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  1. Re:But if you can't wait... on AT&T To Allow VoIP On iPhone · · Score: 1

    the day they will allow using any sip client instead of only their configured pap2t device... progress will have been made

  2. Re:Wait a minute... on Licensing Dispute Threatens Future of Skype · · Score: 3, Insightful

    which turns out to be security by obscurity.
    any security analyst can tell you how much this is bullshit ;)

  3. let's call this new type of DoS... on News Sites Slammed By Michael Jackson Traffic · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... the MJDoS ;)
    defined as "whenever a well known celebrity dies, it takes the Interwebs with it" ;)

  4. Re:Linux? on Firefox 3.5 Beta Boosts Open Video Standard · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    apple is a bunch of loonies that prefer others pay them patent licenses to *them*..
    oh. it seems apple has patents related to x264 in the form of the quicktime multiplex format... how practical...

  5. Re:Other sites with support exist as well on Firefox 3.5 Beta Boosts Open Video Standard · · Score: 1

    yes, and no...
    h264 will impose moneys to be paid to the MPEG-LA for each second of encoded video after 2010...
    and that, my friend, is a big no-no

  6. Re:Ok... on When Your Backhoe Cuts "Black" Fiber · · Score: 1

    last I checked, it was MCI that got the fiber optic market.
    now, I have no clue to who bought them out over the last 30 years ;)

  7. Re:Our tax dollars at work. on When Your Backhoe Cuts "Black" Fiber · · Score: 2, Informative

    In effect, you are somewhat right. those pipes are hermetically sealed and under pressure, and have the fiber cable inside.
    when a break occurs, they can detect it by the loss of pressure

  8. DIB engine on Wine Project Frustration and Forking · · Score: 2, Insightful

    you should probably look into using X-render, which is designed for this (check cairo for instance)

  9. Re:What's the purpose of a "new" legacy card? on Basic Linux Boot On Open Graphics Card · · Score: 2, Informative

    If you had RTFA you would have noticed that that's exactly what they have done !!

  10. Ubiquity on Internet Hardware For White-Space Spectrum? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Ubiquity makes hardware that you may find useful

    see http://www.ubnt.com/

  11. Re:IN KOREA on South Korea Joins the "Three Strikes" Ranks · · Score: 1

    nah, they get 3 strokes !

  12. The important thing here ... on The Power of the R Programming Language · · Score: 1

    is that SAS is not amused of the competition

  13. there's a fallacy in there on How Web Advertising May Go · · Score: 2, Informative

    We've had a few hundred years to learn to monetize print, over 75 years to monetize TV, and, most importantly, millennia to build business models based on scarcity.

    thing is, there's no scarcity any more, or, I should rather say, the scarcity is not in the resources themselves, but rather on the sharing of the token called money used to obtain goods and services.
    The current monetary system based on debt creates virtual scarcity, and doesn't really mean anything anymore. it's time to evolve.

    http://thezeitgeistmovement.com/

  14. Re:I had no idea on CCC Hackers Break DECT Telephones' Security · · Score: 3, Insightful

    hmm. last I checked, bankers didn't really care, as long as the people using their services thought their transactions were "secure"

  15. Re:All the more reason not to buy an ipod/phone on Apple DMCAs iPodHash Project · · Score: 2, Insightful

    yet !

  16. Re:Finally! on Barack Obama Wins US Presidency · · Score: 1

    hmm, check your 401K again... how much is it worth nowadays ? pennies ?
    remember, it was invested mostly into those subprime mortages that crapped out ;)

  17. Re:Two words on Barack Obama Wins US Presidency · · Score: 1

    hah, thanks for the explanation ;)
    finally someone states the truth

  18. Re:Finally! on Barack Obama Wins US Presidency · · Score: 1

    well, over here, banks use something similar to your credit report to refuse loans when those go over about 35% of your income... hence, no frigging subprimes.

  19. Re:Finally! on Barack Obama Wins US Presidency · · Score: 1

    Once government-backed economic manipulation made it more profitable to incur overseas-shipping costs than to hire workers locally (what a feat the government performed there!), some companies had to go overseas to remain profitable.

    You're right. last I checked, nixon was responsible for creating the totally fucked up healthcare and retirement system in the US...

    remind me which party this idiot was from ?

  20. Re:Finally! on Barack Obama Wins US Presidency · · Score: 1

    well, see, pretty similar here. I don't have to care about what I would owe to either the doc or the phamacist. it gets all paid for by the state

  21. Re:Finally! on Barack Obama Wins US Presidency · · Score: 1

    don't you have a VAT, called sales tax, that gets slapped on every purchase in most states ?
    aren't you supposed to pay said sales tax to your local state when you order something from out of state ?
    same thing dude...

  22. Re:Thoughts on the CHANGE mantra on Barack Obama Wins US Presidency · · Score: 1

    Prdecition 5: Hello Mega Government and Goodbye Bill of Rights

    Bzzt, that has been done by bush & his goons
    sorry, try again, you troll !

  23. Re:My take on this... on Barack Obama Wins US Presidency · · Score: 1

    too bad I don't have any moderating points...
    +1 insightful (particularly the last few paragraphs)

  24. Re:Finally! on Barack Obama Wins US Presidency · · Score: 1

    equal housing lending doesn't mean "mortgage the house so as to get spending money to buy the latest home cinema"...
    it means "lend money so that family blah can buy it's roof"...
    then, of course, you don't offer uncapped variable rates to those people either, you are *sensible* in your offers, with respect to the family income...

  25. Re:Finally! on Barack Obama Wins US Presidency · · Score: 1

    those 50% in taxes would include healthcare for everyone in your household, which you can then remove from your expenses... how does it look now ?