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  1. Real-time operations on Get QNX For Free · · Score: 1

    While there is a project to bring Real-time operations to Linux... it isn't in the run-of-the-mill distributions...

    That is the predictability that QNX brings to the table.

  2. Yeah, I know... on Get QNX For Free · · Score: 1

    I haven't had a /. submission accepted since September... only to see the same post come up a day or two later.

    It's very frustrating...

  3. The biggest feature of QNX on Get QNX For Free · · Score: 3

    Has always been it's real-time capabilities... In some processes (such as a backup monitoring system for a nuclear reactor) you need a predictable, and assurable interval for monitoring.

    So when interrupt driven events just aren't good enough... QNX does the job admirably.

  4. I'm reading this book right now... on MySQL · · Score: 1

    ...and it's an excellent referrence.

    I'm teaching myself PHP and MySQL at the same time, and it covers both areas nicely (well, it covers PHP in regards to MySQL very nicely...)

    It even walks you through a demo application of PHP/MySQL.

  5. It probably became a world-wide-cobweb... on Where Is The Wiretap Archive? · · Score: 1

    Seriously though, perhaps the maintainer lost interest, and gradually forgot about it.

    It's happened already to many sites on the internet...

  6. Re:Image a beowulf cluster... on New Linux Supercomputer Forecasts Rain · · Score: 1

    Holy crap. I misread, I thought that said $1.5 Million... I must change my estimate to 10000 nodes (subtracting some just for basic infrastructure)...

    My god, with that kind of power you could crack/render/spindle/mutilate anything in seconds.

  7. Image a beowulf cluster... on New Linux Supercomputer Forecasts Rain · · Score: 1

    Just kidding, I thought I'd beat the trolls to it.

    In any case, that does seem like a high price tag... by my calculations you could build a 1200 node cluster (using 8 node cubix boxes) for that kind of money...

  8. OK, so what effect will this have? on ABCNews:Potential Recommended MS Break-Up · · Score: 1

    Bill will get richer... (Actually, it seems no matter what happens Bill get's richer... perhaps they should break him up.)

    We've heard various lines on how they would break up MS... but what's to stop the mini-MS companies from co-operating?

  9. It's true though... on Legitimate Business Spam · · Score: 1

    Big business does do "targetted" direct marketting... why wouldn't they do it through e-mail as well? It only makes sense to the average marketting person. ;)

  10. I would love to hear... on IBM And Mind Input Devices · · Score: 1

    ...the layman's version of this... What will this allow us to do, that we can't right now?

    Great, you can read the electron state of my brain - in essence get a picture of what I'm thinking... but can you translate it into anything useful?

  11. Yeah, but ish she cute? on Voices from the Hellmouth Released in Paperback · · Score: 2

    'cause I've seen pictures of Malda... and he ain't... ;)

  12. I utterly flabergasted... on Voices from the Hellmouth Released in Paperback · · Score: 2

    ...that Taco has a girlfriend. ;)

  13. It does have a snazzy looking cover... on Cryptography and Network Security: Principles and Practice, 2nd ed. · · Score: 1

    ...and I'm told you can often judge a book by its cover.

  14. Will George Lucas sue? on U.S. Army To Develop "JEDI" Soldiers · · Score: 2

    ...or at the veryleast require royalties?

  15. One word... on COPPA, What Are You Doing About It? · · Score: 1

    Canada... where the internet is unregulated...

  16. What if the site is outside of the USA? on COPPA, What Are You Doing About It? · · Score: 2

    That's a fine and dandy little law for you American folk to have to deal with... but what about us foreigners?

    I suppose that if you had a .com .net or .org address they might have some jurisdiction (as those domains are managed from the USA)... but the worst they could do there is take away your domain name.

  17. A couple of things... on Run Linux Apps On Your Sharp Zaurus? · · Score: 2

    1. What processor is in this puppy?

    2. What kind of apps are we talking here? Do they have to be recompiled, or will it run x86 code?

    3. X? or just console?

  18. One of the important concepts of modern life? on The Code Book · · Score: 1

    How can you say that when even now I'm sure that more than 90% of of the "modern world" has no inclination of what Cryptograhy is?

    Sure, they want their banking information to be secure - but beyond that they don't have direct exposure to it on an everyday basis.

  19. No windows tax... on Super Tiny Espresso PC · · Score: 1

    I like that they'll actually take money off the price if you don't want windows pre-installed!

  20. Just wish I could afford it... on Dual Pentium III Xeon Review · · Score: 1

    ...I'll just have to settle for a dual-celeron...

  21. At linuxexpo in Montreal? on Photogenics 4.5 Beta For Linux Released · · Score: 1

    Their site says the were at Linux Expo Canada...

    I was there, and didn't see them... did I miss something?

  22. Nothing is free... on ArsDigita University · · Score: 1

    It's only free if your time has no value.

    Even though there is no cost (and no real degree out of it) the value is immeasurably high.

    Just my 2 Canadian cents (which works out to about 1.3333 US cents)

  23. Re:Sig Correction Time on The World's Largest Game Of Tetris · · Score: 1

    I'll tell you what - part of it was a typo... but I won't rely on that as an excuse. I will humbly thank you for your correction, and adopt it.

    Thank you.

  24. What other games could be adapted to this? on The World's Largest Game Of Tetris · · Score: 1

    Probably not too many worth mentioning...

    I have seen a game of nethack played on the side of a building using an LCD projector... I suppose that you could play many games like that, but the guy playing this one (at night, at a University) was actually getting advice by passers-by...

  25. Re:BogoMIPS on Proposal For Open-Source Benchmarks · · Score: 1

    Intel 8088, at 4.77 MHz, ELKS
    0.02 BogoMips

    From the BogoMips mini-Howto