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  1. Re:Where's the USDS/W? on US Needs Secure Coding Office · · Score: 1

    Fair enough.

  2. Re:Where's the USDS/W? on US Needs Secure Coding Office · · Score: 1

    Either option is better than off-the-shelf.

  3. Re:Where's the USDS/W? on US Needs Secure Coding Office · · Score: 1

    We don't make enough food, we starve to death, we don't make enough software we.......?

    Not quantity. Quality. It's about not being driven by the whims of software companies.
    No planned obsolescence.
    Able to patch a security hole in $OLD_VERSION rather than installing $CURRENT_VERSION on every PC in the office.
    Not needing to change document formats every few years.
    That sort of thing.

  4. Re:Missing belt? on Jupiter Is Missing a Belt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That's what she said.

  5. Re:modest proposal on Mpeg 7 To Include Per-Frame Content Identification · · Score: 1

    Naw. They'd mark it "Informative" and "Interesting"

  6. Re:How so? on Security Firm Reveals Microsoft's "Silent" Patches · · Score: 1

    Because if the patch only says that it corrects a typo in a description somewhere, a good admin will probably not be in a hurry to deploy it. If it closes a bug that allows root access because someone logs in with the username "Joshua", the admin might be more eager to test and apply the patch ASAP.

  7. Re:You are onto something! on Pressure Mounts On ICANN To Approve .xxx Domain · · Score: 1

    IIRC, participants ranged from 18 to 89. And they didn't get a choice of partners.

  8. Re:Yay ignorance. on Pressure Mounts On ICANN To Approve .xxx Domain · · Score: 1

    I doubt prostitution falls under the Commerce Clause, so I'm pretty sure the Federal government has it's hands tied by the Constitution. If anyone makes a stink about not having a Federal ban the congresscritters can rightfully point out that it's up to the states.

  9. Re:Just out of curiosity what happens in 7 years ? on Next Ubuntu Linux To Be a Maverick · · Score: 1

    We haven't had "Adventurous Aardvark" or "Cautious Cuttlefish" yet (so we've got about 6 years to come up with something). Although Canonical didn't seem to care that we had "Hoary Hedgehog" when "Hardy Heron"'s turn came.

  10. Re:Ubuntu 6 month cycle on Next Ubuntu Linux To Be a Maverick · · Score: 1

    I update Debian Sid weekly.

    Ditto. For my (offline) home computer. ;-)

  11. Re:Sounds good! on Next Ubuntu Linux To Be a Maverick · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ...just installed Lynx for my brother, because:

    1. Ease of install/configuration
    2. Pretty easy transition from Windows
    3. Lots of software in the repos

    I agree with your first two points, but since does a web browser need repos?

  12. Re:Majestik Moose on Next Ubuntu Linux To Be a Maverick · · Score: 1

    I suddenly regret having posted in this article...

  13. Re:Ubuntu 6 month cycle on Next Ubuntu Linux To Be a Maverick · · Score: 1

    He doesn't even need to go with LTS. Karmic won't drop support until the release of Maverik+1.

  14. Gnome shell on Next Ubuntu Linux To Be a Maverick · · Score: 1

    Playing with it in Debian, I find gnome-shell to have extremely poor performance. The dependencies (mesa) suggest to me that it may require compositing. What about the computers that aren't capable of compositing?

  15. Re:I'm a voter... on Australian Gov't Claims Internet Filter Legislation Still In Play · · Score: 1

    I normally vote labour, unless this gets scrapped by labour they won't get my vote. I'll probably move to the US with my partner if this ever comes in over here.

    And to think only a few years ago I was considering Australia as a fallback.

  16. Re:He doesn't know something we don't. on Steve Jobs Hints At Theora Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    He has as much right to claim NIMBY as you.

  17. Re:Digital Restrictions Management on Avatar Blu-Ray DRM Issues · · Score: 1

    And what's ironic about rain on your wedding day?

  18. Re:MSFT will just make a leg-based server on ARM-Based Servers Coming In 2011 · · Score: 1

    That doesn't refute silentcoder's claim.

  19. Re:On the upside though... on Microsoft's Touted iPad Rival Courier Becomes Less Than Vapor · · Score: 1

    Sure did. People uncertain about iPad-vs-Courier decide to put that on the back burner, and forget exactly what made them put it there in the first place. By the time it comes back to their attention, everyone has started jumping on the bandwagon and the decision has morphed to iPad-vs-Android-vs-OEM/Windows.

  20. Re:I heard the same about 8.10 and 9.04 and 9.10 on Ubuntu Linux 10.04 Review (Lucid Lynx) · · Score: 1

    Install guake or yakuake. F12 will work soooo well then :)

    A kde-less yakuake! Just what my work machine was missing.

  21. Re:Except... on Ubuntu Linux 10.04 Review (Lucid Lynx) · · Score: 1

    For the sake of improving my vocabulary: what do you mean by "out of scope"?

  22. Re:Crazy on California's Santa Clara County Bans Happy Meal Toys · · Score: 1

    sodium, sodium, sodium...

    when is this BULLSHIT of renaming common things it's going to end ??? what is this fucking thing ? social engineering ?

    it's called SALT !!! plain and simple. salt !

    No it's not. Sodium is an element. Salts are a class of compounds. Sodium chloride is table salt.

  23. Re:I swear.... on California's Santa Clara County Bans Happy Meal Toys · · Score: 1

    Taco Bell gives everyone a free taco occasionally. I don't know if there is any sort of schedule to it.
    7-11 gives free mini-slurpees July 11 every year.

  24. Re:I know on The Mystery of the Mega-Selling Floppy Disk · · Score: 1

    But at least we know it's our fault when we lose our data.

  25. Re:sco still alive? on SCO Asks Judge To Give Them the Unix Copyright · · Score: 1

    Suck? He was very clear that the chicken was smoked. I prefer fried, but whatever works for him...