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  1. Re:Flash != Evil on Flash Vulnerabilities Affect Thousands of Sites · · Score: 1

    You see, all that they need to do is release the player as open source.

    Of course, for those of us using 64 bit Linux, or other non Windows/Mac operating systems, Flash is really irrelevant (no player, hence no usability).

  2. Re:The current situation is awful. on HTML V5 and XHTML V2 · · Score: 1

    Do we have to chuck out everything we know about good design just because of the silly constraints of HTML/CSS?

    But you do have to chuck out the fundamental assumption of a layout controlled by the designer. That is not a silly constraint, that is a feature.

    Once you remove that, and everything else which depends on it, then apply what is left.

  3. Re:Interesting, but... on Cisco To Develop Third-Party APIs For IOS · · Score: 1

    Not a Cisco employee, but I have seen it in action last year. IOU runs on Intel Macs, and Linux definitely. I was told that it also runs on FreeBSD, but didn't see it in action on that OS.

  4. Re:What do you think? on Will ISP Web Content Filtering Continue To Grow? · · Score: 1

    Those home users need to use the Message Submission Agent port (587/tcp).

  5. Re:Spammers give up? Not likely on Are Spammers Giving Up? · · Score: 1

    My original line _is_ a wargames paraphrase. I expect Slashdotters to know it.

  6. Re:Spammers give up? Not likely on Are Spammers Giving Up? · · Score: 1

    Until you realise that the correct solution is not to play the game to the strong points of the AI. A DoS attack will always win. Overwhelm the opponent with brute force, regardless of your own casualties. Especially if you are willing to destroy the medium.

  7. Re:Call me old fashioned... on Sony's Flash-Based Notebook Reviewed · · Score: 1

    It isn't the battery life, it's the fact that yuo have a monitor _AND_ cabinet in that space which matters. Small form factor desktops aren't the issue (there's the Mac mini), but the lack of a keyboard and monitor severely cripples the mini's portability.

    You can move the entire setup wherever you like (or be like me and go to the occasional conference, but not need to move it anywhere else at all). I don't need a powerful PC, and a less powerful laptop, when one box sufficies for both needs.

  8. Re:The overlooked VBA aspect on Microsoft Faces Fight Against Online Office Rival · · Score: 1

    OOo has equivalents. They aren't pretty, but work.

  9. Re:I Agree in Theory but Not In Practice on Vuze Petitions FCC To Restrict Traffic Throttling · · Score: 1

    You could force last mile unbundling, in return for access rights.

  10. Re:Can Comcast block spam? on Comcast Sued Over P2P Blocking · · Score: 1

    The point is that using bittorrent, etc is not an AUP violation. Running a full fledged port block would be less problematic than the business of forging RST packets.

  11. Re:YRO Irony on NJ Spammer Gets Two Years Jail for AOL Spam Scam · · Score: 1

    Whitelists don't solve the problem of initiating first contact.

  12. Re:YRO Irony on NJ Spammer Gets Two Years Jail for AOL Spam Scam · · Score: 1

    Spam does not have a legal solution, it has a technical one.

    Spoken like someone without a clue. Spam is a social problem, not a technical one.

  13. Re:So march the Developers of war on Mandriva's Open Letter To Steve Ballmer · · Score: 1

    Also, stop using Microsoft file formats.

  14. Re:Still too laggy for FPS games. on Network Monitoring Appliance Looks Below 1 Microsecond · · Score: 1

    Just host your own server and make the Americans play against you.

  15. Re:Three Laws of Robotics on Robotic Cannon Loses Control, Kills 9 · · Score: 1

    The zeroth law is actually "A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm"

  16. Re:Layman's terms? on "All Quiet Alert" Issued For the Sun · · Score: 1

    Hmmm, the URL appears to have disappeared:
    This is the answer you are looking for

  17. Re:Layman's terms? on "All Quiet Alert" Issued For the Sun · · Score: 1

    This is the answer you are looking for.

  18. Re:Stop the anti-people ideology and you'll succee on Blog Action Day · · Score: 1

    That's ok. There's a few billion people in Asia who want your lifestyle, and will work for less than you can afford to cut your price down to. Don't worry, they'll probably move to the US some day.

  19. Re:Just block Russia on Profile of the Russian Business Network · · Score: 1

    There's that little problem with Comcast.

  20. Re:Thunderbird is awesome on Windows on Thunderbird in Crisis? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Just get your own domain, and have it hosted somewhere else.

  21. Re:Regulation. on Japanese Online Connectivity Ahead of EU/US · · Score: 2

    Good regulation can (and does) enforce the unbundling of services from the physical infrastructure.

  22. Re:See? Geeks are stupid... on Getting Gouged by Geeks · · Score: 1

    If you owe a man a thousand dollars, he controls your life. If you owe him a billion dollars, you control his.

  23. Re:No more HOV on D.C. Commuters to be Scanned With Infrared Cameras · · Score: 2, Informative

    Like making better mass transit available? Your problem is that cars don't scale up to high population densities. What you need is to get a solution which does not involve cars being used as your primary means of transport. Your current choices are: Mass transit, telecommuting, moving offices into mixed use neighbourhoods ... .

  24. Re:Anyone that distributes Linux to the masses on Major Linux Hardware Donor Is a CNN "Hero" · · Score: 1

    Ah, but recovering system administrators become addicts (or mental illness patients).

  25. Re:Ok on AT&T Denies Censorship, Won't Change Contract · · Score: 1

    But throwing people out for actively criticising your company is likely to lower your reputation in the Internet community.