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Re:Good for them!

On: Work Progressing on Army's Future Combat Systems

That's a very good point. An ideal strategy to not get enough bugs would be to fund one of the popular linux distros, build a community of developers and companies around it to flush out all the bugs. Yahoo is following a similar strategy for Hadoop (an open source distributed file system). -listen_to_slashdot

Re:What could happen

On: Pentagon Working on "Human Fear" Weapons

You are probably right. It sounds like the plot of a hollywood movie. listen_to_slashdot

Re:What possible reason

On: French Fine Amazon For Free Shipping

These laws probably made more sense when publishers had to keep an inventory of books and publishing books on demand was unheard of. listen_to_slashdot

Re:VBA for Mac

On: Microsoft Says VBA Is Here To Stay

Good point Chris! Its definitely bad for cross platform compatibility. Can you elaborate more on how AppleScript is more powerful that VBA? listen_to_slashdot

Re:I ran simulations like this all the time...

On: Modeling Urban Panic

Interesting point! They just made it more boring, put in a lot of math, got all pedagogical and got coverage in slashdot for doing it ;) listen_to_slashdot

Games and politics - keen observation.

On: Anti-Game Candidates Do Poorly in Iowa Caucuses

This was a really great observation. Are there any numbers to substantiate this? Any data on how many people who went to the caucuses are causual or avid gamers? listen_to_slashdot

Redhat versus ubuntu - ubuntu wins.

On: Interview with Red Hat's New CEO

Ubuntu's dapper and feisty distros are free and have better long term support than redhat's fedora. The keyword here is 'longterm'. listen_to_slashdot

Microsoft's act of desperation.

On: MS Drops Licensing Restrictions from Web Server 2008

I ddoubt if this is really going to get them significant market share in the server market. They have to come up with something utterly compelling or partner with the likes of yahoo to use their platform. listen_to_slashdot

What's the definition of a hacker tool???

On: UK Moves to Outlaw 'Hacker Tools'

What kind of tools/software are they banning? Is it even feasible???? listen_to_slashdot

Education is the best vaccine!!

On: Cocaine Vaccine In the Works

I'd rather spend the dollars raising awareness against cocaine/drug addiction. Nevertheless congratulations to the researchers. Its definitely a great breakthrough. listen_to_slashdot

Smart move or...penny wise pound foolish..

On: Florida Election Ballots to be Printed On-Demand

what are the approximate savings due to this??? listen_to_slashdot

Only microsoft can do it!!

On: Office 2003 Service Pack Disables Older File Formats

This is unbelievable. If Microsoft didn't have the office monopoly, I doubt they would have made it default. Does anyone here use any online office solutions?? listen_to_slashdot

Any technical/logical/unbiased reason for railing?

On: Rails Bigwig Rails on Rails Community

I didn't see any reasonable technical justification for this bigshot's railing. Does anyone have the inside scoop? listen_to_slashdot

I hope the electronic passports are unhackable!!

On: US Government To Release Electronic Passport

If the passports are going to have the wireless technology built it, I hope they have taken utmost care to make it safe from hackers . Network/wireless sniffing is extremely easy. The electronic passports must be safe from simple attack like network sniffing/packet replay etc. That said, its a great move and a step in the right direction. listen_to_slashdot

How much does it...

On: Use of Asphalt Paved Surfaces For Solar Heat

cost to build a system like this for a reasonably long highway(say 100 miles) and how much power(in watts) will it generate? listen_to_slashdot

Why is LANCOR asking for damages?

On: LANCOR v. OLPC Case Continues In Nigerian Court

It doesn't seem right to ask for money on Lancor's part. But why are they asking for damages to begin with? I would really like to know that before I buy into OLPC's side of the story. listen_to_slashdot

Google vs. Wikia

On: Wikia Search Engine to be Launched on January 7th

Finally a new search engine to compete against Google. Looking forward to it. This kind of explain why google came up with Knols. listen_to_slashdot

Are these images from an explorer spacecraft?

On: Cassini's Best Images

The images look more like drawings/computer generated images. The elliptical paths are perfect!! (as if generated using the equation of perfect ellipse!!!) I hope this is not a joke!! listen_to_slashdot

It seems to work fine for me..

On: iPhone Wants To Hang On To the Old Year

Its fine on my Iphone!! listen_to_slashdot

Why aren't there any countries in blue??

On: Privacy International Releases 2007 Report

I am surprised that there are no countries in blue(consistently upholds human right standards). listen_to_slashdot

I hope it can be productized!!

On: Ion-Mask Coating Could Make Waterproofing Electronics Easy

I'd love to take my ipod when I go serfing!!! listen_to_slashdot

Interesting!!

On: Ohio's Alternative to Diebold Machines May Be Equally Bad

"a central optical scan of ballots at the board's headquarters downtown would result in votes not being counted on ballots that are incorrectly filled out." ==> An 'incorrectly filled out' ballot should not be counted by definition, right???? listen_to_slashdot

So what!!

On: Mars Asteroid Impact More Likely Than Before

Okay, so how does an asteroid impact on Mars affect Earth??? listen_to_slashdot

what kind of games can you play???

On: Wii Hacked for Better Homebrew Games

So does the hack let us play **any** game on Wii? listen_to_slashdot

So many free games!!

On: Free Software FPS Games Compared

Thanks for a compilation of these linux games. I hope I can find ubuntu packages for them!! listen_to_slashdot