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  1. Re:The Baby Bells still own the lines on Telecommunication Customer Service Worldwide · · Score: 1

    actually, who owns the phone infrastructure should not own the last mile too.

  2. Thank you. on Sun to Add Variance to Java in 1.5? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now I have to wipe clean my keyboard, mouse, and work desktop machine 'cause you made me laugh while drinking my sugary black tea.

    It's confusing, yes, but... it's not my fault. I just tried to make it more or less more more or less confusing!! :-)

    bye

  3. Insightful? Come on! on Sun to Add Variance to Java in 1.5? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Ok. This is my first real drooling mad rant. Forgive me.

    [rant]
    about C++ casting (covariant model of generics): old-style casting was never of real use. use new_style_casts(x) and you have run-time checking, too. other stuff said about this is C++ ignorance.
    [/rant]

    ohboy, I had to get it off my chest.

  4. Re:Somebody understood something ? on Sun to Add Variance to Java in 1.5? · · Score: 2, Informative

    kind of simple, really...

    covariance: CT: container ISA CQ: container iff T ISA Q; so you can assign each contained Q to a T inside a CT, i.e., Write a Superclass Value To The Subclass Container;

    contravariance: CT ISA CQ iff Q ISA T; so you can assign some T from a Q in CQ, i.e., Read a Superclass Value From the Subclass Container;

    bivariance or invariance: CQ ISA CQ iff Q ISA T and T ISA Q; basically, you can only read or write to/from some container Equivalent types (the same type, actually, in Java);

    ok? hope to have helped;

    Massa

  5. No, only evil dictators do, on DeCSS Arguments in CA Supreme Court Case · · Score: 1

    even when they try to overthrow other evil dictators.

  6. Re:Doesn't it seem odd... on DeCSS Arguments in CA Supreme Court Case · · Score: 1

    Hell, most folks don't have the arms to defeat a police SWAT team,...
    unless they are drug dealers.

  7. Personally, as I am on Chinese Moon Base by 2012 - or 2006? · · Score: 1

    1. not too tall (1.74m or 5'10" for the metric-impaired folks)
    2. not too white (native-south-american + black + italian + catalan)
    3. not from US (being from Brasil)

    I would, and probably will, sign up to colonize if the Chinese let me. Quiet place must be in the Moon.

  8. No TiVoes or ReplayTVs down here... on ReplayTV and TiVo Compared · · Score: 1

    Freevo and MythTV are really my only options, I just wanted to know how do I control my SkyTV receiver via its serial port... :-)

  9. Re: most obvious question... on Ask Bram Cohen about BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    but, uh, what do wax cylinders have to do with electricity?
    Edison's wax cyl players were moved by a spring, not eletrically.

  10. Re:One things that I haven't seen addressed ... on Simulation Of An Asteroid Impact In The Year 2880 · · Score: 1

    One of the hazards if you try to suicide by shooting yourself in your ear is that if the gun goes "up" during the shot, the bullet can slip by your head. A lot of pain and no death.

  11. Re:YES!!! on Simulation Of An Asteroid Impact In The Year 2880 · · Score: 1

    You seem to forget that in impacts, it's NOT the energy (mass*velocity^2) but the linear momentum (mass*velocity) that gets transfered. If the impact (of the asteroid) comes in a small angle relative to the earth, energy will disspate in a larger area, with smaller temperatures. If I had hit the brick wall in a 90 degrees angle, I would be dead by now, broken neck and ribs perforating my lungs and other internal organs in pieces. But as I banged laterally in the wall, the enery disspated (as did the left side of my vehicle). End result: some broken-glass-induced scars in the face and the hands.

  12. As a Sid user... on Microsoft Pulls Broken XP Update · · Score: 1

    I can tell you that in my Debian Sid work PC, I use apt-cron; it DOES apt-get -d -y upgrade every night, but it does NOT install anything before I clear it; i.e., only after I review the changelogs and the bug reports I do apt-get -y upgrade and voilá... instant upgrade.

  13. YES!!! on Simulation Of An Asteroid Impact In The Year 2880 · · Score: 1

    I have hit a brick wall at 215 kph at an angle of 30 degrees (relative to the wall, not the normal) AND I'm here to tell you this.

  14. No, the question .on every /.er's mind is ... on Sprint Moves Phone Network to IP · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Can you imagine a Beowulf cluster of these?

  15. Re:The chilling conclusion (author's rant) on Review Mandrake Linux 9.1 Power Pack Edition · · Score: 1

    Nero means you want to "burn" your CDs.
    Gee... :-)

    More, the names the parent used are not the real names, but the acronyms...

    GIMP = Gnu Image Manipulation Program
    XMMS = X11 MultiMidia System

  16. OR... on Build A Cross-Platform Test Network With Samba & GRUB · · Score: 1

    You can make your /boot partition type vfat32. Then you will be able to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst with wordpad or win32-vi :-)

  17. BS. I would. on ReplayTV May Drop "Commercial Advance" · · Score: 1

    In the scenery where I don't pay for ads in the food, clothing, cars, etc prices, I would wholeheartedly give the money (even some US$ 300) for the production of the shows I like.
    An advantage: if Berman and Braga started making my favorite show suck, I would cut their budget!

  18. Grammar Nazi version on The Perfect Formula For Box Office Success · · Score: 0, Redundant

    But I want to know why do you think Halle Berry's silicone boobs are better than the other actresses' silicone boobs. Then we can partner in making Better Silicone Boobs!!!

  19. Re:Bollywood? (NOT a troll) on The Perfect Formula For Box Office Success · · Score: 2, Funny

    But I want to know why you do think Halle Berry silicone boobs are best than the other actresses' silicone boobs. Then we can partner in making Better Silicone Boobs!!!

  20. Re:Another strike against Cisco. on More on Cisco Building Surveillance into Routers · · Score: 1

    http://www.cyclades.com/
    here in Brazil, they rule. good prices and good services.

  21. They do. No patch. on Microsoft Windows Update and Network Bandwidth? · · Score: 1

    There is a Control Panel setting -- automatically ask the internet for critical updates, or something.

  22. Re:A4Tech (or Hate Replying to Myself) on 3-button Optical Mice? · · Score: 1
  23. A4Tech on 3-button Optical Mice? · · Score: 1

    Cheap mice, optical, 3 buttons + 2 non-clickable scroll wheels (I, personally can't live without the wheels). I have one wireless (IR) at the office and a normal (wired) one at home.

    I am not affiliated in any way with the company, just fan of their products.

  24. Re:It's about tools, libraries on XML Co-Creator says XML Is Too Hard For Programmers · · Score: 1

    better yet,

    <pre>
    while STDIN.getline() =~ qr{ ^ (<xml>) $ } {
    my XML::Lazy $lazy = $1;
    if $lazy =~ qr{ <node('sometag')> } {
    print "there"
    } else {
    print "not there"
    }
    }
    </pre>

  25. Re:Cleanest? Yes... on U.S. and China Join Fusion Project · · Score: 1

    The third is a bitch, too, because of the Huge area that needs to be covered per kWh.