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  1. Re:I like these projects conceptually on Arch GNU/Linux Ported To Run On the FreeBSD Kernel · · Score: 2

    It means that upstream is portable since Arch does as little patching as possible.

  2. Re:Because Hybrids Don't Pay For Themselves on Hybrid Car Owners Not Likely To Buy Another Hybrid · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You're not counting the increased cost of the hybrid. If you spend $5000 more for a hybrid then you would for an equivalent car, save $3600/100,000 miles, and then drive 20,000 miles a year then you're losing a lot more then $700 in the first year. In order to break even by buying a hybrid with that cost structure you'd need to drive ~139,000 miles which would take you ~ 7 years. It's only *after* that point that you'd be saving money by buying a hybrid. If you factor in the rate at which fuel prices are rising and the cost of new batteries for the hybrid then the break even point may move forwards or backwards, but you're still spending more money up front in order to (hopefully) save some money later.

  3. Re:Clang/LLVM in FreeBSD on FreeBSD 9.0 Released · · Score: 1

    ZFS would not have made an iota of difference as the filesystem patents in question cover technologies (har.) used by FAT, which is implemented by Android because FAT is the defacto standard for removable drives/SD cards.

  4. Re:Looking at the bigger picture on Oracle Asks Apache To Rethink Java Committee Exit · · Score: 1

    Err... so which part of "closed source" is the GPL software?

    The GPL allows you to use someone else's code with the proviso that you license your code under the GPL as well. Don't like those terms? Don't use GPL'd code.

  5. Re:Glass Brita Pitcher!? on Plastic Chemical BPA Declared Toxic In Canada · · Score: 1

    Fresh tomatoes are an excellent alternative to canned tomatoes. If you need to get the skin off then boil some water, and then drop the tomatoes in for 30s or so, the skin will peel right off after they cool a bit.

  6. Re:Already Run Out on Obama Highlights IPv6 Issue · · Score: 1

    The IP market is not a free market, you can't really sell IP addresses like that. Instead what would happen is that HP would either have to become an ISP (or spin off an ISP division) or release the block(s) back to ARIN. ARIN would then assign them according to their existing policies. Further more, new blocks cost a yearly upkeep fee whereas if you were grandfathered in (like HP was) then there is no fee.

    Because of this there isn't really any incentive at all (except perhaps some very very small PR) for returning blocks, and that's not even thinking about the costs associated with moving to a new IP range or the abject stupidity of NAT.

  7. Selling free copies is absurd on Sell Someone Else's Book On Lulu! · · Score: 1

    Ebook piracy shows no such thing. What is shows is that when your trying to sell something in a market where the cost to copy is nil, then your business model is broken. Artificial scarcity on the internet is simply impossible and at best all you can hope for is to get people to pay for convenience.

    Obviously writers can't make money through concerts or t-shirts; but there will always be a market for those of us of enjoy real, physical books. There is also a market for public speakers, many of whom are writers. Does this mean that all writers will be able to make a living? No. However it's neither reasonable nor feasible to allow everyone to make a living doing what they enjoy.

  8. Re:Learn something, daily on MagicJack Moving To Smartphones · · Score: 1

    GP = grand parent, which is usually (but may or may not be due to your browsing level) the parent post of the parent post.

  9. Re:Add a random delay on OAuth, OpenID Password Crack Could Affect Millions · · Score: 1

    In that case you are doing significantly more work then you need to, just to spoof timings so that your attacker will think you are vulnerable to a timing attack. Better just to take constant time and be done with it.

  10. Re:How come... on Anti-Speed Camera Activist Buys Police Department's Web Domain · · Score: 1

    Yes.

    If you ignore the constitution in one place, then why not ignore it in others? Who's to say that your right to free speech should really be protected, or your right to liberty? All murderer's are free until they are caught, and murder is illegal. Clearly we should lock everyone up to prevent murders.

