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  1. For Ubuntu 5.10 users: on Root Password Readable in Clear Text with Ubuntu · · Score: 2, Informative

    open var/log/installer/cdebconf/questions.dat, check at line 2140. Mine is there, individual results may vary

  2. Re:But Ubuntu has no root account! on Root Password Readable in Clear Text with Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    Guidelines to posting a comment
    1. RTFA
    2. RTFA
    3. Try seeing if TFA is true (ie open questions.dat)
    4. Post Comment.
    The problem is that all that happens during installation is logged in
    And that includes logging of the username / password that the installer creates at time of installation. Of course if the user changes the password after the installation then the log file while not be updated and will still continue the old password.

  3. Re:Asians? on The Twists of History and DNA · · Score: 4, Funny

    One can only wonder what evolutionary pressures caused well endowed Asian males do die out.

    its the food silly...
    ordered according endownment:
    1. Africans (eat elephants)
    2. Americans (eat hotdogs)
    3. Asians (eat rice)

    note: rabbits eat carrots which are about their own body-length. And now you know why they breed so fast.

  4. interesting find but.. on The Twists of History and DNA · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ..with examples like
    men who had killed in battle had three times as many children as those who had not.
    and
    East Asians tend to be more interdependent than the individualists of the West, which he attributed to the social constraints and central control handed down as part of the rice-farming techniques Asians have practiced for thousands of years

    I have to say it is pretty badly written. Asians are indeed more community/ society-oriented than westerners who are more individualistic (look at our emphasis on personal freedom and privacy), but that may not all be based on genetics. The level of priority for an asian is Country-> Community -> Family -> ME whereas westerners are traditionally more of ME->Family -> Community -> Country. The asian argument is that without a strong country there cannot be a safe family. However the western priority list above is not something inherent in all westerners, it is just more obvious these days and mostly only in America which the researcher assumes applies to the rest of the western civilisation. A Glance through history would reflect that the Ancient Greeks, Romans, Vikings and even the more modern Britains and Americans have accepted that the country's welfare is in fact more important than their own personal ones, or else nobody (almost) would want to voluntarily enter the Armed forces.
    A community-based individual is the by-product or perhaps even the pre-requisite of ancient civilisations. The asians were amongst the first to realise this and never found any reason to change their believe. Thats why they are what they are.

    To attribute everything asian to rice is rather immature. This article tells us what we already know - adaptation and evolution happens. But nothing else is new or even believable.

  5. says Joseph Heller on No EFI Support for Vista · · Score: 2, Insightful

    FTA : It said its decision to 'reprioritise' EFI development to the server version of Windows was based on a lack of available desktop PCs with EFI support on the market.

    This could create a cath-22, chicken and egg situation. Less EFI in market causes no EFI support causes Less EFI in market, causes no EFI suport.......

  6. manage myself? on Google's New Calendar CL2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hmm.... I suppose something like this could help me better manage my social life...


    ..oh wait...


  7. RAS syndrome on Vonage Files Regulatory Complaint Over QoS Premium · · Score: 1

    "Shaw's QofS Service has the potential........"

    I am not really a grammar Nazi, nor am i Trolling. Really. But "QofS Service" would be expandeed to become "Quality of Service Service", and I cant really completely RTFA while laughing remembering about the RAS Syndrome

  8. Dear Novell People, on Novell Returns to the SUSE Name · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have a stuffed penguin with the name 'Novell' written on it's belly which I purchased from your staff at an IT conference. Now, due to the name change, my dear Novell Tux is considered worthless and damaged goods. As the damage is caused by your part, I expect to receive full compensation in form of one (1) stuffed penguin sized 100" by 40" which is 10 times the size of my Novell Tex(tm). The increase in size is requested to remind you that what seems like a simple change of name is in fact psychologically damaging to a nerd. Upon receiving the new Suse Tux, I will destroy my Novell Tux to eliminate the chance of any other geek suffering from the same trauma I have. I expect you to comply with my wishes within 30 days from today. Failing which you will hear from my whose amazing achievements can be seen here.

    Sincerely,

    Me

  9. Also stolen from the book: on Da Vinci Code Author Sued · · Score: 1

    the name leigh Teabing(from da vinci code)'s first name is taken from the authors of Holy Blood. Teabing is an anagram for Baigent and Leigh happens to be the name of the other author. Jacques Saunière from Da Vinci Code is based on Bérenger Saunière, also from HBHG (from here.

    Dan Brown did not just steal the ideas, he stole a lot more from the book. What is most amazing is that while deliberately taking the ideas and the names there was not one reference to Holy Blood, Holy Grail. While he had made references to movies/novels like The Last Temptation of Christ which shares the same idea.

