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  1. Re:Just so very fitting.. on New HHGTTG Radio Show Gets Douglas Adams' Voice · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Lord of the Rings is not an example of how to do it right! It's close, but Jackson significantly changed the character of a few of the characters.

    It started out great with FOTR, but began to show problems in TTT, and by ROTK, I had serious difficulty with Jackson's version. Merry, Pippin, Gimli, and Faramir got downgraded in Jackson's version, while Legolas, Aragorn, and especially Arwen were promoted.

  2. Re:Interesting on Nokia Invested In Mozilla? · · Score: 1

    you missed the point.

    you'd have to pay developers to work on your version after the fork in order to get the features and performance you want. It's not about paying the developers who already worked on it before.

  3. Re:Racists should have free speech as well. on EU Pushes to Limit Internet Speech · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Mod parent up!!

    Free speech includes speech i don't like. It is up to the speaker to find an audience at whatever cost he may assume, but the speech itself must be free, whether it's hate speech, political, or even religious.

    I don't have to like racism to understand that censoring it is wrong.

  4. Re:gets tough on spam. sure. on Comcast Gets Tough on Spam · · Score: 1

    idiot!

    some of us use an external email server. VPN is not available. Comcast's servers are not a viable option. Simple answers to complex problems cause other problems. wholesale blocking is like using a 10kg sledge to pound in a finishing nail. It isn't the solution, but surgical strikes like the article says comcast is using can go a long way. Give them a chance.

  5. Re:Comcast is clueless on Comcast Gets Tough on Spam · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I use comcast as an ISP because it's the only way to get broadband around here. I use an external host provider and email service, so blocking port 25 indiscriminately would be a problem for me. I don't spam or even run a mailing list, so my outgoing traffic is minimal. I hope Comcast handles things the way the article says they do, and continues to do so. Other people complain about Comcast service but I have had very few problem, none critical, and always had good customer service, though I spend more with them on internet access than on cable tv service.

  6. Re:I've got a question about the Mersenne twins. on New Largest Prime Found: Over 7 Million Digits · · Score: 1

    You are technically correct, but you missed the point. The original question regarded an infinite number of prime twins of the form 2^n-1, 2^n+1. Since 2^n+1 for any odd n is divisible by 3, there can be only one pair of primes of that form. that pair shows up when n = 2, thus providing the prime pair 3,5.

  7. Re:Pasting urls on Dealing with the Unix Copy and Paste Paradigm? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Easy.

    redirect the output to a file.

    switch to the other terminal

    read back from the file. use grep if necessary.

  8. Re:Bullshit! on New Largest Prime Found: Over 7 Million Digits · · Score: 1

    actually the number on below it is divisible by 3!

  9. Re:I've got a question about the Mersenne twins. on New Largest Prime Found: Over 7 Million Digits · · Score: 1
    no.

    any number of the form (2^n)+1 where n is odd is divisible by 3. Mersenne numbers require n to be odd.

  10. Re:how do you pronounce SCO? on IBM tells SCO to Put Up or Shut Up · · Score: 1

    southern thing? are you from chile or argentina? maybe australia? :)

  11. Re:Call boxes on Privacy in the Woods? · · Score: 1
    i should know to preview by now.

    should have read as follows:

    >>> they have at most a 1 mile hike to get assistance

    if they go more than 1/2 mile they walked the wrong direction to start :)

    But that was the idea i had in mind. put them at trail junctions

  12. Re:Call boxes on Privacy in the Woods? · · Score: 1

    >>> they have at most a 1 mile hike to get assistance if they go more than 1/2 mile they walked the wrong direction to start :) But that was the idea i had in mind. put them at trail junctions

  13. Re:Call boxes on Privacy in the Woods? · · Score: 1

    nobody said anything about public phone booths. call boxes only give you access to help.

  14. Call boxes on Privacy in the Woods? · · Score: 1

    i would think Call boxes at those junctions might address most of those issues without interfering with privacy. If someone needs help they could follow a trail to a call box and get the help they need. The only problem would be if someone was hurt and couldn't get to the call box.

  15. Re:How is this different? on FairPlay v2 Reversed, Playfair Back Online · · Score: 1

    violating the gpl is always a violation of copyright law, regardless of the validity of the gpl.

    The gpl delineates conditions for distribution privileges beyond what copyright would otherwise allow for.

  16. crossconnects on How To Get Googled, By Hook Or By Crook · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    when i google for crossconnects, my domain came up 4th

  17. Re:That's the new way to start a company on More Light Shed on Project David · · Score: 1

    the problem is that these people are not releasing the code back to the community, or even acknowleging the community that created the technology, except as a marketing target, or worse as a theoretical marketing target for fundraising purposes.

  18. Zimbabwe on Essay: Perspectives of African FOSS developers · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I have a friend in Zimbabwe who does web development, but has to pay for internet access by the minute, partly because he has to pay for phone service by the minute.

  19. Re:Crap site on PHP and SQL Security · · Score: 1

    i agree. This is the most pathetic site i have ever seen w/ regard to tutorials.

  20. as usual on The Venus Transit 2004 · · Score: 2, Informative

    can't see it from north america!

    Most astronomical events seem to not be visible from or get clouded out in my area.

  21. Crying on The Sound of Cells · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If they are crying they are hurt?

  22. Re:I looked on eBay. on eBay Fraud Vigilantes · · Score: 5, Funny

    did you get it from michael's computers?

  23. Re:Big Mouth on Halloween X Author Mike Anderer Speaks Out · · Score: 1

    Troll? It was a direct quote from the article! He had little else to say.

  24. Big Mouth on Halloween X Author Mike Anderer Speaks Out · · Score: 0, Funny

    > I also have a lot to say in most situations.

    In other words, I'm a big mouth.

  25. Re:They run linux so they must be good! on 'They Can Sue, But They Can't Hide' · · Score: 1

    linux based load balancer on the front end?