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  1. Re:Don't panic... it's not that bad on Nicholas Petreley Slams Gnome · · Score: 1

    In general Gnome help and documentation are not useful. As such they should reduce the need for users to consult them.

  2. Re: Blogs.. BORING! on Evan Williams Posts Official Google Blog · · Score: 1

    +1 Funny, mod parent up

  3. well... on Alan Turing, the Inventor of Software · · Score: 1

    There are quite a few benefits that are gained from marriage.
    The right to visit your spouse in the hospital. "Family only"
    The right to 'pull the plug' on your spouse.
    The right to inherit property from your spouse.
    The ability to be covered under your spouse's insurance.

    I am gonna disagree with your presentation of historical fact also.

  4. Re:PalmOne on palmOne Releases Two New Zire Handhelds · · Score: 1

    Handspring is owned by PalmOne (?), and TapWave makes gaming equipment so it is a niche product. I've yet to notice a Kyocera PDA on sale.

    I actually like the fact that the Palm line of devices are more specialised. I do not see that much benefit in a bunch of cookie cutter PDAs competing with each other.

  5. Re:I get no spam on One Third of Email Now Spam · · Score: 1

    Try setting up a sourceforge account.

  6. Just curious on Technology Makes New Cars Too Expensive to Fix · · Score: 1

    How is it no one sees the obvious benefits of medical outsourcing ? I am amused that people can see this as a bad thing. Aside from driving the cost of medical treatment down, it also removes geographic barriers.

    If a guy in India can analyse X-rays for a tenth of the cost, maybe someone in Trinidad can afford that second opinion that will save their life.

  7. Re:This is too true on Technology Makes New Cars Too Expensive to Fix · · Score: 1

    You also need to consider the potential opportunity cost of owning an old car. Most working people can not afford to miss work due to car problems.

    You should also remember that most people cannot fix their own cars. Most car repair shops eventually phase out older cars, my 1990 Honda Accord was on the 'soon to be phased out' list back in 2000. And the reputation of car repair shops, has been well earned. Also replacement parts for older cars can become quite scarce, and somewhat pricey. Not close to U$150 to replace a bulb, but a bit high.

  8. Re:Moderation pending on Playfair Relocates to India · · Score: 1

    The moderation pace will pick up again as soon as our staff English learns. Thank you. Please to come again.

    Those sentences play on the bigoted belief that Indians are unable to fashion English sentences. There is nothing quaint in that snippet, rather a few grammatical errors that are typical of ESL speakers.

  9. Re:Intent on Automobile Black Box Sends Driver to Jail · · Score: 1

    It was 1am.

    You can drive past my apartment at 100mph at 1am in the morning without killing anyone. At 7am while everyone is going to work or school, going above 50 may result in a serious accident.

    You could also drive through downtown Raleigh at 100mph at 1am without killing anyone, but during the day it would be impossible.

    My point is that the streets were probably deserted when he plowed into the other car.

  10. Re:Intent on Automobile Black Box Sends Driver to Jail · · Score: 1

    While I've never been to Montreal, I doubt the streets are that crowded at 1am. "Heavily populated" implies a lot of people or cars on the street, this may not have been the case.

    If he had set fire to a building he thought was empty, and someone died, he'd be up for first degree murder. I see no difference here.

    Arson is not an accident, it is intentional. This was an accident, his reckless behaviour caused the accident but it is still an accident. Are you saying that someone who smokes in bed and burns down a building should be treated in the same manner as an arsonist ?

  11. Re:Peer review on Inside Look at Patent Examination · · Score: 1

    Second of all, even if they tried to prevent patent from passing, then patent it (or at least parts) as thei own, and get caught, they can be appropriately punished, according to contract they have to sign to be accepted as reviewer.

    The concern should not be about the reviewer trying to patent, work that he has reviewed. The concern should be the reviewer ensuring competing work does not become protected. By doing so they could prevent their competitor from gaining a competitive edge.

