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  1. Re:Not surprised. on Inside TechTV/G4 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I was complaining about the fact that even the most insignificant abuse and misuse of authority these days brings out "Hitler" and "Nazi" comments. It only serves to dilute the gravity of what happened during that period in history, IMO.

    You completely misinterpreted my post. You, sir, are worse than Hitler.

  2. Re:Not surprised. on Inside TechTV/G4 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Firing the staff of a niche cable network is a "Hitler move"? How did this get modded +5?

  3. Re:What is wrong with subversion? on OpenBSD Project Will Release OpenCVS · · Score: 1

    You can add Ethereal to the list. We switched over a few months ago using cvs2svn.

  4. Re:Article Short on details on Four Linux Vendors Agree On An LSB Implemenation · · Score: 1

    Isn't that like being fairly pregnant?

  5. Re:My Website's Stats on Firefox Shooting For 10 Percent · · Score: 2, Interesting

    How do your browser and OS stats compare? On my site it appears that many Windows users are using Firefox (or something other than IE, at least). For October 2004 I have:

    Operating Systems:
    Windows 86.6 %
    Unknown 6.3 %
    Linux 5.5 %
    Macintosh 1.1 %

    Browsers:
    MS Internet Explorer 70.2 %
    FireFox 12.2 %
    Mozilla 7 %
    Opera 2.2 %
    Safari 0.7%
    Konqueror 0.7%

  6. Re:I'm going for the Y Prize! on SpaceShipOne Captures the X Prize · · Score: 1

    Speaking of which, the space.com picture of Brian Binnie looks a lot like Ed Grimley.

  7. Re:Calling Long Distance on One-Watt Wireless Radio Modem Reaches 40 Miles · · Score: 1

    ...except WEP actually stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy

  8. Re:OK, so when do I get one in my PC... on NIST Unveils Chip-scale Atomic Clock · · Score: 3, Informative

    So why don't you just use NTPd or OpenNTPd? And why aren't you using pool.ntp.org instead of picking on the poor, overloaded NIST servers?

  9. Re:Aha! on Microsoft Developing Linux Policy, Plan of Attack · · Score: 1

    ...because real techies care nothing about getting the most bang for the buck, or making users happy?

  10. Re:Oooh, never thought of that. on Broadband Blimps · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...or you can just get an AP that supports Power over Ethernet.

  11. Re:NIST Study on The Myth Of The 100-Year CD-Rom · · Score: 1

    After reading the quick reference, my first question was "Are Sharpies solvent-based?"

  12. Re:Insight appreciated? on Cisco's LEAP Authentication Cracked · · Score: 1

    Does Linux support WPA yet?

  13. Re:Microsoft needs exactly ONE new product on Microsoft Clips Longhorn · · Score: 4, Funny
    This sounds like my first car. It was safe to drive as long as you:
    1. Didn't drive in the rain (wipers didn't work).
    2. Didn't drive on wet roads (bald tires).
    3. Didn't poke an appendage through the hole in the floorpan at speed.
    4. Held onto the driver's side door during right turns (it flew open).
    5. Kept a spare battery in the trunk.
    6. Kept a spare clutch and throwout bearing in the trunk.
    Just a few simple precautions, and you were perfectly safe.
  14. Re:Stealing Windows Driver on Intel Releases Linux Driver For Centrino WLAN · · Score: 2, Informative

    Have you tried capturing raw 802.11 frames with NdisWrapper? (Hint: Most Windows drivers don't support this, since NDIS doesn't provide a standard interface for it. Most Linux and FreeBSD drivers do.)

  15. Re:Gentoo on What's The Fastest Growing Linux Distro? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sure it does. It's called "bash".

  16. I don't understand on Review Of LinuxWorld 2004 · · Score: 1

    He appears to be bashing Microsoft because UNIX Services for Windows is faster than Cygwin. Pretty lame.

  17. Re:"Fairly Recently?" on Dispelling the IPv4 Address Shortage Myth · · Score: 1

    The problem is that NAT breaks the interconnectedness of the Net. If two machines are NATed (and on different networks), they can't talk directly to each other.

    In many circles (e.g. corporate intranets, data centers, my house) this is a feature. Putting a policy enforcement point (aka a firewall) between your network and the rest of the Internet keeps bad things from coming in and ensures that your users are using the network properly.

  18. Re:That's very bad for Microsoft... on Netcraft Claims Apache Now Runs 2/3rds Of The Web · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but with Apache's wildcard entries you only have to do it once.

  19. Netfilter improvements on What Will Be in Linux 2.7? · · Score: 1

    Can we please change the configuration syntax from the bug-ugly iptables/ipchains style to something like the more human-readable styles that pf, ipfilter and the PIX use? Please?

  20. Re:It does implement reliability on HyperSCSI Examined · · Score: 1

    It'll cause problems in smaller environments too, if your goal is to replicate data offsite. The FAQ says that there might be a version that runs over UDP in the future. In the meantime you get to use bridging (yay!) if you want to move data to a different segment.

  21. Behold... on Cheaper, Cleaner Hydrogen Without Platinum · · Score: 4, Funny
    Wisconsin team engineers gas from biomass ...

    Behold the power of cheese!

  22. Re:Does LA county even need a public /16? on Confronting Address Space Hijackers · · Score: 1
    Mercedes Benz needs 16777216 addresses??!!



    Probably not. Would they be delivering value to their investors by giving them back? Definitely not.

  23. Re:Sun is taking the same route as SGI on Sun Announces New x86 Servers · · Score: 1

    I'm confused. Is he trolling Mac lovers or apostrophe abuse haters?

  24. Re:Painted into a corner? on Available To The Right Buyer: Sun Microsystems · · Score: 1

    Compared to anything Dell puts out, Sun is high-end.

  25. Re:Don't all move to this! on Distributed Computing Attacking SARS · · Score: 1
    30% of Normandy's population was decimated.

    ...so 3% of Normandy's population died?