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  1. Warning: This post is pedantic nitpicking on Testing ISP Censorship · · Score: 1

    So you have 25/36 cents?

    10cents/12ISPs * 5/6 ISP = 25/36 cents.

    If you were implying you have a penny, then you have 1.2 ISPs.

  2. Re:How much longer can this last? on SCO posts Q2 Loss, Gets $11k from Linux · · Score: 1

    Who's going to wind up with the Unix IP rights after SCO's demise?

    Novell? Especially since they still claim to own them.

  3. Re:Already delisted? on SCO posts Q2 Loss, Gets $11k from Linux · · Score: 4, Informative

    You're looking on the wrong exchange. SCOX is listed on NASDAQ, not NYSE.

  4. Re:The military use it on Is Caps Lock Dead? · · Score: 1

    Though, later data systems (cf. TACFIRE) used 6-bit ASCII, and were constrained to upper case.

  5. Re:Slashdot Page Layout Bug on Mozilla 1.7, Firefox 0.9 Release Candidates Out · · Score: 1

    For those who may be interested it's bug # 217527 (and it appears targeted for 1.8a2, darn it).

  6. Re:Depressing issue. on NewsForge On U.S. Advice To EU On Software Patents · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Actually, it's sarcasm. Perhaps if you RTFA, you'd see that roblimo's proposal is completely tongue in cheek.

  7. Slashdot Page Layout Bug on Mozilla 1.7, Firefox 0.9 Release Candidates Out · · Score: 1


    Does 1.7 fix the Slashdot Page Layout bug? Or do we have to wait for 1.8 on that one?

  8. Re:Close but no cigar... on WIPO Broadcast Treaty Creates New Legal Rights for Broadcasters · · Score: 1

    So the treaties which the United States makes are legally binding according to the constitution (and rightly so, in my opinion).

    Assuming they don't violate the Constitution. AFAICT (IANACL -- I am not a constitutional lawyer), this particular clause was intended to make treaties coequal to federal law, but the Constitution trumps.

    If a treaty violates the US Constitution, then the US CAN NOT RATIFY IT.

    OK, it can ratify it, but the courts can make the government withdraw such ratification.

  9. Re:The fact that it is so difficult to administer. on What Keeps You Off of Windows? · · Score: 1

    Except, of course, for all those (undocumented) tweaks hidden in the Registry, with no GUI to manipulate them.

  10. Re:Soap on Tanenbaum Rebuts Ken Brown · · Score: 1

    No, no, no! Ken Brown will be revealed as Linus' evil twin!

  11. Re:They keep a log? on Text Messages in the Courts · · Score: 1

    So what happens when the disks in your mail servers crash?

    Do you have backups? Those are subpoena-able (is that even a word? :-P).

  12. Re:Expectation of privacy? on Text Messages in the Courts · · Score: 1

    No, Max. Not the Cone of Silence!

  13. Re:fcc is a necessary body on Should The FCC Be Abolished? · · Score: 4, Funny

    \i{The fcc exists primary to ensure radio waves continue to exist}

    I think Mr. Maxwell already took care of that.

  14. What did they find there on Atlantis: Discovered at Last? · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Did they find the Stargate there?

  15. Re:It works for Gentoo on GoboLinux Compile -- A Scalable Portage? · · Score: 1

    I don't use X, you insensitive clod!

  16. Re:Non-issue on GoboLinux Compile -- A Scalable Portage? · · Score: 1

    man ln

    In particular, look at the "-s" option.

  17. Re:I am now convinced on Sun Demurs On Open-Source Java · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I think you're right. I worked for Litton Data Systems for 17 years (disclaimer, Litton is now part of NorthropGrumman). During that time period, they were (unsucessfully) making the transition from being a hardware shop that did software as well, to a software and integration shop for COTS hardware and software.

    There was a lot of pain until the older upper management left (or was encouraged to leave).

    That sort of shift can kill a company, but if it survives it is much stronger (cf. IBM).

  18. When looking for a new job... on Parenting and a Career in Coding? · · Score: 1

    And when you're looking for a new job, make it clear that you have a family, and expect to have a family life.

    Even when I was recently unemployed, when I interviewed, I specifically asked, "I have a family. Will I be able to have a life if I work here?"

  19. Re:Exactly on Parenting and a Career in Coding? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Ditto. I worked for Litton for 17 years (before it became part of NG), and never had an issue.

  20. Re:managers can read... on Linux Today Founder Calls for Boycott of Linux Today · · Score: 1

    You forgot the part where he uses the cattle prod on the Temp-Op.

  21. Re:First Programming gig... on VisiCalc Turns 25, Creators Interviewed · · Score: 1

    Ditto. First paid consulting gig. Some guy wanted me to write a VisiCalc spreadsheet to help him run his biz. On an Apple III, running the Apple ][ emulator under SOS.

  22. Re:Putting USB flash drives... on Hi-speed USB2 Flash Drive Round-Up · · Score: 1

    So if you built a storage array with really expensive disks, would it be RAD?

  23. Re:Yahoo? on Yahoo Anti-Spy Favors Yahoo's Adware Partners? · · Score: 1

    their webmail is the best I've ever used

    You haven't tryed MyRealBox, have you? Plus, MyRealBox is by Novell, who I suspect that most /.ers want to support.

  24. Obviously... on Recording Industry Hopes To Hinder CD Burning · · Score: 1

    Obviously I won't be upgrading my current burner and software soon.

    Of course, I can check cdrecord for evil nasties, but I still won't be upgrading my burner in the future.

  25. Re:It's not only email disclaimers on An Analysis Of Email Disclaimers · · Score: 1

    Yeah. We have a relative who's always forwarding internet chain mail/urban myth letters.

    I finally got pissed off and told her, that I wouldn't mind if she directed it to me specifically and asked, "Is this for real?", but if I got them as part of a chain, my wife and I would be very pissed off at her.

    It seems to be working... I've gotten three "is this real?" emails in the past two weeks. I let her know if it's bogus or true, often with a Snopes reference (warning -- popups), or a reference to CIAC.

    Sometimes just telling someone to check their facts first works (yeah, I know, about the weather report in Hell).