Peter.Koehlmann's articles:

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Arthur C. Clarke dead 59 22 (3/19/2008 1:29:25 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy The world has lost one visionaire. And one of the finest SF authors ever -- No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message, however, a significant number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. ... Peter

New supercomputer is a rack of PlayStations 16 34 (2/29/2008 11:29:56 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://www.smh.com.au/news/articles/new-supercomputer-is-a-rack-of-playstations/2008/02/26/1203788327976.html?page=fullpage Well, acoording to our resident astroturfers and win-shills Tim Smith and Hadron Quar... Peter

After 2 month, still no clue 82 24 (2/25/2008 10:10:23 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B946676&x=10&y=12 Their "Home Server" is still corrupting data. And they have already found a way to duplicate the problem. Yes, that's it, folks: The workings ... Peter

Microsoft Office Binary (doc, xls, ppt) File Formats 23 26 (2/18/2008 1:20:40 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://www.microsoft.com/interop/docs/OfficeBinaryFormats.mspx As promised, they now deliver the specs for Office formats -- A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their ... Peter

Linux 64Bit 18 24 (2/5/2008 11:50:30 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy There have been several posts (mainly from the usual suspects, Hadron Quark and Tim Smith) that linux in 64bit version uses a *lot* more memory. Recently I was forced to recompile a Web-Server module (written ... Peter

French police moves 70.000 machines to linux 14 20 (1/30/2008 5:35:34 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://www.lexpress.fr/info/economie/infojour/infos.asp?id=141908 The article says that the french police will replace WinXP on 70.000 machines with linux DumbFullShit will certainly note that this is next to... Peter

Well, noot just MS does it. Apple is just as bad 99 16 (1/23/2008 4:45:14 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6391144 In short: Apple introduces DRM in QuickTime. And renders video-editing dead as "side-effect" To top it off: Apple does not like the discussion and de... Peter

Federal Employment Office switches to Linux 110 19 (1/22/2008 9:15:41 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/102218 Well, just 13.000 computers, our resident astroturfer Hadron Quark will claim. Certainly nothing worth mentioning, right, Hadron? -- A NT server can be run b... Peter

SQL Injection Attack Infects Thousands of Websites 28 22 (1/10/2008 8:40:36 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://www.modsecurity.org/blog/ Well, well Didn't Erik F tell us just lately that there are no security holes for IIS? And don't the wintrolls fall over themselves asserting that they browse completely secu... Peter

Antivirus protection worse than a year ago 23 20 (12/20/2007 7:44:18 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy /quote For real protection, however, in view of the flood of new malware, the way these programs cope with new and completely unfamiliar attacks is more important. And that's where almost all of the products pe... Peter

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40% of computers are belong to our botnets 102 44 (3/18/2008 8:45:49 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Windows security at its finest. :) The short summary of the below is "we lost the cyberwar". http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20080317/tc_usatoday/botnetscamsareexploding Botnet scams are exploding By Byro... Ignoramus25365

Aus. PC World: No good reason to upgrade to Vista 138 18 (3/19/2008 1:16:18 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy "At the end of the decade, when Microsoft's executives look back at the debacle that was Windows Vista, they'll see that simply slapping a fresh coat of paint on an otherwise aging Windows architecture wasn't... charlie_wilkes (91)

Which is the best distro? 246 24 (3/19/2008 5:45:31 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy I'm a complete newbie. Although I've had Fedora 8 on my computer for almost a month, I just can't get anything to work for me. So my question is this, which distro is the most customizable/flexible, yet easy en... Totalrod2 (8)

Linux Luser Begging Again 20 21 (3/19/2008 1:20:04 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2008/03/komputers4kids-cant-get-into-gear.html [quote] Any help you could provide would be appreciated. Seriously, we have 4 installs to do in the next two weeks and one of them w... anonymous195 (210)

Arthur C. Clarke dead 59 22 (3/19/2008 1:29:25 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy The world has lost one visionaire. And one of the finest SF authors ever -- No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message, however, a significant number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. ... Peter.Koehlmann (13202)

HPT Looks for Love 54 23 (3/20/2008 5:19:53 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy ... xor (43)

Opening the question to the floor... 20 19 (3/20/2008 8:39:51 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Well, Peter seems unable to answer a simple question ("how do you post a wrapped URL?"). Would anyone like to take a shot at it? Peter says it can be done, but refuses to give an example (probably because ... reply_in_group (10240)

[News] [Rival] Microsoft's Offices Searched for Hookers 31 22 (3/20/2008 1:48:02 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Microsoft Building Searched By Feds Investigating High-Priced Hookers ,----[ Quote ] | Federal investigators executed a search warrant at Microsoft's Mountain View, | Calif., offices earlier this month as par... newsgroups3 (80328)

Studies on UI consistency 166 28 (3/21/2008 6:45:50 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Just a few from a few minutes of searching: Cheul Rhee,� Junghoon Moon,� Youngchan Choe.�(2006). Web interface consistency in e-learning.�Online Information Review,�30(1),�53-69.� Retrieved March 21, 2008, fr... usenet2 (34148)

GOOD/BAD/UGLY linux vendo 15 40 (4/26/2011 12:33:27 PM) comp.os.linux.misc To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.o After a few days research I identified many linux system vendors. Few responded appropriately to email inquiries and one was downright rude. Here is a list, in order of quality... consumer (1)