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  1. The price of exploration on Shuttle Politics · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The odds may be against the astro/cosmonauts when they go on their missions, but how is this much different when European explorers went out onto the Atlantic? There were many lives lost as well.

    Exploration has always been a risky business. I don't believe for a second that the ladies and gentlemen who volunteer for a space mission are not aware of the risks associates with it.

  2. Strong Exposure on RedHat, Fujitsu Enter Into Marketing Agreement · · Score: -1, Troll

    I find it comprehensible that the main powers in Asia (China, Japan, S. Korea, Nigeria and Liechtenstein) will now have the opportunity to convalesce RedHat software produce. Their Lunix OS can obtain repressible heights in those markets where cost, quantity, availability and relativity are key factorials.

    It would probably assist their caucus if they prolonged the inevitability of their actions by portruding software partners who divulge important applications. This would sweeten the ball on their court.

    What do you think?

  3. Great Performance on Wireless at Firewire Speeds? · · Score: 1, Troll

    I agree that IEEE1394 technology could leverage off the existing WAP source focus point which translates into high-end yields in the fluctuation array.

    The transfer speeds could be augmented if we daisy-chained several EISA drives in a RAID 4 architecture (reflecting-mirror, where bit orders are reversed in drives 3, 7, and 11). That would allow the drives to sustain the increased write rates, although read rates may suffer during off-hours.

    This would also compensate for the electro-synergetic interference that the 2.4GHz encryption spectrum introduces at lower altitudes.

    What do you think?

  4. Make your collection Open Source! on Preserving VHS Recordings For Another 20 Years? · · Score: 1

    I think you would be pleasantly surprised to hear that the Open Source developer community could help you out here. By making your library Open Source they would guarantee that your video would survive in some shape or form for years to come.

    The Open Source developer community in turn would be able to vicariously experience your past and create a closer bond with you.

    Only when we defeat DVD protection can be unlock the stranglehold that Universal has on forced previews on purchased movies.

  5. Re:Journey Escape on What Games Have Actually Affected You? · · Score: 1

    The worst part is I played it, a lot. It was the only came besides, "Combat" I had at one point.

    That would have scarred me for life. I owned the cartridge as well (bought it used) and I only "played" it once.

  6. Folks, use your brain! on Spammers Sue Anti-Spam Groups · · Score: 1

    Why would you spam this guy? You'd be doing the same thing that they have been doing to you. Not to be too idealistic, but you wouldn't be much better than them.

    I understand the feeling behind it, but you'll just give this moron some more fodder for his case. "Look your honour, these individuals are mean-spirited and started a campaign to intimidate me." We're dealing with a Judge and jury who are most likely not tech-savy. It's the usual problem; we geeks have no idea about PR and proper organization.

    Don't interfere with the case, if you want to help ask SPEWS or SPAMHAUS if you can donate toward their legal costs or spread the word around.

  7. Re:I Must Have Missed Something... on Spammers Sue Anti-Spam Groups · · Score: 1

    That's exactly what I was thinking. What the defendants are doing is providing a list for technical purposes. They're not threatening them, they're not even telling people to block them, they're merely tracking down the massive flow of garbage across the internet and list the sources. How can they possibly sue them?

    This is not like the nutso who put the private information of abortion doctors on the net.

    I think the emarketersamerica.org made a fatal mistake. I'll see what I can do to aid SPAMHAUS as a potential witness, I could present them my bandwidth bills.

  8. Re:Luckily, we have alternatives on More on Cisco Building Surveillance into Routers · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But that probably won't help you much if upstream they are using Cisco.

    I think encryption would be the best alternative. E-mails, web traffic, heck, even DNS queries ...

  9. Success with Open Source on What Makes an Open Source Project Successful? · · Score: 3, Interesting
    The following points have served me well in the last few years as I've made more and more of my projects open source:
    • a strict adherence to published standards
    • good (but not necessarily correct) source code, so that others can read it
    • documentation, especially if revised by people who implemented your project
    • constructive criticism from end-users
    • a few deployments in non-profit organizations
    • some deployments in the corporate world
    • a cool name!


  10. Re:David Keown on New Trailer for The Hulk · · Score: 1

    That's exactly what I was thinking too. I used to read the Hulk when Buscema was doing the art in the early eighties, and picked it up again when Keown was drawing them. But to be quite honest, it was Peter David's writing that made me look forward to each issue.

