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  1. Re:Well, it IS their right ... on Online Publisher Blocks LinuxToday Referrals · · Score: 1

    From my read of the article, it sounds like contacting CMP is on the list of things to do. The purpose of the article was to say why they had pulled a story, and why the story link hadn't worked.

    LinuxToday (apparently) plans on contacting CMP during business hours. So, first thing monday morning.

  2. Re:Interesting... on SMP On OpenBSD, Coming Soon · · Score: 2, Informative

    Let's see...

    Privsep: Makes sure that only the code that needs to be root is run as root.

    WorX: Makes sure that data cannot be executed as code. (Memory pages are either executable or writable, not both)

    There are other features like them, that add to the security of the system. OpenBSD is better at firewalling than FreeBSD because of them; it is harder to break any port or access that is allowed/found into a security lapse. And any security lapse will be as limited as possible.

    FreeBSD is descent at this. The standard level of security is available. OpenBSD is positively paranoid. That's a good thing when anyone can throw anything at it...

  3. Re:smp? on SMP On OpenBSD, Coming Soon · · Score: 5, Informative

    OpenBSD's top priority is security. For SMP that means two things:

    1. All potential security-relevant race conditions must be handled. A single processor system can never do two things at exactly the same time. A dual processor one can. OpenBSD wouldn't be OpenBSD if that would be allowed to affect the system's integrity.

    2. Given the choice of an small project, that increases security, and a big one that probably will lower it, Theo will choose the one that increases security. Dual-processors are not a major concern to OpenBSD's core users, so support can wait until other things get done.

  4. Re:Job? on U.S. Interior Dept. Unplugged... Again · · Score: 1

    This is what I'm wondering. Where can I apply for the job of securing these connections?

  5. Re:Mortgage rates on Junkie Loves His Spam · · Score: 3, Insightful

    He does. It is mentioned in the article.

    His mortgage rate is 0%. (He doesn't have one.)

  6. Re:Kudos, but... on Making IE Standards Compliant · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Good theory. Unfortunately, MS has made that very difficult. There are several basic CSS/HTML formating options that work differently under IE than the standard specifies; differently enough that if you were to use them the page would either work in IE or in standards-compliant browsers. (But not both.)

    There are work arounds, using semi-legit CSS that fails in one browser or another and lets each browser see what it understands. But that is really just coding to the browser again, and occasionally breaks as groups upgrade their browsers. This promises a one-stop shop for all the main problems.

  7. Re:I gave up and ripped my CDs on Obtaining Legal MP3s Outside of the U.S.? · · Score: 1

    Wow. A sane copyright law...

  8. Re:This may sound stupid but.... on Obtaining Legal MP3s Outside of the U.S.? · · Score: 5, Insightful
    You could buy the CD, download an MP3 from a site and play it. You own a legal copy, you're not technically stealing.

    No. Don't. I don't care if it is legal in your area, but don't do this. This has two effects: You give money to the record label, and you bump up their 'piracy' rate. Given their unlogic on the issue, that will just make them put DRM on more of their CDs.

    It sounds like your best bet is to check with that list before you buy the CD. (And sorry, you'll have to buy the CDs.) If there is a CD on the list that you want, sorry. Send the record label a copy of your question, and tell them it is why you didn't buy the CD.

    If this is too much work, or you just can't get enough music to be worth it, sell the iPod (or return it if you can...), and tell Apple why. At that point you are an unsatisfied customer, who will tell others, for something that is not their fault. They may have the influence to fix it, even if you don't.

    Just don't hurt yourself. Support those who support you; the labels and artists who let you do what you want. Tell the rest why you don't support them. Maybe they'll listen. After all, it is their profit you're talking about.

  9. Re:Can't Finger Just Microsoft on Microsoft Customers Get No Bang for Buck · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Won't be a hard sell at all... what else is there to buy?

    Simple: The normal licence. Microsoft is still selling those. The 'subscription' is cheaper, if Microsoft updates on a regular schedule and you use every update, but if they don't, or you don't, you can just buy the software when it comes out.

  10. Re:All I ask of a first year calculus book: on Five Free Calculus Textbooks · · Score: 1

    THANK YOU!

    I failed Calc II, twice, because I couldn't find a teacher like you at the school I was going to. I cannot memorize, but teach me why something works and I'll blaze through anything you give me.

    There are students who will hate you. But rest assured, there are others who will love you.

  11. Re:"Free upgrades" on AT&T Wireless Phone "Upgrades" Aren't · · Score: 2

    The problem, at least from my reading of the article, isn't that they can't offer phones that use both, but that they haven't. Even while they have been transitioning their connections on their end...

    (Of course, there are other problems too, but this is the one relevant to this question.)

