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  1. Re:first amendment? on FBI Investigating Lamo Via Patriot Act Provision · · Score: 1
    The FBI isn't preventing speech here...

    Then what the hell is this? The government also officiously informed the reporters that this is an "official criminal investigation" and asks that they not disclose the request to preserve documents, or the contents of the letter, to anyone -- presumably including their editors, directors, or lawyers -- under the implied threat of prosecution for obstruction of justice.

  2. Re:For even more speed on Homemade Star Wars Flick/Fanimatrix Movie · · Score: 4, Informative
    You really should open ports tcp 135, 139 and 445.

    No, you shouldn't. This is a joke, as opening those ports would open your Windows machines to attack.

  3. Re:Direct Link for Duality Movie, FAST on Homemade Star Wars Flick/Fanimatrix Movie · · Score: 1

    24.3 MB? What version is this? I want the 173 MB Divx!

  4. Re:64 bit resources on First Round of AMD Athlon 64 Reviews In · · Score: 1

    You just recompile any app to "be 64-bit". If you want a pure 64-bit system you can do it, as long as you can also recompile all your drivers.

  5. Re:Go with Linux on Large Scale Management - Linux vs Solaris? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Most computer labs should disable booting from CD - allowing your users to run arbitrary software will eventually result in a visit from the FBI.

  6. Re:The conclusion of that thought on Diebold Audit Released, BlackBoxVoting.Org Shut Down · · Score: 1
    Could someone mod the AC response up? ("The conclusion of that thought")

    It's at zero, but it shows that Diebold simply cut & paste the most favorable text, even when the next sentence said that its efforts weren't "good enough".

  7. Re:Law? on Who Owns Your Weblog? · · Score: 2, Redundant
    Dude, I think this part sums it up pretty well: shall not apply to an invention that the employee developed entirely on his or her own time without using the employer's equipment, supplies, facilities...

    If you're doing this using your employer's computer, using your employer's Internet connectivity, in your employer's facilities then you this law doesn't protect you.

  8. Diebold sure liked that report on Diebold Audit Released, BlackBoxVoting.Org Shut Down · · Score: 4, Interesting
    From: http://www.diebold.com/dieboldes/maryland.htm

    SAIC's independent review states, "While many of the statements made by Mr. Rubin were technically correct, it is clear that Mr. Rubin did not have a complete understanding of the State of Maryland's implementation of the AccuVote-TS voting system...The State of Maryland's procedural controls and general voting environment reduce or eliminate many of the vulnerabilities identified in the Rubin report."

    SAIC's report continues, "Rubin states repeatedly that he does not know how the [Diebold] system operates in an election and he further identifies the assumptions that he used to reach his conclusions. In those cases where these assumptions concerning operational or management controls were incorrect, the resultant conclusions were, unsurprisingly, also incorrect."

  9. Re:Persistance does not make a DB on Prevayler Quietly Reaches 2.0 Alpha, Bye RDBMS? · · Score: 1
    'Sorry Sir, but Crystal is old school SQL, only used by losers and drug addicts.

    DAMN that's funny! :)

  10. Re:DDOS counters? on Anti-Spammers DDoSed Out Of Existence · · Score: 1

    No, you're right, zombies are used to launch the attack, but they too are hidden behind spoofed IP's. If you can identify a zombie, you can use it to find the person lauching the attack.

  11. mirror? on Home-brewing a 1.2TB IDE to Firewire Monster · · Score: 2, Funny

    What brave karma-worthy soul will have the courage to post a mirror?

  12. Re:DDOS counters? on Anti-Spammers DDoSed Out Of Existence · · Score: 1
    It should be possible to log as many of the Zombies as possible (IP and DNS?)

    I thought a good DOS attack involves spoofing your IP address - that way there's nothing to trace. You just pound the server with requests that go nowhere, and the server has no way to tell real requests from fake requests.

