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  1. Re:whom exactly is this part meant to protect? on Senators OK $1 Billion for Online Child Porn Fight · · Score: 2, Informative

    That's how the RAVE act got passed after failing repeatedly. They attached it to the Amber Alert bill. You could have attached a rider that legalized crack and it would have passed.

  2. Re:Karma on Sony Integrates YouTube API for PS3 · · Score: 1

    This is the PS3, not the 360.

  3. Re:Reason now to: Bad for integration and motivati on Shuttleworth Calls For Coordinated Release Cycles · · Score: 1

    He's not suggesting the apps coordinate releases, just the distros.

  4. Re:err Gentoo? on Shuttleworth Calls For Coordinated Release Cycles · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm sure if Shuttleworth knew YOU used it, he would have listed it as a large distro.

  5. Re:Yuck on Shuttleworth Calls For Coordinated Release Cycles · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What happens when one runs behind? Does it delay the rest? If they can't meet the pre-determined release date, then they get delayed, nobody else is required to wait for them.
  6. Re:It's a rate limiting step. on Shuttleworth Calls For Coordinated Release Cycles · · Score: 1

    So how often do those distros not release with the latest kernel, compiler toolchain, GNOME/KDE, X and OpenOffice versions?

  7. Re:Out of curiosity... on Linux Desktop to Appear On Every Asus Motherboard · · Score: 1

    In which case you should multi-boot, or have 5 or 6 desktops.

  8. Re:Doomed to Failure on Hawking Searching For Africa's Einsteins · · Score: 1

    I think you're confusing IQ test scores with actual IQ. Give an IQ test designed for Africans to non-Africans, and they'll score low too. Cultural bias in IQ tests is hard to eliminate. Autistic children are smarter than many of their peers, but score sub-retarded on IQ tests. Kim Peek (not autistic, I know) scores below average on IQ tests, for another example.

  9. Re:"This announcement has been long awaited ... on Mono's WinForms 2.0 Implementation Completed · · Score: 1

    If you have problems with whitespace in python, you're doing something wrong. My 6 year old nephew picked it up right away. Granted he's not writing anything complex.

  10. Re:too little, too late? on Mono's WinForms 2.0 Implementation Completed · · Score: 1

    Tcl/Tk?

  11. Re:This will be a big help on Mono's WinForms 2.0 Implementation Completed · · Score: 1

    I thought that was the reason to use Mono.

  12. Re:Beta software in a production release? on Fedora 9 (Sulphur) Released · · Score: 1

    Disable the compatibility check in FF3. It'll make most extensions work. The only one I use that doesn't is del.icio.us, which has a beta for FF3 that works like a charm.

  13. Re:Good to see on Microsoft Launches WorldWide Telescope · · Score: 1

    I can get free computers from a charity and free wifi from just about anywhere. The windows OEM license that came with the computer, though, is nontransferable.

  14. Re:Tolerance is a two way street on Author Faces Canadian Tribunal For Hate Speech · · Score: 1

    Are you talking about Mohammad, or Abraham?

  15. Re:Well *I'm* ugly and stupid... on The Future of Subversion · · Score: 1

    My Pakistani coding center is NOT a sweatshop. Heat might damage the equipment.

  16. Where's Sergey's proposal on Google's Shareholders Vote Against Human Rights · · Score: 1

    If he supports the idea, why not rewrite it an introduce it himself?

  17. Re:Well *I'm* ugly and stupid... on The Future of Subversion · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I run the IT systems for my small software company and frankly Subversion is a great tool for the job. I don't *want* a distributed VC system because I don't want the hassle of trying to ensure that everyone's modifications to the code tree are backed up correctly and stored safely somewhere. I want it in a central spot I can back up and manage without my employees having to worry about it. You can do that with distributed version control, too and still have the flexibility for alternative work flows.
  18. Re:One problem machine out of many installs on Windows XP SP3 Creating Havoc · · Score: 1

    Sure it's possible, but it's extremely difficult without root access. The worst you're likely to do is screw up your user.

  19. Re:One problem machine out of many installs on Windows XP SP3 Creating Havoc · · Score: 4, Insightful

    XP was an improvement over the previous Windows version. Vista is not.

  20. Re:Then again on Folding@Home 2.0 - An Online Protein Folding Game · · Score: 1

    Um, how precisely are you planning on folding proteins into evil ways? Fold them into prions, then load them into artillery shells. 100% fatal, and no cure.
  21. Re:No Linux version and no source code on Folding@Home 2.0 - An Online Protein Folding Game · · Score: 1

    Or approximately 1% of the people geeky enough to try this.

  22. Re:Well, the idea is to find out the solution on Folding@Home 2.0 - An Online Protein Folding Game · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Folding@Home on my PS3 take a couple hours at least per nanosecond of folding. A work unit is not a fold. It's a tiny fraction of a fold which can take thousands of nanoseconds. If a human can solve it in a day, that's a VAST improvement.

  23. Re:Mere Mortals? on How To Move Your Linux Systems To ext4 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Do you think the public response would have been different had he been in a bar?

  24. Re:A letter worth signing. on ACLU Warns of Next Pass At Telecom Immunity · · Score: 2, Insightful

    We must all hang together or assuredly we shall all hang separately.

  25. Re:Unfortunate Irony? on The Continuing War Against Microsoft's "Facts" Campaign · · Score: 1

    So PCs don't get more viruses and spyware than Macs? No? Then I guess the Mac ads are nothing like this.