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  1. Re:Good News! but... on Appeals Court Rules Against RIAA in DMCA Subpoena Case · · Score: 2, Informative

    This really has nothing to do with that - only that the ISP cannot be compelled to release the data, and that the DMCA does not apply to peer-to-peer file sharing.

  2. Dude, yer gettin' a Dell! on RealNetworks Sues Microsoft Over Antitrust Issues · · Score: 2, Informative

    Try specing out a Home/Home office Dell PC where they DON'T CRAM REAL PLAYER DOWN YOUR THROAT.

    At least it's optional in the business computers. I really don't see that they have anything to complain about.

  3. Hooray! on Ditching your Landline Just Got Easier · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    As if enough o*--- riends are get*==shh* rid of lan*==-- lines and going j***st with ce*==== ones.

    So many people say that no other product would survive if it worked like some OSes did, crashing all the time. Cell phones are 10x worse, and they're EVERYWHERE.

  4. Re:AFV == Bad Bad Bad on Artistic Freedom Vouchers Proposed · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Even worse, they can feel free to rip off anyone, so you'll invariably get great songwriters starving to death while Britney and Justin sing their songs. Many people will abandon art as a career altogether since they can expect no protection for anything the sweat over.

    Why not just allow people to spend "money they have" on "music and art?" This "freedom" voucher (freedom from income for a lot of artists) idea takes the worst of socialism (as opposed to the less worse parts ;))and adds a tiny bit of free choice.

  5. Re:My own experience from No Windows to XP... on Linux Users Try FreeBSD 5, Windows · · Score: 1

    Apple was the one that introduced Apple-C, Apple-V, etc. of course, because nobody else had an Apple key. :) But they picked z,x,c,and v to emulate Wordstar's keystrokes.

    http://www.macopinion.com/columns/macskeptic/00/05 /19/

    And the basic keystroke is still essentially universal regardless of who invented it - it may be a different key, control, command, apple, whatever, but it's all fairly consistent on Windows and Mac, and at least on the Linux distros that I've used more recently. They all use c,v, and x, and a typical shift-type modifier key.

  6. Re:My own experience from No Windows to XP... on Linux Users Try FreeBSD 5, Windows · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It seems to partly go the other way around, but just as illogically - their hatred of the "Evil Empire(TM)" causes them to nit pick or outright fabricate technical issues with Windows. And the "popular == bad" theme is certainly tangible. It reminds me of Indie Rock Pete from Diesel Sweeties. ;)

    Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V is universal to Windows, Mac, and Linux. Deal with it. Windows Update lets you pick which items to install or not install. You can make yourself a non-priveleged user in WinXP too. And holding Linux up as an ease-of-install bar for Windows to meet is a joke.

    There are certainly issues (default user is admin, IE sucks, OE sucks...) but I don't know how a lot of these "Linux guy using Windows" complaints get created.

  7. Never had any success on the other end on Have You Personally Used an Honest Head Hunter? · · Score: 1

    I had given my resume to a few techie headhunter groups (looking for a job, not an employee), and all they did was search and compare acronyms and words they don't understand.

    I'd really try to prequalify them to see if they've gotten any better. It was a couple of years ago last try, but I've spoken with 2-3 of them.

  8. Re:Moral compass? on Mandrake Linux 9.2, Adware Version · · Score: 4, Funny

    That pretty much leaves only one advertiser that might want to target Linux users. ;)

  9. Re:Interface options on Low-power FM Transmitters Banned in UK · · Score: 1

    There are other FM transmitters, but you might consider using one of these. They fake the in-dash stereo's CD changer input into thinking it's there and playing CD 1 track 1. That selects the analog input, and you just hook anything up to it.

  10. I think this was the newsworthy portion.... on Windows Tech Writer Looks at Linux · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The gift came to me via David and Roger, two very nice, not pushy, Linux missionaries who are involved with the coming Linux Installfest.

    It wouldn't hurt to have more of their type.

  11. Re:I've been begging on Small Footprint Computers · · Score: 1

    http://www.amulettechnologies.com/

    Try these guys - you can write the GUI as HTML with special functions, and it interfaces to a standard serial port. Nice, rapid development, if a little pricey.

