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  1. Re:Legalese on IRC Network GamesNet Sued By Founder · · Score: 1

    I haven't been part of GamesNET for some time, but during my time there the domains where under both Donald's and James's control. Specifically, I believe Donald was the billing contact and James was the technical contact. I know there was a plan to make the administrative contact the GamesNET board, but I don't know if that ever happened.

  2. Re:Three points on IRC Network GamesNet Sued By Founder · · Score: 1

    The small quote doesn't really let us know where he stands. I mean sure we know the suit is without merit, but James should be able to point by point invalidate much of the suit. Further, I'm sure James could provide evidence in regard to Donald's use of a certain company's resources without their consent.

  3. Three points on IRC Network GamesNet Sued By Founder · · Score: 3, Interesting

    First, I am really glad the people who really care about GamesNET finally have control over it.

    Second, some of the numbers in the suit are incorrect in regard to Donald's expenses as he is representing donations from outside companies as personal expenses.

    Third, it would be interesting to know where James stands on this issue as he was the other offical founder of GamesNET.

  4. Not a book, but advise on Personal Finance Book Suggestions? · · Score: 1

    First thing to do is lose your checking and savings accounts. Replace them with a single brokerage account from someone like Charles Schwab. You'll be able to get checks and a Visa check card for use with the cash in your brokerage account and can then store your savings in a mutual fund. The difference will be that the money you would normally have had in a checking account now earns twice as much interest as you current savings account and the money in the mutual fund should over time grow much better than a simple interest account alone could.

  5. Re:Leave while the leavings good. on Building a Cube Farm that Sucks Less? · · Score: 1

    I've left that as an exercise for the reader.

  6. Re:Leave while the leavings good. on Building a Cube Farm that Sucks Less? · · Score: 2, Funny

    If I recall correctly, Intel's executives have cubes.

  7. two articles on the subject on Choosing the Right XML Database? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    http://builder.com.com/article.jhtml?id=u003200303 06gcn01.htm

    http://www.devx.com/xml/article/9796

  8. Re:could be just what we need... on SETI@Home 2nd Look at Possible Hits · · Score: 1

    Since they plan on starting the analysis on March 18th, they will be one day too late to stop the war.

  9. Re:Sorry Peter... on Peter Molyneux Asks For Gov't Help For Small Shops · · Score: 2, Informative

    I disagree. It is not small businesses per se; it is innovative small businesses! Industries that have a few large players are perfect opporunities for startups to come in and upset the market with better wares at cheaper prices.

    Don't keep small businesses alive that are failing to play the same game as the large players. Incentivise the small businesses that will change the game itself.

  10. screw that! on Peter Molyneux Asks For Gov't Help For Small Shops · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The government shouldn't be in the business of helping companies out. Just think how better the airline industry would be if the government didn't bail them out. Companies like SouthWest, JetBlue, and AmericaWest are making money and are generally kinder to the average consumer. Giving money to the other airlines only hurts the profitable ones that are actually doing good by the consumer.

  11. Re:FInally OO? I think and hope not! on Object Prevalence: Get Rid of Your Database? · · Score: 1

    A view doesn't really solve spatial problems. The view would make it seem like one table, but the database still has to do disk I/O in many different places to reconstruct the object to present it in a single view. Certainly some commerical databases like Oracle and SQL Server have the ability to index views, which arguably could solve the spatial issues, but indexed views are not a standard feature.

  12. Re:FInally OO? I think and hope not! on Object Prevalence: Get Rid of Your Database? · · Score: 1

    However, mapping objects to schemas results in spatial problems when an object needs to be obtained from the database because the various parts of the object are spread across the disk. Serializing an object to a BLOB field gets around the spatial issue, but then the object can't be queried since the database has no way of knowing what is in the BLOB field.

  13. Re:4 GB is not a lot of memory on Intel: No Rush to 64-bit Desktop · · Score: 1

    Assuming a 64bit Intel architecture chip, how much memory can the architecture really handle? I know amount of addressable memory is quite high, but isn't all the memory currently accessed via a bus thus sharing memory bandwidth?

  14. Re:Presumptions on First Red Hat Academy for High School · · Score: 1

    I'd hire a RedHat certified sysadmin for 30k!

  15. this could jump start telecom spending on Insight Into The FCC's Triennial Review · · Score: 2

    If CLECs could no longer rent existing networks reasonable then they would likely have to build their own networks. For example, see this research note.

  16. Re:Why save it? on Still Hope for Farscape · · Score: 2

    >I tried that. Then I had to talk to others in >life, and they had a real hard time >understanding anything I was making a point on.
    >
    You couldn't talk to others because you didn't watch TV?

    >So, if you want to live your life fullest with a >small circle of people separated by miles of >land, hey, feel free. Myself, I like to talk to >other about things. I consider social >interaction living life to its fullest.
    >
    How does not watching TV mean you can't interact socially? I've found there is more time for social interaction when you don't watch TV.

    >Yourself? What do you consider living live to >its fullest, apart from TV?
    >
    There are plenty of interesting and intellectually stimulating activities one can do e.g. read a book, watch a play, discuss your favorite subjects among friends, etc.

  17. Re:The tried and true formula... on Still Hope for Farscape · · Score: 1, Troll

    In Soviet Russia... oh shit their goes my karma!

  18. Re:Why save it? on Still Hope for Farscape · · Score: 2

    I do own a TV, but I only use it for DVDs.

  19. Re:Why save it? on Still Hope for Farscape · · Score: 2

    If you get your culture from TV then I can't really help you.

  20. Re:Why save it? on Still Hope for Farscape · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you treat TV in a similar vain as say a play then I can see your point. However, most people just plop down in front of the tube and waste their life away.

    Make TV a special event to be enjoyed socially with friends and strangers a like and then you'll have something. Until then, even the most creative content from TV can be better found somewhere else.

  21. Why save it? on Still Hope for Farscape · · Score: 1, Insightful

    "kill your television" and live life to its fullest

  22. Let me get this straight... on Act Now To Sidestep A W3C Patent Pitfall · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The FSF wants the W3C to force anyone wishing to use a patent as part of a web standard to give a royalty free license to everyone no matter what the use of the patented technology including non-web software. I don't see how non-web software is any of W3C's concern. Nor do I see how the FSF forcing this issue is going to make the web world better.

    If the FSF wants all software free, great! But, let's not waste everyone's time fighting in the wrong forums.

  23. Atlanta on Escape from California? · · Score: 2

    I recently moved from San Francisco to Atlanta. Atlanta is one of the few places in the country that actually has a growing technology sector. Further, the cost of living is very low. I can't give you a difference in salary for myself as I run my own company and thus didn't change my salary. However, my fiancée had an entry-level data mining job in San Francisco for 45k and now has a similar job in Atlanta for 43k. While that is a 2k pay cut for her, it feels more like a 40k pay raise.

  24. Re:Bad news on Amazon Releases 1-Click Patent Sequel · · Score: 4, Funny

    I bet the Catholic Church has some prior art. Maybe they could in turn sue Amazon to help pay for all the sexual abuse law suits.

  25. .NET on META Predicts Linux Software From Microsoft in 2004 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    As more and more of Microsoft's software is built on top of .NET it will become increasingly easy to move that software to other operating systems.