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  1. gentleMEN on Implications Of The Recent Hash Function Attacks · · Score: -1

    it is TIME to SWITCH to ELLIPTIC curve CRYPTOgraphy Which has PROVEN itself to be more secure than STANDARD NUMBER theory.

  2. Re:There was a physical link.. on Austrian Physicists 'Teleport' Light Over 600m · · Score: 1

    that's called quantum entanglement and is actually not what they did in this experiement. rtfa

  3. issue? on EB Demands Payment From Victim of Theft · · Score: 5, Insightful

    how is this even an issue? the law clearly states that they must hold the goods for a certain amount of time (10 days
    if I'm not mistaken before they're given away. The article says she went to the store after two days and they had already
    sold her playstation. They clearly violated law and should be reported to the authorities, not the manager as she did.

  4. analogies suck on Linux & Microsoft as a Cold War? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    nux is a feudal state with Linus as their King, he dictates what people do and has executive powers over the direction linux
    goes. sure, you could fork your own state, but the food (developers) and land (users) is limited, and you're likely to be screw
    ed over by another state (sco).

    yeah, cause analogies are always correct.

    btw is slashdot broken, i post like once per week and keep getting 'call it a night cowboy!'

  5. I mostly agree.. on Ars Technica: Deep Inside KDE 3.2 · · Score: 0

    I switched from blackbox to KDE 3.1.4 and ugh, talk about visual clutter. after tinkering about with it for a while I made my desktop actually usable, but it took far too long.

    ok, I can understand the need for AA-fonts, but just what exactly are those shaded AND animated menus for? what's the point of the applet that just has a fish going across the screen? a clock, cpu display, network monitor, date display, and timezone applet? why is this all on by default? I use like 1% of kde's features and now it's pretty usable, but you need to know how to customize kde, and many newbies don't.

    I can definately see where the misunderstanding that KDE is slow and bloated comes from, a shame that it's for such a trivial thing..

  6. Re:can someone please tell me on DVDCCA Claims Patent on CSS · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    look i know it's offtopic but i would still like to know and taco isn't answering

  7. javascript is horrible on Learn How to Program Using Any Web Browser · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    not only does it's syntax suck (think java), but it's full of exploits, ever heard of the site lastmeasure? jesus

    when I see a web page that requires js (like orkut), I just shake my head and go elsewhere.

    Truly, if there ever was a bad idea, this is it.

  8. the article is wrong on Danger Of Strong Electromagnetic Fields · · Score: 0, Informative

    it mentions that negative-ion generators produce ozone, but this hasn't been so for at least 10 years in which time the production of air filters has advanced to a level where a commercial generator only makes 10pAV ozone per cubic meter, which is so little it has zero effect on the environment.

  9. so on Putting a 1.48GHz Tualatin CPU in an Xbox · · Score: 2, Interesting

    so when are we going to see some consoles with 1MB level1 cache? that would totally improve performance, more than upping processor speeds

  10. be happy on The Useless Meeting Wack Jobs · · Score: -1, Redundant

    that you even have a job, some of us aren't that lucky.

    sigh

  11. yay on Sun Opens Cobalt Code · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    now the whole three users of this software can rest assure the open sores hackers will find a million holes in it and hack their servers.

    stop supporting a product and disclose the source so it isn't your fault when it happens, nice work Sun!

  12. Re:Nasty mirror - You have been warned! on Israel's Finance Ministry To Distribute OpenOffice · · Score: 1

    it didnt redirect me.. maybe you have a virus??

  13. i'll submit the story of on Mitnick Calls for Hacker Stories · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    how the GNAA hacked slashdot

    go niggers!

  14. FreeBSD on Unix Network Programming, Vol. 1 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    is really great for network programming, it has one of the cleanest APIs and fastest TCP/IP stacks ever make. I swear if my boss makes me move to linux I will quit the job, it's that good!

  15. problems in test9 on Linux Kernel 2.6.0-test10 Released · · Score: 5, Informative

    i had some serious problems with my usb mouse in test9 (while it worked in test4 and before), and i don't see any mouse related fixes in the ChangeLog, so for now I guess usb mouse users should stick with older releases.

    i really hope this gets fixed before 2.6.0, especially since it worked before..

  16. Re:File sharing networks on MP3.com's Content to Be Destroyed · · Score: 2, Insightful

    http is universal, while p2p protocols require special applications which might be a pain to run/weren't ported to your OS.

  17. eh? on MP3.com's Content to Be Destroyed · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    This is Privoxy 3.0.2 on localhost (127.0.0.1), port 8118, enabled
    No such domain

    Your request for http://p2pnet.net/ez/index.php/news/content/view/f ull/155/?eZSESSIDnews=66abd82c3bd5cfb215e483f00f37 0eac could not be fulfilled, because the domain name p2pnet.net could not be resolved.

