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  1. Re:Why do they persist? on SCO Files for Stay of Execution · · Score: 1

    The CEO darl mcbride is making about $100K a month, which is about $98K more a month than he would make doing anything else. Seem like a good reason to persist?

    Besides, scox can't just back out. Scox is facing numerous lawsuits. Scox might also face criminal charges.

  2. Sun allows MS to sue sun customers for using FOSS on Solaris 10 to be Open Source · · Score: 1

    You might want to careful about sunw's open source anything. For example, sunw has just giving msft the greenlight to sue users of OpenOpen, including versions sun's own version of openoffice, that sunw packaged with Linux. At least that's how I understand it.

    http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/709519/00 01 19312504155723/dex10109.htm

  3. Forbes = msft shills, tech/investment idiots on Intel Predicts Death Of WWW · · Score: 1

    These are the people who have published a series of pro-scox/msft and anti-linux articles. Not to mention numerous other idiotic articles. There investment advice is just as worthless - Forbes used to praise a medical company called Dynacq (DYII) now that company is in the pink sheets (DYII.PK).

    Forbes is absolutely worthless. I'm amazed anybody considers forbes worth anything.

  4. Get RedHat training/certification on Best Training in Linux Administration? · · Score: 1

    I don't like the vendor specific aspect but:

    - the training and the exam is "hands on" and therefore better respected.

    - when you get the cert, you have something to show for your effort.

    - if you were paying for the training yourself, then I might agree with all the "set up your own network" posters here. But since your employer is paying, I'd go with redhat. Besides, I think your present experience is way past the "set up your own network" stage.

  5. SuSe/Redhat = Oracle and Security certified on Using Debian in Commercial Environments? · · Score: 1

    Not sure what the original poster wants to actual use the server for. But, I think that only SuSe and Redhat are security certified. And only SuSe and Redhat are certified to run Oracle.

    It costs money to get those certifications, so I don't expect a totally free distro, like debian, to have those certs any time soon.

  6. Re:That's an interesting lesson in free press on Top 25 Censored Media Stories of 2003-2004 · · Score: 1

    That's not an answer. Not even close. How can one news agency - by itself - censor a story?

    I don't believe it can. If FOX doesn't report a big story, then CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC, or any other number of television sources can still cover the story. Then of course there are newspapers, magaizines, the internet.

    This FOX is censoring sounds another load of libral crap to me. Can you prove me wrong?

  7. Re:These stories were ignored, but not censored on Top 25 Censored Media Stories of 2003-2004 · · Score: 1

    Absolutely 100% correct. Thank you.

    It is called "Project Censored" because that title is more likely to get your attention. Ironically, the supposed idea of "Project Censored" is to oppose the trend of sensationalized journalism.

    According to "Project Censored" real hard-core news is being "cenored" (i.e. under-reported) in favor of fluff about celebrities etc. Remember how many months the media went on about Princess Di?

    But, if they're so concerned about sensationalism, why don't they more accurately call it: "Project Under Reported News Stories" ?

  8. FOX suppressed the story? How? on Top 25 Censored Media Stories of 2003-2004 · · Score: 1

    >>FOX suppressed the story (presumably on behalf of Monsanto) using various different sleazy tactics.

    How can one news agency suppress such a major story? There are other news agencies, are there not?

  9. "Project Censored" is a joke. on Top 25 Censored Media Stories of 2003-2004 · · Score: 1

    I went to Sonoma State in the mid-eighties.

    The project was originated by Dr. Carl Jensen. Dr. Jensen says he used to do sensationalist journalism, but has since reformed. I say, "project censored" is evidence that Dr. Jensen hasn't reformed a bit.

    Dr. Jensen is fond of saying that censorship is suppression of information for *any* reason. So if I don't tell you my bathroom patterns, I'm censoring that information.

    What the project usually labels as "censorship" is news stories that are elected as "under reported." So why isn't it called: "Project Under Reported News Stories." Does that titel not have enough of a sensationalist ring?

  10. Back in my day . . .(1985) on The Changing Face Of Campus Tech · · Score: 1

    Every registered student was given an internet account, but very few cared. Most didn't even know they were given such an account, and for that matter, didn't know what the internet was.

    And that's the way we liked it - we loved it!

  11. I call BULLSH!T!! on An Independent Study on Offshoring IT? · · Score: 1

    The USA is *not* causing those starving children. It's their own idiotic and immoral governments.

    No country in the history of mankind has accumulated as much wealth and power as the USA, and used it as benevolently. If you want to dispute this, name the country that has done better.

    I'm not saying the USA is always unselfish. But don't blame the USA for corrupt 3rd world governments. Essecially when, in cases where the USA does something to change those governements, you start screaming and crying about the USA interfering.

  12. This is the thanks the USA gets? on An Independent Study on Offshoring IT? · · Score: 1

    In the last 100 years, how many billion trillions has the USA spent protecting foreign governments? And many millions of lives has the USA lost?

