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  1. Re:HTTPS? on EFF: Wider Use of HTTPS Could Have Prevented Attack Against GitHub · · Score: 1

    I understood that part of the attack also happened from international visitors to Baidu. Would a MITM of the Great Firewall still have worked then or would it at least have been partially mitigated?

  2. Re:Nein. on Ask Slashdot: Is Samba4 a Viable Alternative To Active Directory? · · Score: 1

    You're out of date. Samba 4 (although at RC now) does Active Directory. Don't spread FUD please.

  3. Imagining cmdrTaco and Steve together on the bench on Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda Resigns From Slashdot · · Score: 1

    Well it's a bit sad to see all the oldtimers go (sorry 'taco :) ). With you guys there is only a bit of nostalgia left. Not many remember the days of using lynx to access /. due to having IRQ issues with mouse and modem: it was damn unreadable, so not much has changed in that regard :-).

    I just try to picture you together with Steve on a bench together with Achmed the Dead Terrorist screaming 'I kill you'

  4. 'Virtual' on What Is the Best Way To Build a Virtual Team? · · Score: 1

    virtual(a): existing in essence or effect though not in actual fact; "a virtual dependence on charity"; "a virtual revolution"; "virtual reality"

    So are you actually looking for the best way to create a team that does not exist but does produce an outcome? I think you are already there :-)

    Or are you looking for software to support the communication between teammembers in such a way that they really feel to be a part of a team? Then I would look for software that is already integrated with the way of working of your team members (msn, skype, email, subversion) etc

  5. Banks on The Mystery of the Mega-Selling Floppy Disk · · Score: 1

    I know for a fact that a lot of banks have their account transfers for Businesses on 3.5" floppy disks. They can't even repair the machines anymore that write the disks

  6. Re:Good for apple on Apple Voiding Smokers' Warranties? · · Score: 1

    However, the very expensive treatment a smoker receives in hospital, the effect it has on second hand smokers (possibly also receiving treatment) and the loss of productivity of smokers negates easily any cost savings by moving over to the other side.

  7. Re:Social networking is the new fashion on Drupal 6 Social Networking · · Score: 1

    Although I think will right I also think it won't take off in any company. Putting it in a artificial boundary of an organization actually defeats the whole idea of social networking. My social network is not limited to my colleagues so why would I participate on a "platform" which is limiting my social network to those boundaries while I can find all my colleagues and others outside?

    And while I am at it, when will we get that in the end social media is not about the functionality it provides but about the possible depth of the relationships?

  8. Slow & Inefficient: Use mobilephone data on New GPS Navigator Relies On 'Wisdom of the Crowds' · · Score: 1

    Why dont these companies use mobile phone data to update this information? Eg mobile phone companies can track how many phones are at a certain location. The more mobile phones are at a certain location (even speed could be measured) to more likely there are traffic jams.

    To do this on your own (nav comapny) is just plain inefficient.

  9. Re:Delft on Internet Bandwidth to Become a Global Currency? · · Score: 1

    Actually Delft is a city (though not that big). Delft University is quite renown for its technical innovations, such as the Nuna Car series (and winning the Solar challenge 3 times in a row if I remember correctly.

  10. Re:Could be DRM related on Playing Music Slows Vista Network Performance? · · Score: 1

    It is however. Even people with dual cores where having problems with skipping audio and network drivers (such as Realtek's). See http://blogs.msdn.com/larryosterman/archive/2007/0 1/31/what-is-audiodg-exe.aspx. I have problems with skipping audio due to heavy cpu usage when my Wifi (ipw2100) is working. I have to specifically disable the wifi driver to get around this issue. It is however the AudioDG.exe process that eats up my cycles.

  11. Re:DRM strikes again? on Playing Music Slows Vista Network Performance? · · Score: 5, Informative

    It more or less is actually. The design of the new audio infrastructure is indeed partially done because of DRM

    See http://blogs.msdn.com/larryosterman/archive/2007/0 1/31/what-is-audiodg-exe.aspx

  12. Good news on DNA Vaccine May Treat Multiple Sclerosis · · Score: 1

    This is very good news if it really works out. There have been many treatments claiming the Holy Grail before, but did nothing much except for the side effects. MS is arguably one of the worst illnesses around. My older brother suffered from it from the age of 19 until he died at the age of 32. The illness itself might not be the worst, but rather the knowledge that it will never get better is what is so hard. My brother graduated tax law with honors, but he had to stop working after a year because of his degrading eyesight. And besides physical inconveniances there are also the pshychological consequences. Remember it attacks all nerves: it changes personalities of people as well.

