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  1. Re:Linux Causes Woman to Drop Out of College on A Cheap, Distributed Zero-Day Defense? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    while I don't agree with the way this was put, I do agree that if this lady wasn't smart enough to due to research and double check her order before pushing "check out" then its not really Ubuntu's fault she bought some thing that does not meet her requirements.

  2. Re:stupid question but..... on Obama Proposes Digital Health Records · · Score: 1

    I didn't realize there are still places using paper records. The medical foundation I work for has been all digital for almost a decade I think. Although I can see how it would be a pain for small operations. We have an entire department that has dozens of full time staff to develop an maintain the records applications.

  3. Re:Well on Porn Industry Looks For a Bailout · · Score: 1

    perhaps times are not hard, and in their business that could be a problem...

  4. Re:The reason for SI units on The Technology Behind the Magic Yellow Line · · Score: 1

    Bureaucrat Conrad, you are technically correct - the best kind of correct.

    -Number 1.0

  5. Re:Can't keep putting everything on our credit car on The Fight Over NASA's Future · · Score: 1

    NASA will last exactly as long as the American people are willing to keep spending money...

    I agree, it seems to me that if NASA quite whining about tiny budgets and actually started working on cutting edge projects, a la Apollo, they might drum up some public and maybe some private enthusiasm and thus some more cash.

    Why are they just just rehashing the same missions with different names and vehicles?

  6. Re:No one makes the keyboard I want on The Best Keyboards For Every Occasion · · Score: 1

    I normally don't like Dell products, but they do make a nice slim no frills keyboard with almost all of the features you desire. In fact, I'm using one of them right now.
    http://www.npkdesign.com/projects/HomeOffice/Dell/Dell_keyboard_1.jpg

  7. Re:Any thoughts about technical testimony? on Entire Transcript of RIAA's Only Trial Now Online · · Score: 1

    Does any one have any insight on the legality of using the file sharing network itself to catch the "offenders"

    To me it seems like a type of entrapment, which is not a valid way for law enforcement to gather evidence. I realize that the user did put the file out there in a share folder, but there is no evidence of distributing except to MediaSentry, who then informs their client of the offense.

    perhaps my real question here is, how can the RIAA grant selected immunity to MediaSentry to "pirate" their product? Also, how can the file downloaded by MediaSentry be considered an illegal share if permission was granted to them to gather it by any means?

  8. My Math Books on Your Favorite Tech / Eng. / CS Books? · · Score: 1

    With little formal CS education, I rely a lot on my supply of books such as PERL in a nutshell. Although my favorite reference books are my various Math books from college, they have been extra helpful out side of classes.

  9. Re:How do they do it? on Repair Crews Reach Vicinity of Damaged Cables In Mediterranean · · Score: 5, Informative

    How do they repair the cables? Especially with glass fibre I wouldn't know what to do.

    My assumption would be that there are points built into the cable where you can exchange out bad segments for new segments.

  10. Re:Maybe this time ... on Repair Crews Reach Vicinity of Damaged Cables In Mediterranean · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... they will find Gilligan's Island and rescue the castaways.

    And then whom ever owns the copy right to Gilligan's Island will misread the headline and sue them for using the under sea cable to download episodes of Gilligan's Island

  11. Re:Yuck on Shuttleworth Proposes Overhaul of Desktop Notifications · · Score: 1

    As if notifications weren't intrusive enough already.

    I would have to agree, I hate the way they always seem to appear right where I need to interact with the program I am using. Or if you accidentally move your mouse over it, they stay on screen for ever thinking you are actually paying attention to them.

  12. Re:World of Warcraft patches? on Australia To Block BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    I think if I remember right Bliz reverts to a more traditional download source if the P2P is not working for some reason, but it takes for ever.

  13. Re:Theologians will disagree on If Programming Languages Were Religions · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Your rationalization of COBOL being Islam are incorrect. Islam is actually the youngest of the three major Abrahamic religions, the others being Judaism and Christianity. In fact, those three religions act like a Russian nesting doll, each containing the fundamentals of the previous iterations and adding new ideas. So the statement that COBOL has been around a long time would imply that it would be Judaism instead of Islam. To be fair though, I don't know nearly enough about COBOL to make a more accurate pick.

  14. Re:So, does this mean on Microsoft Woos Developers Under the Silverlight · · Score: 1

    I agree that there is nothing inherently evil about silverlight, its really nothing but a competitor to flash. The only thing I would be concerned about is that MS pressures developers into using silverlight and then cripples its use on non MS platforms once it gains decent market share.

  15. Re:Hey, the TSA does screw all with private planes on TSA To Allow Laptops In Approved Bags · · Score: 1

    but what if all the boxes in the UPS plane were filled with puppies? Hijacking the puppy plane might be the ace in the hole