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  1. Re:Hmmm on New US $20 bills Released, Colors & Layout Change · · Score: 1

    You know, photo-realistic money is something I never thought of. That would be cool!

    I vote for Belldandy on the ten. :-D

  2. Re:Is there a serious market for this? on TiVo For Radio? · · Score: 1

    About the only thing I would use it for is recording "The Thomas Jefferson Hour", "A Prairie Home Companion", "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me", and "Whadya Know" on NPR, all of which I'm not always able to catch.

    So, yeah, I could imagine buying one, actually.

  3. Re:Not impressed. on Private Spacecraft Prospects · · Score: 1

    Well, I was going to say, 'great view' or 'getting my astronaut wings' or 'exclusivity' or 'bragging rights' but how about:

    zero-g sex?


    I think you're a lot closer than you realize... ;-)

  4. Re:sample interview questions? on Starting a Home-Based Software Company? · · Score: 1

    Ask them to explain typedef chasing. That oughta keep them occupied for a little while.

  5. Re:Hrm... on Open Media Toolkit Goes Open Source · · Score: 2, Informative

    From their web site (emphasis is mine):

    Any contribution is welcomed. Here are the current priorities : documentation, a linux version, optimizations. Send an email to "yves@garagecube.com" if you want to contribute.

    It will probably happen fairly quickly now.

  6. Re:I have a single question on Linux Audio Development · · Score: 4, Interesting

    A popular program, under active development, is Rosegarden4.

    I haven't used it much, but I was able to get it to run stably, and talk to my soundcard just fine. Many people on the Linux Audio Users mailing list like it a lot.

  7. Re:Before you complain about this story... on Major Strike on Iraq Underway · · Score: 1

    If they didn't click on the story, then they wouldn't be able to complain about it. And they love complaining.

    I'm wondering if you did not just hit the nail squarely on the head with your comment...

  8. IBM's position? on More on SCO vs. IBM Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    I already asked this question on Newsforge, but...

    Does IBM have an official position statement, or any kind of response to this, available yet? I would very much like to read it.

    Thank you for any help...

  9. Oh, absolutely! on Xbox Coming to Arcades · · Score: 1

    I bought Final Fantasy X because I played it in the arcade!

  10. Re:Oh? on Safari Beta Leaked, With Tabs · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, Galeon, Konqueror, Mozilla, Netscape, Opera, Safari, (...!) all have tabbed browsing?

    Who's missing?


    Well, I don't remember using tabbed browsing in Lynx (or Links). ;-)

  11. Such prosaic names and acronyms... on Sun Releases Open Source XACML Language · · Score: 2, Funny

    The subject submits its query to the entity protecting the resource (e.g. file system, web server). This entity is called a Policy Enforcement Point (PEP). The PEP forms a request (using the XACML request language) ... (snip)

    They should have called its language PEP Talk. ;-)

  12. Re:OMG - I had no clue! on Open Content Music Database Launched · · Score: 1

    I've been wanting to start something similar to this so that musicians and songwriters could collaborate on songs online and share riffs, lyrics, and chord progressions under an open license (snip)

    Myself and a few of the Linux Audio Development folks have started work on what I (for the time being, anyway) call the Open Music Resource Library. I have a SourceForge page up for the dev work at http://sourceforge.net/projects/omrl and a mailing list ready to go at http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/omrl-d evel.

    The idea is to share musical "raw materials" for "open musicians", such as loops, sample sets, softsynth patches, and the like.

  13. Re:Well.... on Bid Your Way into the Keck Control Room · · Score: 1

    I am well aware of these numbers. I thought I was asking a rhetorical question. I know I would have no chance.

  14. Re:Well.... on Bid Your Way into the Keck Control Room · · Score: 1

    This would be a much more interesting trip if you actually got to take control of the scopes and do your own observing. That would rock.

    How much do you think that would be worth?

  15. Re:Real Message... on Whisper Heard From Pioneer 10 · · Score: 1

    Other things it could be saying...

    "Are we there yet?"

    "Hello, is this thing on?"


    The possibilities are endless.

  16. Re:Worried on 3000-year-old Microbes · · Score: 2

    Don't ever let them eat after midnight!

    You know, I've often wondered how gremlins know what time zone they're in...

  17. Re:Ramifications for Independent Content on Questions for a Lecture on Microsoft's Palladium? · · Score: 2

    Okay, some people pointed out the stupidity of my last paragraph, and they are right. Therefore, I would like to amend my post as follows:

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    What will Palladium do to those of us who release independent content? (As in, independent of major corporations.)

