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  1. Re:Congratulations to the Mozilla Foundation on Mozilla Foundation Donates $10K to OpenSSH · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I wonder how many security patches OpenBSD has submitted to the mozilla project. I don't know, but this point makes the argument swing both ways. In theory, any software that runs on OpenBSD has to be audited for security, and any changes can be submitted upstream. Perhaps OpenBSD is doing more work for the Mozilla foundation than you might originally think.

  2. Re:Looking too far ahead? on The Epic in Unreal Engine 3 · · Score: 1

    As someone who played a sniper as often as possible in America's Army, I can tell you that they certainly do NOT have this, unless they've added it in a very recent release. In AA there is no compensation at all, for either wind or gravity. You might find yourself having to compensate for network latency, but the game generally moves slow enough that this isn't much of an issue.

    The general rule is that if you click on their head, you shoot their head, assuming you're using a sniper rifle, which has very minimal intrinsic weapon inaccuracy.

  3. Re:How long do you figure it will take phone maker on Homemade Cell Phone Call Blocker? · · Score: 1

    He wants to block one number, you noob, not all of them.

  4. Re:When is XP not good enough? on Windows Vista Delayed Again · · Score: 1

    Considering that DirectX 10 will only be released for Vista, that time when games are not available for "old" operating systems could be quickly approaching. Transgaming is probably wetting their pants over what this could mean for their product, or, considering the possibility of providing a new product for Windows XP.

  5. Re:It's the DRM on Windows Vista Delayed Again · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I thought there wasn't going to be volume licencing for Vista. That's just something I heard on Slashdot, so it is probably untrue.

  6. Re:I have no sympathy for them at all. on OpenBSD Project in Financial Danger · · Score: 1

    Well, for one, PF comes to mind...

  7. Re:Yep on Gnome 2.14 Review · · Score: 1

    I for one happen to know that it IS available in the Preferences settings. I submitted the patch which added this setting.

  8. Re:PC's with power switches... on Info on Intel's Viiv DRM · · Score: 1

    WoL packets are useless if you've flipped the switch on the powersupply from 1 to 0.

  9. Re:GalCiv2 on Copy Protection Firms Encourage Piracy? · · Score: 1

    This has also been standard with idgames releases. Neither Doom3 or Quake4 require the CD to play once it is patched.

  10. Re:I believe this is a feature on Root Password Readable in Clear Text with Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    Or, "sudo -s". Or, "sudo passwd root", and use whatever methods you are more comfortable with to elevate permissions.

  11. Re:Saw this on Digg on Root Password Readable in Clear Text with Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    People make mistakes. The folks at ubuntu were nice enough to release a 0-day patch. While it isn't as good as never having the vulnerability in the first place, it is the next best thing.

  12. Re:Compensation...? on EFF Pushes Consumers to Claim Rootkit Compensation · · Score: 1

    Which is worse than just going silently into the night?

  13. Re:Unreal Tournament 2004 doesn't work against tha on Videogames Used to Treat ADHD · · Score: 1

    I think that was probably counterstrike, or something else where you had to wait for the round to end to respawn.

  14. Re:Question? Answer. on Mark Shuttleworth Proposes Delaying next Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    A vast majority of the packages change, especially the most frequently used ones. Ubuntu releases are synchronized with Gnome releases, so there's a huge part of the main packagebase changed right there.

  15. Re:Moronic on Audio Broadcast Flag Introduced in Congress · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "CD Quality Sound" means nearly nothing these days, and it is totally relative. To me, "CD Quality Sound" means lossless stereo 44kHz, but "CD Quality Sound" to Microsoft is 64 kbit WMA.

  16. Re:Will it be in FC5 or Ubuntu 6.next? on A Look at GNOME 2.14 · · Score: 1

    Why did it take so long? You can drag the bars around willy nilly, and move items from one bar to another.

  17. Re:Progress! on A Look at GNOME 2.14 · · Score: 1

    Interesting. Can someone from OSX screenshot this so I can compare out of curiosity? Thanks.

  18. Re:GNOME rocks (no offence to KDE) on A Look at GNOME 2.14 · · Score: 1

    Metacity does not handle any of that (nor does kwin for that matter), so I'm not sure what you're talking about...

  19. Re:Progress! on A Look at GNOME 2.14 · · Score: 1

    Outside of "both have tabs" and "both configure network hardware", I really don't see that much of a similarity.

  20. Re:Will it be in FC5 or Ubuntu 6.next? on A Look at GNOME 2.14 · · Score: 1

    What exactly are you talking about?

  21. Re:SW Dualprocessing on A Look at GNOME 2.14 · · Score: 1

    Wait until Dapper is released, then install it. (Or if you're feeling risky, install a prerelease of Dapper now, or do a dist-upgrade from Breezy.) The package is called xserver-xgl.

  22. Re:Progress! on A Look at GNOME 2.14 · · Score: 1

    Can you explain your comment about Gnome and KDE being "still 90'ish?"? I don't understand what you mean by that. I also really don't understand what you mean about knocking off OSX. Please provide examples!

  23. Re:Dumb question on PTO Requests Working Model of Warp Drive · · Score: 1

    That was the point.

  24. Re:Think of the possibilities! on Online Artificial Gene Design · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not to mention that invisible blocks the glowinthedark package.

  25. Re:Well duh... on RIAA: Ripping CDs to iPod not 'Fair Use' · · Score: 1

    I agree - the only CD player I own is in my computer...