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  1. Re:Red lights! on HP to Offer Custom Compaq Gaming PCs · · Score: 1

    The red light feature is designed to complement Virtual Valeriesque games.

  2. side effect of proportional fonts on "Decryption" of Bush Memo · · Score: 1

    Some months ago, the US State Department announced that it would change it's departmental typeface from Courier 12 to Times Roman 14. According to sources within the department, the new typeface takes up almost exactly the same area on the page as Courier New 12, while offering a crisper, cleaner, more modern look.".

    The Central Intelligence Agency may have instituted similar changes prior to August 2001 for similar reasons. Had they continued to use the fixed-width Courier, instead of the prettier Arial, the redacted portions would have proven much more challenging to decrypt.

  3. Re:Big time. on Digital Cameras Change War Photo-Journalism · · Score: 3, Informative
    The Red Cross doesn't publicly release reports, on the grounds that a future regime would probably denounce the IRC as traitorous spies. The implicated government is then supposed to correct its errors of judgment.


    "I am profoundly disturbed that the report was made available for publication without the consent of the ICRC. The ICRC fulfils its mandate to protect persons detained in armed conflict by addressing problems and violations through private approaches to the detaining authorities and their superiors. This long-standing practice allows us to act in a decisive manner, while ensuring that our delegates have continued access to detainees around the world.
    ICRC President Jakob Kellenberger

    Meanwhile, abusive governments may assert that journalistic coverage of POW treatment is itself a war crime.


    Prisoners of war must at all times be protected, particularly against acts of violence or intimidation and against insults and public curiosity
    Article 13, Third Geneva Convention
  4. Re:Here's a *real* war crime. on Digital Cameras Change War Photo-Journalism · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If and when you are made to strip naked, sodomized, electrocuted, and forced to wear a dog leash, I hope you enjoy the experience, secure and comfortable in the knowledge that others have suffered far more horrible abuses.

    The prisoners shown in the pictures may have committed war crimes. They may have committed criminal offenses. They may be innocent. Until and unless a duly appointed court finds them culpable of specific crimes, they should not be punished. And if a specific person were to be found guilty of such crimes, the US Constitution bars the imposition of cruel and unusual punishment. It is probable, although not certain, that when the Iraqis finally get their country back, their constitution will contain similar prohibitions, if only to impede a future regime's use of torture.

  5. Re:Obligatory Plan 9 From Outer Space quote: on The Controversy of a Potential Hafnium Bomb · · Score: 1

    There are so many errors in that snippet of dialogue. Where to begin?

  6. Re:Not an issue for OS X users on Spyware Becoming Worst Tech Support Problem · · Score: 1

    The smart thing to do would be to automatically log installations if they request admin privileges. Perhaps this could be built into the authentication framework.

  7. Re:Anyone else have this problem with QT for Win? on Security Updates, Notices for Mac OS X · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The difference between a workstation and a server is an artificial one-- a marketer's delineation, designed to extract the largest amount of cash out of a customer base.

    Sorry. If you want the extra CPU utilized, buy the server edition. If you want to serve files to more than 5 users, buy the server edition. If you want to host a database, buy the server edition.

    The limitations are enough to make someone try linux-- where the border between server and workstation is a bit more fluid.

  8. Re:Human Rights / Trade Agreements on China Plans Surveillance System for Internet Cafes · · Score: 1

    Isolating Cuba is critically important. That's why we have five times as many treasury agents enforcing the embargo against Cuba as we have enforcing the ban against financing terrorism Associated Press.

  9. Re:That's obvious on Should Sun Just Fold Now? · · Score: 1

    Don't forget OpenStep, on which it collaborated with Next.

  10. Re:Lets not let this go to our heads on KDE Conquers Astrophysics With Kst · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Unix systems have had a historical advantage in scientific computation. Netterfield mentioned that he had first used XForms, looked at gtk+, felt queasy and decided to use KDE instead.
    As Kst is primarily a plotter of data, his choice of graphics toolkit is of some importance.

  11. Re:Here's an example... on New Online Ad Technology To Bypass Popup Blockers · · Score: 1

    Safari seems to work, with "Block Pop-Up Windows" enabled.

  12. Re:My take on the subject on New Science Museum - Now With Real Science! · · Score: 1

    Because you're supposed to look at the painting and admire the artistic techniques. If you just look at the little placard and listen to the inane little voice, you're missing much of the point.

