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  1. MS track record on Microsoft Defends Passport To Privacy Group · · Score: 1

    This year so far security flaws and virus in MS products have cost over $10,000,000,000. Is MS going to pay the $10,000,000,000? No. Even if they improve security in the products 100X that is still a huge loss. Now lets ask how long is their Passport track record so far? 1 Month? Lets be real here, they make friendly products with lots of functionality. They do not make high reliability products. "Windows 2000 MTBF is published at 2800 hrs" $10,000,000,000 testifies they do not make high security products.

  2. Albert Einstein on Scientific Elites vs. Illiterates · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Or people of his caliber would be of no benefit to the Educational System in the US. He would be forced to use poorly written books. Teaching will be focused on just what will be on the skills assessment test. He will work for a system that is a complete bureaucracy and would have no say. The problem is the system. We need open competition in schools competing for your child. Why do we allow this huge monopoly? Why do they not teach things such as money management? Stock market? Business finance? How to write and carry out a business plan?

  3. Pioneer DVD-R already available at best buy on HP Introduces DVD Recorder · · Score: 1

    http://www.bestbuy.com/detail.asp?e=11071171&m=488 &cat=511&scat=514

    DVD-R disk is $11.99
    DVD-RW disk is $14.99

  4. Slashdot's new moto on Review: Tomb Raider · · Score: 2

    News for Nerds. Stuff that matters and other stuff

  5. Zero Knowledge product is for people with on Zero-Knowledge Ceases Linux Support · · Score: 1
    Zero Knowledge

    Is not for the standard *nix person.

    Protect your PC from malicious hackers Prevent Websites from tracking your activities Secure your passwords and personal information Block unwanted ads and speed up browsing

    can i say iptables/ipchains any number of filtering proxys and simple admin.
  6. This will be unpopular but. on Ethically Monitoring Your Kid's Net Access · · Score: 2

    almost 11 is just a child. NOT A SMALL ADULT. Some people get the two confused.

    You wont need to moniter her if you have both a strong relationship and rules. If the relationship is not there forget the rules, the relationship MUST be there first.

    Sensorware is only there to keep honest people honest. I use squid/squidguard with a php interface for banned sites. My son can add a site or remove a site from the blacklist. But he knows that I will be emailed a copy of the transaction.

  7. Just Business on Eazel Shutting Down, Nautilus Will Continue · · Score: 1

    Could not have planed it better.Make a company and get a bunch of outside investors to pay for software development, shut down, lose the investors, continue development with volunteers. Reform new company 3 years later. The only loss is employees and investors.

  8. how? on Hyperreality: The U.S-China Standoff · · Score: 2

    Does a supersonic jet "Mach 2.20 at 36,090 ft" get kicked out of the air by a slow "Maximum speed at 15,000 ft 380 knots true air speed" P3?

    Seems as if the Chinese pilot was a little close for this to happen. For the accident to happen the Chinese pilot had to be closer then 1 second "normal reaction time" this would put him within 640 feet or less then 1/8 mile. He could have avoided the accident otherwise.

    Note this still requires the P3 to have a absolute change in velocity to the direction of the Chinese jet in less then 1 second, so he was allot closer then the 1/8 mile.

  9. Not worried at all. on Eazel: The Honeymoon's Over · · Score: 3

    Partnered with Sun, Redhat, and Dell.. I am surprised they kept a sales force this long. With these they are going to get their product to 80% of the market. They are now going to be waiting for the product to start shipping. After and only after it starts shipping will there be endusers to buy services.

  10. Vote or your group wont matter. on Should You Vote? · · Score: 1

    Politicians care only about voters.

    Voters are divided into categories based on their social group.

    If you exist in a group "middle class single females under the age of 30" and a large enough section of your group doesn't vote then the politicians will have no interest in pleasing your group.Your group will be stepped on

    But small social groups with agendas will be voting in large droves. So their issues will be key issues with the politicians

  11. Does Bob Metcalfe support Journalism? on Linus, Transmeta, Proprietary Code and Metcalfe · · Score: 1

    I think that if Bob Metcalfe is truly a believer of journalism that he would at least practice it.


