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  1. Re:wow, irony is heavy in here... on Jon Johansen DVD Trial Date Set · · Score: 3, Informative

    *sigh* DeCSS is /only/ to deencrypt the movie. DeCSS has nothing to do with regions. You can need DeCSS to watch a region "0" movie. You don't need DeCSS to watch an unencrypted region 2 movie.

  2. Re:Major failing of GRACE on GRACE Exceeds Expectations! · · Score: 1

    plan b) for naming GRACE: bender.

    Bite my shiney metal ass!

  3. Re:Faster isn't necessarily what the next step is. on AT&T Broadband Introduces Tiered Pricing · · Score: 1

    Sonic.net

    4 static IP's

    DSL

    Excellent peoples

    $60/mo (40 to pacbell for the physical line, 20 to sonic for internet access)

  4. Re:How many people do check the MD5 checksum? on OpenSSH Package Trojaned · · Score: 2

    That is part of the port framework. You have a Makefile (which says where the file is, where to download it, what patches to install, what config options, what dependancies, etc, etc), a description of the port, any system specific patches (like OpenBSD only patches), and a file with an md5 checksum. The ports system will not "unzip" the file unless it matches the checksum. A simple "make REFETCH=true install" will keep downloading until a package that matches the md5sum is ready to be processed.

    The only way that would fail, is if they trojaned your system, they trojaned the cvs tree and you updated against it (highly unlikely), or you used the NO_CHECKSUM=yes option, which IMHO is incredably stupid.

  5. Re:Do what your company was doing. on Finding BIOS Upgrades? · · Score: 1

    wtf part of cali do you live in? central valley (manteca, modesto, stockton) rent was way higher than that. i live in the bay area, as i would gladly kill for only 1200 in rent! :P

  6. Re:Riiiight.. on Cert Slamming, or, Desperate Companies Behaving Badly · · Score: 2

    "CompuGlobalHyperMegaNet? Buy them out boys!" *Smasing of the Simpsons house ensus.*

    -Bill Gates, via the Simpsons

  7. Re:PostModern Casserole on The Open Source Cookbook? · · Score: 1

    2 measurements nutrional yeast

    Not to troll, but how can putting living creatures (yeast) into a dish allow it to stay vegan?

  8. Re:Bah, programmers don't cook... on The Open Source Cookbook? · · Score: 1

    Have you ever kept expired sushi by your workstation? That's fairly nasty stuff, /should/ be outlawed by the Geneva Convention ;-)

  9. Bah, programmers don't cook... on The Open Source Cookbook? · · Score: 2

    ...they order delivery sushi!

    Mmmm.....delivery sushi in San Francisco.......

  10. Re:Huh? on New Two-Headed Hard Drive Intended To Secure Web Sites · · Score: 1

    If he gets that high level, he can just crack the system that has write privilages.

  11. Re:cdparanoia on Ogg Vorbis 1.0 · · Score: 1

    cdparanoid works on bsd, or are you talking about something else?

  12. Re:Hmm.. on Brian Walker (aka Rocket Guy) Fires Back · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Not trolling, but think of Apollo 1.

  13. I, I, I, I.... on I Believe You Have My Stapler · · Score: 1

    I used to sit by the window, and there were these squirrels, and they were married.

  14. Re:Render Engine is nice, but modelers? on POV-Ray 3.5 Rendered · · Score: 1

    Blender

    *snickers softly*

  15. Re:Actually, we should at least standardize... on Isn't it Time for Metric Time? · · Score: 2

    $date +%F
    2002-07-05

  16. Re:Witty banter w/ telemarketers on Telemarketers and Cell Phones? · · Score: 2

    I used a similar route when trying to unsubscribe to magazines:
    "Your magazine is crap, I hate it"

    "Oh. Ok. You are now unsubscribed. If-you-want-to-subscribe-again-please-call-1-800-b ite-me -if-i-don't-say-this-i'll-get-fired"

  17. Re:$$$ Money money, money $$$ on Telemarketers and Cell Phones? · · Score: 1

    But why on earth do you have a cell phone where _you_ pay for incoming calls?!

    Because that's how almost all plans work. Some plans aren't like that, but the vast majority are. Sucks don't it?

  18. Easy solution on Trade in your Junk Mail for Spam · · Score: 1

    Sign up for that. Have all of their email go to spambox@yourdomain.blah, and forward all mail sent to that address, to either vipul's razor, or to /dev/null. Now *both* of your boxes are free of spam. :-)

  19. Re:"the only thing you need" on Managing and Using MySQL: Second Edition · · Score: 1

    The only thing you need to get started. You don't need anything else. You can and should check other things if you are doing it professionally, but for Joe User who doesn't know MySQL, and wants to learn it, he can just buy one $40 book, as opposed to 5 $60 books. This one has everything tied in. Of course there are books with more details, but this has more than enought to get you started.

  20. Re:O'Reilly on Managing and Using MySQL: Second Edition · · Score: 2

    When I started on this book, I knew nothing about MySQL, PHP, or similar. I now have a (somewhat) working MySQL database with a perl script accessing it, and a C prog administering it, in about a month. This book, and the K&R book on C is all I used. The O'Reilly's is friggen awesome!

  21. Re:really? on Managing and Using MySQL: Second Edition · · Score: 1

    (+1, Funny)

  22. Re:[OT] Can anything get a rating besides 9? on Managing and Using MySQL: Second Edition · · Score: 1

    I don't know about other books, but this one kicked ass! The only reason it wasn't a 10, is that the test database was hidden. Otherwise, I loved it (Hence the glowing review ;-).

  23. Re:Some mirrors, for the bandwidth-impaired on LotR Two Towers Trailer Online · · Score: 2

    Looks like Slashdot isn't the only one covering this

    Yeah, what else is new.. when's the last time you saw an original news peice on slashdot?


    The same time I saw perfect spellink on Slashdot.

  24. Re:I think I've fallen into Bizarro World. on Star Trek: Nemesis Trailer to Premiere Tonight · · Score: 1

    I'm trying to think of this as a "quality" movie, or at least enjoyable. I'll try not to think Voyager at all. =)

  25. Re:I think I've fallen into Bizarro World. on Star Trek: Nemesis Trailer to Premiere Tonight · · Score: 5, Informative

    According to Wil himself, he will. Check his web page. Also IMDB has it listed. http://us.imdb.com/Trivia?0253754