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  1. "jailing" and "sandbox" on Professional Apache Security · · Score: -1, Troll
    the chapter on "jailing" the web server (which explains in detail how to correctly prepare a complete yet secure chroot'ed "sandbox" for Apache)

    Where were you folks raised? Where I'm from, we're neither a) that strict with our kids nor b) that lax with our criminals.

    What a perverse terminology combination.

  2. I know what was behind this: on Matrix Special Edition Cancelled · · Score: 1
    Colossus, the Forbin Project.

    Jealous? That does not compute!

  3. Why bother? I'm waiting for the ... on Matrix Special Edition Cancelled · · Score: 4, Funny

    Super Mega Ultra Special Edition of the Matrix trilogy. That will include enough code to actually create your own Matrix, enslave, at the very least, members of your own family AND do wire work with the best of them (assuming the best of them can't do the kung fu moves without being attached to a wire rig). And it will be reasonably priced for the holiday season.

  4. Gopher? Gopher? on Why Browser Innovation Matters · · Score: 1

    You had it lucky. Why in my day, we used to get up at 2:00 am, eat a plate of hot gravel, crawl to work over broken glass and when we got there, we had to use Archie servers. And we glad for it.

  5. No. on More on SCO vs. IBM Lawsuit · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yao. Can I write a check?

  6. If someone posted the URL of the world here... on World of Ends · · Score: 1
    the /. effect might very cause Armageddon!

  7. Where was the most interesting ... on Ask About Proprietary vs. Open Source Code Quality · · Score: 4, Interesting

    reference to your research? Whose inclusion of your work most impressed? Most confused? Most disturbed? And was there anyone who referenced your work but totally misunderstood what you were saying/doing and their conclusions were way off?

  8. Make my next stock purchase on The Space Elevator · · Score: 1
    Otis

    A wholly owned subsidiary of United Technologies Corp (UTX).

  9. In that case ... on Working as a Game Tester · · Score: 1
    it's back to the couch for me!

    Seriously, though, at least couch potato is a profession that is as exciting and glamorous as it sounds. And I can do it at home, in my spare time, with no additional training. I might even be eligible for government grants.

  10. "editing with Microsoft Word"? on Rambus Destroyed Evidence In Anti-trust Trial · · Score: 2, Funny
    You'll never get this patent. With all of the temp files that Word leaves strewn across your hard drive, and all of the "deleted" information that Word retains within a document, available to be retrieved, this would have to be considered to be a non-functioning process.

    Unless you were Ellen Feiss and you were writing a paper on your dad's PC and it goes berzerk and the paper just disappears. And then you have to write it over again and it's not as good.

  11. While "proving their innocence" ... on Rambus Destroyed Evidence In Anti-trust Trial · · Score: 1
    will the prosecution be able to use their destruction of potentially relevant documents as evidence against them?

    And summary judgement/straight to penalty is more harsh then a trial where they still might be able to prevail despite their actions.

  12. Why not penalty phase? on Rambus Destroyed Evidence In Anti-trust Trial · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The article doesn't explain what reasoning the judge gave for not switching right to the penalty phase, but requiring the less-onerous "proving their innoncence". This seems unusual.

  13. Re:Laptop with WUXGA? on Dell Introduces Laptop With WUXGA · · Score: 1
    Penicillin used to clean up a bad case of WUXGA. Nowadays, who can say?

    OR

    You're soaking in it!

    Now with twice the WUXGA! It's WUXGAriffic!

  14. Laptop with WUXGA? on Dell Introduces Laptop With WUXGA · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Penicillin used to clean up a bad case of WUXGA. Nowadays, who can say?

    OR

    You're soaking in it!

  15. The science of pricing, Microsoft Style on Which Price is Right? · · Score: 0

    When the licensee stops bleeding, check his/her relatives. They're still moving, and softly groaning in the corner.

  16. Next Step: Preschool on Xbox Coming to Arcades · · Score: 4, Funny

    Microsoft announced today that XBox technology would be a federal requirement for all licensed preschools. FCC Chairman Michael Powell explained that this was a good decision, a consensus decision and had no political component to it whatsoever. After everyone stopped laughing, Microsoft's Steve Ballmer explained that exposing preschoolers to the technology now ensured a steady revenue stream for Microsoft. Ballmer then announced that the first game available will be "Dancing Monkeyboy". Players will jump around trying to collect developers. If they sweat too much, have a coronary or get hit with the dreaded "Monopolist" tag, they lose.

  17. Advanced Audio Codec info on Apple to Launch Music Service? · · Score: 4, Informative
    Info on the Advanced Audio Codec can be found here and here.

    The LA Times article says that the AAC files can be DRM locked, but that Apple has required that they can be burned onto a CD, which would unlock them.

  18. You misunderstand on Is Microsoft Hoisting Its Own Copyright Petard? · · Score: 1
    I meant it in the sense of computing as a field; it is understood to be a generic term within the field of computing.

    I was continuing the phrasing from my first paragraph. I thought that was obvious.

  19. Trademark 101 on Is Microsoft Hoisting Its Own Copyright Petard? · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Apple is a generic term for fruit. It is a unique term for computers, thus acceptable as a trademark.

    Windows is a generic term for computing. There are numerous examples of the term being used prior to Microsoft's introduction of it's OS with the name (as is shown by Microsoft's own documentation). Since it is decidedly not unique for computing, it should never have been given. On the other hand, Windows would be a proper trademark for a brand of fruit.

  20. Oddly, you've missed the point on Is Microsoft Hoisting Its Own Copyright Petard? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The point of this article is that the Trademark name, Windows, should never have been approved. As Microsoft showed in it's own documentation in defending itself against the Apple lawsuit, Windows was a generic term for a GUI computing interface. The validity of the Apple lawsuit isn't a missed point; it's a non-point. The fact that their defense against one lawsuit will help hurt them in another is a delicious irony: tasty, cold and sweet (Irony, like revenge, is a dish best served cold).

  21. "buttload of platinum" on Source Code To Dungeon Master Java Released · · Score: 2, Funny
    "vorpal sword"

    Now you've made it seem dirty.

  22. Discovery, then Penetration .... on Hack Attacks Revealed, Second Edition · · Score: 4, Funny
    Discovery, then Penetration, Vulnerabilities, and finally the Toolbox

    Okay, I can think of five separate double-entendre jokes built on this framework. I'll leave you to your own devices (Does that make six?).

  23. Anybody working on ... on Microsoft: 2003 and Beyond · · Score: 1
    an open-source database to interface with Longhorn? Or have they not released the APIs and reverse-engineering it would violate the DCMA?

    Is Longhorn backup solely going to be the province of MS?

  24. I predict ... on Web Site Selling "Earthquake Forecasts" · · Score: 4, Funny
    an earthquake somewhere along the Pacific rim, between a 2 and 12 on the Richter scale, sometime this year.

    Be sure to send me your credit card information so you can be billed the $9.95 you owe me for this information.

  25. Keyboard? Keyboard? on Barebones Notebook · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why in my day, we used to get up at 2:00 am, eat a plate of hot gravel, crawl to the office over broken glass, and when we got there, we'd have to pound on the computer with our foreheads in place of typing. Keyboard? Kids today have it easy.