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  1. Re:#7: It doesn't run Linux!!! on 5 Reasons Not to Buy an iPod · · Score: 1

    erm...... you obviously haven't seen this.

  2. Re:I've always thought on Baffling the Spam Bots · · Score: 1

    Now that you've published the code to your email generating system, what's to stop a spambot writer using the same code to generate the addresses to use to send you emails?

  3. Re:No no no... on Internet Speed Record Broken (Again) · · Score: 1

    I've had good experiences with Eclipse Internet.

    They're pretty cheap, and they let you have a block of 4 ip's without question. If you want more you have to justify it though.

  4. Re:for smaller companies... on When Does Website Monitoring Go Too Far? · · Score: 1

    Rather than completely blocking them off you could rate limit their IP's to something sensible like 1 per minute, with a sensible burst length. Something the iptables limit module can do. That should stem the flood without actually blocking them off.

  5. Re:How will this work? on BIND Strikes Back Against VeriSign's Site Finder · · Score: 1

    If you have a look here you'll see that the patch makes it possible to specify that certain zones (e.g. com. and net.) can only return NS records, and not A records, so (for example) A records in the com zone are ignored.

  6. Re:this would be sweet on Space Elevator Going Up · · Score: 1

    Because you don't want to deal with the centrifugal force associated with stuff at the equators.

    Er... actually it's the centrifugal forces at the equator that make this work. If you built it at the poles, what would keep it up; gravity would just pull it all back down.

    It needs to be built on the equator so that that it will circle the center of the earth, and will remain geostationary (i.e. stationary relative to the surface of the earth). The centrifugal force caused by the spinning of the earth will keep the 'rope' taught, and allow you to climb it.

  7. Re:Gnome development outpacing KDE? on Gnome 2.4 Release(d) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That could be taken as a sign of maturity.

    Draw what conclusions you like from that....

  8. Re:And yet, look at my sig for Linux vulnerabiliti on Microsoft Issues Five New Security Warnings · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The point is that all the vulnerabilities in the list on the page you linked to (with the exception of sendmail) are fairly obscure "3rd party" apps.

    If a vulnerability was found in some obscure windows ftp server that you got off tucows for example, you wouldn't list that as a windows vulnerability would you?

  9. Re:No French Beers?!? on Distro Taste Test - Linux and Beer · · Score: 1

    Hmmm.... what can I say....

    DOH!!!!!

  10. No French Beers?!? on Distro Taste Test - Linux and Beer · · Score: 2, Insightful

    From the article...

    ....character of it's home country of France. Sadly, good. well-known beer is a little thin on the ground there, so we will borrow from neighbouring Belgium to complement Mandrake.

    Have these people never heard of Stella Artois or Kronenbourg 1664

    I can only pity them if that's the case.

  11. Re:Are there any good uses? on Gillette Pulls RFID Tags In UK Amid Protests · · Score: 1

    As I understand it, RFID tags simply store a unique number that it transmits when activated. The stores/whatever simply store any data they want in a database, indexed by the RFID number, so yes, you can get your fridge to track how many beers are left, but you can't remove any data anyone else has linked to that tag.

  12. Re:RFID good use examp: Taipei Public transport ca on Gillette Pulls RFID Tags In UK Amid Protests · · Score: 1

    Actually they are already live (going under the name of Oyster). Presently you can only get them online here.

    I read that they're going to be available from the ticket windows etc... in about a months time.

  13. Re:Rather good article on Pulse Detonation Engines: The Future of Aviation · · Score: 1

    Is it just me, or do other people cringe when reading the phrase paradigm shift

    I can't help thinking of dilbert..

  14. Err... Where's the rest of the article? on Techs Discover End Users Aren't So Bright · · Score: 1

    Was it just me, or did anyone else get to the end of the introduction and then wonder where the rest of the article had gone?

    Please tell me I'm not blind and have missed the "next page" link

  15. Re:Protect them from themselves? on He Blows Things Up So You Don't Have To · · Score: 5, Funny

    there is a large part of our population that has an IQ under 100..

    Would that be about 50% per chance?

  16. Re:Oh yeah? on GIF Patent Prepares to Expire · · Score: 1

    Competetive means that if you raise your price, the customer will choose the competition.

    That's assuming your product is equivalent to your competitors. If you have a superior product, then people will be willing to pay more for it.

    From what I remember from the marketing module I had to do at Uni, Ideally you price your product at exactly what your customers are willing to pay.

    Ugh!! I feel dirty now.... too much marketing speak...

  17. Re:An existing alternative on PCI Express - Coming Soon to a PC Near You · · Score: 1

    Just because they may be cheaper to make doesn't mean they will be sold for less. They'll be sold for whatever people are willing to pay for them.

  18. Re:beyond reasonable doubts on Stronger Anti-Spam Law Proposed · · Score: 1

    2) Recipient must reply requesting to be removed from list or mail unsubscribe address to become eligible.

    You then get the dilemma of "If I reply to the unsubscribe address will they remove me from the list, or have I just confirmed that this is a real address."

    Personally I never reply to the unsubscribe address on spam.

  19. Assuming you can identify the spammer.... on Stronger Anti-Spam Law Proposed · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That's all very well, but for a large chunk of spam, identifying the spammer if difficult, and to it in a way that would hold up in court would be even harder..

  20. Re:More ents...good on Extra Scenes in TTT Extended Edition DVD · · Score: 1

    According to this the extended edition will include the bit with the Huorns at Helm's Deep.

  21. Re:WinXP and the newbie Roboticist trap on Swimming Cockroach Robot Developed · · Score: 5, Informative

    True, especially when you can actually program some of the PIC's in C. e.g. the Microchip PIC 12/14/16/17 families

  22. Re:Truth versus Belief on Matrix Gets Egyptian Ban For Explicit Religion · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I would like to offer an alternative definition for belief...

    belief is the acceptance of something that you cannot prove absolutely.

    There are very few things in the real world that can be proven absolutely. For everything else you have to go on the balance of evidence.

  23. Re:Freeze the CD... on Investigating Angular Velocity · · Score: 4, Funny

    Actually, that should be "pedant of the year"

    Do I win it now?...

  24. Re:Harping on the temperature thing one more time on Force Field. No, Really · · Score: 1

    Centigrade and Kelvin actually use the same scale, they just have a different origin. Centigrade uses the freezing point of water, and kelvin uses Absolute Zero.

    This means that 0 decrees Centigrade is the same as 273 degrees Kelvin.

    Also, 15,000 degrees Centigrade equals 15,273 degrees Kelvin.

    at these temperatures, the difference becomes largely insignificant.

  25. Re:Ironic? on Java/Script Alert: Cross-Platform Browser Vulnerability · · Score: 1

    ...occasion they should use the word "oddly"

    or possibly the word "annoying"