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  1. So what exactly is new on Has P2P Become a Passing Fad? · · Score: 1

    about MS Network Neighborhood, File and Printer sharing and how will the RIAA get Billy to remove that feature from Windoze?

  2. Re:spam on Can You Raed Tihs? · · Score: 1

    Scramble spelled mail doesn't make it through my Spamprobe filter. Probably since if all words are suddenly scrambled, there would be no 'good' words to give the message a good score. The net result is that the spam words list just grows a little.

  3. Re:SPAM?!?!?!? on Can You Raed Tihs? · · Score: 1

    It will just make my SpamProbe word list a little larger...

  4. Reeding Sloshdat gaive mee on Can You Raed Tihs? · · Score: 1

    plentie prhactice in reedieng ani kaind of splelieng misstaiks flooentlie...

  5. Windoze network neighborhood on Google Wins the Filesharing Wars? · · Score: 1

    So, who's going to pay the license for windoze network neighborhood file sharing? Bill Gates? Not to mention VPNs. Get real.

  6. Maybe Dave should get an award on Dave Barry Strikes Back Against Telemarketers · · Score: 1

    Something like a big jackboot mounted on a pedestal, for kicking the telemarketer's asses...

  7. Physical security on Is it Just Me, Or Is Our Mainframe Missing? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    is more important than anything else. Some years ago, people stole from Harrods in london, by simply taking a whole cash register, while disguised as maintenance men.

  8. Cannot take back bull... on Universal Music To Cut CD Prices · · Score: 1

    What the clerk says and what the law says are usually two different things. Go and read your local Sale of Goods Act.

    BTW, Price Costco will take anything back if you complain and they are probably cheaper than most to begin with.

  9. Re:Just use alkaline AA batteries? on Fuel Cells To Appear In Laptops In 2004 · · Score: 1

    Hmm, I just put a car battery in my backpack...

  10. DMCA allows reverse enggineering on Microsoft Prepares Office Lock-in · · Score: 2, Informative

    Being one of the few people in North America that actually read the DMCA ;-) I can say that it explicitly allows reverse engineering for compatibility reasons.

  11. Visualabs on Seamless Video Walls · · Score: 1

    in Calgary already did that scam and Zelit, the main culprit, ran off to central Europe...

  12. Re:I don't understand. on New Competition For CodeWeavers: Aclerex · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There are many reasons to use wine. In a business case for instance, a company may have all applications for Linux, except for one or two tax or payrol related thing. In cases like that, wine is a good tool to facilitate migration to Linux.

  13. Buy more MS software please on CCIA Urges Dept. of Homeland Security to Avoid Microsoft · · Score: 1
    The more MS products the USA federal government and attack^H^H^H^H^H^Hdefense force uses, the better. I'm all for it.

    BTW, I'm Canadian...

  14. Embedded on GTK+ TTY Port · · Score: 1
    developers will love this!

    Don't dig up that Apple II from the dump though - it is still 32bit Linux...

  15. Nope, Spam is back again on NZ Spammer Shutdown Makes Big Difference · · Score: 1
    Spam dropped off between the 8th and 23rd, but came back in full force as from the 24th.

    I think it was simply due to the spate of viruses causing people to clean up their systems or shut down their servers - not due to this bloke.

  16. Re:Maybe I'm naive on Netgear Routers DoS UWisc Time Server · · Score: 1

    Not only that, why does it need the time so frequently? An update once a month would be OK.

  17. Re:The Slashdot story missed the interesting part. on SoBig: Worst is Yet to Come · · Score: 1

    Here's an idea - just send the open machines MSBlaster, that will make them crash and take them off-line, but isn't that what has been happening anyway?

  18. Re:Procmail finally on SoBig: Worst is Yet to Come · · Score: 1

    Get this: http://www.impsec.org/email-tools/procmail-securit y.html This program will protect you against all known, unknown, ancient and future e-mail viruses. Yes, it is that good.

  19. 100 BILLION LINES copied on SCO: Code Proof Analyzed, Linus Interviewed · · Score: 1
    from SCO Unix into Linux!!!

    Yeah right. Nice try SCO, but Austin Powers was actually funny you know...

  20. Sure, bring it on on SCO Prepares To Sue Linux End Users · · Score: 1
    I'd like to see SCO handle tens of millions of court cases.

    What a bunch of sad idiots.

  21. What is good for the goose on Samba Team Points Out SCO's Hypocrisy · · Score: 1
    is good for the gander.

    This principle is actually understood in Court - Equity.

    That was a well said piece by the Samba team, though it borders on slander in the last sentence...

  22. Growth rate on Open Source Community Approaches SCO · · Score: 1
    Well, at this rate, there will soon be: "A hundred billion lines of SCO code!" in the kernel...

    What a bunch of sad idiots.

  23. Damn, that blows on RPC DCOM Cleanup Worm Appears · · Score: 1, Insightful

    my whole business model...

  24. Re:home use?? on Power Electronics Help to Control Electrical Grids · · Score: 1
    Oh, that's easy. All you need to run your home lights from wind power, is a trip to the local car scrap yard.

    Get a truck alternator, a 24V truck battery or two 12V car batteries and a cooling fan from a large stationary motor. Fasten the fan to the alternator, Put a vane on the back and mount it on a pole.

    A slip ring will save you the hassle of the occational cable unwrap exercise, but it is not essential, the wind direction does not typically spin around much. This kind of thing is common in fishing villages with no electricity.

    A 12V or 24V supply is good for home lighting - you'll have less losses with 24V, but it may be easier to get 12V halogen bulbs. Having wind power for lighting may save you a few pennies per year off your electricity bill.

  25. Re:Switch to DC on Power Electronics Help to Control Electrical Grids · · Score: 1

    Uhm, no. The trouble with DC systems is the difficulty in converting the AC to DC and the DC back to AC. DC is used for very long transmission lines, eg. the line from Cahora Bassa in Mozambique to Johannesburg in South Africa. That I think, is a 1 Megavolt line of a few thousand kilometers in length. It uses power electronics to convert the DC to AC. This is very expensive and only worth the cost in exceptional circumstances. Consequently, there are only about 5 long DC transmission lines in the world.