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  1. Polarization on Harm From The Hague · · Score: 2

    Does anyone else see a great polarzation comming here?

    To counter the problem with this convention, some will argue that we need more global laws, and less power to the individual nation. The other half will argue for the opposite.

    Polarization is never good as it alienates people, but it is probably hard to avoid when facing such great changes in the world.

    Another problem is that the side pushing for more international laws are the one with the most money, big corporation etc.

    I think the answer lies in between, as it usualy does. "We need to hurry slowly..."

  2. Re:Food for thought on Canadian Recording Industry Claims Drop in Sales · · Score: 1
    Here in Holland, I would rather park my bike, scooter or car in a city without having to lock it, as was possible up to 40 to 50 years ago (and which I think is still possible in some - especially Scandinavian - countries).

    Sorry to dissapoint you, but you better lock your bicycle... at least in sweden.

  3. Well spoken! on Canadarm2 May Get Arthroscopic Surgery · · Score: 1

    Well spoken!

  4. It still looks like a face! on Interesting Structures On Mars · · Score: 2

    The unfiltered picture still looks like a face to me. Enough to be intressting anyway...

    http://www.metaresearch.org/solar%20system/cydon ia /asom/artifact_html/slide.asp?image=7

  5. Operamail on How Long Can The Free Services Stay Free? · · Score: 1

    I think Operamail uses the same webmail system.

    MailAndNews.com seemed a bit slow for me when I checked.

  6. Re:LICQ on Linux On Windows - The Thin End Of The Wedge? · · Score: 1

    Yes tat's a good idea.

    If I could I would rather run LICQ in windows too.

  7. Re:The problem with SOAP. on Does .NET Sound Like Java? · · Score: 1

    Well... you've got a point. But it can still be handy...

    Think about the scenario where you have a bunch of say structs containing various data. And these structs need to be sent around between various COM objects. And at some point you might want to send it out to some VB app, or ASP page or something.

  8. Re:Realworld spam is much worse! on Counting The Cost Of Spam · · Score: 1

    >Postal mail advertisers actually pay for the >delivery and other expenses incurred by third >parties.

    Yes, but on a whole... does it matter *who* pays for it?

  9. Realworld spam is much worse! on Counting The Cost Of Spam · · Score: 2

    I don't like electronic spam one bit.

    However, I bet realworld spam cost us a hundred times of what electronic spam cost us.

    Think about it:

    * Trees have to be cut down to make the paper
    * Plastics is used
    * A lot of polution is produced when the spam is delivered.

    And so on...

    All theese processes consume a lot of energy, which we get from more or less unclean sources.

    You can also count on the wear on our roads and such...

    The list can go on forever but I think I've made my point.

  10. Re:The problem with SOAP. on Does .NET Sound Like Java? · · Score: 1
    Why communicate via http and XML with other windows machines when you can use DCOM or COM+ or whatever it is they are calling it these days.

    One reason might be that you want to send some kind of structured data (an object perhaps...).

    It can be quite handy to just convert your data into a XML string and send it away as a string.

  11. Re:Are you serious? on Is The U.S. No Longer The Choice For Freedom? · · Score: 1

    Seems to me *World* War belong to *world* history...

    Other than that I agree with you that history is always relative.

  12. Nope, it's just like COM on Konqueror Embeds Mozilla with XParts · · Score: 1

    Nope, it's just like COM.

    I pretty sure it's like this:

    COM != ActiveX != OLE

    OLE is built using COM
    COM evolved from OLE

    An activeX component is a COM component
    An COM component doesn't have to be a activeX component

  13. Re:Editor's viewpoint on Dmoz (aka AOL) Changing Guidelines In Sketchy Way · · Score: 1
    Netscape do own the copyright (and always have) - but with an 'non-exclusive licence', meaning you grant them the right to use the data but you still have full rights to do what you want with it.


    Hmm...

    If "you grant them the right to use the data but you still have full rights to do what you want with it" then you do have the copyright! Else you wouldn't have had to grant them anything.

  14. Re:ELIZA on Richard Stallman vs. Jorrit Tyberghein · · Score: 1

    I got that impression too... :-)

  15. Well put! on Why Does The Universe Exist? · · Score: 1

    That's exectly along the lines I have been thinking.

  16. Anti-campaign? on U.S. And EU Ready International Cybercrime Treaty · · Score: 2

    Does anyone know of some sort of campaign against this?

  17. Mozilla M17 runs fast on my PII-400 on Mozilla.org Posts New Roadmap · · Score: 1

    Mozilla M17 runs fast on my PII-400 both in windows and linux.

    The only thing I can't do is crypto stuff.

  18. Re:AOL owns ICQ on AOL May Be Forced To Open AIM · · Score: 1

    Ohh... yes I forgot that...

  19. 90% IM dominance!? on AOL May Be Forced To Open AIM · · Score: 1

    "The FCC seems to be concerned about their 90% IM dominance."

    Is that true?! Around here (sweden) almost everyone uses ICQ (or some variant like LICQ or whatever).

    Intressting...

  20. LISP/SCHEME is beautiful... on Python 2.0 beta 1 released · · Score: 1

    :-)

  21. Re:Learn to code, asshole on Eazel's Nautilus Preview 1 Released · · Score: 1

    yeah, or I just build my own Ultimate Commander (TM) (UC for short) from scratch...

  22. Give me a decent NC clone! on Eazel's Nautilus Preview 1 Released · · Score: 1

    Ok, ok.... it looks a bit pretty, but why can't anyone make a good NC clone for linux. I know, there is one million attempts, but most are not nearly finished, and those who are (MC) are not much to my liking.

    I like wincmd, it's the best NC clone I've ever seen, but it could be better.

  23. In this case GPL would be bad on Download The Human Genome · · Score: 1

    If anything it should be entirely Public Domain.

    At least that's my opinion...

  24. Re:When will M14 come out? on Mozilla to Include Crypto · · Score: 1

    Yes, I noticed that to! I want it now! want, want, want!

    (impatient :-)

  25. Well, I have been thinking in that direction to... on Quantum Evolution Poses Challenge to Darwinism · · Score: 1

    I really like that idea. I don't know about all the "quantum" bla bla bla, but I think something more than randomnes directs evolution. I've been believing in something like directed evolution for a couple of years, and it's nice to hear about it from someone else to.
    Of course this is just a belief from my side, nothing scientific about it...