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  1. Re:Sorry... on Web Designers Ignoring Standards and Support IE Only · · Score: 1

    No, it works in mozilla too. Its also just a relational link, definatly not breaking standards, and no browser is required to support them either. So please find another example.

  2. Re:Why wait for Palladium to switch to Mac? on MS Palladium Patent · · Score: 2

    Wow, sorry for the grammer. Let me rewrite that.
    IE itself doesn't handle displaying PNG files on the Mac. The Mac has a very good system for seemless integration of different products. Quicktime displays the PNG files on Mac IE, as it can in Windows, but does it seemlessly. MS Office for example on the Mac can call upon the default image editing program (assuming program is written to specs), which is generally Abode, and can allow you to edit an image extensivly inside Word.

  3. Re:Why wait for Palladium to switch to Mac? on MS Palladium Patent · · Score: 2, Insightful

    IE itself doesn't handle the PNGs the Mac has a very cross product support. So any program can display PNGs quicktime, and it works seemlessly, unlike quicktime on windows. This is the same reason Office is supperior it can call on third party apps to do a lot of its work for it, and remain seemless.

  4. Re:This genetic algorithm doesn't have sex on Beyond Dvorak via Genetic Algorithm · · Score: 1

    Well for the bacteria themselves, these mutations are possitive, even if you don't like them.

  5. Re:Pi in the 4th dimension? on Pi In The 4th Dimension · · Score: 1

    Sorry thats the volume, surface area is 4pi(r^2).

  6. Re:Pi in the 4th dimension? on Pi In The 4th Dimension · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Well surface area of a sphere is S=(4/3)pi(r^3)
    so that means pi=S/r^3(3/4)
    But its the same pi but it you have to modify it with a 4/3 and I'm sure you could expand it another
    dimension and you'd need a different modifier, don't feel like calculating it right now, but I don't see any reason to think the actual value of pi would ever change.

  7. Re:Hey, this reminds me on P2P Streaming Radio · · Score: 1

    Yes, at the www.edonkey2000.com site duh.
    BTW if you read stuff about "flock" its the same thing, thecy changed the name reently, personally I prefer flock.

  8. Re:how about source ? on P2P Streaming Radio · · Score: 1

    Untill you provide a windows binary, its not going to get the serious attention you obviously want.

  9. Re:Money on Why Magic Online Will Suck · · Score: 1

    Yea, thats why in hindsight I added "in the long run" of course in the short run as the game is free people will buy cards to buy the game. But I think they are going to eventually have to make the virtual cards much cheaper once everyone that is going to obtain the game has and many become unwilling to spend as much as they ask for.

  10. Re:The USA owns the moon, stupid. on Moon Rock Winds Up In Court · · Score: 1

    Actually the US signed a treaty with Russia way back when that said neither of us can claim land rights on the moon. The rock could be considered part of that, but I doupt it, you didn't have to claim land rights in the old west to get some gold from it, just to keep others from doing the same. Anyways of course this treaty will bite us when china starts claiming rights to all the land on the moon.

  11. Re:They don't need to GPL their own work... on DishPVR 721 Review · · Score: 1

    Yes, but there is a good chance that they modified the kernel slighly to make it work on the specific hardware. That is what people want, so they can remod it themselves and make it work on any hardware. Now if they were smart they did this through modules that arn't directly parts of the kernel and don't have to be released. But we will see.

  12. Re:Virtual Cards on Why Magic Online Will Suck · · Score: 1

    Yes, but now they are saying you have to have a complete set before you can trade them in. Which makes it very cost prohibative to do so. And making the price of the online cards very unreasonable.

  13. Re:HUH? on Improv Animation as an Art Form? · · Score: 1

    Yes, and that is the biggest thing that worries me about the possibility of startrek style object creation. If IP continues the way its going, everything will have copyright on it. And we will be screwed. Though honestly no matter what happends such a device will screw up the economy for a while, all matters on how long it takes us to adapt.

  14. Money on Why Magic Online Will Suck · · Score: 1

    And of course they are charging the same and in many cases higher prices (as you can find them in card stores on sale for cheaper often) for the virtual cards. Who in their right mind is going to pay more for a virtual sealed deck than they would a real life one. I don't see it happening. (Well its going to happen, but not in the long run)

  15. Re:why does freenetproject.org condone child porn on U.S. Government Certified Wireless Security Products? · · Score: 0
    Actual quote.
    What about kiddie porn, offensive content or terrorism?


    While most people wish that child pornography and terrorism did not exist, humanity should not be deprived of their freedom to communicate just because of how a very small number of people might use that freedom.


    They are not condoning child porn, but admitting that freenet might assist, and saying that yes, its bad. But free speach is more important. Its about the same thing as someone saying yes the internet helps people spread child porn. But are you gonna take down the entire internet because of it?

  16. Re:to state the obvious on U.S. Government Certified Wireless Security Products? · · Score: 1

    Back when the government was pushing for key escrow, sure. Nowadays, no I doupt it.

  17. Re:Commercial does *not* mean closed on Ransom Love to Focus on UnitedLinux · · Score: 1

    This post written with %50 free software, %50 closed software, and wrapped in a bundle of x86 brand hardware. (Mozilla in Windows)

  18. Re:The Leopard Can't Change His Spots on Ransom Love to Focus on UnitedLinux · · Score: 1

    The chip in PI I know it had only a few pins on it, but are you sure it was only 4? But I guess that would work, really depends, if the entire computer is in the chip, why not. Feed instructions in it, wait for god to come out of it.

  19. Re:HUH? on Improv Animation as an Art Form? · · Score: 1

    There is no such thing as a free lunch
    Duh. Sorry for not looking it up first :)

  20. Re:HUH? on Improv Animation as an Art Form? · · Score: 2

    What does TANSTAAFL stand for?

  21. Re:Not sure how this will help. on AOL Developing Cheap Switch for Audio Streaming · · Score: 2

    At level 2 you have hardware addresses, at level 3 you have IP (or other high level non local network) addresses. Its all about the OSI model. Its basically a switch that can understand IP addresses. They can do level 2 also, level 1 btw is the medium, fiber vs copper vs radio etc

  22. Re:If if changes the Unix/Linux security model, fi on Analyzing Palladium · · Score: 1

    Unix has encypted file systems too, obviously the encrypted part would lead to cause files to only be readable with by the user, and the private key, even if stored on the same computer is only half the key along with a long password. Though if NT does support this by default, and have a good way of handling it I guess that makes it better in some ways. As the standard linux kernel can't handle that by default, but its easy to add on.

  23. Re:And they needed the FBI for this? on FBI Raids Homes and Seizes Bandwidth Pirates' PCs · · Score: 1

    Well in Florida you loose your drivers license for a little while for driving away from a pump without paying (hopefully they have to prove intent but I don't know) Just to let you know.

  24. Re:If if changes the Unix/Linux security model, fi on Analyzing Palladium · · Score: 1

    I really don't know windows very well, but I'm sure there is one account (superadmin??) that can change these privilages. Which is basically root.
    In Unix you don't have to give all your admins root priveleges, in fact you don't have to give any of them root privilages. Just one person needs it incase something breaks, which I'm sure is true in the windows world that you need a superuser in case something major breaks. Everyone else can be given just the priveleges they need.

  25. Re:Where can I Dowload a free Lindows ISO? on Interview with Joseph Cheek of Lycoris · · Score: 1

    I saw it yesterday on www.sharereactor.com which is simply an index of real proper programs on edonkey
    www.edonkey2000.com