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  1. Re:vga=791 & foolprofness on Interview with Debian Project Leader · · Score: 1

    Can you convert from Reiser 3 to 4 "live" like you can convert ext2 to ext3?

    No, you can't, and Debian does support Reiser4 to an extent (old August patch by the looks of things). But you're right, it's not going to be included in Debian kernels until it enters mainline.

  2. Re:cdrecord/k3b fixed? on Stable Linux Kernel 2.6.10 Released · · Score: 1

    Well, IIRC, I've been able to write CDs/DVDs as a user since 2.6.9, definitely with the 2.6.10 release candidates, but then I'm a CK user :)

  3. Re:T-Bird is missing "Combine and Decode" on Mozilla Thunderbird Reaches 1.0 · · Score: 1

    I use nzbget (defunct) and nzb's mostly. There's a patch for nget. Binaries ahoy!

  4. Re:Best of both worlds? on Thin CRTs to Challenge LCDs in 2005 · · Score: 1

    Quite. It's pretty sad if you can't deadlift what is (hopefully) less than your own body weight.

  5. Re:AAGGLL Re:USENET on Movie Industry to sue File Sharers · · Score: 1

    It's not exactly fire and forget, though. Hunting for missing files can be a PITA in my, admittedly limited, experience.

    What tools do you recommend for binary harvesting?

  6. Re:Legitimate value in being almost bleeding-edge on Gentoo Ricer Comparison · · Score: 1

    Thank you very much!

  7. Re:heh. on Gentoo Ricer Comparison · · Score: 1

    The anti-Gentoo zealots are a direct response to the Gentoo zealots, and both sets annoy everyone else :)

  8. Re:Nice indeed on Ask Ubuntu Founder (And Astronaut) Mark Shuttleworth · · Score: 1

    Greenfly needs to make a new page then.

  9. Re:Stupid Tricks? on Beware 'Fedora-Redhat' Fake Security Alert · · Score: 1

    SELinux with a strict policy. However, Fedora/Redhat found that a strict policy tends to break too much stuff, from what I gather, and have instead created a 'targeted' policy to lock down daemons such as dhcpd, httpd, syslogd, etc.

    Of course, ultimately a user can destroy any system they have local access to with enough perseverance. That's their prerogative :(

  10. Re:They are doing it... illegally on Roll Your Own Television Network Using Bittorrent · · Score: 1

    Should have used preview...preview :)

  11. Re:They are doing it... illegally on Roll Your Own Television Network Using Bittorrent · · Score: 1

    Respectfully, I think you're mistaken considering bittorrent isn't even a streaming protocol. AFAIK, groups such as 'LOL' capture, encode, and release the episodes, much the same as groups do for movies movies.

  12. Games are fun on Coping with Gaming Addiction · · Score: 1

    I have what would probably be termed a mild compulsive behaviour problem, if there is such a thing.

    When I was younger (11-16) I played games -- sports and video games -- to the detriment of *everything* else. I didn't socialise outside of the football pitch, the tennis court*, or someones room huddled around a computer game of some sort. Why? Because playing games/sports, even though they don't matter, even though you're not particularly good, makes you feel happy.

    And you know what? My behaviour was seen as quite normal at that age. Yeah, I was seen as a bit strange -- mostly because the rest of my free time was spent consuming books and I'm a deeply introverted person -- but overall I was accepted. It was only when my peers turned to underage drinking, experimenting with drugs, and clubbing that I was left behind to a certain extent. Yes, I did try these things but I got a bigger serotonin kick from sports and games.

    Of course my life segfaulted before I could resolve these issues :(

    * The most popular sports at my school. YMMV.

  13. Re:What's the beef with rebooting? on Linux GPU Performance · · Score: 1
    Just in case you didn't actually know:

    uptime : n.

    Technically, a machine's time since last reboot; jargonically, how long a hacker has gone without sleep. "What's your uptime?" "Oh, about 28 hours so far, but I think I can probably do another 12." This is, of course, a reference to the uptime command and the pride with which most Unix types note how long their computers go without reboots. Uptime is a testament to the stability of the OS and the stamina of the hacker.


