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  1. Sounds familiar on Sony Pictures CEO Thinks the Net Wasn't Worth It · · Score: 1

    Ted Stevens? Is that you? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f99PcP0aFNE)

  2. SourceForge on Interview With UIzard Creator Ryu Sunt-tae · · Score: 1

    So why didn't he just host it on SourceForge? :

  3. Buy Linux? on Microsoft Raises $3.8B in Bond Sale · · Score: 1

    I think they're saving up to buy Linux. Oh wait.

  4. Stop your sobbing on Replacing New Hampshire's Old Man of the Mountain · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The mountain died. Get over it.

  5. And in other news... on Time For Voice-Mail To Throw In the Towel · · Score: 1

    And in other news: TV will kill cinema and thanks to computers we don't need books anymore.

  6. Wow... just wow. on MS Releases Open Source Alternative To BigTable · · Score: 5, Funny

    So this means pigs CAN fly?

  7. Re:Where have I seen this before? on Giant Spiders Invade Australian Outback Town · · Score: 1, Funny

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarantula_(film) Yay for giant spider flicks. Side note: Clint Eastwoods first film!

    Wow, the poster for that movie really should've had a spoiler warning.

  8. Re:Wouldn't it be better... on Why Digital Medical Records Are No Panacea · · Score: 1

    People don't want electronic file systems just 'cause it's cool. A well-designed system will make things way more efficient: e.g. cut the waiting time for your MRI (by implementing a good queue system or something). You make an interesting point but don't miss the opportunities an fully integrated system can provide.

  9. Re:How far... on Most Distant Object Yet Detected, Bagged By Galileo Scope · · Score: 1

    Indeed it would be interesting if we'd detect some light from before the Big Bang. It would either show what happened before the Big Bang or that light can travel faster than ... light speed?

  10. Thumbs up! on Windows 7 To Include "Windows XP Mode" · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's an interesting decision. By implementing an easy-to-use VM for legacy software they're able to stick to their policies (maintain support for all legacy Win32 software) and on the other hand restructure their operating system with new knowledge. Each time I see news on Windows 7 I can't help but wondering if Microsoft has finally seen the light. There might be hope still!

  11. In other news... on Microsoft Suffers Leaks, Lagging Sales Numbers As They Look Forward To Windows 8 · · Score: 2, Funny

    In another exciting memo Microsoft states they're looking at some interface improvements for new Windows 10!

  12. Suspicious! on Designing DNA Circuits To Brew Tastier Beer · · Score: 1

    developed a way to predict the behavior or different DNA segments

    The typo's suggest the poster already tasted some of that beer :>

  13. Bandwidth Exceeded on Threat To Net Neutrality In Europe · · Score: 2, Informative

    Seems the website couldn't handle Slashdot but remember it's still available in Google's Cache @ http://shuurl.com/F4451

  14. Re:Bag of Air Says What on Obama Appoints Non-Tech Guy As CTO · · Score: 2, Interesting

    - Let me appoint another windbag politician to do it instead of someone who actually knows what the hell bittorrent is.

    People in charge aren't supposed to know everything, that's why they have advisors. A techie as CTO will get lost in details and won't be able to think outside the box or will probably be too biased (e.g. Windows vs. Linux) and won't make a fair judgement. What we need is a bright leader and I believe that's what he is.

  15. His ways are of a higher purpose on Obama Appoints Non-Tech Guy As CTO · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let us not forget we must not question His actions for His ways are impenetrable.

  16. Corporate IT being corporate. on 83% of Businesses Won't Bother With Windows 7 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    All the IT departments care about is that their lousy designed software works. Most IT departments in fact are completely incompetent so any statistic that might originate there is meaningless to me. Here's a little quote to illustrate: "You can't install Firefox, only Internet Explorer meets the company standards regarding security" -- Random ignorant IT guy

  17. What an idiot on Columnist Fired For Reviewing Pirated Movie · · Score: 1

    What an idiot. Wasn't too surprised he worked at Fox News though.

  18. Erm? How is this bad? on More IT Pros Could Turn To E-Crime In Poor Economy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So if 45% says the attacks are on the rise that means 55% said attacks are getting less or equally frequent, right? The 51% is pretty much the same thing. Some analysis you got there.

  19. adblock + living room on What Filters Are Right For Kids? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Adblock for Firefox should keep out most of the unwanted ads. The best thing you can do is keep the computer in the living room but try and let her have as much privacy as possible.

  20. Interesting... on Cheap Scanners Can "Fingerprint" Paper · · Score: 1

    I'm currently developing a Java fingerprinting library ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/jfooid/ ) and it's learned me if you want to fingerprint something, it needs a certain unique continuity. Fingerprints have that in their unique curves. Audio has it in the sound wave but I don't see how a piece of paper has that, let alone be able to distinguish a copy from an original.

  21. Ignorant doomspeaking. on Is the Relational Database Doomed? · · Score: 1

    There are plenty of solutions yet to be explored to handle that problem without having to dump the relational database model. One I think of right now might be to view a server park as a hard drive, view a table like a file and apply all that filesystem technology to a problem that rises today. We can for example apply the UNIX inodes filesystem so you can efficiently store a database with great scalability.

  22. Flawed study is flawed... on Dutch Study Says Filesharing Has Positive Economic Effects · · Score: 1

    People who don't download music or films aren't interested in them and they're obviously not going to buy tickets or merchandise.

  23. Find files that are saved in ASCII encoding! on Internet Communications While At Sea? · · Score: 1

    The easiest way would be to see if you can find an archive tool that can save your file to ASCII text so they can archive+split the files, copy+paste it into a mail and send it. Then you paste it into a new text file and you should be able to open it as an archive. Another way is to see if you can find a converter that can convert your binary .7z archive (e.g.) to readable ASCII. But more specifically: Wiki pages can be saved as html which are already in ASCII format so just copy+paste html code from the mail to a text file, save it as .html and open it in a browser. For pictures you can resort to the several (hardly known) picture file formats that use ASCII encoding. I hope this helps you a bit but the important part is to enjoy the trip! Generally a minute/day should be enough to send stuff through a gmail anyway :)

  24. Nice marketing. on Volvo Introduces a Collision-Proof Car · · Score: 1

    This obviously only prevents head-on collisions, automatic braking will not help the car if it is hit from the side. Also: It only reduces the reaction time to (close to) 0ms but that is only around half of the time it takes to stop a car at average speeds. It's some nice marketing but Mercedes already basicly implemented this on their always-innovative luxury E-class.

  25. Australian politicians: Ignorant hypocrits? on Australia To Block BitTorrent · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The idea of blocking P2P traffic is flawed in a lot of ways. What defines P2P traffic? TCP protocol IS a P2P-based protocol. Obviously they want to stop the illegal traffic going on but this is not the way and like any type of crime you can't stop it from happening at all. Furthermore, banning the in essence legal means to perform a crime implies that they also intend on banning cars because they can be used to kill people, computers as they can be used to intrude one's privacy and many more examples. The Australian government seems nothing more than a group of hypocrits. Yet again only the honest people will be punished by this because people will always find a way to get what they want. Either through paying for payed hosting services (like Rapidshare), by setting up a proxy or in other ways that will unquestionably discovered soon enough if they choose to push their plans.