  12. Re:Usenet Precident on Harlan Ellison vs. AOL Judgment Reversed · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well, nothing's set in stone yet. The higher court just said that the lower court didn't cover all it's bases correctly, and needs to try again.

    That said, you are liable if you distribute copyrighted works (that aren't yours and you don't have rights to distribute) and do not fall under the safe harbor clauses. This decision just says that AOL may have not completed all the paperwork correctly to fall under the safe harbor clause.

    Moral: Do your paperwork correctly.

  13. Re:A little confusing... on SCO Says They'll Sue A Linux User Tomorrow · · Score: 5, Funny

    And tomorrow we find out...

    They are suing IBM! The company they are already in a lawsuit with!

  14. Re:Next on "Ask Slashdot" on Famous Hawking Black Hole Bet Resolved? · · Score: 3, Funny

    A complete, signed by the authors, hardback edition of Wikipedia.

    (I'm sure you could do it...)

  15. Re:How can a prequel have spoilers on Star Wars Episode III Spoiler Photos · · Score: 3, Interesting

    A spoiler is information that makes seeing the movie irrelevant, or at least 'spoils' your enjoyment of it. For a prequel like this it would be information that is in the movie and not in anything else: something you don't know and would make the movie worth watching.

    So, no, a spoiler is not possible for Star Wars episode III.

  16. Re:Solar problems on Mars Rovers Update · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Of course, you are assuming all the dust has the same charge...

    Not a likely situation.

  17. Re:Fuck Antitrust Laws! on U.S. Attempts to Block Oracle Bid for PeopleSoft · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Since when do companies ever stop competing? You may have a case with oligopolies and collusion, but these are extremly rare.

    Only since the advent of antitrust laws, which make them illegal.

  18. Re:Fuck Antitrust Laws! on U.S. Attempts to Block Oracle Bid for PeopleSoft · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Take an elementary economics course, please.

    Satisfying your customers better than your competitors in the past does not mean you will do it in the future. Only competition does that. They need a choice.

    Companies has the right to compete on the product or service they sell. This makes for better products and services, with more value for the customers. When they stop competing on the value of the product then there is a problem. That problem is what antitrust laws are meant to address.

    A big enough company can elumiate opposition that produces a product with a better value. They do this by making sure that product cannot be sold, through one means or another.

    This has happened in the past. That is why the antitrust laws were written, to prevent what had happened from happening again.

    As for the Post Office (bad example: it is not a monopoly,) If there is a product or service best served by a monopoly (and there are some) then it is the government's job to fill that role. Because then and only then is the monopoly producer accountable to the people.

  19. Re:An article disproving this... on MS Security Chief: Windows Never Exploited Until Patch Available · · Score: 1

    Point... ;-)

  20. Re:An article disproving this... on MS Security Chief: Windows Never Exploited Until Patch Available · · Score: 5, Interesting
    It's almost like they are "above the law" and what thsy say happens. Kind of like when God speaks.

    Nah... God gets questioned more.

    (You can even double check me: I can't remember a single instance in the Bible where God's command wasn't questioned...)

  21. Re: With that license... on SCO Licenses Now Available · · Score: 1

    And his toaster doesn't? This is a /. reader we are talking about...

  22. Re:just use a laptop on What Kind of Tablet PC to Buy? · · Score: 1
    Have you ever used a pda?? It unfortunately has most of the same shortcomings.

    -And a tablet has none of the real advantages of a PDA: small size, long battery life.

    I took notes on my Palm at collage (it was actually faster and more accurate for me, not to mention 'open note' exams with searchable notes...). Then I had a regular desktop as my main computer. For almost all cases I would recommend that setup, and for the rest I would recommend a good laptop. What are you thinking you will use the tablet functionality for?

  23. Re:I read it the same way on DVDCCA Claims Patent on CSS · · Score: 1

    I think it is being dropped because it was not implemented. CSS 2.0 was the current standard for several years, and the text-shadow property was entirely overlooked until Safari implemented it, literally days before CSS 2.1 came out. (I have the feeling Apple implemented it partly because it was easy for them to do so: they have a font property that matches it quite closely.)

    I like it too. I always thought it was a shame that no one implemented it, and put it into several sites before Safari came out. I'm going to miss it.

  24. Re:I read it the same way on DVDCCA Claims Patent on CSS · · Score: 1

    Oh, so you are a fellow Mac user, eh? (The only browser that supports that is Apple's Safari. Well, it's probably in the KHTML tree by now...)

  25. Re:Making ethanol uses fossil fuels on Ethanol to Hydrogen Reactor Developed · · Score: 1
    Ethanol takes energy to make. Lots of energy, possibly more than it contains.

    Everything takes energy to make, one way or another. The closest thing anyone has ever to come up with to a free energy source is Hawking Radiation, and that takes a Black Hole.

    The question is: is ethanol a convenient and useful method of transporting energy?