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  1. Re:Wow, sudo means repeating signon on More Headaches from Vista Security · · Score: 1

    And sudo uses PAM. Your point?

  2. Re:At this point... on More Headaches from Vista Security · · Score: 1

    They could just include WINE for backwards compatibility, sheesh. ;p

  3. Re:Wow on Apple Sics Lawyers on SomethingAwful · · Score: 3, Informative

    And the thread in question that Apple is bitching about. Don't know if/when it will be "gold" so that it's publicly available, but I'm guessing soonish.

  4. Re:so here we are ..... on 2.6 Linux Kernel in Need of an Overhaul? · · Score: 1

    Open Sound System. Not a very good audio system, but nowadays we have things like ALSA, aRts, ESD, and others. If you can't get it right the first time, expect several completely different implementations of the idea soon after.

  5. Re:Weeding out the cruft on 2.6 Linux Kernel in Need of an Overhaul? · · Score: 1

    Yes, but I gave up after spending a half hour answering the most esoteric questions imaginable. If only there was a custom kernel builder that could probe your current kernel to find out what actual parts of the kernel are being used. I'd like that for Xorg 7, too, but I don't know where to begin looking.

  6. Re:Important for the Old Debate on 2.6 Linux Kernel in Need of an Overhaul? · · Score: 1

    I'm going to recommend that you check the memory as well. I remember having that issue long ago, and it was bad memory.

  7. Re:I like this for Slashdot on Web 2.0 Recipes With PHP + DHTML · · Score: 1

    Taco is way ahead of you on that one.

  8. Re:Urge to kill...rising... on Web 2.0 Recipes With PHP + DHTML · · Score: 1

    You can show/hide spoilers with some very simple CSS. The JavaScript would only be for IE of course. ;p

  9. Re:The worst page ever. on Web 2.0 Recipes With PHP + DHTML · · Score: 1

    After you spend some $100k on Oracle 10g, I think some companies will be looking for any opportunity possible to make use of their database servers and DBAs.

  10. Re:slackware has jre in 10.2? on Sun to Change Java License for Linux · · Score: 1

    And Mustang (Java 1.6) has an optional (?) dependency on GTK+ anyhow for native GTK+/Swing goodness. *tongue in cheek; I like Qt better*

  11. Re:There's encryption ...... on FCC Affirms VoIP Must Allow Snooping · · Score: 1

    It means that the NSA invented DES. If you want to be safe from the NSA's illegal wiretapping, you'd probably want to avoid its encryption algorithms due to more likely inclusions of backdoors than in something like Blowfish.

  12. Re:Let me be the first to say... on Debian Etch to be Released in December · · Score: 1

    And if you go the route I once did by using Sid and having a new Debian every day, make sure to install apt-listbugs so that something like the Xorg 7.0 breakage doesn't screw over your system randomly.

  13. Re:Sounds great... on ODF Offers MS Word Plugin to MA · · Score: 1

    How would you like to store images in your document?

    How does Usenet work again? Oh right. You could uuencode (or base64_encode) the binary data and put it in as ASCII or Unicode.

  14. Re:You cannot create rights on UN Broadcasting Treaty May Restrict Speech · · Score: 1

    Well, you don't get the right to shut people up for having a different opinion. Well, at least if you're a normal citizen.

  15. Re:complete modularity of proprietary/patented bit on MPlayer Developers Interviewed · · Score: 1

    A quick question regarding your CVS repository: is head typically stable? Or do minor/major bugs slip in often enough to prevent one from wanting to stay up to date with head?

  16. Re:Video on Linux on MPlayer Developers Interviewed · · Score: 1

    This happened to me once. Turns out the video file was a garbage dud from when I copied it to a different hard drive earlier. I thought I deleted it, but a file filled with /dev/zero was in its place.

  17. Re:Rubber Hose Method on Higher Education Fears Wiretapping Law · · Score: 1

    How long can you watch your significant other being beaten?

    Good one. ;p

  18. Re:Monster bandwidth or network voodoo? on ABC Launches Full Episode Streaming · · Score: 1

    That bandwidth is pretty fat to get. Not even OC-48 (common in large/regional ISPs) comes close to 48 Gbps. 10 Gigabit ethernet is a relatively new technology as well. Anything with more bandwidth is generally only used in experimental research (e.g Internet2). I guess you'd have to just have a lot of OC-12 lines (e.g. Comcast) with minimal overselling (e.g 16:1 max, or not Comcast).

  19. Re:When last i heard from the majority of congress on RIAA Targets LAN Filesharing at Universities · · Score: 1

    What next.. "illegal sharing through car radios"? .. "in the news today the RIAA demanded that automakers comply with new requirements to prevent passers by and non-drivers from "illeagally hearing" music from car stereos which "by law" is only entitled to the owner/operator of the vehicle alone."

    You don't know how good an idea that is. I'd love for someone to legally shut those subwoofer hydraulics the fuck up. ;p

  20. Re:what next is the RIAA going to do on RIAA Targets LAN Filesharing at Universities · · Score: 1

    But what about the parents who are the ones doing the infringing? I know one friend who's father is a contract lawyer (dealing with IP-related things), and [the father's] the biggest collector of downloaded music I know (terabytes by now). I enjoy the irony.

  21. Re:Wasnt that funny on Colbert New Comic-in-Chief · · Score: 1

    Uh, no. The audience hardly responded because they were pissed that Colbert was attacking them all with the truth and satire. They didn't like having a comedian who wasn't kissing their collective asses, and it showed. Do you laugh at people who make fun of you without praising you first? Didn't think so.

  22. Re:So what you're saying is... on FBI Releases Secret Subpoena Information · · Score: 1

    Yes, but I didn't remember the exact phrase. ;p

  23. Re:That thing spins fast! on NASA's 20-G Centrifuge Machine · · Score: 1

    Ah crap, the article said diameter. Real tangential velocity is about 41.64 m/s (~150 km/hr). That's still pretty damn fast, though. That would make the angular frequency 4.71 Hz, so imagine that.

  24. That thing spins fast! on NASA's 20-G Centrifuge Machine · · Score: 4, Informative
  25. Re:Rubbish on FirefoxFlicks Winners Announced · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's bad enough that all the Flicks are in Quicktime formats, and then YouTube has to drag in more proprietary shit (Flash) just to view a goddamned video file. Where's the love?