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  1. Re:Scary on The Rootkit Arsenal · · Score: 1

    It's no surprise. The people in charge are good 'ol boys, not computer experts.

  2. Re:Malware in the wild on The Rootkit Arsenal · · Score: 1

    Well I would but I can't afford the book because my job was outsourced to India.

  3. Re:They can either do it openly or covertly on Time Warner Broadband Cap Trial Rescheduled In Texas · · Score: 1

    e.) roll out multicasting, head-end cacheing, and QoS
    f.) roll out DOCSIS 3
    g.) roll out WiMax
    h.) fire Time Warner and get someone else to run the government-sponsored monopoly
    i.) people can just start running their own cat-5(or 6) from house to house and have 100/1000Mb connections for $50/100 one-time-payment.

  4. Re:XP Sucks, Vista is Better on Microsoft Ending Mainstream Support For XP · · Score: 1

    Actually, WINE will take over from XP. It will be the only way to run your legacy apps after 2014.

  5. Use a Patent Book on How Do I Put an Invention Into the Public Domain? · · Score: 1

    I have a laboratory-grade($30) notebook in which I write down all my patentable ideas with decent ink and date/sign. It has a spot for someone else to sign upon disclosure. This is what they recommend for all inventors/researchers. It's admissible in court and they are frequently used to over-ride patents.
    http://shopping.netsuite.com/s.nl/c.ACCT107430/sc.23/category.56/.f

  6. Redhat? on Enterprise FOSS Adoption Beyond Linux Servers? · · Score: 1

    Why don't you have a Redhat sales rep come talk to them?

  7. Re:2009 on New Graphics Firm Promises Real-Time Ray Tracing · · Score: 1

    No they are improving by a factor of 10. The current system speeds it up 20X and next year, when it's put on a chip, it will be 200X.
    So that means in 2009 it will take 3.75 seconds and in 2010, 0.5625seconds. SO roughly 2 frames/sec. cheers!

  8. Re:cant wait. on New Graphics Firm Promises Real-Time Ray Tracing · · Score: 1

    It's like the SoundBlaster of video! Too bad it will die due to closed source and lack of developers.

  9. Re:Free and Open Source? on Is Free Really the Future of Gaming? · · Score: 1

    It will be supported by tournaments, same as any other sport. The games are already out there and wordlforge is coming along nicely

  10. Re:Microsoft and Security in a same sentence? on Microsoft Executive Tapped For Top DHS Cyber Post · · Score: 1

    Do you allowing Phil Reitinger to top security official?

    There, fixed that for ya.

  11. Re:Lol on Living Free With Linux, Round 2 · · Score: 1

    Community. We do it because we use it and it saves money/time. Imagine a company/Uni with 1000 users all running Openoffice. A bug fix comes out... Do you update every machine or point them to a repo and install it there? It's sort of like using recycling cans/bottles/etc to fund your trash pickup service.

    Perhaps as an end user you don't see the "business model" so clearly but it really is there and people do profit from open source, collaboration, and repos. You get some free programs and do what you need, eventually one day you'll write a word macro or spreadsheet converter that will benefit the community. See?

  12. Coming soon... on UK School Introduces Facial Recognition · · Score: 0, Troll

    All schools will have the teachers behind bullet-proof glass with microphones/speakers. Every student will submit their work through document feeds and must make appointments to see teachers. Furthermore, after scores are tallied, individual students will be assigned permanent roles in society such as "butcher", "baker", etc. Anyone who works in roles other than their designation will have their biometric identity cancelled and will have to go to labor camps.

  13. Re:Different software appeals to different peopl on Open Source Usability — Joomla! Vs. WordPress · · Score: 1

    "Made in India"

  14. Re:Al poduction consumes lots of energy on A New Way To Produce Hydrogen · · Score: 1

    The problem with Hydrogen is storage. Someone did something similar to this with magnesium pellets and it is an obvious alternative to carrying around liquid hydrogen in cars. It doesn't matter how much energy it takes to produce the aluminum/water as long as it is renewable and can be refilled at a station. Thus solving the global warming problem ONCE AND FOR ALL!

