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  1. Re:More Decent Submitters, then on Linus Defends Proprietary File Formats [Updated] · · Score: 1

    Then submit unasshatted stuff yourself. You have the opportunity to fix something that annoys you, so do so.

    That's a great idea. Unfortunately, by the time you read the article and understand it, it is allready posted by a moron who didn't read the article.

    It is a great idea, just very hard to do with out one of these "asshats" submitting it first.

  2. Summary of the above. on Secure Hard Drive Deletion Appliance? · · Score: 1

    1) Locate a bitch box (faster is better for randomizing writes).
    2) Locate enough HBAs, adapters cables et cetera do be able to do a good batch of drives at a time.
    3) Get a DBAN cd, floppy or USB drive.
    4) Wipe it.
    5) If you have any reason to think the drive is bad (slow erasure, clicking noises et cetera), DEGAUSS it.
    6) LABEL ALL DRIVES PROPERLY. Note who wiped it, with what setting, how many passes et cetera.

  3. Prior Art.. on Sony Patents Matrix-Like Game Technology · · Score: 2, Funny

    As far as feeding my neural cortex with sensory information, my body parts do a good job of that.

    I'll volunteer my sexual organs as prior art.

  4. Bugzilla on WBEL4 Preview Ready For Testing · · Score: 1

    Even though you can't call someone to get a problem fixed, or ask questions, you still can put in a bugzilla.

    I have, and have had a better experience putting in a bugzilla rather than a RHEL ticket.

    There is no SLA with bugzilla, but the techs do want to get the problems solved.

  5. Fill 'er up ... on Burn Grass, Get Green Biofuel · · Score: 1

    Fill 'er up with perenial rye.

  6. I'd hit it.. on Paris Hilton Recruited to Publicize Linux · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd hit it.................

    with a stick!!!!

    Fuck, wrong forum.

  7. Military Applications of Synsects on Robotic Nanotech Swarms on Mars... in 2034 · · Score: 1

    Stanislaw Lem has covered the military application of, what he calls "synsects" for a long time now.

    There is a short story called "The Upside Down Evolution" and a full novel called "Peace on Earth".

    The short story is a quick read, and is included in "One Human Minute". It's about 7 dollars new, and is WELL worth the read.

  8. Re:Stanislaw Lem? on Robotic Nanotech Swarms on Mars... in 2034 · · Score: 1

    I've never read "Peace on Earth" but this was also the topic of one of his short stories. Not sure which was published first.

    You can read more about Lem at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislaw_Lem

    In that short story, the bugs are used as an unstoppable weapon. If I remember correctly, they could form nucleur weapons. They were used because of how dificult it would be to contain and eliminate a swarm like that.

    Anyone who likes SciFi should pick up on of these stories.

  9. So you want to run an Anarchist Website on FBI Demands Logs From Radical Website · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So everyone has gotten done bitching about how he should have not kept logs and so forth.

    What are YOUR best practices for running an anarchist/revolutionary website. You could rotate your logs into the bit bucket.. but what residue could that leave behind.

    Do any hosting companies provide loopback encryption or bestcrypt container support?

  10. Re:So... on Blackbox (Finally) Updated · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You fucking moderators wouldn't know humor if it bit you on your ass.

    Whoever modded this offtopic should be shot.

  11. Re:rootkit on ID Theft Made Easy · · Score: 1

    Yeah. The real question is this:

    Why should you read an article when the referer (submitter) doesn't demonstrate that he understands what key security terms are.

  12. Re:Stupid on Large Prize Offered For Writing Mac Virus · · Score: 1

    I'm assuming that most Mac e-mail programs don't open executables blindly, but I could be mistaken.

    Also, if the trojan wanted to run as root, wouldn't it ask for the password for the current users keychain (if that user was an Administrator). I don't know how many users would authenticate for "This is the document you have been waiting for ............?.exe".

  13. Re:If you are going to let Spielberg in... on Four Inducted Into SF Hall of Fame · · Score: 1

    I was also VERY suprised not to see Stanislaw Lem on there as well.

    I personally think that a good introduction to his work is "One Human Minute" and the other two stories that are normaly included with that one. They are short, and very good.

  14. Re:And as ever, Apple creates the current paradigm on A History of Portable Computing · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The NEC computer looks pretty much the same, and that was before.

    If the paradigm is fold up screen, then the GRID is the first one like that.

    If the paradigm is the computer being stored under the keyboard, instead of in back of it, then they probably get the credit.

  15. Re:And as ever, Apple creates the current paradigm on A History of Portable Computing · · Score: 1

    When you say that simple design, you mean the Thinkpad, I hope.

