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  1. Re:Karlan Mitchell on Hope For Fixing Longstanding Linux I/O Wait Bug · · Score: 1

    2.6.28 introduced an option for Preemption.

    (Processor type and features --> Preemption model.)

    Pick voluntary kernel preemption.

  2. Re:Looks like we've moved from NIMBY to BANANA on Telecom Rollouts Raise Ire Over Utility Boxes · · Score: 1

    But not everyone's gonna be able to have a box in their yard. How's that going to be handled? First come first serve?

  3. Re:can i break the wireless on Dell's Subnotebook To Ship With Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    Are you serious!?

    If so, laptops these days usually have a "WLAN" switch that can turn off the radio.

  4. Re:Who watches the cops? on Police Secretly Planting GPS Devices On Cars · · Score: 2, Funny

    Park your car in view of your security camera. You do have a security camera, right?

    But doesn't that defeat the purpose of having a car?

  5. Re:Not the end state on Do Not Call Registry Gets Glowing Reviews · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yes, that's true.

    http://xlr8.us/hofo/map.txt
    You have to turn on "Call Restriction Support" and "Security > Settings > Restrict Calls".

    Google for details.

  6. Re:I don't see that. on Tools To Squash the Botnets · · Score: 1

    Someone wrote some network program (in Java) that needs to get the computer's external IP. (Probably some P2P app.) And your friend's site is the "perfect" way to get it.

  7. Re:hands up on Google Vows to Increase Gmail Limit · · Score: 1

    Make sure you have all that data backed up. For under $8 a month, you couldn't really expect them to want to keep your data backed up safely, especially since it's 300GB. And they might drop you if you use up too much of that.

  8. Re:He wouldn't have been caught... on MySpace Worm Creator Sentenced · · Score: 1
    Judging from his personal website, I'd say that he would know how to stay anonymous if he chose to. He didn't even think that it would cause trouble:

    I have hit 1,000,000+ users. In less than 20 hours, I've hit over 1/35th of all myspace users. Every request is from a unique, living, and logged in user. I refresh once more and now see nothing but a message that my profile is down for maintenance. I messed up, didn't I. I'm now more afraid and decide I am never doing anything even near illegal ever again. To get my mind off of everything, I begin downloading a copy of the latest Nip/Tuck episode. 1 hour later, 7:05 pm: A friend tells me that they can't see their profile. Or anyone else's profile. Or any bulletin boards. Or any groups. Or their friends requests. Or their friends. Nothing on myspace works. Messages are everywhere stating that myspace is down for maintenance and that the entire myspace crew is there working on it. I ponder whether I should drive over to their office and apologize. Another attempt to free my mind of worry, I go back to watching some episodes of The OC which I downloaded a few days earlier. File sharing rocks. 2.5 hours later, 9:30 pm: I'm told that everything on myspace seems to be working again. My girlfriend's profile, along with many, many others, still say "samy is my hero", however the actual self-propagating program is gone. I'm relieved that it's back up as they can't claim damages for any downtime past this second if everything is in fact working properly. 10 minutes later, 9:40 pm: I haven't heard from anyone at myspace or FOX. A few minutes later, my girlfriend calls, I pick up, and she says to me, "you're my hero". I don't actually get it until about three hours later.
  9. Badidea on Toyota Creating In-Vehicle Alcohol Detection System · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's not always your fault that you get into an accident. How would you defend from drunk drivers that aren't in a state of mind to care about his own life or the lives of others?

  10. Re:If there were no logs of searches... on U.S. Government Wants Google Search Records · · Score: 1

    Of course, it only takes finding one open port to be able to run a proxy server on the outside and get unfiltered internet access. I'd have to find a way to change IE's proxy settings without going into Options, as that's blocked. My school has Netscape installed, which has proxy settings I can change.

    I also found 3 ports that go to the Internet unfiltered.

    The admins will have no idea what's going on when the porn filter doesn't work. :)

  11. Re:f3\/\/L slashdotting ur 0\/\/N blog....before.. on GP2X Linux Handheld Makers Don't Understand GPL · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What would be so wrong with posting a blog entry on slashdot even if there were ads?

    As long as the content is good and worth it, it's better than those sites that publish pre-written articles just to get indexed by Google.

  12. You have to be more specific on Slashback: Dry Mars, Wet Doc, Keyboard Teaser · · Score: 1

    The bitches'll be on me like gnats on a dog's dick when I attach mine to my laptop at the WiFi hotspot.


    Attach what to your laptop? Your dick or your keyboard? Well, I guess technically, the former is already attached to your laptop.

  13. Unlimited energy? on Tapping Trees for Electricity? · · Score: 1

    Its a renewable source and its an unlimited source, he said. Its virtually untapped. The issue is clean energy and its readily available. There are trees everywhere.

    So how much energy can one drain from a single tree? And would it harm it in any way? The energy has to come from somewhere.

  14. Doomed! on Retrofitting an iPod into a Geiger Counter · · Score: 1

    So now the RIAA masks itself as radiation? We're doomed!

  15. Re:Idea for keeping your data from the feds on File System Forensic Analysis · · Score: 1

    Well, everything would be on ramdisk. The box would be rigged to cut the power when it's opened.

  16. Idea for keeping your data from the feds on File System Forensic Analysis · · Score: 1

    Get a laptop, install Linux, and install SSH. (With swap off, of course.) Connect it to a local wired network. Put that laptop in a box with an UPS and that's wired to cut the power when it's forced open.

    There. When the police bust in to do a search warrant, they'd force the box open and wipe all the info. ;)

    And it might be useful to rig SSH to wipe the data if a certain password is entered. Just in case they force you to give it.

  17. Re:Ummm on Build Your Own Chat-Cord · · Score: 1

    How about us Linux users? I'd like to develop my own software.

  18. Idea - Using a Voltimeter? on Chat Online with Cordless Phone · · Score: 1

    I'm thinking that a voltimeter would help with the trial and error. Like if you use it to try to find where you can connect the wires. I don't think that would damage anything either.

    Would it work? I don't have much electrical experience so I don't know.

  19. Mod parent down immediately on The Philanthropic Arm of Google · · Score: 2, Funny

    Aah! My virgin eyes! *rinses eyes out with acid*

  20. Re:Depends on Computer Crash Reactions Examined · · Score: 1

    Err, I accidentally deleted my home directory. Can you help me restore those daily backups you made?

    Sincerely,
    Your Boss

  21. Re:Go away, you don't exist on Shootout: 'rm -Rf /' vs. 'Format C:' · · Score: 1

    I think this is because the terminal stuff in /dev/ don't exist anymore.(But /bin/login somehow survived.)

  22. Writable NTFS with Knoppix on System Recovery with Knoppix · · Score: 1

    NTFS is read-only in 2.4 kernels. In the latest knoppix CD, I believe that there is an option to use the 2.6 kernel to write to NTFS.

  23. It's actually simple.. on Will Google Launch A Browser? · · Score: 1

    There would be an image or an iFrame on amazon's page to google's servers, and it will record your global ID along with what you did.

    The cookie only stores the ID which will have data in google's database.

  24. Re:mount: only root can do that on Longhorn Will Have Ability to Ban External Storage Devices · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I think he means that *nix can already stop nonroot users from mounting hardware.

  25. Re:Integrated Intel i845GV graphics on The Linux Incompatibility List · · Score: 0

    Hmm, this smells like a Dell/MS conspiracy.