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  1. Re:You know why they can't find sco's "stolen sour on IBM Tells SCO Court It Can't Find AIX-on-Power Code · · Score: 1

    Sorry should read power 4 not power 5

  2. Re:You know why they can't find sco's "stolen sour on IBM Tells SCO Court It Can't Find AIX-on-Power Code · · Score: 1

    It wouldn't matter if IBM did as they have given SCO all code for released AIX and they never released any offending code.

    If they experimented with SRV 4 code on Power 4 there is no reason to think they would have not bought a license if that was the version they were to release.

    They fact is in the released code there is no offending code and by the law there is no offence.

  3. Re:More on sinks on Unexplained Leap In CO2 Levels · · Score: 1

    No read the article this report isn't a commisioned report it is a comment on two rise in CO2 out of phase with our previously observed triggers for such rises. The scientists in the article say if this continues for a 5 year period start the worry for now research into the trigger needs to be observed. But in the 2/5 portion start looking at the possibilities.

    It is electoral these last two years happened. Should science only exist on the odd numbered years to avoid conflict with US elections?

  4. Re:something else... on India Launches World's First Education Satellite · · Score: 1

    $65 dollars is a lot of money in rural India. I think the idea is to set it up in the schools to reduce the cost of educational materials to the rural schools. At the same time allowing anyone access. They did try something like that in America but didn't the advertisers turn it into a joke. I graduated right before I could be blessed with that system.

  5. Re:There's isn't a 42 joke in here, I swear! on New Hitchhiker's Episodes Available Online · · Score: 2

    And many bad whitewashed inquiries and the director general resigned and did some program about it on Channel 4.

    Sorry I am Yank living over here for the last three years, I really thought the fee was in the sale of radios, didn't realise they scrapped it altogether. Living in the states for 30 years and here for 3 I appreciate my TV license tax. It is excellent value that is produced with it. Is it still needed. I don't know but I would like to think that the BBC would have that revenue stream guaranteed so that no matter what happens with the media market the core services can stay.

  6. Re:There's isn't a 42 joke in here, I swear! on New Hitchhiker's Episodes Available Online · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The BBC isn't propietery it is paid for by a license fee which is charged to all owners of Tv's and radios like a tax. They have to be as free as possible as it has been paid for by the UK citizens already.

  7. Re:Credit card ? on Verisign Develops Token for Age Verification · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And what kid wouldn't trade there cheap token for a chat room that they see as stupid to some grimy adult for something else?

  8. Re:No shit. on Report Says Patents Threaten Software Innovation · · Score: 1

    Reply for a paten in the United Kingdom and you need to have a prototype within the year of filing. That working prototype is used as reference on disputes of overly broad patents as the actual product is looked at not the writen description.

    History there is now law for software patents in Europe. The Dutch have objected to the inclusion of it in the patent law and the European Union has to withdraw them and redraft them. There is a huge debate in the EU over should software be patented.

    So reading material as your assurances do not fly with me against the facts.

    http://swpat.ffii.org/log/intro/index.en.html

    http://petition.eurolinux.org/index_html?LANG=en

    http://news.com.com/2100-1012-998547.html

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/05/19/how_the_ vo te_was_won/

    http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=16984

    and so on

  9. Re:No shit. on Report Says Patents Threaten Software Innovation · · Score: 2, Informative

    They aren't in Europe. Most EU countries have a higher test for granting a patent than the US.

  10. Re:Thanks, Greenies! on City of Munich Freezes Its Linux Migration · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Europe doesn't have patent law on software yet, they are making a point to stop the patent law on software going through.

  11. Re:Funny... on Corporate Servers Spreading IE Virus [Updated] · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Considering that SANS says that have reports from admins who have been attacked that the systems are fully patched, would make me think that this advice is a bit unfounded in this situation.

    Maybe it should be Microsoft please write patches for known exploits in less than two months. Since these IE exploits have been out since April and the IIS problem is now a known unknown exploit.

