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  1. F451 on Experts Fear Future Will be Like Sci-Fi Movies · · Score: 1

    Not a movie but, when I read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, I thought I was reading a nonfiction novel of a current situation. Okay, maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration, but not much of one.

  2. Re:Security First on Locking Up Linux, Creating a Cryptobook · · Score: 3, Informative

    Debian Etch will have an option to use encryption by default and encrypt all partitions (except boot). This one article details how to encrypt all partitions except boot: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/428

  3. Re:Bug Virus? on Torvalds Creates Patch for Cross-Platform Virus · · Score: 1

    int $0x80 is how all syscalls are called that don't have libc wrapped around them. How is that deprecated?

  4. What's wrong? on Gmail Mis.delivered? · · Score: -1, Redundant

    What's so wrong about that?

  5. Re:huh? on Linux Kernel 2.6.14 Released · · Score: 1, Informative

    Just because you don't understand the features, doesn't mean their not useful to someone.

  6. Re:100 million users and climbing on How Chinese Evade Government's Web Controls · · Score: 1

    It should go without explaining why disallowing a mob to sit right in front of that Capitol has been classified as unreasonable because of the security nightmare it presents.

    And having the same mob stay 20ft more away is that much more safe? Give me a break.

  7. Re:Fat bloated kernels on Rootkits: Subverting the Windows Kernel · · Score: 1

    You should've read Phrack #63. They had an article on hiding processes. It uses the same functions that the Linux kernel uses to destroy processes to hide them. Unless OpenBSD doesn't kill processes somehow, there's something there. The only saving grace to it is the security levels, which are in Linux 2.6 now.

  8. KisKis on Coping with the Avalanche of IDs and Passwords? · · Score: 1

    KisKis is the best I've seen. Cross-platform, various templates, encrypt files too. I keep the database and the installer (which is also cross-platform, Java is cool) on my USB key.

  9. Re:You CAN have IPv4 and IPv6 on the same network. on Federal Agencies Must Use IPv6 by 2008 · · Score: 1

    I'm usually the last person I'd expect doing this, but Windows XP has pretty good IPv6 support.

  10. Re:What's better than screen shots? on Windows Longhorn and Internet Explorer 7 · · Score: 1

    The Firefox Dev Team didn't video tape themselves showing off their bugs.

  11. Re:What's better than screen shots? on Windows Longhorn and Internet Explorer 7 · · Score: 1

    One more thing: at 30:10, one of the developers tries to do something with RSS Bandit and oops! It doesn't work. :) "Looks like a bug in RSS Bandit"

  12. Re:What's better than screen shots? on Windows Longhorn and Internet Explorer 7 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Funny, there are actually IE-fanboys there at that thread. Didn't know those existed.

    What really amazes me is the fact that they're saying that "RSS is going to be so much broader because MS is putting the work they are doing into the platform." RSS has been around for years, and now RSS is amazing because IE integrates it? IE is so far behind that technologies aren't realized until years later. Ridiculous.

  13. Re:I went to AVG on Symantec's AntiVirus 10 Deployment Woes? · · Score: 1

    AVG is nice for personal use (I use it), but you're supposed to pay for it for businesses. :P

  14. Re:But people don't want to learn. on Beginner's Guide to Linux Distros · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What a troll, but I'll bite.

    Have you installed Linux lately for Desktop systems? I installed Fedora Core 4 and Ubuntu recently and was blown away by both. Both detected everything on my relatively new computer and loaded the drivers correctly. With Windows XP, I had the mundane task of installing drivers and programs manually, which isn't fun. Face it: Linux is becoming easier every day.

  15. Re:Old problem, not Microsoft specific on Hackers, Meet Microsoft · · Score: 1

    No, they lured the laptop onto the network without it's consent, and without rooting the laptop first. That's why it's surprising.

  16. Re:And section 102 IS STILL THERE??? on U.S. National Identity Cards All But Law · · Score: 2, Informative
  17. Re:Are you sure? on Vex Pics from FIRST/LEGO/Vex Robotics Competition · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Wow, you're completely wrong. Vex is a competition of the Non-profit organization FIRST (http://www.usfirst.org/). They're not aiming to "sell" to any market, only appeal to schools that don't have the money, time, or will to compete in FIRST Robotics. The robot that my team built roughly had $15,000 put into it, including parts and machining. That's expensive, unlike Vex were robotics are generally under $300. Radioshack sponsors FIRST to give them the oppertunity to do this. Buying the same parts from Radioshack for anything other than Vex might be twice as expensive. Geez, get your facts straight.