  11. Re:Here's how to solve the impasse on Clashing Scores In the HTML5 Compatibility Test Wars · · Score: 1

    The beta version seems to test more of the spec: http://beta.html5test.com/

  12. Re:Not sensitive on Thumbprints Used To Check Books Out of School Library · · Score: 0

    How often are children bullied in school?

  13. Re:Is it time yet? on Government Could Forge SSL Certificates · · Score: 1

    And who owns the streets? The government.

  14. Re:first post? on Will Your Answers To the Census Stay Private? · · Score: 1

    Criminals are people too - and should certainly have a right to vote. Otherwise all someone would need to do to disenfranchise a significant proportion of the population is to enact a law that makes a common activity illegal.

  15. Re:If only... on Copyright Troubles For Sony · · Score: 1

    Promises made in exchange on the campain trail should be considered contractual ("Vote for me and I'll do X" seems pretty strait forward).

    Say you'll lower taxes and then vote to raise them? See you in court!

  16. Re:This will work... on Utah Law Punishes Texters As Much As Drunks In Driving Fatalities · · Score: 1

    Not quite. The immediate responce (on the spot) is that your car is impounded for 7 days, and your license is suspended for 7 days. The *maximum* fine, if convicted is $10000 CAD and having your license suspended for at least 60 days.

  17. Re:wait a minute on New Binary Diffing Algorithm Announced By Google · · Score: 1

    It would be a good idea to backup the file being updated before patching it; so the backup could easily be saved in order to revert.

  18. Re:This is not an invasion of privacy on Cellphones Increasingly Used As Evidence In Court · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Which is a glaring hole in the law, one which should be changed.

    Any personally identifying information held by a company or individual about a second individual should be considered confidential and treated as such. Otherwise you might end up in the situation where your doctor doesn't tell anyone you have disease X, however your credit card company could because they know you've been buying medications. Who the information comes from is really of little consequence; it's the information itself that matters.

  19. Re:obligatory simpsons quote on NASA Sticking To Imperial Units For Shuttle Replacement · · Score: 1

    118548.15L/100Km... that's... impressive

  20. Re:And the evidence is compelling... on Thomas' Testimony and the RIAA's Near-Fatal Error · · Score: 1

    According to their testimony they did infact download the 24 songs they are sueing over; and did make sure that they were the correct songs. However, they don't have any proof that anyone else downloaded the songs, which might prove to be the big issue.

  21. Re:Sounds like a good system on Why Toddlers Don't Do What They're Told · · Score: 1

    You can observe someone else not follow the advice and die, that tends to work fairly well. Otherwise lingering curiosity would probably remain.

  22. Re:Theory vs. Reality - Seriously on How To, When You Have To Encrypt Absolutely Everything? · · Score: 1

    Except that weak encryption IS easier to break then finding out the password. Especially when you are capuring wireless packets in a crowded environment where you don't know who is doing the sending**.

    In those cases it is much easier to break the relatively weak encryption used almost everywhere then try and seek out the person who's sending packets to 10.145.23.30.

    **Not that anyone would ever do such things...

  23. Re:Safety on Apple Planning Video-Call iPhone · · Score: 1

    Those same idiots tend not to know the law anyways. Creating new laws to make already illegal things illegal is only going to make things worse for those people who do try and know the law.

  24. Re:Looks Legit on Graduate Student Defends Right To Own Chicago2016.com · · Score: 1

    DNS names are not industry specific, so why should you be limited to a single industry when proving "Mc" is a common prefix?

  25. Re:I don't know if I fully agree with that on Fire Your IT Boss · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The CEO SHOULD know enough to do the jobs that his subordonates do though, and to a lesser extent know enough to do the jobs of his subordonates subordonates. The CEO should be know how to be a director, directors should know how to be project managers, and project managers should know the basics of their projects.

    Yes, technical knowledge in a CEO or VP is probably not very important; but an understanding of management is and part of knowing how to manage is understanding what your employees are doing. Heck, if you didn't know what your employees did and the basics of how to go about doing it then it would be rather hard to rate their performance or reward them for an exceptional job.