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  1. Sponsors? on Bandwidth Challenge Results · · Score: 4, Funny


    The Bandwidth Challenge, sponsored by the good fellows at the MPAA and RIAA. I think they forgot to put their logos on the sponsor page.

  2. Geronimooooo! on Blizzard Sued for Death of Gamer · · Score: 1

    Somewhere... someone was on the way down screaming Leeeroyyyy Jenkiinnssss

  3. Half Life overdose on Too Much Gaming, Anyone? · · Score: 1
  4. Re:Dear Kernel Coders on Tuning The Kernel With A Genetic Algorithm · · Score: 1

    My beef was about "avoiding" security issues like this, not about fixing them quickly.

    Please take time to read next time.

  5. Dear Kernel Coders on Tuning The Kernel With A Genetic Algorithm · · Score: -1, Troll

    Thank you for concentrating more on code to avoid things like http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0021-uselib.tx t

    It will be much more appreciated over here.

  6. Patented? on Google Suggest Dissected · · Score: 1

    Hi, does anyone know if google has patented this?

  7. Marketing at its best? on Verisign Develops Token for Age Verification · · Score: 1

    "... unnamed children's safety group ..."

    So? Which business is this that is marketing something which basically says :

    "OK Parents! Using our technology, it will be safer for your kids to be additional consumers on the internet now"

    Please tell me this is not the case.

  8. Re:How long until... on Fault Tolerant Shell · · Score: 1

    Yes I confirm.

    Signed the girl.

  9. Trademarked by Mozilla. Good thing! on Mozilla Firebird gets .8 Release, and New Name · · Score: 5, Informative

    Word Mark:FIREFOX

    Goods and Services:
    IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: Browsers, namely, software for browsing and interacting with data on the global computer network and secure private networks, and software programs to connect computers to the global computer network and to secure private networks

    Owner(APPLICANT):
    Mozilla Foundation NON-PROFIT CORPORATION CALIFORNIA 1350 Villa Street, Suite C Mountain View CALIFORNIA 940411126

    Filing Date:
    December 22, 2003

    Information found with a search on uspto.gov

  10. WTF? When was that released? on Photoshop CS Adds Banknote Image Detection, Blocking? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe I was living in a cave but when was Photoshop Counter Strike released ???

  11. Bwaahhaha on The Oldest Mouse Contest · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Fsck that! I have a brand new Logiteh MX .. oh wait, never mind.

  12. Perhaps a little name change too? on Debian Turning 10 · · Score: 0, Funny

    Debian will, on this special occasion, change the name of its Linux distribution from "Debian GNU/Linux to "Debian SCO/Linux" to reflect the SCO/Caldera/Canopy IP. :) :)

    j/k

  13. Real child porn? on Kiddie Porn - The Virus Did It · · Score: 1, Funny

    Excuse me, are we talking real child pornography here or images from those so called lolita and nymphets popups out there.

  14. Re:the Kuro5hin instructions on IBM Countersues SCO, And More! · · Score: 1

    Has anyone actually ran an MD5 on the files in the SCO-distributed Linux kernel against those from kernel.org?

    How do you know if SCO actually has *changed* something in 'their' sources and later claim that they were distributing a 'clean' kernel?

  15. Missing connector? on New High-End HP Calculator? · · Score: 1, Funny

    I may be missing something.

    Where do I plug my mouse?

  16. Protection or prevention? on Copy Protection a Crime Against Humanity · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Excuse me to nitpick but shouldn't that be

    Copy PREVENTION rather than Copy PROTECTION?

  17. Sure.. on META Predicts Linux Software From Microsoft in 2004 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    But remember there is a difference between selling

    1. Closed source, commercial Linux software
    2. Open Sourced/GPLed Linux software.

    Hah, they'll probably GPL notepad.

  18. One too many? on Trojan Found in libpcap and tcpdump · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Isn't this one too many?

    There was dsniff, BitchX, OpenSSH etc. and today tcpdump and libpcap?

    Does anyone else think that someone has found a security hole in a popular unix daemon and is having some fun with it before notifying the authors. Or maybe there is a *VERY NASTY* exploit circulating privately?

    At least that's what I think.

  19. Finally! on Linux Chosen for IBM's New Supercomputer · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Some mean piece of hardware that meets the minimum requirements to play Doom III

    Eat this BFG suckazzz!!

  20. Incident response? Let the race begin! on IE and Konqueror Bug Makes SSL Insecure · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Lets see how fast the KDE team fixes their software and how fast the Microsoft team fixes theirs. If its not already done that is.

  21. Replacing $TARGET on Verisign Offers Wiretapping Services · · Score: 3, Funny


    Just replace $TARGET with $VICTIM and then re read the story. *shudder*

  22. Could have been worse! on IP Replaces Avian Carriers · · Score: 2


    Good heavens they did not want to replace Email by Avian Carriers!

    Think about it!

  23. Someone did create innovative software! on Stallman on Software Patents · · Score: 2, Funny

    quote..

    Nobody is so brilliant they can create completely new music that everyone wants to listen to, and nobody can create software that does not use existing ideas.

    ...end of quote

    Well excuse me Honorable Stallman but I know a really original piece of software that does not use existing ideas. Its revolutionary in itself.

    Check it out at http://freshmeat.net/projects/gtktrue

  24. The windows interface rocked! on Network Associates Gives Up Search for PGP Buyer · · Score: 2

    I loved NAI's PGP because it made things so easy!

    For instance, if I have a truckload of files to decrypt, it goes as follows.

    Select Files > Right Click > PGP > Decrypt > Input passphrase and voila!

    Cooler even is that it preserves the original filename after decrypting.

    Its always an annoyance to decrypt multiple files with gnupg on linux. Does anyone here know how to implement a passphrase caching mechanism so that I do not have to type that bloody lengthy passphrase everytime? I know this might be a security risk but hey, my home system is not networked. To reduce the risk of people doing stupid things, how about having to edit the source and modify something before the passphrase caching works? I am ready to do that. I am sure most seasoned gnupg users would find that useful too.

    Also, how do you preserve the original filename?

    Hint: to see the original filename use --list-packets with gnupg.

    Simpleguy

  25. Speak for yourselves scientists! on New Deep Sea Squid · · Score: 2

    "Large Squid Baffles and Amuses Scientists"

    " Fishermen are scared out there. I don't think 'amused' is the word I'd choose to describe it! "

    As would say President Whitmorre to Dr Okum.

    Well an encounter with such a puppy at sea certainly would not amuse *me* :)