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  1. Re:this is ridiclous on Company Name in URL Not Copyright Infringement · · Score: 1

    Yes. Are you saying that when you register a trademark you automatically are given ownership of every domain name that is TRADEMARK.TLD and all variants?

  2. Re:takes me longer than 3 minutes on Feds Hack Wireless Network in 3 Minutes · · Score: 2, Informative

    Thats not a WEP key. A WEP key is a hex value. The 'password' feature only is used to generate a key. Also the same password will generate different keys on different manufacturer's products (sometimes they are different for the same manufacturer).

  3. Re:Use the adblock extension! on Firefox Improves Pop-Up Ad Blocking · · Score: 2, Informative

    AdBlock lets you pick what ads you want to block (using regular expressions). So you could block all of the layer-based popups w/o touching Slashdot's ads.

  4. Re:Beyond the simulation of 'fighting while wounde on Games That Shoot Back · · Score: 1

    "following the third one."

    Two wasn't enough?

  5. Re:Problems with Space Games... on In Space No One Can Hear You Sigh · · Score: 1

    You should try playing Tachyon: The Fringe and Freelancer, both were very well done and have good 3D control. I like how Freelancer allows you to control yourself with the mouse (makes it feel less like a 3D FPS w/ no gravity, and more like a space combat simulator since you can quickly turn around and stuff. Tachyon also allowed you to press I think 'q' and then rotate around while still going in the same direction, then you could let go of 'q' and press your boosters and quickly change directions, which made for very cool effects.

    Freelancer also has (had?) an active modding community, though they were really frustrated by how hard Microsoft made it to mod the stuff beyond replacing ships.

  6. Re:This is great! on Google Prefetching for Mozilla Browsers · · Score: 1

    Google didn't just create prefetching. Prefetching has been around for a while (use to you could only do it through javascript hacks, mozilla allows you to set a prefetch tag saying to prefetch something). If some site wants to use it maliciously they can use the mozilla prefetch value or just the javascript method, both ways work out the same.

  7. Re:Permanent Data Deletion Tool on Microsoft Offers New Data-Security Scheme · · Score: 2, Informative

    Or you could do "shred -z /dev/hda" which is MUCH more secure. It will write over the drive 25 times w/ random data (you can change it with the
    -n' switch to any number you want), and then write zeros to the disk.

  8. Re:Erasing the HD? on Microsoft Offers New Data-Security Scheme · · Score: 1

    "shred -fxz -n 50 /dev/hda" is cheaper.

  9. Re:Both sides of the coin on Microsoft Offers New Data-Security Scheme · · Score: 1

    I think "shred -fxz -n 50 /dev/hda" should be secure enough.

  10. Re:wow, I just creeped myself out. on Senator Clinton Slams GTA · · Score: 1

    It was funny till I read your reply then reread the original, now its simply fucking hilarious!

  11. Re:Careful! on UN Wants To Regulate Internet · · Score: 1

    Wait... Gannon is GAY?!!? So thats why him and Link were so close...

  12. Re:This could be... on World's Smallest Linux Box Fits in RJ-45 Jack · · Score: 1

    Using the wireless version (if it also has ethernet built in) you could use it, and then have it send the snooped info over wireless (if it has to go too far, it could have a few amplifiers to get to the other end). Of course it would need to be encrypted.

    How often do people do sweeps of the building to check for a wifi signal (that aren't looking for a quick connection)?

  13. Re:Seriously, tell me... on Gnome Removed From Slackware · · Score: 1

    Konqueror depends on a few KDE services (most KDE apps do) such as DCOP, KBuildSycoya, etc (nothing to do with the libs). Most of the services provide very useful things (like scripting) or can be disabled. They also generally have to be started only once per session (not sure if they automatically close once the last app depending on them is closed or not).

    Pure QT apps don't depend on anything other than QT.

  14. Re:Also from the Changelog on Gnome Removed From Slackware · · Score: 1

    Using the binaries defeats the purpose of Gentoo (flexibility at compile time). He would be better off taking a binary only distro like slackware.

    I use FC3 on my laptop (litterally just finished updating from FC2), and Gentoo on my desktop. I also use KDE 3.4 on both. Some day I'll try out GNOME again, but every time I use it I come away with a feeling thats its incredibly unpolished and just a myriad of random programs thrown together and the only thing in common is they aren't QT/KDE based).

  15. Re:The true power of open source on Navy Commissions Open Source R&D · · Score: 1

    Didn't that already happen to some of the UK's battleships running NT?

  16. Re:Underground internet on Microsoft Tries to Patent the Internet Again · · Score: 1

    Actually IPv5 was used for some other protocol that never panned out.

  17. Re:Obligatory Mac elitist response response on Adobe Acrobat Toolbar Worse than Malware? · · Score: 1

    I thought thats what 'Export' was for?

  18. Re:OS X on Adobe Acrobat Toolbar Worse than Malware? · · Score: 1

    You can run Photoshop in Linux using Wine or CrossOver Office. Thats what I believe Pixar does (I think several of the other major studios use Linux as well for all the work). Apparently they concluded that the Windows version ran faster on Linux (via Wine) than it did on either OS X or Windows (I can't remember off the top of my head, it was a year or so ago I read the article on Newsforge).

  19. Re:Not just 6 and 7 on Adobe Acrobat Toolbar Worse than Malware? · · Score: 1

    "./configure; make; make install; make uninstall" ? If you keep the source around (like lots of people do), then problem solved. If its small enough you could probably just redownload the previous version and run "./configure; make uninstall" (idk if it would require a make, I've never tried).

  20. Re:Huh? on Ubuntu and UserLinux to Combine? · · Score: 1

    AFAIK UserLinux is NOT a distro, its mostly just some guys that decided some stuff but never did anything.

  21. Re:GNOME or KDE on Ubuntu and UserLinux to Combine? · · Score: 2, Informative

    I thought UserLinux already decided the same thing?

  22. Re:Power dissipation? on Intel's 64-Bit Pentium 4s Hit The Streets · · Score: 1

    65?!?!?

    The P4 in my laptop had been running at 75 degrees C while sitting idle! (it DIED if I opened anything like ut2k4 or even CS)

  23. Re:Ubuntu is clealy the answer..... on MIT Urges Brazilian Government to Use Linux · · Score: 1

    I never saw so much spam for Gentoo, its rediculous how they can work USE UBUNTU into every single thread imaginable (if only they focused that into development instead of OMFG!!! UBUNTU!!!!!)

    Yes, I haven't tried ubuntu. I may try out Kubuntu eventually (I prefer KDE over GNOME) but Fedora Core has worked very nicely for me so far (like having the new release of KDE w/ in 24 hours of it being released).

    Fine, you spam worked, I'm going to try out Kubuntu in VMware now... Download will be done in 2 hours...

  24. Re:IDE = Good on MIT Urges Brazilian Government to Use Linux · · Score: 1

    I was raised using Windows, and always wanted to learn to program except because there are no development tools in Windows and I didn't know how/where/you-could find them. If I had been using Linux all that time I would of had a huge amount of resources at my disposal and could of started learning years ago (at the very least I would be MUCH farther than I am now, which isn't close to as far as I would like to be).

  25. Re:Network connections??! on Windows XP Starter Edition off to Slow Start · · Score: 1

    I think this situation is more likely:

    1) User opens web browser.
    2) Web browser installs spyware and opens lots of network connections.
    3) User curses WinSE, since from his point of view it looks like it can't run 2 networked apps at the same time.