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  1. Re:half-life on Losing Track of Nuclear Materials · · Score: 2
    It's not initiators. It's the last-chance protection against accidental detonation. The external neutron sources cause predetonation before high supercriticality is achieved.

    When the warhead is armed, they are removed.

    Initiators are always inside.

  2. Re:I want Microkernels! on A Kernel With Everything · · Score: 1
    Then you better start making Micropayments...
    ... to Free Software Foundation. Because GNU/Hurd has microkernel architecture. Then wait another 10 years.
  3. Mozilla is about standards, Konqueror is not. on Konqueror Supporting ActiveX · · Score: 1
    Shockwave is not ActiveX. It's supported by the Flash plugin that works in Netscape, Mozilla and Konqueror.

    Editors, please check your facts before posting. Or maybe replying to such arictles should be considered "feeding the trolls"?

    Speaking of Mozilla, I doubt that they will ever support ActiveX. Mozilla is serious about web standards, and ActiveX is not a standard (Flash support can be excused as support for legacy plugin API designed by Netscape).

    For example, Mozilla doesn't support favicon.ico, while Konqueror does. Whether it's good or bad is another question.

  4. Re:Makes sense on Motorola Sues Over Pager Spam · · Score: 2
    Sure, they have a right to talk about their products.
    They are talking not about their products. They are talking about Motorola products. And they are lying. That's why Motorola sues them.

    Next time please read the article more carefully. General reasoning about spam doesn't apply well to this situation.

  5. Re:Sounds good on $1.2M DARPA Contract for FreeBSD Security · · Score: 1

    I have never seen a public parking lot, which I can legally use for any purpose provided that the state gets the "credit where credit is due."

  6. Re:Sounds good on $1.2M DARPA Contract for FreeBSD Security · · Score: 2

    ... to make it easier for the Chinese government to pretend they wrote it :-)

  7. no Windows != Linux on Installing Linux On The New Apple iBook · · Score: 2
    You are forgetting other OSes. Believe me, there is such thing as not-Windows employed user. If you cannot imagine it you may need a better job.

    And, by the way, why should I be using Windows on that particular notebook? My company could give me a separate desktop machine for breeding Outlook virii and playing Solitair.

  8. Re:The BEST Linux laptop one can buy? on Installing Linux On The New Apple iBook · · Score: 1

    But you cannot buy Dell Inspiron without Windows. At least on the Dell's site.

  9. Re:Speed on Nice Browsing From Undead & Unknown Software Projects · · Score: 2
    Why is this flamebait? Please explain me - I don't get it.

    Many people in many countries simply cannot pay many hundreds dollars for a computer (including the software). Either they get a computer with decent browser for $100 of they don't.

  10. Re:konqueror does rule on Nice Browsing From Undead & Unknown Software Projects · · Score: 1
    The problem with IE is not that it's unstable. The problem is that it's closed-source (and possibly less secure because of that) and available only for few platforms (yes, I know about IE for UNIX).

    Instead of guessing what Mozilla 0.9.2 could be just try it and then post.

    I'm using it a lot. It crashed for me only once - after I tried really hard. I haven't tried IE - it doesn't run on my OS. (please don't accuse me of hypocrisy - installing an OS requires more efforts that installing Mozilla).

  11. Re:Some popups are good on Public Outcry Over Popup Ads · · Score: 2

    The problem with both Mozilla and Konqueror is that you cannot easily re-enable popups for certain links without reconfiguring the browser. Popups don't work even if I use "open in another window" in Konqueror.

  12. Kapital on Ask Shawn Gordon About theKompany · · Score: 2

    Just wait to be sued by the ghost of Karl Marx.

  13. Re:Does it bother anyone else... on Your Daily Dose of Microsoft · · Score: 2
    I would be scared that I wouldn't be able to open up my computer until the phone lines were a little less congested.
    Buy a screwdriver. I bought one in Walmart and it works just fine for me.
  14. Re:Just playing catch-up is not good enough on Reverse Engineering .NET - Good, Bad or Inevitable? · · Score: 1

    Autoconf, Automake and Libtool don't have analogs in the closed-source world. They have been designed (and are being designed) by free software developers. All three are large, complicated projects that would require years to reimplement.

  15. Re:Why Not More Original Names? on Adobe Threatens KIllustrator Over Name · · Score: 1
    The difference is that GAIM embeds an acronym where "A" stands for AIM, AOL ultimately for America. So it's like GNU/GNOME/Gtk+ America Online Instant Messenger.

    On the other hand, Illustrator is a dictionary word, not an acronym.

  16. How ironic! on Blow-by-Blow Account of the OSDN Outage · · Score: 2
    This has not been OSDN's finest week. But we thought it was better to give you the full rundown than try to pretend we're perfect.
    The irony is thick.
  17. Re:Isn't it a bit irresponsible of slashdot ... on Sun Closes Solaris Source Sales June 30 · · Score: 1

    My first thought was you are concerned about gnutella, which is already too slow.

  18. Re:It's either forced compliance or forced lying on MSDN Subscriber Forced to use Passport · · Score: 1
    Do you really feel that you are lying when you enter something like

    1337 Cyberpunk Ave.
    Foobar Harbor, NV 10101

    This cannot deceive anybody with a clue. On the other hand, I don't mind lying to computers.

  19. In other news ... on Image Processing By Example · · Score: 3
    For example, given a Van Gogh painting, the algorithm can process other images to look somewhat as if they were painted by Van Gogh.
    Another algorithm, given a post on Slashdot, can produce comments to look as if they were created by Slashdot readers.
  20. Best luck! on OpenBSD gets brand-new packet filter · · Score: 2
    I'm sorry for OpenBSD folks who have almost been forced to write a new IP filter. But sometimes it's useful to rewrite something from scratch, especially for software so critical for security.

    Judging by OpenSSH, the OpenBSD team is capable of reimplementing complex software in a short time span. I wish them luck with the new project.

    I just hope that unlike OpenSSH they won't make two versions - native and portable.

  21. Another reason to encrypt all your mail on Get Spam From Your Friends · · Score: 2

    and discard unencrypted parts if an encrypted part is present.

  22. Re:Quote from Gandhi on Microsoft EULA stokes crusade · · Score: 1
    How can you judge someone whose name you misspelled three times?

    By the way, why are you AC? You fear moderators clubbing your karma, don't you?

  23. Quote from Gandhi on Microsoft EULA stokes crusade · · Score: 1
    Gandhi said:
    First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.
    Look, Microsoft doesn't laugh anymore!
  24. Re: fp on VA Layoff Rumors · · Score: 5

    How about LAST post? What if /. closes tomorrow?

  25. $0 - time not included on Linux Descending into DLL Hell? · · Score: 2
    It takes time. A lot of time. Especially if you are not familiar with that system.

    I tested QNX this weekend and found a bug in the glib configuration sccript. Yes, I have already reported it.

    But I spend hours trying (in vain) to make QNX work with my network card. Finally I gave up and had to reboot every time when I needed some sources.

    Not to mention that it doesn't read ReiserFS, so I had to use a FAT partition to tranfer the files.

    I could have made 5 patches in that time. Not to say that I regret this experience, but the "regular" QNX users would be more effective in discovering the problems, while I could concentrate on fixing them without having to fight with my hardware.