    OR IS THERE SOMETHING TERRIBLY WRONG WITH JOURNALISM ?

  12. It is a designed statement. on Microsoft Plans Media Player for Linux? · · Score: 1

    That is what Microsoft does


    Design Statements

    They have been found to be a monopoly, and are awaiting punishment, rumors or statements of this type may be used to make people feel all soft and warm inside, therefore reducing the level of punishment they receive.


  13. Nuclear Power is safe. on Chernobyl Reactor Restarted, Claimed Safe for Y2K · · Score: 1

    The US has around 128 Nuclear Power Plants not to mention all of our Nuclear powered Navy, which has been running for over 30 years. The Navy has lost two Nuclear subs the Thresher and the Scorpion. Neither has anything to do with nuclear propulsion Plants. One was lost the same place and time as a Soviet sub [hint], the other had a battery room explosion. There was TMI. The US had similar experience to Chernobyl with SL1 which was a portable Army Reactor "Two people Died". All in all I dont know of many other major industries with this kind of safety record. More people died making the Golden Gate Bridge.

  14. Re:Why this is *SO* wrong on Chernobyl Reactor Restarted, Claimed Safe for Y2K · · Score: 1

    Nothing melted down. liquid graphite "the coolant" changed to a gas(like water to steam) and Blew the top off.

  15. So much is done for linux on the desktop on Interview: Ask the KDE Developers · · Score: 1

    Why not do something for the Linux desktop?

    I have seen 99.9% of corporate desktop computer users either live within Lotus Notes or MS Outlook. With a small percentage actually creating anything other than an email. MS office is there on every desktop but is not really used beyond updating resumes, or spell checking..

    When will there be a Knotes or a Koutlook?

  16. Dell? Gateway? on Creative Labs to open SB Live Drivers · · Score: 2

    As large-scale vendors slowly move to add linux to their list of preloaded OSes. Perhaps they requested a driver from Creative. "Or we will have to use another Card" As it would be in Dell's or Gateway's best interest to limit the number of soundcards they have on hand.

  17. No Partition tool in Redhat and kernel 2.3? on Red Hat Linux 6.1 vs Caldera OpenLinux 2.3 · · Score: 2

    Quote "Red Hat doesn't include software to partition your" .. Checkout the /dosutils dir on the redhat cd. "kernel 2.3" sorry. (Unattended mode Caldera) (RedHat kickstart Floppy)

    Do a little more reading.

  18. Privacy act Statement of 1974 on Cookies, Ad Banners, and Privacy · · Score: 1

    I do no remember signing a disclaimer with them, and I do not think that they are part of the Criminal Justice System.

  19. No Suprise Here on Gartner Slams Linux · · Score: 1

    Steve Ballmer of M$ Spoke at a Gartner Group conference in Florida yesterday. I wonder if that was cash, credit, or check.

  20. Life would be already in the cell. on Can humans create life? · · Score: 1

    No life would be created as it would already exist in the living cell the foreign DNA is placed into. Better to say lifeform created because life was already there. Just the same as cloning except the dna has been assembled.

  21. Re:Grumble ... Another standard? on Socket Athlons by early next year? · · Score: 1

    It cannot be made to work on a socket 370 board, so in order to protect the consumer and AMD as well they need to make it different. Make it the same as socket 370, plug it into a socket 370 board, watch the smoke, and call your vendor for your RMA. That would cost them lots of money.

  22. I want kernel 2.4.0 so leave him alone on Linus Puts Shields Up · · Score: 1

    Let the whole world wait for 2.4.0 so he can answer the same question again? No the Linux revolution is not over. It is just hard at work.

    By the way when was NT5 "windows2000" due out? Maybe Microsoft should do the same for all of it's own people. Oh I am sorry they are all too busy faking emails.