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  1. HMO on India Will Need to Recruit 120,000 Foreigners · · Score: 1

    If I move to IndiA, and take a job, does my HMO cover marauding monkey bites?

  2. Crap on Following up on Torrent Shutdowns · · Score: 1

    Just when I was looking for a tracker for my proprietary, binary-only distribution of Linux.

  3. I thought the book on Emergence · · Score: 1

    was about coming to term with Gentoo, guess not.

  4. Wrong candidates on Pre-Election Discussion · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can I vote for the judges who will decide this election instead?

  5. Re:PVR Newbie Questions on Engadget Interviews TiVo CEO · · Score: 1

    I've had my TiVo for 3 years. Never had any problems, works the way it should. Never had any problems with the service or billing.

    The most important thing is ... it does what it is suppose to do without me having to ticker with it.

    The only thing I regret is not buying the one time service fee.

  6. Re:Gentoo! on X.org X11 Server Release 6.8 · · Score: 1

    emerge distcc
    distcc-config --set-hosts "192.168.1.1 192.168.0.2 192.168.0.n"
    USE='distcc' MAKEOPTS='-j254' emerge x11-base/xorg-x11 :)

    (yeah, it's missing little steps )

  7. Re:Registration in Wisconsin on Did You VoteOrNot.org? · · Score: 1

    Also in Wisconsin, if you are a homeless person with two items as proof of residency, you can be coerced to vote Democratic for a pack of smokes.

    http://html.themilwaukeechannel.com/sh/election2 00 0/stories/election2000-20001105-222208.html
    http: //www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a35afc35a3e.ht m

  8. Re:Hrmph... on Mozilla.org Relaunched · · Score: 1

    Works for me with KDE 3.2. The page does check out as 4.01 Strict, however the CSS has an error and warning.

    For fun validate Microsoft web pages :)

  9. Re:Stupid is a Stupid does on Hardening Apache · · Score: 1

    I have ping disabled on our system for machines outside of my subnet. It is something I don't need. It might be something someone else needs, but I don't care.

    #ICMP traffic
    einfo "Creating icmp chain"
    $IPTABLES -N icmp_allowed
    $IPTABLES -F icmp_allowed
    $IPTABLES -A icmp_allowed -p icmp -s $NETWORK -j ACCEPT
    $IPTABLES -A icmp_allowed -p icmp -s 127.0.0.1 -j ACCEPT
    $IPTABLES -A icmp_allowed -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -p icmp --icmp-type echo-reply -j ACCEPT
    $IPTABLES -A icmp_allowed -m state --state NEW -p icmp --icmp-type echo-reply -j ACCEPT
    $IPTABLES -A icmp_allowed -m state --state NEW -p icmp --icmp-type time-exceeded -j ACCEPT
    $IPTABLES -A icmp_allowed -m state --state NEW -p icmp --icmp-type destination-unreachable -j ACCEPT
    $IPTABLES -A icmp_allowed -p icmp -j LOG --log-prefix "Bad ICMP traffic:"
    $IPTABLES -A icmp_allowed -p icmp -j DROP

  10. Re:Greatest Anime Film? on The Giants of Anime are Coming · · Score: 1, Insightful

    End of Evangelion

    A great (second) ending to the Neon Genesis Evangelion series.

  11. Re:Spell Check? on KDE 3.3 Officially Released · · Score: 1

    All *NIX users need a spell checker after having to use commands like "awk", "grep", "sed", "ls", and "chgrp" all day. Heck, the *NIX type environment is based on miss-spelled words.

  12. Re:WOW! on Humanoid Robot Combat in Japan · · Score: 1
  13. Speaking of building robots on Build Your Robot Online · · Score: 1
  14. Re:Thank goodness its the same name! on Firefox 0.9.1 and Thunderbird 0.7.1 Released · · Score: 1

    It did change. It's pronounced 'FireFox', but it spelt 'FireFixqqq'. The three q's are silent.

    (little Monty Python)

  15. Blocked on Testing didtheyreadit.com's Mail-Tracking Claims · · Score: 1

    #1 SpamAssassin

    In my .spamassassin/user_prefs added ...

    score HTML_WEB_BUGS 20

    That will throw all emails with a web bug right in the spam pile. I don't just delete my spam. I normally go through and check to see if any valid emails got tossed in my spam folder.

    #2 Privoxy

    In my user.action added ...

    { +block }
    .didtheyreadit.com

    That should block any web page that links to that site. I could have just put 127.0.0.1 for didtheyreadit.com in my hosts file, but if they start putting subdomains in from of their domain name, it won't work anymore.

  16. 5 Treks = 5 Captians on Berman Confirms Star Trek Prequel Film Project · · Score: 1

    They now can do a 5 Doctors type thing ... except you really need another captain to hold out on the whole movie and be stuck in some hyperspace transport and replaced with stock footage.

  17. Re:EASIER SETUP! on Groklaw Tries Their Own Linux Usability Study · · Score: 1

    >That crack you're on is really, really good. Where can I get one?

    Hold a mirror behind your back, you've got "one" there and I'm sure it's big.

    Congratulations on your Window install success rate, however I can say I've installed Linux on numerous systems with the installs ending up as I expected. I have also installed Windows on a good number of systems and the same can be said for them. Both perfectly working installs.

    However, like you and Linux, I've run into problems with Window installs. The problem being hardware not being recognized during the install, like SCSI cards. If you miss the "press F6" at the beginning, you're screwed. Which brings up the original post, if you're a child, old person, non-techy computer user ... are you going to know to press F6 at that point of the Windows install? Probably not.

    BTW: Since RH 7.0 (maybe 6.0), it will partition the drives for you.

  18. Re:EASIER SETUP! on Groklaw Tries Their Own Linux Usability Study · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Actually, it is easy. The difference is Windows comes pre-installed on the system people buy, so they don't have to install and set it up. If people (children, old people, and those without a lot of computer experience) had to install Linux or Windows by themselves, they'd find it equally hard.

    Beyond that, Windows has a clear advantage since you can buy a box with the software in it from your local Walmart. That's a lot easier than going using the Internet and finding it yourself, to people with little computer experience.

    Linux needs software Kiosks that will burn people a CD with Mozilla, OpenOffice, KDE, etc since you won't find that software in a box on a self at a local Walmart.

  19. Re:Thousands per year on Paid To Spam · · Score: 1

    Imagine your provider shutting down your service after the first week.

  20. Re:Konqueror is a bloated piece of crap on Yellow Dog Linux Gets 64-Bit Version For G5 · · Score: 1

    http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2003-01 -07-022-26-OS-KE-SW

    Thanks for playing.

  21. Re:do female androids dream of body image? on Meet Lucy, The Orangutan Robot · · Score: 1

    maybe about electric sheep.

  22. Excellent on Coffee is a "Health Drink" · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'll enjoy a healthy pot of java while I enjoy my healthy bucket of KFC!

  23. Re:It's here: the Gentoo Zealot Translator! on Gentoo Linux 2004.0 Released · · Score: 4, Funny

    emerge -C "Anonymous Coward"

  24. Re:Give it up for Assault! on Linux & Mac UT2004 Demos · · Score: 1

    UT2004 has the feel of RoAR Assault for UT2003 with the goals now being highlighted in the HUD.

  25. Re:Manta on Linux & Mac UT2004 Demos · · Score: 2, Interesting

    >I dont think you can pull people out of their vehicles like in GTA3 though...

    It's just one mutator away.