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  1. Re:Questions on current Sid on Sixth DebConf Ends in Success · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the correct. I hadn't figured once you were elected to lead the Debian Ship you'd have to handoff X packages as well.

    I've got them installed with Alioth packages, with a little tinkering it is working.

  2. Re:oh my fucking god. on Sixth DebConf Ends in Success · · Score: 1
    You wonder why they shy away... A bunch of horny geeks getting excited over something completely mundane.
    Get real. Women who love attention from men don't shy away. Dykes and lipstick lesbian[read bisexual] shy away, while even the traditional prude in her mid-twenties still saving herself for the fantasy white knight still gets a tingle by all the attention.
  3. Please edit caption from... on Japan Wants to Build 10 Petaflop Supercomputer · · Score: -1, Troll
    Current fastest supercomputer is the partially finished Blue Gene is capable of 136.8 teaflops and the target when finished is 360 teraflops.

    to
    Current fastest supercomputer is the partially finished Blue Gene, presently capable of achieving 136.8 teraflops, and when finished plans to reach 360 teraflops.
  4. Questions on current Sid on Sixth DebConf Ends in Success · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Some questions (if these were addressed at the conference my apologies for asking here):
    • What is the status on KDE 3.4.1 and accompanying addons becoming current with X.org currently kludging its way through Sid?[alioth hasn't updated its 3.4.1 packages since early June, long before Branden submitted X.org into Sid.]
    • When the hell is GNUstep going to get rebuilt against Freetype 2.1.10?
    • When will the Debian Java Policy become standard and agree upon?
    • Should I just build my own local debs for Eclipse 3.1 or will they be released before 2010?
    • What is the status, or if a plan even exists, regarding Debian working on a seemless Wireless config subsystem similar to say OS X? [waproamd, ndiswrapper, etc are ductape building blocks]*

    I am well aware that all these questions could be directed to a package manager, yet when it's broadcast to a higher level audience more attention helps overcome the inertia in place which always causes those package manager to accelerate their updates and/or be more pro-active on such concerns.

    [Note: I would assume when municipalities adopt the OSS model they plan on having both wired and wireless options accessible to their employees that could only help us regular users in seeing improvements to a vitally overlooked section of networking]

  5. Re:I switched because of MS, not because of my iPo on 400,000 Windows Users Switch To Mac · · Score: 1

    So you're willing to buy PPC hardware, now, in lieu of 18 months from now you'll be able to run OS X on Intel? What sort of pointless logic are you leveraging and how the hell did this get modded up as 5[I know how since more than likely you gave yourself massive karma bonus, but I hope not].

    Such logic begs the question, "If you're willing to purchase PPC now, what stopped you from purchasing it beforehand? After all, it's the Operating System and OO Design Paradigm for developers to produce Cocoa Apps which is the truly compelling power of Apple. The hardware is a bonus. Switching to Intel doesn't modify the OS, just gives the perception that more timely hardware updates will be available and large volumes to meet potential consumer demands.

    Ironically, if you think it means you'll be able to update your System by swapping out the CPU with an upgrade option you are in for a rude awakening.

  6. /. :: Home to free Brainstorming for Apple and MS on Bill Gates Swears Vow Against 'Son of iPod' · · Score: 1

    amongst countless other companies fishing for future product ideas.

    Keep it up folks. Perhaps one of you can brag that you hinted at the idea for a future multi-billion dollar product, but not being in a position to patent the design or idea once more leave it for the current patent rich giants to get more ideas for FREE*


    *Not as in beer either.

  7. Re:Toolkits on Apple Freezes Java Support for Cocoa · · Score: 1

    Go to Amazon and type Cocoa Programming.

    http://www.bignerdranch.com/products/

  8. APPLE :: time to make a buyout offer on SGI Faces Bankruptcy · · Score: 1

    Apple could leverage much of the technologies available through this buyout.

  9. For the Author on The New C Standard · · Score: 0, Redundant

    THANK YOU. I will and have started reading your efforts.

  10. Re:Futurists... feh on Ray Kurzweil 2001-2003 essays Available as a PDF · · Score: 1

    Right, because Raja Yoga is too demanding for 99% of the Human Population, and most can't handle the levels of chemical reactions certain hallucinogenic drugs induce, yet they can imagine a future with AI as if that will be their only chance at Godhead.

