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  1. Re:No ELF vulnerability eh? on No ELF Vulnerability in 2.6 Kernel · · Score: 1

    Someone should have a DROW with him.

  2. Qualitatively on Researchers Control the Flip of Electron Spin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It seems like this is just a small-scale example of effects like this, where the whole planet does a whoopsie.
    Seems like a step in the direction of understanding gravity.
    Let's fund this kind of research, shall we?

  3. Re:Because... on Innovators Are Older Than Ever · · Score: 3, Interesting
    There is a fine line between creative and procreative minds.
    Euler had thirteen children with three surviving sons (not named George) and two daughters surviving.
    Born and educated in Basel, he was a mathematical child prodigy. He worked as a professor of mathematics in Saint Petersburg, later in Berlin, and then returned to Saint Petersburg. He is the most prolific mathematician of all time, his collected work filling 75 volumes. He dominated eighteenth century mathematics and deduced many consequences of the newly invented calculus.He was completely blind for the last seventeen years of his life, during which time he produced almost half of his total output.
    Thus, the whole 'vision thing' is vastly over-rated.
  4. Re:I Will Defend my Bad First Post on Why Smart People Defend Bad Ideas · · Score: 1

    Get lessons on the difference between llllleftssss and rights?

  5. Re:Javascript Extensions on Mozilla Extending Javascript? · · Score: 1

    I think the point of putting stuff into the spec is to get some performance.

  6. Re:Not really a bad thing.. on Scientific Research That Could Have Been Avoided · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Exactly. Sometimes the 'conventional wisdom' is just 'convenient foolishness' until someone comes along and plays the WTF card.

  7. Re:You know... on Oregon Woman Sues Yahoo for $3 Million · · Score: 1
    This may be done for the principle of the thing.
    Principles in the legal system. I would believe in such if it were possible to sue only for the cost of the legal fees and opportunity costs of the legal hassle involved.
  8. Re:The best way to speed up adotion on Little Interest In Next-Gen Internet · · Score: 1

    And ADA is still used in some government applictations, I hear.

  9. Re:Is .NET another Microsoft vaporware? on Nothing of .Net in Longhorn? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The secret to surviving a crisis is not losing your head.
    If there is no .Net bread, let them eat Mono cake.

  10. Is .NET another Microsoft vaporware? on Nothing of .Net in Longhorn? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Clearly not, it's installed and running in a lot of places.
    I'll speculate that the rationale is going to break down into technical and business dimensions.
    Technically, if it's such a fat sow that its wallowings make it uncompetitive, they may want to use faster core libraries.
    If backwards compatibility is too painful to do in .Net, they may hold off.
    Business-wise, if too much openness for C-octothorpe WRT Mono is seen as watering down the Windows brand, then that may also be a reason to slow down.
    The CLR has to build a compelling case that Windows is ethical and not monopolistic, while subtly rewarding those who continue to genuflect to Redmond.
    And that's not evil, it's just smart business, so relax.
    The danger is that, having touted .Net as "all that and a scoop of ice cream", people finally wake up and realize that viable alternative exist.

  11. Re:Europe the new third world on The Future of Linux on Laptops · · Score: 1

    And if he doesnae want Rhodesia, perhaps we can get him to buy Rhodeisland...

  12. Re:Europe the new third world on The Future of Linux on Laptops · · Score: 1

    Fidel, look:
    Europe == 1st world,
    Cuba, Northern Cuba (Florida) and the rest of North America == 2nd world,
    and anything not already covered == 3rd world
    Having said that, these terms are of questionable value, when you consider that eastern Asia is doing really well, whereas Africa is not.
    I feel that, given sufficient touring, Bono may level the playing field, if the Rolling Stones don't flatten him first, in their motorized iron lungs.

  13. Re:The headline is wrong on Extinct Wildflower Found In California · · Score: 0

    But you need some butchen, vaguely Egytptian icon to go with it, dude.
    And some of that other herb, too.

  14. I'd just like to see even support on Integrated Graphics from NVIDIA Back In Style · · Score: 1

    Why is it that on my Dell D800, I've got a 1600x1200 mode under XP, and only 1200x1068 under Gentoo?
    Is there some additional configuration magic buried somewhere?

  15. Re:KDE on Converting from CVS to Subversion? · · Score: 1

    http://boost.org/ are also migrating to SVN.

  16. Re:The best way to speed up adotion on Little Interest In Next-Gen Internet · · Score: 1

    Neither of which were hardware or industry-driven.

  17. Variation on a theme on Netscape 8 Breaks IE XML · · Score: 1

    s/DOS isn't done until Lotus won't run/Netscapie no escapie until IE dIE/

  18. Re:The best way to speed up adotion on Little Interest In Next-Gen Internet · · Score: 1

    Look, when it comes time to pump up the hardware sales,
    lobbyists for the hardware manufacturers purchase influence with politicians
    politicians write law requiring IPv6 hardware for government projects
    a large base of government IPv6 hardware acts as a step function for the market
    ATAMO (And Then A Miracle Occurs)
    new products appear to leverage IPv6, and your post ceases to make sense.

  19. "ship if it ever happens" on Another Star Wars Prequel? · · Score: 1

    Nice wordplay, but a better idiom is "ship, if it ever launches".

    To the management: thanks for tidying my subnet.

  20. setting up Skype for phone service on Really Remote Internet Access · · Score: 0
  21. Re:Correct me if i'm wrong but... on AJAX Buzzword Reinvigorates Javascript · · Score: 1

    In Soviet marketing, facts are notional.

  22. Re:I don't know what on Layoffs at OSDL · · Score: 1

    I think it's the modern equivalent of medievel patronage.
    The HPs and IBMs and Novells chip in a few bones, and they all avoid cost and risk for developing a kernel.
    Perfect business sense.

  23. ,fsbot on Scooba the New iRobot Product · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    flame scooba

  24. Re:Oh, attention will be paid on The Problem with DHS's Plan to 'Buy American' · · Score: 1

    Cheating? No, sir: meet the game.

  25. Oh, attention will be paid on The Problem with DHS's Plan to 'Buy American' · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Eventually, some bureucratic fig-leaf will emerge, e.g. the Puzzle Palace's waivers for 20+ countries.
    OTOH, what sort of remark is it concerning the US that it is simply not cost-effective to make anything here anymore?
    I'll try to be positive, and avoid the flamebait flogging of last week by saying: demonstrate some US-designed and built products (that don't suck), and I'll happily buy. For a company with the right marketing, it's a good opportunity.