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  1. Re:Since when... on Six Degrees of Voting · · Score: 2, Insightful

    and yet your vote, unlike your religion, can have an impact on the lives of your fiends and your friends' friends.

    Your religion or lack there of, and how you practice it, will have an impact on who your friends are in the irst place.

  2. Re:Plain Engrish? on Blizzard Stomps Bnetd in DMCA Case · · Score: 1
    • Open the box. Copy the game. Copy the CD-Key. Scratch the cds a little.
    • Return all the package to Blizzard, arguing you don't agree with the EULA.
    no, no, no.

    Buy, open, return. No need to scratch, post keys, or otherwise screw the next guy.

    The same trick works for copy protected 'CDs'.

  3. Re:It is illegal on File Trading Law Would Include 'Willing' Traders · · Score: 1
    if they want windows make them pay!


    getting windows isn't punishment enough?

  4. no phone at all? on Are Today's Polls Clueless? · · Score: 1

    I know some people with no phone at all. I bet they aren't counted.

  5. Re:Ours vs theirs on Linux Secure Enough For The Army · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm still using Slackwar, you insentitive clod!

  6. Re:I'll stick my neck out on Mozilla Starts Bug Bounty Program · · Score: 2, Interesting

    there is an interesting notion. When does an bug get grandfathered?

  7. Re:I'll stick my neck out on Mozilla Starts Bug Bounty Program · · Score: 2, Informative
    I'll chop it off for you. You might want to check out this link about TeX, which has had a bounty for decades.


    I think you might have confued bragging with desperation.

  8. Re:insanity. on 419ers Diversify Into Assassination Threats? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dear Randyest,
    your Karma has been targeted by somebody who was denied mod points by your incitefull post. You will be meta moderated as TROLL and it will be adviceable that you co-operate with us A.S.A.P. Please to send fourty thousand us dollar.

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  9. Re:hmmm on Microsoft Expects 1 Billion Windows Users by 2010 · · Score: 1

    isn't that the whole problem with IE?

  10. Technology taken down by sloth! on Tour De France Showcases Multitude Of Tech · · Score: 1

    why not get the numbers printed on cloth and sew them on? or air brush with a template? or iron on? or fabric markers? or those big fancy embrodary machnies? Or get 1000 shirts with numbers made and pick the right one. no way indeed.

  11. Re:So on SCO Announces Product Line Updates · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, they just upgraded the GPL software they ship with their old stuf

  12. Re:Well, we can always do like in MacGyver on Passwords Can Sit on Hard Disks for Years · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If you know anybody with a home security system, especially near a garage, you can often learn the code just by looking at the keypad.

    Only the keys in the code will be dirty, and the order goes from filthy to less filthy. No finger print dusting required.

  13. Re:I want to see an around the globe trip! on LA to Oregon at Mach 9 · · Score: 2, Funny

    some guys took an eighty day trip around the world and sped it up to take about 2 hours. coming soon to a theater near you.

  14. Re:State of the art? on Shrek 2 How-To · · Score: 0

    I wanted to mod this comment as Ogre, but I didn't have any mod points :(

  15. Re:Awe Scweet on Tubby: When Custom Cases Meet Frosty Cold Beer · · Score: 4, Funny

    > You would need good thermal contact to do it at those temperatures.

    sort of a thermal pastry?

  16. obvious question on Swedish Carbon-Fiber Stealth Ship Runs NT · · Score: 5, Funny

    does it have minesweeper?

  17. Re:Find a porn erase buddy! Seriously....... on What Happens To Your Data When You Die? · · Score: 1

    I tried that and the jerk wiped all my porn and tossed my mags...

    Seriously- if you have secrets that need kept, us an encryped file system. Only a probelm if you pass away at the keyboard.... beter set your screen blanker to unmount it.

  18. Re:Marc vs. Stevens on Advanced Unix Programming, 2nd Ed. · · Score: 1

    I have both. Marc first edition was less comprehensive. Steven's second eddition was even better. I haven't see Marc's second edition yet.

  19. Amiga toaster on Linux Spreads its Wings · · Score: 1

    you could do ray traicing on the Amiga toaster back in the mid eighties...

  20. Coperation != person on The Only Way Microsoft Can Die is by Suicide · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Cringley has made the mistake of confusing Sun, a corporation, with people. Corporations are not people. They 'die' only through negligence or deliberate action. They often don't pay taxes. They do not have principles.

    The people who run corporations have principles. They also have an obligation to make money.

    The people who own corporations have principles. They also have some money, and want more. If the corporation is publicly traded, it will be owned by other corporations. Again, the ow ning corporations would have no principals.

    Two external factors contribute to the principals of a corporation: good will and the law. 'Good will' is the value of the reputation of a company. The law defines specific penalties for specific actions.

    A corporation will take a repugnant action when the expected return exceeds the diluted princ ipals of the owners and managers, the perceived cost to good will, any opportunity cost, and the expected legal penalty.

    Price = principle + opportunity cost + (good will + (penalty * enforcement ratio))/(getting caught)
    The opportunity cost of getting out of a legal battle is usually negative. Settlement, even with Microsoft, can be worth it.
  21. signal to noise low on Internet Job Boards a Bunch of Hype? · · Score: 1

    my problem with these sites is the same with almost any non moderated online board: the signal to noise ratio is low. Many of the listings are either duplicates of the same job from multiple recruiters, or recruiters trying to generate interest without actual positions to fill. Not much from potential employers.

    Slightly off topic, but I always get annoyed when recruiters looking for Unix or Linux experiace insist on a word doc resume, instead of text or html. You would think that they would know a little bit about the technology they are recruiting for.

  22. Re:No Solo on Microsoft Packs Up, Moves To Catan · · Score: 1

    no, there was a dos version available some 4 years ago. It was smart enough for the 3 computer playes to trade with each other, and to offer or take trades other than 1 for 1. The docs were in German, so I never did figure out how to play the other maps.

  23. Re:C++ on C++ GUI Programming with Qt 3 · · Score: 1

    so, in what computer language can you express "Duff's Device" so its easy to understand? In what other language can you express it at all?

  24. Re:What Distro ? on A Linux Machine For Your Collar · · Score: 3, Funny

    Black Tie Linux. Black Tie is an elegant distro based on Debian, but its users tend to be exclusive.

  25. linux harmfull! on Rewrites Considered Harmful? · · Score: 1

    all of the attention directed at linux has diverted much needed atention from minux. New patches for minux must be submitted in B, to avoid extra compiler maintenance.