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  1. Re:It's a hazard to have a domain name nowadays on WIPO To Loosen Domain Names Transfer Standards · · Score: 1

    Why can't we just get rid of ICANN and WIPO and whoever else want's to rule the domain registration game.
    We could simply make some first come first served rule and rewrite a few browsers and name server and run a parallel InterNet.
    Maybe someone from the FSF could write the rules and maintain the registry.
    The only right that would be given to FSF would be related to the .fsf top domain name and they would simply keep a registry for the remaining names.

    Alain

  2. Re:I'd do it on Why Do We Still Use Gasoline? · · Score: 1

    Sure we do.
    Well, almost. Before we moved to metric we had U.K Gallons which are still used. However, if you are looking at spec sheets for a car, you will probably see only KM/L.

  3. Re:Security problems again?? on 2.2.16 Kernel Released - Fixes Security Hole · · Score: 1

    If you format the hard drive of the local machine, that's not much harder in Linux or any other OS. Just put in a diskette and reboot.

  4. Re:Why? on Best Way to Get Kids Started in Programming? · · Score: 1

    Perl: @animals = (Dog, Cat, Bird); foreach $animal (@animals) {print "$animal ";} Basic: $ANIMALS[0] = "Dog" $ANIMALS[1] = "Cat" $ANIMALS[2] = "Bird" FOR I=0 TO 2 PRINT $ANIMAL[I]," "; NEXT I Personally, I think PERL is easier to learn notwithstanding the fact that it's more powerlful.

  5. Re:Not just BASIC. **Interpreted** languages is ke on Best Way to Get Kids Started in Programming? · · Score: 2

    I'd go with PERL. It's almost interpreted. It's very powerful. You can use english like sentences and teach to test results of function calls as if it was fun: open JOKES,"jokes.file" or die; And you can run small programs directly from the command line.