  15. Re:Stop overselling on Canadian ISPs Speak Out Against Net Neutrality · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I've tried the pay-per-MB download service and it's crap! You still get the same speeds and service but you pay more because you left your slow download running overnight. They should just throttle the P2P traffic and be done with it. The big telcos want to block net neutrality so they can cap people at 1GB/month of downloads and charge ridiculous prices if you go over(which everyone does). It's the same model the cell phone companies use with their 200minutes/month plans and $0.50/min thereafter. Wake up Canada, or else get used to $500 internet bills.

  16. Re:One time..... on Hope For Multi-Language Programming? · · Score: 1

    Oh for you web devs, you need some CherryPy, oh yeah, my CherryPy.(funk music background)

  17. Re:One time..... on Hope For Multi-Language Programming? · · Score: 1

    Python is your closest bet for multi-language situations. It can use C, C++, COM, .NET, CORBA, and many more. It also can use Java libraries and compile into java byte-code with Jython.

    Any questions? Honestly, python is one the most well thought-out languages and it's growing very fast.

  18. Case Study for ya on Open Source In Public K-12 Schools? · · Score: 1

    I work in a public secondary school in Thailand. When I started, the computers were all pirated windows, adobe, office, etc and had viruses, malware, no updates, etc. The network was unusable as well as the internet thanks to the botnets. After we got an open minded computer teacher, he spent a month reinstallingOS, removing viruses, etc. We plopped down a $200 server and installed Moodle. Previously I was just using my laptop.

    Anyhow, here's how it goes: You get everything working, set up a curriculum, everyone gets envious, and suddenly an ass-hat swoops in to claim credit for everything. You lose your job/ get outsourced to India. Some company comes in and sells the school on their fee-based open source solution, and then everybody gets screwed while one person gets rich.

    Oh and by the way, I use open source for everything I do in my job. Since I can't print to the networked printer(worked fine then stopped, it's on an XP box) I use my thumb drive to go over and print from that machine which promptly copies a virus to my drive. Isn't that special?

  19. Re:I'll sue ya! on Universal Broadband Plan Calls For $44 Billion · · Score: 1

    Yes. Taxes are going up for people who make millions of dollars per year. Sorry...

  20. Re:Constitutional basis for the pork? on Universal Broadband Plan Calls For $44 Billion · · Score: 1

    Maybe if you're a middle-aged wealthy business owner you're getting what you want. Try being a student or uninsured cancer patient...

  21. Re:Promises doesn't cost much on Universal Broadband Plan Calls For $44 Billion · · Score: 1

    Look at who he's appointing. His people will deliver, guaranteed.

  22. Like WHOT-EVAHR!!! on Universal Broadband Plan Calls For $44 Billion · · Score: 1

    Universal broadband is key to solving the US' current problems. We need an informed citizenry with collaborative ability. This is just as simple as 3G towers and affordable devices/plans to access those towers. It doesn't have to mean we run fiber to every home(but they can run it to mine).

  23. Re:I'll sue ya! on Universal Broadband Plan Calls For $44 Billion · · Score: 1

    First of all, the money will come from taxes on the rich. This will cause corp's like Micro$oft to crack down and make people pay or else lose their XP. Muahahahaha. 2009 IS the year of the Linux desktop!!!

    Second of all, the medical liability is a false number based on "big pharma" quotes of excessive profiteering off medication and private interests burdening the system. You can just knock 80% off any medical figures if we get socialized medicine.

  24. Re:I'll sue ya! on Universal Broadband Plan Calls For $44 Billion · · Score: 1

    No offense, but computer licenses would help...

  25. Re:What's the big deal? on Storing Photons In a Solid State Device · · Score: 1

    Actually I can explain: E=h*c/lambda is the energy equation for a photon. If c changes, which is the case here, the wavelength(lambda) would shift accordingly and there would be no loss of energy. There might be some energy lost at the interface between 2 mediums, but not usually if it's set up correctly.