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  1. Re:how does this affect OS X? on FreeBSD 6.0 Released · · Score: -1

    Actually, userland for OS X is primarily netbsd derived, not freebsd.

  2. Re:I hope... on Alleged Adware Purveyor Indicted · · Score: 1

    Pharmacy spam goes mainly after people in small and/or tight-knit communities. The kind where going to the drug store and getting viagra will get the town abuzz in no time. They work on the promise of embarassment aversion more than anything else.

  3. Re:Wow on Canadians Plan to Build World's Biggest Telescope · · Score: 1

    Speak for yourself. Alien cock would be fun.

  4. Re:What will the others say.... on No Porn for You, iPod · · Score: 1

    Uh, if you'd bother to have read the article, this isn't about apple not allowing porn, this is about porn makers treading cautiously, allowing some of the smaller players to test the market and business models before they jump in.

  5. Re:They created it, now they have to deal with it on Court Battle Over Internet Calls · · Score: 1

    Uh, ARPANet, as in Advanced Research Products Agency Network, was DOD funded for many years before it was spun off into the non-military branches of government.

  6. DST is moronic on Ontario to Match U.S. DST Change · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Of course, the easy, cheap answer is to just encourage people to work different hours, with things like tax credits, etc. Save a lot of money, save a lot of fuel, everybody wins. Changing your clock is just silly.

  7. Re:Yes, but is it better than emacs?? on Vim 6.4 Released · · Score: 2, Funny

    I use FreeBSD and never, ever look at that monstrosity known as emacs. Emacs is proof positive that RMS is a certifiably insane.

  8. Re:PostgreSQL has 2PC! on MySQL 5 Production in November · · Score: 2, Informative
  9. Re:intel on Apple Upgrades Mac mini, Doesn't Tell Anybody · · Score: 4, Informative

    Every CPU maker on the planet does this. They try to spec out every part of the wafer so that they can all be potentially the fastest rated chips, but due to microscopic flaws, some finished chips have problems at higher speeds, thus they sell them as slower versions. AMD, IBM, Motorola all do it.

  10. Re:Sure on Oracle Acquires Innobase · · Score: 1

    Uh, MySQL already has a licensing agreement with the Innobase people for such purposes, just like they have for BDB support. Try again.

  11. Re:Berkley and SQLLite on MySQL To Be Ikea Of The Database Market · · Score: 1

    Mysql has berkely db support built into it for those concerned about speed. If you need transactions, InnoDB is quite good. MySQL is widely used because it is so adapatable; chances are, the MySQL team has already developed a DB setup for what you need. People like MySQL because it's flexible.

  12. Re:Actually it's Stallman's baby on Linus's Baby Comes of Age · · Score: 1

    Nope. Had Stallman not created GNU, we'd probably be using the (nicer, IMO), BSD toolchain with the Linux kernel. RMS is highly overrated.

  13. Re:Peak Oil on Ray Kurzweil's "The Singularity is Near" · · Score: 1

    Not really. There are techniques for generating petroleum from pretty much any carbon-based matter, including farm waste. The big issue is the electricity to run these plants; petroleum is still a damn good battery, all things considered.

  14. Re:Peak Oil on Ray Kurzweil's "The Singularity is Near" · · Score: 1

    That part's simple. Write your congressman, tell him to support legislation repealing some of the stupid limits placed on nuclear reactors. The environmental movement possibly hopelessly fucked us over by pushing for a near halt on any fission research, which can be quite clean and efficient. Because some small minded people think it's "icky", we're stuck in the present situation.

  15. Re:Silent Film Eh? on Call of Cthulhu Available on DVD · · Score: 2, Informative

    Mel Brooks' Silent Movie is, as the title suggests. Except for that one line spoken by a mime...

  16. Re:Not first! Anyone heard of industry leader Axis on Wifi Camera Uploads without Computer · · Score: 1

    I think that the qualifier missing here is "still" This seems to be the first network still camera.

  17. Re:well that was a waste of time, wasn't it? on SpaceShipOne to Join Smithsonian Collection · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The X-Prize was designed to spur invention and get people looking at private spaceflight and funding deals. SS1 is way too small to be commercially viable. It did it's job, and is now obsolete. Life is short when you're a prototype in an evolving industry.

  18. Re:This is a very bad precedent. on New Dismissal Motion in File Sharing Case · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Most of those people are looking for a quick settlement. They put the figure low enough so that it's cheaper to settle than to fight, but sometimes, the other side does fight back.

  19. Re:Bypassing-cookie-requirement reprint on SSH Claims Draw Open Source Ire · · Score: 1

    Can someone tell me why sites which requires cookies are so intolerable? I mean, are you using a browser without a cookie manager or something? It takes all of 10 seconds to clear them, plus, you skew the marketing data even more by deleting cookies every once in a while. Or are you just a whiny bitch with nothing better to do than complain?

  20. Re:Just goes to show... on U.S. Army To Ramp Up Anthrax Purchasing · · Score: 1
  21. Re:Just goes to show... on U.S. Army To Ramp Up Anthrax Purchasing · · Score: 1
    Let's head back to the article, shall we:
    One "biological services" contract specifies: "The company must have the ability and be willing to grow Bacillus anthracis Sterne strain at 1500-litre quantities." Other contracts are for fermentation equipment for producing 3000-litre batches of an unspecified biological agent, and sheep carcasses to test the efficiency of an incinerator for the disposal of infected livestock.
    So why the contract for the vats with the harmless anthrax? Why just put a contract for empty incubation tanks? Would be a lot less suspicous than evil anthrax, wouldn't it?
  22. Re:Just goes to show... on U.S. Army To Ramp Up Anthrax Purchasing · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Reading that, your assertions make even less sense now. Why would the army retool sensitive medical equipment when they already have the tools to make the more lethal anthrax in the first place?

  23. Re:Just goes to show... on U.S. Army To Ramp Up Anthrax Purchasing · · Score: 0, Troll

    Did you read the fucking article? No weapons capabilities. Or did you think anthrax and your knee immediately jerked?

  24. Re:Just goes to show... on U.S. Army To Ramp Up Anthrax Purchasing · · Score: 5, Insightful
    From the article:
    It is not known what use the biological agents will be put to. They could be used to test procedures to decontaminate vehicles or buildings, or to test an "agent defeat" warhead designed to destroy stores of chemical and biological weapons.
    Quit your mindless fearmongering.
  25. Re:Checksums are always going to be vulnerable on Practical Exploits of Broken MD5 Algorithm · · Score: 2, Informative

    I think you're missing what the OP is saying here. The OP is suggesting to use something like MD5+SHA1, algorithms with different techniques for generating hashes so that you decrease the probability of creating a collision that works for both, not using something like double MD5