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  1. Re:Well on Microsoft Claims Firms 'Hitting a Wall' With Linux · · Score: 1

    it could be done with an internal debian repository, and a cronjob on each to run apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && /sbin/reboot at midnight. you could, if you wanted to, get cron to run a shell script from an nfs server at midnight, if you wanted to globally edit any config files, or anything like that.

    test it, and go home. come back in the morning and everything is updated

  2. Re:Well on Microsoft Claims Firms 'Hitting a Wall' With Linux · · Score: 1

    network-admin
    [enter root password]
    its obvious from there

  3. Re:and who better than the US... on US Keeps Control of the Internet · · Score: 1

    ah, suppose it was daft of me to assume that the cheese eating surrender monkeys would have more than one decent aspect to their society

  4. Re:and who better than the US... on US Keeps Control of the Internet · · Score: 1

    yes france, as a brit, i hate the french, but i love their consumer protection (DRM CD != CD) , i would guess that would extend to freedom of speach.

    Although the UK would be a good place too - our bloody government backs down to the US at any opportunity - the us would keep control, but not 100% control.

  5. Re:Congrads to Codeweavers and the WineHG Team! on CrossOver Office 5 and Wine 0.9 Released · · Score: 1

    i was just pointing out that vb programs can be ported to linux without rewriting them from scratch

  6. Re:Congrads to Codeweavers and the WineHG Team! on CrossOver Office 5 and Wine 0.9 Released · · Score: 1

    There is a VB replacement for linux, called gambas (google it). the syntax is very, very similar, whilst being slightly more consistant than vb, so it would take some changes, but not like porting vb > perl or vb > c

  7. Re:stored procs and triggers, finally on MySQL 5.0 Now Available for Production Use · · Score: 1

    yes, thats what i was after (stripslashes). I didn't mean to quote $key, but php will parse all variables inside " quotes (but not ' quotes).

    i couldn't remember stripslashes, so i just got lazy.

  8. Re:Big Concerns with MySQL on MySQL 5.0 Now Available for Production Use · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    hmm, mysql sold a non-gpl licensed copy of mysql to sco, nothing more. somebody mod parent down.

  9. Re:stored procs and triggers, finally on MySQL 5.0 Now Available for Production Use · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    some code, php: (this might be slightly off, i cant be arsed testing it)

    foreach ($_POST as $key => $value){
      $_POST['key']= preg_replace('/(\'|")/', '', $value);
    }
    foreach ($_GET as $key => $value){
      $_GET['key']= preg_replace('/(\'|")/', '', $value);
    }

    just stick that at the top of all your php scripts that do any sql (or stick it in an include file like i do). the php5 version is slightly tidier, but i use php4 myself.

  10. Re:Proprietary doesn't matter...just get there on Governments & Open Source · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    haha! you said poo!

    sorry, couldn't resist.

    note to mods: you know you were laughing inside whilst reading this.

  11. Re:This was never really in doubt... on Cannabinoids Induce Brain Cell Growth? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    i used to make them out of a plastic milk bottle and some scelotape and a nut.

    cut the handle in half, attatch the nut with scelotape to half of the handle, seal the other half of the handle. worked great and easily disguarded

  12. Re:gaim works for me, but loses ground from here on Linux Instant Messengers · · Score: 1

    its not that hard nowadays -
    sudo apt-get install gaim
    *******

    but serously, real distro's have pointy clicky frontends to apt/yum/whatever, there's also ssh if granny cant manage that.

  13. hmm on GPL 3 May Require Websites to Relinquish Code · · Score: 1

    if i write a website in php, the php i write is not the application executed by the user. The php would create the application for the user, not be the application for the user.

    i know php is a bad example as its php license licensed, but you get the gist...

  14. Re:Qt and trolltech on KDE 4 Promises Large Changes · · Score: 1

    QT isn't proprietary - its GPL.

    They also have a contract with the kde devs, that if they dont release a new qt release within 12 months of the last, qt is automatically relicensed under a public domain license, or something like that.


    <sarcasm>
    I wish people wouldn't use that propriatry linux kernel - its GPL, which is obviously just as propriatry as windows.
    </sarcasm>

  15. Re:My pet hate about KDE developers? on KDE 4 Promises Large Changes · · Score: 1

    'gi' 'gdont' 'gnow'. 'iWho' 'iWould' 'iEver' 'openDo' 'openSuch' 'openA' 'Microsoft Thing' 'Microsoft By' 'Microsoft Naming' 'xtheir' 'xapps' 'xin' 'esuch' 'ea' 'eway'?

    (i dont know, who would ever do such a thing, by naming their apps in such a way?)

  16. Re:Killing IE? on Opera Reaches 1 Million Downloads Thanks To Google · · Score: 1

    So, instead of careful coding to work on all popular web browsers, she just ignores the ones she doesn't like.

    I develop in opera, test in konqueror and firefox, and do final testing in IE (make an ie_hacks.css file).

  17. torrent? on Record Labels Release Software To Combat Piracy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    does anybody have a torrent?

    (its funny, laugh)

  18. Re:Already running it! on KDE 3.5 Beta 1 Announced · · Score: 1

    apparently kcompmgr is getting done up in kde 3.5, so it should be (more) stable, hopefully.

  19. Re:So let me get this straight... on Korean Mozilla Binaries Infected · · Score: 1

    well yes, dont run as root, but you can still lose your ~ directory. I'd like apt to integrate with clamav for third party repo's, but i doubt i'd get listened to.

  20. Re:So let me get this straight... on Korean Mozilla Binaries Infected · · Score: 1

    clamav and klamav

  21. Why i love opera on Opera Free as in Beer · · Score: 1

    Its responsiveness. Its the most responsive browser i have ever used on any platform.

    Its interface. It has the best looking interface of any browser ive ever used. I hate the IE like interfaces of IE and firefox.

    It is fast. its fast.

    Its sessions. It 'remembers' every page you had open in your last session.

    No extentions. It does all this out the box.

    Various things i cant remember because im using firefox on somebody elses computer.

    This is great news for me because i never trusted firefox's security, for some reason, now i can recommend opera as a viable ie alternative.

  22. Re:Real security has to be build into the foundati on The Six Dumbest Ideas in Computer Security · · Score: 1

    on linux, just mount /home and /tmp with noexec - now nothing can be executed except that explicitly installed.

  23. Re:My computer only has 256 RM :( ... on Bulky System Requirements for Windows Vista · · Score: 1

    kde 3.4.1 on debian etch, reading slashdot on opera and on irc (irssi) in konsole, running kmail, kopete, korganiser and kalarm.

    top - 23:47:46 up 1:27, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
    Tasks: 81 total, 1 running, 80 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
    Cpu(s): 3.3% us, 0.0% sy, 0.0% ni, 96.3% id, 0.0% wa, 0.3% hi, 0.0% si
    Mem: 1035496k total, 354416k used, 681080k free, 44876k buffers
    Swap: 4731100k total, 0k used, 4731100k free, 193644k cached

  24. Re:256mb? on Bulky System Requirements for Windows Vista · · Score: 1

    option "composite" "false"

  25. Re:The hand is not the optimal holding shape on Clever Artificial Hand Developed · · Score: 1

    because if they missed off a colour (dark brown(black people), yellowy(chineese), orange(dale winton),grey'y(greek), etc they'd be called racist/dale winton haters