  12. As yet ? on Automobile Black Box Sends Driver to Jail · · Score: 1

    Increasing the amount of storage is not an onerous task. Nor is changing the parameters for recording. Allowing the black box to save ever incident above 55mph or hard breaking/acceleration is relatively trivial.

    And if you are okay with using them in these circumstances, why not use them for other life saving tasks ... like reducing speeding.

  13. Intent on Automobile Black Box Sends Driver to Jail · · Score: 1

    The lack of intent is important. While the driver was reckless the death was an accident.

  14. Re:Almost forgot... on THG On Migrating To Linux · · Score: 1

    I doubt that. My biggest problems installing Linux was configuring my hardware, and using Unix/Linux does not shed any light on doing that.

    My advice buy an easy to install distro that includes documentation. It may be a bit rough, but you should succeed.

  15. Re:Moderation pending on Playfair Relocates to India · · Score: 0

    The English were in India in the 1600s, and most Indians I have met speak English quite well. This joke is tired and probably offensive

  16. Re:Cisco's Life Lesson - Maybe not. on Cisco Products Have Backdoors · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I have a problem with that scenario on two levels; important data should be properly backed up and two customers should be told about this 'feature'. I think some owners of critical data would have some reservations about allowing Cisco unfettered access to their data.

  17. Re:The free market solution on Your Privacy and Offshore Outsourcing · · Score: 1

    I think there is a mortgage company that currently has a similar policy. Applicants can choose to have their work done by US citizens, instead of being outsourced to India. The trade off being speed, the Indians are faster.

    Unfortunately, I cannot currently locate a website to support my comment.

  18. Re:...but do they censor the online stuff too? on Wal-Mart Relaunches Online Music Store · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yes.

    Like the retail outlets, the online store will adhere to Wal-Mart's policy of not selling songs that carry parental advisory labels and instead offer the clean radio-play versions, Lin said.

    http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/ ch ronicle/archive/2004/03/24/BUG855Q1831.DTL&type=bu siness

  19. Re:Easy answer on Getting A Laptop With The Low U.S. Dollar · · Score: 1

    And how would that prove that u did not possess the machine before leaving the country ?

  20. Re:Blazingly high? on Sharp Debuts New Transmeta-based Laptop · · Score: 5, Informative

    No 1.4 times Crusoe is not fast, since the Crusoe was/is kinda slow. Anyway the comment implied that the line was fast, but as stated in the linked article the Crusoe was panned for its performance.

  21. Re:Plot by virus scan companies? on Comcast Cuts Infected PCs' Network Connections · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It also means that those users cannot download the latest anti virus definitions, if they use Viruscan or NAV. On the other hand, the argument can be made that they should've taken steps sooner, before their machine became part of the problem.

  22. Re:Ham radio users on Hams Complain about Powerline Broadband · · Score: 0

    While HAM radio operators are sometimes used in emergency, they are for most part hobbyists. This is a case of the wants of many (BPL) outweighing the wants of a few(HAM).

    I don't think HAM radio is that closely tied to emergency communications, and if it was a non HAM alternative could be deduced.

    The way I see this is just a case of boys playing with their toys ... not that there is anything wrong with that

  23. Re:Linus: so thoughtful, human, and down to earth. on Linus Moves To OSDL, Will Work On Kernel Full-Time · · Score: 1

    Actually Linux was not originally released under GPL. The license used was a bit more restrictive

  24. Re:Which Guyana on Geeking in the Third World · · Score: 1

    there is one Guyana.

    There is also French Guiana, there is no British or Dutch Guiana. And there have not existed since the 60s

  25. Re:Manhole Covers on How Would You Move Mount Fuji? · · Score: 1

    I think the cost of manufacturing cannot be discounted, it is probably easier to machine a circle than the shapes you wish to describe. Also the circle is more tolerant to manufacturing variation