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  1. State Government on French Government Online-Why Isn't the U.S.? · · Score: 1

    My guess is that it would be more likely for state governments here in the US to do something similar just due to the size and differences between the states. Things like schooling and car inspections are controlled more by the states the the US government. The IRS allready allows for paying US taxes over the interent, and states like Mass have state taxes done over the internet. I bet that most of those other things can allready be done, there just might not be a central personalized portal in each state.

  2. Re:Dell Inspiron 7000 on Do Manufacturers Adequately Support Their Products? · · Score: 1

    Umm, you missed that his laptop had the new heavy 15"/15.4" LCD screen, which was causing the problems. If yours is older then it would have the smaller lighter screen and the hinges would be fine....

  3. Re:Waste of Money on Review of the Audiotron Stereo MP3 Component · · Score: 1

    Ummmm, you are missing the point here. Its not a remote control. It only gets the mp3s off Windows network shares (Samba even). It does not require you to run stereo jacks into the other room, jut ethernet. You can have dozens of computers sharing mp3s. The quality is great on powerfull systems, my fraternity used laptops to DJ our parties every weekend. We just hooked the laptops to the mixer. We had a big EV rack mounted amp, and two floor standing speakers with 2 15"s in each. The sound quality was fine (just ask the neighbors and the police :))

    -Matt

  4. Re:Palm Compatible on Two Handfuls Of Handhelds · · Score: 2, Informative

    Umm, you can load PalmOS onto it...read first!

  5. Live free or Die on Legislating Insecure Encryption · · Score: 1

    This seems to go against that motto those granite heads like to use. Whats the point of encryption if its not secure....

  6. Re:It looks good on The FreeBSD Diary Gets A Facelift · · Score: 1

    I have to agree, it looks great. I have used this site so many times, its great.

  7. Re:Too little, too late: *BSD is dying on The FreeBSD Diary Gets A Facelift · · Score: 1

    hahahah this is so funny. I really like the nutty math this guy uses. So funny. I just hope some newbee wouldn't take this seriously, they would look really stupid if they spread this, oh well. Thanks for the laugh.

  8. hmmm on Killustrator Author Required to Pay Two Grand · · Score: 1

    Illustrator \Il*lus"tra*tor\, n. [L.] One who illustrates.

    Sounds like a generic term to me, I guess its easy to go after the little guy.

  9. Re:*BSD is dying on xMach Announces Core Team · · Score: 1

    And you have what to back that claim up? Ahhh exactly...

  10. Re:It's like chocolate and peanut butter on TrustedBSD Supports Windows NT ACLs With Samba · · Score: 1

    Why, could you back up your claim? What do you use instead of Samba on your company's unix box? I am guessing that you have never tried the BSDs and are a Linux newbie user or Windows 98 user. I guess that is all we can expect from an Anonymous Coward.

  11. Re:Can we really trust BSD? on TrustedBSD Supports Windows NT ACLs With Samba · · Score: 1

    Ummm, correct me if I am wrong, but Linux was created my a non-American, and many many of Linux developers are non-American. Its the same thing on the BSD side as on any other open source OS. Its kinda dumb for a so called expert to have these feelings towards BSD for this reason but not towards other open source OSs and especally not towards closed source OSs. If you want to look for backdoors, the source is right there. If you think that someone has snuck backdoors into code that hundreds of people look at, you are kidding yourself. You should be more worried about those closed source OSs and programs which in the past have had backdoors. OpenBSD has been auditied to a great degree, which is more then what I can say for the Linux distributions or NT. I guess you are risking your income anyways recommending Linux or any piece of software that could have backdoors or simply security holes.

    Matt

  12. Re:Hummm on FreeBSD 4.3 Released · · Score: 1

    I thought it was kinda weird that only 4.3-Release was in the i386 directory, and the distfiles dir was empty. Kinda bad timing, ftp.freebsd.org was usually the fastest site for me. Off the the mirrors.

  13. Hummm on FreeBSD 4.3 Released · · Score: 1

    Connecting to ftp.freebsd.org...
    usw3.freebsd.org FTP server (Version DG-4.1.73 983302105) ready.
    Sorry, but there are too many users logged into this machine now.
    The maximum limit is 550 while we're on temporary hardware
    (ftp.freesoftware.com is off the net for now).

  14. Re:What kernel? on FreeBSD 4.3 Released · · Score: 1

    nope, that is an old kernel, it has the new 4.3 kernel :)

  15. Re:Slashmeat.net? Freshdot.org? on FreeBSD 4.3 Released · · Score: 1

    Freshmeat does PROGRAMS, this is an new release of an OS. There is a difference. No one complains when a new Linux kernel comes out and its posted here. This is a big deal to those of us who run FreeBSD, more so then a stupid mir story.

  16. TROLL GO HOME on FreeBSD 4.3 Released · · Score: 1

    Same cut and paste job as always. Fucking get a fucking life. Blah Blah Blah. Same stupid ESTIMATION as fact.

  17. Re:Complete with XFree 3.3.6!!! Wow this is NEW... on FreeBSD 4.3 Released · · Score: 1

    Huh? I just compiled 4.0.3 on FreeBSD-4.3, no problems.

  18. Re:Is it Linux? on FreeBSD 4.3 Released · · Score: 1

    stupid troll, linux is not that freaking great, get over it

  19. why not just... on Liquid Coolent System For PCs · · Score: 1

    Why not just use a block of aluminum, drill some holes all the way through the side. Put threaded nipples in the holes, and presto you have a dependable water cooled heatsink. Its similar to the water cooled heatsinks on R/C boat engines.

  20. If you can't get to the plan file, here mirror on DES-III Completed · · Score: 1

    http://www.infose.com/jerome/nugget.html

  21. Hosed server, mirrors anyone? on DES III starts Today (Upgrade Those Clients!) · · Score: 1

    They have been there for a few days

  22. Any Clue What Deep Crack Runs? on DES III starts Today (Upgrade Those Clients!) · · Score: 1

    From http://www.cryptography.com/des/index.html:

    When a search unit finds a potential match, it stops until the the controlling computer (a PC running Windows 95 or Linux) retrieves the key and restarts that search unit.

  23. SWAT on Samba 2.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Has anybody gotten SWAT to work with RedHat 5.x? I've been trying forever. It just will not accept my password. I've gotten it to work on my FreeBSD machine, but I've been unable to get it to work on my 3 RedHat Linux boxes (5.0-5.2). All set up the same.

  24. Lets think about spell check first on Stupid Comments about Y2k · · Score: 1

    There is nothing worse than someone who instead of replying to the comment says: check you spelling. This is not a god dam spelling bee. Everyone is entitled to their opinion.

    Get a life KID