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  1. And? on Automated CD/DVD Archival? · · Score: 1

    Tape and HD backup are not an option - the data is already mirrored on RAIDs.

    What does one have to do with the other? Why are you insisting on CD backups when there are superior solutions available? It sounds like you're intent on duplicating a poor solution instead of examining the problem as a whole and finding the best solution for your needs.

  2. Re:Any idea on these login pauses? on OpenSSH 4.0 & Portable OpenSSH 4.0p1 Released · · Score: 1

    UseDNS is on (default), and all forward and reverse entries are resolving correctly on the DNS server. Sorry, I meant to mention the problem "disappears" when turning off X11 forwarding in the 4.0p1 client, as well as when reverting to 3.9p1 with X11 forwarding turned on. Thanks guys.

  3. Any idea on these login pauses? on OpenSSH 4.0 & Portable OpenSSH 4.0p1 Released · · Score: 2

    I have OpenSSH 4.0p1 running on a variety of OSes, all built against OpenSSL 0.9.7e. They're all built with a standard ./configure and no other options, and just X11 forwarding in the ssh_config file. Whenever I connect to a system followed by another system, regardless of the SSH server version running, after I put in a password, it pauses for a full 5 seconds every time with the following (from ssh -vv):

    debug2: x11_get_proto: /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth -f /tmp/ssh-PZhTm22307/xauthfile generate unix:10.0 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 untrusted timeout 1200 2>/dev/null
    (pause 5+ seconds here)
    debug2: x11_get_proto: /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth list unix:10.0 . 2>/dev/null

    This doesn't happen on any system that I'm logged in to locally and initiate a connection, but if I jump from one machine to another with X11 forwarding turned on, the second machine is always doing this 5-second pause. This is most easily reproducible if I SSH to localhost twice in a row (one connection within another).

  4. Re:Intel Recovers Fast on AMD Plans Simultaneous Desktop and Mobile Chip Releases · · Score: 1

    Newsflash: People still don't need it, and they still won't even after they're everywhere. 64 bit CPUs for the home user's needs are marketing, nothing more.

  5. Huh? on Babylon 5 Theatrical Movie Falls Through · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is sad news indeed for all fans of one of the best sci-fi stories ever produced.

    I really don't see what this has to do with Firefly.

  6. An Open Letter to Slashdot editors on EFF Compiles Endangered Gizmos List · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dear Slashdot Editors,

    If you find that a link in a story that has been submitted shows up as purple in your browser, it may be worth checking whether the reason you've already visied the site because the story was already submitted.

    Your humble reader

  7. Re:ACLU to the rescue! on House Approves Electronic ID Cards · · Score: 1, Troll

    Why should we give driver's licenses to illegal immigrants? We should be giving them a ride home.

  8. Re:my epiphany... on Dual Core Intel Processors Sooner Than Expected · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I don't know what decade you're living in, but no modern game runs single-thread, single-process. Try opening up top or task manager. They all take advantage of SMP or HyperThreading to some degree, and the added responsiveness is priceless.

  9. Re:If only... on End Of Support for Windows NT 4.0 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    So it's better to be forced to upgrade every 6 months or risk losing support than to have a single product supported for 8 years? Talk about vendor lock-in...

  10. Re:Time to shop Ebay! on Microsoft Drops Windows XP for Itanium · · Score: 2, Informative

    The plural of box is boxes.

  11. Re:No problem on On the Ethics of a Code Split? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's sad that so many people think that just because you can do something, that makes it ethical. You are what's wrong with America.

  12. Re:Just because 6.2% don't have phones on Louisiana Towns Going High-Tech · · Score: 1

    I don't have phone service. I have phones, lines, and towers, but I don't pay and don't receive service over them.

  13. Re:Union Now on EA Spouse Posts Plans for Watchdog Organ · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Have fun being unemployed while non-union workers, like myself, are hired. Unions have no place in the modern workplace and are a breeding ground for mediocrity.

  14. Re:free weatherbug? on NOAA Adopts New Net Policy · · Score: 1

    What do you mean could? wm[w|W]eather has been around in various incarnations for 5 years.

  15. The important question on ATI Unveils the X850 Series · · Score: 1

    Will it stutter just as badly as every other top-of-the-line card in EverQuest 2?

  16. Re:Defective :( on Nintendo DS Launches · · Score: 2, Informative

    Why are you waiting to exchange it? Just return it, get your money back, and buy it there or somewhere else soon. They won't charge you a restocking fee on defective hardware, and Best Buy had them in stock this evening.

  17. Re:Superior Linux Support? on NVIDIA Announces Intel nForce Chipsets Coming · · Score: 1

    I'm buying it. Some of us put the best tool for the job over ridiculous ideological fanatacism.

  18. Re:Eyes on Thin CRTs to Challenge LCDs in 2005 · · Score: 1

    Nice anecdote. Unforunately, you seem unclear on the difference between correlation and causation.

  19. Simple on How Do You Keep Up with Enterprise-level Tech? · · Score: 5, Funny

    I buy what the vendors tell me to buy. After all, they know what's best, right?

  20. That's a bonus? on What's The Ultimate Multi-Laptop Bag? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    One great bonus of my job, I can be effective anywhere I can get a broadband point.

    I hate to tell you, but that's not a perk. Any job that you can do from home can be done from India.

  21. Re:Hardly Free on Intel Linux Driver Version 1.0 For Centrino WLAN · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I, as a home and corporate user, have no reason to redistribute their firmware. I will not be mailing them, sorry.

  22. Re:CRT vs LCD on Computers Linked to Glaucoma? · · Score: 4, Informative

    That's a nice anecdote. Apparently neither you nor the author understand the difference between correlation and causation.

  23. Re:differences on Everquest 2 vs. World of Warcraft Comparison · · Score: 1

    You know the guards will tell you where an NPC is located if they're in the same quarter of the zone as the guard, right?

  24. Re:sad on Marvel Sues City of Heroes Makers · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Read the EULA. Cryptic owns and is responsible for its users creations.

  25. Re:EFF on CBLDF Auction with Sim & Gaiman · · Score: 1

    After getting laughed out of court so many times, are we really sure we want the EFF fighting our battles for us?