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  1. Re:Another "Internet" on DHS Wants Master Key for DNS · · Score: 1

    This make DNS in the middle attacks -- even with SSL -- trivial.

    How? I can redirect you to my own site, but how do I spoof your SSL certificate? I can generate a similar one and try to fool you into accepting it, but I can't see how you can sniff traffic on an SSL encrypted channel just by gaining control of the DNS server.
  2. Re:Excellent on IBM Doubles CPU Cooling With Simple Change · · Score: 1

    Uh? Because 1-2W/80mm fan mean so much when you got a 50W+ CPU and a 50W+ GPU in your system...

    That's 2%. Not much, but still...
  3. Re:Lots of always-on selfishness on How To Speed Up Linux Booting · · Score: 1

    1. It's an unnecessary, unethical waste of energy.
    I pay for my hydroelectricity thank you very much. I use CFLs and wash my clothes with cold water.

    Even if you pay for it does not mean it is ethical to waste it.

    2. It's an unnecessary security risk to leave so much of your sensitive data connected to the internet completely unattended.
    Oh yeah, if my machine is easily hackable, leaving it on 12 hours a day instead of 24 will make a huge difference.

    The security risk is not leaving the data unattended, but if you never reboot, you never apply patches. That's the security risk.

    3. If you do get compromised, there is then the ethical issue of the amount of spam/DDoS your box can be used for by the time you realise what has happened.
    I haven't. And if I did, I'd notice, and if I didn't notice, my ISP would bill me for the bandwidth and then I'd notice pretty fast.

    All rhight. That would be 1 month after your box was used to serve child porn and as a mail relay.

    6. It's yet another electrical appliance always on and always ready to set off your smoke alarm or even start an electrical fire.
    That is one reason I never leave my laptop on alone though.

    good.
  4. Re:well then on AMD Aims At New Standard for Motherboards · · Score: 1
    If that's the goal, then with ISA, PCI, AGP, PCI-X, IDE33/66/100/133/SATA and a few hundred flavors of SIMMS and DIMMS, I can see this becoming a very large board indeed.
    Their goal is to provide a small, energy efficient board that's compatible with as much hardware as possible.

    That does not mean everything under the sun. That means as possible.
    Is english your first language? Not mine.
  5. Re:great on A Sneak Preview of KDE 4 · · Score: 1

    a terminal emulator (just try kterm, gnome-terminal and xterm on a remote X11
    session, through a ssh channel).

    wtf are you talking about? they work like a charm with X11 forwarding over ssh.
  6. Trying out now on Researchers Create Selfish BitTorrent Client · · Score: 2, Informative

    It does not seem to be really faster, but I notice that my upload speed is at 0 a lot of the time, when with the regular Azureus my upload speed was about always maxed out. It runns just since a few hours, so don't take my comment to serious.

  7. Geaaaaaaars of Waaaaaarrrrr on Best 2+ Player Video Games? · · Score: 1

    See Subject.

  8. Uhm... on PS3 Opened For Pictures · · Score: 1

    Where are the prepared sockets to solder the modchip?

  9. Try the Demo! on ChatterBlocker — Block Distracting Speech at Work · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Personally I just crank the tunes. Anyone know if this actually works or if it's a scam? Or is it just a white noise generator?


    Why did'nt you try the demo? I did, and this stupid program does nothing more than generate sound. This way you have even more noise around you.

    Really, worst article ever.
  10. Re:I bought a Rear Projection TV on Are Plasma TVs the Next BetaMax? · · Score: 2, Informative
    You are talking about rear projection CTR sets. From the forum post you linked:
    Regular rear projection *is* CRT. Most rear-projection sets work by having three small (around 6-9 inches) CRT screens, one for red, green, and blue.
    The Sony is a 3LCD rear projection TV, not CRT. Don't confuse the two. An LCD does not burn in. Just look at your monitor.
  11. I bought a Rear Projection TV on Are Plasma TVs the Next BetaMax? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It costs less than a plasma or LCD, has no Burn in, needs less electricity and works great. I've choosen the Sony KDF-E50A11, and i've never looked back. The only downside is that every 6000 hours i have to change the lamp, which costs about 180,00$.