    Emphasis mine.
  14. Re:Where can I sign up? on Accelerating IPv6 Adoption With Proxy Servers · · Score: 1
    Topic for #ipv6: Welcome to #IPv6 |

    | Free Tunnels: www.he.net www.occaid.org www.freenet6.net www.6bone.net noc.sixxs.net tb.ipv6.btexact.com tunnelbroker.as8758.net ipv6-net.org 6bone-AT-progsoc.org (AU) not |

    | IPv6 HOWTO: http://tinyurl.com/d03u |

    | OpenBSD IPv6 HOWTO: http://tinyurl.com/d040 |

    | BIND8+ .ARPA/.INT revDNS: http://tinyurl.com/d044 |

    | Ipv6 Apps: http://tinyurl.com/icwk

    Forums: http://hs247.net
  15. Re:IPv6 Needs a Killer App on Accelerating IPv6 Adoption With Proxy Servers · · Score: 1

    Or that killer app may be someone coming up with an awesome spam/virus/security solution that requires features found in IPv6.

    IPv6 *is* a virus/worm/security solution (sort of). The huge address space just makes random attacks ineffective.

  16. Re:Office Speed on Review of Yoper Linux v2.1 · · Score: 1

    Does anyone know if it works as well with apt as Debian does? Or as poorly?

    Apt is poor, huh? Guess I missed the memo. Anyway, it looks like it used apt4rpm: ftp://apt.yoper.com/yoper/

  17. Re:You want a gmail invite? on A GMail-based blog With 1000 MB of entries · · Score: 1

    I too have (6) more invites than I know what to do with.

    Just reply to this post with your address.

    (Posted a little late... :/)

  18. Re:Err, rural, anyone ? on Broadband Envy: Fixing American Broadband · · Score: 1

    It's not profitable to lay cable in the countryside, generally, so that's out for a lot of bumpkins^Wpeople like me.

    From what I gather from the summary (of course I haven't RTFA), various IT journalists are comparing broadband in the US to various countries in Western Europe and Asia, and coming to the conclusion that American connections are nowhere near those elsewhere. And team GB is behind the States so...

  19. Meanwhile in Broadband Britain... on Broadband Envy: Fixing American Broadband · · Score: 4, Funny

    Our postal service can't meet their targets and we are beholden to BT for all our telecommunications. At the very least in America there is a sembalance of competition.

    I'm mildly annoyed because a 72hr outage was caused by a cow (supercow powers) munching through some BT cable. Don't they bury these things?

  20. Re:Yaay KDE! on KDE 3.3 Officially Released · · Score: 1

    http://www.tunelinux.com/ is defunct now :( but I'm sure there are some other sites you could find with google.

    Here's the first one I found...

  21. Re:Arthur on What's the Worst Movie You've Ever Seen? · · Score: 1

    You mean King Arthur? Yes, pretty damn dire, IMO.

    Knightley, whoever played Lancelot, and the Saxon leader had the best performances...but Arthur (sorry, "Artuius") was awful. The pseudo-History was also irritating as hell for me.

    Spiderman2, "I, Robot", and The Village are all much more enojyable movies.

  22. Re:At least! on Debian Installer RC1 Is Out · · Score: 2, Informative

    people.debian.org/~taggart/multiarch

    They have a plan, at least.

  23. Re:Combine this... on CERT Warns Of Multiple Vulnerabilities In Libpng · · Score: 1

    Well, it all depends on what the attacker gets from the kernel memory dump. Could be that they get sensitive information or it could be they get nothing that would help in privilege escalation. I'd rather close that door altogether, myself by using 2.6.8-rc or 2.4.27.

    But, please, unless GP has written a proof of concept that shows Linux is rootable via rendering a webpage, he should stop posting flamebait and go back to working on his 'depenguinator'.

  24. Re:10 years on the net on Is Typing a Necessary Skill? · · Score: 1

    Wow, that's 10tcps. With my 'self-taught' method I get maybe 5tcps (4.5cps -- 10% typos) if I'm lucky.

    To do:
    Practice, practice, practice!

  25. Re:piracy on Doom 3 Gets Reviews, Piracy Questions, Exultation · · Score: 1

    Plus the fact that it's only available internationally between 3 and 10 days after it was first seen on store shelves in the US.