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  1. Re:Debian. on Ask Slashdot: Easiest Linux Distro For a Newbie · · Score: 1

    Hi there. Ubuntu community member here. We have the "Ubuntu Foundation", which is a trust with 10 Million in it if Canonical folds. Kthx, have a nice day,

  2. House, MD. on LSD Alleviates 'Suicide Headaches' · · Score: 1

    Saw it on House, so it must be true!

  3. Re:Ultrafast search and metadata filesystem on File Organization — How Do You Do It In 2011? · · Score: 1

    You're not wrong at all, and I agree -- it's just that the source document has to "live" somewhere. If I were to be happy with it, I'd have to be able to create "debian/manual_on_this", then link it to my "ubuntu/" folder. When I add a change that's no longer "debian/" qualified, I should be able to "rm debian/manual_on_this", but have it live in "ubuntu/". What I'm getting at is that tags let the filesystem ( or database, whatever ) manage the documents and present you with "links", rather then having original documents in the tree. It's like saying that C has pointers like Java (in before Java jokes), ignoring the fact you have to malloc / free. Perhaps I'm ranting at this point, but I think it'd be a nice way forward :) Off to implement it in fuse!

  4. What morons on N.C. Official Sics License Police On Computer Scientist For Too Good a Complaint · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What a bunch of dipshits. Traffic is just a routing / scheduling algorithm, if anything his background in Computer Science should *help* him present his case. God, what morons. He just did all that work for you, it's not like you won't review it anyway. Suck it up and do a review. It's your *job*.

  5. Re:Does it do anything for refresh rate? on Unofficial Qt Environment (and Sudoku) For the Kindle · · Score: 1

    The stock reading software must display more then one char at a time. This sounds either like a configuration issue, or a bug in their software. Thanks for trying this :)

  6. Some Poking Around on Norton Users Worried By PIFTS.exe, Stonewalling By Symantec · · Score: 1

    It seems that it sends data to http://stats.norton.com/n/p?module=xxxx where xxxx is an integer. http://stats.norton.com/n/ requests auth from a tomcat server, for "statistics" Just thought this was a bit odd. Perhaps they have a nice web interface to aid in their world takeover.

  7. Re:Beowulf on How Do I Put Unused Servers To Work? · · Score: 1

    Beowulf, that is.

  8. Beowult on How Do I Put Unused Servers To Work? · · Score: 1

    Beowulf Cluster! With that kind of power you can kick some serious bit ass. Netboot them all and set them up for a nice little side project, or setup a server farm to run your site. With that kind of power I don't know what I _wouldn't_ do!

  9. Coil Guns on Physics Experiments To Inspire Undergraduates? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Coil Guns rock. Inspired me to get into electronics. One that shoots Fist sized slugs would be enough for any of us :)

  10. I see what you did there.... on Is Ubuntu Getting Slower? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I may be a bit biased here. Full disclosure: I am an Ubuntu Member, User, Abuser. I think that Ubuntu is one hell of a Distro, and GNU/Linux is one hell of an OS. Ubuntu, however is not geared for the market where we squeeze every CPU cycle we can. For that you have to do a _LOT_ of cleaning, replace your kernel to something a bit more fit for a server environment. Ubuntu is, and will always be a distro that is Easy to use first, even if that comes at the expense of some kruft. Each distro is becoming more bloated, but one great feature in Ibex ( 8.10 ) is the "System Cleaner" ( for all you GNOME users, Applications --> System Tools --> System Cleaner ) that checks for unused packages. This may not be a whole lot, but before bashing speed, or claiming its fat, take a hard look at the distro really.

  11. Re:absurd on Afghan Student Gets 20 Years For Blasphemy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Basic Human Rights? Try Ethics? How about a Totalitarian Government Browbeating it's own Citizens?

  12. absurd on Afghan Student Gets 20 Years For Blasphemy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It is really tough to consider that these flagrant transgressions still go on in todays environment.

  13. Re:It is your property! on Rights To Virtual Property In Games? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Indeed. However those are a representation of assets, not your actual assets. Granted the "score keeping" is done digitally, but it is directly related to your estate. The goods are not data.

  14. Re:It is your property! on Rights To Virtual Property In Games? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    maintaining the servers, paying for bandwidth... Items are digital, a construct. IMHO its silly to quibble about who owns a series of bytes.