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  1. Re:May 15th, 2005? on Star Wars Episode III : Birth Of The Empire · · Score: 1

    Isn't that a Sunday?

    Depends on which galaxy you're in, this one, or the one far, far away, where Lucas lives.

  2. SPF and DomainKeys complement each other on Yahoo Submits DomainKeys Draft To IETF · · Score: 4, Insightful

    SPF tries to assure the sender of the message (MAIL FROM, return-path, whatever you want to call it) is legitimate. DomainKeys can be used to assure the author of the message (From: header) is legitimate.

    I quote this from the very top of the SPF FAQ itself:

    "Protecting authorship information is an important goal. However, the technical issues associated with protecting the "From:" header are much more numerous and challenging. The best way to protect the header "From:" is by using a cryptographic signature such as S/MIME, PGP, or (when it is released) Yahoo DomainKeys."

  3. Re:Maybe... on How Apple's Mail.app Junk Filter Works · · Score: 2, Informative

    I assume web bug images aren't filtered out if they are, for example:

    http://host.com/images/1F59C6EA.jpg


    You assume wrong. The guy you're responding to said they remove offsite image tags. So unless the images are embedded in the email (i.e. not web-bugs), they aren't displayed.

    You cannot filter web-bugs and still leave images pointing offsite, obviously.

  4. And more... on Apple Releases iTunes SDK for Windows · · Score: 0

    Who will be the first to get a webserver interface created for iTunes?

  5. Finally! on Apple Releases iTunes SDK for Windows · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Now I can create an icon for the taskbar that will make it easy to control iTunes. This is how their icon should work now, but doesn't:

    Single-click: toggle play/pause (update icon when paused).

    Double-click: next song in playlist.

    Right-click: context sensitive menu (same as now).

    Hover: Display tooltip with album artwork and other information, including info on next track in list.

    Obviously these should be user-configurable actions, but those defaults would be nice.

    Then if they'd let me hide the program in the taskbar when minimized, I'd be all set.

  6. Re:Is this worth a story? on Safari Falls Victim to Remote Code Exploit · · Score: 1

    You could add some code to check comments and signatures for links, following the links with perl (including redirects), and look for unwanted stuff along the way.

    We do this on our forums to prevent people from posting links to certain things, e.g. sites that require basic auth logins, etc.

  7. Re:A government agency with financial discrepancie on NASA's Finances in Disarray · · Score: 1

    but Sam Waksal and members of his family (who did make illegal trades) either got a slap on the wrist or got off scott-free.

    Slap on the wrist? Scot-free? Sam Waksal has been sentenced to pay 4.3 million and spend 7 years in jail, which he will report to on July 3 (so far he's been under house arrest).

  8. Are you sure about that? on Google to be Sued Over Name? · · Score: 1

    I could have sworn they were named after this guy.

  9. Also on Eigenfaces Online Service · · Score: 4, Funny

    It helps if you know the language.

    My first attempt matched me up to a very nice looking female.

    Too bad I'm a male.

    So that's what kvimmen means.

  10. Re:One difference between Google and VA Linux on Google IPO Swami · · Score: 1

    No, then again I'm not buying shares in Google, just pointing out why VA Linux stock is worth nothing.

  11. Re:You know, he's doing a bayesian survey on Google IPO Swami · · Score: 1

    First of all, most people who enter the contest won't be experts like the pilots of your example.

    You mean, the people entering this contest will be the unwashed masses, pretty much like who'll actually be bidding on the Google IPO?

    I think you may be on to something!

  12. Re:Higher price on Google IPO Swami · · Score: 1

    The "I'm smarter-than-you, so I can make a quick buck off this..." gang is really better off sitting this one out.

    Or bidding at a sane price level.

  13. One difference between Google and VA Linux on Google IPO Swami · · Score: 1
  14. Re:A complex way to point out simplity. on The Logic Behind Metric Paper Sizes · · Score: 1

    I sure as hell hope you're not writing that from England.

    Like they can talk...

    Put another shrimp on the barbie?

  15. Re:Insurance go down?? on Road Marker Marks You · · Score: 1

    Ummm... that logic was referring to the CD and DVD players. I never heard anyone imply the cost of CD's and DVD's was at the current level due to costs.

