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  1. Re:Long-term history... on Earth is Missing a Huge Part of Its Crust. Now We May Know Why. (nationalgeographic.com) · · Score: 1

    Not really, the numbers you're using are pretty much bogus.

    From the same Wikipedia article - "The externalities accounted for are broad enough that oil companies not paying for automobile accidents is considered a subsidy."

  2. Pena Nieto Right-of-Center? on How To Hack an Election (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Calling Pena Nieto right-of-center really decreases my confidence in any part of the story.

  3. Re:I actually read the article. on Huge Mechanical Computers Used To Calculate Horse Racing Odds (hackaday.com) · · Score: 1

    Agh, never mind. The second link is the article, the first is just a reference to EB. Why? Doesn't the article contain enough information?

  4. I actually read the article. on Huge Mechanical Computers Used To Calculate Horse Racing Odds (hackaday.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't bother. There's no more information than there is in the summary. There aren't even any photos or diagrams of one of these machines.

  5. Re:Let's get technical on Ten Lies T-Mobile Told Me About My Data Plan · · Score: 1

    I doubt very much that it is even a 'URL endpoint', since it is probably a new or updated app downloading content in the background. It's his responsibility to figure out what app is doing that, not T-Mobile's.

  6. Re:Data-counting and accountability on Ten Lies T-Mobile Told Me About My Data Plan · · Score: 0

    Or updates to existing apps can change data patterns. Remember when FB added the autoplay video feature that would start streaming video even when you were on a mobile network? A lot of people got screwed by that...

    Regardless, i don't think T-Mobile should be responsible at all for what's on your phone. It's your responsibility to watch what your phone is doing, and if you can't do that, just upgrade your plan. It's not like T-Mobile isn't reasonable about it either, you still have a data connection.

  7. Re:phone data usage on Ten Lies T-Mobile Told Me About My Data Plan · · Score: 0

    Android will show you in what apps are using your data - can't imagine that iOS doesn't have the same feature.

  8. This happens regularly for most national security news stories, this is not news.

  9. Re:On the fence on In Favor of Homegrown IT Solutions · · Score: 0

    BPOS is an option if the userbase is attached to Exchange. Another option is Zimbra - they're supposed to have a great rich web UI and fully integrate with Outlook as well.

  10. Re:Huge blind spot in OSS collaboration offerings on Will Evolution Exchange Microsoft? · · Score: 0

    OpenMail was purchased by Samsung (the largest customer of OpenMail). They have recently rereleased OpenMail 7.0 as Samsung Contact.
    http://www.sds.samsung.com/sol&ser/pack/scontact.h tml

  11. Re:Everybody spies on everybody on USA Busted Trying to Bug China's Presidential 767 · · Score: 0

    When did we whine about other countries spying on us?

  12. Re:HEH on Anyone Using JHDL for Programmable Logic? · · Score: 0
    Almost already been done. Not exactly x86, but Jasmin will convert jasmin 'assembly' code in Java byte code.

    Another Java assembler is the Java Bytecode Assembler

    To make it even better, there is a Jasmin backend to GCC, so any language that GCC supports can be compiled into Java bytecode!!

  13. Re:MS support... on StarOffice 6.0 Beta Available · · Score: 0, Redundant

    WordPerfect file format remained the same between 7, 8, and 9!

    The WP filter should open WP 8 & 9 files with minimal problems.

  14. Re:"Mach is a bad microkernel implementation".. HO on xMach Announces Core Team · · Score: 1

    A few quick commercial examples would be QNX and BeOS. BeOS is a very good performer, and QNX is targeted at the embedded, and even has real-time capabilities.

    The L4 micro-kernel is the "successor" to Mach. The initial L4 developers were the primary developers of Mach 4. There is a Linux server for L4, and the site claims only a 4% performance hit compared to monolithic Linux - and that's only partially opitmized.

    Microkernels can provide better performance and more flexibility than monolithic kernels, but they are much harder to design and develop properly.

  15. Java, XUL on Web-Clients vs. Desktop Clients? · · Score: 1

    One option is to deploy a 'fat client' approach, but not by using traditional executables. Create a Java application instead. This will run on any machine with a VM, and give you all of the advantages of a native client (rich GUI).

    Another possible option is XUL, Mozilla's user interface language. While it is an XML dialect and fairly simple to use, I wouldn't call completely stable yet, and it forces you to deploy Mozilla/Netscape to all desktops.

    I personally prefer web interfaces (especially from an administration/support view) since you no longer have to deploy client applications - a real bitch! Any changes to the application are right there for all users. Unfortunately, HTML doesn't allow for particularly rich user interfaces.

