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  1. Paranoia? Clear Cache... on W3C Gets Excessive DTD Traffic · · Score: 1

    And all the major browsers cached that that file after loading it (at most) once, and then never read it again.
    You might thinks so. But today when everyone is ultra paranoid about security, perhaps with so many people clearing their cache every time they close the browser has some part in this? And maybe with other apps, too, keeping such information cached is no longer standard. No?
  2. Re:Kind of Misleading on Hotmail Doesn't Work With Linux Firefox 2.0 · · Score: 1

    Um, what? So you're saying that there is nothing wrong with Microsoft serving limited functionality to Linux users, "that's just how it is"?
    This is interesting and all, but as others have said... Why use HotMail at all? This is like saying "NEWSFLASH: Vista sucks!" Yes, and so? There are BETTER alternatives.

    And, just how many Slashdotters, Linux Geeks are using HotMail anyway? Half a dozen? Non-issue. NEXT...

  3. Re:Ok, I'll bite on Muslim Groups Attempt to Censor Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    So by having no pictures of him, the danger of a cult developing is much reduced.
    Apperently didn't work.
  4. Re:I would suspect on Muslim Groups Attempt to Censor Wikipedia · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But arn't all these images from Islamic religious documents? They certainly are not from Western artists.

  5. Re:In defense of the feedback change on eBay to Drop Negative Feedback on Buyers · · Score: 1

    I ran into one of these guys once who didn't ship the item until I started threatening him. When I looked deep into his feedback, it was clear this was his standard practice.
    Well then, part of it is on you for not doing a little digging into the seller rep before bidding... Live and learn?
  6. Re:Goldfinger meets Pogo on Fifth Cable Cut To Middle East · · Score: 1
    It is possible that we (the Americans) have already worked this out in a simulator, and now want to test it out in reality. For future war making, of course. What else could be the reason (if it where the Americans).

    On the other hand, it also makes sense from a fundimentalist Islamic standpoint to isolate The Islamic State from the Western influence. But only *certain* fundy Islamic perspectives like the Taliban. Osama and his boys are very much tied into Spreading The Word through technology.

    So, are the cave dwelling Taliban capable of this? No. That leaves the Americans.

  7. Re:Nitpicking on Dell Suit Reveals Lucrative Domain Name Trade · · Score: 1

    (yeah, yeah, hacking bad. What about whe those sites figure out it's so much more profitable to push malware? It's dangerous to many more people, even though the overwhelming majority of them are too stupid to notice or care.)

    (yeah, yeah, hacking bad. What about whe those sites figure out it's so much more profitable to push malware? It's dangerous to many more people, even though the overwhelming majority of them are too stupid to notice or care.)

    Sometimes you have to fight fire with fire because the "authorities" refuse to listen or act in a rational way to protect common sense.
  8. Re:My Mutual Fund :-( on 10K Filing Suggests Grim Outlook for SCO · · Score: 1

    The shares of Microsoft should help sustain its value.
    Microsoft is considerably down, too. And with the Yahoo deal, both profit and cash on hand would plummit as well.

    I suggest sticking with insurence and drug companies.

  9. Re:Ok by me on How Microsoft-Yahoo Will Affect Open Source · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...500M unique visitors each month...
    500 million *unique* visitors *every* month? WOW!
  10. "Young People" on Online Reputation Management To Keep Your Nose Clean? · · Score: 1
    "Young People" don't always have the common sense to keep things off-line that "Older Folks" might think twice about. And, young people are more likely to express opinions that while admirable, might not work well in corporate America.

    For example, a young idealistic student might post a comment at a site like NoJailForPot.com, and later think twice about it when applying for work after college at, say, a government agency or perhaps an investment house...

  11. Re:Why is it "not a real jet pack?" on The Truth About New Jet Pack Hype · · Score: 3, Informative

    A jet engine is a reaction engine that discharges a fast moving jet of fluid to generate thrust in accordance with Newton's third law of motion. This broad definition of jet engines includes turbojets, turbofans, rockets, ramjets, pulse jets and pump-jets, but in common usage, the term generally refers to a gas turbine Brayton cycle engine, an engine with a rotary compressor powered by a turbine, with the leftover power providing thrust. Jet engines are so familiar to the modern world that gas turbines are sometimes mistakenly referred to as a particular application of a jet engine, rather than the other way around. Most jet engines are internal combustion engines but non combusting forms exist also.
    -- Wikipedia

    Sounds like a jet pack to me.

  12. Re:6000 Pages on Microsoft Believes IBM Masterminded Anti-OOXML Initiative · · Score: 1

    Good specs are easy to implement and understand
    So, how do you explaine CSS?
  13. Re:No offence, on A Mythbuster's Biggest Tech Headaches (and Solutions) · · Score: 1

    and I don't wanna read about another person telling me why a Windows PC is bad.