  16. Re:Pass the crack on Bloggers Assail Movable Type's New Pricing Scheme · · Score: 1

    Inventing something specifically to make money off of it is a huge driving force in innovation.

    To you crazy liberals, that's also known as GREED, right? I mean, to want to capitalize on something means you're just plain greedy.

    Luckily the people that invented most cool things today had an incentive to do so. Very rarely are cool things made and given away out of the kindness of someone's heart. Does that make these inventions bad?

    If so, I propose that you give up every invention whose creation was driven by the desire to make money.

    Honestly, you'd probably die.

  17. Re:Hey, babe, I got the cure... on Anti-HIV Virus Developed · · Score: 1

    The Brookings Institution on the so-called FairTax:

    Too bad the article was written 6 years ago and doesn't address FairTax.

    Their opinions on it are flawed, especially those you cited above. The sales tax would not affect poor anymore than the wealthy, due to the way FairTax calls for refunds every month to cover taxes paid for the first $X of purchases each month, to cover the poverty line.

    I won't bother continuing since you're AC and won't even see this.

  18. Re:No good for slashdotters... on Anti-HIV Virus Developed · · Score: 1

    Dont worry guys... it will be available in tablet form soon...

    Errr.... isn't the joke that slashdotters couldn't possibly be infected in the first place?

  19. Re:Hey, babe, I got the cure... on Anti-HIV Virus Developed · · Score: 1

    you can't touch the clit directly just as it is painful to rub the "head" of a man if he is not aroused

    Not only have I touched a clit directly, and she loved it, but I have NEVER experienced "pain" when someone was touching any part of my penis, let alone the head, let alone when unaroused. You must not have a penis, or much experience with them.

    And now I would like to propose an experiment...

  20. Re:Guys looking at Porn on New E3-Shown Games Push Sexual Envelope · · Score: 1

    She was expecting some nasty funky stuff or something, based on how bent out of shape people get when you say "Playboy Magazine".

    What people get bent out of shape re: Playboy?

    Hustler, Penthouse, Barely Legal, yeah... but Playboy? Gimme a break.

    Then, she showed me her Cosmo. The very same Cosmo that is stocked at the eye-level height of an 8 year old. WOW! She convinced me, and I am not a faithful subscriber.

    I don't look at Cosmo much, but correct me if I'm wrong, this is a women's magazine showing women in attractive clothing/makeup. It's not like most women are buying this magazine to get off.

    So, the story of the future is this: moral outrage about Leisure Suit Larry, extending into perpetuity. But nobody is going to notice the racy programs that will be marketed to girls in the future.

    No, the story is this. Moral outrage will come from conservatives towards anything that makes them uncomfortable.

    Sorry, I just don't buy the "oppression of men's porn" theory.

  21. Re:Welcome to the world of ... on Google to Distribute Image Ads, Plans Email List Service · · Score: 1

    It is when the stockholders don't have any power.

    P.S. They aren't a public company yet, so this line of reasoning is moot anyway.

  22. Re:As I said before he is still going to win on OptInRealBig Wins Restraining Order On SpamCop · · Score: 5, Insightful

    As long as he is fully following the federal can spam act rules he is on strong legal grounds.

    To continue spamming, maybe. But how is he on strong legal grounds to force a company to stop classifying his email as "unwanted," when that is exactly what spamcop does. They take complaints, record them, munge them, and pass them on to service providers.

    CAN-SPAM says "you can spam, if you do it this way, and you won't be sued or thrown in jail." But it doesn't say other people can't filter you, file complaints against you to your ISP, etc.

    This is retarded.

  23. Re:I'm booked until Christmas... on DOOM III This Summer · · Score: 1

    OK, so she's not hot, then.

  24. Re:Great Results on The Man Who (Really) Makes Google Tick · · Score: 1

    Followed in 2nd and 3rd position by Jimmy Carter and Michael Moore.

  25. Re:Photo and PIN on Cash Card / Credit Card?? on RFID MasterCard · · Score: 1

    Sorry, if someone can remember a 7 or 10 digit home phone number, they can remember a 4 or 5 digit pin.