    Speaking of which, the idea of Jesus and Mary Magdalene being married was first potrayed in The Last Temptation of Christ. A book which first appeared in 1960

  10. Re:Use what everybody else is using on How Do You Decide Which Framework to Use? · · Score: 1

    If it is really popular, it must be really good. See C++, Java, XML, Windows, McDonalds, etc...

    you forgot VB6 I'm still asked to use it at work

  11. CPRM on Film Studios Sue Samsung Over DVD players · · Score: 2, Informative

    Content Protection for Recordable Media (CPRM) is THE thing used to enforce DRM in DVD players and are burnt in during production of the players. However it is AFAIK only mandatory in US, meaning u could get a player without CPRM keys that can play (and write) pirated DVDs in South American and Asian COuntries (except Japan and maybe a few other countries). Got a friend in Singapore? He could get you a good player

    XD

  12. another example of on Congressman Quizzes Net Companies on Shame · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    america's hypcritical nature regarding censorship... and evrything else. No you do not have the right to talk about how we should give everybody every information, especially When you yourselves admit it is not always good.
    The US government has said the images should not have been released and could incite violence.

    No you do not have the rights to ask other people to respect each other's privacy when you spy on your own citizens.

    Leave the chinese alone. Go clean your own backyard. There are a few iraqi dead bodies there and they're starting to stink

  13. team america? on Canadians To Douse Chinese Firewall · · Score: 2, Insightful

    before we police the world, lets see how americans themselves sometimes ask for censorship - though be it self-censorship - as it is written here.

    I see this report as America admitting that sometimes, censorship is a prerequisite to peace. And not all news is acceptable in all places at all times.

    In relations to this project however, my worry is how this would affect diplomacy.

  14. art? or life on Prostitutes Call for a Ban on GTA · · Score: 1

    They note that the games are a bad influence on children, and might encourage rape and violent behavior towards prostitutes in real life.

    This returns to the debate on whether life imitates art, or art imitates life.

  15. to my fellow geeks.... on Love Under a Microscope · · Score: 1



    make install! Not love!

  16. Says the Noob... on Oracle Acquires Sleepycat · · Score: 1

    According to the license here,

    Q: What must I release as open source?

    A: Under the open source license, you must release the complete source code for the application that uses Berkeley DB, Berkeley DB Java Edition or Berkeley DB XML. You do not need to release the source code for components that are generally installed on the operating system on which your application runs, such as system header files or libraries.

    Would that mean that Oracle would have to comply with that license, and release source for whatever they use it with? Or are they allowed to change the sleepyCat license?

  17. the real question.. on Robot Piloted by a Slime Mold · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ...is can they win the fight against the koreans..?

  18. Re:no offense... on KDE 4 Screenshots · · Score: 1, Troll

    An OS is a tool, I want one that works, and I think most people feel the same way.

    No, I want one that makes me feel cool, intelligent and fuels my eliteist, I-wanna-be-the-minority emo mind while being able to talk about words that people don't understand like GPL and FOSS while running programs with names that have no intuitive meaning like Gaim and Gimp and Evolution while showing off Glossy purdy Icons and Opac Docklets. If I just wanted one that works I'd stick with Windows 95.

  19. Re:And this fights piracy how? on Using Watermarks to Combat Piracy · · Score: 1

    Ignorance is bliss. Joe should say "I sent my computer to about 30 different geeks this year to be fixed because of the *insert Microflaw here* virus, they stole it from me"

  20. Re:Is it 1984 yet? on UK MPs Approve Compulsory ID Cards · · Score: 1

    Neither is having your driver's license, credit card, bank statement, passport, or social security number stolen. Any one of the above would make for a pretty fucking good starting point for an identity thief, though.

    Exactly the point. If the only way to seriously ID a peson is with his ID card and the card is encrypted and guarded better than Billy G's home vault...... it may just make things a lil more secure. I noticed the picture showed a card had a chip which presumably makes it more difficult to break into then - say - a credit card. If it is difficult to clone, or break into, then it's actually good. If it isnt then I for one will not welcome our card-stamping, liberty-deprieving tea-drinking overlords.

    this is not about giving up liberty for temporal security. It is about getting much needed security. And to gain, one has to give. Let's not FUD this implementation.

  21. Re:Fitting? on Internet Suicide Pacts Surge in Japan · · Score: 1

    Anyone else find it fitting that this comes right after the thread about Darwin? Natural Selection sure works wonders

    That's not cool Crussy, NOT cool. Without them japs we would not have this or this but would be stuck with these

  22. Re:let the... on Possible Breakthrough for AIDS Cure · · Score: 1

    AIDS cure or no AIDS cure, you still have to have a willing partner...

    DAMN! so THATS where i got it wrong......

  23. my opnion: on Google Delists BMW-Germany · · Score: 1

    If you're gonna swim in a guys pool for free, he has every right to ask you to not pee in it. And kick you out if you do. Go find another pool.

  24. My definition of cool is: on Tech Support to the Stars · · Score: 1

    fixing an Ipod for Steve Jobs.
    fixing an Xbox for Steve Balmer

    and ultimately:
    giving a bikini wax to Monica Belucci.
    I swear I'd give mySelf a bikini wax with the same equipment right after.

  25. nice script. on PS3 Developer Fired For Comments · · Score: 1

    So I guess the new rule for me is, don't ever say anything at all about anything. Ever...ever."

    Is it just me or does that sound like a corny dialog from a reallly emo character in a c grade movie....?