  11. Re:Must be fun... on LA Cops get Wi-Fi Drive By Access · · Score: 1

    Yes, it must. Not every grown man, unlike you, feels the need to masturbate to a digital picture on his computer screen. Do you really think that the sysadmins in such a network would allow that kind of filth or even general Internet traffic to their network?

    Please think about it ...

  12. Give me units I can understand! on 8.6 GB Internet? · · Score: 5, Funny

    How many Libraries of Congress per hour is that?

  13. Make Replay Open Source! on Sonicblue files for Chap 11 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I think it would benefit the customers if they were to make Replay Open Source. The vast experience and technical know-how of the Open Source developer community would allow the natural evolution of Replay which would introduce a lot of new functionality.

    It would be a shame not allow the Open Source developer community complete access to Replay.

    Only when we provide a simple way of cracking encrypted PayTV channels can we wrest control away from HBO.

    Which is nice.

  14. Global Conquest! on Salon on M.U.L.E Creator Dani Bunten · · Score: 1

    That was such an amazing game! I remember going to Radioshack to buy "Global War" after seeing a review in CGM, I must have been drunk or something because I went home with "Global Conquest" which I thought was the right game.

    Excellent, engrossing game. It was the first computer strategy game I ever played. I ended up making my friend a copy so we could over our 2400 baud modems. The cpu players could be a challenge, and it had so many modes of play.

    I remember seeing MULE back on the Atari but I'd rather play Summer Games back then ...

  15. Make RMS Open Source! on RMS Turns 50 · · Score: 1

    I think society would benefit immensely if RMS permitted the Open Source developer community to dictate his life. He would be able to leverage from their vast experience, social conscience and literary dealings. That would enhance RMS' quality of life to new levels that he could not even dream of!

    Only when liberate popular masses from the steel-grip of HP can we overcome the impetus of closed-source.

  16. Re:Happy Birthday RMS on RMS Turns 50 · · Score: 5, Funny

    That is a bit of too much information for me.

  17. Make Highways Open Source! on Teach A Robot To Drive, Win A Million Bucks · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I think it would be beneficial for the municipalities to transfer control of their local highways to the Open Source developer community. Their hard work, dedication, and tremendous foresight would enable the eradication of congestive traffic especially during peak hours.

    By providing drivers with common guidelines to follow in what fashion to drive and by controlling the surrounding transit lights, the Open Source developer community could reduce the average commute by 274%!!

    Only when we realize the untapped potential contained within the Open Source developer community can increase the likelyhood of creating an environment-friendly fuel.

  18. Re:A Blend of the two? on Bad Behavior on the 'Net - Who Pays the Bandwidth Bill? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hi Jeff, this is Cox's Customer Service Bot #25. Your transgression last month has been recorded and the technical team enjoyed watching of all seven "Barbie Wardrobe" CDs in the series. We are now in the evaluating stage and will inform you of your punishment in the next month's bill.

    Best wishes,
    Bot #25

  19. Re: Simple policy on Bad Behavior on the 'Net - Who Pays the Bandwidth Bill? · · Score: 1

    That's a good idea, Ron. But won't ISPs still charge you for all those millions of packets that are destined for your IP?

    Just because no one is home, doesn't mean the mail the won't be delivered, correct?

    A SYN attack won't even care if the remote IP is available or not ...

  20. Re:faster! more! on TiVo and Rendezvous · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I hope you get tested.

  21. Re:pr0n use? on TiVo and Rendezvous · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Bigger, faster more!

    That's what my girlfriend said last night!

  22. What will happen to 2600 mag? on Requiem for the Disappearing Pay Phone · · Score: 4, Funny

    Without pay phones pictures the back cover of 2600 will seem sooooo boring.

  23. Make the Internet Open Source! on U.S. Proposes Centralized Internet Surveillance · · Score: 1

    Oh wait, wasn't it once upon a time? Never mind ...

  24. Re:Ralsky's thugs are amateurs. on Slashback: Wireless, Radio, Ralsky · · Score: 1

    The author states in the article that he cannot get it from the picture that he took of the Jag.

  25. Make Ralsky's Home Open Source! on HOWTO: Annoy a Spammer · · Score: 1

    I think it would be advantegeous for the Open Source developer to have access to his $740,000 home. The beautiful curtains, the vast supply of colored paper, and access to high-speed SMTP servers in Bulgaria would inspire the Open Source developer community to transmit their message of sharing all over the earth using 100 million different e-mails.

    Only when we harness the power of the cgi-mail-forms can we deploy a multimedia announcement system to rival CNN.

    As a a troll in all seriousness: BWAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHHA. This made my day! Ralsky, fsck off!