    That said I really hope that this is what is seems it is.

  13. Re:Beginning of the end... on The Coop, Social Networking For Mozilla · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I am getting a little tired of the argument: Ohhh they are only adding bloat! It is not streamlined any more. Bladadiebladiebla.

    Firstly they are talking about implementing it as an extension. So no bloat added, it even gives you a choice!

    Secondly if no experimenting is taking place, no new things will be developed. Experimenting is a necessity to survive. Just following standards will not set new improved standards, there is a reason why there are alpha versions of software: because it has experimental new features and they would like to see if they catch on.

    I applaud this move of the Moz team for that matter. Finally an opensource project that looks beyond its own nose.

  14. Re:Cairo on Firefox 3 In Alpha · · Score: 1

    For me it is a lot faster than FF2.0 and additionally seems to use a lot less memory as well.

  15. Re:Translation and Original Story on EU Gives Microsoft 8 Days Until Fines · · Score: 1

    Fixed.

    That was something from the old ages...

  16. Translation and Original Story on EU Gives Microsoft 8 Days Until Fines · · Score: 4, Informative

    quick translation:

    New Ultimatum for Microsoft bu the EU

    LONDON - The Eurpean Union has issues a new ultimatum against the American software giant Microsoft: before next Thursday the company has to turn over all (bdb: information about the) secret protocols in its Windows-OS to its competitors.

    If Microsoft does not comply with the demands, the company risks more fines, threatened EC Neelie Kroes in Wednesday's edition of the British newspaper the Guardian. "I do not live forever" Kroes said about the tightened pressure.

    Accoriding to her Microsoft has not given all relevant information yet. She compared it to a puzzle from which certain pieces are missing.

    In March 2004 the European Commission already fined Microsoft by an amount of 497 million euros in alledged abuse of market power. In July an additional fine was set which can go up to 280,5 million euros.

    original story in the guardian: http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1947759,00 .html

  17. Independent ICANN on Perspectives on Spamhaus's Dilemma · · Score: 1

    If anything is making the case for an independent ICANN, this is it.

    I do not know all the ins and outs and frankly I do not care. This is getting ridiculous. Who is appointing these clueless judges?

  18. Re:Who are they hiding the features from? on Marketing Mozilla · · Score: 1

    I have been running FF2beta1 for quite a while now and all I can say it is soooooo much faster: tab switching is instanious, page load quicker, starts up quicker. I have not experienced any crashes yet and except that it asks me to restore my session because of a browser crash after I turned off my computer, I have not seen any oddities.

    ymmv of course, but I like the mean and lean thingy about FF very much.

  19. Re:Calm. The. #$@!. Down. It's not that I'm cheap on OpenBSD 3.8 Released · · Score: 1

    If you do not have the time to create a cd, you should buy one. Your reasoning is analogous to the developers telling you "O we did not have the time to fix it as we did not want read through the documentation"

  20. Re:Cutting off nose to spite face on Using Copyrights To Fight Intelligent Design · · Score: 1

    The worst information, is information that is not complete or incorrect.

    Incorrect in this context meaning that it is not proven with the measures provided by the theory (=science) which it is trying to integrate into.

  21. Advertorial? on Wifi Camera Uploads without Computer · · Score: 1

    Users can even use the camera to view photos stored in Internet photo albums via Kodak's Easyshare Gallery service.

    Wow man that's really great(tm). Notice the marketing speech. Nice advertorial.

  22. MWAHAHAHAHAHA on U.S. Announces Global Intellectual Property Plan · · Score: 1

    What are they thinking? Wow, come of your high horses please!

    I mean the Bush administration does not have the most favourable imago right now. But this... this is going to get them ridiculed across the globe. Suddenly mr. Bush turned into a stand-up comedian.

    mr. Bush I sincerely think you should have other matters on your mind (Rita maybe?)

  23. Stichting ThuisCopy Corrupt? on Dutch Pass iPod Tax · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Actually this 'bill' is being initiated by the Foundation for the Home Copy and has not been passed yet. The weird thing is that there are a couple of those 'foundations' which are supposed to be not for profit. If you startup a new restaurant of something along the lines you will get about (no joke) 20 of such foundations asking for money.

    BUT it is very difficult to find out were the money they make is going to.

  24. Re:it's not just AD integration. on Firefox Continues to Bite into IE Usage · · Score: 1

    As a workaround a wrapper could be written which write on login "all.js" out of these registry values.

  25. Re:True for a lot of open source software... on Firefox Continues to Bite into IE Usage · · Score: 1

    You could of course deploy a all.js which will override user settings