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  1. Re:Don't like man pages. on Is Linux Documentation Lacking? · · Score: 1

    Really? I read a man page to see what options they are and how to use them. Stuff like that. That's there. What else do you expect from a man page?
    Also man pages are for the version of the command that's installed on your machine.
    Compare Linux man pages (ie a man page for nearly every command, system call, function, etc) to Windows help!

  2. Re:Behold, a free market evangelists dream takes f on Somali Pirates Open Up a "Stock Exchange" · · Score: 1

    It could actually evolve into a legit market. Instead of raising money for hijackings then gather money of other ventures.

  3. Uselful on Are Ad Servers Bogging Down the Web? · · Score: 1

    But ads are useful.

    There are lots of possible solutions. One that comes it mine is to let the site with the ads server the ads along with the regular content.

    Also its an unfair race. You enter http://example.com/ in the browser and example.com starts loading then it asks for its ads. So, of course, the ads arrive after the example.com content.

  4. Roundabout on FreeBSD 8.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Seems pretty roundabout... to make youtube work they needed Flash. To make Flash work they got Fedora 10 compatibly going.

  5. "benched" on Chrome OS Benchmarked Against Moblin, Ubuntu Netbook, More · · Score: 1, Informative

    In sports "benched" usually means taken off the field. I like this tech usage (benchmarked) -- which is new to me.

  6. Re:History on New Microsoft Silverlight Features Have Windows Bias · · Score: 1

    Or you could go to class :)

  7. One instruction... on Building a 32-Bit, One-Instruction Computer · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ... whose first operand is the task to perform. Followed by the necessary operands for that task.

  8. Re:Doesn't look practical on Cooling Bags Could Cut Server Cooling Costs By 93% · · Score: 1

    That was my thought too.
    I can see heat sinks with liquid pipes in them in the future. Plus regular air cooling. ie a hybrid solution.

  9. Re:Cray-2 on Cooling Bags Could Cut Server Cooling Costs By 93% · · Score: 1

    Everything *trickles* from Supercomputers/Mainframes eventually.

  10. Re:Zooming on "Mandelbulb," a 3D Mandlebrot Construct, Discovered · · Score: 1

    Nifty but it seems to be a Microsoft thing so can't actually be good. :) Seems to work with javaScript and not Flash or Silverlight!

  11. mall cops on UN Officials Remove Poster Mentioning Chinese Firewall · · Score: 4, Insightful

    malls cops won't let you set up a stand in a mall... unless you pay rent and sign an agreement.
    Maybe these guys didn't do that.

  12. is this a problem on DNS Problem Linked To DDoS Attacks Gets Worse · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Open DNS servers don't seem so bad to me.
    Like an open website -- OMG everyone can access it.

  13. agreement on German Killers Sue Wikipedia To Remove Their Names · · Score: 1

    Of course Germany's law don't apply in the USA but there are many agreements between developed countries. Eg WTO agreements

    http://www.wto.org/english/docs_e/legal_e/final_e.htm

    The IP one:
    http://www.wto.org/english/docs_e/legal_e/27-trips.pdf

    I wonder if some of these agreements oblige the USA to cooperate with Germany's laws. Having the entry on the English Wikipedia site is of course visible in Germany.

  14. COMS is available on HP To Acquire 3com For $2.7 Billion · · Score: 1

    I guess this purchase will free-up 3Com's stock symbol COMS (a pretty cool one).

  15. Re:1980 wants its protocol back on Vint Cerf Plugs Android Into Interplanetary Net · · Score: 1

    I loved those "bang" addresses.

    jupiter!mars!luna!earth!slashdot!taco

  16. HDB Protocol on Vint Cerf Plugs Android Into Interplanetary Net · · Score: 1

    Should have called it HDB (Hot Dead Bird) protocol.

  17. Re:invented by Norville Barnes: on Google Releases Open Source JavaScript Tools · · Score: 1

    Freedom is slavery.

  18. Regular phones are so backwards... on Home Phone System That Syncs To Computer? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ... they work *all* the time.
    Personally, I would never replace my POTS phone with anything "high tech".

  19. I can see a place for this.
    Handy for people who want their computer to "just work"... like my parents.

  20. Not the tech on The Tech Aboard the International Space Station · · Score: 1

    This article is not about all the tech... just the IT stuff.

  21. Windows, yuck on Cracking PGP In the Cloud · · Score: 1

    What chore that they need to use Windows. For a brute force password guesser, most Slashdotters could write it in 10 lines of perl.

  22. Link to the RFC on Microsoft Opening Outlook's PST Format · · Score: 1

    So where's the link to the RFC or other plain text document describing the .PST file?

  23. Re:Risk assessment on Arbitrary Code Execution With "ldd" · · Score: 1

    Good point.

  24. Re:1985 called, they want their exploit back on Arbitrary Code Execution With "ldd" · · Score: 1

    This seems to be from 2003.
    But it still should have been fixed.

  25. Re:Why Windows XP? on Amazon Expands Kindle To the PC · · Score: 1

    Could it be market share?