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  1. I can tell you straight up on Desktop Linux Survey Results Published · · Score: 1

    why people don't adopt linux. It's because of the driver support. I've tried 3 different flavors of linux, and none of them will detect both my wireless and my wired nics. 3. Windows, of course, works like a champ upon install. This wouldn't be a problem except that all those idiot guides to linux or whatever don't cover modules or kernel recompilation. Listen guys, I'd like to run linux. I really would. But you don't make it easy.

  2. driver support for toshiba laptops on Red Hat Begins Testing Core 5 · · Score: 1

    Oh, maybe in this release they'll include driver support for the toshiba satellite m40 series.

    I tried to switch to linux. I backed out when no versions of linux supported either of my network adapters automagically. No, I'm not interested in figuring out how to recompile the kernel with the stuff I need. Strangely, there were no walkthroughs available on teh web that I could find for what I needed (mostly there were a lot of people complaining about the same problem I had).

  3. Re:V for Vendetta on Top 20 Geek Novels · · Score: 1

    oh and V for Vendetta was written by one of the guys who made it onto their list. Alan Moore just kicks ass as a writer.

  4. Roger Zelazny on Top 20 Geek Novels · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The Amber Chronicles. That is all. If you haven't read it, do so.

  5. V for Vendetta on Top 20 Geek Novels · · Score: 1

    V for Vendetta, which is apparently coming out as a movie, is a great graphic novel. So while it's not a novel per se, it's hard to beat the geek factor of it being a graphic novel.

  6. You set 'em up, I'll knock 'em down. on Geneticists Claim Aging Breakthrough · · Score: 1

    Research has now begun to test whether the effect works in mice. According to Dr Longo, lab mice bred with the equivalent gene knocked out appear to live longer, but are smaller, infertile and often suffer muscular defects, suggesting the gene is necessary for normal foetal development.

    hrmph. Sounds like the average geek to me ;)

  7. Re:More goodies from Sony! on Sony May Sell HD-DVDs · · Score: 2, Funny

    Mmmm. High definition root kits.

  8. Re:Quadratic Equation on The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Sure, just because you actually read what the poster wrote, you get the easy karma points.

  9. I sense a great disturbance in the force on Flushing the Net Down the Tubes · · Score: 5, Funny

    as if millions of bytes of ram screamed in agony, and were suddenly silenced. /.ed before any comments isn't a good sign.

  10. Re:Nethack on Loyalists Preserve Past Through Text-Only Games · · Score: 1

    Screw Nethack. Try skill based angband instead. Or any of the variants on thangorodrim.

    or there is always mud.rocke.org:4000

  11. So I can move to Etheopia, on Continued Look at Global Open Source · · Score: 4, Funny

    and sell my 3 legit copies of windows and have the rough equivalent of half a million dollars? That's it, I'm moving!

  12. Re:I thought... on Mom Makes Website, Gets Sued for $2 Million · · Score: 3, Funny

    yet another reason to move to canada

  13. Re:Not if on Research Group Pushes to Ban Skype · · Score: 5, Informative

    Well, I tried to find out how legit they were by reading some of their "white papers" like their guide to securing 802.11, but the cost was 450 dollars a year for membership. Heh.

  14. from the no shit sherlock department on Research Group Pushes to Ban Skype · · Score: 1

    Skype's encryption is closed source and prone to man-in-the-middle attacks. There are also some unanswered questions about how well the keys are managed.

    There's a lot of stuff prone to MITM attacks. Nothing new here.

  15. Dell on PCs Plagued by Bad Capacitors · · Score: 1

    Working in desktop support, I have to change a dell motherboard (usually an optiplex) probably twice a week.

  16. Norton involvement? on Trojan Using Sony DRM Rootkit Spotted · · Score: 1

    I just heard that Symantec may have helped with the creation of the rootkit, and that it wasn't just a creation of first internet. Can anyone confirm that?

    Anyone got a spare double-sided tin-foil hat (shiny side outside and in)?

  17. Re:They're really going to hate it when... on Police Need 90 Days To Crack Hard Drives · · Score: 1

    Ok. You're really kind of scary.

  18. monitor mode in windows on Microsoft Virtually Duplicates Your Wireless Card · · Score: 1

    I wonder if the source code will give me some insight into how to impliment a windows equivelant of linux's monitor mode for wireless nics. As far as I can tell, that functionality doesn't exist on windows thus far.

  19. Re:Huh? on Google Declares War on Microsoft · · Score: 1
  20. Somewhat related on MasterCard To Distribute RFID Credit Cards · · Score: 1

    This page talks about how to steal rfid info from mobile speed pass.
    rfid-analysis.org/

  21. Re:Well, it does work. on Google's Blog Search · · Score: 1

    I believe that this originates from Fark. Or possibly TotalFark. Or maybe, it comes from UltraFar...

  22. Re:Why do this? on Help Beta Test Slashdot CSS · · Score: 5, Funny

    Remember: this calculation is based on the number of pages served as of 13 June, 2000. I believe that Slashdot's traffic is much heavier now, but even using this three-year-old figure, the money saved is impressive.


    Welcome to 2005.

  23. can someone post the story for us suckers at work? on Death to the Games Industry · · Score: 1

    I think the subject line pretty much says it all.

  24. Re:Bug me not on NASA's Shuttle Plans · · Score: 1

    It bypasses any registration requirements for the NY times page.

  25. Bug me not on NASA's Shuttle Plans · · Score: 1

    google search of the NY times page