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  1. Re:What? on Federal Judge Says Corps of Engineers Liable For Katrina Damage · · Score: 0, Redundant

    And also shows how silly it is to have what is basically a civil job being done by the Army.

    No, it shows how silly it is to let the army do something else than protecting the citizens, like fighting in Iraq.

  2. Re:Surprised? on The US's Reverse Brain Drain · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Poverty in America is entirely different than poverty in China. I mean in China there are people literally living in caves.

    Poverty in Scandinavia is entirely different than poverty in America. I mean in America there are people literally living in tents.

  3. Re:Word for the wise on Behind the 4GB Memory Limit In 32-Bit Windows · · Score: 1

    Even if you would run only one process, you can still use thee extra usable RAM for the disk cache.

  4. Re:By the Way - this insane versioning bent on Debian Decides To Adopt Time-Based Release Freezes · · Score: 3, Informative

    lsb_release -a

  5. Re:HTTP hints at a solution on Attack On a Significant Flaw In Apache Released · · Score: 1

    A HTTP response can not start until the whole request has finished. So sending a status code is impossible.

    The same problem happens if you try to POST a file that is too large. The webserver knows this after the Content-Length header but cannot respond until after you send the whole file. The only thing the webserver can do is to close the connection.

  6. EFIGSCJKR on Google's Internal Company Goals · · Score: 1

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  7. Google calculator on New Data Transmission Record — 14 Tbps · · Score: 1
  8. Re:Genuine? on Linguist Tweaks MS For Redefining "Genuine" · · Score: 1
    A genuine Picasso can never become a counterfeit, even if I were to steal it from its owner and sell it to someone else. It's still a genuine Picasso.

    If Mr Smith makes a copy of a Picasso and sells it as such then it's a genuine Smith. If I try to sell it as a real Picasso it became a counterfit Picasso.
  9. Re:Want to make dev fun? on Optimizing Development For Fun · · Score: 1

    what is the 'the evil "param = []" default value pitfall'?

  10. Re:8-bit graphic ? on First Look at GIMP 2.4 · · Score: 1

    Jeah, right. But some images are made up of 16 bit channels.

  11. Re:Far more practical on Hard Drives Instead of Tapes? · · Score: 1

    'Dynamic bandwidth utilization?'
    Isn't that what QoS is for?

  12. Re:PGP Keyserver root was hosted by SURFNet on University of Twente NOC Destroyed · · Score: 1

    Yes, but was it at UTwente? SURFNet works just fine without Twente.

  13. Re:The end of AIX on Linux Chosen for IBM's New Supercomputer · · Score: 1

    I think that there will always be niche players like beos and things like real-time operating systems. That's where inovation will come from.

  14. Re:Where are do start to me? on Xbox Live Beta Report · · Score: 1
    Localized servers. So instead of putting Xbox Live in the hands of Microsoft, you want to bet that your ISP will throw up free Xbox servers for you to play NFL on? We're talking broadband here, you can realistically get a 100ms travel time from your Xbox to MS to another Xbox. Replace realistically with almost always.

    I'm in europe. My ping to New York is 100 ms. From there it's at least an other 100 ms to Microsoft and back.

    Would they localize the server, and put it in Amsterdam, I would have a round trip of 5 ms (5 hops, 50 km). Put it in London, and it's 15 ms (via Oslo. Strange fellows at Chello).

    By the way, broadband doesn't mean low latency. My cable connection is great. But most cable conections I know have a latency of 30 ms to the first hop. ISDN is better at that.
  15. Re:Bart Simpson on "L33T" Speak Invades Schools · · Score: 2, Informative

    'Lol' is actualy the dutch word for 'fun'.

  16. Re:MS Hardware? on Microsoft To Make Wireless Networking Hardware · · Score: 1

    Descent should be played with a mouse anyway. The microsoft mice are OK, but I like logitech mice better.

  17. Re:Impressive memory crossbar on SGI Demos 64-Proc Linux Box · · Score: 1

    For a project at my university I had to write a program for a Origin 2000. Trying to get the best performance, I read a lot about the architecture in developers docs.

    I wondered if the machine would copy pages of memory to the right node. The docs only talked about 'Copy on write' mechanisms, but does it also do 'Copy on read'? Do all NUMA machines do that?

    I asumed it did and the results were great. It took 3 minutes to process a few GB of data, scaling almost perfect over 64 CPUs.

  18. Re:Rundown: So this was an emotional decision? on Mono and .NET - An Interview · · Score: 1

    If .NET isn't a GUI tookit, Delphi isn't either.

  19. Re:Newsbreak on Lucent Reexamines Breakthrough Research · · Score: 1

    Didn't Wolfram show that only a few shapes of sea shells are possible in nature?

  20. Try a .wav file on Music Meets Steganography · · Score: 1

    The face will be seen when the song is shared as a .wav file.

    It is not even needed to share the whole 40 MB.

    If you need to listen to the music, use the mp3 file.
    If you need to see the face, download a 5 sec (mono?) .wav file.

    Or just buy the CD (If you like the music).

  21. Re:Should this concept be patented? on Using the USPTO Against Itself · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, you should pattent the opposite:

    "Being a PTO and not Behaving in a Dignified Manner"

    And sue them for violating your patent

  22. Suing USPTO on Using the USPTO Against Itself · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It might be possible to get a patent on some silly peace of software (hyperlinks, databases), and then sue the USPTO for violating your patent.

  23. Re:Another similar, but better looking case on Build Your Own Mini-Computer · · Score: 1

    330, but they only ship in the USA

  24. Re:Pretty much the standard as it is... on Driver's Licenses to Become National ID Cards · · Score: 1

    3) They already knew. Now they will also know it if you get to see it in 46 diffrent states.

  25. Re:Existing paper currency is not anonymous on Europe Adding RFID Tags to Euro Currency · · Score: 1

    There are barcodes on dutch money.

    Is "dutch money" the same as "dutch gold" or "dutch courage" or "dutch comfort"?