  18. Re:How about replacing internet1 ? on Government Finishes Internet Study -- 7 years late · · Score: 2, Informative
    TCP/IP was designed to be reduant incase of a nuclear war. It was never meant to be secure or high performance.

    Are you joking? TCP was designed to be redundant for data intregity, not nuclear war you bozo. And in many cases (such as high data loss situations, wireless) TCP outperforms UDP because of the window and it's confirmation. UDP only has a checksum, when it doesn't get the same info, it resends; TCP is smarter.
  19. Re:Just curious on Navy Commissions Open Source R&D · · Score: 1

    Oh? Pray, tell me why that is. IMHO, I would think Linux would be better for pure stability purposes, let alone the litany of other reasons.

  20. Re:What the heck is this supposed to mean? on Advanced System Building Guide · · Score: 1
    Oh well, I got some miscellaneous work to do. Time to reboot into Ubuntu!
    That's what I say. When I'm done playing a game or anything very Windows-specific, I reboot into Linux. Why? Miscellaneous stuff, web browsing, e-mail, talking to friends, etc. Maybe a bit of programming. Nothing specific. Makes sense to me.
  21. Re:Perl and work on Randal Schwartz's Perls of Wisdom · · Score: 2, Insightful
    perl also stubbornly avoids some useful language constructs in the name of "language purity". eg case statements. yes i know about Case.pm, but its not stock perl. and yes i know perl6 will have it. only took them ~20 years to get there :-P
    From the Camel:

    Unlike some other programming languages, Perl has no offical switch or case statement. That's because Perl doesn't need one, having many ways to the same thing. A bare block is particularly convenient for doing case structures. Here's one
    SWITCH: {
    (!$whatever) && do { &go("yes"); last SWITCH; }
    ($something) && do { &go("no"); last SWITCH; }
    ($nothing) && do { &go("???"); last SWITCH; }
    $somethingelse = 1;
    }
    After this, there are four other examples showing this in more ways. Go get the Camel, it's invaluable.
  22. Re:Internet Provider != Government on Vonage's CEO Says VoIP Blocking Is 'Censorship' · · Score: 1

    No, constitutional law forbids any person, organization, etc. to take away your rights in anyway shape or form unless you specifically sign them away in a contract or NDA. Always read what you sign!

  23. Re:illegal optimization there, for C at least on Optimizations - Programmer vs. Compiler? · · Score: 1
    In other words, in the absense of the "restrict" keyword, the "const" keyword is fluff! All it does is help the compiler produce warnings. It does nothing to help the compiler optimize.
    I honestly can't tell if you're joking or not. Before you reply to me again, try doing this, and failing. (replace the @ with &, the address-of operator, & won't display correctly)

    const int number = 1337;
    const int *ptr = @number;
    *ptr = 5;


    Or try doing this, and again failing:

    int number1 = 1337, number2 = 1336;
    int *const ptr = @number1;
    ptr = @number2;


    The const keyword is obviously not fluff. Learn to program...correctly.
  24. Re:illegal optimization there, for C at least on Optimizations - Programmer vs. Compiler? · · Score: 1
    Do you mean const pointers are illegal in C? Nice try, there are two types of these, constant pointers and pointers to constant data. And the restrict keyword is _always_ optional, it's just a hint. What restrict does is tell the compiler that this pointer is the _only_ way that it can access the data. Pre C99, the restrict keyword didn't exist, so do you think that the const ptr didn't exist either?

    The two types:
    int *const const_ptr;
    const int *ptr_to_const;

  25. Re:I warned you! on Steam Users Steamed · · Score: 1
    I bought HL when the internet gaming was handled by WON. There may have been an outage here and there, but it was not like Steam in that you could create your own LAN server and play with your friends.
    I've made plenty of LAN servers, simply press the "Create Server" button in the main menu of any game on Steam.