  3. Re:FTFA on Microsoft Unveils 'Vista Premium' Requirements · · Score: 1

    Yeah that is all nice and good, but what about the hardware required including pre-amps and amps and speakers that can actually *allow* the better signal to be differentiated by our ears? This type of equipment is not likely to exist in common computer electronics... so I'm not sure your definition of hi-fi really fits here...

  4. Re:Splendid admins over there at pool.ntp.org on D-Link Firmware Abuses Open NTP Servers · · Score: 1

    You are correct about each server in the pool needing to setup the appropriate HTTP forwarding. I run an NTP server that is in the ntp pool and have my apache setup to forward HTTP requests to the actual pool project website. In fact, when you become a participant in the pool you get some documentation that suggests you setup your webserver to do this to avoid the problem mentioned in this thread.

  5. Re:It seems to me... on Prof Denied Funds Over Evolution Evidence · · Score: 1

    Agreed!

  6. Re:It seems to me... on Prof Denied Funds Over Evolution Evidence · · Score: 1

    And it seems to me your argument holds true for evolution and the big-bang "theory". Neither of these "theories" can be tested and reproduced and therefore should not be considered "theory" or "fact". However, the science community somehow has no problem deviating from the "scientific method" when it continues to call evolution and the big-bang ideas "theories". A bit hypocritical?

  7. Re:Meanwhile... on $9 Billion Loophole for Synthetic Fuel · · Score: 1

    Isn't it the case though that the energy required to produce bio diesel is more than the energy you get out of it? If this is the case then how is this a solution? It would seem to make the problem worse....

  8. Re:Welcome to the real world guys. on Powell Aide Says Case for War a 'Hoax' · · Score: 1

    More Simple facts:

    Anybody that would write simple facts 1-4 above is:

    1- Relies too much on generalizations
    2- Is closed minded
    3- Relies on stereotypes
    4- Doesn't understand that you can't define a "Real American" based on a litmus test with only one question.

  9. Re:Texan way..... on Texas Sues Sony BMG over Rootkit · · Score: -1, Troll

    Sony could do things the "French" way and just surrender before the fighting begins..

  10. Re:As a psych student on Anxiety Disorders Discoverable by Blood Test · · Score: 1

    I was probably writing my response at the time.. :-)

  11. Re:As a psych student on Anxiety Disorders Discoverable by Blood Test · · Score: 1

    Your notion that mentall illness is a "Preference" is silly. I would prefer to not have the effects of bi-polar disorder and anxiety. Cognitive behavior therapy can help with symptoms, and in this respect I can change my "Preferences". But I can't simply "prefer" to not have the disorder. If it was possible, I'd have "Preferred" to not have it long ago. In other words, yes, symptoms can be reduced and/or modified by changing the way you think ( cognitive behavior therapy ), but in many cases this does not work every symptom.

  12. Re:As a psych student on Anxiety Disorders Discoverable by Blood Test · · Score: 1

    You are simply wrong. As a person who is bi-polar with anxiety I can tell that having this disorder is NOT a fucking choice. You can't understand this because you don't have the condition. In fact, most people who claim that "mental illnesses" are not real only believe this because they haven't experienced what mential illness is. Just face it... you are wrong on this one.

  13. Re:As a psych student on Anxiety Disorders Discoverable by Blood Test · · Score: 1

    As a person diagnosed with bi-polar disorder ( Manic Depression ) with anxiety I can tell you from experience that it is NOT a choice. There is ABSOLUTELY no upside to having this disorder. This NOTHING but downsides. I guess you and others who don't have some form of mentall illness really can't appreciate or understand this....

  14. Re:Not in America! on Video Game Industry to Sue Michigan's Governor · · Score: 1

    Because it ISN'T the governments job to be parents to children who have lousy parents.

  15. Re:black people on Refugee Radio Station Blocked by Red Tape · · Score: 1

    HuffingtonPost is now considered reliable and unbiased? You've got be kidding. That article does not speak to the FACTS that I brought up in my original comment. Perhaps you'd do well to follow your own advice?

  16. Re:black people on Refugee Radio Station Blocked by Red Tape · · Score: 1

    Who's "facts" do you believe? I heard on a news broadcast that GWB was trying to get the local officials to declare a need for federal aid. And you don't care to comment on the other parts of my post? The actual meat of the comment? How telling...

  17. Re:black people on Refugee Radio Station Blocked by Red Tape · · Score: 1, Insightful

    What part of "The local government must call for federal aid before federal arrives." don't you understand? The mayor of New York called almost immediately for federal aid.

    George Bush had been trying to get the local government to declare a need for federal assistance.

    This is NOT the federal governments fault.

    If you don't know what the fuck you're talking about just keep your damn partisan bullshit to yourself!

  18. Re:Insecure on Server Based Slots of the Future · · Score: 1

    Code images that are allowed on the floor and the servers in the backroom are all "check summed" so that every software component of the system can have it's signature checked. Any tampering that is done will be noticed. Authenticating the software signatures is done continuously.

    And further, the house network is NEVER connected to the casino floor network.

  19. Re:don't make me laugh on TCPA Support in Linux · · Score: 1

    Hmm..I've been running Gentoo for well over a year now in a production environment with no problems.

  20. What is the point of AmigaOne hardware? on Ars Technica Reviews AmigaOS 4.0 · · Score: 1

    I don't understand why the "new" Amigas are being built around a new hardware platform. What makes "Amiga" so attractive today is the software and OS. Why not just build OS4 to run on existing hardware platforms? You could build a standard Intel/AMD box and load Amiga OS4 for less money and end with more powerful hardware...

  21. Use partimage... on Backing Up is Hard to Do? · · Score: 1

    The type of backup this person is doing is not likely to allow a complete bare-metal restore of a system.
    What I prefer to do is use partimage.
    I have a boot rescue disk ( Knoppix ) that has partimage on it.
    Steps:
    1- Boot of a Knoppix CD
    2- use DD to make a backup of the MBR
    3- Copy the MBR to a USB drive
    4- Use sfpart ( I believe thats the name ) to create a file that can be used as an input file to sfpart that will re-create the partitions.
    5- Use partimage to make backups of all my partitions. The image files for each partition is stored on a USB drive.

    Now to restore should be easy enough:
    1- Boot Knoppix rescue disk.
    2- DD my backup of the MBR to my boot disk
    3- Use sfpart and my input file to recreate my partitions.
    4- Use partimage to restore each partition saved on the USB drive.
    5- Remove CD and reboot...

    Should have a working system....

  22. Re:One of the unfortunate things about Apache... on Hardening Apache · · Score: 1

    What do you folks think about the Gentoo portage install of Apache2? Is it reasonably setup?

  23. Re:Kool! on KDE 3.3 Officially Released · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Needless complexity? Nobody forces uses to use the complex stuff. A Linux/KDE box gives users more options and flexibility then a WIndows machine. Stop playing down Windows inflexibility...

  24. Re:it's basically true -- no point in denying it on SCO Changes Tune, Again: Linux Now Just a Riff on Unix · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Doing the "same thing" and "doing the same thing better" are two different things. A Yugo and a Mercedes both do the same thing. But the Mercedes does it differently and is a better vehicle.

  25. Re:it's basically true -- no point in denying it on SCO Changes Tune, Again: Linux Now Just a Riff on Unix · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Actually, you should do your homework. The Linux Kernel may provide basically the same Unix interfaces and API's, but in many areas the Linux Kernel does things completely different than the Unixes before it...