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  1. Fridge on the fritz on Techies On Ice: The Coming Age of Cryonics · · Score: 1

    My refrigerator broke down while I was out of town last week all full of dead things (beef, chicken, etc)... nothing really reanimated but the stench still lingers.

    If you do go cryogenicking, I would suggest a Maytag (with an oncall repairman).

  2. Guy in Audience on A Contrarian View of Open Source · · Score: 1

    FACT: It was me, I was "Guy in Audience"

    Seriously, though I did not know that I would be quoted.

  3. IPsec FreeS/WAN on John Gilmore Sues Ashcroft et al. for Freedom to Travel · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This is the FreeS/WAN guy. I just mentioned some of the problems with getting a Linux distribution with IPsec in a thread from yesterday:

    http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=36220&cid=39 04 164

  4. Re:The best Linux lap-top on Linux on Laptops Manufacturer Report Card · · Score: 1

    Obviously you have never noticed how C++ looks a bit like a key. Not just any key, one of those old antique types... (ramble, ramble, ramble)

  5. I thought I was so cooooool on Linux on Laptops Manufacturer Report Card · · Score: 1

    Have a Dell 4000 Inspiron running Red Hat 7.2 (have also run Mandrake on it) with all of the devices up and running properly. Apparently, I am just another number.

  6. IPsec Implementations on Crypto Restrictions Are Taking Over the World · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, the laws have softened in the U.S. yet no Linux distribution (other than ones originating from outside the country) will ship with an IPsec implementation pre-installed.

    There is still alot of fear that this softening of restictions will eventually rebound.

    SUPPORTING INFORMATION
    ----------------------
    Here is a list of some distributions that do include IPsec and their country of origin:
    SuSE Linux (Germany)
    Conectiva (Brazil)
    Mandrake (France)
    Best Linux (Finland)
    Polish(ed) Linux Distribution (Poland)

  7. WHAT DO YOU MEAN, OFFTOPIC!!! on Broadcasters Appeal Royalty Ruling · · Score: 1

    How can this be off topic? IPsec is a collection of cryptological transformations for encrypting IP traffic!!!

  8. IPsec Implementations on Broadcasters Appeal Royalty Ruling · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yeah, the laws have softened in the U.S. yet no Linux distribution (other than ones originating from outside the country) will ship with an IPsec implementation pre-installed.

    There is still alot of fear that this softening of restictions will eventually rebound.

    SUPPORTING INFORMATION
    ----------------------
    Here is a list of some distributions that do include IPsec and their country of origin:

    SuSE Linux (Germany)
    Conectiva (Brazil)
    Mandrake (France)
    Best Linux (Finland)
    Polish(ed) Linux Distribution (Poland)

  9. Re:Odyssey II on Atari's 30th Anniversary · · Score: 1

    You are absolutely right. I am mixing the two up (I had both). My memory isn't so good, but you have jogged it back. I couldn't quite figure out why they would need overlays on the II, since I recall shapes (other than blocks) and even simple color graphics.

    Also, I recall using the Odyssey II cartridges in a novel way to create "new games". I would unplug the cartridge while the system was running and then plug it back in. Any of the objects on the screen would become these distorted blobs, but the game would still work! What fun...

  10. Odyssey II on Atari's 30th Anniversary · · Score: 1

    I had an odyssey II console (I believe this was back in 1976 or so). At the time I thought it was the coolest thing in the world. It even had a keyboard and a basic programming language.

    The games were basically pong with celephane transparent overlays for alternate game context.

    For instance, there was one that was a picture of a haunted house and everytime a window would light up you were suppose to shoot at it.

  11. Yet another MS feature on Pet Bugs? · · Score: 0, Troll

    Allowing Basic to be a programming language (in any incantation) is a BUG!!!

  12. StarOffice AND OpenOffice on Is Linux Dead? · · Score: 1

    Aren't these incarnations of the same product? Seems redundant...

  13. Reason to buy on Circuit City Phases Out VHS · · Score: 1

    Since PS/2s (or XBoxes for that matter) play DVDs, I will have a good case for convincing my wife that we NEED one!

