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  1. Re:I came to moderate! on Many Antivirus Tools Fail in LinuxWorld Test · · Score: 1

    why open it? most any competant antivirus program can scan within a ZIP file.

  2. Re:Zombies on Many Antivirus Tools Fail in LinuxWorld Test · · Score: 1

    i dunno about the not swear at part.

    the IT dept at the local school district recently ditched it as they kept having problems where it wouldn't unfreeze properly to install updates and it would foul up their update schedules (they have it rigged so it's supposed to reboot to thawed, then check for and install updates for all the programs every day at 11pm or thereabouts, then reboot frozen), but sometimes for no appearent reason, it wouldn't thaw and all the updates would get fouled up and systems would go unupdated for days and they'd have to go out and do it manaualy once they discovered it.

    these problems were happening on win xp pro, though on a single-user computer that should be not much of an issue as it is on a large network.

  3. Re:Not so gravity constant on Largest-Known Planet Befuddles Scientists · · Score: 1

    that should be 1/299792458000. a cube of your size is 100 litres, though still the idea i was trying to put out in the first place.

  4. Re:In related news... on BitTorrent Closes Source Code · · Score: 2, Informative

    though utorrent was acquired by these guys and likely will now be following the same route.

  5. Re:Not so gravity constant on Largest-Known Planet Befuddles Scientists · · Score: 1

    depends on if you're referring to a constant mass or a constant volume. if you freeze a litre of water, it won't be a litre of ice, it will be larger than that, but it will maintain the same mass (though with a lower density)

  6. Re:People hate my gotos on Beautiful Code Interview · · Score: 2, Insightful

    simple code is always beautiful, but beautiful code isn't always simple.

  7. Re:That's because it's really a.. on Largest-Known Planet Befuddles Scientists · · Score: 1

    no. it's a Dyson sphere around a dead star orbiting another still-living star.

  8. Re:Not so gravity constant on Largest-Known Planet Befuddles Scientists · · Score: 1

    If you take a liter of water and freeze it or heat it up, it changes size (a bit), but weighs the same.

    but if you take a litre of ice and a litre of water, they will not weigh the same.

  9. Re:A little oversimplified... on Oklahoma Security Expert Attacks RIAA Claims · · Score: 1

    1. i personally like i like backtrack 2, though i'm not sure if it will work with mac hardware.

    2. you'd need the disc on hand already (i keep a copy of it in my laptop bag for such occasions)

    3/4. yes. there was a guide somewhere on doing this (packet injection and IV collection on the same laptop using backtrack 2), but google is failing me at the moment.

  10. Re:KDE? on Ubuntu Dell Now In UK, France, and Germany · · Score: 1

    though you can always get Kbuntu, though i find the application management isn't nearly as streamlined as the GNOME one is. then again, i haven't tried kbuntu in a few versions, so it might have improved since then.

  11. Re:LINUX SUCKS!!! on Ubuntu Dell Now In UK, France, and Germany · · Score: -1, Troll

    Windows sucks! Use BSD instead.

  12. Re:it would be nice ... on Project Arcade · · Score: 1

    MAME runs fine on Linux/BSD/Mac :)

    only if linux/bsd runs fine on the hardware. i still find no end of issues with ATI cards.

  13. Re:BMI?? on Charging the Unhealthy More For Insurance · · Score: 1

    that's almost certainly your fault.

    you seem to be completely missing the point that BMI is a nearly useless stat. it is grossly misleading for tall people (the proper weight doesn't scale properly with height) or for athletic people with higher than usual muscle mass (muscle weights more than fat)

  14. Re:because averages are good. on Charging the Unhealthy More For Insurance · · Score: 1

    The difference is that I am not proposing an increase of premium costs, I am proposing a decrease

    which is why it will never happen.

  15. Re:specifics? on Broadcasters Want Cash For Media Shared At Home · · Score: 0

    Eh, they're not just bottled tap water, they're RO treated municipal tap water

    depends. some RO it, others just pour it from the tap into a bottle.

  16. Re:'because they want you to pay for that right' on Broadcasters Want Cash For Media Shared At Home · · Score: 1

    They can take my freedoms when they pry them from my cold, dead hands.

    your proposal is acceptable.

  17. Re:they want you to pay for that right on Broadcasters Want Cash For Media Shared At Home · · Score: 1

    Will we let them have it?

    yes, I'll let them have it. directly between the eyes.

  18. Re:specifics? on Broadcasters Want Cash For Media Shared At Home · · Score: 4, Informative

    Not to mention if you don't like the price of bottled water, your tap provides gallons for pennies.

    and quite often that water comes from the tap anyway!

  19. Re:Great quote by Linus on Old School Linux Remembered, Parts 0.02 & 0.03 · · Score: 1

    just because everyone and their great-aunt Tillie doesn't use it doesn't mean it isn't useful. i routinely find "just what i needed!" programs on SF that no one but the developer seems to pay any attention to.

    if putting the program and source out there helps even one person, i would consider it to be a success.

  20. Re:It's too bad about teh Lunix on Old School Linux Remembered, Parts 0.02 & 0.03 · · Score: 1

    Dammit Jim, he's a programmer, not an English professor!

  21. Re:isohunt anyone? on The Pirate Bay About To Relaunch Suprnova.org · · Score: 1

    Too bad Azureus doesn't trat multiple trackers te same way uTorrent does.

    i thought 2.5.0.4 did work with multiple trackers, you just need to manually enter the trackers. or am i getting this mixed up with that feature when creating a torrent?

  22. Re:A few more details at slyck on The Pirate Bay About To Relaunch Suprnova.org · · Score: 2, Funny

    And wine needs to be made from grapes that have fermentated.

    doesn't have to be grapes. any fermentable fruit works fine, and some occasionally work better, depending on your tastes.

  23. Re:Slashdot Users on The Pirate Bay About To Relaunch Suprnova.org · · Score: 1

    i would never socialize with you either. sorry guy :(

    blame yourself.

  24. Re:Damn Republicans on FCC to Develop 'Super V Chip' To Screen All Content · · Score: 1

    Damn Politicians throwing away our rights

    fixed that for you.

    [/jaded]

  25. Re:Bogus question. on Federal Agents Raid Homes for Modchips · · Score: 1

    Any EULA that attempts to prevent me from doing that is illegal.

    would that invalidate the entire EULA or just that specific section of it?

    if the former, would the "state and federate statutes may override portions of this contract" part cover their ass regarding that?