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  1. Re:Maybe they will stop lying on McNealy Steps Down as Sun Microsystems CEO · · Score: 1

    I have several. But they charge interest and the sun deal did not.

    All I wanted was for Sun to honor their ad. Is that too much to ask?

  2. Maybe they will stop lying on McNealy Steps Down as Sun Microsystems CEO · · Score: 1

    Maybe this will stop Sun's habit of lying. Rememer the Ultra 20 (AMD) for 30 per month that was really 450.00 for the first year then 360 per year for the next two years because their backend system 'could not handle monthly payments'?

  3. Re:17" Monitor on Apple Announced 17" MacBook Pro · · Score: 1

    Sorry - I should have said New Displays that were still supported by the OEM. Also implied what not paying an arm and a leg for them.

    Plus THE ARE NOT 1680x1050 panels - they are 1600x1024, cost more than 21 LCD's of that resolution and have a slower response time and not as many inputs.

  4. Re:17" Monitor on Apple Announced 17" MacBook Pro · · Score: 1

    That is 220.00 US more than my Gateway FPD2185w 1680x1050 panel...IOW it is a rip off.

  5. Warning. on Apple Announced 17" MacBook Pro · · Score: 1, Interesting

    This is a First Gen product from apple a company who doesn't exactly have the best track record with 1st gen products. You may wish to wait 3-4 months till the next revision comes out if stability is important to you.

    But the 1680x1050 panel is nice. Wish I could buy a couple of 17 inch LCDs that size.

  6. Re:Don't forget - The MySQL Protocol is proprietar on How To Set Up A Load-Balanced MySQL Cluster · · Score: 2, Informative

    The text I posted is a direct copy from the official MySQL site. If you click the underlined text it will take you to their site.

    It isn't my fault that MySQL believe it.

  7. Re:Since when... on Code Monkey Like Fritos · · Score: 1

    Since OOG SMASH HEAD WITH OPEN SOURCE CD!

    happy now - i didn't use too many caps.

  8. Don't forget - The MySQL Protocol is proprietary. on How To Set Up A Load-Balanced MySQL Cluster · · Score: 4, Informative

    The MySQL Protocol is proprietary.

    The MySQL Protocol is part of the MySQL Database Management System. As such, it falls under the provisions of the GNU Public License (GPL). A copy of the GNU Public License is available on MySQL's web site, and in the product download.

    Because this is a GPL protocol, any product which uses it to connect to a MySQL server, or to emulate a MySQL server, or to interpose between any client and server which uses the protocol, or for any similar purpose, is also bound by the GPL. Therefore if you use this description to write a program, you must release your program as GPL. Contact MySQL AB if you need clarification of these terms or if you need to ask about alternative arrangements.

    http://dev.mysql.com/doc/internals/en/licensing-no tice.html

  9. Re:Nice selective quoting on Asus PW191 LCD Review · · Score: 1

    The Gateway PDF2185W is a rather nice 1680x1050 panel.

  10. Re:iPod pico on 8 & 10 GB iPod Nanos Rumored · · Score: 1

    Guess that means that only techno and rap will be available at launch... :)

  11. Re:OT: Re: .sig on Tilting At Windmills · · Score: 1

    Login in or send me an email and I just might shutup.

  12. Re:OT: Re: .sig on Tilting At Windmills · · Score: 1

    He could have sold some of his Disney stock...Not a good sign when the CEO of the company doesn't keep the stock.

  13. Unfucking possible. on Tilting At Windmills · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is impossible - everyone knows that it is the republicans and big business that are against the environment and that all liberals and environmental groups are for it...

    *bangs head into wall*

  14. Ebay fees on eBay Looking for Allies Against Google · · Score: 1

    If Ebay would cut it's fees it would have nothing to fear from Google. But ebay rather likes increasing it's fees at 2 to 4 times the rate of inflation.

  15. Re:This should be fun on Growing Censorship Concerns at Digg · · Score: 1

    Your name would be nice.

  16. Re:This should be fun on Growing Censorship Concerns at Digg · · Score: 1

    Nice to see you are back! Why don't you email me so I will know who you are?

  17. Re:This should be fun on Growing Censorship Concerns at Digg · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So was mine - it is only in the past 12 or so months that I have been able to mod again.

  18. National Franchise. on Prying Open the Cable Market · · Score: 1

    The 'benefit' of a National Franchise is that is would allow companies to cherry pick the areas within a city the server. None of this providing service to the entire city crap...

  19. Re:Opposing Opinion on AOL Allegedly Censors 'Email Tax' Opponents · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Clinton did the same sort of things...

    Face it - both sides are corrupt as hell.

  20. Re:And much drama abounds on Pregnancy In Second Life · · Score: 1

    islam isn't exactly friendly to homosexuals either...

  21. Re:I disagree on I, Woz · · Score: 1

    "According to Atari Founder Nolan Bushnell, Atari had offered $100 for each chip that was reduced in the machine. Jobs had little interest or knowledge in circuit board design, and made a deal with Wozniak to split the bonus evenly between them if Wozniak could minimize the number of chips. Much to the amazement of Atari, Wozniak reduced the number of chips by 50, a design so tight that it was impossible to reproduce on an assembly line. At the time, Jobs told Wozniak that Atari had only given them $500 (rather than $5000), and that Wozniak's share was thus $250. [7]"

    http://www.google.com/search?q=steve+wozniak+jobs+ split&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&r ls=org.mozilla:en-US:official

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs

    http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/hackers/steve-wo zniak/

    "When Steve Jobs worked at Atari, the company was working on creating the arcade game Breakout, which required 80 Integrated Circuits (ICs). The less ICs there were, the cheaper the games would be to produce, so Nolan Bushnell (Atari's president) offered $100 for every IC that could be knocked out of the design. Jobs brought Woz the challenge, and over four days and nights at Atari they put together a design that only required 30 ICs. Bushnell gave Jobs his $5000 bonus, which Jobs "split" with Wozniak by telling him it was a $700 bonus, giving him "half," or $350. Woz was delighted, but years later found out the truth. And cried."

    Jobs, current CEO of APPLE, made the decision to sell Apple stock when he could have sold other stock to cover his taxes on the vesting. Jobs can say apple is going to do great but his actions show that he doesn't really believe it.

  22. Re:I disagree on I, Woz · · Score: 0, Troll

    I have know several execs who are just like Jobs in that they lie and steal from their best friends and workers.

    Don't forget the times that Jobs lied to Woz about how much their got paid...

  23. Re:So in other words on IBM Hardwires Encryption Into Chips · · Score: 1

    Don't forget that GBW said that he would have signed the AWB renewel had it gotten to his desk.

  24. Clipper Chip??? on IBM Hardwires Encryption Into Chips · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Like the last adminstration would have liked this tech? Face it - neiter party in DC likes anything that takes power away from them.

  25. Re:No It's Not Interesting on Bruce Perens on the Status of Open Source · · Score: 1

    When did /. turn into DU and/or FR? :)