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  1. Re:Good! on Australian Gov't To Consider Spyware Laws · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If the PC was that badly infected. Don't you think a better option would have to format the whole thing. Run some kind of boot sector virus scanner using some boot disk and reinstall every thing.

  2. Re:Not for me, thanks... on Rediff Joins The 1GB Webmail Club · · Score: 1

    I live at 123 fake street and my pet is called "santa's li'l helper"

  3. Re:Had to go back to 0.6 on Less is More: Thunderbird 0.7 Review · · Score: 4, Informative
    Use the .zip instead of the installer for Firefox 0.9

    I had problems with the installer version, mostly unstable and slow and none of the extensions would install. And I was doing a clean install so no issue of migrating from 0.8 or anything.

    Anyway long story short, after tring install/uninstall (delete profile folder) for about 2 hours, I just got the zip and unzipped in C:\, and it works like charm. All my favourite extensions are back on.

  4. Open as in source. on France Considers Open Source · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Yes, Somehow that statement does sound wierd.

    All those products they mentioned are not cedible because they don't have license costs (which btw some of them have) or are not copyrighted (which they most definitely are), but because of the extensive testing and through code checking these products receive by the very fact that they are open source.

    I guess it's time we stop giving the anology of open as in beer or open as in speech. We should start using "open as in source". which I think most aptly describe these products than the beer (mmm beer..ok ok back to issue) or speech.

  5. Re:What a stupid thing to do. on Surfing on a Surfboard · · Score: 1

    Well it's atleast not a "jump to conclusions" doormat.

  6. Re:"Still an important tool" on Terminal Emulators Reviewed · · Score: 1
    Taken straight from VIM help files for -X option

    -X Do not try connecting to the X server to get the current window title and copy/paste using the X clipboard.
    This avoids a long startup time when running Vim in a terminal emulator and the connection to the X server is slow.
    Only makes a difference on Unix or VMS, when compiled with the |+X11| feature. Otherwise it's ignored.
    To disable the connection only for specific terminals, see the 'clipboard' option.
    When the X11 Session Management Protocol (XSMP) handler has been built in, the -X option also disables that connection as it, too, may have undesirable delays.

    So basically to be able to use the local X clipboard. But as I said in my previous post , no need to unset $DISPLAY, just do "vim -X".

  7. Re:TeraTerm on Terminal Emulators Reviewed · · Score: 1
    Does it work with a ssh server (openssh) , using a RSA key for authentication ? I haven't managed to get it to work, but I guess I give putty a try one more time.

    Mind you I don't want to authenticate the server, what I want is the ability to get authenticated using my public key.

  8. Re:TeraTerm on Terminal Emulators Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Yes that was my point rather.

  9. Re:Playing by 'team rules' is the problem on The Technology Behind Formula One · · Score: 1

    wouldn't that be barricello playing by the team rule, and schumacher pressuring the team to make rules to suit him than his teammates., rather than schumacher playing by the rules ?

  10. Re:TeraTerm on Terminal Emulators Reviewed · · Score: 2
    Both don't support public key authentication, only password based authentication.

    And I would be damned if I sshed to my box, over public internet using my login password.
    Sorry but if you want to use public key authentication for ssh, then install openssh via cygwin.

  11. Re:"Still an important tool" on Terminal Emulators Reviewed · · Score: 3, Interesting
    One of the most amusing thing is to see a newbie fireup a vi or VIM on a really obscure terminal emulator, which don't set $TERM right, or set it to something else.

    VIM come's up with, "I don't know what terminal you are using" error. about as useful as "PC Load Letter".

    And then when you very quitely type in "export TERM=vt100" , and ask them to repeat, watch the awe on their faces. priceless...

    Also another tip for VIM newbies, when opening VIM on a remote machine using telnet/ssh on a terminal emulator, always use the -X command-line option, It tell VIM not to connect with the local X server and saves a lot of time.

  12. Re:it will take a supercomputer... on The Technology Behind Formula One · · Score: 2, Informative
    Yes, and the fact that, that guy has an ego that would put hitler to shame doesn't help the overall F1 image either.

    When his own teammates accuse him of not playing as per team rules, you can begin to understand how much hated this guy is.

    But give me F1 anyday over Nascar.

  13. Re:...like just running Windows in the first place on Windows Compatability on the Linux Desktop · · Score: 1
    Hello, W2K user (not willingly) here.

    Load a >100 page document in Windows. Try to print some odd combinatoin of pages. Say 20-30,45-57.
    Then Word gets lost in "repaginating"(what a word ). Can't close it, so kill it with taskmanager.