    If it is absolutely imperative that there are certain UI aspects be implemented that cannot be done with HTML, you may be forced to write a client application. However, if you can convince everyone involved to keep their expectations within bounds, I would suggest a web interface.

  16. Physics on College Courses For Quantum Computing? · · Score: 1

    To really get a solid background on quantum computing, you will want to expand your exposure to physics. You may even want to double major.

    At the very least, expect to do a masters or PhD in physics.

  17. Onlu if you have extensive IOS experience on Setting Up A VPN on CISCO 2600 / 2500 / PIX520? · · Score: 1

    We purchased a PIX for employee and contractor access to our network, not for connecting two networks. While the unit itself is not bad, we found it difficult to configure, there are no tools that come with the unit to help you administrate the PIX.

    While this isn't too bad for us since our networking guy has IOS experience, it can get really irritating when he's out and one of us has to set up new firewall rules for testing. I think ipchains is more flexible and easier to use then the PIX!!

    The client software sucks. This is really where admin becomes a bear. There is no easy way to change authentication methods, as a matter of fact, I believe the PIX only supports shared tokne authentication. Only the high-end models support RADIUS.

    While I'm sure the PIX is a good product, it has not worked well for what we needed it for, and if I had to do it a second time, I would definitely shop around.

  18. Re:Read Closely on Athlons Sold Out · · Score: 1

    AMD currently uses FAB25 for all CPU production, as well as some flash.

    You may mean that Intel is producing the Alpha for CompDEC.

  19. Re:Fast processor but slow busses. on 1.4-1.6 GHz Alphas · · Score: 1

    Alpha systems interleave PC100 memory for a 256-bit wide memory bus. Latency isn't great, since it's only at 100Mhz, but bandwidth is monstrous.

    The memory is switched also, so that memory access from other devices (like the Ethernet controller) do not create a chokepoint for the processor.

  20. Re:What we need on Linux to replace Windoze on Senior Navy Official Slams Microsoft · · Score: 1

    I don't know of any replacement for Visio. Dia looks good (do a search on Freshmeat), but it doesn't have all of the the functionality of Visio.
    http://www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/dia/

    Novell is porting Novell Directory Services to Linux, which should make your SSO solution a snap, for NT and Linux machines. Native NDS services also means that you don't need a NetWare server.

    NDS is far better than ADS in almost all respects. It is stable, well-documented and supported. It is on its third version and tenth year of development. It works well with DNS, unlike ADS, which refuses to cooperate well with BIND (not just server, but client, too).
    http://www.novell.com/products/nds/

    Read more about the advantages of Novell NDS over Microsoft ADS here.
    http://www.novell.com/advantage/nds/

    HP OpenMail supports MS Outlook, including calendaring. Free license for Linux (no support and only 50 users).
    http://www.ice.hp.com/cyc/om/00/index.html

  21. Re:Corel and Perl on Interview: Corel CEO Michael Cowpland · · Score: 1

    I want to see a generic 'scripting module' available to all Linux applications, letting users their preferred scripting language to control their applications.

    Should every application present itself through an object interface (like K OpenParts) and let the objects be controlled by any language with KOP integration?

  22. Re:Linux analogy on ICANN Registers Improper Domain Names · · Score: 1

    Postel registered all of the single-letter/digit domains in his name.

  23. Re:The Internationalization of Linux on Linux Use in China - a View From Beijing · · Score: 1

    Oh no, if the two partnes are under 18, it's OK. If one partner is over 18, that partner can go to jail for statutory rape. Some states have variations on this.

  24. Re:It really makes you wonder... on Oil Isn't from Dinosaurs & Other Iconoclasms · · Score: 1

    Do you mean 'said the Earth is round'?

    Well, as an example of bad teaching in the schools, few people in Europe actually believed that the Earth was flat. Most people just thought you'd die on the ocean before reaching land. Columbus made a mistake calculating the circumfrence of the Earth, and thought that the resulting distance between Japan and Europe would be short enough to sail. He was, of course, wrong. The Americas were in the way.

  25. Re:My Twopeneth on Oil Isn't from Dinosaurs & Other Iconoclasms · · Score: 1

    Err, I don't suppose you've had any history outside of European history? The Islamic world was busily recovering from the Mongol invasion, entering a second 'golden age'. The Chinese were busily improving on their technology at the time as well. Any advances in Europe, at that time, would have been scorned at by the rest of the world. During the Middle Ages (and even the Renaissance), Europe was merely a backwater in the civilized world.

    BTW, no need to post potentially inflammatory religous statements unless it has something to do with the article. The resulting flamewars decrease the S/N ration. (and since I use 'nested' comments, the page is longer than necessary)