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  1. John Titor called on Ray Kurzweil's "The Singularity is Near" · · Score: 0

    He wants his singularity back.

  2. Ah, Slashdot... on The Fracturing of the Internet · · Score: 1

    You buy the ticket, You take the ride... as they say.

  3. So what exactly.. on IE Flaw Exposes Users To Spoof-Based Attacks · · Score: 1

    .. Amit Klein wrote? Unknown, because one article mentioned in the summary contradict other. C|Net's one talks about JavaScript component but Secunia says that vulnerability was discovered in Microsoft.XMLHTTP ActiveX control.

    I have to admit that I don't have much experience with IE, but is it really required to use ActiveX to use XMLHTTPRequest in IE? Somehow I got an impression that JavaScript is all that is required... (or ActiveX is used under the hood?)

  4. Trusted Solaris on BBC Commentator Goes After Software Licensing · · Score: 1

    Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe at one time Trusted Solaris used to have some (albeit limited) "will be liable" clauses in their license.

  5. I'd say on U.S. Insists On Keeping Control Of Internet · · Score: 1

    To hell with UN and US. Let Sealand manage it. The only way to go.

  6. One word on Pepping Up Windows · · Score: 3, Informative

    ... PuTTY

  7. SysInternals' on No Defense Against Windows Rootkits? · · Score: 5, Informative

    .. RootkitRevealer is your friend.

  8. Re:Kernel 2.6 Problems (Was I better off with 2.4? on Torvalds & Linux Dev Process · · Score: 1

    Yes, I second that.

    2.6 was very unstable to me... spurious reboots (no panics, just reboots), random app crashes (seems like memory hungry apps mostly - Vuescan, Gimp etc). I was tired of this and had to go back to 2.4.

    Please, please go back to the old stable/unstable version schema... I used to have uptimes measured in months... now I forced to reboot to win xp to scan my stuff.

  9. You know... on Why Vista Had To Be Rebuilt From Scratch · · Score: 1

    It is really funny to watch how the history repeats itself.

    I remember reading slashdot back in 2000 when it was full of doom's day predictions about how Win2k has 65,000+ bugs, Microsoft will never manage to finally release it, etc. (man I wish I could dig up there articles).. Now I'm seeing comments that Win2k is the best Windows ever made :)

    Ok... I see the future! Here is Slashdot 2010:

    "Ask Slashdot: Windows Vista was the best?"
    "New Windows is delayed again..."
    "Linux On Desktop is 5 years away?"

  10. Re:The article underestimates MSFT's problems on Microsoft's Nightmare Scenario · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But when has Microsoft ever provided innovation on a technical level that lead to a successful product?

    Not to defend Microsoft or anything but... ever hear of AJAX ?

  11. No duotone - no dice on A Gimp In Photoshop's Clothing · · Score: 1

    Friendlier, not friendlier - I dont care...
    As long as there is no duotone support (and there probably never be one as it is patented) The Gimp is useless for me.. as to many people who does serious pre-print work.

  12. Re:I don't understand how this works.Can anyone he on Furthest Gamma-Ray Burst Ever Observed · · Score: 1

    There are many ways to calibrate the distance scale.
    First - there is a strong relationship between the absolute magnitudes of stars and their spectral classess (Hertzsprung-Russell or "spectrum-luminosity" diagram). Knowing star spectrum it is possible to calculate star luminosity, and this gives the distance from the star to the observer. But this works only for relatively close stars...
    For more distant objects, variable stars come to the rescue. There is an interesting relationship between period of pulsation of particular class of variable stars (cepheid) pulsation and their luminosity. That is how, in fact, the first distance to galaxies were measured... (more here)

  13. Re:Ham radio on T-Mobile Offers Relief for Hurricane Victims · · Score: 2, Informative

    Adding to my post... Go here to search for ham radio operators in your area.

  14. Ham radio on T-Mobile Offers Relief for Hurricane Victims · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Another option is to go meet your friendly neighbor ham radio op. I'm sure there is an emergency net operating right now.

  15. Re:More light?!? on Nanotech Coating Prevents Fogging · · Score: 1

    Easy. Regular glass surface in air reflects back about 4% of the incoming light. Reduce this to 1% and you'll get 3% more light through. That is why most optics is coated.

  16. Polymorphous, anyone? on The End of Signature-Based Antivirus Software? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Aren't they wrinting polymorphous viruses these days? They were pretty common back in DOS era... pretty hard for AV to catch coz there is *no* signatire.

  17. great? on GMail Sign-Ups Via Mobile · · Score: 1

    mobile sms to sign up?

    how this prevent spammers from using fake From: sdbfmnb@gmail.com address anyway?

    call me paranoid but it looks fishy to me...

  18. The sad truth... on Survey Shows Admins Avoiding SP2 · · Score: 1

    is that 24% is about how many of NT/XP admins out there are really qualified...

  19. What won't kill you on Linux Can't Kill Windows · · Score: 1

    will make you stronger.

  20. Re:Bad for your eyes on Health Consequences of CRT Monitors? · · Score: 1

    60 or 70 Hz is what typical el cheapo LCD has. Most CRTs these days run at 80-100Hz.

  21. My internet on Nielsen Report Says Internet Usage Flattening · · Score: 1

    usage is definitely flattering...

    Oh, wait...

  22. I call on Arm Wrestling Robots Beaten By A Teenage Girl · · Score: 1

    ... Girls Power!

  23. Uh-oh on Job Market for Developers Evaluated · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Most of these "available" jobs are in fact advertisiments required by INS for someone's H1B.

  24. DSPAM on Interview With The SpamAssassin · · Score: 1

    DSPAM is what worked best for me. It is not easy to set up but definitely worth the trouble.
    As of today, 99.985% spam filtering rate.

  25. Re:Can't you turn this off on Linux? on Tracking a Specific Machine Anywhere On The Net · · Score: 1

    Yeah... you can turn this off on Windows too.
    Set

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Tcpip\Parameters\Tcp1323Opts = 0