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  1. Re:Isn't the Bible and Instruction manual? on Thyne Oldest Known Tech Manual · · Score: 1

    Yes. I think there are some instructions on boat building given to some guy named Noah.

    Right...What's a cubit?

  2. Re:been using openoffice on Koffice 1.3 Released · · Score: 1

    I kind of liked the fact that it installed in less than 10 seconds. I can't use it for production-quality manuals, but I can pop it up, edit a document and print it before oo has finished loading.

  3. That suggests a good idea on Joel Rants About Resumes · · Score: 2, Funny


    Instead of bringing in candidates and quizzing them with stock questions to find out how bright they are, make the world's hardest instructions for applying and then just bring in the ones who follow them. I see a lot of people who are incapable of reading and following directions and I believe that they generally are not good employees, so it seems like a fair part of the selection process.

  4. The cause has been found on Spirit Sends Debug Information to Earth · · Score: 4, Funny

    Fortunately, the cause of the blackout has been located and will be corrected soon.

  5. You know what they say on Spirit Sends Debug Information to Earth · · Score: 4, Interesting

    A diagnostic is what runs when nothing else will.

  6. Re:IANARS, so I wonder... on Saving Hubble · · Score: 1

    Cut him some slack. He's thinking of SOHO which is at the L1 Lagrange point. Nowhere near close enough to get to by shuttle, as you pointed out.

  7. Re:The goods on Electronic Burglary in the Senate · · Score: 1

    The senate has their own Ethics Manual which should result in penulties for "improper conduct".

    From the manual: "In 1811, the Senate censured Senator Thomas Pickering for reading a confidential communication on the Senate floor, despite the fact that there was no written rule prohibiting such conduct."

  8. Re:What's the advantage here? on Shrinking the PC is a Zen Thing · · Score: 1

    Thanks for demonstrating my point. From the page that you linked to:

    "If adequate case cooling is not provided then the NCU-1000 may not be sufficient to cool systems that will operate under continuous full load conditions"

    Yeah, thats a great improvement, there. The shuttle pipes the heat to the radiator which is in front of the only fan. Very elegant design.

  9. Re:What's the advantage here? on Shrinking the PC is a Zen Thing · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Take a look at the cooler. The shuttle has a much better story on cooling than using a separate CPU fan. The Shuttle is quieter and cooler than the desktop it replaced, including CPU temp. PCs haven't changed the cooling design since the original IBM which was around 60W, IIRC. Its long overdue.

    I just got a Shuttle (slightly larger, with internal power). There's room on my desk now for my papers and a cat. I'm hoping that my monitor dies soon so I can get a flat screen.

  10. Re:A GOOD use for the Terminator Gene (big "?") on Lawsuit Filed Against Unregulated GloFish · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's right. The plants that pick up the gene would be unable to reproduce and would all die out! Pretty soon all you would have left would be the plants without the gene!

    Oh, wait...

  11. Re:Obligatory on Did SCO Actually Buy What it Thought? · · Score: 1


    I don't know about the 23rd month, but right now is called Checkuary (the month after December where you're still writing 2003 on checks).

  12. Re:Not at all unspecified on SCO Responds to OSDL Legal Aid Announcement · · Score: 1

    I'm going to go way out on a limb here and say that, No, IBM will not be satisfied with what SCO provides.

    Whether anything leaks out depends on whether it will help or hurt IBM's defense. If there's something trivial that's easily removed, they might leak, Linus cleans the kernel, and SCO has no case. On the other hand, cleaning infringing code from the kernel might be viewed as an admission of wrongdoing.

    I'm an engineer dammit, not a lawyer

  13. Re:Obligatory on Did SCO Actually Buy What it Thought? · · Score: 4, Informative

    I think you must be using longer minutes than I am.

    According to Groklaw [find your own damn link] SCO needs to reply by 1/11/04 and the hearing on the Motions to Compel will be on 1/23/04.

  14. Re:Just in time for the Superbowl ad on HP Licenses Apple's iPod & iTMS · · Score: 1

    Let's see. The makers of the LaserJet will want to use either Garamond or Helvetica. Please, just no more Times New Roman.

