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  1. Re:George Lucas on LucasArts Embargoes "Clone Wars" Reviews · · Score: 1

    I wish I had mod points to give the grandparent, though I'd probably go for Interesting rather than Insightful.

  2. Re:Makes good points on Miguel De Icaza On Mono, Moonlight, and Gnome · · Score: 1

    What complete and utter bollocks. Are you telling me I can call from native to bytecode without linking an interpreter/VM to run it? .NET is, in your own words "only half a solution".

    Which shows you have no idea of what you're talking about - any .NET language can dynamically or implicitly load any exported module from another .NET language, complete with type info etc. Which is what the grandparent was talking about with a desktop written in .NET

  3. Re:Even more to ponder on this on Apparent Suicide In Anthrax Case · · Score: 1

    The weirdest thing about that aspect of the story is supposed significance of bentonite added to the anthrax material

    Worse than that - there never was any bentonite in the anthrax, it was a complete fabrication, either by the ABC or more likely its "government sources". But very handy for the WH to push its Iraq invasion.

    And your government allowed that lie to go uncorrected.

  4. Re:Sometimes it's valid on Hans Reiser Leads Police To Nina's Body · · Score: 1

    If somebody is put in a situation where they fear for their personal safety (or that of their offspring, etc), then it may be somewhat of a valid defense.

    Not disagreeing. I just get annoyed by (most) peoples assumptions that it can never apply to men. I've seen quite a few violent relationships where the abuser was a women, its very difficult for the man to get taken seriously in that case.

    From what I can tell, this doesn't apply in this case.

    Lack of information, we just don't know. But yes its probably not the case.

  5. Re:They did on Nasa Details Shuttle's Retirement · · Score: 1

    Half the reasons you have trouble with ME terrorists now is all the crap you guys (the USA) pulled under cover of cold war tactics.

    Its that CIA term - Blowkback, in action.

  6. Re:Some people are better off dead. on Hans Reiser Leads Police To Nina's Body · · Score: 1

    Also years of mental abuse have been used as a defence as well.

  7. Re:Some people are better off dead. on Hans Reiser Leads Police To Nina's Body · · Score: 1

    What makes you think Nina didn't do that to him?

  8. Re:Some people are better off dead. on Hans Reiser Leads Police To Nina's Body · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Actually women have been using the "he drove me to it" defence for murdering their husbands quite successfully for years.

  9. Implement P2P over POP/SMTP on ISPs to Ban P2P With New European Telecom Package? · · Score: 1

    That would screw with them - just try blocking email.

  10. Re:**THIS ONE IS EASY!** on FBI's New Eye Scan Database Raising Eyebrows · · Score: 1

    At least in the US, you have several rights and tenants under law that this would appear to violate:

    1. Innocent until proven guilty

    2. Right to avoid unreasonable search and seizure

    3. Right to be secure in your travels.

    Since this is presumably being done in a public forum for 'security' the 4th amendment will be a key issue.

    You haven't been following the news lately have you? Habeas Corpus is dead.

  11. Re:symbian development on Nokia to Acquire and Open Source Symbian · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Its become much *much* worse. The number of classes has increased to over 1700. Documentation is terrible. Code signing has immensely complicated everything.

    However python has become very capable with solid support from Nokia - we're using it for a commercial project. I suspect Nokia are planning to use it in place of the abomination Java has become on smartphones.

  12. Re:Will my tin foil hats on Tin Whiskers — Fact Or Fiction? · · Score: 1

    Wrong: only tin is effective. Why do you think aluminum foil was invented? It only exists to mislead fools like you into believing you are protected. Ok, *now* you've overstepped the bounds of paranoia! get yer tin foil hat on!
  13. Re:** How does this compare with VMWare server per on Ubuntu 8.04 Beta Released · · Score: 1

    Have you installed the guest video and mouse drivers for ubuntu? that makes quite a difference - optimised drivers for the vmware video "hardware". Also allows the mouse to transparently move from guest to host sessions.

    Also, have you tried VirtualBox? the latest versions are pretty good.

  14. Why Aren't More Linux Users Gamers? on Why Aren't More Linux Users Gamers? · · Score: 1

    Easy - because Linux has bugger all games people want to play.

  15. Re:Farewell on Arthur C. Clarke Is Dead At 90 · · Score: 1

    Wish there was a +5 humorous and respectful mod.

  16. Farewell Gary on D&D Co-Creator Gary Gygax Has Passed Away · · Score: 1

    You changed my life for the better, god speed where ever you are.

  17. Re:How much do you download? on In-Home Wireless Vs. Mobile Broadband · · Score: 1

    Lower class has a meaning, along the lines of "lessor" or "of less worth". Its a class ridden judgment inherited from England.

    Working class or poor would be more accurate and less judgemental. And the poster would look less like a dick.

  18. Re:How much do you download? on In-Home Wireless Vs. Mobile Broadband · · Score: 1
    May lower class people

    Dick.

  19. Its already there on Should IBM's SOM/DSOM Be Open Sourced? · · Score: 3, Funny
    Could the open-source community use a library packaging technology that enables languages to share class libraries regardless of the language an application was written in?

    Its called .NET or Mono

  20. Flamebait Article Title on Muslim Groups Attempt to Censor Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    *Asking* wikipedia to remove pictures is not censorship, its well "asking", as civilised people do when something offends them. Censorship would be using the law or threats. I note the referenced article doesn't mention censorship.

    And why are there no naked pictures of Zonk or his Wife on wikipedia? OMG! CENSORSHIP!

  21. What does this have to do with OCD? on Some People Just Never Learn · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "This finding has the potential to improve our understanding of the causes of addictive and compulsive behaviors."

    "stubbornness" or inability to learn from mistakes has zero to nothing to do with compulsive disorders. I notice the source paper makes no mention of cumpulsive behaviours. Probably just another crap journo writeup of something he/she didn't understand and they pulled some bogus connection out of their ass.

  22. Re:Republicans on What Did You Change Your Mind About in 2007? · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Barack's a Muslim

    Um - no he's not. But even if he was - so what?

  23. Re:STOP MAKING FREAKIN PREQUELS on Jackson Slated to Make Hobbit Movie, Sequel · · Score: 1

    Yah, the ring is just a footnote in the Hobbit really. It doesn't register as earth shatteringly important until much later :)

  24. One outcome of this on Guantanamo Officers Caught Modifying Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    Can we be sure anyone defendng this policy (and others) in these replies isn't being paid by the US government to do so?

    The long term outcome of these polices is the questioning the credibility and honesty of anyone defending the US.

  25. Re:Tried it on Netbeans 6 Dual-Licensed Under GPLv2, CDDL · · Score: 1

    The NetBeans platform is available for NetBeans RCP apps as well. I haven't tried it personally but have heard good things about it.