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  1. nimo codec pack correction on Microsoft Defies EU Commission · · Score: 2, Informative

    it's nimo actually

    click here to download it or for you people that dont' like hyperlinks:

    http://www.divx-digest.com/software/nimo_pack.ht ml

  2. french? on Quebec Cracks Down On Translated Videogames · · Score: 1

    try spanish & it's other vairants.
    you sir, are full of crap

  3. Abraham Lincoln on Computer Control Implants for the Paralyzed · · Score: 1

    Tall guy, long reach.

  4. Re:Bad News (PKI for everyone?) on Linux Kernel Back-Door Hack Attempt Discovered · · Score: 1

    wouldn't it be good to include the users gpg pki sig with the code they send in, and if linus or anyone else modified it, they would sign their diffs or the code itself? Not inline, but a seperate .asc

  5. I won't post anon... on Microsoft Forgets To Renew Hotmail.co.uk · · Score: 1

    HEre is the website where you can find info about the company that purchaced the check on ebay.

    As for your username... nothing I can do to find it :)

  6. Is he picking his nose? on White House Website Limits Iraq-Related Crawling · · Score: 1

    Check the link in my journal entry, the junk filter won't let me post it here.

    Here
    http://apple.slashdot.org/~zoloto/journal/50343

  7. Re:Wait a minute! on NSA Turns To Commercial Software For Encryption · · Score: 1

    you sir, are correct.
    black budget 100%, but the internal governing is very strict. see... without the problems of public opinion this division works efficiently and does their job well. They're the reason we're doing as well as we are. Not saying the govt. shouldn't be open, but sometimes public opinion should be stuffed back down the throat of the radical.

    sometimes disclosure is a bad thing.
    most times, it's not.

  8. MOD PARENT UP To.... on How Effective is Online Dispute Resolution? · · Score: 1

    +5 HOLY SHIT!

  9. Re:Exactly right on Warfare at the Speed of Light · · Score: 1

    It's bad that somolia is used as an example. their chopper went down. they fought to survive and took out hundereds of them vs' a small squad of our military.

    sorry about that. we pulled because of the liberal attitude in the U.S.A. about our men getting killed. They went down as a result of an attack/accident (correct me if I'm wrong, I don't remember) and quite frankly I'm sure the cost of their lives being taken because in my experience, it's like taking candy from a baby... and THAT image wouldn't have looked good on TV despite what others say.

    I think we pulled b/c of that reason and just b/c it coincided with the unpopularity our citizens had was purely circumstantial

  10. Weapon? on Warfare at the Speed of Light · · Score: 3, Insightful
    From the article:
    "What we're building," Yamamoto explains, "is a laser weapon."


    And yet it can't be used defensively?
    How about the following quotes?
    "What we're building... Is a laser for cutting through mountians (roads, mines etc.)"
    "What we're building... is a laser to defend our skies, country against missles"
    "What we're building... is a laser to cut underground bunkers on the moon"
    "What we're building... a giant popcorn popper"

    This is kind of sad, when we just exploit technology with weapons in the forefront of our minds and not research or domestic uses! I mean I know they're from the DoD, but with war on their minds, goodness knows what else they're up to.
  11. Re:Concorde /. on Top 5 Submerging Technologies Pinpointed · · Score: 1

    At this rate, /. will never die.

  12. I'm no philosopher but here's a take on it. on AI Sues for Its Life in Mock Trial · · Score: 1

    Here's what we can can use as a ruler for measuring what is and isn't considered life. (disclaimer, I do not intend to start a flame war about religion here, this is just a fact of life. opinions are great.)

    Whatever God created at the top of the food chain, that being man(and women for you femi-nazis) is life and has intelligence. In my opinion animals are reactive creatures with little to no capacity for "brains"

    Anything that man creates, which isn't a part of nature in itself specifically citing procreation, has no intelligence. those 'creations' are simple copycats, clones mimicking human behaviors. Just because a computer appears to "think" has no bearing on the status of it's "life".

    This is just one way of looking at life with a simple attitude with out becoming all scholarly or philosophical.

    Re-read the post again before you moderate please, this is just my 0.02 cents.

  13. Re:obvious answer on Praying Doesn't Help · · Score: 1

    There is a saying that goes like this. God promises that he will keep his end of the promise if we obey him, and since he is only looking out for our own benefit, there is nothing wrong with obeying... right? Then if you do his will, the way he wants, He is bound by the law to complete his end of the deal... in effect... we can control him , god, that way... almost blasphemous, but take a deeper look.

  14. No... seriously! on US Senate Backs Genetic Privacy · · Score: 1
    Snippit:
    Employers would be permitted to collect genetic information just to determine workplace exposures and could not use the information in hiring.

    So why would employers need this information in the first place? I can't see any reason McDonalds would use this, or hell... even the regular "office" setting. But there may be a possibility of someone working in a dangerous setting such as being exposed to chemicals or toxins, nulcear radation etc.

