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  1. Speaking of underdogs. on OSDL Says SCO Suit Was Good for Linux · · Score: 2, Informative

    If you're in need of a serious underdog take a look at Hurd.

  2. BSD dying on NetBSD Adopts NetBSD/xen for Internal Use · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now multiple BSD instances can die on a single machine, securely.

  3. Re:Rules on The Repercussions of Blogging · · Score: 3, Funny
    3. Definitely never blog about who you fuck in the office.

    Obligitory Seinfeld reference:
    In the boss' office.

    Boss: I'm going to get right to the point. It has come to my attention that you and the cleaning woman have engaged in sexual intercourse on the desk in your office. Is that correct?

    George: Who said that?

    Boss: She did.

    George: Was that wrong? Should I have not done that? I tell you I gotta plead ingnorance on this thing because if anyone had said anything to me at all when I first started here that that sort of thing was frouned upon, you know, cause I've worked in a lot of offices and I tell you peope do that all the time.

    Boss: You're fired.
  4. Re:surely this is unnecessary? on Build Your Own TV Without Broadcast Flags · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The way I understand it is that the broadcast flag isn't illegal but the way it came to be mandated. The court said that the FCC doesn't have the authority to require it's implementation. This doesn't mean that Congress can't pass a bill making it law. Disclaimer: IANAL

  5. Webcasts? on Linux.conf.au Coming Soon · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Will the presentations be webcast?

  6. Re:Be kind to the mirrors, use official bittorents on Firefox 1.0.1 Released · · Score: 4, Insightful

    As Bittorrent has become so popular one has to wonder why FF doesn't support it natively or via plug-in as a download method.

  7. Re:Promise UltraTrak SX4000 on Turnkey Linux RAID Solutions? · · Score: 1

    Seeing as the arrays present as SCSI drives would it be possible to do a software RAID 1 (striping) across multiple arrays providing one large faster array?

  8. LaCie F800 on Turnkey Linux RAID Solutions? · · Score: 3, Informative

    LaCie recently announced their F800 desktop RAID solution. 1.0, 1.6 and 2.0 terabyte models are available. The array connects to a host computer via IEEE1394 (Firewire) or USB 2.0. The array can be configured as RAID levels 0, 0+1, 5, and RAID 5+hot spare. PriceGrabber lists the 1.0TB version for just under US$1500 and the 1.6TB for US$2700.

  9. Re:Control Freaks on AlphaGrip Starts Mass Production · · Score: 2, Informative
    Each with a USB connection and an open-source driver :).
    One of the great things about USB is when properly implemented no driver is required beyond the standard HID driver included in your favorite OS.
  10. How could it be "overly technical"? on The Quest for More Processing Power · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    not overly technical
    Why not? This is Slashdot after all.
  11. Re:I tried ask jeeves once... on AskJeeves Steps Into RSS with Bloglines Acquisiton · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Add
    /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2
    \ to /etc/fstab. Check out relevant Gentoo docs for more info.
  12. Re:Reluctance to change on Why Does Windows Still Suck? · · Score: 1
    I can honestly say: Windows users, it's not your fault.
    Actually in a capitalistic society it is at least partially the users fault. By purchasing a product you are essentially endorsing it and the company that produces it.
  13. Re:site already /.ed on Top 10 Apple Flops · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm betting it was a Lisa.

  14. Re:Debian of course on Which Linux for Professional Admins? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Actually if you are looking for a good support option for Debian (or any other distro for that mater) check out Progeny

  15. x86 or MIPS on The Hundred-Buck PC · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I wonder if they will choose to go with the more obvious x86 based Geode or the very deserving MIPS solution, the Alchemy. Personally I would really love to see the Alchemy used.

  16. 3D visualization on Cutting Edge Computer Interfaces? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Companies like SGI spend a lot of time and money working on visualization systems that allow for multiple people to be immersed in a synthetic 3D world. SGI's Reality Center wall room systems are quite impressive.

  17. A quote... on Geeks in Management? · · Score: 1

    "Never tell people how to do things. Tell them WHAT to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity." --Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.

  18. Fry's and Best Buy on Where Do You Shop for Server Components? · · Score: 4, Funny

    I go to the local Fry's and Best Buy and and get what their very knowledgeable staffs recommend.

  19. Re:The home-brew video server comes closer to real on Hitachi to Release Half TB Drive Soon · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Just a suggestion but if you are looking for a good SATA RAID controller take a look at what 3ware has to offer. Their 8000 series controllers are very nice. 3ware has always done it's best to work closely with the FOSS community, Adaptec, not so much.

  20. Base-10 Fixation on Hitachi to Release Half TB Drive Soon · · Score: 1

    If I had to guess I would say that it has a lot to do with us simians fixating on "round" base-10 numbers.

  21. Why not a manned mission? on Space Robot Maker MDA Nets Hubble Repair Contract · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Now that new fuel tanks for the shuttle have been completed why not a manned mission? Will the satellite fail before the next launch scheduled for May or June?

  22. OpenCores on Recommend Reading for FPGAs and VHDL? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If you haven't already you should check out OpenCores.org.

  23. Alchemy on AMD Chip Fraud Delays Release of New Chipset · · Score: 5, Interesting
    their new Alchemy chipset which boasts direct transfer of video from digital video recorders to portable players without the need to transcode through a PC
    AMD's Alchemy line isn't a mainboard chipset it is their brand of 32 bit embedded MIPS SoC (system on a chip) devices. The Au1200 is the newest in the family targeted for use in digital media players like PVRs. What makes the Au1200 perfect for media players is it's hardware video codecs that support MPEG1, 2, 4 (including DivX) and WMV9.
  24. Re:UML-ish on How Do You Use UML? · · Score: 3, Insightful
    It would be silly to write a memory manager in UML.
    UML was never meant to be used for describing things like a memory manager. Algorithm design and development tools such as Matlab and Simulink are much more suited to this kind of task.
  25. Re:The Question Is... on More on China's IPv6 Network Buildout · · Score: 1

    I wasn't aware that there was an easy way to tunnel v4 over pure v6 nets. The only method I know of is the dual stack transition mentor (DSTM) which IIRC requires daemons not only at the v6 net's edge but on each of the v6 clients doing.