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  1. Re:Anyone able to get at those PDFs? on Programmer Challenges RIAA Investigators · · Score: 1
    Yeah, I got teh source code:
    ln -sf atlantic_does1-25_noticeofmotion.pdf /dev/zero
    ln -sf atlantic_does1-25_ziaffidavit.pdf /dev/zero
    ln -sf atlantic_does1-25_rogersaffidavit.pdf /dev/zero
    ln -sf atlantic_does1-25_memooflaw.pdf /dev/zero
  2. Re:The Inquirer gets it wrong on Is the Dell/Microsoft Alliance Fracturing? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Also, you still need IE for Windows Update, and probably always will. Only that Dell is installing Firefox and setting it as the Default browser, and probably removing the shortcuts to iexplore.exe

  3. Re:Its coming true on Nissan and Microsoft Create Videogame Car · · Score: 1

    it CarNT be true..

    On a side note, when do we see a Linux/NetBSD port?

  4. Re:Sony will still be first to market on Fate of High-Def DVD up to Microsoft? · · Score: 1
    First to market = First to rule!
    Really?.. look at Nintendo with N64 and Sega with Saturn followed by Dreamcast. Also Sony with Betamax (1972) vs VHS (1976). and and and, the whole DVD+ and DVD- debacle.

    Just a little bit of history repeating, and I --the consumer-- stand to gain.
  5. Re:top ten on 10 Biggest Microsoft Surprises of 2005 · · Score: 1
    8. Office embraces XML..
    Why they couldn't just work there differences out with OASIS/OpenDocument, then your statement would of be more to the truth but in typical MS style, "I'll build a new bikeshed".
  6. SOC... on System on a Chip Concurrent Development · · Score: 1

    I dont really want any more SOCks as I have enough to last me till next xmas now, although Linux or NetBSD on SOCks would be cool :)

  7. Re:Thank you, Internet on File-Sharing Winners and Losers of 2005 · · Score: 2, Funny

    The funny thing is, you remembered /. and the more ironic part; the article will duplicate in just a few days due to a time parallax in the alternate universe, making you wonder if your how life if just like this.

    Atleast, that is how I feel when I frequent /. .

  8. Re:Time to go find my Dreamcast... on NetBSD v3.0 Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    Well if you've got a BBA --I dont sadly-- and you've cross compiled the apps you want to use on another *faster* machine, then pretty much anything.

    Also a VGA cable would be good too, trying to read NetBSD's console on TV at 47Hz really Hz the eyes.

  9. Next Up.. on Guido Goes Google · · Score: 1

    Google offers new jobs to both Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer.. then again.. just give me a job instead.. plz?

  10. Can't Wait on Impressions From A Second Shipment 360 Owner · · Score: 1

    Only 3 more days and we'll have a dupe of this article! w00t!!

    I went to lakeside (A Big shopping center here in england) and had a chance --well not that there was a queue, the xbox 360 was quite happy making Dixons' electrical bill that much steeper-- to have a fiddle with the xbox 360. I was impressed with what I saw so far and the UI/menu syetem is really quite out of this world, yes, M$ has done it again. The best part is it comes up in-game, I think when you press the green xbox button in the middle. --How I wish I could do that on my PS2-- and it feels quite fluidic.

    My only gripe was that I expected a bit more from the graphics but that gives more reason to hold off atleast till the "second generation" of games hit the shelves and games developers have got the hang of all the "3cores/6threads" technical aspect, which could be 18 months away at most.

    I am still reserving my judgement till PS3 and "Revolution" hit, although so far so good :)

  11. New Company name on Seagate buys Maxtor for $1.9B · · Score: 1
    GateTor.. or maybe SeaMax

    Spin as you will.. even if:
    Seagate said ... will retain the Seagate name.
  12. Re:For those keeping score... on Seagate buys Maxtor for $1.9B · · Score: 1

    Excelstor is an OEM of IBM/HGST.. atleast thats going by the mechanical and physical sense of an Excelstor right next to my eyes and ears.