    And what does the USA get for a thank you? Another obnoxious "fuck off!" From another USA hating idiot.

    I say, next time the USA should not interfer. The USA has nukes up the wah-zoo. Next time some 3rd-world sh!t-port tries to directly screw with the USA, just push a button - problem solved.

    As for protecting Korea, Israel, Germany, Japan, etc. Forget it. The USA has it's own problems. They just hate the USA for it's "interference" anyway.

  13. Re:AbiWord advantage on AbiWord vs. MS Word, For Now · · Score: 1

    Also cheaper (free, in fact), and multi-platform.

    Also, I hate to support msft's abusive business practises.

  14. I always liked it when Scotty took the bridge on "Scotty" Gets Walk of Fame Star · · Score: 2, Informative

    He had a certain "toughness" about him. Sort of reminded me of a pirate. He used a lot a anatomical references: "We'll see if they have the belly for it", "I'll ram this ship right down it's throat if I have to."

  15. Falsifying evidence? on SCO's Finances, Legal Case Take Hits · · Score: 4, Interesting

    >>Gupta quoted tiny bits out of context and rearranged them to deceptively make linux and sysv look similar, when the sections quoted aren't similar at all.

    Would that be falsifying evidence? Isn't that a very serious crime?

  16. Why did Thurston bring so much cash, on The Monetary Economics of Thurston Howell III · · Score: 1

    for a three hour tour?

    I vaugely remember one episode where Thurston ponied up $1M worth of ransom money for Ginger.

    As little kid, I wondered: why did Thurston bring over $1M for a three hour tour?

    Might as well wonder why Ginger brought so many outfits.

  17. gender-biased? on MIT Names First Female President · · Score: 1

    If there are more men than women at MIT, does that mean that MIT is gender-biased?

    To me, gender-biased, means you prefer one gender to the other. An objective entrance policy would certainly not evidence of such a bias.

  18. Just another excuse to export US jobs on Tech Support Levels Dropping · · Score: 1

    That's what it sounds like to me: "Gosh, we hate to export US jobs, but we have to because of the language barrier. As you can see, our phoney statistic thingy has gone from 7.0 to 6.3. Clearly, we really have no choice. Also, although we never hire BSCSs, we have noticed an alarming drop in number of students graduating with a BSCS - the govenment must allow more H1Bs, there is just no other choice. If these alarming trends don't change, IT staff will start demanding more than minimum wage, and that would hurt everybody."

  19. Re:Australian slander laws? on SCO Says 'Linux Doesn't Exist' · · Score: 1

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    It took us 25 years to build our business and it took [IBM] four years simply by stealing code and then giving it away free."

    This seems like a statement that could put one in jail. Claiming that someone stole from you without proof seems a risky move at best.

    Might as well be legal here in the USA. Scox's been saying that for 18 months now.

    BTW: Scox has only been in business for about four years.

  20. You've been running UNIX, not "Linux" on SCO Says 'Linux Doesn't Exist' · · Score: 1

    >>What in the world have I been running over the last few years.

    UNIX. And scox is the sole owner of all UNIX. Linux is just stolen UNIX code renamed. That is scox's story. And it must be true because scox said it.

  21. Re:Does IBM's actions buy loyalty? on SCO Says 'Linux Doesn't Exist' · · Score: 1

    >>No. They have been sued and are defending themselves.

    Not really. IBM could have bought scox for about $30M back when scox first filed the lawsuit. It would have been cheaper that fighting scox in court.

    But, by fighting this, IBM can be reasonable sure that the same thing won't happen again.

  22. Matrix? Close Encounters? on Blade Runner Is The Best Sci-Fi Film · · Score: 1

    Is it just me? Or does those two really not belong on the list?

    Matrix was one of those movies where everything that happened was just an excuse for the effects. There are more gaps in the logic of the plot than I care to remember.

    Whoever said 2001 was boring must not have seen Close EncounterzzzZZzz. . . .

  23. Obligatory Homer Simpson quote: on Microsoft Found Guilty of Misleading Advertising · · Score: 1, Funny

    "Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. 14% of people know that."

  24. Re:Shocking News about Statistics on Microsoft Found Guilty of Misleading Advertising · · Score: 1

    But msft hides the fact that they are paying. Msft claims these studies to be independant.

  25. Re:As with Linux, so with Mozilla. on Get Rid of Internet Explorer - Browse Happy! · · Score: 1

    I use linux as my primary desktop, but you are correct. Recently I had to fill out a time-card for some contract work I did. The company's web-side was all Active-X, there seemed to be no way around it. I had to reboot in windows to use the web-site. The same company sent me .snp files. I had to re-boot into windows to read those. I emailed the company to complain, I'm sure that'll change everything.

    Msft's stranglehold on the industry just sucks.