  14. Another useful book on Writing CGI Applications with Perl · · Score: 1

    CGI Programming in C & Perl, by Thomas Boutell. I used this book for an independent study course that I taught at a University (way back in 1997). Definitely gives you a thorough understanding of what is going on in the CGI process. I found the examples, which are in both C and Perl, to be very helpful.

  15. Executable Software vs. Binary Code on ADTI Whitepaper Released · · Score: 1

    "Executable software accompanies binary code also known as machine code."

    What the heck are they talking about? Binary code IS executable code!

    It's great to know that they have their facts straight...

  16. IBM backing United Linux on 'Unbreakable Linux' · · Score: 1

    OBSERVATION: Lots of commercials lately on the Discovery Science channel for running Linux on IBMs.

  17. Isn't the point... on Open Source Developed by Individuals, Not Large Groups · · Score: 1

    Am I wrong... isn't the point of the open source community to allow for collective works to be open and distributed? Be that by a group of individuals working alone on many projects OR a group of people working together!

  18. Hello, World! of patterns on Conceptual Models of a Program? · · Score: 1

    Not to be mean, BUT... Let me guess, the singleton pattern is the one pattern that you HAVE derived.

  19. LARMEN!!! - stop trolling on Conceptual Models of a Program? · · Score: 1

    Alright Larmen, stop trolling!!!

    I thought the book to be too simplistic and nothing to do with actual code (which is necessary in an introduction to programming course).

    The author of this thread is trying to cover way too much material with novices that will be more than overwhelmed.

    Unless he wants to teach Visual Basic using its Visual Modeler (but I wouldn't call that programming).

  20. Re:Design Patterns on Conceptual Models of a Program? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This is way beyond what an introductory course should takle. Design Patterns must first be recognized through sweat & tears before they can be truly understood and appreciated. Design Patterns offer the experienced software designer a common language to communicate their ideas to their peers.

  21. Remembering... or flexing your TECH-GOD EGO on Remembering the BBS · · Score: 1

    I was a BBS user, also played Wumpus on a DEC-10 system way back - BUT is this just a way of flexing our muscles? (I mean this in the most polite way)

  22. Re:Not for gaming... on Is Starband's Satellite Internet Service Palatable? · · Score: 1

    I believe that TCP-PEP is still in its infancy.

    Here is the general RFC for PEP implementations:
    http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3135. txt

    Here is a mailing list archive for TCP-PEP:
    http://tcppep.grc.nasa.gov/tcppep/list/a rchive/

    As for the TOS bits, if you own the satellite network (be it classic bent pipe or mesh) and can require the intranet edge modem vendors to utilize it for QoS, you are controlling / minimizing the propogation delay (what I would call the last mile for satellite networks using IP).

    I think there will be a place for satellite IP outside of the realm of simple bulk data transfer. For instance, Boeing has a project under way for bouncing IP traffic from an airplane to a GEO (geosynchonous earth orbit) satellite to its terrestrial ground stations to connect to the internet. (see www.connexionbyboeing.com). In this case it is really the only option.

  23. Re:Not for gaming... on Is Starband's Satellite Internet Service Palatable? · · Score: 1

    The three part handshaking is optimized through spoofing by each proxy (the local proxy sending an ACK back without traversing the full path, etc.)... ModemA ProxyA Satellite ProxyB Gateway ModemB Internet But TOS bits ARE good until you hit the open Internet. Therefore, vendors can control performance from modem => satellite => gateway modem.

  24. Re:Not for gaming... on Is Starband's Satellite Internet Service Palatable? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Though ping (ICMP level) results may be high, TCP/IP level communication can be optimized by the modem vendor using higher level protocols such as TCP-PEP (TCP with Performance Enhancing Proxies) which minimizes the traffic that has to traverse the modem => satellite => modem path. These optimizations along with IP QoS (Quality of Service field in IP packets) is what to look for when shopping for IP over Satellite vendors.

  25. Charisma? on Interview with Gary Gygax · · Score: 1

    ...who would of thunk it from an insurance underwriter.