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Comment Because BT ports are closed on corp. firewalls (Score 1) 591

by MoreDruid (#33782436) Attached to: Bittorrent To Replace Standard Downloads?
This would be the main reason this would fail. BitTorrent ports are closed at most corporate firewalls, and I don't see them opening up another set of ports. Plus usually they mirror packages/updates internally, so 1 download only... why not this download from the 1 "trusted" source (the vendor, as far as you can trust them).

Comment not exactly _my_ computer (Score 1) 715

by MoreDruid (#33586108) Attached to: The Last Component To Fail In My Computer Was The...
The servers where I work have had the following issues: - backplane connector (blade system) - very rare which is why HP didn't believe me at first - HBA/Fibre channel adapter - around 6 - HDD (10K or 15K SAS) - 2 - mainboard/systemboard - 4 - CPU - 1 that's all in the last 3 years on about 500 systems at home: - mainboard - 2, I'm never buying Asus again - memory - 1 - HDD - 1 died after about 12 years of service - complete system: I set the PSU switch from 220V to 110V. I've never seen a 486DX2 boot so fast. Until the magic puff of smoke came out of the back :-/ I got everything replaced in warranty though.
Open Source

Unusual, Obscure, and Useful Linux Distros 221

Posted by samzenpus from the rare-breed dept.
angry tapir writes "Most people will be familiar with some of the big names when it comes to Linux — distributions like Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Debian, and Mandriva. Most of the well-known Linux distros are designed to be used as general-purpose desktop operating systems or installed on servers. But beyond these distros are hundreds of others either designed to appeal to very specific audiences or to fulfill the somewhat niche needs of some users. We rounded up some of the most interesting Linux distributions that you might not have heard of."

Comment Re:As an end-user, is there some way to tell? (Score 1) 58

by MoreDruid (#32676050) Attached to: Dot-Org TLD Signed For DNSSEC
Firefox should already be compliant (from what I've heard). It will pop up a warning if the known cert is different from a new one (if someone hijacked the domain). The key of course is: how do you guarantee that the original key is correct? by sending it through other means (USB key, mail etc.) and have the user install the cert manually.
Movies

Mass Effect To Invade the Big Screen 142

Posted by Soulskill from the seth-green-seems-like-a-lock dept.
UgLyPuNk writes "This could be a good thing or a bad thing: EA has just confirmed that it's making Mass Effect into a movie. The franchise has been acquired by Legendary Pictures, which is best known for its co-productions of The Dark Knight, Clash of the Titans, 300, Watchmen, and, um, The Hangover, as part of a co-financing agreement with Warner Bros."

Comment Re:I disagree (Score 1) 643

by MoreDruid (#31764386) Attached to: The Apple Two
Well, we'll just see how well it's done. If you can pick 'em up at e-Bay for half price within 3-6 months it has failed. If not it does fill a need for the buyers.

Comment Re:Throttling is not the answer (Score 1) 403

by MoreDruid (#31369372) Attached to: Throttle Shared Users With OS X — Is It Possible?
Interesting and very valid observation. I think it can be mitigated by 1 thing: having an unfiltered out stream on your firewall, but a throttled in stream. That way he can't complain about the network being slow (it isn't if you copy a file over), only saving to the coworkers system will take a very long time.

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