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  1. Duh on Requiem for Usenet · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Rummaging about in Usenet is like slumming through the tenderloin district during the plague years -- your chances of catching a computer virus or a handful of invitations to unspeakable sexual acts is much greater than finding what you were looking for in the first place.

    Isn't that the *point*? I like usenet just the way it is, TYVM.

  2. Re:Protection of larger corporate umbrella on CMP Acquires Black Hat · · Score: 1

    So, someone starts another conference. No biggie.

    Like maybe...

    Toorcon

    or Schmoocon

  3. Since 2002? on AIM Bots: Useful or Spam? · · Score: 1

    from TFA: AIM Robots have existed since 2002, but AOL is now wrapping a formal program around this feature, said Brian Curry, senior director of AOL's AIM Network Services. "We never had a well-defined program. Now we have a program with partners who help people build these bots," he said.

    Uh, how long has Net::AIM been around? I seem to recall it predating 2002.

  4. Not sure who *is* on Linux Friendly Online Brokerages? · · Score: 1

    but I can state for a fact that Bank of America Investment Services is *not*. They are IE only, which is odd, because BofA's online banking works wonderfully with Galeon/Netscape/Mozilla/etc.

  5. Simple Nomad is a pretty decent guy. on Hacker Simple Nomad on IT Security Issues · · Score: 1

    We are lucky enough to have him in our local DefCon group. Several of his past presentations can be found here: www.dc214.org

  6. I'm pretty sure on IAS/RADIUS Implementation in a Coffee Shop? · · Score: 5, Informative

    NoCatNet will do what you need it to.

    NoCat

  7. Re:Show of hands... on Linux Kernel 2.6.11 Released · · Score: 1

    I just recently went through similar. Is it complaining about pivot_root failing?

    If so, log in via rescue mode create a initrd directory in / . If not, well, dunno then.

  8. Re:So, make slimy and slippery robots. Got it. on Does the Octopus Hold the Key To Robot Design? · · Score: 5, Funny

    (1) smooth, (2) pliable, (3) slippery, (4) oiled/lubricated, (5) immersed in a fluid.

    That sounds a lot like the perfect date.

  9. Re:The real website on Biofeedback Video Game · · Score: 1

    AND already reviewed on /. twice.

    Check for yourself.

  10. Re:Yes but... on High School Dropout, Self-Taught Chip Designer · · Score: 1

    Little bit of leg:
    http://homepage.mac.com/kznight/.Pictures/Ph oto%20 Album%20Pictures/2002-09-28%2008.24.07%20-0700/P00 04076.JPG

    Little bit of up the skirt:
    http://homepage.mac.com/kznight/.Pictures/ Photo%20 Album%20Pictures/2002-09-28%2008.24.07%20-0700/P00 04075.JPG

  11. Amusing on Metal Gear Solid 4 Confirmed · · Score: 1

    to think that Julie Strain (not work safe) was left out of Snake Eater.

    That would have been natural marketing!

  12. Re:Does OpenLDAP even work? on Red Hat Acquires Netscape Server Products · · Score: 1

    Sound a lot like GQ. Unfortunately, GQ doesn't appear to be actively maintained.

  13. Re:How bout cheap DIGITAL displays? on Slack LCD TV Market Means Cheaper Phones And Monitors · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You can get a NEC/Mitsubishi LCD 1760VM-BK-1 with analog and DVI interfaces for $466.

    The Samsung Syncmaster 910T is $545 at NewEgg.

  14. What *I* want on The Living Room Candidate · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    is to have /. actually respect my choices and get the politics section off of my main page.