  13. Re:The tide is turning for AMD on Is Prescott 64-bit? · · Score: 1
    What HP calls the "Itanium" is simply the next generation of its PA-RISC processors. When Intel was shopping around for a 64-bit processor, they went to HP which already had a kickass enterprise processor. A few billion dollars later, everyone seems to believe that Intel invented Itanium, which is nothing more than a slightly souped up and rebranded PA-RISC.

    I wish people would stop comparing Intel's Itanium products with those of HP. HP's SuperDome line, arguably the best UNIX servers for serious business use, have nothing to do with Intel's "Itanic".

  14. Re:One way that S3 could compete with the big boys on S3's DeltaChrome Graphics Chip · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Too many patent issues - it's impossible to create a new graphics engine without having to license dozens of patents from the major players. They've probably signed licensing agreements preventing them from releasing the source.

    It sucks, but that's the way it is. The graphics industry is so competitive that executives are choosing paranoia over making us Linux folks happy.

  15. bah! on More on BTX Motherboards · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Who cares about this crap? I want my Athlon64!!!

    (Yes, totally off-topic, so MOD AWAY!!!)

  16. Re:Gaim is fixed too. This was not an actual probl on Yahoo Shutting Out Third-Party IM Clients? · · Score: 1

    When are you gonna put 0.69 on your download page? Even the source tarballs are 0.68. Is the updated version only in the CVS?

  17. Re:Blaster, Sabers, Canada? on Slashback: Blaster, Sabers, Canada · · Score: 1

    That video was pretty damn cool - I just wish that one dude was wearing something a little more classy that sweatpants. Sheesh.

  18. COVERUP!!!!!!!!! on Astronomers Upset About Asteroid Panic · · Score: 4, Funny
    RIIIIGHT, and aliens AREN'T trying to steal my toughts!! These "astronomers" are obviously part of a vast alien conspiracy to take over the Earth using meteors!

    Don't believe them!! They're trying to... hey, get out of my room!, AARRRRGHHGHH.....

    [NO CARRIER]

  19. Re:64bit vs 32bit on Intel Demos New P4 'Extreme Edition' · · Score: 1
    thought the xenon was 64 bit, and ran 32 bits under emulation much slower than current pentiums...

    No, you're thinking of the Itanuim.

  20. Re:Too vague on Dealing w/ Outside Interests in Your Projects? · · Score: 1
    I think his point was that in China or North Korea, if you piss off a member of the local Communist party you're likely to find yourself in police custody, probably on the way to municipal torture chamber.

    It's got nothing to do with the law - it's a suggestion not to let people intimidate you with vague threats.

  21. Re:phplist? on Virtual Mailing List Managers? · · Score: 1
    PHPList is pretty cool, but is there a similar tool that also handles discussions? In other words, not an "announce-only" mailing list system, but one where everyone can post? I'm using Yahoo Groups right now, and I'd love to move the list to my own server.

    I searched Google but my search skillz weren't up to the job.

  22. Re:Article is old on Can Recent MS Patents Affect Mono and DotGNU? · · Score: 1

    If memory serves correctly, the USPTO will grant any applications and "let the courts sort it out". It's not really possible to perform searches for prior art any more.

  23. Re:Video card benchmarks: the epitomy of dishonest on Half-Life 2, ATI, NVIDIA, and a Sack of Cash · · Score: 1
    If ATI wants to sell me a card, they're going to need to beef up their Linux driver support big time.

    Check out this comment a few posts above yours. Looks like ATI is cleaning up its act when it comes to Linux.

  24. Re:For me, there were other considerations on Half-Life 2, ATI, NVIDIA, and a Sack of Cash · · Score: 1

    Looks like ATI is cleaning up its act when it comes to Linux. Check out this comment a few posts above yours.

  25. Gameboy Cellphones you say? on Hands-On With The Nokia N-Gage · · Score: 1
    If you have Nokia Symbian phone (like this N-Gage, the 3650, or 7650), check out this free Game Boy emulator.

    It's not perfect, but it's still cool to play Super Mario Land on my phone.