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  1. Re:Lies about Libertarianism on McCain Campaign Uses Spider/Diff Against Obama · · Score: 1

    Your example requires that everyone accept the rich mans offer. Which is hardly realistic.

  2. Re:Tons of Gems from Steve! on Inside Steve's Brain · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why? The iPhone has exactly the same amount of buttons as the Mac mouse!

  3. Re:Mods on crack? on Making the Switch To Windows "Workstation" 2008 · · Score: 1

    He mentiones removing the check, but now "how". I didn't know "how", so for me that post added more information even though most of it was redundant.
    Is it still redundant then?

  4. Re:The back-biting is shameful on Paul Vixie Responds To DNS Hole Skeptics · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Vixie claims that "Everything we thought we knew was wrong", but at the same time, we know that there are DNS systems and services that did not have this vulnerability, so obviously some people had already given this type of issue some thought.

    No. Not all dns systems/services may be vulnerable, but this might not be because of forethought but rather a different design paradigm (buzzword alert, I know). They might just have been designed differently for other reasons, and non-vulnerability to this exact flaw may be a side-effect.

  5. Re:Teach it! on 1200-Baud Archeology · · Score: 1

    Yes! Like Rock Lee in Naruto: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06wLqMNn3co

  6. Re:Doing it the hard way on 1200-Baud Archeology · · Score: 1

    echo -e 'global _start \n _start: \n mov eax, 2 \n int 80h \n jmp _start' > a.asm; nasm a.asm -f elf; ld a.o -o a;

    Too long for the signature field? It appears it would compile the forkbomb, but not run it. Or am I missing something? :)

  7. Re:yeah but this is more fun on B-2 Stealth Bomber Gets Upgrade, Joins the '90s · · Score: 1

    Pre-MMX Pentiums also had a HLT-bug that'd cause the box to lock up. afaik, no other OS'es than linux had a proper workaround (pass no-hlt on the kernel cmdline). I couldn't for the life of me get NT working on that box ;)

  8. Re:Pointless... on Viacom Looks For Google Staff Uploads in YouTube Logs · · Score: 1

    TV is an out dated concept anyway. I should be able to subscribe to a show like I subscribe to a RSS feed, then down load it when the episode is ready. TV on *my terms*.

    Now that's just like a torrent site I'm subscribed to... hmm... I have a RSS feed with my favourite shows, a script that automatically downloads a torrent when the show has been uploaded (generally in the middle of the night for me), and wake up in the morning to fresh new episodes of South Park, House, Simpsons, etc.
    If I could have the same convenience legally, I would pay for it ;)

  9. Re:Driver Support on An Early Peek At AMD's Radeon HD 4870 X2 · · Score: 2, Informative

    While I had no problems running XP or Vista using ATI drivers, I certainly have issues running X on Linux with ATI drivers. X keeps crashing at the weirdest times, whereas I have no problem with NVidia drivers.

  10. Re:Real writeable NTFS? on Linux 2.6.26 Out · · Score: 1

    Wooosh!

  11. Re:Clever new tools for kernel config on Linux 2.6.26 Out · · Score: 3, Insightful

    um... you have a distro that doesn't hotplug all the necessary modules for you?

  12. Re:So long, thanks for all the gas. on Smart Parking Spaces In San Francisco · · Score: 1

    That's pretty lousy fuel economy for such a small engine... My 3-litre straight six (MB M103) engine does 9L per 100km, and much of that is because of the automatic transmission.

  13. Re:They didn't like my idea... on Details for Guitar Hero 4 Released · · Score: 1

    MORE COWBELL! ;)

  14. Re:Fool me once, shame on you on id Software Announces Doom 4 · · Score: 1

    Ah, you're right. That made it impossible to see where fireballs and such came from ;)

  15. Re:Fool me once, shame on you on id Software Announces Doom 4 · · Score: 1

    I'd been playing DOOM since I played the first one on my old 386, with the graphics turned down enough that it was playable.

    Was there any adjustments to the graphics in DooM?
  16. Re:So... on DOE Pumps $126.6 Million Into Carbon Sequestration · · Score: 1

    If you include Hydro, Norway would be an example of an entire country without CO2-producing power.

  17. Re:Why bother? on Spore, Mass Effect DRM Phone Home For Single-Player Gaming · · Score: 0, Redundant

    omgno! A karma hit. Who the fuck cares?

  18. Re:you got to be kidding me right? on Unexpected Slashdot Downtime · · Score: 1

    Random :)

  19. Re:How about moving to a better news system? on Unexpected Slashdot Downtime · · Score: 1

    Low UIDs don't carry bragging rights unless they're four digits or less. ;)

  20. Re:Guys Chill on Details On Windows XP SP3 Leaked · · Score: 1

    You can't slipstream XP SP3, just like you can't slipstream Vista SP1. Enjoy.

  21. Re:Why on earth... Why? on Details On Windows XP SP3 Leaked · · Score: 1

    you are aware that Vistas SP1 can't be slipstreamed either? It's just as difficult in Vista as in XP ;)

  22. Re:Nah.... on The Last Pinball Machine Factory · · Score: 1

    Parent is humor, not flamebait... Jeez. Haven't you guys ever played WoW?

  23. Yay..... on Ubuntu 8.04 Released · · Score: 1

    Xen networking is completely broken in Hardy Heron. Joy ;)
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/218126

  24. Re:Is the USA still a democracy? on US To Employ Overhead Spying Domestically · · Score: 1

    While he's Evil, he's fortunately not a dictator.

  25. Re:Oh no you didn't! on UK Banking Law Blames Customers For Insecure OS · · Score: 1

    A network admin that isn't paranoid is no good admin ;)
    The point isn't that is has to be that combination of attacks. The point here being that there might be ways to circumvent the "security" of providing a read-only media for users to use. Once an exploitable flaw has been found, the media is useless for everyone and poses a security risk. Suddenly noone can use the online bank until they have pressed new CDs with a security fix. Way to go ;)