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  1. Re:A literalist hacker helps you today! on IRS Leaves Taxpayer Data Largely Unprotected · · Score: 1

    No, you misunderstood - I fixed your error: Instead of receiving a refund of $237.13, he will now receive $0.00.

  2. Re:Secret shake on Linspire CEO dispels Linspire Linux Myths · · Score: 1

    Heck, people will never hire me due to my inane posts on Sloshdat, but in reality I am managing 5 FreeBSD, 2 RedHat, 6 Fedora, 1 Ubuntu, 1 Mac and 9 Mandriva Linux boxes, plus the usual zoo of Windows machines...

  3. Re:Why Home Routers Need To Know The Time on D-Link Firmware Abuses Open NTP Servers · · Score: 1

    Typically home routers don't do any logging (no disk drives) and Windoze/Linux/Mac all connect directly to the NTP servers, not to the router. So, the time should not matter to these things.

  4. Re:Easy fix on D-Link Firmware Abuses Open NTP Servers · · Score: 1

    Yeah, any half competent Linux hacker will have an incredibly fun time with this guy's 'problem'. However, I fail to understand why a Dlink router needs the time anyway - it cannot prossibly do anything useful with real time. This is just a stupid design. So even if one would return /dev/random as the 'time', it won't affect anything on those silly little routers.

  5. Re:Path to Justice on D-Link Firmware Abuses Open NTP Servers · · Score: 1

    Hmm, just get the time from /dev/random and send that to all dlink devices.

  6. Re:Not optic nerve. on Implants Allow the Blind to See · · Score: 4, Informative

    The optical nerve goes to the back of the brain.

  7. SysRq pedal? on Self-Parking Cars Coming To U.S. · · Score: 1

    Break pedal? I wonder whether that car has Prnt Scrn, SysRq and Scroll Lk pedals as well.

  8. Re:Thank you Jesus on Self-Parking Cars Coming To U.S. · · Score: 1

    Eeeow, you do realize that 1" = 1 inch...

  9. Re:AT&T on Alcatel and Lucent to Merge · · Score: 1

    The US wing will be called Freedom Electric...

  10. Re:ALL of the oxygen? on New Jet Engine Tested · · Score: 1

    Soooo, a SCRAM jet doesn't suck?

  11. Camera on 3D Face Imaging in 40 Milliseconds · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sounds like Kodak moment to me... :)

  12. Re:Punish? on How Open Source is Faring in Retail · · Score: 1

    BTW, for those who haven't noticed, that was tongue in the cheek. I do everything with Linux. Run my own 30GB mirror too...

  13. Re:Punish? on How Open Source is Faring in Retail · · Score: 1

    The Mandriva powerpack plus is a very nice selection - got everything you can dream of. However, despite that, I run my own mirror, which has everything beyond my wildest dreams. So when I do 'urpmi', it is lightning fast and it is easy to install new servers very quickly. :)

  14. Re:Punish? on How Open Source is Faring in Retail · · Score: 1

    Mandriva powerpack plus - Suse also has 6 or 7. However, if you want everything, then it is best to replicate an official mirror, which is about 30GB, or about 46 CDs. :)

  15. Re:Where can I get one? on How Open Source is Faring in Retail · · Score: 1

    Go to Google, type "barebones pc" and press enter. Not too difficult is it?

  16. Re:Punish? on How Open Source is Faring in Retail · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I have no clue why some people need to use Knoppix (a Linux variant) to boot a new machine to supposedly then download a driver for use on a Windows install. Doesn't make sense at all. Windows runs on anything and always has all drivers on a single CD - it doesn't even need the 7 CDs of a typical bloated Linux system and Windows is far easier and quicker to install than this Linux cruft.

  17. Re:great 'business' model on How Open Source is Faring in Retail · · Score: 1

    No, actually, the FOSS community doesn't give a hoot about market share or selling Linux in big stores. Market share simply doesn't matter - Who cares whether you sell 1 or 1 million widgets at $0? I promote it as a low maintenance solution to people who care to listen - typically charities are more receptive to this pitch than anyone else.

  18. Re:Courier on Sendmail Hit by Data Interception Flaw · · Score: 1

    The guides are at www.postfix.org and at www.dovecot.org.

  19. Re:Horrible. on CBS Coming to the Produce Aisle · · Score: 1

    I can feel the next Walmart 'torture' law suit coming on. Some time ago, the workers successfully sued Walmart because of those horrible Christmas carrols that they used to play for 6 months every year...

  20. Re:"Completely transparent"? on World's First Completely Transparent IC · · Score: 1

    Depends on the angle. It does reflect some light. It has a gold hue where there are conductors and a green hue where not. If viewed head on, you can see through it. Though it is somewhat less transparant than cheap home window glass, it is more transparant than gold flashed office window glass.

  21. Re:But.... on Linux 2.6.16 released · · Score: 2, Funny

    You'd think - until you encounter a really old web server running RedHat 6.2. It almost completely, but not quite, doesn't run Linux... ;)

  22. Re:What are we supposed to use? on Card Processing Software May Store CC Info · · Score: 1

    OK, but what is a 'reciept'? I need a Sloshdat Dictionary...

  23. Re:Cold on Mars Rover Spirit Down a Wheel · · Score: 1

    Yeah, you are correct correct! ;)

  24. 2 years into a 90 day mission... on Mars Rover Spirit Down a Wheel · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hmmm, typical NASA project, 21 months late and far over budget. :)

  25. Re:Cold on Mars Rover Spirit Down a Wheel · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sure, they can provide transport - one way - and there is that little niggling problem with orbit insertion and parachute deployment that sometimes crop up... :)