    Of course they don't grasp the mystic arts and the necessary inward transcendence it takes with all its pitfalls--easier to denounce than to explore. Pity really, because they would sooner discover their own mental and transcendental limitations which would put more caution to their aspirations of AI transcendence.

  11. Replace "" with '" on AT&T Plans CNN-style Security Channel · · Score: 1

    Subtle but when you quote an article quoting a commentary, piece of literature or any other possible scenario citing written word it would make Slashdot and any other site look more intelligent getting their punctuation fixed.

  12. Re:What's the point? on KOffice 1.4 Released · · Score: 1

    Who are you fooling. Your grandmother couldn't help your aunt fix Windows, let alone DOS or any other Operating System for that matter.

    That's what grandchildren are for--to lend a hand to their elders.

  13. How about FireCrotch and ThunderCock? on Firefox Faces Trademark Issues · · Score: 1, Funny

    I doubt they've been taken.

  14. DELL, HP, LINOVO :: Represent the Public? on PC Makers See Little Reason to Deploy XP N · · Score: 1

    Since when do Corporations represent the public and or the public best interests at large?

  15. What? IBM not hiring Linux talent? on Gentoo Founder on his way to Redmond · · Score: 1

    Greenbacks talk, bullshit walks.

  16. Path/to/file standard: Question? on The Death of Folders? · · Score: 1

    Assuming folder/directory disappears, who is going make all your path needs satsified with legacy apps? How about webapps that all map to resources using path/to/file?

  17. Re:software and bridges on Netscape Releases Security Update · · Score: 1

    Now that is pathetic. With the famous Tacoma Narrows Bridge bringing to life the issues of resonance and designing to eliminate such a test case they had decades of lead time to make sure their bridge is protected.

  18. Mail Imap is signicantly faster. on Mac OS X 10.4.1 Is Out · · Score: 1

    Having over 8,000 mails via LyX or say over 10,000 mails for Cocoon developer/user list updating is much improved.

  19. DO NOT CONTACT YOUR CONGRESS LEADERS on Real-ID Passes U.S. Senate 100-0 · · Score: 1

    Contact THE MEDIA. Let enormous outpourings of BLOG posts to MSNBC, FOX News, CNN and all the News Blogs read your frustrations.

    It is only then that CONGRESS will tune into and be prepared to actually pretend to care about their constituents.

    Come 2006 Vote Libertarian.

    http://www.lp.org/

  20. Re:Letter to my Senator on Real-ID Passes U.S. Senate 100-0 · · Score: 1

    Our Senators do not deserve their constituents respect. It has to be earned. Their job is to be the visible line of communication representing their constituents.

    I agree precision is important, however, The Media is the only voice that catches Congressional Members attention, period.

  21. Re:Microsoft Monopolistic Contracts :: Buy Pbooks on HP Will Offer Customized Linux in Notebooks · · Score: 1

    Buy Powerbooks running YellowDog Linux. http://yellowdoglinux.com/ Screw HP if they are stuck with Microsoft.

  22. Re:Another question on Safari vs. KHTML · · Score: 1

    GNUstep team is waiting on GCC to have full ObjC++ capabilities that is either waiting to be available until GCC 4.1 or some 4.0.x release.

  23. Re:One significant thing about the iMac on iMacs Freshened with 2.0 GHz G5, Bluetooth, WiFi · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Deprecated APIs last one major OS revision at best. Since you are saying you work at Apple I know you can't make bold commentaries regarding the shift to Cocoa but since I no longer work there and being a former NeXT employee all I can say is, "7 years is 5 years longer than we were promised."

  24. Core Image Application :: Imaginator on Third Parties Already Taking Advantage of Tiger · · Score: 1
  25. Who gives a Rusty Flock what CA wants? on Kernel Changes Draw Concern · · Score: 1

    These are the same prigs slash and burned countless buyouts--last big one was Platinum.

    Having the displeasure of the merger experience with Platinum and the morons who slashed whole teams without investigating their wealth of technical expertise should shed some light on the lack of forsight and vision necessary to develop a kernel that meets the needs of the Consumer and Enterprise.

    Just my two cents.