User: brindleboar

Re:Better communicate?!

On: Stallman On the UK Digital Economy Bill

For anything that politicians will actually pay attention to, I should think that a 56Kb dialup would be sufficient.

Re:It might die, but not swiftly

On: 20 Years of MS Word and Why It Should Die a Swift Death

Oh come on now... Eleven? That many? I want names, man, I want names...

Re:budget?

On: Shrinking Budgets Tie Hands of Security Pros

I've been saying something like this for years -- if we could just get rid of those pesky humans, all of our systems would run flawlessly.

Re:If your browser supports SVG

On: Tetris Turns 25

Wow, where did THAT hour go?....

Re:Are algorithms the issue?

On: Packing Algorithms May Save the Planet

Absolutely correct. So that would not take "a prohibitively long time".

Re:Are algorithms the issue?

On: Packing Algorithms May Save the Planet

I guess it all depends on your definition of "practically"; is something that takes "a prohibitively long time" really practical?

Re:How on earth is this news?

On: Intel Boosts Optical Communication Speeds

If EVERYONE has been thinking small, shouldn't we call it the SHC?

Re:Yes, and there's nothing new with that

On: Is Open Source Software a Race To Zero?

Oui, c'est la vie.

OMG, I'm turning into a French grammar Nazi. Does that make me some kind of collaborator or something?

Very nice post, BTW.

Re:So how about fixing UAC in Vista???

On: Windows 7 To Dial Down UAC

I suspect the latter. It might turn out to be easier to scrap it and re-implement than try to fix something so broken.

Re:For you warlocks in the crowd

On: Human-Powered Vehicle Speed Competition

Can't seem to find Bizarre in the moderator drop-down....

Re:LOLWUT

On: How to Turn a PlayStation 3 Into a Linux PC

"It's sad to see that this is what has become of PopMech." Oh come on now. What about that "How to Convert your Vacuum Cleaner into a Fully Automatic Rifle" article? That wasn't so bad was it?