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  1. You mean this guy?

  2. Re:I see an easy way on "Port Knocking" For Added Security · · Score: 3, Informative

    Any heavily accessed server would have to keep track of source IP. If the knock is abandoned by accessing the wrong port nobody would be allowed to enter as a new knock would start before the previous was finished.

    And if you track the source IP it is trivial to only allow connections from that IP to the server.

  3. Re:Fourth solution is even funnier than the third. on Netcraft Jokes About SCO's Virus Fears · · Score: 2, Funny

    Mormons, actually.

    Wonder why my brain edited out the second m there for a moment...
    Seemed reasonable too...

  4. Earth, Fire and Water!? on Software Installation/Update via Internet Patented · · Score: 1

    And I always thought the name was Earth, Wind and Fire...
    And can you patent a band?

  5. Re:Nobody's ass on the line? on Microsoft Raises Security Game, Notes Shortcomings Elsewhere · · Score: 1

    I posit that Linux developers have something rather important on the line; their reputations, professional and personal.

    I agree that Open Source developers has something on the line but it is not their reputation neither professionally nor private. It is, in my experience, their own pride. Not in the negative sense but in the positive. They do really want to make a positive contribution which is as good and clean as they can possibly make it.
    The reason for this is quite simple. Reputation as a open source programmer doesn't mean a rats ass when applying for a job. The chances for you to be found out is miniscule...

  6. More predictions for Sun to ponder on Merrill Lynch Rips Sun · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Inquirer also has an article predicting the doom Sun. It references an article by Eric S. Raymond at Newsforge found here.

  7. Re:Yes, but can it... on More on E-textiles: Electronic Smart Fabric · · Score: 1

    Wonder why I couldn't understand why you would want twisted pair in a public toilet...

  8. Re:VOIP may be data... on States Fight Internet Tax Ban, Cite VoIP Concern · · Score: 1

    Sorry, can't remember the details, both due to it beeing some years since I worked with modems and that I never was into the analog conversion bit.
    But for what its worth it required that transmit/receive was clocked by the same clock on the central side.

  9. Re:VOIP may be data... on States Fight Internet Tax Ban, Cite VoIP Concern · · Score: 1

    Nope, maximum data througput with 2400 baud is actually 28.8 kbit/s wich is 12 bit per state change. Actually the modem sends 15 bit per state change, IIRC, but three bits are used for error correction.
    When getting over 28.8 kbit/s you actually get in sync with the PCM clock and manipulates the 64kbit/s signal directly. Therefore you cannot use these modems where the transmitter/receiver is asynchronous nor where there is a true analog link somewhere in the switched line path. You cannot get 64 kbit/s this way since bit 0 is used for other purposes in the network.

  10. Re:Domain name.. on CNET News.com Turns 7 · · Score: 1

    Hmm, wonder if at.at is avaliable? at@at.at anybody?

  11. Re:Seriously? Arrest Microsoft, Inc. on Blaster Writer Caught · · Score: 1

    The Great Wall of Redmond.

    No, no, no: The Microsoft Curtain! Unfortunately it will be so full of holes anything may pass through...

  12. Re:Sooner is Better on GPL in Court - Good or Bad? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Why? If GPL fails your code will automatically revert to normal copyright wich AFAIK requires your permission to use it in any circumstance.

    The GPL is means to make your code more avaliable to the community, not for protection.

    The danger of GPL failing would be to keep any project distributed under the GPL together. All the contributors must then agree on a new copyright scheme and that is probably a showstopper...