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  1. Re:TimeMachine on Ask Slashdot: Asynchronous RAID-1 Free Software Backup For Laptops? · · Score: 1

    rsync can do daily hard linked backups:

    create the initial backup:
    rsync -a /directory/to/backup "${backup_vol}/$(date +"%Y%m%d")"

    run rsync in a nightly cron job:
    rsync -a --link-dest="${backup_vol}/$(date -d yesterday +"%Y%m%d")" /directory/to/backup "${backup_vol}/$(date +"%Y%m%d")"

    or if you want to just link to the last backup:
    rsync -a --link-dest="$(ls -d "${backup_vol}"/* | tail -1)" /directory/to/backup "${backup_vol}/$(date +"%Y%m%d")"

  2. Shirts with MSH logo on Windows to Have Better CLI · · Score: 1

    3-5 more years to complete and they already have shirts with the logo on it. http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2679 5

    Guess we know why Windows costs so much.

  3. only a 28.1 Meg download to try the beta on Windows to Have Better CLI · · Score: 1

    Hey! It's only a 28.1 Megabyte download to try the Beta. Must be good code in there (somewhere)...

    http://channel9.msdn.com/wiki/default.aspx/Channel 9.MSHWiki

  4. Re:MOD PARENT UP! on iTunes DRM Hole Closed · · Score: 1

    But don't assume that piracy is your natural given right.

    It would be closer to say piracy is reclaiming a natural right.

    Copyright is not a natural right. In the case of the US, it is a right that is provided for by the US constitution for a limited term. At the end of the term, the right (copyright) expires and the material returns to it's natural state: public domain.

  5. Re:Dear Roblimo on Mozilla Foundation Chief Mitchell Baker Replies · · Score: 1

    Damn, what you found was actually exactly what I was looking for! Two weeks ago that is. I don't need it now.

  6. Re:IBM is a good barometer on Business Considers Open Source on Par with Commercial Software · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually, the first company to ship a computer with a GUI was Commodore with the Amiga. It was also the first PC with true multitasking, and the first PC with dedicated hardware processors for audio and video. The Mac came shortly after, and magazines at the time rated the Amiga higher then the Mac. Unfortunately Commodore totally sucked at marketing and did not further develop the Amiga much beyond its initial release.

  7. Superior Picture Quality - LOL on Thin CRTs to Challenge LCDs in 2005 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Thin CRTs offer the best of both worlds -- superior picture quality with a slim size.

    What planet are you living on. Maybe for watching porn CRT's are better because the color is more, um, vibrant. For real work, coding, hacking, chatting, or anything where you have to look at words on the screen, LCD's blow CRT's away. CRT's are fuzzy. Every pixel that is on bleeds into the surrounding ones. Staring at them for any length of time causes eye strain as you are constantly trying to refocus on the blurred out text. LCD's are sharp. So sharp that some people coming from CRT's had problems with the text, so text Anti-aliasing was born.

    I bought the cheapest 19 inch LCD out there 2 years ago at compusa for $299. Compared to other LCD's it is crap. Compared to CRT's it totally rocks. Unless your watching fast action video, but then that's what the dual head graphics card is for...

    My experience comparing cheap LCD's to mid range CRT's is that it is much easier on the eyes to work for extended periods on an LCD.

  8. Linux does not discriminate on LTSP 4.1 Announced · · Score: 0, Troll

    The great thing about using Open Source software is no vendor is able to discriminate against you for viewing porn. You are able to to use you Linux distribution in any way you see fit, even if you choose to use it to watch choppy video of sexual activity with out of sync audio while perverting (er preventing) any other network traffic.

  9. TCP/IP on DRM From the Viewpoint of the Electronic Industry · · Score: 1

    Is it just me or are these abbreviations *really* annoying:

    TCP: Trusted Computing Platform
    IP: intellectual property

    Maybe they could come up with some for FTP, HTTP, SMTP, etc...

  10. My Christmas Gift from my Employer on Christmas Bonuses? · · Score: 1

    This year my Employer has decided to give me the wonderful gift of an Outsourcing. I have about at 50/50 chance of either getting hired by the company contracted to provide IT services or getting a severance package. Hopefully they didn't mean severed package. It all takes effect December 15th.

    Merry Christmas!

  11. If it is not on the Internet, it doesn't exist on Is the Internet Your Source of Knowledge? · · Score: 1

    f it is not on the Internet, it doesn't exist

  12. Re:Strike Back with Poor Typing on Resolving Everything: VeriSign Adds Wildcards · · Score: 1

    Worse, If Verisign's IP address is unavailable for any reason, those messages will queue and retry until the IP comes back or the messages time out. If there is no response from the IP address the initial connections will remain open until they time out. This could create DOS's on busy smtp mta's.

