Comment Blame Cisco (maybe) (Score 1) 80
According to comments on the linked article the problem was that Cisco CRS-1 routers misinterpreted or didn't understand the modified BGP data and passed on corrupted versions of the BGP data.
Comment Re:If that's the case ... (Score 1) 337
Don't be daft! But if they can nag Jörg Schilling until he changes the licence to make them shut up, Debian might include cdrtools again. But that happening is less likely than Oracle changing it's mind about supporting OpenSolaris.
Comment Re:simulator usefulness is artificial (Score 1) 72
I've often thought that the stupid rules imposed by the FIA contributed to deaths of Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenburger. It's sad to see that 16 years later they are still making senseless rulings.
Comment Racing sims that work with linux (Score 1) 72
>Any good car racing sims that work with linux?
Don't know how good they are, but there are TORCS http://torcs.sourceforge.net/ and its fork Speed Dreams http://www.speed-dreams.org/
Comment Re:It knew who I was (Score 2, Informative) 145
Almost certainly some brain dead acquaintance of yours knows both your email addresses, had them in their email address book under your name and allowed Facebook to rifle through it when they signed up.
Comment Re:Good ideas never die, they just rebrand (Score 1) 265
If it gets the graphics card vendors to pay attention to the 2D API's again and improve support, then Hell, yes I'm all for it. Even on XOrg the graphics card vendors ignore the 2D graphics acceleration API's these days with the obsession with 3D. If you are lucky they will accelerate them indirectly through OpenGL. There is a reason why the open source XOrg drivers are generally faster at 2D graphics than the proprietary ones.
Comment Re:Wow , at 8 cents a page for a PACER document... (Score 1) 445
He is not doing their job for them, he is doing the trivially easy part of their job for them. The expensive part (collecting all that data) is still being done by the courts, it is just more difficult for them to get paid for it now (and no, they are not funded by taxes).
Comment Re:Explain why OOXML is a "superb standard" Miguel (Score 1) 747
"Even if you hate RMS's vitriol, as usual, he is right, and everyone against him is clearly, and most solidly in the wrong."
There, that's a nice rational, not at all smacking-of-religious-zealotry, position.
Comment Here You Go: (Score 1) 170
Here you go:
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/
Comment Re:James Randi challenge - Take Two (Score 1, Redundant) 453
Please excuse the technical problems with the parent.
Actually if you bothered to JFG, to would find that the One Million Dollars is in an endowment fund account administered by Goldman Sachs, so bar the bank collapsing or it getting embezzeled, the money is real qand is going nowhere.
See http://www.randi.org/joom/challenge-info.html [randi.org] for further info
Netgear Launches Open Source-Friendly Wireless Router 182
An anonymous reader submits news of Netgear's release of the "open source Wireless-G Router (model WGR614L), enabling Linux developers and enthusiasts to create firmware for specialized applications, and supported by a dedicated open source community. The router supports the most popular open source firmware; Tomato and DD-WRT are available on WGR614L, making it easier for users to develop a wide variety of applications. The router is targeted at people who want custom firmware on their router without worrying about issues, and enjoy the benefits of having an open source wireless router."
Free (As In Speech) Beer, V2.0 266
AgentPaper writes "Three years ago we discussed an open source brewing project in which a Danish brewer made his beer recipes available for public consumption and alteration. The concept has taken off, first with the 'Free Beer Project' in Denmark and now with Flying Dog's 'Collaborator' Doppelbock in the US, which was created via input from home brewers across the world. One version of the Collaborator is commercially brewed and available for purchase (and is darned tasty), but you can download the same recipe and labels, brew it yourself, and submit your mods back to the project."
Submission + - Open Source Amiga clone pricing announced
downix writes: "For those who have not been following, Dennis VanWeeren created the first cloned Amiga hardware earlier in 2007. Up until now, the only way to have one of these MiniMigs was to build it yourself, not an easy task for all people. But, ACube systems, the guys developing the SAM440 PowerPC motherboard, have stepped up, making available a fully assembled Minimig for the cost of 138 euro. The idea of having your own, brand new, Amiga is exciting to some, but a full open-source hardware platform should be exciting to all of us."
Reinventing Gaming Addiction with 360 Achievements 78
jayintune writes "An article from 2old2play looks at how the XBox 360 achievement system is bringing out the addictive qualities of console games by adding a whole new level of competition to 'single-player' games. At the same time, the achievements extend the life and replayability of the games. Do you actually get more for your money from a single player Xbox 360 Game then from another console? You be the judge."
Olympic Medalist was Spyware King 336
Remy writes "Seems that Australian gold medal mogulist Dale Begg-Smith is also a spyware entrepreneur. According to a report at Spam Kings, Begg-Smith has supported himself in style as president of a company responsible for generating 20,000,000 pop-ups per day, thanks to drive-by installs of spyware. I know the concept of Olympians being amateurs is outdated, but shouldn't they be barred from competition for this sort of thing?"
