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  1. Re:PHP Shared Memory on More Effective Use of Shared Memory on Linux · · Score: 1

    rm -rf * will solve all of your problems....

  2. Re:Modify SetWindowsHookEx on Microsoft Discusses Anti-Spyware Plans · · Score: 1

    sign all trusted drivers

  3. Modify SetWindowsHookEx on Microsoft Discusses Anti-Spyware Plans · · Score: 2, Interesting

    don't hook keyboard messages.

    It will probably break alot of code, but one kind of spyware instantly disappears.

    Also, global CBT hooks are probably a bad idea to have around (who uses them for CBT purposes anyway? THAT concept has long since vanished and the things were hacked into a plethora of other uses).

  4. Re:Got some bad news for you Mr. Dell... on Apple - What A Difference Eight Years Can Make · · Score: 1

    Then again... think about it: an iPod has better graphics, a faster CPU, more memory, and more storage than the original Macintosh. Many people only use their PC's for entertainment these days - gamers, pr0n addicts, mp3 swapping... ...who can really say that the iPod is not simply a (tiny) specialized PC in your pocket? In which case Apple is still a "computer" company!

  5. Re:Got some bad news for you Mr. Dell... on Apple - What A Difference Eight Years Can Make · · Score: 1

    And even more young IT and graphic design people willing to drop $200 on an iPod....

  6. Just so you know.... on Silicon Graphics To Be Delisted From NYSE · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...anyone that uses the term "boxen" in a post is automatically suspect.

    Carry on.

  7. Good on EU Claims Internet Could Fall Apart Next Month · · Score: 1

    Might get some work done for a change, and kiss outsourcing good bye.

  8. 1) Educate children on Top Advisory Panel Warns Erosion of U.S. Science · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I don't know what the schools in this country are doing these days, confidence building activities I suppose, but they sure as hell aren't teaching the kids how to add, read, and write.

    Or in my case... type.

  9. Re:This is just further proof... on The Fracturing of the Internet · · Score: 1

    >> There are countries a fraction of the size of the US that give orders of magnitude more aid than the US does

    Name them, then back up your claim (and be sure to include private donations as well).

    Right.... Cambodia didn't slaughter a million of its own, Iran and Iraq lost well over a million on their 8 year war, and the Chinese cultural revolution... well knowbody can count how many millions died they stopped at 35 million.

    As far as starving goes I won;t even respond to that.

  10. Meanwhile.... on HBO Attacking BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    ....I continue to get HBO (and all the rest of the movie channels) even tho I cancelled my premium cable package over a year ago.

    Go figure.

  11. Re:This is just further proof... on The Fracturing of the Internet · · Score: 1

    True, there would be a momentary notice that the aid has stopped, and then the world would be right back to starving and fighting.

  12. You can't buy happiness... on Pay vs. Happiness · · Score: 1

    ...but you can sure as hell buy me!

    Pay all the way! Whoo hoo!

  13. As dumb as most server names. on Running out of Hurricane Names · · Score: 1

    Katrina? Is that a hurricane or a server?

    Oh your account is hosted on "katrina"? Well WTF is katrina anyway? In the next room, in the next state?

    How about a more informative nomenclature for both?

  14. Why say anything at all? on How About a Nice Game of Global Thermonuclear War? · · Score: 1

    The Israeli's have it right: keeping silent on the matter shows you are more about action than words.... and it is far scarier to potential enemies (atleast I think so).

  15. You should be fired. on Infrastructure for One Million Email Accounts? · · Score: 1

    I am 100% serious.

  16. So much for freedom on GPL to be Modified to Penalize Patents and DRM · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Enough said about that.

  17. Screw oil - it is all about magnets on Practical Method for Getting Oil from Oil Shale? · · Score: 1

    Humans get their power two ways: from spinning magnets and expanding gasses.

    There are others: solar, piezoelectric... they are trivial in the scheme of things.

    We need to figure out two things:

    1) how to spin the magnet without using fossil fuels

    2) how to store the energy produced

    This is our assignment. Extra points for doing so in an environmentally friendly way.

  18. Re:This is new? I've had it since 1997 on New Winzip in the Works · · Score: 1

    Look, Winzip is basically freeware. It does everything you do, for free. It is ubiquitous, and even of your product is better most folks are not going to even try your product.

    But all is not lost....

    Perhaps you could release your product under the GPL. We need more and better Windows open source alternatives.

    This is not to say it is free beer. You could still charge for it (bad idea see above). You could sell fee based (under the GPL of course) add ons for the more esoteric compression formats. You could sell documentation and support.

    Just a thought.

  19. Re:Suicidal? on 9 Weeks to Pump Out New Orleans? · · Score: 1

    Face it: 1) human beings are stupid, 2) primitive, and 3) aggressive.

    1) We (re)build and live in known disaster zones

    2) We get virually all of our energy from expanding hot gasses and mechanically induced electrical current

    3) Hitler, Saddam, George....

    The Aliens must be disgusted with Earthlings! ;-)

  20. Re:Reduce energy consumption in US on 9 Weeks to Pump Out New Orleans? · · Score: 1

    Hurricanes have been occuring well before man started bleching out CO2.

    Perhaps they are getting worse due to global woarming, perhaps not. My point is that this could have happened regardless of warming trends.

  21. Re:Has the President gone back to WORK yet? on 9 Weeks to Pump Out New Orleans? · · Score: 1

    Yes - he has.

    And let's face it - he wasn't really on vacation - he was "working from home."

    Think about this the next time you decide to tell your boss you are "telecommuting."

  22. Re:Smarter idea: on 9 Weeks to Pump Out New Orleans? · · Score: 1

    Ofcourse this is correct - however they didn't start out that way - over 300 years the shifting silt and river evolved into what it is today.

    Not saying that at one point they should have said "hey these dams and levys are a dumb idea"... just that it took about three centuries for the situation to reach this point.

  23. Re:SETI@Home is crap since BOINC came into the pic on Interview with SETI@home Director David Anderson · · Score: 1

    I agree - 13702 work units here and I won't be contributing another.

  24. Certs get you past HR on What's the Point of IT Certifications? · · Score: 1

    ...and for the workflow software to flag, hence getting it forwarded to the hiring human being.

    Aside from that, they may or may not be of value.

  25. They are complimentary technologies on The End of the Bar Code · · Score: 1

    that will result in even greater efficiency when used together.