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  1. OK... good on Using the Real ntfs.sys Driver Under Linux · · Score: 2, Interesting

    OK, but I imagine having to load all that would take a toll on performance. How fast does it run, and more importantly, how can a free (read: non-encumbered) version of this be made?

  2. Someone took it... on SSC Trademark Threats vs LinuxGazette.net · · Score: 1

    According to a GoDaddy WHOIS request:

    Domain ID:D92984598-LROR
    Domain Name:LINUXGAZETTE.ORG
    Created On:10-Dec-2002 10:34:35 UTC
    Last Updated On:24-Nov-2003 21:53:31
    UTCExpiration Date:10-Dec-2003 10:34:35 UTCSponsoring Registrar:R52-LROR
    Status:
    OKRegistrant
    ID:1068 6362381480
    Registrant Name:Ultimate Search
    Registrant Street1:GPO Box 7862
    Registrant City:Central
    Registrant State/Province:HKRegistrant
    Postal Code:NARegistrant
    Country:HKRegistrant
    Email:dns @ultsearch.com
    Admin ID:10686362384500
    Admin Name:DNS Support
    Admin Street1:GPO Box 7862
    Admin City:CentralAdmin
    State/Province:HKAdmin
    Postal Code:NAAdmin
    Country:HKAdmin
    Phone:+852.85225379 677
    Admin Email:dns@ultsearch.com
    Tech ID:10686362391430
    Tech Name:DNS
    SupportTech Street1:GPO box 7862
    Tech City:CentralTech
    State/Province:HKTech
    Postal Code:NATech
    Country:HKTech
    Phone:+1.85225379677
    Tech Email:dns@ultsearch.com
    Name Server:NS1.ULTSEARCH.COM
    Name Server:NS2.ULTSEARCH.COM

    Looks like some porn merchant took it. However, only the .com, .net, and .org are taken. Still can take .us, .biz, etc

  3. Can we get a dictionary or grammar checker here? on Get to Know GnomeMeeting · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    i'm-to-ugly-for-video-chat dept

    Don't see the problem? It's TOO ugly for video chat, not TO. What is the educational system in this country coming to when people can't even tell the difference between too and to? Do UK/Canadian/non us people have this problem too?

  4. Re:Starting a PAC to lobby for sensible copyright on Diebold To Drop Suit Against Whistleblowers · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yeah, sure, $10 million against the multibillion dollar RIAA. $10 million is chump change to them.

  5. Question.... on Who Owns The Facts? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Then nobody can copy the yellow/white pages either.

    Quick question: does it have to be a corporation owning the database, or can it be a private individual?

  6. Hang on, the counts are all off.... on What's Wrong with the Open Source Community? · · Score: 1

    One thousand, one hundred and sixty-nine

    I added all the numbers from the description, and I got 1172. Someone want to confirm?

  7. I just wrote about this! on Planned California Bill Targets Video Game Sales · · Score: 1

    In the Bloodvertising /. discussion, I just wrote about how the parents groups are going to go nuts over the newest advertising thing.

  8. I'm a University of Wisconsin Madison student... on Need... More... Power... · · Score: 1

    In the dorms, they provide us with one ethernet port, one telephone, and three electrical sockets per student. Enough, in my opinion. But they don't let us plug in more than one computer into the network.

  9. Re:The "security blanket" factor on Javascrypt · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Well, you could just start up a cert org for producing Javascrypted certificates. Being a certification organization is primarily a trust issue. Open up your certification procedures, i.e. do you check an applicant's credit card, do you retain copies of drivers license, etc, or do you only require an email address, etc. Get yourself backed by an org like Truste, who will vouch for your integrity, etc. Then lobby for Microsoft, Netscape, and Mozilla to accept certs issued by you as valid, and you're ready to go. The technical issues behind creating a certificate are easy. If you want to read more into this, I suggest Googling for the Java 2 certification production scheme, etc. You can probably write up a quick scheme to create certs, sign them with your key, etc. After all, what is a cert? It's simply a document saying "Yup, site ______ can be trusted", signed with your private key. Then any MS, Netscape, or Mozilla client can simply validate the certificate using a widely available public key.

  10. oh yeah... on Acclaim Tries Bloodvertising To Promote New Game · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Shaun White, Communications Manager at Acclaim, said: "The concept of 'Bloodvertising' ties in with our marketing strategy and sticks to the theme of blood and carnage which is consistent throughout the Gladiator video game."

    Terrific. The parent and "think of the children" groups are going to have a field day with this. Blood dripping into the streets? Yup, someone in a high place is going to be told about this and raise a firestorm.

  11. That was about as clear as mud...... on Economics of File-Sharing · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Such a system might, for example, reimburse listeners for a certain amount of music that they find unsatisfactory with cash, free music, or music vouchers.

    How does one define "unsatisfactory" with music? Kind of complicated to measure.

    File sharing is not simply theft.

    Correct. It is not theft, it is copyright infringement, a civil issue. You can't go to jail over it, but you can over theft.

