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  1. Re:Two rants: Patches and Libaility on Openness and Security on Campus · · Score: 1

    You cannot guarantee software will work in all cases...

    That's why we have disclaimers especially in OSS.

    Software isn't like engineering. You can't guarantee anything at all. Just change the OS version and the application crumbles.

  2. Re:I use to be an IT pro on The Unhappy World of IT Professionals · · Score: 1

    Why don't you post about how you became a consultant, what you had to do etc, which systems you help solve problems for, etc....

    It would be interesting to read...

  3. Re:Windows source code as an asset on Microsoft To Be Fined E500M By European Union? · · Score: 1

    The Maltese government is involved in the shared source program. I don't know who is involved actually, local news about this didn't bother to say which companies etc.

    I don't think the EU can do what you say.

  4. Re:OGG and Aac = audio formats on AAC Chosen For DVD-ROM Section Of DVD Audio Discs · · Score: 0, Redundant

    No, OGM is comparable to avi files (ogg media file)

    Ogm is a container while ogg vorbis is the audio file format.

  5. Re:WMV9 provably superior to DivX HD on AAC Chosen For DVD-ROM Section Of DVD Audio Discs · · Score: 1

    QuickTime is a container actually..

  6. Re:One question.... on New Dr Who Actor Named · · Score: 1

    Nice to see you here sh0dan..

    I thought Christopher Who too..

    I had hoped either Paul McGann or Peter Davison would be in the role again (both were mentioned at some point somewhere)...

  7. Re:Windows needs 'distributions'! on Microsoft Facing European Sanctions · · Score: 1

    I think this parent post is on to something and should be modded up..

    I like the distribution idea too..

  8. Re:Salon's Subscription Service Sux on Searching the 'Deep Web' · · Score: 1

    Works for me - I use firefox however.

  9. Some 'island' sites have no links to them on Searching the 'Deep Web' · · Score: 1

    Some island sites as I call them have to links to them so crawling will never find them.

    Some of them do advertise on local tv/radio/papers/whatever but aside from that you'd never find them if someone doesn't tell you the URL.

    This is of course not part of the 'deep web' but it is part of the "invisible web". It is impossible for
    any algorithm to find this on its own.

  10. Re:Japan doing this next month on Losing Control of Your TV · · Score: 2, Informative

    What Japan is doing is encrypting a signal - so it's the set top box which receives it, not like this american tv thing which this news is about.
    There's a difference.

  11. Very Dumb on Losing Control of Your TV · · Score: 1

    These people must be very dumb.

    The signal comes through set top boxes (satellite, cable) or a VCR connected to an aerial, so this tv modification won't stop anything.

  12. Re:religion and mars on NASA Says Mars Once "Drenched With Water" · · Score: 1

    The parent post is right.. perhaps it can be modded up..

    Sounds like Stargate SG-1 actually (anything /people on other planets would most likely be from earth).

  13. Re:Men are from Mars on NASA Says Mars Once "Drenched With Water" · · Score: 1

    Maybe Noah was from Mars and his ship was a spacecraft...
    And maybe not... we'll never know, of course.. but it would make a cool scifi movie!

  14. Re:Religion on NASA Mars Press Briefing & "Significant Findings" · · Score: 1

    There's lots of evidence.. every time somebody is healed by God, that is a sign for others, so you can call that evidence. I've never heard of Shiva healing anyone.

  15. Re:Religion on NASA Mars Press Briefing & "Significant Findings" · · Score: 1

    Why do you think that it was 7 days?

    After all, the writing in the book of Genesis was in the style which describes a design to come later....
    not the actual 'implementation'. So it's the design which was prepared in '7 days' not the implementation! And it was never the purpose of the text to give you scientific or historic data like how many days the world / universe was created in.

  16. Re:No bacteria on NASA Mars Press Briefing & "Significant Findings" · · Score: 1

    You forgot Europa where water was found some years ago on this day itself...

  17. Re:OK, Bruce, just swim right here... on Stargate Atlantis Coming This Summer · · Score: 2

    I'm writing fanfics where the Ancients were descended from humanity, many years ago... only the Ancients call themselves Gallifreyans...

    my fanfics

  18. Satellite is best on Cable TV Versus Satellite TV? · · Score: 1

    Satellite is best because when a new free to air channel begins to broadcast, you don't need to pay more for it.

    It's digital too, so the picture is very good. My experience is that it's ok when it rains too.
    When there is lightning you shouldn't be watching tv anyway because it could blow (especially with cable tv wiring) and you should switch off appliances, PCs etc and disconnect them.

  19. Re:Hah! on Microsoft Advises to Type in URLs Rather than Click · · Score: 1

    I don't have any extensions installed for this,
    but definitely my default mail program (not Outlook - which I don't use) is brought up by firebird when I click on a mailto: link.

  20. Re:Anyone been following Winamp? on Justin Frankel On AOL, Subverting The Status Quo · · Score: 1

    Go to
    www.winampheaven.net

    for earlier versions.

  21. Re:Star Trek must not die. on Star Trek: Enterprise in Danger of Being Cancelled · · Score: 1

    If it goes off the tv for some time, it needn't die.
    Just like Doctor Who which is going to return now...

  22. Re:Doctor Who vs. Star Trek on Star Trek: Enterprise in Danger of Being Cancelled · · Score: 1

    My sentiments exactly.

    And if they can learn from a good show (Stargate SG-1), new Who will be even more the better...

  23. They worked for me without problems on NVIDIA Releases New Linux Drivers · · Score: 1


    The new driver worked for me without a problem.

    Thanks to NVIDIA.

    I even don't use a normal distribution but a custom built linux version..

  24. Re:X-Men 2: X-Men United on The Best and Worst Movies of 2003? · · Score: 1

    My vote is for X-Men 2, too.

    It's a great movie and I bought the DVD.
    X3 should be about Phoenix (but they should make
    it about the two of them..)

  25. Re:DVDs... Stargate - SG1 on Christmas Gifts for Geeks · · Score: 1

    I buy them for myself ....