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  1. Re:Browser appliance on Windows XP Flaw 'Extremely Serious' · · Score: 1

    Looking at that vulnerability, that only affects you if you're running the guest under NAT mode. Bridged and host-only modes are safe.

  2. Re:the way I do it... on Linux in a Business - Got Root? · · Score: 1

    Someone who thinks chmod is an innocent looking command needs to get slapped.

    Apart from the setuid threat you mentioned, there is also the opportunity for someone to take home a copy of /etc/shadow.

  3. Re:Tin soliders... on First Military Exoskeleton Reaches Prototype · · Score: 1
    1. If it can kill the trooper inside the suit, it could still kill him/her outside of it, so how is this any different?
    2. Electricity doesn't work like that. Why would it go through the trooper when it would just discharge through the suit?
  4. Re:mutually exclusive? on NetBSD's Crypto-Graphic Disk · · Score: 1

    Moreso than Linux. BSD is based on the original AT&T source code, although it was mostly rewritten over the years.

  5. Re:A balance... on A Justification for Server CALs? · · Score: 1

    How is a high-end multiprocessor machine abusing per-server licensing? Is the vendor doing any more work than if I'm running it on a 500MHz single processor machine?

  6. Re:Pre-installed. on Dell XPS 'Gaming' PC Review · · Score: 1

    They don't give you any install media anymore.

  7. Re:Gaming....... on Dell XPS 'Gaming' PC Review · · Score: 1

    unlike linux which normally requires users to download and install 10 or more different libraries

    Umm...what? You just have to install X11 and nvidia-glx and you should be up and going, the package management tool handling the rest.

  8. Re:Prevention? on Fantastic Voyage Into the Heart · · Score: 1

    Not everyone has heart attacks because they eat the wrong food though (eg. *Every* male in my family will have a heart attack before they've reached 40. My dad did, his dad did, etc. etc.). Not helping recovery would suck for me and my family, being told I should have eaten healthier food won't help at all when the massive amounts of cholesterol that my body produces is stuck in a blood vessel.

  9. Re:Detecting quakes? What about causing them? on Journey Towards The Center of the Earth · · Score: 1

    Well suppose after a super-volcano erupts we were to start relieving pressure every few decades/years/months...it would work in theory. In theory being the key words.

    What I'm curious about is what causes the bubble of magma to form...

  10. Re:Detecting quakes? What about causing them? on Journey Towards The Center of the Earth · · Score: 1

    If that did happen, wouldn't it be advantageous to do it regularly when possible to prevent the really massive super-eruptions?

  11. Re:What are the other choices? on Blog Services Outgrow Their Data Centers · · Score: 2, Informative

    IIRC, they allow you to send it to an FTP server so that you can host it yourself.

  12. Re:We don't deserve to win on Senate Fails To Reauthorize Patriot Act Provisions · · Score: 1

    Ask suspected terrorists for permission first before we bug them?

    You could always ask a judge for permission....like back in the old days where you needed some actual evidence.

  13. Re:MS is competing... and winning... on Two Open Document Standards Better Than One? · · Score: 1

    I'm sure you also believe Walmart's enticingly low prices "forces" people to go there instead of their mom-n-pop stores.

    What if going to the mom-n-pop stores automatically doubled the price of things you bought at Walmart?

  14. Re:use strict and Data::Dumper! on Pro Perl Debugging · · Score: 1

    If you need to you can use "no strict refs;" or something along those lines. Look up strict in perldoc and you'll find some more information about it.

  15. Re:The real 90s versus outdated 00s software on Java Is So 90s · · Score: 1

    Such a fiasco never occurs in Java because the compiler catches the error no matter what

    But every programmer worth his salt is starting his/her scripts with use strict.

    This forces you to declare your variables. With PHP however, I admit, you're screwed.

  16. Re:Does anyone actually use english measures anymo on IPv6 Transition to Cost US $75 Billion? · · Score: 1

    Well now that it comes to mind, BRL-CAD (the US Army's modelling program) uses millimeters by default. I'm not sure if this has any meaning though.

  17. Re:Does anyone actually use english measures anymo on IPv6 Transition to Cost US $75 Billion? · · Score: 1

    When I met Andy Thomas (the Australian astronaut) a while back, he said that all of the measurements that are used in the shuttle designs are all imperial. I'm not sure whether that's everywhere though.

  18. Re:Japanese vending machine coffee on Coca-Cola's Coffee Soda · · Score: 1

    Just Japan I think. We don't have anything of the sort in Australia, although according to my Japanese teacher Japan is an Everything In A Vending machine country (relative to here).

    So no, I think it may just be Japan.

  19. Re:Too much free time and money. on Hard Drive Window · · Score: 1

    No doubt if you could get the thickness of the plastic to match the shape of the hard drive you could make the whole top of the drive completely flat....which wouldn't look too bad IMO. Not as good for cooling however.

  20. Re:Too much free time and money. on Hard Drive Window · · Score: 1

    Probably a stupid question, but why didn't you just put the window on the outside of the casing?

  21. Re:useful statistic: parent: -1 troll on Searchable C/C++ DB surpasses 275 million lines · · Score: 1

    While I admit that PHP isn't the source of the slowdown, I'd hardly consider it the ideal web language. Too many problems with scoping, function naming, etc., etc.

    Or perhaps it's just my tastes. I personally prefer not to have to worry about using a variable which is in another code block.

  22. Re:Where to find single mp3s? on Kazaa Blocks Australian Users · · Score: 1

    Gnutella is a good filesharing protocol, and it's open. You have multiple choices of client, on the Windows side your main choices are Limewire and Shareaza.

  23. Re:Class 5 felony on Barcode Scam Redux - Target's $4.99 iPod · · Score: 1

    You think people who try to steal electronics should lose their right to vote? Don't people in your country lose their right to vote (and therefore change the law) when they break it?

  24. Re:The crime is in getting caught... on Barcode Scam Redux - Target's $4.99 iPod · · Score: 1

    He said 6-10...not #1, which was about believing in God.

  25. *NOT* Free as in speech on Merriam-Webster Launches Open Dictionary · · Score: 1, Insightful

    While this is open, I was left somewhat disappointed to find that it isn't actually Free (as in speech). The headline left me expecting it to be possible to download a dump of the list under a CC-like licence.