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  1. Re:What about NNTP? P2P? on iPhone Web Claims Draw Governmental Rebuke in UK · · Score: 1

    Let us not miss the real question here:

    Does it run Gopher?

  2. Surprise, surprise! on DVR Viewers Push Ad Ratings Higher · · Score: 1

    Well, surprise, surprise. If you count the people who view the commercials during original broadcast plus the ones who watch them on a DVR it's more than the first group alone. Wow, arithmetic truly is wonderful.

  3. Re:Let me tell you a story... on Microsoft's SUSE Coupons Have No Expiry Date · · Score: 1

    Whereas mine used to tell me: "Boy, never, ever use then when you should be using than, you'll look like a bigger fucking retard than the fucking retard who criticized the fucking retard who misspelled expiry."

    OK, I'll wait now for the comment telling me where is mi error. ;)

  4. Quote on Researchers Spin Out Smaller Electronics Than Ever · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Use the Preview Button! Check those URLs!

    --Slashdot's a="http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?thresho ld=3&mode=nested&commentsort=3&sid=227971&op=Reply "> Post Comment page.

    ;-)

  5. Re:Forehead or Back of the hand? on VeriChip Implants 222 People With RFID · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh, but that's what's so popular about them... You get to choose!

  6. Mac transition to Intel on IBM's Transistor Data Revealed · · Score: 1

    Maybe Intel being farther ahead with this technology was a big part of why Apple moved to Intel processors.

  7. Re:Eban Moglen is our general now on Why the Novell / MS Deal Is Very Bad · · Score: 1

    I really think you are really on to something here. I also think that the guys from Ximian and others inside Novell are OK. But it's also important not to think of companies as an entity with a single mind and purpose. There is a lot of people there and the people with more power are probably not the hackers. Also, the hackers may not even suspect the real motives behind the behavior of the higher ups. So, although I'm grateful too for their contributions (as a company), that doesn't mean they (as a company) are not out to get us.

  8. Re:GPL2 or 3? on Sun To Choose GPL For Open-Sourcing Java · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Well, since the GPL 3 is not going to be ready until January 15, 2007 at the earliest I guess the question is if the licensing is going to include the "either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version" part of the copyright notice for GPL 2. My guess would be that they won't include it, so that they can know exaclty how it's going to be licenced in the future. Once the GPL 3 is out, thay may change it.

  9. Re:Would this affect coloring? on Fight Tooth Decay with Electricity · · Score: 1

    Which reminds me of this article. You may want to start worrying about that precious bodily fluids of yours.

  10. Well on Terrible Games From A Terrible Year · · Score: 2, Funny

    At least the link isn't slasdoted, let's try this one.

  11. Re:It Could Backfire on Oracle To Offer A Free Database · · Score: 1

    Actually, I'm interested, to tell the truth I haven't had the misfortune of dealing with badly designed databases and I would like to know what it takes for people to make them unable to provide answers while the information is there.

    Thanks in advance,
    Jorge

  12. A couple of books. on How To Get Into Programming? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If you have good math foundations you can try: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition. Which will teach you a lot of sound principles. Otherwise you can try: How to Design Programs: An Introduction to Programming and Computing. Which is also a good book for learning principles of programming but it's intended for a more general audience. Or you can try both. They are both worth owning.

  13. Freedom toaster on Where New Tech Should Libraries Try Next? · · Score: 1

    Something along the lines of the freedom toaster would be nice.

  14. Re:Remember when DualShock came out? on Xbox360 Pricing, 2 Models at Launch · · Score: 1

    If M$ has ONE thing different between the systems (like HD vs no HD), then maybe people will be able to tell whether a game will work or not. Add more required unknowns (Headset? Broadband?) and the whole thing will go to hell.


    Or they could sell all the extras in one package. Actually I think the games will just have extras if you have the required piece of hardware, the same way nowadays you can play Live if you have broadband.
  15. Re:Former Founder? on Gentoo Founder on his way to Redmond · · Score: 1


    they are still the Founding Fathers even though they are all dead, and don't take much of an active interest in the affairs of the country anymore.


