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  1. Re:natural selection on Will Humanoid Robots Take All the Jobs by 2050? · · Score: 1


    Nature has a set of natural laws. The Market has a set of man-made laws. Natural selection optimizes within the bounds of Nature's natural laws. Capitalism optimizes within the bounds of the Market's man-made laws.

  2. Re:The problem is... on Questions for DoJ IP Attorneys Asked and Answered · · Score: 1


    When you use a coupon to buy an item at a discount price, your sales tax is computed on the ORIGINAL sales price, not the discounted coupon price. The gub'mint does not want you to steal its PROSPECTIVE sales tax revenue.

  3. Re:Basically a political issue on UK Expert Panel Split on GM Food Risks · · Score: 1


    maybe the US farmers should have determined what their CUSTOMERS wanted to buy before spending billions to grow the WRONG product?

  4. Re:Same problem on Drawing Graphs on Your Browser? · · Score: 1

    The filename of Flash Player 1-5 was "swflash.ocx". Flash Player 6 was renamed to simply "flash.ocx" because Windows XP's file protection prevented the bundled Flash Player 5 swflash.dll from being overwritten by the Flash Player 6 downloaded from Macromedia.

    I found a much more helpful guide on Macromedia.com. Macromedia has more information about Flash Player bundling here: Macromedia Flash Player and Browser Matrix - bundling reference guide .

    Basically:

    Flash Player 6 is bundled with Netscape 7 and AOL 8

    Flash Player 5 is bundled with WinXP, IE 6.0, Netscape 4.79, and AOL 7

    Flash Player 4 is bundled with WinME, IE 5.5, Netscape 4.6, and AOL 6

    Flash Player 3 is bundled with Win98, IE 5.0, Netscape 4.06, and AOl 4

  5. Re:Ditto. on Getting Back Into Shape While At The Office? · · Score: 1


    Do you eat breakfast before or after your workout? I've tried working out in the morning, but it only made me feel sick. If I skipped breakfast, I was starving and sick. If I ate first, I was too full.

    I now do my workouts at night, but finding the time and energy after a long workday is difficult. I like the idea of working out in the morning, when there are no distractions and I'm then pumped for the rest of the day. :-)

  6. Re:Google is great, but not perfect on Digging Holes in Google · · Score: 1


    Google does accept some punctuation, such as C++ or Trader Joe's. I remember some old search engine (including Google?) did not allow any punctuation, so it was impossible to search for information about C++! I'm glad that's been fixed.

  7. Re:Same problem on Drawing Graphs on Your Browser? · · Score: 1


    Flash is on more computers than you may think. The Flash Player ActiveX Control is bundled with IE and Windows.

    Microsoft's DLL Help Database will tell you which versions of which DLLs shipped with which Microsoft products. Search for "swflash.ocx". Very helpful!

  8. Re:I can see the support calls now... on New Red Hat Linux Beta: Severn · · Score: 1


    One of my Star Trek loving roommates used to call her "36 of D". It seemed a lot funnier at the time. :-)

  9. Re:The meaning of Severn on New Red Hat Linux Beta: Severn · · Score: 1


    The final release of Red Hat Linux X is codenamed "Cambridge". Now we can start brainstorming the connection between Severn and Cambridge.

    "Red Hat to change development model, abandon shrinkwrap"

  10. Re:Versions on New Red Hat Linux Beta: Severn · · Score: 1


    There are already indications that the next version will be called "Red Hat Linux X". Red Hat is copy-catting Mac OS X. Amazon and B&N's web sites already have pre-release book pages for "Red Hat® Linux® "X" For Dummies" .

  11. Don't wait until Monday, read more here on Red Hat To Drop Boxed Retail Distribution · · Score: 2, Informative


    Red Hat to change development model, abandon shrinkwrap

    The company's next major release, codenamed "Cambridge," will not be provided in boxed, retail form, according to company communications with employees and developers, which have been made available to Linux and Main.

    Additionally, Red Hat plans extensive changes in its development and distribution model. The changes will begin with development lists being made public, and will be followed by return of package maintanence to the developers themselves. Currently, packages are "handed over" to Red Hat developers, who then tune them for inclusion in a particular version. Under the new system, developers will maintain control of the packages.

    The company hopes that the changes help to overcome the long lead time needed to produce boxed sets. With a six-month release cycle, and with the rapid pace of Linux development, many packages shipped on CD are obsolete before they ever reach retail shelves.

  12. Re:In other words on Microsoft Names Linux its Number Two Risk · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    Dr. Pepper is not a Pepsi Co. product, but Mountain Dew is. I like Mountain Dew, but I've stopped drinking it because it contains brominated vegetable oil. The thought of drinking oil grosses me out.

