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  1. Re:hard blocking? on Meet The Life Hackers · · Score: 1

    Thereis a pearl script, that allow you to specify rules (eg ban slashdot on the firewall level) so that you are forced to work. The script will chance you root password and then automatically be disabled once the time your set is up.

    Cant remember the name though.

  2. Re:Should be a fun charter challenge on CND Government Demands Widespread Tap Access · · Score: 1

    No, because the security provided will only stop so many terroist - there is always a way to get around it, but even so the odds that i am getting killed with my limited airtravel is so miniscule it is not worth talking about.

  3. Re:Should be a fun charter challenge on CND Government Demands Widespread Tap Access · · Score: 1

    I am against it. If there was two different air transportation companies, one with no security, and one with the security of the US, i would go on the no security on anyday i wanted to fly. I hate the pointless security controls.

  4. Re:Lifestyles of the rich and famous on Alan Cox Given Lifetime Achievement Award · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Stallman has glaimed in some talks/interviews that he lives like a student, and does so to prevent money from controlling his life

  5. Re:It works both ways, but it's worse for MS on No Defense Against Windows Rootkits? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I was thinking, could you not just recompile the kernel without suport for loadable modules?
    I mean, if i ran a server i would do that.

  6. Re:the defense of liberty on London Tube Dangerous for Technophiles? · · Score: 1

    Hopefully you know that you can just refuse thoses searches, and walk out of the station, and try the next one right?

  7. Re:Tact on What is Responsible Disclosure for Security Flaws? · · Score: 1

    Or tell the general public how to reproduce it.

    That is funny, i had this idea that somehow i was called freedom of speech.

    Silly me.

  8. Re:the test on Automated Pool System Saves Swimmer · · Score: 1

    How can it be dangerous to the lifeguard? (assuming he is able to swim).

  9. Re:Alternatives on Forms of Alternative Transportation to Work? · · Score: 1

    Why no paraglider - a good geek could build one him selfs - properly a hell to get a license, but anyway.

    e8e3d50494900a3608982b45c0e76383

  10. Re:iTunes monopoly on iTunes Might Lose Labels · · Score: 1

    I am tired of the - people will never see anything wrong with apple - I do. But i also think that DRM should be taken out and shot. So if the labels ruin it, i shall be happy.

    The best artist do what they do because they cannot do anything else, and love that people will hear them.

    The rest is not worth giving up your freedom to.

  11. Re:Easy... on Bill Would Let Police Monitor Email · · Score: 1

    Nice, If you use Windows.

    Does a simular thing exist for Linux? (The hidden volume thing, i know it is posible to have encrypted mount points)

  12. Re:RIAA should address the cause on Recordable Media a Bigger Threat Than Filesharing? · · Score: 1

    Bullshit.
    19 x $1 = $19
    20 cds at $19.
    Average price is $19/20 = $0.95

    Some rabete - not

    Try $0.05 per song (as they are just about free), and let the good songs advertise themself. Oh and no DRM or closed formats.

  13. Re:RIAA should address the cause on Recordable Media a Bigger Threat Than Filesharing? · · Score: 1

    I hope people continue to buy lots of cds.

    That way they will be cheaper for me to buy, so i can backup my hd.

  14. Re:Sustainable? on Warming Up Mars With Greenhouse Gases · · Score: 1

    Well, you dont know if they are dangerous or not do you?

    That being said, if they are alive now, they are properly geared towards cold temperatures, and therefor cannot live in you stomach.

  15. Re:Just end it all, please... on EU Proposing to Make P2P Piracy A Criminal Offense · · Score: 1

    And how would going to DC help on an EU proposal?

    And for the public readings - the internet is a much better medium.

  16. Re:Ok with me - but how do we break IE7 pages? on Windows Guru Calls For IE7 Boycott · · Score: 1

    Transparent PNG files.

    I do not however know if it has been improved in the newest version.

  17. Re:Wow, two superpowers battle it out... on Canada and Denmark using Google as Battleground · · Score: 1

    Wrong. The last time was in 1848, where we beat the Germans. Got our ass kicked by them in 1864.

  18. Re:Fundamental change is needed... on Patent Examiners Flee USPTO · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You can say goodbye to new prescription drugs, absolutely nobody would invent a new one with no protection against immediately available cheap generics.

    Someone calculated that it would be cheaper for the US gov to pay for the development of new drugs than to pay the companies higher fees due to patens.

    Makes sence since a company exist to make money.

  19. Re:firefox on The Future of Firefox · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That is because people are abusing html - html is for showing contens, with a nice layout.

    To chat use IRC. To discuss: usenet. To share files: ftp.

  20. Re:News? on Firefox Gains on IE Again in June · · Score: 1

    Yes, but people over 40 generally do not last as long as the younger people so eventually we are going to win.

    Plus ie is falling more and more behind firefox so at some point ie is not usable anymore.

  21. Re:News? on Firefox Gains on IE Again in June · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nah just when it its more than 51 percent, I have to see balmers reaction to that one.

  22. Re:Well, that's sad news... on IBM Officially Kills OS/2 · · Score: 1

    NO, that price goes to dos. Spend two entire afternoons trying to get it to work on my brothers computer.

  23. Re:NO!! on Best Setup for Mapping in Undeveloped Countries? · · Score: 1

    If you are driving in a desert, it can be nice to know the direction you are traveling so you have less chance of getting lost.

  24. Re:get over it... on U.N. To Govern Internet? · · Score: 2, Informative

    The problem is the root servers. They are just dns servers, but if we dont have them, well - we better start remembering ips. I belive this is what he means by backbone.

  25. A defence for computers in schools on Improving Education? · · Score: 1

    Back when i was in elementry school, i was expected to hand in everything handwritten. My handwriting is terrible and no matter how much i work on it it does NOT improve.

    When we began writing on the computer, my grades rose because the teachers could read what i wrote.

    To this day almost nobody can read my handwriting, but thanks to a computer i am able to comunicate with people over the entire world.