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  1. Re:Decided? on Networking Technology At Work In Rural India · · Score: 1

    Make sure the story is about your new product. Duh.

  2. Re:The Raptor is all about dick size on In-Flight Reboot? · · Score: 1

    Why? Because our technology sector has a fairly large interest in seeing Taiwan remain free from the mainland. Hit this and scroll all the way to the bottom. The j-12 isn't ready yet, but it will be in a few years. That might come sooner now that the Chinese are ramping up their internal semiconductor market. Don't get me wrong, I really don't want to fight the Chinese as that always seems to go badly for the other side, but if it comes down to it we need to make sure our toys are just as tough and mean as theirs.

  3. Re:Standards? Ok. Compulsory standards? Not ok. on W3C Web Accessibility Standards 2.0 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Well, if you're talking about sites that provide govenment services then yes, accessability standards should be maintained. Just like if you go to a courthouse, there needs to be a ramp there for wheelchairs. If your talking about rubmyhotbutt.com, though, then I agree with you; this should not be compulsory.

  4. Re:Troubling. on Linksys and the GPL, Again · · Score: 1

    Where are these decent drivers you speak of? So far as I know there are none. Granted, this is a problem with Broadcom and not Linksys, but it's fishy to me that their WAP runs linux but that linux cannot be used to run their cards.

  5. Re:An attempt to name 37 operating systems on Indies Blossoming Despite RIAA · · Score: 2, Funny

    Who the fuck modded this up? This guy actually believes in intellectual property!

  6. Re:An attempt to name 37 operating systems on Microsoft Next Generation Shell · · Score: 1

    Does this mean that we'll finally be able to turn off GDI and get a system that is still meaningful? I think that would take more than a new shell to happen, though.

    That's one of the things I really like about linux: servers don't have to run X.

  7. Re:its a shame it lost the battle long ago on OS/2 Going, Going... Gone · · Score: 1

    Uh.. As far as I recall both operating systems cost 99.95 for upgrade media. Overpriced?

  8. Re:It wasn't just marketing on OS/2 Going, Going... Gone · · Score: 1

    Bah. I ran Warp quite nicely wif 8mB on my 486dx-33 for about a year and a half(94ish-95ish). It was the only setup I could come up with that would:

    Run my OBV/2 BBS
    Let me play DooM
    Not be Desqview

    all at the same time. Win 3.x could do none of these particularly well, even without considering multitasking. Also, I don't think it was Win/OS2 that killed native development, I think it was exclusive agreements between large software makers(adobe springs to mind) and MS that killed native development, in addition to OEM agreements that mandated that new PCs be shipped with Win95. Thanks be that I only had to sit in front of 95 for a few months before I pulled my head out of my ass and learned linux(and don't think the DooM port didn't have anything to do with that. Thanks iD!)

  9. Re:Fairly easy to implement on The Pentagon Wants Your Secrets · · Score: 1

    What is next, banning cash because it cannot be tracked when handled properly?

  10. Re:Perhaps... on Star Wars Producer Says Box Office is Doomed · · Score: 1

    >Peter Parker did *not* abandon Mary Jane...of >course he originally snapped her neck trying to >save her when she was tossed off the bridge, too.

    no, friend, that was Gwen Stacey.

  11. Re:An attempt to name 37 operating systems on 37 Operating Systems, 1 PC · · Score: 1

    BeOS

    OS/2

    Then of course you don't have to boot into an operating system in order to run it. Emulation opens the door a little wider.

  12. Re:teleprompter on If You Hack NBC, You Don't Get to Meet Tom Brokaw · · Score: 1

    HAHAHAHHAA!

    "Basset hounds got long ears."

    OWJ is my hero!

  13. Re:Compare to Playstation Linux on LinuXbox Boots · · Score: 1

    Ram is a problem too, I found. At one point I was trying to get the NFS-swap patch into their kernel, but I met with limited success. Does anyone know if there's a way to mount the flash in the save-game packs as swap?

  14. reward? on LinuXbox Boots · · Score: 1

    So, who else thinks they should take their share of the first part of the reward money and send an X-box to the same guys in Haifa that did DSS?

  15. Re:The Hipocracy! on Gates and Lasser on Palladium · · Score: 1

    yup, you're right. Problem is, it's always been like this; even from the beginning. Bashing Microsoft is one of the cornerstone philosophies of Slashdot and that's not likely to change. If you want news with a "fair" bias, you might want to check here instead.

  16. Re:It is a good location. on Sili-Hudson Valley? · · Score: 1

    If you paid as much as they did for some mere knowledge you'd probably be insecure too.

  17. Re:Albany will NOT become Austin. on Sili-Hudson Valley? · · Score: 1

    I wondered about this too. Huge fab being built for SUNY, a school w/ ZERO EE. Makes you wonder if an H1B will be requisite to get a job there.

  18. Re:Albany is a hidden gem. on Sili-Hudson Valley? · · Score: 1

    You're absolutely right, actually. In fact, this has already started and will only be getting worse in the future. Too many parents with children being sent up North from Long Island, not enough infrastructure to support their spoiled asses. I would've preferred to have see 125mil go to this new fab thingy, and 25mil go to public transportation in the area.. Oh, wait.. none of you bastards would use it anyway.

  19. Re:We dig Security Focus too on Symantec to Acquire SecurityFocus · · Score: 1

    yeah.. if they don't plan on changing it any, then why did they just drop 75 large on it? I don't think they're that altruistic..

  20. bias? on MIT Technology Review on Where Orwell Went Wrong · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Oh, hey, what a freakin' surprise!

    "New Institute of Technology finding: Technology is Good"

  21. Re:Carmack dumping OpenGL on OpenGL 1.4 Spec Finalized · · Score: 1, Redundant
    uh... no:
    I am now committed to supporting an OpenGL 2.0 renderer for Doom through all
    the spec evolutions. If anything, I have been somewhat remiss in not pushing
    the issues as hard as I could with all the vendors. Now really is the
    critical time to start nailing things down, and the decisions may stay with
    us for ten years.
  22. Re:Rate Limits on Cable Companies Saying No to WiFi Sharing · · Score: 1

    If RR isn't rate limited, then why can't I DL ~875KBPS during off-peak hours? As far as I knew, cable modems could push 10mbps..

  23. Re:Consequences on Cable Companies Saying No to WiFi Sharing · · Score: 1

    Uhmm.. I don't know about you, but my cable service is hardly "unlimited." I cannot download more than 250-275 KBPS, and I can upload no more than 35-40 KBPS. If it were the case that I could transfer as fast as I liked(or, hey, even as fast as the equipment deployed was capable of) then I wouldn't mind a per-MB charge of some kind; until that happens your reasoning is flawed. Bandwidth isn't even like buying a utility like water or electricity; it's like leasing a car. You pay a certain amount to be able to go a certain speed, with the expectation that you may do this as frequently and as long as you like.

  24. Re:Clear Channel? on Salon in Dire Straits · · Score: 1

    Yes, Clear Channel began buying up most of the more popular radio stations in Albany, NY(where I'm from) a couple years back. Clear Channel helps my community by restricting the quality and diversity of program material that is broadcast. I've heard, however, that even they are not without their deal of financial woes; I suspect that we will hear their name mentioned in similar context as some other companies that have been in the news lately in the near future.

  25. Re:Since when has this site turned from... on Cops Have Got Your Number · · Score: 1

    In theory, yes. If the government prosecuted EVERYONE on EVERY broken law, the courts would be forced to examine them all on a case-by-case basis. So, if you trust the judicial branch to overthrow laws that are lapses of logic, you might be persuaded to allow this sort of thing.