    The only way I can see it possible to effectively implement DRM is to require computers to not play any digital content that does not have a valid encrypted signature, as provided by the various media companies, and/or Microsoft and Intel.

    My main concern, is that independent producers/composers/moviemakers will be locked out of distributing digital content, because the companies involved in Palladium, and other DRM schemes, can choose to withhold issuing these encrypted signatures to them, therefore rendering their content unplayable on Palladium-enabled systems.

    I feel, as a copyright owner, and musician, that this infringes upon my rights to distribute my work signature-free, for anyone to be able to play. I do not want a special tag on my releases telling people this is official. I would just like to see my stuff "out there".

    -----

    I think it stands just fine on its own, without that last rather dumb statement. I guess I just raced to hit that submit button too fast. Sorry.

  18. Re:Ramifications for Independent Content on Questions for a Lecture on Microsoft's Palladium? · · Score: 2

    Oops, sorry, you're right. My bad.

    But still, I think my point is well made.

  19. Ramifications for Independent Content on Questions for a Lecture on Microsoft's Palladium? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What will Palladium do to those of us who release independent content? (As in, independent of major corporations.)

    The only way I can see it possible to effectively implement DRM is to require computers to not play any digital content that does not have a valid encrypted signature, as provided by the various media companies, and/or Microsoft and Intel.

    My main concern, is that independent producers/composers/moviemakers will be locked out of distributing digital content, because the companies involved in Palladium, and other DRM schemes, can choose to withhold issuing these encrypted signatures to them, therefore rendering their content unplayable on Palladium-enabled systems.

    I feel, as a copyright owner, and musician, that this infringes upon my rights to distribute my work signature-free, for anyone to be able to play. I do not want a special tag on my releases telling people this is official. I would just like to see my stuff "out there". Therefore, this infringes upon my right to the "pursuit of happiness", as ordained by the constitution.

    Anyone else have thoughts?

  20. Re:Inside the Coder's Studio on Ask Donald Becker · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    What is your favorite word?

    Progressive.

    What is your least favorite word?

    Rap.

    What turns you on?

    Progressive rock.

    What turns you off?

    Rap music.

    What is your favorite curse word?

    Cowboyneal.

    What sound or noise do you love?

    Progressive rock.

    What sound or noise do you hate?

    Rap music.

    What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?

    Prog rock musician.

    What profession would least like to attempt?

    Rap musician.

    If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?

    "Thank Me you weren't a rapper."

  21. Re:Karma Burn on Ask Donald Becker · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Heh... Makes you wonder if there's a Walter Fagan out there somewhere... :)

  22. Re:FAR more compelling EVIDENCE = CO levels on Possible Signs of Life Detected On Venus · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm wondering...

    The Russians actually landed a probe on Venus (in fact, I seem to remember two of them landing). Is it possible this new evidence for microbes might actually be getting caused by microbes we introduced there?

    Eh, it's just a random thought. Anything seems a likely explanation at this point. You can't always tell when it comes to the chemical processes of an alien world.

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  23. Re:Will it stay named? on New Frozen World Found Beyond Pluto · · Score: 2

    They named an asteroid after Mike Oldfield. 5656 Oldfield, to be precise.

    We usually don't hear about asteroids getting names, but I managed to stumble across that one.

  24. Re:I'd hate to pay the tax if I won on Drink Pepsi, Go to Space? · · Score: 2

    (snip) It'd probably be cheaper for Pepsi to buy a congressman to exempt you for 1 year from income taxes.

    You know, that may not be a bad idea for a promotion/contest for a company.

    "Drink Coke, and you could win one year without income tax!"

    This begs the question, is it legal for a some third-party company to pay your taxes for you? Any CPAs out there willing to comment?

  25. A secret message... ? on German Government Commissions KDE Groupware System · · Score: 3, Funny
    If you look at the related links section, where they basically relist the links from the story, you get this list:

    tankengine
    has ordered
    contractors
    functional equivalence

    Now, sequencing them and adding a single apostrophe, you get:

    tankengine has ordered contractor's functional equivalence

    I think this entire story is a front for hiding secret messages in the link texts themselves. So we may want to start poking through other Slashdot stories and look for other secret messages. :o)

    (Note: Yes, this is a joke.) ;o)