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  1. Dummynet is great, but... on Simulating Network Latency? · · Score: 1

    What if you want to simulate two multiplatform networks connected? I think this guy is looking for hardware because the commercial latency simulators are ~$2000.

  2. Re:No, both the Reps AND Dems are wrong on firearm on Your Right to Travel Anonymously: Not Dead Yet · · Score: 1

    Mace, etc. Why use a lethal weapon. And why would you be enough of a fool to walk through this neighborhood? At night? With jewelry? I suggested banning pistols. A knife is a great idea. I never suggested banning them, because you can't massacare with one. I support knives used for what they should be, I just can't see a pistol a good weapon to be carrying around because of its mass murder potential. A knife, mace, etc is good. I just cant see the pistol.

  3. Re:Please go outside on LOAF - Distributed Social Networking Over Email · · Score: 1

    I think everything that we need to know about eln is that he has no sense of humor. The parent was FUNNY, eln!

  4. Re:This makes no sense on Wiretapping the Web Easier Than Ever · · Score: 1

    Online retailers process 911 calls? Huh?

    I think that was supposed to be VoIP providers.

  5. Re:No, both the Reps AND Dems are wrong on firearm on Your Right to Travel Anonymously: Not Dead Yet · · Score: 1

    How about this: You allow rifles and shotguns for hunting and target use, and ban pistols all together unless you submit to a thorough background check and are in an occupation that needs one(police, bodyguard, etc.). This way we prevent shooting massacares and save the children while still allowing hunting and the like. Seriously, what's the point of a pistol but for injuring people? Why use a pistol when you could use a rifle, except for concealment?

  6. Re:Bugs Not Yet Fixed on Complete List of Bugs Fixed in SP2 · · Score: 1

    Your screen becomes deluged with popup windows with no escape because closing one opens about ten others.
    Only if you say yes to ActiveX spyware just like that new XPI spyware I've been seeing.


    Sorry to ruin your day, Microsoft fanboy, but the popup window has nothing to do with spyware. It has to do with Javascript. Namely, window.open(url); The parent of your post was referring to Internet Explorer's lack of pop-up blocking(which is present in SP2, by the way) not ActiveX. Please, people, research before you post.

  7. Re:What about Ethernet? on Internet Heading to Light Speed · · Score: 2, Informative

    You USED to need fiber for Gbit Ethernet. Copper gigabit came later. The only real reason to use fiber now is distance and reliability(no matter how you look at it, electricity is less reliable than light).

  8. URL for MD5 Collision on SHA-0 Broken, MD5 Rumored Broken · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This PDF explains the MD5 Collision: http://eprint.iacr.org/2004/199link

  9. Re:Bugs Not Yet Fixed on Complete List of Bugs Fixed in SP2 · · Score: 1

    What's sad though is that a product made it to market with this many bugs still in it.

    Please see Linux kernel changelog. This many bugs are fixed with almost every minor release. Many aren't as critical, but several are pretty important for people, mainly the hardware support bugs.

    Many of the bugs describe stuff that's just broken full stop and should really have been removed before XP was released, ie: You cannot preview a fax in the Fax Console See Kmail bug that deleted ALL YOUR EMAIL on imap folders. If this isn't broken full stop, I don't know what is. This should have been fixed before KDE 3.2 was released.
    *end trolling*
    Seriously, though, it IS amazing that no one has fixed these windows bugs by now. Some seem pretty obvious, like the fax one. At least Linux and Open Source software bugs are mostly fixed quickly. There are still are some Open Source bugs that aren't fixed quickly, like the infamous Mozilla XUL skinning bug.

    Isn't it ironic that on Slashdot if Linux is criticized it gets modded down, then people post about the absurdity of it getting modded down, then the posts about the absurdity of getting modded down get modded up? Whatever. Only on Slashdot.

  10. Re:My Favourite on Complete List of Bugs Fixed in SP2 · · Score: 1

    That's actually
    326971 - PRB: You Cannot Use XML Serialization on a Class with Declarative Security
    FYI

  11. Re:Funny lock story from Australia on Kensington Laptop Locks Not So Secure · · Score: 1

    The lock locks the brake in the DOWN position. Duh. So you cant steal it because it wont move.

  12. Re:has anyone actually handled one of these? on New iPod Design Pictures Leak · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And it cost a fair bit more than the second iPod i bought yesterday for my household. The first of which has taken a few spills and continues to function *JUST FINE* thank you.

    It has taken a few spills since YESTERDAY??? That would go a long way to explain why your walkmen broke after 2-foot drops. You just fail to mention that it was after the TENTH 2-foot drop. I must admit the Walkman was probably weaker than an iPod, but not _that_ much weaker.

  13. Re:A long-running conspiracy on Bypassing Intel's Overclock Limit Reveals DDR2-667 · · Score: 1

    Yo know, I heard a rumor that Intel is still up to these tricks! Appearantly, all P4 Northwood CPU's are identical, cut from the same slice of Silicon even, burned from the same mask! and they have the gall to sell "3.2" Ghz parts for hundreds more that "2.4" Ghz parts.

    You appearently don't understand how chips are made. They cut all of them from the same mask, then test at the HIGHEST SPEED FIRST. Some, due to manufacturing glitches, are unstable at high speeds. They brand these down. Then they take some of the perfectly fine ones and brand them down too so they have enough to sell. The ones that just dont pass QC, period, are discarded. And the ones that are too slow/weird, at least earlier, they made Celerons/Durons out of(I think that's different now).

