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  1. The Slashdot Effect - Take note on Mobile Linux Project In Ammo Canister · · Score: 1

    What does the guy expect? Some of the images are nearly 2Mb and need to be resized to be seen on-screen.

    If you are going to post snaps of your latest project, please consider the design of your site - for we who are slash have little sympathy for ye of large files...

  2. Slashdot Effect - take note on Mobile Linux Project In Ammo Canister · · Score: 1

    Seriously, what do you expect? Some of the images are 2Mb and need to be shrunk on screen to be seen!

    If you wanna post pics of your latest project, think about the design of your site, us who call ourselves slash have little mercy for ye of large files.

  3. Re:l'etiquette d'cube at my company on Cubicle Etiquette? · · Score: 1
    2) Play your music on headphones

    My company still thinks it is productive to have programmers as backup-receptionists, so headphones are out.

    I hate this place.

  4. coming out in defense of "boxen" on Replacing SMTP? · · Score: 1

    oxen is the plural of ox.

    I admit that boxen is a stupid plural of box (should be boxes IMHO) but as a DEC VAX owner, I am quite use to reading "vaxen"

  5. Slashdot asleep at the wheel again.... on Asia Running Out Of IP Addresses · · Score: 3, Funny

    My fav bit... "Perhaps IPv6 will solve the problem."

  6. Re:Yes, there's a winner on DVD Recording - Is There a Winner Yet? · · Score: 1
    Just because Microsoft prefers it doesn't make it better...

    No, you're right. What it does do, however is give it a pretty good chance of living. Have you ever used Windows, for example :-)

  7. Think outside the square, GT on How Would You Argue for Open Source? · · Score: 1
    Couldn't you then consult to Red Warrior's company and code it for them?

    /me ducks

  8. All I needed to know... on Gardening for Geeks? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Another slash site told me all I need to know

  9. Is shockproofing necessary? on Rackmounts for Musicians? · · Score: 2, Informative

    You betcha, well, that is if your roadie is gonna toss your rack like he is gonna toss your Marshal quad. Solid-state == fragile-state, just think of your hdd platters :-)

  10. One I have done.... on Creative Uses for 5.25" Drive Bays? · · Score: 1

    I use to hide my stash behind one of them flimsy plastic drive bay covers... does that count?

  11. Bug or what? on Microsoft Refuses To Fix NT 4.0 Exploit · · Score: 1

    Let me get this straight, you have port 135 open to the world and want a software fix? hmmm....

  12. Vampires in Havana on What's Your Favorite Underappreciated Movie? · · Score: 1

    It's an animated film, about a young jazz musician who dosen't know that he is a vampire because his father gave him a secret formula to make him sun-resistant.

    Then the German vamps & the US mobster vamps get interested, because they all know that whoever holds his fathers formula will have power in the vampire world.

    It's a well crafted film with a great sense of humor and has more than a little to say about some of the bumps in Cubas history.

  13. Parent was moded "Funny"? on NetBSD Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Dying? We are all dying my son :-)

    NetBSD is an excelent OS. Some may prefer Linux, some may perfer NetBSD. Me, I use both!

    NetBSD might not be *your* particular brand of vodka on i386/x86 arch, but compare the progress of NetBSD on non-i386 archs to Linux on the same arch and, well, NetBSD is the ONLY real choice to make my uVAX more than just a space-heater!

    Dying, definately not. NetBSD is not an example of how great an open source OS can become.

    While I am here, a big thanks to all the NetBSD developers, where ever you are!

  14. One answer? on NetBSD Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary · · Score: 1
    people say that Linus was REALY active those days

    That's because there was no slashdot to keep them from their coding :-)

  15. Why write one when you can have one for free: on Do You Write Backdoors? · · Score: 1
  16. IRIX 6.5 vs Linux? on What High End Unix Features are Missing from Linux? · · Score: 1

    I use both IRIX and Linux almost every day, and I use Win2K in my nine-to-five.

    IRIX 6.5 on the desktop is nothing spectacular, and I am still waiting to see these amazing graphics on the o2 that everyone tells me there is.

