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  1. Re:Subjective Review on Critical Review of the Zune · · Score: 1

    You're kidding me right ? Microsoft, Apple, etc. just love DRM, because it allows them to tie content to (their) proprietary software and hardware, and continue raking in the profits. The only way we are ever going to be free of DRM, is by refusing to buy/support products that make use of it.

  2. Re:Subjective Review on Critical Review of the Zune · · Score: 1

    If you want quality, why not go for a player that plays ogg vorbis ? For the same file size, ogg files are higher quality than mp3 and wma, thanks in part to variable bitrate encoding.

  3. Prior art on LSI Patents the Doubly-Linked List · · Score: 1
  4. Re:Less gas? on Emissions of Key Greenhouse Gas Stabilize · · Score: 1

    Just an educated guess, but: methane is one carbon atom and 4 hydrogen atoms. It will eventually get oxidised into 1 carbon dioxide molecule and 2 water molecules, due to increased sunlight in the upper atmosphere.

  5. Re:Your .sig on A Closer Look At Oracle's (Legal) Linux · · Score: 1

    That's because you are doing things backwards. Sounds like you are loading in a whole hour of dv and then cutting it.

    In LiVES, it is better to cut your scenes first using the shuttle controls/dvgrab, and then load in each scene as a separate clip. You can then fine tune the clips, and bring them together in the multitrack window.

  6. Re:If we could make a rom like blu-ray out of Gama on Fastest Spinning Black Hole Ever Found · · Score: 1

    Well:

    If a gamma ray from far away could play today a blu-ray, then I would say that gamma ray was sellable on e-bay.

    (and before an anonymous coward makes a "funny" response, no I am not gay...)

  7. Your .sig on A Closer Look At Oracle's (Legal) Linux · · Score: 4, Informative
    Tired of waiting for working video editing in linux.....

    Your wait is over.

  8. Ah but... on Mars Rovers Celebrate Their 1000th Sol On Mars · · Score: 3, Funny

    are those metric Sols or Imperial Sols ;-)

    Anyway, congratulations NASA !

  9. Re:Why do we need any of them? on Microsoft Pushing Municipal Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    Your dream is a reality in many places, at least in Europe. Right now I am posting via the Funkfeuer network (http://www.funkfeuer.at/index.php?id=42&L=1)

    There are similar projects going on in many European cities. Here it is simpler than in the US, because of the shorter distances involved.

  10. Re:So what happens on Ballmer Says Linux "Infringes Our Intellectual Property" · · Score: 1

    Nothing. Nobody uses mono for anything important anyway.

  11. Paging Angel Paredes on The PlayStation 3 Launches In the U.S. · · Score: 1

    well, I figured he must be big geek, and therefore have a Slashdot log in.

    On the other hand, he's probably too busy playing with his new toy.

  12. Re:I heard about this on Physicist Trying To Send a Signal Back In Time · · Score: 1

    You are John Titor, and I claim my $10.

  13. Re:Water? on Warming a Tiny Piece of Mars For Terraforming · · Score: 1

    Well, if you don't need insulation, all you would really need is a breathing mask and oxygen tanks.

    Doesn't seem like that stupid of an idea to me.

  14. surely on Space Elevators Could Be Lethal · · Score: 1

    there must be some way to absorb the radiation and convert it into power to lift the capsules. That would solve 2 problems at once - shielding the passengers, and providing lifting power.

  15. But does it run Linux ? on Playstation 3 Sells Out At Japanese Launch · · Score: 1

    I can't seem to get an answer from anyone. Does it or does it not run Linux by default ? Or is it an add-on like for the PS2 ?

  16. Re:Typicial Indian newspaper quote on Microsoft Interested In More Linux Deals · · Score: 1

    Most probably he spelt "agreement" correctly when he said it, as well.

    j/k

  17. Never mind all that on Mysteries of the Next-Gen Consoles Solved · · Score: 1

    What about the _real_ mystery: does the PS3 come with Linux as standard or not !?

  18. Dvorak is a big fat idiot on Dvorak On Microsoft/Novell Deal · · Score: 1
    "Among his insights: 'Microsoft has been leery of doing too much with Linux because of all the weirdness with the licenses and the possibility that one false move would make a Microsoft product public domain at worst, or subject to the GPL at best.'"

    Actually, it's the M$ EULA that's weird, not the GPL, which is very clear and easy to understand.

    "But now, 'the idea is to create some sort of code that is jammed into Linux and whose sole purpose is to let some proprietary code run under Linux without actually "touching" Linux in any way that would subject the proprietary code to the GPL.' According to Dvorak, it's only a matter of time before Linux is 'cracked' by Microsoft, meaning Microsoft figures out a way to run proprietary code on it."

    Hahaha, there is no need to 'crack' Linux. It's perfecly possible to run proprietary, closed source apps on top of Linux. Why would you need to license such code under the GPL, unless it contained existing GPL code ?

    For a supposed "expert", Dvorak shows amazingly little understanding of either Linux or the GPL.

  19. why bother anyway ? on MSN Music Purchases Not Compatible with Zune · · Score: 1

    There is so much great unencumbered music around these days.

    For example, my current favourite : http://www.sonicsquirrel.net/

  20. My opinion on this on PC Makers May Be Left On the Shelves · · Score: 1

    PC component makers have become lazy. Four years ago I built myself a 2.8GHz P4 machine with 512MB RAM, and that would still be considered "high end" today.

    Where are the 10GHz CPUs ? Where are even the 5GHz CPUs ? Where are the 8 or 16GB RAM machines ? Have the component-makers stopped improving ?

    No wonder people are not buying, it seems like PC technology stopped improving 4 years ago.

  21. Re:Hardware just has to work! on Why the World Is Not Ready For Linux · · Score: 1

    Adding a mid-struct member is only a problem if you take shortcuts like casting a struct * to a void * and expecting to read back the same members at the same memory locations. That in itself is appalling coding style, and would be worthy of an F-.

  22. Re:Hardware just has to work! on Why the World Is Not Ready For Linux · · Score: 1

    Hardware does "just work", but only if the hardware manufacturers provide full specs for the hardware, and not just closed source binary drivers. The fault lies with the hardware companies, not with the Linux developers. Claiming otherwise is just FUD.

  23. Re:I wonder on Vista Gets Official Release Dates · · Score: 1

    Why pay $450 ? You could upgrade to Linux for free.

  24. Re:Internet capacity being reached? on The Internet Now has Over 100 Million Web Sites · · Score: 1
    "Imminent Death of the Net" has been predicted so many times, it even has its own entry in some computing dictionaries

    Don't worry, the net has survived everything that's been thrown at it, I doubt a few more doublings in website numbers is going to affect it...

  25. Re:Oh god on Microsoft Partners With Zend · · Score: 1

    It's not "slashdot logic". It's called "past experience".