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  1. Re:Fedora in my pants on Fedora 15 Released · · Score: 1

    Where did you find a hat small enough for that head?

  2. Re:Does it still crash all the time? on Fedora 15 Released · · Score: 0

    It helps if you don't ask your question (solely) in the subject line.

  3. Re:So what? on Linus Torvalds Considering End To Linux 2.6 Series · · Score: 0

    It's only 99% arbitrary. It still has the general meaning that version >x is released after version x. That aside, the version numbers have not had any meaning* since the start of 2.6.

    * The 4th place (z of w.x.y.z) is apparently used to indicate a security or stability bugfix to the w.x.y version it is attached to.

  4. Re:I thought it would be 2.7 on Linus Torvalds Considering End To Linux 2.6 Series · · Score: 0

    That is not the intent, though it may work out that way. Mostly it's just in your mind.

  5. Re:Ummm on NC Governor Allows Anti-Community-Broadband Law · · Score: 0

    Except, of course, that you are provably incorrect. Commercial ISPs today do not compete in the form you mention. They all have the same services (regarding Internet access). They all charge quite a lot for trashy service and they all refuse to do infrastructure upgrades.

    (The only possible exception is Verizon, who is installing FIOS so that they can become a cable company, but without the cable.)

  6. Re:Bring-your-own platform on Corporate Mac Sales Surge 66% · · Score: 0

    Not in a business setting.

  7. Re:A fiasco in every way but one important one. on Rooted Devices Blocked From Android Movie Market · · Score: 0

    Why?

  8. Re:A fiasco in every way but one important one. on Rooted Devices Blocked From Android Movie Market · · Score: 0

    No. The GP is correct. Any given jailbreak for iOS only works for that revision of iOS, as Apple typically fixes whatever hole was used. Thus, until a new method is discovered, a jailbroken iDevice cannot be upgraded without losing the jailbreak.

  9. Re:Veganism. on Implant Restores Paralyzed Man's Leg Movement · · Score: 0

    There was a story not too long ago about a couple of vegans who let their newborn die due to malnutrition. IIRC, she was nursing and the baby could not receive nutrients that the mother did not eat. Veganism is not a healthy diet.

  10. Re:peering at glowing electronic screens on Ebooks Now Outselling Print Books At Amazon · · Score: 0

    Umm, Amazon has a Kindle app for Apple iDevices and, I would presume, Android devices.

  11. Re:Entertainment = Increased consumption on Video Game Playing Increases Food Intake In Teens · · Score: 1

    Or your ignoring the point of the study while you make asinine comments. Video game playing doesn't just not burn (many) calories, it increases caloric intake, all else being equal. Thus, it from the perspective of obesity, it is less health to play video games than to count the dots on the ceiling. That's the point of the study.

    The study did not talk about weight gain at all, and it's possible that in fact the video games players lost weight. It wasn't a part of the study and wasn't measured.

  12. Re:Consequences... on New Bill Ups Punishment For Hosts of Infringing Video Streams · · Score: 0

    Multicast isn't done now, so there can't be an upsurge. And there is no ISP that supports multicasting between subscribers.

  13. Re:Somebody think of the *children*... on New Bill Ups Punishment For Hosts of Infringing Video Streams · · Score: 0

    So instead of death, how about we make it a limited time. Like, oh I don't know... the Constitution suggests?

    There is no case of physical property in which the producer can give away his product and yet not only limit the usage of said product but obtain royalties for the rest of his natural life, and the life of his progeny. The double-standard is so beyond ridiculous that I do not consider it moral to uphold copyright law.

  14. Re:WTF? on New Bill Ups Punishment For Hosts of Infringing Video Streams · · Score: 0

    More like driving the wrong direction on the wrong one-way road.

  15. Re:A new kind of space ship? on 'Homeless' Planets May Be Common In Our Galaxy · · Score: 0

    After millions of years, why would expect there to be any heat left in the core to provide geothermal energy? These things don't go near any stars (or they'd be captured).

  16. Re:PowerShell on Imagining the CLI For the Modern Machine · · Score: 0

    Well, natively, it runs in Cocoa, not X. And part of his premise is that we have graphical terminals that aren't limited to text. Assuming graphical capabilities is a very large part of his point.

    And if someone ports WebKit to the terminal, his code will run there just fine.

  17. Re:I'd like them to compare programmers' brains on Apple Causes Religious Reaction In Brains of Fans · · Score: 0

    Considering that it costs nothing (beyond your own transportation costs) to have a piece of hardware diagnosed by an Apple Genius(tm), I think you're probably making something up just so you can hate.

  18. Re:In the US 8 out of 9 top government are lawyers on 8 of China's Top 9 Govt. Officials Are Engineers · · Score: 0

    All those are examples of what's wrong with the economy -- the Government spends needlessly and wastefully. We don't need the wars and the oil companies don't need the incentives. That there is a difference of scale in the two examples is beside the point entirely.

  19. Re:In the US 8 out of 9 top government are lawyers on 8 of China's Top 9 Govt. Officials Are Engineers · · Score: 0

    Elections have been rigged at least since the modern Democratic and Republican parties decided to share power. Or since the political party settled on its two present-day faces, if you prefer.

    The fact that there is no viable third-party on the national scene, or even on any State's scene, for that matter, is ample proof.

  20. Re:The Real Netflix Fix on Netflix Dominates North American Internet · · Score: 0

    Multicast might lower bandwidth requirements for the server, but that's not where the bottleneck is. Besides, that only works if multiple viewers want the same show at the same time, and probably on the same cable strand or DSLAM.

  21. Re:as said before here many times on The Cost of US Security · · Score: 0

    Funny then, isn't it, that not a single Arab country in the ME allows "Palastinians" to settle in their country? They provide less aid than Israel (accept for weapons).

  22. Re:Does this matter? on GRUB 1.99 Released With Support For ZFS and BtrFS · · Score: -1

    What apps do you run in Windows that cause file corruption? Perhaps you should check your HD for physical defects?

  23. Re:Will this finally shut up on An IP Address For Every Light Bulb · · Score: 0

    A firewall does not prevent mapping of an internal network. It only prevents one method of mapping (trying to reach hosts on the other side). It's still possible to map IP addresses that are reaching out through the firewall.

  24. Re:Wrong place on An IP Address For Every Light Bulb · · Score: 0

    That's not so big. I live in a 2 bedroom apartment, and I have... 5 in the living room, 1 in the dining room, 2 in the kitchen, 3 in the master bedroom, 1 in the computer room (other bedroom), and 6 in the 1.5 bathrooms. That's 20. Throw in the 2 lights in the downstairs storage/laundry room and I have 22. And that's all off the top of my head. I don't have a full basement, a 3rd bedroom or any outside lighting to worry about.

  25. Re:How about: Don't need cellphones/wifi in school on GSM Association Slams Euro Call For Ban On Wireless In School · · Score: 0

    What part of "math class" did you not understand?