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  1. Have you tried Flash. on Accelerated PowerPoint? · · Score: 1

    I think the latest version of Flash comes with the ability to create Power-Point-like presentations. I know it's not as impresive as 3d accelerated graphics, but it is more impresive and cheaper than power point alone.

  2. In soviet Russia on FCC's Chairman Powell Starts Blog · · Score: -1, Troll

    Slashdot asks for a government (moderation).

  3. Re:Proprietary isn't dead on Software Companies - Merge or Die? · · Score: 1

    I see that as Open Source funding. You make a program for a client. You could sell it to another client, or you could document it and release it under the GPL. If it is useful someone could extend your job and it may become a large project.

  4. Re:Blame Open Source. on Software Companies - Merge or Die? · · Score: 1

    That's exactly my point. Because you started with open source, you didn't need to pay microsoft/oracle/sco to do what you do. You didn't spent money in yearly licence fees and I guess you invested all that money in your business. So any of those companies saw the money the could get if their product were the best for you. See the same at large scale and suddenly big software companies are dying. My point is if they wanna stay alive, they'll net to work with an Open Source friendly business model.

  5. Re:Blame Open Source. on Software Companies - Merge or Die? · · Score: 1

    Yes, of course. That's what has happened in the last years. But look at microsoft now, losing clients everyday because all that people chosing linux. I don't see that as a bad thing. I just said that if they want to keep in business, they need to change their business model.

  6. Blame Open Source. on Software Companies - Merge or Die? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Blame all than open source/free software out there.
    If a software company want to survive, it must try with a different business model. Maybe based on service/support and not just licences.

  7. Re:I don't think this thecnique is effective. on Distributive Worm Blocking · · Score: 1

    A modem doesn't have a MAC address.

  8. I don't think this thecnique is effective. on Distributive Worm Blocking · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I am a dial-up user. Sometimes when I try to send email, I get a message from the SMTP server saying that my IP address is blocked from sending email because it's on a spam blacklist. Of course I'm not a spammer. All I have to do is to reconnect and I usually get a non blocked IP address and I can send email normally. I think you can avoid this thecnique the same way. Imagine the following scenario:

    1. A worm-infected b0x calls a dial-up server.
    2. Its IP address gets blocked.
    3. The same b0x reconnects and gets a non blocked address and gets blocked again
    4. GOTO 2.
    5. Another user with a non-infected b0x calls the dial up server and his IP address is blocked by the previous worm-infected b0x with that address.

    Maybe the whole dial-up IP pool could get blocked.

  9. Bochs is not a DOS emulator... on Windows 98SE emulated on Pocket PC · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's a PC emulator.

    You cannot run Linux on DOS.

  10. Re:Phew! on Hardened PHP · · Score: 1

    I don't know kunf-fu, but kung fu is chinese. Maybe you mean kung foo bar?

  11. Re:Finally on The Ultimate All-In-One Storage Solution · · Score: 1

    They'd use a Ximian Solution

  12. Re:What happened to the days of... on Refresh your Memory: Advanced Graphics Algorithms · · Score: 2, Informative

    That means..
    To write < you have to type &lt;
    and to write &lt; you have to type &amp;lt;

  13. Re:New name? on Evan Williams Posts Official Google Blog · · Score: 1

    There is booble.

  14. Re:CowboyNeal? on Hall of Fame Voting For Computer Museum of America · · Score: 1

    CowboyNeal doesn't work here.

  15. Re:Not true. on Estonia Embraces Wi-Fi Wireless Internet Access · · Score: 1

    Why don't you move to other 1/3 of the country?

  16. Re:Headphones are an even better solution.... on A Silent PC Solution? · · Score: 1

    "For example, what does the person who has a PC in his room, next to his bed do?" I live in a data-center, you insensitive clod....

  17. The solution to ads. on New Online Ad Technology To Bypass Popup Blockers · · Score: 1

    There is a file:
    c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\HOSTS in windows /etc/host in linux

    just add entries like this:
    127.0.0.1 ad.doubleclick.net

    For every ad site you see (maybe keep ads.osdn.com). This will change every ad for a Not Found message if you have Apache Server running (unless your machine is an ad site) or nothing if you don't have a web server.

  18. Re:Someone enlighten me.... on Is the Universe Shaped Like a Funnel? · · Score: 1

    What's the "God" password? So we have to say now "W0d!"?

  19. Good news. on Brain's Cache Memory Found · · Score: 1

    The good news is that according to the image in the article, this cache thing is in the right side of the brain.
    Alcohol acts in the left side of the brain first. So you won't become stupid by drinking without affecting functions in the left side of the brain first.

  20. My College is not listed... on Intel Ranks Colleges with Best Wireless Access · · Score: 1
    ..you insensitive clod.

    I study at ITESM in Mexico. According to this link, we have a good place as one "organization transforming its businesses using networking technology". I think that includes WiFi acces. We have access in the whole campus!!!! We should be listed!!!!

  21. Re:Sure would be nice on First Person Shooter - Under 100KBs of Code · · Score: 1

    I don't know about goldenhawks, but burnatonce deppends on the windows API, wich is exactly my problem (my cd-rw drive is detected by windows as an standard cd-rom).

  22. Re:Sure would be nice on First Person Shooter - Under 100KBs of Code · · Score: 1

    "For example - CD Writing software for windows. Does anyone need or even want all the dang crap that comes in those?"
    Yepp.. sometimes windows fails.
    In my laptop, suddenly one day windows stopped detecting my cd-rw drive. It's now detected like a standard cr-rom drive. So i can burn using the windows API.
    I tried changin the drive-type value for the drive in the registry and now i have the recording tab when I right-click the drive.
    Still ISO recorder Power Toy doesn't detect the unit as valid nor the "Write this files to cd" wizard.
    I had to install Roxio Easy CD creator (which works perfectly) in order to burn cd's again.

  23. yes, but.... on Listen to the Sky · · Score: 1

    Who the heck is gonna press the "send" key to answer the phone in the sky?

  24. April 1 2004 RFC on Happy 35th birthday, RFC 1! · · Score: 1

    Hey guys. Do you know anything about April 1 RFC for this year?

  25. Re:Simple.... on What Network Sniffing Tools Do You Use? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hey... that's funny... I spended my last mod point on a troll!!!!!!