  13. Re:Reverse Engineering: A right? In danger? Huh? on FOSS Application Under Attack by Makers of KaZaa · · Score: 1

    but in many number of cases MS apps simply copy others' work and try to take advantage of the hard work of others. In that respect MS apps are wrong here, since they didn't build this network, they are simply trying to capitilaze on someonelse's work, like VMS, xerox, wordperfect, etc..

  14. Re:different strokes for different folks on Towards Silent Supersonic Planes · · Score: 1

    dotslash is nowhere near as successful as slashdot

  15. Re:had nothing to do with the concorde's success.. on Towards Silent Supersonic Planes · · Score: 2, Informative

    If Boeing's 7E7 project turns out to be substantially less successful that Airbus's 380 project, Boeing might not have the capital or the time to design a new cvil aviation platform--preferring instead to suck on the Pentagon's teat.

    Airbus thinks that the airlines will continue to consolidate their hubs. If so, they'll ditch the aging 747 platform for A380.

    Boeing thinks that airlines will add more nonstop routes between secondary cities-- e.g Detroit to Shanghai. If so, they'll probably buy more 7E7's, as unlike the older Boeing planes, the Dreamliner is substantially more fuel efficient that the Airbus offerings.

  16. Re:Hrm, but. on iPod Mini Hits The 'Sweet Spot'? · · Score: 1

    For $100 dollars, I can buy headphones that will sound as good as a thousand dollar stereo.

  17. Re:Writing is like Programming? on Salon Interviews Neal Stephenson · · Score: 1

    Perhaps there was a "fountain pen" pen option for IBM's Crosspad

  18. Re:Oh, I know... on Salon Interviews Neal Stephenson · · Score: 1
  19. Re:Writing is like Programming? on Salon Interviews Neal Stephenson · · Score: 2, Insightful
    for(i=1;i<625; i++)
    {
    printf("%d\t My Big Fat Novel \t Moi\t %d\n", 2*i, 2*i+1);
    }
    Actually, he believes that the process of writing is like programming in that it reduces a complex ephemeral idea into a series of characters.

    It's been a long time since anyone used a fountain pen to enter their programs, though.
  20. Re:One character at a time... on Salon Interviews Neal Stephenson · · Score: 1

    Or a fountain pen.

  21. Re:why the other players are not listed on Fourteen Digital Music Players Reviewed · · Score: 1

    someone who prefers smaller dimensions, AAC capability, a larger screen, a better User Interface, better aesthetics.

  22. Re:This just in. on LinSpire LPhoto and LSongs: bring on the lawsuits! · · Score: 2, Informative
    hmm
    - (id)initWithBitmapDataPlanes:(unsigned char **)planes pixelsWide:(int)width pixelsHigh:(int)height bitsPerSample:(int)bps samplesPerPixel:(int)spp hasAlpha:(BOOL)alpha isPlanar:(BOOL)isPlanar colorSpaceName:(NSString *)colorSpaceName bytesPerRow:(int)rowBytes bitsPerPixel:(int)pixelBits
    is shorter than
    - (id)init_with_bitmap_data_planes:(unsigned char **)planes pixels_wide:(int)width pixels_high:(int)height bits_per_sample:(int)bps samples_per_pixel:(int)spp has_alpha:(BOOL)alpha is_planar:(BOOL)is_planar color_space_name:(NSString *)color_space_name bytes_per_row:(int)row_bytes bits_per_pixel:(int)pixel_bits
    Maybe they did usability studies and discovered that the former was preferable to the latter.
  23. Re:This just in. on LinSpire LPhoto and LSongs: bring on the lawsuits! · · Score: 2, Insightful
    It's just the typeface. On most company documents, the company referred to itself as Next. Next did, however, promulgate the practice of eliminatingTheSpacesBetweenWords as it it improved the readability of Objective C code.

    Imagine the following without intercapitalization
    - (id)initWithBitmapDataPlanes:(unsigned char **)planes pixelsWide:(int)width pixelsHigh:(int)height bitsPerSample:(int)bps samplesPerPixel:(int)spp hasAlpha:(BOOL)alpha isPlanar:(BOOL)isPlanar colorSpaceName:(NSString *)colorSpaceName bytesPerRow:(int)rowBytes bitsPerPixel:(int)pixelBits
  24. Re:This is asinine on OSRM Declares Linux Free of Copyright Violations · · Score: 2, Insightful

    As far as I can tell, the SCO license is only a license for the binaries-- not source. This insurance will indemnify development activities.

  25. Re:I just gotta ask.. on Many Internet Users Happy With Dial-Up · · Score: 1

    I connect at 50667 bps on a regular basis.