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  1. Re:Again, the Left is inciting violence on Blackhat/Defcon Report · · Score: 1

    I think you mean Timothy McVeigh. From my quick Google search, Timothy McVee is just a guy in Oregon who likes to flyfish a whole hell of a lot.

  2. Re:As someone who runs both OSX, Windows, and Linu on iTunes For Linux, Thanks To CodeWeavers · · Score: 1

    Uhm, I wonder what's wrong with your dual 2ghz G5, because iTunes absolutely flies on my dual 2ghz G5. You didn't downgrade the RAM to 128mb, did you?

  3. Re:I like Apple products on Steve Jobs Undergoes Cancer Surgery · · Score: 2, Funny

    Actually, they're brushed metal, like Iron Man.

  4. Firewall, not a "reverse firewall" on Reverse Firewalls As An Anti-Spam Tool · · Score: 1

    Egress filtering is a normal function of a normal firewall, so I don't see a particular need for some new "reverse firewall" paradigm.

    Even newbie-oriented firewalls have been doing egress filtering for some time. See also: ZoneAlarm.

  5. So us Mac users are more creative... on Are Mac Users Smarter than PC Users? · · Score: 1

    BIG DEAL...

    Windows users have us slaughtered when it comes to troubleshooting skills...

    Mod: -16 Humor

    Disclaimer: Yes, I prefer my Mac, but I quite like WinNT/2000/XP/2003, too.

  6. Re:I heard Hawking left his wife some time ago... on Steven Hawking Loses Bet On Black Holes? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    He left his wife for his nurse in 1990. According to his ex-wife, she started having an affair with a family friend in 1985, and at some point after that and before 1990, Mr. Hawking even sanctioned this affair.

    More info here:

    http://www.salon.com/books/log/1999/08/12/hawkin g/

  7. Re:$$ for compiler on PHP 5 Released; PHP Compiler, Too · · Score: 1

    I think most people who have the skills to write something like a compiler generally want to make a living from their work, hence the $$.

    While true, I ask you then why GCC has such an enormous popularity? Being free is a large part of it, but it's not shoddy by any means.

  8. Re:$$ for compiler on PHP 5 Released; PHP Compiler, Too · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I was talking about mass adoption to PHP executables, not a website, nor anything about a dying OS from the overpriced Microsoft of the UNIX world.

  9. $$ for compiler on PHP 5 Released; PHP Compiler, Too · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Uhm, the compiler is priced at a low, low introductory price of $399. I don't think it'll be taking the *NIX world by storm any time soon, or cause mass adoption to PHP executables anytime soon.

  10. Re:Some common answers to Tiger questions on Detailed Reviews of Mac OS X "Tiger" Preview · · Score: 1

    You must have some other version of Tiger. When I try to visit a site in Safari 2.0, it explicitly says that https functionality is disabled.

  11. Re:This is why it is called a DEVELOPERS release.. on Detailed Reviews of Mac OS X "Tiger" Preview · · Score: 2, Insightful

    No shit, where in my post did I say it wasn't for developers? I actually got that it was a developer release from the name "Developer Preview" and "World-Wide Developer Conference", that it was presented at, pretty nifty eh?

    You'll note that my post is about Tiger questions people will probably ask and your reply has nothing to do with my post.

  12. Some common answers to Tiger questions on Detailed Reviews of Mac OS X "Tiger" Preview · · Score: 5, Informative

    Is Tiger usable as a daily OS, currently?

    No, Safari 2.0 currently does not work with HTTPS sites. Many common apps, including FireFox crash upon execution. Additionally, there seem to be some pretty serious filesystem bugs which can trash your entire hard disk (not just your Tiger partition).

    Do I need a DVD drive? My pirated copy of the Tiger DVD crashes upon boot up.

    No, you don't need a DVD drive. Visit the following URL for good installation steps:

    Install steps

    He also has a Tiger FAQ here:

    Tiger FAQ

  13. Re:As of today 120 gb of photographs.... on Panasonic's Blu-ray Recorder To Hit Market In July · · Score: 1

    Uh, you realize 23 + 23 = 46, right? Not 56. So which is it?

  14. Re:Still Wondering on Professor Creates His Own Cisco Manual · · Score: 1

    I'm still wondering why the governments don't require free and "open source" text for public schools.

    Probably because public education is bad enough already.

