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  1. Re:p2p is NOT DEAD... on Has P2P Become a Passing Fad? · · Score: 1

    yes. instead of having horribly slow ftp servers, you can download from a horribly slow p2p client with a 12.8 kilobyte upstream.

  2. p2p is lame to begin with on Has P2P Become a Passing Fad? · · Score: 0, Troll

    p2p is lame to begin with because the files were mp3(a data loss format). How often could you find a song you wanted in .shn (shorten files no loss). Plus, p2p is always the LAST place anything ever is. You can find the mp3's to a new cd you want on an ftp somewhere before you'll find it on kazaa or the gnutella networks.

  3. Re:eeh. on Ford To Move To Linux · · Score: 1

    ... And you are about as cool as a pair of penny loafers sorry if i offended any penny loafing gents out there ;-)

  4. Re:They'll come crying back on Ford To Move To Linux · · Score: 1

    you can save in ms office format in open office... and open office can read ms office stuff... this is not an issue

  5. Re:If the burden transfers... on PGP Universal - Usable Email Security? · · Score: 1

    ssl, on lans, are subject to man in the middle attacks, with and without certificates.

  6. Re:Has to be said. on Borland Releases New C++ Toolkit · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...and you are about as cool as a kick in the nuts

  7. Borland? on Borland Releases New C++ Toolkit · · Score: 2, Funny

    What the hell is borland... i thought microsoft was the only c programming language developer.

    j/k of course

  8. If the burden transfers... on PGP Universal - Usable Email Security? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The article states that the network is then responsible for decrypting and encrypting... it has to be clear text someplace on the network to begin with then. Doesn't that defeat the purpose? And, why is this necessary when the future 'ipv6' to be done by 2007 will be completely encrypted anyway (internet version 2 if you will).

  9. Re:The author is in a happy dreamworld on Alternative To Windows Desktops · · Score: 1

    ... tighter than most MSCEs could dream of

    looks like the author of the article isn't the only one making the mistake... ;-)

  10. Re:But what about on Linux Most Attacked Server? · · Score: 1

    If you manage to gain access to the box with a regular user account, chances are (if you know anything about writing your own local buffer overflows) you can escalate your privleges to uid 0.

  11. Re:But what about on Linux Most Attacked Server? · · Score: 1

    it's never been stunning to me that thousands of companies hire incompetent system administrators.

  12. But what about on Linux Most Attacked Server? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    During August, 67 per cent of all successful and verifiable digital attacks against on-line servers targeted Linux, followed by Microsoft "Windows at 23.2 per cent. A total of 12,892 Linux on-line servers running e-business and information sites were successfully breached in that month, followed by 4,626 Windows servers, according to the report.

    Just 360 -- less than 2 per cent -- of BSD Unix servers were successfully breached in August."


    I'm upset that they didn't mention the ratio of machines hacked... i.e. just because more linux machines that were hacked than microsoft doesn't mean that the ratio tells a different story. There might be more linux servers out there.

  13. Re:Support companies that support OSS! on NVIDIA's New Pro Graphics Quadro FX 3000 Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Yes, actually it does support linux... OPERATING SYSTEMS Windows(R) XP (WHQL-certified) Windows 2000 (WHQL-certified) Windows NT(R) Windows 98, Windows 95 Linux--Full OpenGL implementation, complete with NVIDIA and ARB extensions (complete XFree 86 drivers) Professional CAD and DCC Certifications

  14. Re:Games! on NVIDIA's New Pro Graphics Quadro FX 3000 Reviewed · · Score: 1

    /timerefresh ... 544fps

  15. Re:Could someone please explain ... on The Return of Apollo? · · Score: 1

    unless the government released that video to make you think exactly what you now think... muhahahah

  16. Who needs that archive on Historic Linux File Archive Created · · Score: 1

    I still have copies of most of those in my cd case and diskette case :/ matter of fact, that 486 i have in my garage runs redhat 4 on it...

  17. one more thing on RIAA Sues 261 Major P2P Offenders · · Score: 2, Interesting

    an mp3 is not the original quality off the CD, mp3 is a loss language which (unlike .wav and .shn files) means... do they really have a copyright on that mp3 as it's a modified version of the song?

  18. roll ball mouses on Sign Your Name Online With A Mouse · · Score: 2, Insightful

    what about the mice that are controlled with your thumb, you know the ball that you move. i doubt it would work well with one of those mice

  19. University of Central Oklahoma on Sign Your Name Online With A Mouse · · Score: 1

    I work for the University of Central Oklahoma, and they were asking me to write something that could do that for web verification for an online application for school enrollment. I found it rediculous as no normal person could make a readable sig with a mouse, and I told them so.

  20. Re:Security on InfoWorld on Switching to Linux · · Score: 1

    I sniff your VPN encrypted packets. reinsert the packets too the server, gain the replies, wait till i have enough weak packets then i crack your VPN password... Good try.

  21. Security on InfoWorld on Switching to Linux · · Score: 3, Informative

    I notice nobody has mentioned security... What about the fact that linux security is a lot easier to matain remotely than Microsoft. What are you supposed to do if some security flaw is released for microsoft and you're at home. You can't just run PC Anywhere... Plus, uptime is so much better on linux.

  22. Re:It will be outlawed on Blocker Tags to Protect Privacy From RFID Tags · · Score: 1

    Isn't it already illegal, RFID's are copyright... So aren't they circumventing copyright material.

  23. Field Day on Blocker Tags to Protect Privacy From RFID Tags · · Score: 1

    Criminals ought to have a field day with that some day. My dad was telling me about those things the other day, Wal-Mart is supposed to start using them within the next 5 years.

  24. Mail on Auerbach on Internet Cruft · · Score: 1

    mail didn't die when advertisements started being mailed, the internet won't die because spam gets mailed.

  25. It's not dying on Auerbach on Internet Cruft · · Score: 1

    It's not dying. It just wants to be patched.