  12. Re:Double-take? on QuarkXPress 6 For Mac OS X · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, but I got whiplash when I saw the $899.95 pricetag! :)

    Damn, no wonder Diablo II didn't sell well. That's steep.

  13. Or get them for Boxing Day.... on iRobot Moves Into Your House · · Score: 1

    Rock 'em, Sock 'em, iRobots!

  14. Interesting that it focusses so much on the Repubs on Pay to Play the U.S. Way · · Score: 5, Insightful
    http://www.opensecrets.org/overview/topcontribs.as p?cycle=2002

    Please take not of who has the most lopsided and largest donations. Notice the movie studios at #1 and #3? Care about fair use at all?

    I'm certainly not trying to make the Repubs out to be the good guys, but the Dems aren't going to save you from big money influence.

    Real election reform

  15. For a few hours or days of work? on Helping Your Ex-Employer? · · Score: 2

    If you could get it, great, but it isn't going to happen. There's a reason this person was laid off - most likely financial, since they were called back to fix a problem - so why would they pay them for all that time?

  16. Wow, and they still pale in comparison.... on Microsoft's Political Lobbying Record · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ...to the grotesque and lopsided amount of influence big labor has. But wait, they're for the "little guy" just like the Democrats. Hah. Vote Libertarian.

    http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/

    Blue Chip Investors
    Top Donor Dossiers

    Here you'll find total contributions for the 100 biggest givers in American politics since 1989--information that exists nowhere else. Read the full report. Read about our methodology.

    * View top organizational givers by rank
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    Top 10 donors:
    American Fedn of State, County & Municipal Employees $30,671,426
    National Education Assn $21,116,383
    National Assn of Realtors $20,414,385
    Assn of Trial Lawyers of America $19,931,717
    Philip Morris $18,951,671
    Teamsters Union $18,858,733
    Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers $18,394,547
    American Medical Assn $18,377,814
    Service Employees International Union $17,647,346
    Communications Workers of America $17,597,372

  17. Why not GPL reading comprehension too? on Congress Members Oppose GPL for Government Research · · Score: 2

    Congress is not trying to "outlaw the GPL" as the article and submission suggest. They want to avoid GPLing a very specific sector of Federally funded research.

  18. It's a misprint on Small Webcasters get Powerful New Ally · · Score: 5, Funny

    He's an 800 year old gorilla.

  19. Re:I wanna know... on Cringley Asking for 12 Month Predictions · · Score: 2

    If you can buy a robot to send to work, then your boss can buy a robot to save you having to buy one.

    If a robot can do your job, I suggest you expand your job skills.

  20. Re:Night vision on Laser Vision Surgery for Developers? · · Score: 2

    I'll try not to post early in a discussion, and wait for it to fully play out before I add any links next time. ;)

    As I said, I had just heard it mentioned recently, and there were precious few posts on the subject beyond a few trolls. I certainly don't suggest taking it as the only source of info on Lasik.

  21. Night vision on Laser Vision Surgery for Developers? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Lasik can harm your night vision, among other things. For such a distance-specific task as programming, you're probably much better off with glasses (and much safer).

    I don't know much about this site, but I'd just heard about it: http://www.lasiktruth.com/. Look around, I've heard a lot of bad stuff second hand about it.

  22. They missed everything ESR said on Worst and Best Predictions on Technology · · Score: 5, Funny

    Like Microsoft collapsing in 6 months back in 2000, and more recently, Windows becoming obsolete with the advent of the new $299 Linux boxes from WalMart.

  23. QNX on Licensing Software to Individual vs. Corporation? · · Score: 3, Informative

    QNX does this - free *nixy RTOS for non-commercial use.

  24. That's a trivial savings on If You Port It, They Will Come · · Score: 2

    You can get lower quantities of CDs (~1000) pressed with inserts and jewel cases for around a buck a piece, and I don't mean CDRs. Saving $1 vs. having a whole separate or multifunction development team to redo significant portions of the application....they would have to sell a ridiculous number of applications to recoup that.

    It's not the material or recurring costs that are the problem.

  25. Re:If debuggers could sing.... on Does Your Debugger Sing to You? · · Score: 2

    "One Ton of Errors" to the tune of Guantanamera.

    "Insects" by Oingo Boingo. Or the other song by the same name by the Kids of Widney High.