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  1. Re:Why punish legit users? on Microsoft Misrepresenting WGA's Functionality? · · Score: 5, Informative

    install it
    disconnect from the internet
    open task manager
    kill the process 'wgatray'
    rename the file c:\windows\system32\wgatray.exe to something else (wgatray.exe.bastard, for example)

    There is also a file called wga.dll, or similar, but i didn't do anything with that, if anybody could shed some light on that, it'd be nice. I did the above on a machine that was wrongly reporting as 'pirated', and it worked fine.

  2. Re:I'm sure the naysayers will be here shortly on A New Era in CSS Centric Design? · · Score: 1

    iirc, its possible to have equal length columns using a parent div:

    <div style='height:auto;'>
        <div style='margin-bottom:0px;'>
          $text1
        </div>
        <div style='margin-bottom:0px;'>
          $text2
        </div>
        <div style='margin-bottom:0px;'>
          $text3
        </div>
    </div>

  3. Re:VMware player for Skype only? on VMWare Rolls Out Their Largest Product Release · · Score: 1

    My girlfriend runs a Windows XP VM, with 768mb RAM. She only allows the VM to have 128mb, so she'd probably be fine with 512.

  4. Re:Debian Is Top Dog on DIY Carrier Grade Linux with Debian · · Score: 1

    2)

    I like 'unstable' distros - the latest and greatest, thats why I use ~x86. But on a server, I'm glad that I can use mysql4.1, php4.3, etc without having to upgrade, play around with updated config file formats, workaround new bugs, etc - thats why I use debian sarge on the webserver at work (I run FreeBSD 6.1 on my home server). The right tool for the right job.

  5. Re:Yes but they don't *work* on 20 Things You Won't Like About Vista · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure that its best to have the swap on the outside of the disk, as that part spins faster (and windows has a retarded paging system). I think the outside of the disk is the end of the disk, but im not 100% on that.

  6. Re:Open-source monoculture just as risky on Dan Geer's Monoculture Bomb Goes Off · · Score: 1

    Lets just hope the apache team dont start bundling firefix, with apache

  7. Re:Depends on your hardware. on Which OS Makes the Best VMWare Host? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Thats fixed in CVS!

  8. Re:Version numbering on Novell Delivers Device Driver Breakthrough · · Score: 1

    You could script the nvidia/vmware driver build, as part of the boot process (in pseudocode):

    if (!`modprobe nvidia`) { /sbin/build_nvidia
    }

    if (! `modprobe vmware`) { /sbin/build_vmware
    }

    If you did that, you would never have to recreate the drivers again, infact, i think i might see if i can manage that, and submit it to the gentoo devs.

  9. Re:Something is breaking, that's for sure on Novell Delivers Device Driver Breakthrough · · Score: 1

    poo to the grandparent, with knobs on.

  10. Re:When my copy of Windows fails... on Novell Delivers Device Driver Breakthrough · · Score: 1

    Well no, you need either the source for a driver to be in the mainline kernel, or third parties could write drivers like nvidia do, with some open source glue between the kernel and the binary blob, and a system such as gentoo's to install it. in gentoo:

    emerge nvidia-kernel

    installs the latest driver, automatically, by recompilng the open source glue. it isn't done automatically after kernel upgrades though, unfortunately.

  11. Re:A relevant quote on Do You Care if Your Website is W3C Compliant? · · Score: 1

    my point was that xhtml being xml based, rather than tag-soup html 5.0 was a good thing, because its easier to parse. It will be very far down the line before we start to see such benifits, but hopefully, the day will come.

  12. Re:A relevant quote on Do You Care if Your Website is W3C Compliant? · · Score: 1

    because its easier for the browser to parse if its valid xml, as opposed to tag soup

  13. Re:Are you kidding? on New Windows Media Player Leaks · · Score: 1

    Buy a supported card (I got the Intel BG 2200) and install the latest kubuntu dapper. I had no problems, except i didn't fit the card properly first time.

  14. Re:Browser Speed on Firefox 2 Alpha 2 Reviewed · · Score: 1

    right click on tabs bar, and click customise, drag stuff around, press ok. my girlfriend managed it on her own, and she hates fiddling with programs that dont do what she wants.

  15. Re:Close button at same tab on Firefox 2 Alpha 2 Reviewed · · Score: 1

    afaik, they are keeping the ternary operator, but making the true arguement optional, so you can write this:

    $a = ($b) ? $b : "c";

    or $a = ($b) ? : "c";

  16. Re:Browser Speed on Firefox 2 Alpha 2 Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Then rearrange it that way, you can.

  17. Re:gtalk = jabber + voice on Nokia to Put Google Talk on its Linux Tablet · · Score: 1

    Yes, Jingle, i couldn't remember its name. Also, your sig: There's nothing wrong with having a monopoly, Microsoft were convicted of abusing their monopoly position to gain ground in other markets (leveraging their OS monopoly to gain a web browser monopoly).

  18. Re:gtalk = jabber + voice on Nokia to Put Google Talk on its Linux Tablet · · Score: 3, Informative

    Google Talk is jabber, with their voip extension to jabber. Their voip extension to jabber was released as an open standard, and is-being/has-been integrated with gaim.

  19. Re:Duh. on Ship Logs Suggest Upcoming Polar Reversal · · Score: 1

    2 gps devices, one at the front, one at the back, and a computer system comparing them and telling you which way your pointing

  20. Re:10 was arbitrary on Unique Visitors = 1/10th of Unique IPs? · · Score: 1

    nothing fancy, here's my /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/sites:

    http://pastebin.ca/54877

    using Apache/2.0.54

  21. Re:10 was arbitrary on Unique Visitors = 1/10th of Unique IPs? · · Score: 1

    Hmm, i'm using apache2, and without any use of voodoo, or other black magic: (you'l get fone-me.com's cert, but thats because i haven't bothered to get a self signed one for xesia.com)


    HTTPS://xesia.com
    HTTP://xesia.com
    HTTPS://www.fone-me.com
    HTTP://www.fone-me.com

    http://www.fone-me.com/ will redirect you to https://www.fone-me.com/

  22. Re:Wow, sudo means repeating signon on More Headaches from Vista Security · · Score: 1

    you were pointing to sudo, which is just a 'frontend' if you will, to pam. I was pointing to pam because its the backend that does all the actual work.

  23. Re:Wow, sudo means repeating signon on More Headaches from Vista Security · · Score: 1

    sudo isn't the answer, PAM is.

  24. Re:10 was arbitrary on Unique Visitors = 1/10th of Unique IPs? · · Score: 1

    Ah, i just tried those links. There must be an error in the virtual host definition for httpS://xesia.com, as http://xesia.com/ works fine.

    Sorry about the confusion.

    I should get that fixed in the morning.

  25. Re:Important for the Old Debate on 2.6 Linux Kernel in Need of an Overhaul? · · Score: 1

    Your problem is caused by either bad memory, or bad motherboard (I had that, it was the motherboard)