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  1. Re:Might explain "Deauthorize Media" option on Space Shifting DVDs to Cost Extra? · · Score: 1

    Can I deauthorize Fox with that?

  2. Re:But, my question is... on Game Journalist May Have Been Fired Over Negative Review · · Score: 1

    Let's fire all the meta critic reviewers then!

  3. Re:So... on Stay Lifted, Novell Vs. SCO Can Go Forward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    That which does not kill Linux, only makes it stronger.

  4. Re:3-chord covers on Guitar Hero Maker Sued - Cover Song Too Awesome · · Score: 1, Insightful

    So why didn't the little band get a prerelease version of the game so they could check out the cover? Your example of Ford seems to indicate that there was no communication with Middler, she found out when she first saw the commercial maybe. In this case, both parties already had an agreement, seems only natural that the band would receive a copy when it was finished but before the release of the game.

  5. Re:And Opera on Comparing Memory Usage of Firefox 2 vs 3 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You know what, your post made me think of something: Why can't I see the processes of plug-ins separately from the browser (and kill them too)?

  6. Re:Have to be compelling on Are Aliens Living Among Us? · · Score: 0

    As far as I'm concerned the term Alien(s) is defined by Ridley Scott and James Cameron. Anything else is not an Alien in my book. Opposable jaws it must have...

  7. Re:more planets to come! on Astronomers Announce 5-Planet System · · Score: 0

    Uranus ... would almost certainly go unnoticed. Is that a compliment?
  8. Re:Statement in article is incorrect on Apple to Allow Virtual Mac OS X Server Instances · · Score: 0

    You could run 2 or 3 (or more) on one machine to save on hardware. And depending on the product, you can save the state and move the image to another machine.

  9. Re:Why not boycott Gnome? Who needs it? on GNOME Foundation Helping OOXML? · · Score: 0

    This article might contain the word 'GNOME', but that doesn't mean it needs comments on GNOME vs KDE vs Whatever your religion is.

  10. Re:Linus Prefers KDE on GNOME Foundation Helping OOXML? · · Score: 1, Funny

    Maybe you should submit a story about that so your comments can be relevant to the actual article...

  11. Re:patents on GIMP 2.4 Released · · Score: 1, Funny

    That's just math right?

  12. Re:Security Conserns of Time Machiene? on A Closer Look At Apple Leopard Security · · Score: 0

    I'd argue the right solution, is not to do that at all. Yes, but he's already crossed that line, it was a mistake, it can happen, even to you. But not to worry, just move it to a secure location and he's done, right? But the question is, will time machine allow someone to still find this file in the public folder?
  13. Re:It's funny. Laugh. on Facebook Goes To 64 Bit User IDs · · Score: 0

    so we have to wonder why they did this No, we don't. But Slashdot did, so now we do as well. I don't really care, but it just adds to the number of days I read an article about Facebook, and that must be good for Facebook.
  14. Re:Missed Opportunity? on Apple's Missed Opportunity With Leopard Delay · · Score: 0

    If you are a Vista user, you have either bought a computer in the past 6 months, have a decent computer capable of running Vista bought in the last 2 years or have recently upgraded your computer with more RAM or a new graphics card to run Vista. In the last two cases you have also bought a Vista upgrade.

    Even if these people are pissed, I don't think they'll go and buy a new computer to run OS X that easy. In fact, if they find out about OS X because of the release (press coverage, reviews in newspapers) they might be annoyed, because had they known at the time of buying their new PC 4 months ago or upgrading their pc last month, they might have chosen an Apple.

  15. Re:slow migration on Switch to Digital Television Picking up Steam · · Score: 0

    In The Netherlands the analog cable signals have not yet been switched off.

  16. Re:So, now that they have these licenses... on OSI Approves Microsoft Ms-PL and Ms-RL · · Score: 0

    .NET framework libraries will be released under MS-RL.
    See http://www.codeplex.com/ for some software under MS-PL.

  17. Re:To all those who "don't understand" the problem on Consumer Group Demands XP for Vista Victims · · Score: 0

    It's all about the eye-candy. Windows XP didn't offer anything that Windows 2000 didn't already offer. Actually it did, but the eye candy you refer to was just the thing needed to make Windows 2000 suitable for all home users. Still powerful, but looks friendly. Example: double click a jpeg and it opens in a viewer with zoom and print buttons, instead of in the browser (Windows 2000).
  18. Re:Stop stalling on Consumer Group Demands XP for Vista Victims · · Score: 0

    the rest of us are tired of your bitching I've read on some site that a consumer group in a small European country is far from tired of their bitching. But hey, if you want to roll over and give up, go ahead.

    Captcha: unneeded
  19. Re:What has to be considered on Red Hat Vows To Stand Up To Patent Intimidation · · Score: 0

    But they must have disclosed the list to those companies that decided to make a deal, like Novell. It could be that Novell is already working around them and they might come out in 2 years with patches that would remove all infringements in Linux, break their deal with Microsoft (no longer needed) and be greeted as liberators.

  20. Re:Which IPs in particular? on Ballmer Suggests Linux Distros Will Soon Have to Pay Up · · Score: 1, Funny

    I heard some hobbits even stood up to the Nazgul...

  21. Re:what's incompatible? on OSI Asks Microsoft to Change the MS-PL · · Score: 0

    I thought the MS-PL is more about how you can use software, and not how you can distribute it. So more like EULA?

  22. Re:That's not evil... on A Coveted Landing Strip for Google's Founders · · Score: 0

    It's a waste of money, what is the ROI on that?

  23. Re:Oh boo hoo on The Morality of Web Advertisement Blocking · · Score: 0

    Of course they ignore your argument about stealing a stack of papers. It's not a similar circumstance at all.

  24. Re:Read his latest comment . . . on de lcaza calls OOXML a "Superb Standard" · · Score: 0
    I know know his flaw: he is naive. This proves it:

    The difference is that the Novell-based criticism is based on actually trying to implement the spec. Not reading the spec for the sake of finding holes that can be used in a political battle. Spoken like a true programmer. Actually working on implementing OOXML, not realizing that it is actually a strategic tool. Same for Moonlight. He has said he thinks Silverlight is excellent, and it probably is. But he doesn't understand that it is also a tool to distribute Microsoft codecs (he understands the technical implications of this, but not the strategic).
  25. Re:Novell is distributing concealed patent landmin on de lcaza calls OOXML a "Superb Standard" · · Score: 0

    Hello Miguel, have you ever read this weblog: http://www.robweir.com/blog

    This weblog makes it very clear to me how OOXML is not such a great 'standard' and how Microsoft is trying hard to lock the world into their Office format.

    I'm so curious, you're apparently a VP and one hell of a programmer, so I guess you're a smart and intelligent guy. How can you ignore all the bad news and keep up this facade in the face of critics. Are you lying? Naive? Afraid to admit you were wrong?

    Or is there something we are missing? If there is, please tell us, because it would save everyone a lot of energy.

    Thanks!