    Oh. and there is "a rat" in separate.

  15. Re:I really liked the original version better on The State Of The GTK+ File Selector · · Score: 1

    We started down the slippery slope when colorls was turned on by default in some distros.

    AAAAAGH! My EYES My EYES

  16. Re:We have forgotten on SCO - What have WE Forgotten? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Edgar form 4 reports insider trades. Why are people still investing? The insiders are cashing in stock options like crazy.

  17. Re:How is this objective? on Microsoft Rolls Out New Anti-Linux Ad Campaign · · Score: 1

    Troll.

    IDC is owned by IDG. (Don't know what happened to IDD, IDE or IDF).

  18. Re:Swinging back to a balance on Bangalore Beats Silicon Valley · · Score: 1

    If there is anything holding India back now, it is government corruption, civil strife, and the struggle with Pakistan.

    Most of what is holding India back is lack of capital. Look at how well the micro-loan programs are working there. Fortunately (for them) the tech industry is doing a massive infusion of capital.

    The eventual outcome is that they cut out the middleman and work for themselves. Expect large businesses to be created that serve the needs of the growing Asian markets, and that don't expect their customers to learn English.

    If you think this is a temporary fad, just go try to buy a US-made TV.

  19. Re:A review of a service pack on Windows XP SP2 Beta Reviewed · · Score: 1


    Hey, it beats the "New Cell Phone Released" articles.

  20. Re:does compiled code infringe too? on SCO Invokes DMCA, Names Headers, Novell Steps In · · Score: 1

    Plaintiff's first argument is that Defendants have copied the filenames and header files from 32V. ... One fact does seem clear: the header files, filenames, and function names used by Defendants are not trade secrets.

    The ruling from Judge Debevoise was on whether the header files could be considered trade secrets. Berkeley had a license to copy and distribute derivative works, so the trade secret argument was an attempt to prevent them from distributing the source. The judge ruled for the Defendents.

  21. Re:What's good for the goose is good for the gande on Replaced by Outsourcing -- What's a Geek to Do? · · Score: 2, Interesting


    A company I used to work for had 2 IT guys: the manager and the worker, and laid off the worker. Before leaving, he fired off an abusive companywide email, messed up the servers, and changed the root passwords. When management found out that the manager couldn't fix the problems, they fired him and rehired the worker, who made less money anyway. No charges, no retaliation, just business.

    I always thought it was a good decision.

  22. Coincidence? I think not. on New Battlestar Galactica - Worth a Series? · · Score: 1


    While we're at it:

    12 months in a year!
    12 grades in US schools!
    12 hours on a clock!
    12 Days of Christmas!
    12 steps in the AA program!
    12 tribes of Israel!
    12 monkeys in, er, Twelve Monkeys!

    methinks there are too many twelves about...

  23. Re:Stock Charts on SCO Investor Changing the Deal · · Score: 2, Interesting

    From finance.yahoo.com

    Shares Outstanding:13.85M
    Float:7.50M
    % Held by Insiders:45.83%
    % Held by Institutions:31.82%
    Shares Short (as of 10-Nov-03):1.62M

    Since the insiders better not be shorting the stock (or uh-oh, SEC) that means over 20% of the available stock IS being shorted.

  24. Re:I don't think this will work.. on Spamholes Fighting Spammers · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yeah. The address will be ajksajkshs@yahoo.com, now what?

    Even if the spamware doesn't detect this now, it will by tomorrow. As a mail admin, I current use 2 RBL blocklists, + hardcoded addresses for serious offenders telesp.net.br and shawcable.net + Bayesian filter. I still get spam in my inboxes.

    Spammers aren't stupid, just evil.

  25. Re:traffic.equals(noise) returns false on Europe Begins Noise Mapping Effort · · Score: 1

    Good idea.

    I just read an article about the Prius. Its one of the few cars that gets better mileage in city driving vs. highway, since the gas engine is off most of the time. Its also quieter in the city. Of course, US refuses to impose tighter mileage requirements, and I note that since SUVs are getting a bad name, the car ads are now pushing 7-passenger "mini" vans. Makes no sense.