Comment Re:Turn it off (Score 3, Informative) 98
Also don't forget to disable the GPG key that is also installed, in
Comment Re:When can we expect a ban? (Score 5, Insightful) 202
The CIA is supposed to spy on foreign subjects. How will the US manage to ban encryption for foreigners?
Banning the export of encryption already has been tried, and we see how effective that was.
Comment Court document on groklaw.net (Score 2) 233
Comment Re:Really? (Score 1) 80
Company != Agency
Comment sudoedit? visudo! (Score 4, Interesting) 83
Using sudoedit to edit the suders file is interesting, but wrong. Please don't do that. Use visudo instead, as it does check for valid syntax.
Also, what has "The Plateau Effect: Getting from Stuck to Success" to do with sudo?
Comment I'm currently at a camp site (Score 1) 173
I'm posting this from the camp site of OHM 2013, and I cannot confirm the results of this study...
Comment Support contract (Score 1) 289
How much is the IBM support contract for this?
Comment Still not working... (Score 5, Insightful) 327
bartjan@ix:~$ ping6 slashdot.org
unknown host
bartjan@ix:~$
Maybe about time to update this story from 2003??
Comment Re:Obligatory (Score 1) 390
That is not metric, they are imperial values...
Comment Re:Unfortunate Reality of Being a Linux User (Score 1) 518
So, you're not only paying for an OS you'll never use, but also for a drive you'll never use?
Comment Re:STDs (Score 1) 481
We toyed with using that theme for the next group of servers. Hepatitis would do great for a cluster
No doubt management would veto it...
NPD Group Says "Wait! HD-DVD Isn't Dead Yet" 279
The NPD group, owners of the not-quite-as-popular-as-they-had-hoped HD-DVD format, attempted to battle back against the tide of "naysayers" who claim that the format war is over and have declared Blu-Ray Disc the winner. "While select articles have implied that HD-DVD as a format is doomed and the sky is falling for the format's supporters, the NPD Group this afternoon reinforced that sales results from a single week do not necessarily indicate a trend, and that the week in question had several intriguing variables that have gone unreported."
Building Tomorrow's Soldier Today 230
FleaPlus writes "Wired reports on a glove developed by Stanford researchers Dennis Grahn and Craig Heller which combines a cooling system with a vacuum in order to chill blood vessels and drastically reduce fatigue. Besides the obvious military and athletics applications, the technology is also potentially useful for firefighters, stroke victims, and people with multiple sclerosis. The Wired article also describes a number of other human enhancement projects intended to advance battlefield technology. Examples include military exoskeletons, projects designed to increase cognition or decrease the need for sleep, and studies that may one day allow single soldiers to operate multiple aerial drones. Many of these were opposed by the President's Council on Bioethics."
Political Bloggers May Be Forced to Register 658
Thebes writes "Under Senate Bill S.1, political bloggers with a readership of over 500 who comment on policy matters or hope to incite 'grassroots' action amongst their readers would be forced to register with the Federal Government as lobbyists."
Cisco VP Explains Lawsuit Against Apple 303
Dekortage writes "The day after Apple announced its iPhone, Cisco sued over the name. Mark Chandler, Cisco's SVP and General Counsel, has posted an explanation of the suit on his blog: 'For the last few weeks, we have been in serious discussions with Apple over how the two companies could work together and share the iPhone trademark. ...I was surprised and disappointed when Apple decided to go ahead and announce their new product with our trademarked name without reaching an agreement. It was essentially the equivalent of "we're too busy."' What did Cisco want? '[We] wanted an open approach. We hoped our products could interoperate in the future.'" Another reader wrote to mention that already, Cisco's trademark might be in trouble in Europe.
