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  1. Minus M$200 is a return alright on Ballmer Says Linux "Infringes Our Intellectual Property" · · Score: 1

    I thought that was a return to Novell share holders. Just sematics I suppose.

  2. Re:Of course! on Microsoft One Step From World's Greenest Company · · Score: 1

    Not to mention all the millions of users who have compuers with broken power saving features.

  3. Damn, 30 years late... on Icebergs Sailing Past New Zealand · · Score: 2, Funny

    Finally some corroboration of our Global Cooling campaign.
    http://www.fcpp.org/main/publication_detail.php?Pu bID=864

    Drs. Tim Ball and David Suzuki.

  4. Tornado on Warming a Tiny Piece of Mars For Terraforming · · Score: 1

    Heating up a small area will result in a horrible, permanent wind storm. Probably not a good idea.

  5. Re:What's the problem? Cameras not RFID. on RFID Tech Infiltrating a British Institution · · Score: 1

    Eighty four? Those are just the cameras you can see. In a few years small cameras will be very cheap and all of them will be invisible.

  6. PhirePhox on Firefox 2.0 Wins Phishfight Against IE7 · · Score: 1

    I don't like the phone-home phishing extentions, since they are a breach of privacy. There fore a good old hosts file based block list is better IMHO.

  7. Re:GPL/Open Source benefits Too! on Sun Open Sources Java Under GPL · · Score: 1

    A large Gov contractor? Just refer them to the fact that the Defence department is using Linux and show them the Common Criteria web site.

  8. Re:use: SPAM as your username on Best Method For Foiling Email Harvesters? · · Score: 1

    Ooh, simply eeevul...

  9. Re:Serverside Form on Best Method For Foiling Email Harvesters? · · Score: 1

    Spambots will try to POST the form directly, without ever GETing it. So a simple GET/POST sequence number will block form spam.

  10. Re:Fuck 'em! on Best Method For Foiling Email Harvesters? · · Score: 1

    Yup, there is no point in hiding your email address. It is best to assume that all spammers already have it and then just run SpamAssassin, with Spamhaus and Spamcop RBLs. My address is all over the place since 1995 and only two or three spams get through per day and those are pretty innocent and mostly related to my business anyway, so they are not particularly annoying. The RBLs block tens of thousands of spams per hour and SpamAssassin takes care of the rest.

  11. Re:Publish your email address. on Best Method For Foiling Email Harvesters? · · Score: 1

    Exactly. It is impossible to keep your address out of spammer address lists. So I just use SpamAssassin and a few RBLs.

  12. Doesn't matter if you use SpamAssassin on Best Method For Foiling Email Harvesters? · · Score: 1

    It is impossible to keep your address out of Spammer address books. Therefore, you can just as well assume that all the spammers in the world already have your email address and run SpamAssassin and an RBL or two to get rid of the crap.

  13. Waaah... on Time For Anti-Trust 2.0? · · Score: 1

    Windows is expensive? Well, who woulda thunkit. So, sell your PC products with a clear distinction between the prices of Windows and Linux versions and put them on the shelves side by side.

  14. Re:Not yet it isn't! on The War Is Over, and Linux Has Won · · Score: 1

    I think they just bought one last week for 200 million dollars.

  15. Wars are fought in the DND, MOD, DOD and Pentagon on The War Is Over, and Linux Has Won · · Score: 5, Informative

    and there, Linux hasn't so much won, as it is simply accepted as a fait accompli. The networks run by government departments are enormous beasts, with tens/hundreds of thousands of desktop PCs running Windows XP and thousands of servers running Irix, Solaris, OpenBSD, Linux and Windows 2003 server. The interesting thing is that all new server installations are either Linux or Windows 2003, other versions of UNIX have pretty much fizzled out and Linux (specifically Red Hat and Novell) is used for critical servers, firewalls and data-diodes, while Windows is mainly used for Active Directory and Exchange, protected behind an army of penguins.

  16. Re:Europe out to make the cash... on A Concrete Solution To Pollution · · Score: 1

    Sigh - global warming... The thing is, that I am old enough to remember when (some of the very same people) were all going on about global cooling.Please wake me up when the next fad comes along. Global dimming anyone?

  17. Only the surface does anything on A Concrete Solution To Pollution · · Score: 1

    Would it not be better to make this substance into a paint?

  18. De minimis non curat lex on Judge OKs Challenge To RIAA's $750-Per-Song Claim · · Score: 1

    Cool, the obvious next step will be for the judge to dismiss the matter as a waste of time.

  19. Re:Solar Power still Useless on Solar Power Becoming More Affordable · · Score: 1

    Yup, the only place a solar power plant will work properly is on a tower at the North Pole.

  20. Re:thermovoltaics on Solar Power Becoming More Affordable · · Score: 1

    It doesn't matter how much you waste. The solar energy is free to begin with. The only thing that matters is the cost to produce the device, for a given output power. The same thing appplies to wind power generation. The efficiency of the wind mill doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is whether it works and how much it costs.

  21. Re:Passive solar heating... on Solar Power Becoming More Affordable · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but you know, we need the heating in winter and especially at night. That is why it is generally more efficient (pardon the pun) to insulate a home better, than to try to add solar heating to it.

  22. Re:Talk About Global Warming... on Solar Power Becoming More Affordable · · Score: 1

    I know you don't like Bill Gates, but is it necessary to bring his big back side into a Slashdot thread? ;)

  23. Re:What's going on here? on Preview of Vista On Old Hardware · · Score: 1

    It is just bad code. Loading the same fonts over and over - opening the same files over and over. Abysmal performance is typically due to dumb-ass C++ code creating and destroying the same old objects for no good reason.

  24. Moon doesn't revolve around earth on Moon May Be Geologically Active · · Score: 1

    The moon actually revolves around the sun, in lockstep with the earth. Compared to the diameter of its solar orbit, it just wobbles a little bit. If it was really revolving around the earth, then it would at some point during the month move retrogradedly - it doesn't do that - it is indeed always moving in one direction only and at a near constant speed of about 1000km/s.

  25. He is correct on Windows Chief Suggests Vista Won't Need Antivirus · · Score: 1

    I haven't experienced issues with Windows viruses in years. The trouble is spyware, adware, trojans, junkware and crapware...