User: LumpishGenius

Re:Mirror of extortion and response letters

On: One Company's Response to SCO

The PDF and GIF are both the real deal for me. Are you sure you aren't running some bizarre spyware on your WinXP machine?

I remember this

On: Fyodor Answers Your Network Security Questions

Although I didn't know the story until now. Someone should mod parent up -- it's as informative as any of Fyodor's answers.

Thanks, Mr Hemos

On: Googling For Dates?

"... He also writes that the verb ''to Google'' is now a familiar neologism" (neologism: a new word, usage, or expression, I looked it up).

Thanks for the tip, brainiac.

NB: Most of your readers have twice the vocabulary of any two members of the Slashdot team.

Oh no! Secure travel!

On: Registered Traveler ID Initiative

Everybody run!!!

Big deal

On: RealNetworks Releases Helix Source

I know this article fits right in with Bash Microsoft Day (everyday!!) but I urge you to reconsider. The RN player is trashy and they're giving out the pieces of the code which nobody could benefit from. No one is going to use their code in other projects because their player is substandard, so it's a bit like being able to fuck an elderly, ugly whore for free... sure, it's free, but who gives a rat's ass?

Let's hear it for

On: Handshake via the Internet

...hardware handshaking!

Re:An overview of pipelining

On: Design Philosophy of the IBM PowerPC 970

It's bona-fide. Even when he trolls he's usually more right-on than 99% of posters; in this case it's 100% informative, no bullshit.

For a decent intro to pipelining, Google for design notes for the MC6502, the first pipelined processor.