    Pardon my ignorance on the issues regarding radiation etc.
  15. A Good potential ISP on AOL to Launch Discount "Netscape" Internet Service · · Score: 1

    This is for upstate NY area only as far as I know. Like Syracuse, Rochester and BUffalo but Five95.NET is cheap at 5.95 a month. I used them for 6 months and they're good. plus it's standard dialup. You can use a regular ppp connection settings for Win32, linux, Zeta(BeOS) MAC OSX etc.

    it's nice. check it out if you live(d) there.

    disclaimer: i am not affiliated with them whatsoever.

  16. Re:Nice advertising on Samba Beats Windows IT Week Labs Test Results · · Score: 1

    click-through EULA's are not legally binding.

  17. Re:we'll focus on security .. this time we mean it on Ballmer Touts Focus on Security · · Score: 1

    Are you willing to work 60hr weeks for $55k and all the free Mountain Dew you can drink?


    yes

  18. This is foolish and utterly unwise on SunnComm Says Pointing to Shift Key 'Possible Felony' · · Score: 1
    From the article:

    In addition, SunnComm believes that Halderman has violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by disclosing unpublished MediaMax management files placed on a user's computer after user approval is granted. Once the file is found and deleted according to the instructions given in the Princeton grad student's report, the MediaMax copy management system can be bypassed resulting in the copyright protected music being converted or misappropriated for potentially unauthorized and/or illegal use.

    EMphasis my own.

    So in effect, with no innovation, no invention, and no solid ground to stand on this company created a DRM scheme that was flawed apon inception then expects the rest of us to 'put our head in the sand' while people try to control what's rightfully ours to begin with?

    This is as ineffective as designing cars not to hit pedestrians, not allowing cars using (insert xxx technology here) to be used in drive by shootings, or even in the legitimate use of hitting people (ie movies).

    I'm sorry, but if by telling people where their files were being placed or even that by holding the shift key can bypass the autorun feature thus crippling an otherwise defunct DRM 'feature' is considered a crime, then you had better implicate a hell of a lot more than just a college student who's just doing his job.

    Try taking out the thousands of websites designed to "tweak" windows or other software programs that facilitate any "possible intent" of wrong doing.

    I'm sorry. This company should have scrapped the idea of using the flawed DRM it had to begin with.

    Just my 0.02 pence
  19. Re:From Das Article on Company Files Motion to Stop IE Distribution · · Score: 1

    For once I'm going to side with microsoft. I may hate them, but this Eolas bullcrap is just too much. Isn't it a fact that after XX years if you don't defent a patent, you in effect, lose it?

    just my 0.02c

  20. What I use the scroll lock key for on What's A 'Scroll Lock' And Why Is It On My Keyboard? · · Score: 1

    key combinations.

    a+scroll lock = mutt
    s+scroll lock = (insert x app here)

    ifyou know how to remap your keyboard, using something like bbkeys, or whatever there is for gnome/kde is obsolete.

  21. Re:Research Companies? on 10th Circuit Says FTC Can Enforce Do Not Call · · Score: 2, Interesting

    No they're not telemarketers, but they are researchers. The people that call during dinner and ask for 'opinions' in efforts to 'improve customer service'. Yeah it's legal. I know cause I "USED" to work for them. and they suck.

    BRG Research Services
    Operation hours:
    7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. (MST)
    Phone:
    (801) 373-9923

    Toll free:
    (800) 800-8784

    Fax:
    (801) 374-2751

    Address:
    50 East 500 North, Suite 200
    Provo UT, 84601

    Sign them up for mailing lists etc. And JAM their phone lines.

    Oh yeah, call the Microsoft Dogs on them. They have illegal copies of Windows , illegally registered copies of winzip (you can tell when the registration name is X and code is obviously hacked). and a multitude of pirated software on their systems.

    I know, I work there. And I dont' care of the company goes under. They suck [goatse.cx]

  22. ABUSE THESE TOO! on Oops, Dave Barry Does It Again · · Score: 1

    No they're not telemarketers, but they are researchers. The people that call during dinner and ask for 'opinions' in efforts to 'improve customer service'.

    BRG Research Services
    Operation hours:
    7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. (MST)
    Phone:
    (801) 373-9923

    Toll free:
    (800) 800-8784

    Fax:
    (801) 374-2751

    Address:
    50 East 500 North, Suite 200
    Provo UT, 84601

    Sign them up for mailing lists etc. And JAM their phone lines.

    Oh yeah, call the Microsoft Dogs on them. They have illegal copies of Windows , illegally registered copies of winzip (you can tell when the registration name is X and code is obviously hacked). and a multitude of pirated software on their systems.

    I know, I work there. And I dont' care of the company goes under. They suck

  23. I'll admit it on More Jail Time For Computer Crime Starting Next Month · · Score: 1

    I am a hacker.
    I discover and use vulerabilities.
    I write software to utilize, scan and penetrate systems.
    Never will I use it on someones system without permission.
    Never will I release this software to anyone under any circumstances.
    I am a hacker, this is what I do.

  24. Re:I'm afraid it means... on Skipper Accessibility Suite 1.6.0 Released · · Score: 1

    oh shit, it's spaceballs. There goes the planet.

  25. Re:Oh no. on Half Life 2 Source Code Leaked · · Score: 1

    that would kick ass. a good physics engine in the kernel as a module. then you can really drop those would-be crackers off your box faster than a xen creature.