    This is often a temporary failure, so you might just try again.
  18. heh on Whistle While You Work · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    this whole situation could be neatly summed up with a word starting with P, although I can't remember what it is even if it'd save my life.

  19. karma on USPTO To Reexamine Eolas, SBC Patents · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Today I'll be spinning on a Wheel
    I'm a slave to a Wheel
    And there isn't any stopping
    What mistake(s) could I have made?
    I'm a slave serving time for a life that I've forgotten.

    I'm a slave of Karma
    Spin the Wheel and I'm a king reborn
    I'm a slave to Karma
    I'm coming back, yeah, I'll be coming back
    But for the last time.

    Today I'm a king on the Wheel
    Still a slave to the Wheel
    But this time around I'm smiling
    Keep me cautious, keep me safe, just in case there's a chance
    I can leave this Wheel behind me.
    Stand in the Middle and you won't get dizzy
    Stand in the Middle and you won't fall down
    If you stand in the Middle you can keep your balance
    Stand in the Middle while the Wheel spins round and round...

    I'm a slave of Karma
    Spin the Wheel and I'm a king reborn
    I'm a slave to Karma
    I'm coming back, yeah, I'll be coming back
    But for the last time.
    I'm a slave of Karma
    Spin the Wheel and I'm a King reborn
    I'm a slave to Karma
    I'm coming back, yeah, I'll be coming back
    But for the last time.

    How do all the Wheels inside the Wheels revolving,
    Go on, and on, and on, and on, and on...
    Spinning on the Wheel the souls of One evolving,
    Live on, live on, live on, live on, live on...
    Anyone who claims that they know the answer's coming back again...

    Who's at the center of the Wheel
    The inventor of the Wheel
    or another spinning servant
    I'm the Master of my Wheel of my very own Wheel
    Universal and recurrent

    I'm a slave of Karma
    Spin the Wheel and I'm a King reborn
    I'm a slave to Karma
    I'm coming back, yeah, I'll be coming back
    But for the last time.

  20. excellent on Global Warming Brings Better Wine · · Score: 1

    now we can drink ourselves senseless with quality vino while ruining the planet for countless of millions of years in the future!

    is it just me or is science getting more decadent every year. the supposed brightests minds humanity has, have nothing better to do than this?

  21. MOD PARENT DOWN on The Anatomy of Cross Site Scripting · · Score: -1, Troll

    Since code is inserted under a different site, it can take advantage of variables which are accessible only to that specific neo and trinity die the matrix is rebooted site. Commonly the flow is then redirected to an attacker controlled script to perform certain actions.

    nice try!

  22. Re:Tip on Trouble Getting to SpamCop? · · Score: 3, Informative

    or just add one of their nameservers to /etc/resolv.conf

    ns1-117.akam.net
    ns1-11.akam.net
    ns1-109.akam.ne t
    asia3.akam.net
    ns1-93.akam.net
    ns1-90.akam.ne t
    use1.akam.net
    ns1-73.akam.net

  23. SpamCop costs on Trouble Getting to SpamCop? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's been reported that SpamCop is paying upwards to $30K / year for bandwidth as a direct cause of the continous DDOS attacks on it.

    The spammers are doing everything they can to squeeze the anti-spammers out. They use frivolous lawsuits (aka Mark Felstein and his porn spamming backers) or DDOS attacks that either knock the anti-spam resources off completely or increase the costs so that no hobbyist can run them.

    And while all this is going on, the law enforcement agencies are doing nothing to counter the clearly illegal acts of the spammers.

    And ISPs are doing NOTHING to reduce the number of zombies on their networks. So the DDOS attacks continue.

    Nice going.

    It's only a matter of time when someone (Al Queda?) will use the zombie network for something that will truly be noticed.

    Proletariat of the world, unite to kill spammers

  24. Diebold and Civil Disobedience on CNN Reports on Diebold · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Civil Disobedience is a great example of how democracy should work.

    A law made by "the people" is made to represent the best interest of "the people" in general. It should be fair and in proportion, and that should be the basis for obedience to that law. Making theft illegal is in everone's best interests, because it should protect your posessions.

    When a law is out of proportion, unjust, or in any other case plain wrong, it is no longer in the best interest of the people in general, and thus should be void. "The people" ignore (break) the law, because they in general do not agree with it.

    The ability for the public to act this way should prevent government agents from making laws for their own benefit (corruption). The public has a means of protecting their public interest.

    If the voting system is corrupted, it's in the publics best interest to expose this. I'm not aware of who leaked the memos in the first place, but linking to material available on the web should not be punished IMHO.

    I think it's utterly wrong to place responsibility of the counting of votes in the hands of a commercial enterprise, not if they don't give full and in-depth insight in the process, and allow auditing at every level at any time. Not because I'm an open source zealot or "liberal", but because I trust a commercial enterprise as far as I can throw them, and that's not very far...

  25. Re:At least this proves on CNN Reports on Diebold · · Score: 1, Troll

    of course he doesn't..

    corporate interest controls the media.