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  1. Re:Realization at last? on E-mail Newsletters Switching To RSS · · Score: 1
    I've been using push (NNTP) for decades. The push hype was stupid because they didn't even know what was push and what wasn't.
    NNTP is push? You mean you don't continually poll your news server to check for new articles? Sounds like pull to me.
  2. Re:There is no push on E-mail Newsletters Switching To RSS · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If you run your own mail server, email is push.

  3. Re:How objective is www.linuxsucks.com? on How Objective Is Microsoft's Search? · · Score: 1
    telnet www.linuxsucks.com 21

    Trying 66.150.0.148...
    Connected to server18.go2net.com (66.150.0.148).
    Escape character is '^]'.
    220 66.150.0.148 FTP server ready.
    SYST
    215 UNIX Type: L8
    What is your fucking point? Moron.
  4. Re:Actually, the top links are ads on How Objective Is Microsoft's Search? · · Score: 1
    I went and suggested my own stooopid Linux trick: "None of the worms and viruses work on Linux! Linux sucks! It has so much catching up to do!"

    Slapper does.

    Those that ignore history are doomed to repeat it.

  5. Someone please fix the only BSD DC++ client, dcgui on Broken FreeBSD Ports Scheduled for Removal · · Score: 1
    /usr/ports/net/dcgui - this port is forbidden because of a security hole. Its really old (0.1.1 beta IIRC). 0.2.9 is out. I tried installing it manually but it failed miserably; it won't be trivial getting it to work.

    Please, an experienced coder needs to fix dcgui, for the sake of the RIAA.

  6. Re:Port requires installed Windows version??? on Medal of Honor Linux Beta Released · · Score: 4, Funny
    If you do not "have" windows, then you would not "have" this game, would you?

    Way "to" go, genius.
  7. Fuck Linux on WindowsUpdate.com Secured, Permanently · · Score: -1, Troll

    Fuck Linux.

  8. Re:Don't forget to fix all the comments too! on Flavor vs. Flavour · · Score: 1

    To needlessly unsplit an infinitive.

  9. Re:Sveet (more action) on ATAng Driver Preview for FreeBSD · · Score: 1

    That's pretty sweet. But if I were you, I'd try partitioning around the bad sectors.

  10. The latest FBSD already has README.htmls on FreeBSD Ports Tricks · · Score: 3, Informative

    Thought I'd save someone some unnecessary building.

  11. Re:Five times faster - 29 / 5.6 54 / 11 on When 54 Mbps isn't 54 Mbps: 802.11g's Real Speed · · Score: 1

    The problem with a is the high frequency limits its range. 2.4GHz is already fairly short range, 5GHz is even shorter. Can't you just use different channels on the 802.11b and 802.11g subnets?

  12. Re:New category needed on Zero Blaster Reviewed · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Hmm:
    sudo echo "0.0.0.0 ads.slashdot.org" >> /etc/hosts /etc/hosts: Permission denied.
    Nice try, though.
  13. Re:This makes me think of ..... on More on Spintronics · · Score: 1
    Re: This makes me think of .....
    by Angry Black Man
    There was an experiment tha confirmed the speed fo gravity as equivalent to the speed of light.
  14. Re:Can anyone explain that? on Reviving A Dead Hard Drive The Hard Way · · Score: 1
    Ah, I came across that before. Looks like it only affects drives from 2003-03-25 or earlier - mine were fairly new, 2003-05 as I recall. That explains it.

    Anyways, good luck with your RAID-1. Maybe you'll get lucky and have one fail before the other in 3 years or earlier, thus earning you a free replacement. :) That's what I'm hoping will happen with mine, anyways.

  15. Re:What does this have to do with ohm's law? on More on Spintronics · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the analogy. I thought I had escape the SATs this month. :-(

  16. Re:Five times faster - 29 / 5.6 54 / 11 on When 54 Mbps isn't 54 Mbps: 802.11g's Real Speed · · Score: 1

    A properly-equipped laptop with PCMCIA can do anything an "iBook" or "PDA" or whatever new-fangled device can do.

  17. Five times faster - 29 / 5.6 54 / 11 on When 54 Mbps isn't 54 Mbps: 802.11g's Real Speed · · Score: 0
    ...is good. Consider, the speeds quoted from the article: 29Mbps vs. 5.6Mbps (g vs. b actual throughput) = 5.17x faster, but 54Mbps vs. 11Mbps (g vs. b specs) = 4.90x faster.

    The actual improvement in g-only mode is better than what the specs say.

    Anyways, I don't know why anyone would have a mixed b/g network, unless they are offering it as public service. Its easy enough to upgrade everything to g-mode only. 802.11g sounds like a big win to me.

  18. Re:duh on Are We About To Enter The Age of Book Piracy? · · Score: 1

    Well, libraries provide the means for piracy (photocopiers). At least in my area.

  19. Re:Don't buy Seagate and IBM on Reviving A Dead Hard Drive The Hard Way · · Score: 1
    Well, I had two of the same drives and they formed a couple bad sectors. Luckily these "hard read errors" occured only on my C:\Windows\Program FIles so I didn't lose anything of value.

    Seagate is supposed to be good, but I suppose that all drives will fail eventually. Mine lasted for a little over a year; right after the warranty expired...how convienent.

  20. S.M.A.R.T for FREEBSD-5.0 - ANYONE? on Reviving A Dead Hard Drive The Hard Way · · Score: 1
    Does anyone know where to find a S.M.A.R.T. monitor for FreeBSD? I found a couple Linux versions on Freshmeat but I haven't been able to get any of them to work on FreeBSD.

    Interesting how people say BSD has the best network stack, but TCP SACKs are not implemented. Interesting how Walnut Creek runs a huge FTP archive on FreeBSD, transferring over a terabyte per month at one point, and FreeBSD doesn't support S.M.A.R.T.

    Bah.

  21. Re:Sorry guys, book piracy is already here. on Are We About To Enter The Age of Book Piracy? · · Score: 1
    Unless you have the scrolly thing (the technical term, I'm sure), but hey I have one and I think it sucks too.

    Do you have the Logitech or Microsoft wheel mouse? I have both and in my experience the Microsoft wheel is much smoother, I barely have to apply any pressure to scroll as far as I want.

    I agree with your general synopsis though.

  22. Re:No substitute for the real thing on Are We About To Enter The Age of Book Piracy? · · Score: 1
    I completely agree - I recently downloaded a copy of K&R's The C Programming Language as HTML and haven't even got around to reading it. (For those interested, I hear you can find it on giFT). On the other hand, I have several dead tree computer books and have read them repeatedly.

    Its just so much easier to stare at paper than into an electron gun. Maybe I just need a better monitor.

  23. Re:Now it's getting pointless on Are We About To Enter The Age of Book Piracy? · · Score: 1
    With all due respect, book piracy will mostly involve new releases. This is the same as with movies, music, and software: the rippers/scanners want to be the first to release their warez.

    Maybe you'll be able to find some obscure novel on a shadowy FTP somewhere, but the chances are very low.

  24. Re:New Piracy Software on Are We About To Enter The Age of Book Piracy? · · Score: 1

    You don't need to "revamp SMTP". You need to use the binary 8-bit data extension that has been in SMTP for years.

  25. Re:duh on Are We About To Enter The Age of Book Piracy? · · Score: 1
    Libraries may not photocopy books and give out copies, but neither is the IRC channel.

    You (the universal "you") are the one photocopying the book at the library and downloading from the IRC channel. Not the library.