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  1. Re:Hmmm on Microsoft Continues Anti-OSS Strategy · · Score: 1

    I built my FreeBSD server from the ground up. I did a base install with no services. Then installed what I needed from the ports. I don't run X or any other junk, and the server's running pretty lean.

    It isn't fantastic, but it works decent enough...

    Here's what top says:

    CPU states: 0.0% user, 0.0% nice, 0.4% system, 0.0% interrupt, 99.6% idle
    Mem: 24M Active, 11M Inact, 18M Wired, 5052K Cache, 14M Buf, 496K Free
    Swap: 112M Total, 71M Used, 42M Free, 62% Inuse

  2. Re:Hmmm on Microsoft Continues Anti-OSS Strategy · · Score: 1

    You can have IIS, AD and MSSQL on one machine. It is not recommended, but it is quite possible.

    And wholly crap do you need a lot of RAM to do that. MSSQL by itself is quite a RAM hog.

    I think the GP meant that it's a lot easier to do it on Linux boxen... On my little Celery 400 with 128MB of RAM running FreeBSD 4.9, I have MySQL, Apache, PHP, dhcpd all running with little overhead.

    One reboot in the last year, and that was because I accidentally kicked off the switch. Pissed me off too because uptime was over 280 days.

  3. Re:Hopfully the guy was inocent. on Using Google Maps to Get Out of a Traffic Ticket · · Score: 1

    It is my right as a citizen of a free country to be considered innocent until proven guilty

    Really? Then why have the US actions in Guantanamo Bay gone largely uncontested? They DO jail their own citizens indefinitely without trial. They take US citizens from US soil to a place not under the Geneva convention.

    That's a ficitcious right that doesn't really occur anywhere in the world, including Canada (Look at Ernst Zundel.)

  4. Re:Rollback this. on One Step Away from Changing Daylight Savings Time · · Score: 2, Informative

    We have these nifty fucking things called ELECTRIC LIGHTS now

    Thing is, I think the point of this bill is to conserve energy dude...

  5. Re:But it *is* a console game! on Review: Battlefield 2 · · Score: 2, Informative

    MOHAA was fantastic for a while, but it too was buggy, and let's face it, the door trick made the game stupid. The beach assault level was wonderful for a while, then became impossible because of the door campers.

    There was some truly wonderful objective levels in the game, and the sequels did pretty well, but alas, its time has passed.

  6. Re:Wait a minute... on Microsoft Sues Google For Hiring MS Exec · · Score: 1

    Sounds like you know what you're talking about... Exactly how could Apple quantify damages? If anything, such a site adds more hype to Apple, and Apple benefits.

    The only thing Apple can seek is punitive damages; there probably aren't any statuatory damages in this case right?

  7. Re:Wait a minute... on Microsoft Sues Google For Hiring MS Exec · · Score: 1



    Here's more info on California's non-compete legislation.

    </karmawhoring>

  8. Re:Wait a minute... on Microsoft Sues Google For Hiring MS Exec · · Score: 1

    Big difference. Apple suing little guy has a good chance in succeeding; not many normal people can bankroll their defence, including thinksecret.

    Apple v. Microsoft != Apple v. Thinksecret

    The playing field is a little closer to level on the left than it is on the right.

  9. Re:Wait a minute... on Microsoft Sues Google For Hiring MS Exec · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Called a contract. If you're stupid enough to sign a contract that says you couldn't get another job, then the burden is on you.

    Not in California. Apparently they've made laws against those pesky "non compete" clauses.

    Microsoft going after Google is kind of funny - the employee had a contract with Microsoft. Google was under no such agreement. Good luck with this one Microsoft. Maybe going after the employee would have worked, but going after Google? What are they, SCO now?

  10. Re:It is a tiny problem for them on Cell Phone Records for Sale · · Score: 1

    Where can I buy this "foo" you speak of? Suddenly I want one now tha Bob and Brad have one.

    You get "foo" from the "bar"

  11. Re:Correct... on Open-source Licensing: BSD or GPL? · · Score: 1

    Per Apple:
    . Darwin integrates a number of technologies, most importantly Mach 3.0, operating-system services based on 4.4BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution)

    My point was that Apple's taken a bunch of stuff from BSD and created their own OS from it and based OSX on that...

    I'm not certain of their contribution to BSD, but I'd bet it's not as good as if BSD was GPL'd...

