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  1. Re:Errr, no. on GlobalFlyer Completes Record-Breaking Flight · · Score: 1

    Yuri Gagarin didn't fly Vostok 1 around the world...

    In 1961 it was still Soviet Russia... Vostok 1 flew him!

    (sorry - couldn't help myself...)

    Seriously, though - another good reason (#7) would be that Yuri didn't actually land in Vostok 1. He ejected and landed via parachute.

    From here:

    Once in orbit, Yuri Gagarin had no control over his spacecraft. Vostok's reentry was controlled by a computer program sending radio commands to the space capsule. Although the controls were locked, a key had been placed in a sealed envelope in case an emergency situation made it necessary for Gagarin to take control. As was planned, Cosmonaut Gagarin ejected after reentry into Earth's atmosphere and landed by parachute.
  2. Re:so this means... on National PC Recycling Plan Proposed, Again · · Score: 3, Informative
    It is not illegal to throw away paper, glass bottles, or aluminum cans.

    Depends on where you live...

    From here:

    City of Seattle Ordinance #121372 prohibits the disposal, effective January 1, 2005, of certain recyclables from residential, commercial and self-haul garbage...

    <snip>

    ...Residents are prohibited from putting significant amounts of paper, cardboard, glass and plastic bottles and jars as well as aluminum and tin cans in their garbage containers as of January 1, 2005. Yard debris has been prohibited from residential garbage since 1989....

  3. Not only that! on Apple Website Points to PowerBook G5 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Eeeeevil....

    Introducing the new apple_g666_powerbook!

    Buy it now, before time runs out... The end of the world is nigh!

  4. My cat hates you. on Hypo-Allergenic Cats Now Available for Pre-Order · · Score: 1

    Just another reason why cats hate humans.

    MyCatHatesYou

  5. Re:Debian can be thought of as 3 parts... on Updates From Debian · · Score: 1
    ...pretty apt name for an unstable distribution...

    Har, har! Pretty apt choice of words...

  6. Re:PVR Newbie Questions on Engadget Interviews TiVo CEO · · Score: 5, Informative
    Does the manual include a copy of the source code, or an address I can write to to get the source code for all GPL'd parts?

    http://www.tivo.com/linux/

    Quote from the site:

    In compliance with the GPL, we are pleased to provide our modifications to the Linux PowerPC Kernel, as well as a few new commands, and some tools to get you into the code.

    Additionally, if you would like a CD-R of our modifications you may send a written request to:

    TiVo Inc.
    2160 Gold St.
    Alviso CA 95002-2160
    Attention: Customer Care - GNU/Linux Source Code Request.

    You will be charged a $15 fee for reproduction, shipping and handling costs, as allowed by the GPL. Make sure that you include a bank certified check for $15.00. Otherwise, you can download the code for free from below:

  7. Re:37N 116W, I Double Dog Dare Ya! on Visiting Every Latitude and Longitude Intersection · · Score: 3, Informative
    37N 116W

    Good luck, you'll need it!

    Heh - looks like someone has already taken that dare.


    06-Jan-2004 -- Up front, I must admit that I did not visit this confluence personally. However, the friend of a friend of a ... who did visit asked me not to use his name.
  8. Re:lack of second side of the coin... again on FreeBSD Moves to X.Org · · Score: 2, Insightful

    bad news for those who are to lazy to rtfm.

    If you want to keep the old XFree86 on -current, simply set
    X_WINDOW_SYSTEM=xfree86-4 in make.conf
  9. ...provides more points of failure... on Where are the High-Capacity SCSI Drives? · · Score: 2, Funny
    ...provides more points of failure...

    Yeah, that's a problem. It's much better to reduce potential points of failure... preferably down to a single point of failure.

    Or is that not what you meant?

  10. Re:address mangling sucks on New Google Groups in Beta · · Score: 2, Funny
    I just sent this to groups-support@google.com:

    Please don't mangle email addresses in Google Groups!

    Perhaps you should have sent your comments to gro__ps_-__up__por_t@goo__le.c__m

  11. I agree.... on Slackware 10.0 Officially Released · · Score: 2, Funny

    Anything that came after SLS is just Yet Another Distro...

  12. Re:On in the US on Our Friend, The Meter · · Score: 1
  13. Re:Percy Schmeiser in his own words on Open Source Life? · · Score: 1, Funny
    If someone wrote a virus, that also happened to have a piece of patented code in it, say IBM's. Could IBM then sue everyone who was infected?

    No, but I'm sure SCO would try.

  14. Re:Some of this stuff really makes alot of sense on Dan Kaminsky Suggests Having Fun with DNS · · Score: 4, Insightful
    DNS already has a mature, stable, and lightweight caching mechanism in place. Why not use it?

    What part of the word lightweight don't you understand?

  15. Re:TeraTerm on Terminal Emulators Reviewed · · Score: 1
    (and just as free as TeraTerm!)

    Actually, PuTTY is much more free.

    PuTTY, from here:

    The PuTTY executables and source code are distributed under the MIT licence, which is similar in effect to the BSD licence. (This licence is Open Source certified and complies with the Debian Free Software Guidelines.)

    TeraTerm, however, from the readme.txt that comes with the source packages:

    Without written permission by the author (Takashi Teranishi), you may not distribute modified versions of this package, and may not distribute this package for profit.

