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  1. Re:That's not okay. on EU Says MS Must Offer Other Browsers; Now What? · · Score: 1

    It bears absolutely no resemblance whatsoever to the browser issue under EU anti-trust laws, which existed before Microsoft did, and were therefore also being used to curtail corporate monopoly abusers before Microsoft existed.

    Not to be pedantic, but the EU was established in 1993. Microsoft was founded in 1975 and went public in 1986, so they existed before the EU and any of its legislation.

  2. Re:McNealy? on Obama Looking At Open Source? · · Score: 1

    If you're serious about database work, I'd look at PostgreSQL before even considering MySQL.

  3. Re:Where exactly are these "voting machines"? on Voting Machines Routinely Failing Nationwide · · Score: 1

    Indiana uses them in many of the counties. Marion (home of Indianapolis) and most surrounding counties use them, for instance. They're not Diebold, but they've had their share of issues.

  4. Encoding on Phishing Site Using Valid SSL Certificates · · Score: 1

    This will not change until we go back to a simple ASCII-based solution, without any encoding scheme.

    This comment shows you don't understand the mechanics of email. ASCII *is* an encoding, and a very limited one at that. What would you have people that don't speak English use? ASCII provides little to no support for international characters. This problem is more than a technical one, and can't be solved by the naive suggestions you propose.

  5. Re:Filesystem for large external storage for XP/Li on Portable Storage Guide · · Score: 1

    FreeOTFE can work with volumes created in linux.

  6. Re:etc-update STILL sucks on Gentoo 2005.1, Experimental Live CD Released · · Score: 1

    Use dispatch-conf. It can be configured to use RCS to keep previous versions, and automatically merge trivial changes.

  7. Re:There's a good reason on Israeli Army Frowns on D&D · · Score: 1

    Under the UCMJ (Uniform Code of Military Justice) in the US military, you are not required to obey an order that is either illegal or immoral. Doing so is your choice and you alone are responsible for it.

  8. Re:gentoo's debconf? on Arch In Depth · · Score: 1

    etc-update is a really easy way to hose your system. The recommended way to deal with config changes is to use dispatch-conf. This has the option of storing old versions of config files with RCS, and is much more intelligent at merging new files with old.

  9. www.NearlyFreeSpeech.net on What Are the Best Web and Email Hosts? · · Score: 1

    Check out Nearly Free Speech. They have a really neat plan set up, where you only pay for storage/bandwidth costs that you actually USE. In other words, they keep track of what you have stored on a daily basis and the bandwidth used on a daily basis and charge a flat fee per that unit. I set up a site 15 months ago for $35 and still have $7 in my account with them. You can cancel at any time and get the balance of your account back.

  10. Scorched 3D on Freeloading PC Multiplayer Party Games · · Score: 3, Informative

    Come on, no one remembers the original Scorched Earth? Now there is an open source, 3d version: http://www.scorched3d.co.uk/.

  11. Re:Did they fix problems with config files on Gentoo 2004.2 Released · · Score: 1

    Try using dispatch-conf and rcs. I'll bet you used etc-update. Dispatch-conf does a much better job of merging trivial changes. Out of 200+ config files that changed on my last emerge -uDv world, I had to look at 5. Plus, after rcs is setup, there are revisions kept of each merge so that you can go back to an old one if the new one is fubar.

  12. Re:Gentoo Ebuilds avalible on Linux Kernel 2.6.4 Released · · Score: 1

    Actually this:
    All That's left at this point is to do a make modules_install, and copy arch/YourArch/boot/bzImage to your boot partition. Oh and you should copy System.map too.
    isn't needed. Just do #make install, and it will copy System.map, the kernel and .config, plus change the vmlinuz symlink to point to the new version AND run lilo! How's that for service?

  13. Re:Specifics on Fixing Security Through Obscurity? · · Score: 1
    Most check fraud that does occur is people writing big checks on their own accounts that bounce, or it's people just forging checks, neither which you or your company have any part in.

    I investigate fraud for a major bank. The vast majority ( > 75%) of cases we get are counterfeit check cases. It is extremely easy to create checks that almost any retail store will accept.