User: drfrog

here is an idea

On: Wiki to Help Solve Millennium Problems?

let all who want to participate do so

and have the professionals moderate and approve

and everyone forgets about

On: Cringely on P2P vs Streaming Data Centers

multicasting

oh killler mbone apps where art though

i smell....

On: 3D Rendering of Gaming Graphics

another digital rights concern, this time for 3d IP

so new its like 1997

On: The USB Wristband

http://www.usbwatches.net/

Lake Bears

On: Polar Bears Drowning As Globe Warms

Originally call lake bears, they were renamed when they got chased from their hunting grounds around the great lakes

why not...

On: Device Stops Speeders From Inside Car

make cars with a lower top speed?

we dont need cars capable of 160MPH

Hmmmm

On: Computer Associates Sells Ingres DB Tech

If they are short on money ill buy cosmoplayer off them

dont forget...

On: Google Terror Threat

hammers and screwdrivers

and WTF are boxcutters still being sold

buckminster fuller

On: Microgrids May Provide Distributed Energy

suggested this oh quite a while ago....

this is great

On: New System to Counter Photo and Video Devices

now the police can give the beat downs without any fear of being caught

comments

On: Successful Strategies for Commenting Your Code

first use something like ruby , where commments are turned straight into documentation

also if your code is using useful variable names and function calls everything should be self explanitory

less spagetti, more cowboy

Price and value

On: Desktop Linux on x86 - Adapt or Die

Lets not forget these factors,

Mac will still be a commercially available commodity

Linux will still win out on price, along with available tools and applications, straight out of the gate

No bearing

On: Body Modifications Still Hinder IT Professionals?

I got a job in 2002 with a double mohawk (one green and one red) and my nose was pierced

I really didnt need the job, I was already working at a different place, and was just looking for advancement

morse code over skype

On: Morse Coders Beat SMSers

just say dot for dot

and dash for dash

i found

On: Your Chance to Meet Bill Gates

a gold wrapper in my windows XP CD case!!!

wee i get to meet

bill gates and the microsoft factory :)

maybe...

On: Next Step in Human Evolution

we need to get colonizing some space?

through outer exploration one gathers internal experiences

this is a good idea

On: Linux Audio Conference 2005

hopefully they can get onboard soundcards to actually work with the volumen control by 2010

its nice to see

On: Music Piracy Unit Raids ISP in BitTorrent Assault

full on corporate para militaries having the RIGHT to do this

reminds me of pizza party

On: Norrathian Pizza Delivery

http://www.beigerecords.com/cory/pizza_party/

also a slashdot acticle

i like

On: What Are the Best Web and Email Hosts?

hub.org

they are canadian and they host postgresql

and of course

On: DirectX9 - For More Than Just Gamers?

its crossplatform capabilities bar none

This book...

On: Getting Things Done

has really helped me organize myself, and reduce my stress level

it was actually b/c of an earlier slashdot article on said book that prompted me to get it too :)

isnt there

On: External PCI Box for Laptops?

firewire based pci break out boxes?

RiM's blackberry's

On: Which Cell Phones & Networks for SSH?

has some ssh applications, other than that i'd check out some of the linux based PDA's

Re:LAME

On: A Good Resource for Learning XUL & Javascript?

proprietary:

just because its freely available doesnt mean its not proprietary.
if third party developers use the same code base to build other applications of off then its still proprietary

only when someone build an new XUL engine from the ground up will it start out on the road to being anything close to a standard

I do concede though, that is the vision of XUL

web browser:
what is the mozilla platform?
first and formost it is a suite of open source internet applications

ok design your desktop in xul, i guess its possible, but then what will it do?

handle mostly internet comminications, correct?

fine i conceed it could be used to do neet gui's, thats not what i was debating at all, the best would be for intranet based applications and kiosks, such as where the browser is locked down as part of the spec as someone previously stated