    The Apple design on that link is the Thinkpad with a few more curves.

  16. Fix the dupe problem in software? on Irish Movie Theatres Go Digital · · Score: 1

    I think that it is about time that we start trying to warn people of duplicate postings in software.

    Something Awful forums warn you if a specific URL, or similar URL was posted. It then shows you a link to the thread(s) that have the URLs in question posted. After that, if you decide to post, we still have the editors to try to weed out the rest. This solution won't help when someone links to the same issue/story reported by a different company (much harder with syndication also).

    The script/program would select keywords from the text, and then give a percentage that matched each article that matched. It would only be matching against articles that were X days/weeks old. I'm sure lots of other people have opinions on this as well.

    Would anyone be interested in "Ask Slashdot: How do deal with the dupes problem?".

  17. Re:Go To Romania To Play Scrabble on e-Scrabble gets Cease and Desist Order from Hasbro · · Score: 3, Funny

    That site may have the best Scrabble game in the world on it. My problem is that the last time I downloaded a "client program" from Romania, I ended up paying a lot of money in long distance phone bills that I couldn't explain.

    Someone else willing to vouch for this guy? :-P

  18. Re:Apple = Proprietary on Forbes Predicts 5% Desktop Share for Apple in 2005 · · Score: 1

    Then why is there a market for PCI/AGP cards. I can understand how for some (i.e. not me), it is possible to buy a new system every few years.

    What is the market for PCI cards then? I don't mean that PCI cards are always used to prolong the functionality of a system (although that is how I use them). I think that they are used in the PC market to customize and expand upon basic hardware.

    How do I get a new sound card in most of the new Mac models? Firewire/USB? This is what they have to cater to, to get more of the market share.

  19. Container Encryption ??? on Ultaportable Apps: Take Your Thumbware Anywhere · · Score: 1

    I normally use whatever flavor of loopback encryption is supported in the kernel that I am running. This can be a problem, if that style or mechanism changes between kernels (from what I have read and heard, it has).

    Bestcrypt works, but fails to compile on newer FC3 kernels, and I've heard of some stability issues from friends/co-workers.

    So my question is, what can be used for a cross platform encryption container? Is there anything that can be use on Linux/Mac OS/*BSD and Windows? Is there some miracle project that I am missing?

  20. Re:Apple = Proprietary on Forbes Predicts 5% Desktop Share for Apple in 2005 · · Score: 2

    The word proprietary gets thrown around a lot in these conversations.

    My problem, and one that I know others have experienced is this. I'm a PC user, and if my system needs XYZ functionality, I can get a (Sound|RAID|USB 4.0) card or a (RedRAY|Hard|Soft) drive.

    Unless I am buying the big fancy dual processor G5, I don't get this expandability. PC users have become accustomed to this. This is one area that Apple could improve upon.

    Just my 2 cents.

  21. Show Card to Cashier on Credit card signatures: Useless? · · Score: 1

    Those self help systems (in the states at Price Chopper, Home Depot et cetera) always ask you to "Show your card to the cashier."

    I never have. They never ask. Same thing at CompUSA and Staples.

    Bottom line is that if you swipe the card, they don't ask, ever.

    A lot of this does depend on your age though. My dad would ask me to use his card and get XYZ at the store. I would go and if someone asked me, I would just say that my dad asked me to get it.

    Always worked, no questions asked.

  22. Hacking Google Print on Google's Library Up and Running · · Score: 4, Interesting

    There is an interesting k5 article caled Hacking Google Print.
    Check it out.

  23. Re:good Vs. bad on Irish Cinema Set to Go Digital First · · Score: 1

    I think that it is a good step. I'm hoping that it could possibly mean more independant film, lesser known films can be distributed to bigger theatres.

    I'm not sure what the production costs are to get a digital film onto analog medium, but I'm assuming that it is not cheap. If, somehow, smaller independant threatres could implement this technology, maybe this step could be skipped.

    How proprietary is the standard they used for encoding and decoding?

  24. Unigraphics on Linux? on EDS' Secret Love For Linux Laid Bare · · Score: 1
    Has anyone every tried to ask anyone at EDS why they don't have a copy of Unigraphics working on Linux yet?

    Lots and lots of engineering application vendors have their software running on Linux. EDS doesn't ... I wonder why that is?
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  25. The Original Redhat on No Secret Plan at Google? · · Score: 1

    The article states:

    "They run linux, but it's been modified from the original Red Hat."

    I didn't know that Red Hat was the original. :-/