  13. SMTP DOS on Resolving Everything: VeriSign Adds Wildcards · · Score: 1

    Any mistyped domain (such as screwverisign.com) returns IP address 64.94.110.11. This makes smtp mail transfer agents try to deliver misaddressed messages to this address. If the address were unavailable for any reason, backups in smtp mta's accross the internet would occur. High volume sites could potentially be subject to a Denial of Service due to this.

  14. Copyright Infringement vs. Theft on Meet the DoJ's 'Anti-Piracy' Lawyers · · Score: 1

    Can you explain the differences and similarities between copyright infringement and other IP violations and theft from legal and enforcement perspectives?

  15. Re:No kidding on Slashback: Vaidhyanathan, Oregon, Opteron · · Score: 1

    >> The definition of species is not artificial, if two individuals cannot produce viable offspring, then they are different species.

    That doesn't fit all circumstances. It makes it possible for members of a species that cannot mate with itself. If A and B can produce viable offspring they are the same species. If B and C can produce viable offspring they are the same species. Thus it follows that A and C are the same species. But what if A and C *cannot* produce viable offspring?

  16. Employers viewing Employee Email on Ethical Dilemmas Related to Technology · · Score: 1

    How about the ethics of employers viewing employee email (and other electronic communications)?

  17. Nice Try on NZ's Largest ISP Owns Your Work · · Score: 1, Funny

    Somebody upload WinXP to their servers and see how long they can act like they own it.

  18. Two Way Street on Bug Reporting Etiquette · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Respect is a two way street. It would be nice if the Mozilla Developers would show the same respect they desire from bug reporters to bug reporters. The fact is you can get rude and dismissive comments from the Mozilla developers even if you do your absolute best to be as respectful to them as possible. In fact you can get the attitude from the Mozilla developers even before you make a comment see here.

    That said, I think the Mozilla developers are doing a GREAT job and I have a ton of respect for them. I just woouldn't ever want to work with them.

  19. Re:Uhhhh... on On Decorating Your Computer Room? · · Score: 1

    >...just what exactly is wrong with the bridge of the USS Enterprise to begin with?

    Why the hell don't they have seat belts. Every battle and they go flying all over the deck. The first person who put seat belts in their ship would win every battle, simply because they would stay in their seats to be able to control the ship.

  20. Re:Browser Tabs on Hyatt Discusses Tabs · · Score: 1

    The MultiZilla extension for Mozilla has this feature (and many more) as well. Plus exact behavior of practically everything is customizable.

  21. Multizilla on Hyatt Discusses Tabs · · Score: 1

    Multizilla for Mozilla implements all of the different behaviors discussed in the article. The end user can choose exactly how tabs should behave, when they are opened, if they are replaced, if a favicon is displayed on the tab, if a close button is displayed on the tab, where the tab bar should be placed, and if the tab session should be restored on startup.

    Funny idea that, letting the end user decide how they want to work...

    Also, Mozilla's tabs were iniated because the developers liked Multizilla, but not nearly all the features of Multizilla were implemented in Mozilla's implementation.

  22. This is an Advertisement! on Web Programming by printf() · · Score: 1

    This is not a news article. It is a corporate advertisement for Art and Logic's Device Management Framework. It basicly says: Don't use CGI, use our product instead.

    Also there are a bunch of inaccuracies in the article. For one, there is no reason the HTML would need to be included in the C code (if you even use C with CGI. I rarely see it). Rather you would just put it in template files that the C code reads in. HTML layout changes would not need to be reflected in the C code.

    Thank God for moderators.

  23. Re:X Windows is prior art. on Does Transfer of MPEG Video Infringe on Acacia Patents? · · Score: 1

    You have the Client and Server in X reversed. In X the display is the server and the program that wishes to display something is the client. The client program makes requests the the X server display. So, for example, if machine A might run the X display server (xfree86) and machine B might run a Mozilla client that makes requests to display it's interface on the X server on machine A.

  24. Re:VPN Client on What's Keeping You On Windows? · · Score: 1

    Better yet ssh from work to home and run ppp over ssh. Set your routes on your home machine, and you've got your own vpn. All the traffic looks like it came from your work machine, so everything works perfect.

    Then when your done with that set it up to start when it receives a gpg encrypted/signed email.

  25. Video Confrencing on What's Keeping You On Windows? · · Score: 1

    Yahoo Messanger Video, icuii, iVisit, cu-seeme, etc.