    Error message :- The application is being debugged. First close the debugger.
    Can't find no instance of any debugger any where in taskmanager. Eventually Word dies in one hour. Try launching it again, no can do.

    And I encounter this daily. The only solution is to print all pages and use only the one's I need. So in that sense , Windows is even hazardous to environment.

  14. Re:A little Odd on A Scanner Darkly Film Preview · · Score: 1
    One thing I really liked about waking life was the way the character makes transition from one dream sequence to another. It was perfectly wierd, and that's why so very true.

    The conversations were initially interesting, but towards the end it sounded like some good ol' preaching wrapped with some psuedo phscology. Not very convincing.

    The only tip is , don't watch the movie when you have had 2-3 long islands. Boy that was spinning going on in my head.

  15. Re:I volunteer to ask the stupid questions on Linux Scores An Ace At Wimbledon · · Score: 2, Informative
    I volunteer to answer them

    Why not mysql?
    Call me when mysql supports nested queries. And a bunch of other features like replication etc.

    Why not Oracle? It's better and less pain then DB2.
    Duh!, because it is IBM. How else are they going to make money ? IBM is probably the smartest example of a company to use free software and propritory s/w together.

    Why not one flat file and NDB? That'd do for scoring a couple of matches.
    RTFA , they are now serving upto 90 different types of statistics per match. Do you really want to use a flat file for that ?

    Did IBM have Playstation 2 systems in 1999?
    I am not even going to answer that

    Where did the fun go? When Commentators are fed a screen full of statistics !!

    The commentators are not just going to read out the stats, they will derive some acute conclusions based on them , which average joes may overlook.

    * Will they serve pictures of of Anna Kournikova?

    images.google.com is your friend .(with safety off ;) )

  16. Re:Based on past experience... on Linux Scores An Ace At Wimbledon · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I sincerely hope the people working on accessibility features of KDE and GNOME don't have the same attitude or sense of humor as yours.

  17. Re:No source though on Mozilla Project Officially Releases Firefox 0.9 · · Score: 2, Informative
    Extensions are not working at all.

    I get some XML parser exception in a big pane below status bar. i.e. after installing any extension and restarting firefox, The status bar is at about half the window height and there is some other pane with XML parsing errors .

    Also trying to configure any extension gives XML parsing errors.

  18. Re:Caught up with the speed, but still the ugliest on Java Faster Than C++? · · Score: 1

    Didn't the reimen hypothesis prove this ? Or did I miss any thing in that apology ?

  19. Re:Holy Shit! on First Mobile Phone Virus Discovered · · Score: 1
    I heard the NBA finals, have got their biggest ever TV audience as of yet.

    I mean, really does anyone outside LA, even remotely admires the current Lakers ?

    Note to moderators :- Moderating a post as "OffTopic" in a dupe story is rather "redundunt".

  20. Re:dupe... on First Mobile Phone Virus Discovered · · Score: 1

    No there are several others who duplicate this behaviour.

  21. Re:Great browser, but... on A Look at the Newly Released Mozilla Firefox 0.9 · · Score: 1

    Install the Tab browser extension , I am using Firefox , since phoenix 0.5, and it has always opened middle clicked links in New Tabs.

  22. Re:So are you saying... on GrokDoc Goes Live; All GNU/Linux Newbies Welcome · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I've run Red Hat 6.1, 7.1, and 8

    Greate way of judging the usability of modern day linux distros by refering to distros from 4 years back.

  23. Re:"developing countries" on Providing Access to Info in Developing Countries · · Score: 2, Insightful
    I guess that depends on what developing means...If it means getting more civilized and educated then the eastern countries are not very far behind the western ones.

    In fact in palces like India, China, Education is highly coveted and scholars are respected and honoured as against being picked on as Nerds.

    But if developing means, better infra structure , better public safety measures, better health care, or in general high value of human life, then places like India and china lag far behind the wester world.

    But then again considering the current health care fiasco in USA and UK, you have to wonder...

  24. Re:There is some light at the end of the tunnel on SCO Slammed in Slander of Title Suit · · Score: 4, Funny
    OT may be...

    There is some light at the end of the tunnel

    When you in a long narrow tunnel and you start to see light at the end of it, It's usually of the approaching train.

  25. Re:mmm Cows.... on SCO posts Q2 Loss, Gets $11k from Linux · · Score: 1
    BTW, How is Iraq these days, Frodo? Or are you from Afghanistan? :-P

    Don't know, never been to either of them. But what I can tell you is , driving down the capital beltway, these days is sure as hell, especially with the regan fuss going on in DC.