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  1. Re:What services will be online? on World IPv6 Day On June 8 · · Score: 1

    I'll be running IPv6:

    • smtp server
    • IRC server
    • dns server
    • ssh server

    etc.

    Obviously not all these servers will be open for anyone to have a play with, but there is already a lot of software which is v6 friendly.

  2. Re:What we want? on Game Genres — Descriptive Or Restrictive? · · Score: 1
  3. Fuck 'em on SABAM Wants Truckers To Pay For Listening To Radio · · Score: 4, Interesting

    They have either paid for the music on CD, or the radio stations have already paid their dues.

    What's next, people who whistle getting charged for public performances?

  4. Re:examples... on Zynga and Blizzard Sued Over Game Patent · · Score: 1

    QM Promisance

  5. Re:"awesomely bad 80s graphics" on 'Tron: Legacy' Director Explains the Tron World · · Score: 1

    The BBC Micro used to have a separate speech processing module in the early 1990s.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8wyUsaDAyI
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Micro#Optional_extras

  6. Security checks on Explosive-Laden California Home To Be Destroyed · · Score: 1

    It's a good thing the USA has all their airport security checks to stop these things getting on to their soil.

    Oh, wait ...

  7. Re:Hmmm on FreeNAS Switching From FreeBSD To Debian Linux · · Score: 1

    Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]

    Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

    It says 6.1 for me (7 x64 Pro).

  8. Re:If he has my sensitive data... on 40 Million Identities Up For Sale On the Web · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you're in the UK then as long as the data isn't held securely by him then yes. The UK's data protection act requires that all information that can be used to personally identify an individual is held securely.

    If you're in the UK you can also use the Freedom of Information act to request any information he's holding about you, but for that he can charge a nominal fee, which is how he's probably planning on making the money invested back.

    A former member of the metropolitan police and corrupt? Don't colour me surprised.

  9. Re:Not to fanboi all over the place... on Nielsen Recommends Not Masking Passwords · · Score: 1

    My Motorola V3i does this.

  10. Re:what about smb speed-ups? any?? on FreeBSD 7.1 Released · · Score: 1

    i found that my poor samba speeds came from the nic on the windows machine. once i'd swapped that out for a spare intel 10/100 pro i had kicking around i was getting the expected 12Mbyte/s.

  11. Re:That's easy. . . on Artist Wants to Replace Lost Eyeball With Webcam · · Score: 1

    Until they are defrosted and are given chase by Archer (Way to ruin the franchise Bacula!) and get the message off to the delta quadrant.

  12. We use ... on Choosing a Replacement Email System For a University? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    We use a combination of Squirrelmail and some homebrew imap and smtp servers, which ultimately are going to be tied in to a Shibboleth SSO solution.

    Most of our systems are homebrew and rely on cron jobs to update the AD (or the mysql db with an AD dump .. i'm not sure which way round it goes these days)

    If you've always used out of the box software then outsourcing your services is probably the best idea, even if it would be more cost-effective to hire a couple of beardy unwashed hackers for a few months to put something together and keep one on for long term support.

  13. Re:"mindshare" is not a word. on A Mythbuster's Biggest Tech Headaches (and Solutions) · · Score: 1

    mindshare is indeed listed in the online OED. Sometimes working at an academic institution has its advantages.

  14. Re:Mr Fusion? on Startup Claims to Make $1/Gallon Ethanol · · Score: 1

    No, but the flying circuits were burned out by the lightening strike, it was in the letter.

  15. Re:The real scandal is the phony license key on How Pirated Software Impacts Free Software · · Score: 1

    In my experience (however, Microsoft UK may be different), if you use the OEM key that came with the machine and a vanilla OEM cd and that pairing fails to activate, the operator for the phone activation procedure asks a few simple questions, and they give you a new activation code.

    Subsequent re-installs to the same machine using the same key then work without failing activation.

    And they pass WGA too.

  16. Re:don't tag this 'SHARKS' on 67-Kilowatt Laser Unveiled · · Score: 1

    How are they showing originality if they are just doing what you say?

    They're not, which is what makes it funny :-)

    I don't think you know the meaning of that word.
  17. Re:HAN SHOT FIRST on Harrison Ford Turned Down Han Solo Role · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If there is only one shot, how can someone shoot first?

  18. New title revealed! on New Stargate Series In the Works · · Score: 2, Funny

    and its called ...

    CSI: Cheyenne

  19. Re:I WANT ONE! on Machine Gun Sentry Robot Unveiled · · Score: 1

    I personally prefer yelling:

    Hang on a moment, we just need to get the blood from the sacrificial chicken.

  20. Re:So have the Win multicore bugs been worked out? on Valve's New Direction On Multicore Processors · · Score: 1

    I haven't tried HL2/Episode 1 yet on that CPU, but everything else I have works fine.

    When you do let me know if you get the famous audio stuttering bug, that my rig can't beat.

    gpu: nVidia GeForce 7100
    cpu: AMD Athlon 64 3500+
    snd: Creative Audigy 2 ZS
    ram: 1.5Gb DDR


  21. This is just wrong .... on Suit Blames Videogames for Homicides · · Score: 1

    I was under the impression that Americans were shooting each other centuries before Sony was formed.

  22. Re:Sweet on Labs Compete to Build New Nuclear Bomb · · Score: 1

    On slashdot, only karama whores post memes

  23. Re:Can't wait to see the licensing fees on SCO Claims Ownership of ELF To Court · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thats okay I only have 2 numbers on my hard drives, 0 and 1

    But I'm still not paying the idiot tax.

  24. Re:Funny base joke on Extortion Virus Code Cracked · · Score: 2, Funny

    Thanksgiving is on the same day as Halloween?

    Now I understands what all the Americans are _really_ giving thanks for

  25. My back up policy is ... on What is Your Backup Policy? · · Score: 1

    Remember to change the tapes!

    the cron scripts don't work otherwise!

    #!/bin/sh

    # Daily backup script

    rm -rf /var/db/mysql_tmp
    mkdir /var/db/mysql_tmp /usr/local/etc/rc.d/000.mysql-server.sh stop
    cp -R /var/db/mysql/./ /var/db/mysql_tmp/ /usr/local/etc/rc.d/000.mysql-server.sh start
    find /home/*/public_html /home/*/Mail /var/mail /usr/local/www/ /etc -newer /root/backup/last_backup -and \( -type f -or -type l \) > /root/backup/daily_increment
    find /var/db/mysql_tmp \( -type f -or -type l \) >> /root/backup/daily_increment
    touch /root/backup/last_backup
    tar -cT /root/backup/daily_increment
    mt rewoffl
    cp /root/backup/daily_increment /var/log/backup
    mv /root/backup/daily_increment /root/backup/daily_increment.`date "+%Y%m%d"`

    and

    #!/bin/sh

    # Weekly backup script

    rm -rf /var/db/mysql_tmp
    mkdir /var/db/mysql_tmp /usr/local/etc/rc.d/000.mysql-server.sh stop
    cp -R /var/db/mysql/./ /var/db/mysql_tmp/ /usr/local/etc/rc.d/000.mysql-server.sh start
    touch /root/backup/last_backup
    tar -c /home/*/public_html /home/*/Mail /var/mail /usr/local/www/ /var/db/mysql_tmp/ /etc /usr/local/etc
    mt rewoffl
    echo "Full weekly backup of /home/*/public_html /home/*/Mail /var/mail /usr/local/www/ /var/db/mysql_tmp/ /etc /usr/local/etc" > /var/log/backup