  15. And... on U.S. Government Sometimes Jams Keyless Car Locks? · · Score: 1

    Yeah well, we also used to fly our ECM sorties while people our were driving into work on base.

    What did our ECM ops practice their jamming skills on? Yep, you guessed it, the cop's RADAR guns...

  16. Re:Finally 64-bit on Mac OS X "Tiger" Server Previewed · · Score: 1

    I love you.

  17. Re:Finally 64-bit on Mac OS X "Tiger" Server Previewed · · Score: 1

    Hmm, that's weird. You must be talking about another Microsoft. The Microsoft I'm aware of has had 64-bit versions of Windows floating around for the public for quite some time now.

    http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/64bit /d efault.mspx

    Oh, and by golly, look at this search, which pulls up several articles discussing 64-bit Windows 2000, circa 1999/2000:

    http://www.google.com/search?q=%22windows+2000%2 2+ %2264-bit%22&sourceid=firefox&start=0&start=0&ie=u tf-8&oe=utf-8

    God bless you cluebies.

  18. Re:closed minds on Real adds GPL to Helix Player, RedHat/Novell Join In · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Bridges take a lot longer to build or rebuild than they do to get torn down. It's not "closed mindedness", it's an issue of trust. Real hasn't quite earned it back, yet.

  19. Yep. on Spider-Man in India · · Score: 1

    I guess my seeing this as totally pathetic and nerdy exempts me from being a geek. And what the hell is "manga"? It sounds like a foot infection.

  20. Re:And you are complaining WHY? on WinXP SP2 Sacrifices Compatibility for Security · · Score: 1


    But how much would it cost more(or less?) to clean up a bunch of virus-infected machines?


    Probably a lot, but any half-wit sysadmin who has to deal with Windows clients would have AV products installed on all machines, with at least daily (I prefer every hour or two) virus definition refreshes.

    Unfortunately, there is an abundance of Windows admins who aren't at the half-wit level and thus we have worm meltdown. Well, we don't we have router access lists from our firewall all the way upstream, as there's no legitimate reason for rpc/smb/cifs traffic from the "Internet".

  21. Re:And you are complaining WHY? on WinXP SP2 Sacrifices Compatibility for Security · · Score: 1

    I suspect, from your lack of foresight, that you're not in charge of 100+ (Or 500+ in my case) Windows client machines. Nonetheless, I seek to educate you:

    Because they released a shoddy (security-wise) product to begin with and soon, will be providing an ungraceful solution that will break a lot of shit that end user organizations will have to spend a lot of money (via man-hours) on to fix.

    Now you know.

  22. Re:More speculation on Next-Gen Xbox To Lack Backwards Compatibility? · · Score: 1

    The speculation is that they're going for several gig of flash ram instead of a hard drive.

    The idea is to get away from moving parts that keep costs up.


    Are you stupid? No wait, don't answer that. Cheaper? Faster?

    You're thinking that going to "gigs of flash memory" will cut production costs? What're you smoking? Why do you think we all still use hard drives? Right, because flash memory isn't a commodity, and hard disks are.

    Hard disks are cheaper and FASTER than most forms of flash memory out there. So this seems ridiculous unless they know something the rest of us don't.

  23. Irresponsible and defamatory story on Hotmail Blocks Gmail Emails (and Invites) · · Score: 1

    I've personally sent two Hotmail users GMail invites in the past two days (Saturday and Sunday) alone, and I think also thursday and Friday (I'm handing them out to anyone who wants one). They all went through fine.

    When will Microsoft finally get tired of these pieces of slander from a company who's interest is seeing Microsoft go down? It's one thing to be a hobbyist site posting this trash, but it's another for a company to.

    Way to check your facts before posting a story with the topic "Hotmail Blocks Gmail Emails (and Invites)". Not "Possibly Blocks" or "Might Be Blocking", but "Blocks". It's not like you couldn'tve asked the tons of readers who have already refuted this story.

    When The Onion has a more trustworthy reputation than you, you know you've got a problem.

  24. Use NAT on How To Avoid Viruses At Windows Install Time? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Duh.

    Perhaps also turning on the firewall just actually might work. Windows is targeted for the average Joe. Microsoft doesn't want to have to incur the support costs of explaining to average Joe how firewalls work, so they suggest you keep it off.

    If you've really been using Linux that long, you'd have a clue. Really, this submission just sounds like a troll...

  25. Re:gmail inivte request on Gmail in the News · · Score: 1

    Alright, sent.