  15. A recent horror story on Annual Customer Support Rankings · · Score: 1

    (16:08:47) Me: She kept saying the modem won't turn on.
    (16:08:53) I'm like, what's on the screen?
    (16:09:05) Her: Well, nothing. It's black and says video disconnected."
    (16:09:15) Me: I'm like, k, turn the computer on.
    (16:09:22) Her: No, the modem isn't on.
    (16:09:58) Me: "The modem is part of the computer - if you havenothing on the screen, the machine isn't powered up."
    (16:10:10) Her: "Well, it has a green light on."
    (16:10:29) Me: "Okay, sounds like it's locked. Push in the power button and hold it until it turns off."
    (16:10:34) Me:
    (16:10:38) Me: "Still on?"
    (16:10:41) Her: "Yeah."
    (16:10:47) Me: "Okay, it's really locked. Unplug it."
    (16:10:51) Her: "How do I unplug it?"
    (16:11:06) Me: There will be a cable plugged into an electrical outlet, unplug that cable."
    (16:11:20) Her: "There are two cables - one gray and skinny, one black and fat."
    (16:11:41) Me: "ITS THE ONE PLUGGED INTO THE WALL. UNPLUG IT FROM THE ELECTRICITY!!!"
    (16:11:49) Her: "Which one of these is the modem?"
    (16:11:55) ***/me bangs head on desk.
    (16:12:00) Me: "UNPLUG IT!!!"
    (16:12:11) Her: "Oh, you mean unplug it from the wall."
    (16:12:14) Me: "Yes."
    (16:12:27) Her: Audible BZZZZT and scream.
    (16:12:32) Me: "Um, you ok?"
    (16:12:36) Her: "IT SHOCKED ME."
    (16:12:42) Me: Wow, that's not good.
    (16:12:52) Her: "What's not good, that it shocked me? "
    (16:12:59) Me: "Yeah, that's really bad for the machine."
    (16:13:04) Me: "Okay, anyways, turn it back on."
    (16:13:15) Her: "Um I push the power button and nothing happens."
    (16:13:31) Me: "Okay, dead power supply, and I can't fix that over the phone. Sorry, bye."

  16. Re:User-Agent stats? on PC Magazine Reviews Firefox, Opera · · Score: 4, Interesting

    While not a large site (5000-10000 hits per month) , I'm seeing 1.6, 1.4 & 1.7 mozilla references in the top ten user-agents for the first time in two years. To go from no instances to three of the top 10 in one month made me happy.

  17. Should have been a poll! on Who Wrote Linux? · · Score: 1

    And the obvious answer is CowboyNeal!

  18. Unauthorized listing: on SCO posts Q2 Loss, Gets $11k from Linux · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The listing appears to be part of an effort by domestic and foreign brokers to circumvent recent National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) restrictions against so called "naked short selling." Naked short selling involves groups of people working together to manipulate the market by selling fictitious shares of stock in an effort to force a company's share price to go down. Not that I care.

    By listing the Company's common stock on the Exchange, market manipulators sought to benefit from an "arbitrage" loophole that none of the present regulations was designed to close.

  19. Certainly Explains on Royal Bank of Canada Software Upgrade Goes Awry · · Score: 4, Funny

    why they wanted their money back from SCO. ;)

  20. Re:Arrr! on 'Pirate Act' Would Shift Copyright Civil Suits To DoJ · · Score: 1

    Indeed:

    Pirates, at least on the professional level are still at it.

    That being said, I've already faxed and snail-mailed both of my senators wrt: s2237.

  21. Re:sony vaio on Fedora Core 2 Review · · Score: 1

    Heh. While I can see your point, I've had no problems (other than APIC) installing RH 7.x onwards on Vaio's. :)

  22. And if you are on a Palm on PuTTy Ported To Pocket PC · · Score: 2, Informative

    Mochasoft has you covered with this product. Sadly, not free, but it's only nagware to use as a demo.

    I've had it on my Treo600 since I got the thing, and it's a lifesaver at times (like the time I patched some of our servers at 1:30am from a strip club). :)

  23. Re:Where's the evidence??? on Apple Uncommunicative About Security Holes · · Score: 1

    Actually, there was a mistake in the link. /.'s filters put an extra space between bulletin and the MS03-13 portion.

    Sorry about that.

  24. Re:Where's the evidence??? on Apple Uncommunicative About Security Holes · · Score: 5, Informative

    Can you name a single Windows flaw that was in the kernel?

    http://www.net-security.org/vuln.php?id=3401
    http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name= CAN-2003-0112

    I don't think Microsoft has ever released a patch to the Windows kernel via Windows Update. Can anyone confirm this?

    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin /MS03-013.mspx

    Google is your friend.

  25. Re:Been wanting to say this for days.... on India's Secret Army Of Online Ad 'Clickers' · · Score: 1

    DEY TOOK AHR JAHBS!! Quick - back into the pile!!!