  12. Re:Oh crikey, not another one! on New Ubuntu Foundation Announced · · Score: 1

    Debian stable, Gentoo, and fedora should be the only free distro

    Doesn't Ubuntu have its roots in Debian? Why should we ditch Mandrake or Slackware? I happen to like Mandrake a lot.

  13. Re:Oh crikey, not another one! on New Ubuntu Foundation Announced · · Score: 1

    See, you've got different markets listed there. Yellow Dog is pretty much redhat for PPC.

    Suse and Redhat are going after the enterprise market, and are out to profit by providing enterprise level support.

    Lycoris and Linspire seek to take over the desktop market.

    Ubuntu and Gentoo are free, open distros, and AFAIK Gentoo isn't really something that's commercially available....

    Caldera - isn't that SCO??? Do they even matter?

    It's all about choice my friend.

  14. Re:Danger Will Robinson, Danger! on Open-source Licensing: BSD or GPL? · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yeah, because Darwin isn't a fork off the FreeBSD project right???

    Ask the authors of Konqueror what they think of Safari...

  15. Re:SCAMS every where on Shopping Online · · Score: 1

    What I do is have stuff shipped to Pt. Roberts or Blaine and walk it across. It's UPS brokerage fee that rapes you. It goes from bad to terrible really fast.

    I use The Letter Carrier mostly. $2 and they hold the package for you.

    If you want, they'll mail forward to you. It's still cheaper than UPS brokerage fees.

  16. Re:IBM isn't relevant in the PC area. on Ballmer: 'We'll catch Google' · · Score: 1

    Isn't IBM one of the largest patent holders out there? AFAIK they patent and license all sorts of technologies out there. I woulnd't dare call them irrelevant.

  17. Re:Makes perfect sense on Sun Steps Back from Linux JDS · · Score: 1

    MOD PARENT UP PL.... oh, wait, I forgot I had mod points!

    Unless /. has changed, I don't think you'll be able to MOD the Parent up lol...

  18. Re:This was inevitable on Sun Steps Back from Linux JDS · · Score: 1

    Although I admit, FreeBSD is a bit of work to get the firewall turned on. I did it, I got it to work. Then I got myself a firewall / router appliance instead. Although I agree, while iptables is nice and complicated, PF just makes sense to me...

  19. Re:This was inevitable on Sun Steps Back from Linux JDS · · Score: 1

    You can't be serious? color ls? tar with gzip, bzip support? You were doing so well until those points lol...

    I mean, c'mon, my OS is superior because when I ssh in I get ls in color??? There's plenty of performance and security reasons out there to like Solaris.

    Would use chose a Redhat box over a Solaris box to run an Oracle DB?

  20. Re:Intolerable on France Will Be Home To Fusion Plant · · Score: 1

    I knew some moderator would mod me down... Sometimes this site can really piss me off...

    While I'm against over-logging, I find the greenpeace attitude towards BC forestry practices a bit over the top...

  21. Re:Intolerable on France Will Be Home To Fusion Plant · · Score: 0, Troll

    Logging

    The day I see one person from greenpeace wipe their ass with cloth, or read a book made from hemp is the day I'll respect them. Until then, they lack credibility with me. They still wipe their ass with toilet paper like everyone...

  22. Re:What's wrong with windows firewall on What is the Best Firewall for Servers? · · Score: 1

    Get off your high horse. For most people's purposes, Windows Firewall is adequate.

    Depends on how much you want to keep the data. The more time you invest in keeping your servers safe, the less down time you'll have to deal with, and the less data loss you'll have.

    No matter what, your first line of defense is a sound backup policy. Everything else can be defeated.

  23. Re:Ridiculous on Second Indymedia Server Seized in UK Within a Year · · Score: 1

    For some reason I thought it was bigger haha... Just read the wikipedia article.. Still there's got to be a few companies headquartered there...

    Take Malta - it's full of PO Boxes...

    Thing is Malta isn't as questionable as sealand... I'm probably just talking out my ass...

  24. Re:Ridiculous on Second Indymedia Server Seized in UK Within a Year · · Score: 1

    well maybe not many but a few ;)

    (Just read the Wikipedia article - i'm talking out my ass)

  25. Re:Ridiculous on Second Indymedia Server Seized in UK Within a Year · · Score: 1

    Thing is, i'd wager many Lordes in GB have businesses that have a head office in Sealand. Don't kid yourself, there would be a lot of powerful opposition from many powerful ppl in GB if they were to do that.