  14. Re:Quite usefull on FCC to Require Broadcasters to Keep Tapes of Shows · · Score: 1

    you should be able to make your -own- copy of the event.

    Two words: Broadcast Flag.

  15. Re:All we can tell about this is... on USA PATRIOT Act Survives Amendment Attempt · · Score: 2, Informative

    In addition to a president. Bush yesterday promised to veto any amendment to the Patriot Act. So the house vote really doesn't matter as much.

  16. Re:The Difference on Linux vs. Windows: What's The Difference? · · Score: 1

    If the code just prints 5 tab spaces cant you just make a .bat file that contains "echo ''"?

  17. Re:Dishonest on Fahrenheit 9/11 Discussion · · Score: 1

    >He did not claim this, and his rebuttlas against those who have pushed this make it wuite clear. He did show that the Bin Laden family were fying within the U.S. at a point when air travle was locked down. Then Bin Ladens were flying in the U.S. when the only ones who enjoyed that privilege did so under Federal order.

    From a caption in the movie: Khaki bin Laden
    Seen getting on a plane at Orlando Airport
    Days after September 11, 2001.

    Direct quote from movie(it's in the trailer too). "But he had some airplanes authorized at the highest levels of our government to pick up Osama bin Laden's family members and transport them out of the country."

    Hmm... He neven said that...Of course not...Watch the trailer again if you don't belive me.

  18. More threats... on Smart Systems Threaten More Jobs Than Outsourcing · · Score: 1

    And in related news, Slashdot loses employers more money than hiring people from their own country.

  19. Re:Dishonest on Fahrenheit 9/11 Discussion · · Score: 5, Informative

    OK... He claimed Bush let some Bin Laden family members out of the country during the air lockdown. This is not true. They were clearly let out of the country after the air restrictions were lifted. And yes, they are the same Bin Laden family is the infamous Osama belongs to, but just because one family member is evil doesn't have to mean the rest are evil.

    As a side note, the Bin Ladens are a family of oil tycoons, just the people Bush would want to slowly corrupt.

  20. Re:MS Office Doesn't Stink on NewsForge Reviews Excel Clone for Linux · · Score: 1

    It's interesting how 2 comments so far saying just "Gnumeric is better" have been modded +5 and this post, With REASONS, is at 2.

    Disclaimer: I agree with the post, especially the mac version is better part.

  21. Re:MS software unfriendly to competing vendors on Microsoft Planning on Opening Up More Source · · Score: 1

    I used to love NT but got SO tired of incompatabilities with software from other vendors and of the misdirection from MS fans who always claimed the problems were with the other vendor.

    You mean like Linux fans? I whine because it takes me an HOUR to set up a simple graphics card driver(ATI fglrx.o) under Linux. They point to the vendor. Sure, the vendor needs to make a useful installer that works, but that is easier on windows too(Windows Installer). Linux, because there are so many distros, has too meny package types and distribution variations. I think Linux packages shouldn't have hardcoded paths. It should be like $WEB_SERVER_PATH/webservere.conf not /etc/apache2/webserver.conf. That way if a distro put the webserver config in a different place like /opt/webserver/webserver.conf the package for "Bob's Book House Web Frontend" that needed a custom config file would be able to install its custom config.

    Well common sense tells me that when a microsoft program is released long after the other vendors has been on the market then the problem has to be caused by MS.

    Like Linux kernel updates?

    Microsoft lost me as a supporter by cheating and lying about it.

    And that's why I use and love Linux, despite the image my post conveys. Linux is great, unless you want to spend your time doing something other than sysadmin for two days after security updates are fixed(which they are, better than you can say of MS).

  22. Re:Finally! on Microsoft Planning on Opening Up More Source · · Score: 1

    As for installation process, I think that writing "apt-get install programname" is about as easy as it can get, and certainly less of a bother than the installation routines in Windows programs, but to each their own...

    Now the DRIVER installation, that's a different story. On Mac OS X(Unix, so don't argue that its impossible on a UNIX system) minor kernel updates don't cause every single driver to have to be re-downloaded/re-compiled. The same for windows. When I don't have to track down bugs and incompatibilties for an hour to get linux device drivers to work, I will be happier. Windows at least its quick and painless if the driver doesn't work(Notice how I didn't mention NT 4.0 once).

  23. Re:These aren't the rocket's I used to play with on Rocket Hobbyists Get Blown Away by Regulations · · Score: 1

    They basically go up, but you couldn't deliberately hit something if you tried without a miracle.

    Terrorists dont need to hit something. Go somewhere 5-6 miles from the edge of the heavily populated area and fire. It WILL hit someone or something, causing fear. The point of terrorism doesn't have to be to cause horrific amounts of damage or deaths. A small-scale attack on no specific target can still cause mass fear, and start political flamewars too! Imagine the results of one of these attacks politically: Why didn't Bush protect us? See! He's the root of all evil! Now more of our civil liberties will be infringed on!

  24. Re:Uhhhh on Building A Homebrew Robotic Lawnmower? · · Score: 1

    If you knew about lawn care, you would know that mowing wet grass is a bad idea. The blades rip the grass instead of cutting it cleanly, damaging the grass. You should mow grass when its been dry for a few days.

  25. Re:How many clusters on Xgrid Agent for Unix · · Score: 1

    Windows NT 4.0 still runs on PowerPC. You didn't even need to buy a special version. It also runs on SPARC and Alpha, making it the best multi-platform windows version.