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  1. Why not SPF records? on Microsoft Researching Anti-Spam Technique · · Score: 1

    Seems like this is a little easier to implement - rather than requiring a significant chunk of core, make a slight alteration to ones' zone file.

  2. We run Linux on New Survey Finds No Linux 'Chill' From SCO Suit · · Score: 1

    My employer and my home run Linux, and frankly, the only reason we give a shyte about SCO is for the schadenfreude factor.

  3. Does this constitute perjury? on Linus Blasts SCO's Header Claims · · Score: 1
    SCO has stated that the various and sundry header files are for all intents theirs, and Linus has pretty much said "um, no". If this is correct, would this constitute perjury?

    If so, the judge on this case reserves the right to dismiss the case immediately and with prejudice.

  4. Re:Well, lessee... on Satellite Radio Systems Compared · · Score: 1

    I don't think they'd obsolesce their hardware in favor of something "new and shiny" for one reason - they'd require all of their users to go and get new hardware, or would pay to have their hardware just rechipped. Either way, they lose.

  5. Well, lessee... on Satellite Radio Systems Compared · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Clear signal, buncha different stations, can carry it wherever, excellent audio on the Delphi units, and costs $10 per month. Oh, yeah, only commercials are the brief spots advertising upcoming shows for (say) Dr. Demento and other bits.

    Yeah, I'd buy that for $10. Hmm... FP?

  6. Re:Don't complete the survey on Microsoft Sends Linux Survey · · Score: 1

    Ok, now you're just being paranoid or trollish. I log visiting IP addresses on my box, it's just par for the course. BFD.

  7. Re:this makes MS looks stupid on Microsoft Sends Linux Survey · · Score: 1

    I dunno about the easier part. I've got a friend running under KDE on the latest Mandrake release - he seems to enjoy it, largely owing to the fact that it runs 2x as fast as XP.

  8. I see no caffeine here on Coffee Flavored Breakfast Cereal · · Score: 2, Funny

    Unless .nz doesn't require the listing of our favorite stimulant, there is no evidence of caffeine being in there. Unless of course it's next to the lark's vomit and MSG.

  9. Prior art exists, film at eleven on Company Claims Patent on CD Writing · · Score: 1

    Maybe these weren't standard for home users, but perhaps the recording industry's mass burners can be considered prior art?

  10. Try arcing on Getting Power to a Rack Enclosure? · · Score: 1

    Remember that there is some resistance in this, but if you can get some contacts in close enough proximity to the source of power and externalize that, you can have these really cool arcs coming from the source of power without actually using extension cords, and make it look like a mad scientist's lab. Be sure however you use a 440 plug for the purpose, and that you transform the power back down to the local requirements (110 volts here in the US, 220 in many places abroad) so that you don't kill your equipment, and make damn sure you stay away from the arcs lest you reduce your server array's ability to operate. Don't forget to have a ground available. Good luck.

  11. Re:SCO ? who uses it? on SCO UnixWare 7.1.3 Review · · Score: 1

    Pick-up Stix, a sort of mock-chinese food place here in SoCal and maybe elsewhere, uses it.

  12. There is no edge on Where Are The Edges Of Today's Technology World? · · Score: 0
    Just because something is said to be impossible doesn't mean that it is.

    Discounting, of course, recovering data from a farmed drive.

  13. I find this hard to believe on Saddam Hussein Arrested · · Score: 1
    I find it hard to believe that I'm the first to say:

    ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!

  14. RFID is nothing new on Officials secretly RFID'd at Internet Summit · · Score: 2, Informative

    They use it to track runners for the LA Marathon. No biggie.

  15. Re:Galactica on New Battlestar Galactica - Worth a Series? · · Score: 1

    I believe there was mention of loss of contact with the other Battlestars.

  16. Re:I use emacs on PC Mag - Mac OS X Insecure · · Score: 1
  17. Re:Article: -1 flamebait on PC Mag - Mac OS X Insecure · · Score: 1
    -1 flamebait?! awing0, you ignorant slut! =^_^=

    He should be modded +1 funny.

  18. Superiority dance? on PC Mag - Mac OS X Insecure · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Remember, this is PC Magazine, so naturally they will be very PC-centric, for lack of a better term. And most PC users will show anything from mere ennui to full blown fear and loathing about anything that is fruit-flavored.

  19. Backing up is the eleventh commandment on Online Backup vs. Tape Backup? · · Score: 2, Informative
    Remeber to back thy data up, so that thy data may have salvation in the times of corruption, and thy ruler shall be pleased when he must review the holy books and replace missing data.

    One way or another, it doesn't really matter *what* you do. If you don't back up to tape, cd, ftp, scratch monkey, reams of paper to be rescanned later, or whatever - if if you don't backup, you're fscked. To be perfectly honest, it's like mirroring - optimally, the backup copy is in a safe location offsite that only certain people can get to, and even more optimally is that if it's something that can be dismounted from a network and put in something like a safe deposit box at your bank or something. (They're less convenient than an FTP mirror or a disaster recovery shop, but much cheaper and perfect for those who has the initiative to run to the deposit box once per week with the 'granddaddy' backup.)

  20. Come to think of it.... on Security Experts Doubt SCO's Claims of DoS · · Score: 1

    Now that I think of it, the server rather quick to respond that it was down, as opposed to the long wait before a timeout that is symptomatic of a DDOS.

  21. Hey, idiots! on SCO Group Web Site Attacked Again · · Score: 1

    Look, lowering ourselves to SCO's standards is not the way to do this. Cut it out.

  22. Re:Stock Charts on SCO Investor Changing the Deal · · Score: 1

    My ghod, that stock is bouncing up and down more than an ADD patient off of his Ritalin!

  23. Re:The inexplicable geek detector joke on So You Think Physics is Funny? · · Score: 1
    I should mod you down because you made me explain humor, but, well.... =^_^=

    The bug/feature thing is simple - does the person laugh? If so, s/he's a geek.

    The red/green thing is because of the irony of the situation and the confusion of metalevels. By seeing the word 'RED' on a green card, there is normally some association with the correct color. But wait, the card is not red, it's green, thus resulting in confusion....

    See this link for details on exactly why some people consider this funny. Do keep in mind that, like any humor, timing is everything - so just shouting an ill-timed 'all your base are belong to us' can get you shot.

  24. Not a physics joke, but a C joke on So You Think Physics is Funny? · · Score: 1

    while horse==dead
    {
    beat(horse);
    }

  25. Re:The inexplicable geek detector joke on So You Think Physics is Funny? · · Score: 4, Funny
    There is also the "one question geek test". You explain to said geek suspect that you have spotted a VW Beetle (new or old, doesn't matter) whose license plate reads "FEATURE".

    Mind you, this only works in states where (license_plate_capacity >= (char characters[8]);.

    (Yes, I know, that's really bad code.)