    So I take it you'll not be visiting Slashdot anymore since more than half the "stories" here are telling you why a Windows PC is bad?

  14. Re:Weak article on Spies In the Phishing Underground · · Score: 1

    Anti-phishing browser plugins lead to a ready-made list of compromised servers. Hackers know that any server on the list is hackable.
    Put presumably since these servers find themselves on a well circulated "blacklist", they get closed pretty soon? No?
  15. Re:Hmmm... on Lotus Notes 8.5 Will Support Ubuntu 7.0 · · Score: 1

    Even though I am a Computer Science major about to graduate, I felt like I had won nothing; the software felt valueless to me because it would not run on my Ubuntu machine at home.
    Obviously, you sell it on eBay, and use the cash to get something you want (as a college student, perhaps that's beer).
  16. Re:Nuclear Power and Global Warming on Suppresed Video of Japanese Reactor Sodium Leak · · Score: 0

    Well I sure am glad that breeder reactors are as safe as proponents of nuclear power tell us.
    Are breeder reactors the type people are advocating for a return to nuclear power? I don't think so...
  17. Re:Jesus... on Defunct Spy Satellite Falling From Orbit · · Score: 1

    Seems to me that they'd want to keep as low a profile as possible, which would eliminate the large profile created by solar panels.
    Both "them" and "us" know how many and where in the sky these things are. They are hard to hide. Now, details of exactly what quality of intel they provide, that would be the Double Super Secret Top Secret on both sides.
  18. On condition of anonymity... on Defunct Spy Satellite Falling From Orbit · · Score: 1
    First, let me say I *don't* like this new Web 2.0 crap with the Forum...

    Government officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the information is classified as secret.
    Which to "Government Officials" mean "not really Secret at all..."? Where I work, when Secrets are blabbed about, there is an unpleasant investigation, and the offending party's clearance is yanked. These days, getting even a Secret clearance can take a few years...
  19. Re:Crap on Charter Accidentally Wipes 14K Email Accounts · · Score: 1

    Unlike Charter (who probably uses something not all that different from an mbox file), Google has a global, highly redundant data store that is easier to insert information into than it is to delete from. Even when an email is "deleted" from the GMail interface, there's no guarantee that the data in GoogleFS is actually gone. Google themselves have stated that it may take months (or even years) before the data is purged from the system. Which is part of the reason why I actually trust Google with my email...
    But keep in mind, even as Google may "back up" the gmail system better than Charter, the chances that if Google "lost" you email, you could actually reach someone at Google who could help you get your email back is a lot slimmer than the possibility that you could reach a helpful person at Charter.

    Fact is, Gmail is "nifty" as are a lot of other nice toys that Google provides for "free" (the actual cost being your privacy from their content spiders), but it's a behemoth corporation that isn't likly to respond to your little email problem.

  20. Re:Why bother? on Internet Group Declares War on Scientology · · Score: 1
    Here's the poop on that Slashdot run-in with Xenu:

    http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/03/16/1256226

    The short of it is that Scientology sent a DCMA Takedown to Slashdot after an anon posted copyrighted Xenu content in a thread. Slashdot removed the post and than Taco wrote a long justification piece that essentially said that they didn't want to fight the fleet of DC-10's out of Clearwater.

    Sad, though I would have done the same thing.

  21. Re:Be Smart About This on MIT Student Plans to Take on RIAA · · Score: 1

    It will be easier for the student to win this case if he was smart enough not to use his own name, nickname, myspace page name, or personal e-mail address name as his [name]@kazaa.com file sharing nick.
    This kind of implies that you think he's actually "guilty", has something to hide. Is this what you're saying?
  22. Re:This just in.... on IE8 May Not Pass the Acid2 Test After All · · Score: 0, Troll

    Ever looked at web code from Google? Pass all the "standards tests" do they? Noipe, didn't think so. Google ignores standards, goes off in their own direction. News at 11.

  23. Executive Branch? on EPA Asserts Executive Privilege In CA Emissions Case · · Score: 1, Interesting

    According to Wikipedia, "executive privilege" is reserved for "President of the United States and other members of the executive branch to resist certain search warrants and other interventions by the legislative and judicial branches of government." Is the EPA now part of the Executive Branch? Is there any actual basis in law for this claim?

  24. Re:no value so no leverage on A Proposal For Unionizing Bloggers · · Score: 1

    I say "let them go on strike". That'll show people!

  25. Re:What about Intellectual Property? on Microsoft Threatens Startups Over Account Info · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That list of contacts is *MY* data, *MY* property and *I* should have the final word about it!
    You would think so, wouldn't you? On the other hand, I wonder what the EULA / TOS that WIM users clicked right through without reading has to say about it.

    Perhaps all your lists are belonging to them.