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  1. Re:Good luck my friend on Finding an Innovation SSI 2001 Soundcard? · · Score: 1


    the full list is
    5311
    ----
    0000 0
    0001 1
    0011 2
    0100 3
    0111 4
    1000 5
    1001 6
    1011 7
    1100 8
    1101 9
    1111 reserved

  2. Re:Good luck my friend on Finding an Innovation SSI 2001 Soundcard? · · Score: 2, Informative

    there's more than one sort of binary encoding, hence the "binaries" part. Another is binary coded decimal

    you are person number 1000 (5) to point this out

    the others were

    0001
    0011
    0100
    0101
    and you
    1000

    I was taught this encoding and school back in the 80s, I can't find it on the net anywhere to name it.

  3. watch out everyone on Define - /etc? · · Score: 1

    there's a genius on the loose

  4. sounds ungeeky to me on Define - /etc? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Because the "editable" is redundant.

  5. you posted to the wrong thread on Windows Vista Keygen a Hoax · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I think you meant this one and you should have said "I think this is a hoax"

  6. Impress me, not oppress me. on Vista Activation Cracked by Brute Force · · Score: 1

    In free society every other agency, government or otherwise needs a legal process be it search warrant or reasonable cause to enter my property and inspect my goods and chattels to see if they are stolen / are licensed.

    It has been long determined that "plenty of people like you steal stuff, we're coming in to have a look round" is not sufficient legal grounds and that when agents act otherwise it is called "oppression".

  7. Re:MS would owe at least the key on Vista Activation Cracked by Brute Force · · Score: 1

    The Doctrine of First Sale and many US Judges disagree with you.

    You can't just take a single payment and call it a perpetual license, it's a sale.

    These shinanegins should be dealt with in court.

  8. Good luck my friend on Finding an Innovation SSI 2001 Soundcard? · · Score: 1

    Can't help you with the card but I hope you find one. And I especially hope you find one through /. And I'm appalled by most of the complaining commentary, if you don't appreciate this story, why are you here ?

  9. Re:Key Details on Wordpress 2.1.1 Release Compromised by Cracker · · Score: 1

    md5 alone wouldn't be any use, it's been compromised for comparing the identity of two data blocks.

  10. Precisely 45 degrees on Reflectivity Reaches a New Low · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How is that different from 45 degrees ?

  11. Re:Or... on Microsoft Threatened With Fines By EU Again · · Score: 1

    The conclusion was drawn by an independent assessor chosen by Microsoft.

  12. Re:There's a similar story written by AP.... on Microsoft Threatened With Fines By EU Again · · Score: 1

    If they continue not to comply, the ultimate sanction is that they will be barred from trading with anyone in the EU.

    And then Nokia Linux can take over.

  13. Re:Patents haven't been about innovation for years on Microsoft Threatened With Fines By EU Again · · Score: 1

    should have GPL'd it then

    no wait, some ideas are worth sharing whereas some cost me money and no-one is having any of it, it's mine, all mine.

    Imagine a world where the patent office came first.
    Then make yourself a wheel.

  14. Re:Thank you mods, may I have another? on Microsoft Threatened With Fines By EU Again · · Score: 1

    Yeah, hold the polluted world to ransom so you can make a buck.

    There must be more contaminated soil in your country than the volume you can process.

    So the patent system has turned you into extortionists through a false "scarcity of resources" scam.

    nice

  15. Re:How about on Using Gym Rats' Body Power to Generate Electricity · · Score: 1

    It's called a dynamo, they've been around for maybe 50 years or more.

  16. Re:Inefficient use of human body on Using Gym Rats' Body Power to Generate Electricity · · Score: 1

    Only 20% of the body's energy is derived from food.
    We don't respirate all that oxygen for nothing !

  17. Secstore & Factotum are exactly you need on Secure Private Key Storage for UNIX? · · Score: 1


    For Lunix :
    http://swtch.com/plan9port/man/man1/secstored.html
    http://swtch.com/plan9port/man/man4/factotum.html

    in which you can store *any* data, factotum will get the individual keys out for you

  18. I say? on Reviewing the Presidential Campaign Websites · · Score: 1

    No, the (X)HTML Specifications do.

    I'm sorry if that doesn't pander to your predjudices.

  19. Is that me ? on Reviewing the Presidential Campaign Websites · · Score: 1

    Seriously, you know some idiot zealot is going to bang on about standards compliance and tie it to politics. ?

    Who are you talking about, me ?

    Just the facts, ma'am.

  20. Illogical on Reviewing the Presidential Campaign Websites · · Score: 1

    What logic is that? I didn't state a premise.

  21. Invalid candidates - nice try, all fail on Reviewing the Presidential Campaign Websites · · Score: 5, Interesting

    http://www.hillaryclinton.com/ - Result: Failed validation, 20 errors / Failed Automated Verification for Section 508
    This page is not Valid HTML 4.01 Transitional!

    http://johnedwards.com/ - Result: Failed validation / Failed Automated Verification for Section 508
    Sorry, I am unable to validate this document because on line 341, 358, 371, 384-385, 396, 398, 408, 410 it contained one or more bytes that I cannot interpret as utf-8

    http://www.barackobama.com/ - Result: Failed validation, 66 errors / Failed Automated Verification for Section 508
    This page is not Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional!

    http://www.joinrudy2008.com/ - Result: Failed validation, 8 errors / Failed Automated Verification for Section 508
    This page is not Valid HTML 4.01 Transitional!

    http://www.johnmccain.com/ - Result: Failed validation, 95 errors / Failed Automated Verification for Section 508
    This page is not Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional!

    http://www.mittromney.com/ - Result: Failed validation, 22 errors / Failed Automated Verification for Section 508
    This page is not Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict!

    If these candidates used their web skills on Federal Websites, they could be exposing themselves to prosecution under the Disabilities Act.
    http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/guide/1194.22.h tm

  22. JIT do? on Introduction to Linden Scripting Language · · Score: 1
  23. Re:Should software be patentable? on MS vs AT&T Case Stirs Software Patent Debate · · Score: 1

    > One of the most important difference of software compared other tangible products is, it doesn't cost to duplicate once a software product is developed. The other major difference is, it doesn't even cost to distribute even if to the whole world thanks to peer-to-peer (P2P) networks.

    joules are consumed as electrons are moved; ergo cost > 0

  24. The most unreasonable of all on MS vs AT&T Case Stirs Software Patent Debate · · Score: 1

    To whit :

    "I'm a plan9 user, therefore I'm the most unreasonable of all creatures"

  25. Re:More Choice on Visual Basic on GNU/Linux · · Score: 1

    you understand one binary

    that makes you number 101 (4) to try and correct my mistake