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  1. XPDE on Slashback: Hatred, Glass, Identification · · Score: 2, Informative

    I noticed that the XPDE screenshots use mozilla/netscape with the classic skin. There is an Internet Explorer skin at mozdev.org they could be using. (if they want to copy windows explorer, this would be a must)

  2. Patches on The Costs of Patching · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If MS wouldn't include so much "junk data" to keep their proprietary data secret in patches, they wouldn't be so large. And, if there was a way to do a patch "rollback", then faulty patches wouldn't bring down a system until a new fix-patch was released. (One of the recent MS patches was found to cause some machines to stop booting)

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    From Ape to Man: Evolution

  3. Examples on New Ultra-Intrusive Pop-up Ads Introduced · · Score: 1

    Some demonstrations from the company are here

  4. GPART - fix corrupted partition tables by guessing on What Would You Put Into A Software Survival Kit? · · Score: 1

    Definately take GPart. I've used it in the past to fix corrupted partition tables. Combine this with Tomsrtbt (floppy disk linux).

  5. Inventions on Al Gore Joins Apple's Board Of Directors · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just in!

    Gore invents AppleTalk

    Gore invents candy-colored computer

    Gore invents small music player

    Gore invents fast new web browser

    Gore invents XUL (Hyatt mysteriously fired)

    Gore invents new GUI for BSD

  6. Science books on A New Approach to Teaching Science · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I was looking at a junior high science book recently. Everything seemed very dumbed down already. It was basically memory - not enough emphasis was placed on understanding concepts. Making them easier to read does not solve the real problem of students not understanding concepts.

  7. Re:Again... on WebDAV Buffer Overflow Attack Compromises IIS 5.0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    >Why is the code that the web server has access to
    >change allowed to take over the system?

    Because it is "trusted".

  8. In IE6 on Mozilla Now Even Includes The Kitchen Sink · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Trying this in internet explorer 6, you get:

    The XML page cannot be displayed
    Cannot view XML input using style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later.

    The system cannot locate the resource specified. Error processing resource 'http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd'.

  9. Lindows... on Lindows Releases Inexpensive Subnotebook · · Score: 2, Interesting

    While the Lindows laptop is meant for consumers, I don't think it will sell very well. Why? Because most people who would buy a linux computer want a distribution made for power.

    The only real market share it would get would be non-computer-literate people who want to use their computers for very limited purposes.

    The laptop may also attract people who want to install another linux distribution on it, however.

  10. Tim and the RBL on The Spam Problem: Moving Beyond RBLs · · Score: 1

    Tim had just set up an RBL replacement filter, since the RBL had quit wasting netblocks.

    One week later, he checked to see how his spam filter (for windows) was doing. An animated trash can popped up in his face and said "Look at all the spam I collected - 500 messages!"

    "Wow. That's a lot", Tom said to himself.

    "Well, yes," the trash can said. Then waving its arm toward the
    Outlook inbox, it added, "But look at all the stuff I'm
    leaving behind! You must be really popular"

    "But most of those are spam", Tom added after looking through it. "I'm Microsoft Spam Catcher, I set the STANDARD for what is spam and what is not, now that there is no RBL I have a MONOPOLY."

  11. Digital TV on Cable, TV Makers Agree on Digital Standard · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I don't think there's any way the content industry will let this through. They have their minds set on controlling their content. Analog reproductions reduce quality, so they still have control. The industry hopes to use DTV to impose fair-use restrictions, which could not happen with this.