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  1. Re:How can this be "interesting" ? on Still No Contact from Beagle 2 · · Score: 1

    You can't blame them when the majority of the civilized world used metric weights and measures.

    Then again, the majority of the civilized world thinks there is a god or gods... but I should digress here.

    In short, workers: please, read the nice specifications - or at the very least the page that said: "All measures are metric. Yes, this applies to you, Cleetus."

  2. Re:... there are 40 or so data types.. on Paul Mockapetris On The Future of DNS · · Score: 2, Funny

    A real geek always knows where she is on the Internet.

  3. Vivisimo! on Better Search Results Than Google? · · Score: 1

    Don't look now, but you just did!

  4. Everything in this thread... on No More Leap Second? · · Score: 1

    should be modded as redundant.

  5. Re:No shit on MPAA Fights Pirates with Gentle Threats · · Score: 1

    We should only share what belongs to us. When we buy information-oriented things such as a CD, we don't buy all of it.

    The CD is in my possession - I own it, yet I can't do anything with it.

    I guess this is there the 1/10th comes into play in the "Possession is 9/10ths of the law."

  6. The point? on GM's OnStar System Hacked · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If you can afford a car with OnStar in it you can afford to pay the monthly fee.

  7. Rampant Christianity on Cube House · · Score: 2, Funny

    You insensitive clod! I don't celebrate Christmas!

  8. One gripe about LOTR battle scenes on Message in a Battle · · Score: 1

    When I was watching the movies I noticed that many of the soldier's motion seemed very mechanical. Especially at Helm's Deep, there is at least one archer whose motions are clearly not fluid as a human's. This was duplicated at throughout the movie and Return of the King.

    Course, this is better than having six extras in a battle, or copy/pasting the same people over and over.

  9. Re:How to make Windows Better... on Microsoft Sends Linux Survey · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Funny, I listed that as the thing they _should_ do. Hell, I don't use Windows - what do I care about the sheep that do?

    What I do care about are the morons who are too inept to update their computers. The morons who are still forwarding about viruses and who are still vulnerable to Code Red. Its those types of users that make me wish Microsoft thought a little less of its users.

  10. Re:Reminds me of Sony on Washington Post Covers iPod Battery Ruckus · · Score: 2, Funny

    Think of it the same way you think of, say the World's Fair, or a concert. Sure they gouge you for water ($4/half liter vs a buck anywhere else), but you get more than water and plastic for that extra $3: You get a memory of the wonderful event.

    Given that, wouldn't you rather "remember" your Apple hardware more often?

  11. Re:Blooper? on Interview with Peter Jackson on LoTR Bloopers · · Score: 1

    This information (regarding publication) is recounted on the Extended DVD for The Two Towers.

  12. Re:Joke in Topic! on Interview with Peter Jackson on LoTR Bloopers · · Score: 2, Informative

    And for caching we all know about memcached, right? slashdot. uses it, and so does Livejournal.

  13. Re:Closet on Building Rackmount Cabinet for Home Use? · · Score: 1

    Why waste closet space on computers when they could be better used on clothing? ;)

    Best bet: Stuff the server in the basement. I have mine down there (SMP P3s with 5 hard drives) and I would be astounded if it got over 35C in the past six months. Not to bad considering the temperature outdoors is a balmy -8C.

  14. Re:All this really makes me wonder... on Examining an Automated Spam Tool · · Score: 1

    Man it would sure SUCK to host any high traffic mail lists at 1 cent per mail.

  15. Re:Fedora Core 1 not supported on Evolution 1.5 has Been Released · · Score: 1

    Its a sign from above! Repent, ye Red Hat sinner!

  16. Re:As an Evolution user for about a year... on Evolution 1.5 has Been Released · · Score: 1

    If you run an X server on your Windows machine (X-Win32, for example) you can start Evolution on a remote machine with ssh forwarding through PuTTY, or with the DISPLAY envvar or --display flag to Evolution.

    So, in fact, you can "run" Evolution on Windows.

  17. Re:Wohoo, congrats to the developers on Evolution 1.5 has Been Released · · Score: 1

    I've created my own rules with Evolution which seem to catch 98 out of 100 spams. With a little effort you could write your own rules.

  18. Encryption and Big Brother on The Death Throes of crypt() · · Score: 2, Funny

    Its stories like this that remind us that Big Brother would chew through any encryption a user might have.

    "Oh, 2048 bits? *yawn* We'll have the results for you in a month."

  19. Bring on the spam! on RSA-576 Factored · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "plz plz plz plz join my team i wan the money so i can git a d8 4 da prom!"

    Can't wait to see that from the people who have no idea what encryption is for.

  20. Re:Would you break the Lego WTC? on New York City, LEGO Style · · Score: 1

    Are you referencing your comment or the one above it? I feel that if one is going to slander, or "talk shit," if you will, that he or she should take the time to point out to which he or she is referring to.

    For example, if I were to say "This poster has no sense of humor." I would have clarify to the reader so he or she doesn't think that I'm talking about myself (which, my therapist tells me is narcisistic and really messed up when she talks about herself in the third person).

    So please, think of the children!

  21. I'm waiting. on New Low Cost DVD Burners Hit The Streets · · Score: 1

    I bought a 2x SCSI cd-r for $400 when it came out (it even came with a nice ISA SCSI controller). It took almost 50 minutes to burn 650 meg. A few months later wouldn't you know it, there are 4x IDE, then 8x, 10x. I bought a 10x IDE (SONY CD-RW CRX145E, so says /proc) and its lasted.

    The moral of the story is: I'm going to wait for all these corporations to settle out their double density quadroople side, 40,000x, R+/-W and all that jazz before I buy a DVD burner. The bonus is that the price will be low enough that I can afford it (cool deal, huh).

  22. Gentoo on New rsync Released to Fix Vulnerability · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is what got the cracker in (plus the brk kernel thing) into the Gentoo Rsync server. All fixed now tho!

  23. Re:RSYNC on Gentoo rsync Server Compromised [updated] · · Score: 1
  24. Re:RSYNC on Gentoo rsync Server Compromised [updated] · · Score: 1

    Quite possibly from the ability -- which only I possess -- to read other person's thoughts and join #gentoo-dev.

    Now, whoever modded the original to "overrated" ? Oh come on. The connection this "incident" has to Gentoo is that it was a Gentoo rsync mirror. I could see the hype if the machine was under Gentoo control - but seriously now.

  25. Re:Wanna bet... on Gentoo rsync Server Compromised [updated] · · Score: 1

    Did you RTFA? _REMOTE_ exploit, not local.