  13. Re:Hard Drive Voodoo? on Seagate buys Maxtor for $1.9B · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually you'll find most manufacturer's now have a minimum of 3 years. Shame that this was a bit late going back as 6months ago I lost a 120GB Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 (6Y120L0131011) built back in 2003, atleast I get some nice magnets :)

    Just a couple a weeks ago I RMA'd a Hitachi 120GB which decided to go clonk, clonk & clonk and had no-chances of passing DFT. I got a brand new one in 1 business week and it came all the way from singapore!.

    On the flipside, all of my old HD's 2Gb are still working fine :S

  14. Re:sections of interview are hidden / commented on Security Focus Interviews Damien Miller · · Score: 1

    Pesky paranoids..

    maybe a new form of stenography? or maybe its eliptical curve control to aid with the slashdotting?

    I wonder, do you check your logs as as vigourously as you do websites html source?

  15. Mod Up Parent.. on Google Acquires 5% of AOL · · Score: 1

    Atleast insightful.. as it seems most have missed this part regardless of googles seemingly obvious intentions ;)

  16. Re:Top search engine name searches on Google Zeitgeist '05 · · Score: 1

    Homer was later heard saying "Doh!"

  17. Re:Flood the Phishers on Evolving Phishing Attacks Using Web Vulnerabilities? · · Score: 1
    Sorry, but that is a real crap idea, why should anyone waste more time and energy when they could be busy reading the dupes on /., or wahtever else they do?
    For every false set of data they receive they have to try to use that invalid credit card number, ebay password, etc... Thus, costing them extreme amounts of time
    How is that any better then fraud? especially under the eyes of the law.

    At the end of the day, it is best if the user either ignores spam, by just deleting it, not clicking the links even if might seem too good to true and maybe reporting the spam --not that this is helping is it hotmail?--
  18. Obligatory on NASA Seeks Geniuses and Visionaries · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not exactly rocket science is it? oh..

  19. Re:PPU on ATI Video Processing Upgrade · · Score: 2, Interesting

    if you search one of the above companies say that there products are already powerful enough not to need ush things, which given some of the physics I've seen in some of the more recent games is quite true, although I still wonder how much the CPU plays part, not the GPU.

    Maybe if M$ was to update DirectX and require more physics related hardware accelerated physics then it might well hold and the whole PPU thing would pretty much sink, atleast as a seperate card, it would be just an additional unit inside the GPU.

  20. Re:KDE's cool ripper on CD Ripping Services Compared · · Score: 1
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  21. Re:Correction to this slashvertisement on Seagate Pushes Hard Drive Platters to 160GB · · Score: 1

    Now, lets get this right.. these platters are spinning fast, but not as in rotation :)

  22. Business @ the Speed of Thought on The Next-Gen Odd Couple · · Score: 1
    and I think online is something that comes very naturally to us.
    HAHAHAHAHAH.

    Sorry but that really is bull. That is coming from a company that thought the internet was a fad. Business @ the Speed of Thought

  23. Re:China is a threat on Cyber Attacks on US Linked to Chinese Military? · · Score: 1
    China outnumbers us by approx. 4:1 and they are smart - very smart.
    Ahh, but you forget that compared to us westerners, you need two chinese to stack up against us, so it is more like 2.35:1 or is that 16:9 or maybe 1.85:1, hmmm I dunno 4:3??.

    But really, it is about time we all just learnt to get on and hold hands, bout time people realised there is no need for war today.
  24. Re:First Post!! on Intel to Develop Hardware Rootkit Detection · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    if your First Post!! then I must be Second Post!! and all the rest with the Hairy Chest!!

  25. Re:Cumbersome on Windows Live goes Local · · Score: 1
    the drag behaviour, for instance, goes into a bizarre sticky mode.
    I agree and I wonder if the sucky mode is a feature though?..