    The only thing I would like to see in linux is system partitioning in an IBM/Sun kind of capacity.

    Oh but while we are on the topic of wishlists, how about free hardware for all? :-)

  17. One thing about going down on What High End Unix Features are Missing from Linux? · · Score: 1

    Speaking as someone who has wore one or two linux crashes over the years, an OS only goes down as hard as your backups & walm spares do...

  18. Newton for five years?!? on Five Years Later, Newton Still Going Strong · · Score: 1

    Do people realise the gravity of the situation? /me ducks

  19. obligatory Ellen Feiss reference on Do Scripters Suffer Discrimination? · · Score: 1

    Um, yeah. I spilt bong water *all over* this page here in K&R, and well ya know I had to parse and FTP some text files for a highschool assignment, and well my dad bought me a Mac and I couldn't get Borland Turbo C 3.5 to install, and I started hiding under the couch.

    I was sitting there for an hour and then it hit me! I could write a shell script, and um then I had another bong, and I'm not sure where the files went...

  20. Exactly! on Do Scripters Suffer Discrimination? · · Score: 1

    The more junior the staffer the more supervision they need. You didn't have time to learn Python & Ruby? (nether do I btw) - you should have at least had the time to watch over and guide him/her.

  21. I [am doing it] My Way.... on A Music Industry Case Study · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well, translating things to $AUD... here's my workings per 100CDs being completely independant:

    100 good quality CDs with cases - $100
    Ink Jet Ink + good Paper for cover - 100$
    $4.20/disk postage Aust Wide for disks not sold at gigs.

    Assume:
    75% of disks posted (not sold in person)
    Own web site for promotion
    Owns PC/MAC w/ Burner + Printer
    Owns instruments
    Time Burning disks, printing & cutting covers etc is free*.
    Time writing & recording music is free*.

    The first 25 disks in each box that are sold at the door at gigs are going to cost me $2.00ea = $50.00.

    The second 75 disks per box will have an extra $4.20 added - which is the cost of posting a CD anywhere in Australia via Aust Post. They will cost me $465.00 to produce.

    Total cost $515, avg $5.15 per disk.

    Charge $10 per disk at gig or over web, claim free postage for web customers.

    For each box of 100 you sell, you get $1000 cash, $485 of this is profit.

    So sure, I will need to sell 300 & 1/3 boxes of CDs to get the $161,909 that those guys got.

    Here's the big difference to me: I have a nine to five in a good profession, writing and performing is a weekend interest. I never intend for it to make a single red cent, if it does well good. I always assume that any costs I incur in my music making is money on a hobby.

    This has a distinct advantage or two, 100% artistic control, 0% risk as I am not relying on the cash for rent etc. I can take my sweet time and it never has to mean anything to anyone but me.

    -Idiot

    * - By free I mean that I am a hobiest. This is the time I was going to dedicate to the project anyway.

  22. Agree on Pennsylvania Court Forces ISPs to Block Porn Sites · · Score: 1

    I agree. Let them die a horrible death, and let the legal process take a bit of responsability. A lot of this seems to me like the legal process is as p*ssed off as the rest of us, but droping the ball just as they get to the goal line with stupid laws.

  23. D.A. predicted this in H2G2... on The RIAA and MPAA Target Day-Job Downloaders · · Score: 1

    "Time is an illusion, Arthur. Lunch time doubly so."

  24. Solution to banners/popups/spyware probs on Blocking Kazaa 2.0? · · Score: 1

    Get yourself a new hosts file, or update your DNS if you are responsable for one:

    NB: Updated hosts files are available on Kaz itself!

    I tried to post it below but the fsckin lameness filter squishes it!

  25. Solution to bandwidth probs on Blocking Kazaa 2.0? · · Score: 1

    This is what we did at my workplace. We created a couple of "secret" shares on a server, and everyone dumps their pr0n & mp3s into the same repository.

    This cuts the duplicate files coming in on Kazaa. Sounds silly but it works.

    The reason we don't mind Kazaa is we pay for 3Gb/month, what we don't use is lost so we pull in what we can at the end of the month.