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  1. Re:Can someone please explain to me... on Opera Free as in Beer · · Score: 1
    SessionSaver does that and also allows to save and name the current open tabs for later access.

    The only problem I have with it, is that it replaces all windows and tabs when restoring a session.

  2. Re:Slowing down dictionary attacks on OpenSSH 4.2 released · · Score: 2, Informative
    1. Run sshd on a different port. The scripts won't find you there. I don't like this option, because it requires me to specify the alternative port every time i ssh, scp, rsync, or svn. It's still about the easiest and most effective method.

    No need to specify the port every time on the comand line. Edit one of /etc/ssh_config, /etc/ssh/ssh_config or ~/.ssh/config, and add the configuration:
    Host *
    Port new_port

    That changes the default for every host, so you'll probably decide to define only for your hosts (Host myhost).

  3. Re:The concessions on FSF, OpenOffice.org Team Reach Agreement on Java · · Score: 1
    Those aren't concessions.

    That's the policy already defined at OO.org on Jun 2004: http://council.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?lis t=agenda&msgNo=118

  4. Re:Good, it was stupid on Lycos Pulls Vigilante Anti-spam Campaign · · Score: 1
    "it's easy enough to forge the IP address that they are sending from as well."

    For tcp traffic? Not really, unless all traffic between the forged IP address and the destination goes through the sending machine.

  5. Re:Alarms on Location-Based Encryption · · Score: 1
    Car alarms require public interest and intervention.

    This, however, only requires interest and intervention from paid security officers working for the company.

  6. Re:GPL Server Hole on GPL Revision Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    Don't forget that Linux, the kernel, is in itself a server application.

  7. Re:I want the opposite! on Fedora Project Considering "Stateless Linux" · · Score: 1

    What kernel version are you using? Every time I tried the execution failed with -EPERM on the mmap syscal.

  8. Re:From the article on Doom 3 System Requirements Revealed · · Score: 2, Insightful
    "I thought doom 3 used OpenGL, not Direct X"

    Don't forget that there's more to Direct X than Direct 3D. Doom 3 does use Direct X. (Well, I'm assuming it does as quake3 did require Direct X 7. I don't have a Doom 3 copy yet. :))

    The requirement for Direct X 9 should be more for a easy way to figure if your graphics card supports the OpenGL extensions Doom 3 requires, as others have posted.

    Re FX 5200, that graphics card *is* Direct X 9 compliant, but its performance sucks...

  9. Re:Speaking of Microsoft on Duke University Giving iPods To 1650 Freshmen · · Score: 5, Informative
    Because it wasn't Apple's decision:

    Duke officials said the iPod distribution is part of a pilot program between Duke and Apple Computer, Inc. that will be evaluated after a year. Duke is paying for the project with strategic planning funds that it has set aside for one-time innovative technology purposes. The total cost of the project is expected to reach $500,000, which includes hiring an academic computing specialist for the project, grant funding for faculty, associated research costs and the purchase of the iPods, which Apple is providing to Duke at a discount.

    And even if Apple decided to give the iPods for free, it would still cost them money. How much would cost Microsoft to give 1,650 licenses of Windows and/or Office?

    Finally, the iPod is usuable under other plataforms than Apple's.

  10. Re:If only they'd go a bit further... on New Alliance Hopes To Standardize Web Plug-Ins · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Linux is more than Red Hat.

    And some people that Red Hat is more than x86. :)

  11. Re:Mixed Company on Xgrid Agent for Unix · · Score: 1
    they are, in fact, real functions (in glibc, bsd libc, and windows' winsock library)

    Yes, but nothing forbids to use macros that expand to nothing or optimized versions of those functions when a pointer isn't needed.

    On my glibc:

    #ifdef __OPTIMIZE__
    # if __BYTE_ORDER == __BIG_ENDIAN
    # define ntohl(x) (x)
    ...
    # else
    # if __BYTE_ORDER == __LITTLE_ENDIAN
    # define ntohl(x) __bswap_32 (x)
    ...
  12. Re:Makes sense... UHF offers 420 MHz of space on FCC Plans to Allow Wireless Networking on Unused TV Channels · · Score: 1
    If I understand things correctly, and I may not

    Obviously, you do not.