    You may not copy any file, module, subroutine and resource in this package to create commercial products (including sharewares), without written permission by the author.

    If you want to distribute modified versions of Tera Term widely, you need also the permission.
  16. NOT "Time for net admins to update" on BIND 9.3 Released With Commercial Support · · Score: 5, Informative

    I really hope that most net admins know better than to update until after the beta is over, and the release version comes out.

    BIND 9.3.0 is not released yet. It is at beta 2, which was released two days ago.

  17. Re:Not quite "ready" on Paul Mockapetris On The Future of DNS · · Score: 1
    It won't be ready...until BIND stops rejecting unknown types.

    So, three years ago, then?

    From an announcement for BIND 9.1.0: "BIND 9.1.0 also includes experimental implementations of a number of DNS protocols extensions still under development in the IETF. These include transparent processing of unknown RR types..."

    BIND 9.1.0 was released on January 18th, 2001

  18. One (strong) suggestion... on Best 35mm SLR Camera for Beginners? · · Score: 1

    One suggestion I would make is this: If you are planning on (some time in the future) upgrading to a Digital SLR (DSLR) camera, put some thought in to what you might buy in the future. For instance, if you might consider the Canon EOS 300D (Digital Rebel) or EOS 10D (big brother to the 300D), you might want to go with a Canon film SLR now. Likewise, if you might consider the Nikon D100, you might want to go with a Nikon film SLR now.

    The reason I suggest this is simple: lenses. I've had a film SLR for years, and recently was given a Digital Rebel for an early Christmas/Birthday gift. The film SLR I have used for years is a Pentax. Great camera... but all the lenses I had collected over the years can not be used on my new Canon. I'm stuck buying all new lenses.

    Over time, you are more than likely going to spend much more on lenses than you will on the camera itself. In my opinion, it is very worth it to make sure whatever film SLR you buy now has lenses that you can take to a DSLR in the future, if you have any inclination to move there eventually.

    Just my 2 cents...

    - strabo

  19. Re:Linux the kernel or Linux the system? on Bill Gates: Windows Patched Faster than Linux · · Score: 1
    OpenSSH is a part of Linux as much as RPC or Windows Messaging is a part of Windows.

    OpenSSH is a part of Linux as much as OpenSSH is a part of Windows.

  20. Definition, for anyone who is wondering... on Public Confused by Tech Lingo · · Score: 1

    From dictionary.reference.com:

    sesquipedalianism :
    \Ses`qui*pe*da"li*an*ism\, Sesquipedalism\Ses*quip"e*dal*ism\,
    n. Sesquipedality.

    Just in case anyone was wondering what sesquipedalianism was.... *grin*

  21. Re:FreeBSD = top quality on FreeBSD 5.1 Review and BSD Roundup · · Score: 2, Informative
    This is your preference. You want an old 15+ years operating system instead of Debian Linux?
    What the hell are you talking about? FreeBSD got ten years old last month.

    And, for completeness, Debian turns ten years old next month.

  22. Re:why? on Rabid TiVo Fanaticism · · Score: 1

    How many add-ons does it have to have? Or how many more add-ons does it have to have? There's a TON out there already, from TiVo and from the hacking community.

    mp3 and ogg decoding?

    There's an addon available (for cost) that does mp3, but not ogg.

    programmable from any computer?

    The same addon as the mp3 ability does that, too. Or you can use the free, community-provided tool, that's been around for awhile.

    hackable?

    There is plenty of that going on .

    How about a pop3 client? Or perhaps AIM on your TiVo? What about caller id? Plenty of other stuff, too.

    Personally, I'm glad that they don't slap a recordable DVD drive in there. That would just jack the cost of the hardware. If it is that important, just throw the TiVo on your network and hit google for tivo video extraction. With the tools available, it is fairly trivial to extract the MPEG streams to your PC and record them to DVD, plus you get the benefit of using whatever video editing software you want (to do things like cut the commercials, etc), and whatever DVD recording software you like. If the functionality were on the TiVo, I'd doubt that you'd get much more than save to DVD, with no editing possible.

  23. Re:Firewire... New?? on FreeBSD 4.8 Released · · Score: 3, Informative
    FreeBSd is not designed to be a desktop OS. What server needs firewire?

    Using that logic, what server needs Gnome 2.2, or KDE 3.1, or XFree86 4.3.0 ? Where on freebsd.org does it say that FreeBSD is not designed to be a desktop OS ?

    In fact, the FreeBSD FAQ has this to say:

    The goal of the FreeBSD Project is to provide software that may be used for any purpose...

    Oh, and this:

    FreeBSD is designed to provide a robust and full-featured environment for applications. It supports a wide variety of web browsers, office suites, email readers, graphics programs, programming environments, network servers, and just about everything else you might want.

    I'm curious, where on the freebsd.org site did you see that FreeBSD was not designed to be a desktop OS ?

  24. Re:See what your P2P piracy has done! on Music Biz Predicts 6% Decline in '03 · · Score: 1

    That'd be 6 katrillion, right?

  25. Re:Mo-dem? on New EL Touchscreen Remote Control · · Score: 2

    Duh... it's what you plug your Cable TV into, in order to download the internet, right? Right?