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  1. Re:Well.. on Are Geeks in Saudi Arabia Just Like Us? · · Score: 1

    But what I have written of is the offical policy and law of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

    It isn't some lone org or crazy doing this, it is the goverment.

  2. Re:Geeks everywhere are (essentially) the same on Are Geeks in Saudi Arabia Just Like Us? · · Score: 1

    No. They stand by while this goes one. It is as much their fault as their rulers.

  3. Re:Geeks everywhere are (essentially) the same on Are Geeks in Saudi Arabia Just Like Us? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Don't give me that crap. Look at how women and other religions are treated in Saudi Arabia before you spout off.

    Women aren't even allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia and they have religious police that murdered school girls by not allowing them out of a burning building because they where not 'dressed' correctly. When you make the decision that dress in more important than the lives of kids you are a majorly fucked up society.

    I could go on, but I have work to do. If you wish, please feel free to continue this via email.

  4. Re:Umm... on Are Geeks in Saudi Arabia Just Like Us? · · Score: 1, Informative

    Because they believe that women are lesser creatures that have next to no rights?

    Look at how women and other religious minorities are treated before you start saying that other geeks are just like them.

    Do some research.

  5. Well.. on Are Geeks in Saudi Arabia Just Like Us? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Save for the fact that they treat women like lesser beings that have next to no rights...

  6. Re:Replace my stereo/DVD/CD? on Apple Introduces Logic Pro 6 and Logic Express · · Score: 1

    Logic board failures.
    LCD backlight failures.
    LCD spots.

    Just look at some of the past /. stories under the apple section.

  7. Re:Replace my stereo/DVD/CD? on Apple Introduces Logic Pro 6 and Logic Express · · Score: 1, Funny

    Because they want it to work for more than 12 months without having to pay expensive repair charges for a know problem?

  8. Re:Something Similiar on USPS Providing Electronic Postmarks · · Score: 1

    The post office is for profit.
    UPS/FEDEX/Airborne/DHL/etc... ALL pay gas/vehicle reg taxes.

    All for profit orgs that use roads pay taxes/reg fees. If you are a farmer you can get the tax back as credit if you fill out the correct paperwork.

  9. Re:Something Similiar on USPS Providing Electronic Postmarks · · Score: 1

    Bull shit. A private org would have to pay gas tax and they would have to pay to have their vehicles registered.

    The USPS does neither.

  10. Microsoft doesn't have an excuse. on Microsoft's Security Report Card · · Score: 0, Redundant

    They have 10-30 BILLION USD in cash/cash like assest s. Why don't the spend some of that to make their products more secure?

  11. Best Linux supported Wi-Fi card? on Wi-Fi Network Monitoring Tools? · · Score: 1

    What is the best, high powered 100mw-200mw, high sensitivity receiver pcmcia/pccard adapter you can buy that works great with Linux? External antenna ports are a plus.

    I have looked at the Senao 200mw cards and am thinking about buying one, good or bad choice?

  12. Not as bad as those idiots with 4 digit id's on How Spirit Takes Pictures · · Score: 1

    Don't forget how stupid those /.ers with 4 digit ids are.

  13. How did you find this out? on What is the Best Way to Handle a GPL Violation? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    How did you find out they where using your code? That might help us help you.

  14. My Bad! on Looking for Quark-Gluon Plasma? · · Score: 0

    Damn, I have it over her on this bookshelf some plac...

    *crash*

  15. Re:Sorry, but. on Fixing the Dreaded iBook Backlight? · · Score: 1

    And if the logicboard/lcd fails in month 11 they will replace it with a logicboard/lcd that has a good chance of having the same fault. Till they identify the root cause of these failures they should not leave their userbase out to dry.

    They are. Why? So they can save a few dollars. Not what I expect from a company that projects the image that apple does. Maybe other computer compannies do it, but apple is susposidly different.

  16. Re:"highend"? on Fixing the Dreaded iBook Backlight? · · Score: 1

    Apple is a "premium" and/or a "highend" brand. That is what the sell themselves as so they should back it up. And yes, if apple sells themselves as providing extra-good support they should provide it. It doesn't matter if it is a 1.00 part or a 5000 part.

    Why doesn't apple just extend the warranty for the parts they replace?

  17. Sorry, but. on Fixing the Dreaded iBook Backlight? · · Score: 1

    Sorry, but I am not going to trust their unwritten 'promise' to fix it. If they were really the 'highend' 'customer focused' company they claim to be the would extend the warranty on the replaced parts by 12 months. After all the sell a permium product so they should back it up.

  18. Re:I'm curious on Fixing the Dreaded iBook Backlight? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yes, it is a just a bunch of whiney people that purchased a product from a highend vendor that doesn't work.

    What are they going to do when the warranty runs out? Screen and logic board problems appear to be an ongoing thing with newer apple notebooks. Just sending it in and getting a temp fix doesn't help when it breaks again, out of warranty, because the root cause of the problem hasen't been fixed.

  19. Re:Well on Embedded Linux Tools Market a Myth? · · Score: 1

    I did not pass judegement on his article, I just pointed out he was coming from a slanted position.

    However, the website could use a editor/proofreader.

  20. Well on Embedded Linux Tools Market a Myth? · · Score: 3, Funny

    So let me get this straight, a person who sells a competing product says that a less expensive product is not as good as the one he makes.

    I also love there support for Native Win32 processors as you can see on this page. http://www.ghs.com/products/rtos/threadx.html

  21. Re:True That! on Apache Cookbook · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why do you say perl is ugly? It depends on the person writing it. I have seen some horrible PHP code in my lifetime, just like I have seen bad code in any number of languages.

  22. Re:Use Apache! on Apache Cookbook · · Score: 1

    The IBM J2EE web server is a rebadged version of Apache if I remember correctly.

  23. Re:vandalism just got a lot more fun for criminals on Wireless Street Lamps for Traffic Monitoring · · Score: 1

    The forced taking of money from someone could be called harm. One can not call it theft because it is done in an legal way, but that does not make it less harmful.

    From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :

    Harm \Harm\, n. [OE. harm, hearm, AS. hearm; akin to OS. harm,
    G. harm grief, Icel. harmr, Dan. harme, Sw. harm; cf. OSlav.
    & Russ. sram' shame, Skr. crama toil, fatigue.]
    1. Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.

    2. That which causes injury, damage, or loss.

  24. Re:Great way to detect traffic jams on Wireless Street Lamps for Traffic Monitoring · · Score: 1

    And since when did something being impossible stop a goverment from trying to do it?

  25. Re:It's official on Wireless Street Lamps for Traffic Monitoring · · Score: 1

    You don't get it. The british goverment is working on making this happen. And they are not being secret about it, the planning is out in the open. Just do a google search and/or a /. search and it will return links to official uk gov sites that detail what they wish to do.

    We in the USA never thought that things like the USA PATRIOT act would pass, but they did.