  13. Re:Does TCO include the cost of virus attack ?? on Energy Company Refutes Windows TCO Claims · · Score: 1
    For most ELF binaries the interpreter is /lib/ld-linux.so.2, and it takes as an argument the binary to run

    ./bash: error while loading shared libraries: ./bash: failed to map segment from shared object: Operation not permitted

  14. Re:Does TCO include the cost of virus attack ?? on Energy Company Refutes Windows TCO Claims · · Score: 1

    Only if foo is a shell script

  15. Re:USB 1.0 on KDE 3.2.0 Released · · Score: 1
    "USB 2.0 support came in the 2.5 development kernels and is now in the 2.6 release kernels."

    And has been backported to the 2.4 series (at 2.4.19 or before).

    Regards,
    lmfr

  16. Re:I checked this out a couple days ago... on OQO Ultra-Portable Impresses At CES · · Score: 1
    I use my former laptop's harddisk, in a usb-2 case, and a bootable cd.

    So wherever there's a pc, I can use my own system. And I've still to find a pc unable to boot linux.

    Regards.

  17. Re:OLD school linux... on Historic Linux File Archive Created · · Score: 1
    Think? Why not just go to some archives or use google.

    Sure, some script kiddies won't bother to check the version of the daemons. Some don't even bother to check if it's the same software or OS!

    And I wouldn't put past some to just use every exploit they have on a target machine, no matter how old or for what services or operating system they are.

    And a dedicated attacker would have an easy target.

    But anyway, nothing stops anyone from installing those old distributions and then update the software to a more secure version. Kernel 2.0.x and 2.2.x are still maintained, and new packages, lighter and more secure than the old ones, have appeared.

    Regards,
    Luciano Rocha

  18. Re:Great, but.. on Mozilla 1.5 Beta Released · · Score: 1
    I miss the mozilla toolbar, that allowed me to turn off/on images, proxy and other things with only one click of the mouse.

    I also miss the advanced tools: allow cookies from this site, etc.

    Regards

  19. Re:My Experiance on Gnumeric Now Supports All Excel Worksheet Functions · · Score: 1
    I've experienced a similar situation. The problem was probably due to my using UTF-8 in my system, as starting gnumeric prefixed with LANG=C fixes that.

    This in a RedHat 9 system, using gnumeric 1.0.12 as shipped from RedHat.

  20. Re:aMy postfix is extremely secure on Postfix: A Secure and Easy-to-Use MTA · · Score: 1
    Not even from localhost? If you can, then probably your MTA is configured to listen only on localhost, so change it:

    /etc/postfix/main.cf: inet_interfaces = all

  21. Re:Low cost? on Cheap Wireless for Accessories · · Score: 1
    Centrino refers to a Pentium M processor, Intel approved wi-fi board and 855 chipset (optionally with a graphics controller).

    Bluetooth isn't part of the specification, though most brands include it in the higher models.

    Regards.

  22. Re:What sort of BS is this on Digging Holes in Google · · Score: 1
    Well, that was their critique. Myself, I wouldn't just search for "apple", not even if I was searching for the computers manufacturer.

    I was just trying to show that "apple", that common people associate with a fruit, returns mostly pages related to that company.

  23. Re:What sort of BS is this on Digging Holes in Google · · Score: 1
    "apple computer" brings www.apple.com as the FIRST link

    So does just "apple". And that's their complaint.

    It isn't easy to form a search query resulting in a first page without apple products. Even "apple -computer -hardware -newton" results in apple backgrounds.

  24. Re:Laptop mode, yes! on New Red Hat Linux Beta: Severn · · Score: 1
    The laptop mode patch is also available with other patches in savannah

  25. Re:Sounds like a market opportunity to me on Restrictive Sales Practices on the Web? · · Score: 1
    I'm about to give a try to Do U Want It.

    They present me with a price that includes s&h, customs and taxes. For some things, it is cheaper to buy from the US.

    It's limited to a few shops, though.