  13. Re:Jesus on RMS Calls On Linux Developers To Replace BitKeeper · · Score: 1


    From O'Reilly's "Learning GNU Emacs":

    A long time ago (1975), Richard Stallman at MIT wrote the first Emacs editor. According to the folklore, the original Emacs editor was a set of macros for TECO, an almost incomprehensible and now obsolete line editor. The name Emacs stands for "Editing Macros." Tradition also has it that Emacs is a play on the name of a favorite ice cream store.


    So I wouldn't say Emacs is SUPER original. Sounds like Emacs started life as a pre-cursor to VBScript for Microsoft Word.

  14. U.N. seeking global gun control on White House Obfuscates Email · · Score: 1


    Have you heard about the UN's recent efforts to outlaw ALL personal ownership of small arms and light weapons WORLDWIDE? Lock and load, because here come the Black Helicopters...

    "U.N. seeking global gun control? Conference moving toward plan that would regulate U.S. arms"

  15. Re:I've pretty much ... on Congress May Overturn FCC's Media Consolidation Plan · · Score: 3, Insightful


    I used to think NPR was the cleanest news source and I've even donated money to them. However, every news source must serve its master. NPR receives huge donations from biotech companies like Archer Daniels Midland ("The nature of what's to come" and "Supermarket to the world"). How can I trust NPR to give "fair and balanced" reporting about subjects like genetically engineered foods when they are ADM's bitch?

    And then there was the whole fiasco about US Army psy-ops (i.e. propagandists) working as "interns" in NPR and CNN's news rooms.

    Ironically, I still listen to NPR because, even though they are influenced (like every other news source), I find their subjects and spin the most appealing. I guess you have to pick your poison. Though I have been reading the BBC and Guardian UK news lately..

  16. Re:Why I don't use the LPGL for Java on LGPL is Viral for Java · · Score: 1


    If I were to use the LGPL, then you could use my libraries without giving me the source to your program.".

    but if the other person made improvements or bug fixes to your LGPL code, then he would (have to) share those changes with you. You benefit.

  17. Re:welcome to the War on Copying! on House Bill to Make File-Sharing an Automatic Felony · · Score: 1


    and when you share MP3s on a P2P network, you are also helping to fund terrorists!!!!

  18. Re:Apple is stepping up on Panther's TextEdit to Open MS Word Files · · Score: 3, Insightful


    When did Microsoft ever MAKE money from IE for Mac?

  19. Re:Affirmitive Action for pronouns on WiFi Hotspots Elude RIAA Dragnet · · Score: 1


    Are there gender-neutral pronouns in non-English languages? English has roots in many other languages, so there could be many languages from which to choose a gender-neutral pronoun that could sound "compatible" with the English language.

  20. Re:New Packaging System on DragonFly BSD Announced · · Score: 1


    you mean like VMS? I think the VMS filesystem did file versioning similar to this.

  21. Re:gentle dig at the American religion of capitali on TRON: The Unknown Open-Source? · · Score: 1


    If people cannot afford to live in the US, then two things will happen:

    1. sellers will have to sell things for cheaper prices
    2. people will leave the US for cheaper places to live

  22. Re:Huzzah! on Freenet 0.5.2 Released · · Score: 1


    If anything, Freenet would hurt the kiddie porn black market, because pedophiles can now get their fix for free.

    Regular porn, too. I recently read an interview with Larry Flynt (in Eric Schlosser's "Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market") and he predicted that, in ten years, the commercial porn industry will be 1/10 the size it is today. With access to (practically) infinite supply of free internet porn, commercial porn revenues are decreasing significantly. Eventually, the profit incentive for creating and distributing commercial porn could be too low for anyone except hobbists.

    Commercial porn has strange economics because there is nearly infinite demand AND supply. Who sets the market price then?

  23. Re:gentle dig at the American religion of capitali on TRON: The Unknown Open-Source? · · Score: 1


    What if US workers agreed to work for the same or lower rates as overseas workers? Cost is the employer's motivator. Just because you may live in the US does not mean you are guarenteed a higher quality of life than other people on this planet.

  24. Re:Tabs not buttons on Ximian Evolution's New Clothes · · Score: 2, Insightful


    Your mockup looks very nice. I agree that tabbed "views" seem better. Less screen real estate and they help visualize the data "views".

    I used to work with one of the dev leads for Microsoft Outlook. If you think the Outlook UI is crowded or difficult now, you should hear the ideas that Outlook PMs proposed that were shot down! One proposal was similar to your tabbed mockup, but instead of one row of tabs along the top, there were THREE DIMENSIONS of tabs! There were tabs along the top, along the side, and along the bottom of the window! These different tab rows would interact in strange and "useful" ways to create new data views.

    It's sad, really.. :-)

  25. Re:Little Difference on Ximian Evolution's New Clothes · · Score: 1


    Microsoft is trying to inovate. You have to take it easy on 'em. ;-)