    So they would have you believe, eh?
  16. Re:Ok, since people insist America isn't "behind" on 1Gbps Broadband Service for Hong Kong · · Score: 1

    I think this has become a myth that started with cell phones (for which it is not a myth). With cellphones, people in countries with no infrastructure jumped directly to cellphones, which I guess were cheaper than installing landlines.

    The same thing could happen to free software.

    But I don't see how this could be applied to replacing cables.

  17. Re:Google to the "rescue" on Mozilla Foundation in More Development Trouble · · Score: 1

    You know, I have been about to post something along the same lines in the many Google browser stories that have been posted, but then I remembered Picasa and, furthermore, Blogger, which don't have much to do with searching (specially the latter) and now I'm not so sure. They probably will do a lot of research related stuff, given their background, but don't dismiss other profitable ventures. Also, a Google browser could be seen as search related, just as their mail service is.

  18. Re:Indian priorities on Indian Moon Mission to Have Landing Component · · Score: 1

    Well, thanks for the answer. Discrimination is always a nasty burden for people and societies. I guess it will be present in India for a long time in one way or another (traditions thousands of years old don't die overnight), but the less there is of it, the better IMNSHO.

    Cheers,
    Jorge

  19. Re:Indian priorities on Indian Moon Mission to Have Landing Component · · Score: 1

    Hello, I'm curious about something about India and perhaps you could help me lessen my ignorance. Is there still a cast system in place in India? Please don't take offense in this question, if you answer it in good faith you will lessen my ignorance a bit. If there is still a cast system, does it play a role in Indian poverty?

    Thanks in advance,
    jorge

  20. You sure there? on Elon Musk Wants Space Colonists, Not Just Tourists · · Score: 1
    Musk's ultimate goal is to help colonize Mars.

    It's the only planet that could support a human civilization, he said.

    I think he has his numbers a little bit wrong (or was misquoted), I would think there is another planet that has proved itself capable of supporting life, in the Solar System at any rate.
  21. Re:.NET is Microsoft's answer to Java? on Mono Project Releases Beta 1 · · Score: 3, Informative



    Wake up: the ECMA standard covers c# only.

    Funny you should suggets the parent to your comment was a troll. There is an ECMA standard for the CLI (i.e. .net's runtime) and you can find it here.

  22. Re:Got change? on Bill Gates Fined $800,000 Over Stock Purchases · · Score: 1

    ... The $1 million in question was in the form of one of the new $1 million bills with Gate's ugly mug on it.

  23. Re:You missed a point: on Miguel de Icaza on Mono, Ximian/Novell, XAML · · Score: 1

    And maybe, just maybe, Miguel doesn't wish he were working for Microsoft instead of beind doing what he likes, with whom he likes and probably making quite a bunch of money while he does it. That was the point of my post.

  24. Re:You missed a point: on Miguel de Icaza on Mono, Ximian/Novell, XAML · · Score: 1
    6) Nat Friedman (Ximian's co-founder) is a big fan of Microsoft, and the only reason they haven't hired him is... no!, wait, he actually once worked at Microsoft.

    Oh, you didn't know that about Friedman?

    I also learned that Friedman and de Icaza met at Microsoft. Friedman told me that they met while de Icaza was interviewing for the Internet Explorer team in Redmond. Friedman was -- hold on to your hats -- a Microsoft employee at the time, working on the IIS (Microsoft's Web server) project.


    So they fired him, and now he wishes he were working for them... or something.

    It's true! It's written in The Book.

    What I'm trying to say here is: Your post was a non sequitur.
  25. What about IBM's own Java implementation? on McNealy Answers: No Open Source Java · · Score: 1

    So, why doesn't IBM goes open source with their own Java implementation, if they are so eager to have an open source Java system?