    In an extreme case, the labels might begin to impose costs beyond the actual search and production costs for which listeners are actually interesting in paying just to feed the bottom line. That is exactly what the recording industry did well before file sharing existed. The result? Alienated and disgruntled customers.

    And the industry continues to do so. It hasn't reduced prices since CDs came into existence, which is at least curious, since the cost of pressing those CDs must have dropped through the floor since then.

  12. Re:Confusing? on Phoenix Sounds Death Knell for BIOS · · Score: 1

    No, if you want only a 3 letter acronym, it's (26)(26)(26) = 17,576

    Without stuff like SUX, etc, that probably drops it at least a 1000

  13. All I want to know is.... on Halo - Warthog Cloned, Red Vs Blue DVD-ed · · Score: 1

    How much is the Gatling gun attachment, do I get unlimited ammo, and how much would a full Master Chief uniform cost me?

  14. Re:mirror on Project Plex-Box · · Score: 1

    Well, damn.

    How did he get one of those big gameboys? Did he scratchbuild it out of wood or something, or did he get it from Nintendo? I know Nintendo had some blown up (nonworking) gameboys for conventions and stuff.

  15. Idiots... on 20 Years of Virii · · Score: 1

    Interestingly enough, when said researcher applyed for research funding to look into a blanket solution to this possible 'virus' problem, he was turned down."

    While I really doubt that this researcher would have been able to find a blanket solution, perhaps he would have been able to at least create awareness about virii/security problems, and maybe we wouldn't have these holes in SMTP and everything...

  16. Bad... on SCO Letter to Fortune 1500 Now Online · · Score: 1

    Yep, really, really bad. For those of you you didn't read the link, he's referring to tha fact that SCO stock was roughly 14 at close on Friday, then jumped to 15.33 on Monday, and now it's about 17. Incredible jump considering it's been on a decline recently, and been holding at 14 for about... a week or so?

  17. Bastards.... on SCO Letter to Fortune 1500 Now Online · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Yeah, this letter just about sums up Darl's stupidity.

    Not to plug myself or anything, but I did reg scolawsuit.com, scolicense.com, scoreport.com, and scofiles.com and scofile.com, and pointed them all to a small web site. I also got a few web addresses to do a 90 day countdown thing. It'll be up tomorrow, hopefully.

  18. As we're on the subject of publicity... on OSDL Answers SCO With Kernel Awareness Campaign · · Score: 2

    As we're on the subject of publicity, what about mentioning that I regged scoreport.com, scofiles.com, scofile.com, scolawsuit.com and scolicense.com, and pointed them all to a small website?

    I also regged a few more domains, and I'm planning on pointing them to a second website, which is going to be a little more fun.

    Hey SCO, if you're reading this, you are a moronic bunch of jackasses.

  19. MORE! MORE! on Could Google Be SCO's Next Big Target? · · Score: 1

    No, we need lots more. We need to stay up to date with the SCO saga. Why? Because SCO is threatening the very life of Linux. Is this a pro open source site or not? SCO is threatening the very blood of open source, the GPL, and you people want to have less SCO? Bad! We should have daily SCO stupidity stories. I've even taken the liberty of registering a few good domains to tick SCO off :-)

  20. Let's hit the politicians with their own medicine. on Spammers Pleased with 'Anti'-Spam Act · · Score: 1

    What about spamming them? Each person is a separate advertiser, right? So each slashdotter can fire off one message /day. Even if the pols try to unsubscribe, it's a combination of senders and advertisers, right? So one slashdotter can authorize the rest of the slashdotters to send an email, then another, etc.

  21. Re:The losing side... on Medal Of Honor - Rising Sun Readied For Japan · · Score: 1

    I think games like this would be a nice change of pace from the standard "one-man army" type of games we've been seeing for a while

    What about the US Army's An Army Of One slogan? Besides, if it's not the one man army thing, then you end up directing stuff, tanks, fighters, supply stuff, etc. Then it's a strategy game. If you want that, try Starcraft.

  22. Can it sing it as... on Synthesized Singers · · Score: 1

    Marilyn Monroe singing "Happy Birthday, Mr President"?

  23. Re:Shelf it for now.. on Son of Concorde · · Score: 1

    More like 4 times the price....

  24. Re:Just tried this out on Apple's iTunes DRM Cracked? · · Score: 1

    For academic purposes, huh? Academically researching Britney Spears songs, right?

  25. NO! on Apple's iTunes DRM Cracked? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No, people, this is NOT a good thing! Can't people figure out when there's a good thing happening, that they should sit the hell down and let it be? Think about it. Apple's DRM was pretty easy to break, just write the songs to CD and rip them back, without DRM. But the RIAA will use this as an excuse to put more and more DRM, more and more legislation. They'll say, "Well, whatever the computer industry puts out, hackers break it, so we need more legislation." And the Senate, House, and Bush will sign anything into law! Come on people, this is a bad THING!