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  1. Re:BSD? on SCO Threatens to Press IP Claims on Linux -$99/cpu · · Score: 2
    NT has a POSIX subsystem

    NT did, 2K did. XP doesn't. The only subsystem XP has is Win32.

  2. Re:room to prove themselves? on MPEG 4, Windows Media 9 At War · · Score: 2
    point is, you don't need "room to prove yourself". if your product is superior, the market will MAKE room for it.

    You mean like Beta v. VHS or OS/2 v. Windows?

  3. Re:before eveyone gets all worked up on AMI Introduces 'Trusted Computing' BIOS · · Score: 2

    Yeah, except it'll probably be in e-mail.

    How long would it take you to get a Dish or DirectTV card that lets you get all channels? You could probably find a dealer in what, 10 minutes?

  4. Re:before eveyone gets all worked up on AMI Introduces 'Trusted Computing' BIOS · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And illegalizing drugs eliminated that market quite effectively.

  5. Re:We know that on Lexmark Invokes DMCA in Toner Suit · · Score: 1

    You're right, but with luck the judge will see the interoperability arguement and simply toss the case out.

  6. Re:DMca on Lexmark Invokes DMCA in Toner Suit · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It would also seem that since you are talking about allowing other cartridges to be used in the printer, you are definitely talking interoperability. This would fall under the DMCA exclusion anyway. (IANAL and all that)

  7. Re:VB has one of those debuggers on How Would You Improve Today's Debugging Tools? · · Score: 2
    Where are the buttons in assembly code?

    Same place they are in C

    VB is hardly the language to use for heavy number crunching

    No, but it's still nice to have something running in the background that's interruptible. I'd rather the thread management for this occur in the UI, since that's what's effected by having something blocking, But because of VB's limitation, it's in the backend component, where, IMHO, it doesn't belong.

  8. Re:VB has one of those debuggers on How Would You Improve Today's Debugging Tools? · · Score: 2

    Not completely.

    Where's threads?

  9. Re:Very nice... on 'DVD Jon' Acquitted On All Counts in DeCSS Case · · Score: 2
    Norway is not a part of the EU. Just EØS which is the business part off the EU. We get ALL the benefits without even being an EU member ;)

    Try reading it again... "Norway has introduced legislation similar to the European Unions

    And is there a difference between looking at the contents (code) on a DVD and opening your VCR to study the cercuits? They are both "copyrighted".... just a thougt.

    Good question. Are circuit boards copyright? Patented, possibly, but copyright?
    Personally, I don't have any problem with looking at one or the other, or using any player you damn well please to play a DVD, MPAA approved or not. Unfortunately, that isn't the way Valenti and cronies see things, and they are trying way too much to get governments to give that force of law.

  10. Re:Two Buttons on New Gameboy Announced · · Score: 2, Informative

    Did you ever use one?

    It has four, not two. (The two by the pad, two on the back)

  11. Re:Very nice... on 'DVD Jon' Acquitted On All Counts in DeCSS Case · · Score: 2
    Believe it or not, in countries like that consumers still have rights. (And judges has brains).

    They do?

    From the /. article: "Norway has introduced legislation similar to the European Unions directive on copyright [pdf], making it illegal to circumvent any copyright protection - making it highly unlikely that he would be found not guilty under these new rules."

  12. Re:EU eclipses US in games market - what next ? on GTA and Rating of Video Games · · Score: 5, Informative
    Have you seen the top 10 list for the second week of December?

    1. Sims Unleashed from Electronic Arts (EA)
    2. Harry Potter 2 from EA
    3. Sims Deluxe from EA
    4. Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 from Infogrames
    5. Zoo Tycoon from Microsoft
    6. Backyard Hockey from Infogrames
    7. Age of Mythology from Microsoft
    8. Sims Vacation from EA
    9. Zoo Tycoon: Marine Mania from Microsoft
    10. Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Spearhead from EA

    Boy, that list is just bursting with violent games.

  13. Re:Microsoft on Microsoft's Reaction to OSS Adoption · · Score: 1

    When did Opera get tabbed browsing? Last I used it, it was MDI, not tabs. And at that point, Moz did have tabbed.

  14. Re:This is stupid on Linux and Forensic Discovery · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Assuming of course, that your key is secure. You willing to bet on that?

  15. Re:Can somebody explain how on The Spam Problem: Moving Beyond RBLs · · Score: 1

    Don't forget about the bandwidth waste. Wanna buy a few more T1s simply to support spammers?

  16. Re:Can somebody explain how on The Spam Problem: Moving Beyond RBLs · · Score: 2

    Why should I upgrade hardware if the valid load on the machine does not change?

  17. Re:Can somebody explain how on The Spam Problem: Moving Beyond RBLs · · Score: 2

    Still not scalable though.

    Let's suppose that it stays a constant 140,000 users, with no gain or loss.

    How long before they have to upgrade the mail servers?

  18. Can somebody explain how on The Spam Problem: Moving Beyond RBLs · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Operates on a per message basis
    and
    Scalable (resources)

    Aren't mutually exclusive?

  19. Re:I would... on Killing Unwanted Text Messages from Yahoo! Alerts? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Try here, for info about the TCPA. Basically, anything that reverse charges is illegal to send unsolicited messages to.

  20. Re:I wonder on Console Games Sales Beat Out PC · · Score: 0

    I have - couldn't get Myst III to run under Windows (accelerated anyway) under Nvidia and I kept getting craploads of GPFs in DirectX with the new drivers that I never got before.

  21. Re:Hang him. on Jon Johansen Trial Continues · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's interesting. Every DVD I've played on Linux I've paid for.

  22. Re:Bring on the pop-ups! Mak'em Full Screen! on IAB Recommends Larger Web Advertising · · Score: 2
    WTF are you using? I've never had Moz crash on Fark, either in Windows or Linux.

    0.99-1.1 have all been fine for me, I haven't tried 1.2.1 yet.

  23. Re:If this goes through... on Class Action Filed Against Bonzi Software · · Score: 1

    It's misleading with respect to what the product does/can do. If it didn't look like an error box, there would probably be fewer complaints against it as well.

    As mentioned before, unless they run a proxy server, no product will prevent you from "broadcasting" your IP and still allow connections.

  24. Re:Use your hosts file on Class Action Filed Against Bonzi Software · · Score: 2

    Doesn't work as well anymore. Many banners and popups use an IP now.

  25. Re:If this goes through... on Class Action Filed Against Bonzi Software · · Score: 1

    1st Amendment is restricted with respect to commercial speech