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  1. Re:I get tons. 1 in 3 ha! on One Third of Email Now Spam · · Score: 1

    I've noticed that too, I made the mistake of posting to usenet a few times, now I've gotten about 1 every 30 mins (50 or so a day). it was about 10 a day before March. :-(

  2. Re:fun in school on Making Science and Math Kid Friendly? · · Score: 1

    Read your sibling post for his take on respect. He's right, I did mean it in the sense that it refers to politeness.

  3. Re:fun in school on Making Science and Math Kid Friendly? · · Score: 1

    Just curious, but what if the teacher is a fucking retard. I don't mean that in the literal sense, but what's wrong with calling a bad teacher a bad teacher?

    Then you still don't call thenm that to their face. No matter how bad your boss is, you still show them respect. That's one of the larger problems in schools, a lack of respect: a lack of respect for the law (drinking), the school (theft, vandalism), the educational system ("why do we have to do this?"), and other students, teachers, and administrators

  4. Re:Where the fuck are you people getting this shit on Two Takes on the Java Dilemma · · Score: 1

    Why not just go all out and suggest that Microsoft had Scott McNealy quietly killed six months ago and replaced with an actor hired to impersonate him while running the company into the ground, and Sun will soon be sending out squads of mercenaries to kill Linux users on sight?

    Damn. They figured it out.
    -Bill Gates

  5. Re:No kidding on The Blues for LEDs · · Score: 1

    If you don't know which end of a soldering iron is the handle, ask a real hacker for help!

    Ooh! I know! It's the pointy thin end, right?

  6. Re:The problem with SCADA systems on Tracking the Blackout Bug · · Score: 1

    timestamps should be able to solve that quite easily. If the data is older than 1-2 time intervals of refresh, throw up an alarm

  7. Re:You're both right - wrong argument. on Andreesssen: Why Open Source Will Boom - in 103 Words · · Score: 1

    Personally, I hate the United Nations. I see the UN as a driect threat to the sovereignty of the US, and there are even US politicians who would like to cede more authority to the UN. ick. If it were up to me, we'd kick that spineless organization out into the Atlantic. As far as paying dues go, it seems to me that we put more of our soldiers' lives on the line in the name of the UN than any other nation, so I think we can call that even.

    Personally, I hate the United States. I see the US as a driect threat to the sovereignty of Iraq, and there are also Iraqi politicians who would like to cede more authority to the US. ick. If it were up to me, we'd kick that spinless country out into the Atlantic.

    Of course the UN is a threat to the sovereignty of the US. THAT'S THE POINT!!! By giving up some sovereignty, we are better able to work globablly on issues that matter to EVERYONE.

  8. Re:I love it...script kiddies ultimate defense on RMS to Move Into Bill Gates Building Today · · Score: 1

    it said up to 3 million in losses. I really doubt he charged much on those cards. That's probably the cost of securing it. That's just like saying Mitnick caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. That's the cost of developing the code he got. Not the actual loss.

  9. Re:Umm... what's the definition of spam? on DSPAM v2.10 Released · · Score: 1

    have you ever occasionally deleted a message as spam when it wasn't? that's a human error: a misjudgement

  10. Re:Slashdotted, alternate mirror server here on Tom's Hardware Investigates Michael's Computers · · Score: 1

    I can't believe it, their main server is slashdotted, you can still access their page at this address:
    http://www20.tomshardware.com/


    Nope. /.ed too

  11. Re:Um... on Mozilla Cracks Down On Merchandise Sellers · · Score: 3, Informative

    Isn't Mozilla a generic name used in all headers for web browsers? I'm pretty sure IE6 uses the word "Mozilla" in it's information headers...

    No. Mozilla is the original Netscape code name for its browser. When Microsoft introduced their first browser, IE 2.0, they touted it as Mozilla compatible. That's where that came from. To answer your question, no, Mozilla is not a generic name

  12. Questions about content on Ask Mike Godwin About Internet Law · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Is deep linking legal?
    What about mirroring? Does the answer change if the site would require you to register before accessing it? Does the answer change if no copyright notice is placed on the page?

  13. Re:why ? on Search and Seizure at the Supreme Court · · Score: 1

    your first sentence was still somewhat interesting. the supreme court will not let the cop get away with asking for ID for no reason.

  14. Re:Obligatory on What The Internet Isn't · · Score: 1

    Also, be sure to check out www.turnofftheinternet.com (turn your popup blocker off.. works best in IE6.. remember your Alt+Tab and Ctrl+Alt+Del.. it's nothing you can't get out of, don't worry). Funny trick to set up in a computer lab, for instance...

    Okay. I'm on a wireless connection that has a tendency to occasionally (once an hour or so) lose and regain the connection. As soon as I clicked the link, my connection to the AP died for a second. It kinda freaked me out :-)

  15. Re:All you need for anon posting is to log the IP on TeacherReviews.com Forced Offline · · Score: 1

    what about sites like cryptome.org? they delete all their logs. That's truly anonymous

  16. Re:latest correspondance ??? on Novell Quotes AT&T on Derivative Works · · Score: 1

    No, I think SCO will become "SCO Donut Company" because that's what'll be on their bottom line, a donut.

    Wait a minute, that'll be their top line (revenues). Their bottom line will be a REALLY BIG negative number.

  17. Wow /.ed already on TeacherReviews.com Forced Offline · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Not only does his site get taken down, but now his blog is unavailable!

  18. Re:Need to re-boot != instability always. THINK! on Boot Windows Faster, Using Linux · · Score: 1

    no, stability means that it functions in a reliable and predictable manner. User-initiated restarts do NOT mean instability. explorer.exe crashing whenever you press escape DOES.

  19. Re:Whats wrong with IE? on Oracle Embraces Mozilla · · Score: 1

    No, but it had MUCH BETTER CSS and other standards support back in the day while Netscape 4.x stil reigned.

    that's the point. they CAN do better, but once they get a monopoly, they do the bare minimum needed to keep Joe, Average paying for M$ products.

  20. The comments in question are posted as RTF on US Treasury to Post Previously Private Email Addresses Online · · Score: 1

    Instead of posting as html, text, or even pdf, they posted all comments as RTF files. WHY?

  21. Re:Did SCO Actually Buy What it Thought? on Did SCO Actually Buy What it Thought? · · Score: 1

    how about you RTFA. If you would have, then you'd have found that "Amendment No. 2 provides an exception to that exclusion, but only for 'copyrights ... required for [Santa Cruz Operation] to exercise its rights with respect to the acquisition of UNIX and UnixWare technologies." There you go.

  22. Correction on Free Software In Iran, KDE In Farsi · · Score: 5, Informative

    Farsi is written RIGHT to LEFT. not the other way around. fix please

  23. Re:spammer fraud? on Brightmail Denies "White List" Deal With Spammer · · Score: 2, Interesting

    do spammers really care about what laws they break? After all, they only use willing worm-infected computes, right?

  24. Re:Parent is a troll. on RealNetworks Sues Microsoft Over Antitrust Issues · · Score: 1

    I thought that was standard operating procedure. I probably unchecked something like that without realizing it.

  25. Mozilla and this on New IE Bug Hides Real Site Address · · Score: 1

    Mozilla is not vulnerable to the address-bar spoofing, but it IS (for now) vulnerable to the status-bar (hover) spoofing. However there's a bug report filed in bugzilla (228176 if anyone cares to look it up, not goint to /. bugzilla though) to fix it.