  12. Re:Why? Better ways to spend time on Programming For Terrified Adults? · · Score: 1

    Thank you for the reply.

    I agree that programming is trial and error and hand holding would not help. But at the same time as others have pointed out here that she seems to be interested in what her child is doing. I think this would be a good place to discuss the philosophy of programming, and maybe instead of teaching the language he is working in explaining his programs to her. This has two benefits he will begin to teach her the logic of programming, and he will get to be conversational about his programs.

    But to answer the posters question

    BASIC
    Perl

    BASIC if you just want her to learn the basics

    Perl if you just want her to learn the basics and create some useful scripts if it goes down well.

  13. Re:Demand on Programming For Terrified Adults? · · Score: 1

    Hmm there is a need to learn for knowledge's sake. Some people have a curiousity and a drive to learn things. Some spend their lives raising families and not realising that need, maybe now that her offspring are old enough to teach her the subject in this case is feeling the need to know. I find this one of the most uniquely human and helpful traits our species, the need to know.

  14. Re:Why? Better ways to spend time on Programming For Terrified Adults? · · Score: 1

    There is so much discrimatory bs in the above statement that it is sad.

    I guess I am lucky my grandfather programmed for the Navy and I saw computers before the masses. And I have worked with many people of different ages and gender that I do not see computer programming above 'such a person' I have watched older people than myself scared for their careers go out and master C, Perl, HTML, ASP and many other things as the job market cried for different skills. And some of them knew to the concept of computing in general. A mind is a mind, no matter what the casing looks likes and no matter how much you pretend otherwise programming is a mental act.

  15. Re:Does she want/need to program on Programming For Terrified Adults? · · Score: 1

    She appeared to be interested. And there is nothing silly with writing apps on a lazy afternoon. If you find programming boring than why are you programming?

    I believe knowledge for knowledge's sake is a good enough reason to try something.

  16. Re:Pattern on Hubble's Deepest Pictures Yet · · Score: 1

    From what? This is relatively dark sky. I though it might be a distribution pattern. But I don't understand the centering of the circles.

  17. Pattern on Hubble's Deepest Pictures Yet · · Score: 1

    Is it me or if you look at this you can see a pattern of concentric circles?

  18. Good News on Paranoia RPG Returns in New Edition · · Score: 1

    The anti-power gamer game. Though I never saw the need for a second addition. Please keep the game near impossible to live through. The RPG world needs an overdose of extreme reality every now and again.

  19. Re:Hubble on Bush's Space Panel Seeks Public Input · · Score: 1

    Do you have a link to the report or refernce to it. I would like to know the negatives and the definition of worth. I am saying this against your post, I am just curious on the reasoning in the report.

  20. Re:irony on Microsoft Sits on Security Flaw for Six Months · · Score: 1

    A security update introduced it to NT 4 it was already happily sitting in other products.

  21. Re:when are they releasing this patch to consumers on Microsoft Sits on Security Flaw for Six Months · · Score: 1

    To NT4 only it was an exploit already waiting on their other systems. I guess than can claim they were bring NT 4 functionality in line with current products ;)

  22. Re:Windows NT / 2000? on Microsoft Sits on Security Flaw for Six Months · · Score: 1

    And if it is true that it was reported to them 6 months ago, they should have had knowledge that they were adding a security hole to NT4 with that patch release.

  23. Hubble on Bush's Space Panel Seeks Public Input · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Put a series of telescopes on the moon.
    Replace the Hubble and large quanities of the terristial radio telescopes with moon based ones. Get the benefits of the location for more science. When the Hubble goes it will be an extreme loss, replace it with something more grand as soon as possible.

  24. Re:I am convinced on Sun Produces Strongest Flare Ever Recorded · · Score: 1

    Well slavery made such that you didn't need to improve technology manual labour was cheap and at hand.

  25. Re:Waitaminute on Sun Produces Strongest Flare Ever Recorded · · Score: 1

    I will disagree. can I please just disagree. What are we talking about. if it was X50 I think we pretty much would have some serious saturation going on.