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  1. Re:One hardware driver one from way back. on Device Drivers Filled with Flaws, Pose Risk · · Score: 1

    You can embed a pattern of characters in ping like so(at least in linux):
    ping -p 'ATH0+++' 127.0.0.1

    as for ATH0+++, it tells the modem to hangup basically. If the right conditions are right (OS, drivers and hardware) the pattern string is passed as is thru the modem and evaluated. Google for >modem AT commands.

  2. Re:This can't be good. on Liquid Metal Cooling in New ATI Video Card · · Score: 2, Interesting

    sodium isn't exactly fireproof
    Actually it's a cool thing to see a piece of sodium in plain, simple, pure water....(hint: google for sodium and water)

  3. Re:This can't be good. on Liquid Metal Cooling in New ATI Video Card · · Score: 1

    I'm a bit rusty from my thermodynamic courses, but I'll try: it's in transition state where both liquid and solid exists. So up to 6.5 it's solid, from 6.5 to 7.6 it's in transition and 7.5 and above its liquid. Can anyone refute or back this up? I'm not a chemical engineer, I only took courses way back when...
    This might help. Or This (pdf) or This (pdf)

  4. Re:I hacked that computer. on Windows Cheaper to Patch Than Open Source? · · Score: 1

    And didn't they do something similar in the venerable Office Space as well?
    'I'm gonna show her my 'O-face'!'

  5. Re:Get the facts? on Windows Cheaper to Patch Than Open Source? · · Score: 2, Informative

    @ Windows has SUS
    Actually, you can distibute patches with Linux as well. You can use yum and point it to a local repository with the selected updates/patches or all, then have the yum service running which automatically updates the system for you. (guys, am I incorrect here?)

  6. Re:There is a problem on Johnny Can So Program · · Score: 1

    Ok, fine, I'll reply myself: it's OpenBSD.

  7. Re:There is a problem on Johnny Can So Program · · Score: 1

    heck, even a certain OS has hangman nestled in its kernel. 10 points to whoever tells me which one (pretty easy).

  8. Re:Weird names on Microsoft Taps Bloggers to Promote Longhorn · · Score: 1

    Probably because, since Microsoft HQ is in Washington state (near BC), they spend more time skiing then securing their OS...

  9. Re:Weird names on Microsoft Taps Bloggers to Promote Longhorn · · Score: 1

    Whistler is a mountain and a city in BC Canada. Whistler Blackcomb Ski Resort

    BTW: Whistler is going to be one of the venues for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

  10. Re:Ahh... on Time Travelers' Convention · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can even provide a picture of my attic to show that they are invisible.

    Pffff, they're not even invisible, I can easily see them....

  11. Re:Compact AND informative prompt? on What UNIX Shell Config Settings Work for Newbies? · · Score: 1

    maybe not as compact but definetly informative:

    if [ `whoami` = "root" ] ; then
    PSSUF="# "
    psuser="root"
    else
    PSSUF="$ "
    psuser=$USER
    fi
    export PS1=$psuser@`hostname -s`':$PWD/{$LINENO}$PSSUF
    `if [ $? = 0 ]
    then
    echo ":)>"
    else
    echo ":(>"
    fi`'

    which gives something like this:

    joeuser@yourmachine:/usr/local/whatever/{ 1}$
    :)>

  12. Re:Write and complain on Federal Grant Applications to Require Windows · · Score: 1

    200 Independence Avenue, SW

    Question to grammar/language nazis: isn't THAT irony (in relation to the submitted story)?

  13. Re:Hmmm on Paris Hilton Recruited to Publicize Linux · · Score: 0, Redundant

    cunning stunt

    mphhh hahahhah... sorry, can't resist: is it me or am I the only one that swapped "c" and "st".

  14. Re:xpdf on Adobe Reader 7.0 Coming to Linux · · Score: 1

    The verb is 'violer', the tense is "indicatif passe simple"
    (a form of past tense). (please excuse the abence of accents)

    Je violai
    Tu violas
    il/elle viola
    nous violames
    vous violates
    ils/elles violerent

  15. Re:How many.... on Digital Future of the Library of Congress · · Score: -1, Troll

    or is it Cue (queue would still apply though).

  16. How many.... on Digital Future of the Library of Congress · · Score: -1, Troll

    Queue in the 'how many library of congress ..." jokes.

  17. Re:xpdf on Adobe Reader 7.0 Coming to Linux · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I do this, too. Then you just use ps2pdf and, viola, you've got a filled out pdf!

    Thanks for the tip, but for god's sake, if you're gonna use french words at least get them right, it's: VOILA.
    viola means raped.

  18. Re:Never on When Would You Accept DRM? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Talk about coincidence: slashdot's QOTD:
    "Never give in. Never give in. Never. Never. Never." -- Winston Churchill

  19. Re:PSP video format on PSPCasting · · Score: 1

    [joke]Yeah, it's called 'Preview'[/joke].

  20. Re:What I do... on CD Storage Advice? · · Score: 1

    Nice, but I'm sure a Perl or shell script can do this (not as nice but doable). Could even use a DB (DBM, myslq,etc...), could even use a php frontend (there's you eye candy). Now that I think of it i was working on something like this (probably already exists)....

  21. Re:How much does it take? on Bill Gates to Receive Honorary UK Knighthood · · Score: 1

    It's interesting to see that only 3 coutries have revenues of more that a trillion : US, Germany and Japan. All of which where the biggest players in WWII.

  22. Re:The Real Truth... on Study Finds Windows More Secure Than Linux · · Score: 1

    Actually, they don't need to run as root, they can run as any nonpriviliged user, the trick is that you START as root, bind the desired port, then drop privileges and setuid to a nonprivileged user. i.e. apache.
    However I do see your point, it does have to run SOME code as root...

  23. Re:Wedding ring? on 2.4GHz Wi-Fi Detector Ring Project · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nah! Sheep don't have fingers...
    Monkeys do though...

  24. Re:Who cares if its XML? on Why OpenOffice.org? Open Document Formats · · Score: 1

    What about 'zcat'?
    was it gzip or zip format?
    I think the z* tools are gzip based.

  25. Re:Thanks! on Asterisk Open Source PBX 1.0 Release · · Score: 3, Insightful

    PBX: Private Branch eXchange (private telephone switchboard)

    used in medium and large size businesses. It's like a LAN for phones. You can tell when a employee has an extentions number.