    (This is not a commercial, i'm just a happy customer :))

  12. Re:350 million? on Microsoft, Yahoo Finally Merge IM Networks · · Score: 1
    On a more serious note, I wonder what rules they used to deal with dupes (AFAIK, you can register for MSN with any e-mail... what about yahoo accounts? maybe I'm misinformed)

    Why should they deal with dupes? If you open two accounts with each service you have 4 accounts and you will be counted four times. Nothing to deal with.
  13. Re:What does Ubuntu have... on Ubuntu 6.06 'Dapper Drake' Beta Available · · Score: 2, Insightful
    What's in it for a the more experienced Linux user (but not a mad bash hacking pro)?


    It Just Works©
  14. "I Like Your Old Stuff Better Than Your New Stuff" on Gnome 2.14 Released · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You have to read this as well.

  15. Re:Speculation on VMware to Make Server Product Free (as in beer) · · Score: 1
    It's not speculation. I've heard it from VMware people this week.


    lol :)
  16. Speculation on VMware to Make Server Product Free (as in beer) · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is all news.com.com.com.com speculation. In TFA they state: "VMware may gain two advantages from the move..." blablabla "VMware didn't immediately respond to requests for comment."
    So the title "VMware to Make Server Product Free (as in beer)" is misleading at best.

  17. Re:Damn slashdot submitters! on No Office Suite Google · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I don't see any picture below...

    Just read the article :)

    I hate it when story submitters just copy and paste from other news articles, not even giving them credit.

    Huh? There is a link in the blurb. Did you see it?

    It occasionally causes phrases that don't make sense, like this one.

    Oh well. Sorry for that.
  18. And Palm OS? on Palm Teams With Microsoft for Smart Phone · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I hope they don't stop develping their Palm OS and start focusing to much on Win Mobile. Palm OS is a great platform, and its dead would be really bad.

  19. Responsibility on Six Bomb Blasts Around Central London · · Score: 4, Informative

    BBC News have reports on Spiegel Online that is displaying the text that Al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for today's attacks in London.

    (translation)

  20. Re:Not surprising on Software Piracy Seen as Normal · · Score: 1
    It's not a small, spikey mammal either (unless you're pirating Sonic the Hedgehog games), what's your point?


    His point is that if it's not stealing it's not theft. So it is not theft.
  21. Re:NO USA? on HP Will Offer Customized Linux in Notebooks · · Score: 4, Informative

    From TFA:
    "According to HP in Europe, the Ubuntu Linux project is currently limited to EMEA - a region that tends to be more receptive to Linux than for example the US - and aims to demonstrate that a Linux desktop can be easily transferred to a notebook. The software is available in a few countries with an expansion to other markets being evaluated at this time, a spokesperson said."

  22. Re:Unbelievable on Microsoft's New Mantra - It Just Works · · Score: 2, Informative
    unless Ubuntu did copy ther logo from someone else before...

    Sorry for replying to myself, but I forgot the link.
  23. Re:Unbelievable on Microsoft's New Mantra - It Just Works · · Score: 5, Insightful
    And Linux distros like Ubuntu certainly haven't used that phrase to describe their OS.

    Microsoft did copy the Ubuntu logo as well, unless Ubuntu did copy ther logo from someone else before...

    Well... I guess everyone does copy from someone else somewhere in time.
  24. Torrents on Hoary Hedgehog Ubuntu 5.04 Released · · Score: 3, Informative

    Here are the Torrents on the US mirror:

    Install CD:
    i386 torrent
    amd64 torrent
    powerpc torrent

    Live CD:
    i386 torrent
    amd64 torrent
    powerpc torrent

  25. Re:Wonderful! on Logitech MSN Webcam Codec Reverse-Engineered · · Score: 1
    Does anyone know how to use gnomemeeting in conjunction with a firewall? My last attempt to connect from Gnomemeeting to Netmeeting failed

    See here. It's a FAQ.