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  1. Re:Adobe Loses to SWF on Adobe Joins Linux Foundation, Develops AIR For Linux · · Score: 1

    I love Gnash as much as the next guy, but I don't want to explain to users why their browser crashes instead of shows their flash video. It's hard enough to get people to switch browsers as it is.

  2. Re:jab on Microsoft Brand In Sharp Decline · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Income doesn't matter in publically traded companies;  Growth matters, and hitting projections, nothing else.

    I wish I was a C-Level exec that could run a company for 10s of years without turning a profit all while pulling a 7 figure income and an 8 figure golden parachute when the company finally pops.

  3. Re:sorry on New BigDog Robot Video · · Score: 1

    more like http://gates.cx

  4. Re:Crash on Firefox 3 May Be More Memory Efficient Than Either IE or Opera · · Score: 1

    History->Recently Closed Tabs

  5. Re:Security risks? on Hardware Based OpenID Service Available · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You could have multiple OpenID accounts.  It would be just like having multiple email accounts for authentication.

  6. Re:Glue and objects on You Used Perl to Write WHAT?! · · Score: 1

    You just demonstrated the best part of knowing and using perl... the "perlgasm" when everything just "clicks". :-D

  7. Re:Trademark infringement, anyone? on CES 2008 Hall of Shame · · Score: 1

    So is "Windows"

  8. Re:And it doesn't work on USB 3.0's New Jacks and Sockets · · Score: 1

    I heard there's cables out there that will work, but I had to make my own.  Not very complex, the instructions are all over the place.

    You can use a regular cable with a gender-changer adapter as well, but it won't auto-switch to host mode with that cable, you'd have to run a couple commands from the console in that scenario to switch it to host mode.  The onboard USB port only provides 100-150mA though, unlike the 500mA of a true usb host port, so for some devices you'll need to go through a powered USB hub.

  9. Re:They're out there, but scarce.... on How to Recognize a Good Programmer · · Score: 1

    Mmm, capitalization and punctuation.

  10. Re:And it doesn't work on USB 3.0's New Jacks and Sockets · · Score: 1

    Works with the N800 running OS2008, but YMMV.

  11. Re:That's not the worst of it on Flying Humans · · Score: 1

    The airborne jumps aren't about fun, it's about getting the group to the ground without collapsing each-others' chutes, as close together and as close to the dropzone as possible, while falling as fast as possible without killing the person.  I know I don't want to float around in the air for a long time collecting sniper bullets.

  12. Re:Ah, robots! on Mars Rover Investigates Possibility of Ancient Microbial Life · · Score: 1

    I've got it, Battle-Bots, ON THE MOON!!

  13. Re:adaptation? on Humans Evolving 100 Times Faster Than Ever · · Score: 1

    I've got something for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nRNYG_xM2U

  14. Re:Zenith? on Microsoft to Sell PCs, Starting in India · · Score: 1

    Zenith was one of, if not "the" last TV manufacturers in the USA, but I thought they disappeared completely too.

    So anyway, let me get this straight....
    1. MS works with IBM to create OS/2, but back-stabs them and creates "Windows" to kill OS/2
    2. MS works with Novell to make Netware work better with Windows, but then back-stabs Novell with Active Directory to kill Netware
    3. MS works creates a platform for software to run on, but then backstabs the software manufacturers by using its monopoly to create software to kill the competing products: (see: Flash/Silverlight, PDF/XPS, Quicktime|Real/WMP, Netscape/IE, ODF/DOCX, VMWare/VirtualPC, ICQ|Yahoo|AIM/MSN, PNG/SomethingStupid, Java/ActiveX|.Net)

    Now MS is at this stage:
    1. Partner with Linux vendors to replay the OS/2 & Netware scenarios
    2. Almost done competing in every level of the software market, let's attack our own PC Vendor partners!

    I know I missed quite a few other scenarios here.

  15. Re:Open source! on What's the Matter with HDMI? · · Score: 1

    It's be nice if we could design a fiber-optic adapter for HDMI, that should allow a lot of long runs and signal clarity depending on how you decide to send the signal over the fiber.

  16. Re:How would you fix the patent office? on Netflix Sued Over Fradulently Obtained Patents · · Score: 1

    1. I do think people would volunteer to do this; Corporations themselves could even hire people to monitor patent applications (put the current patent lawyers to good use). The fact is, there are more and more people and more and more ideas every year, unless we expand the size of the patent office tremendously every year, they'll never be able to devote essential time to reviewing each patent thoroughly. Getting the public's help is the only option I can see.
    2. Perhaps, but this is something that has to be addressed soon, software in particular shouldn't be able to be patented, the field grows too quick.
    3. N/A :)
    4. The Patent Office isn't supposed to be a business that provides profit, it's supposed to be a public system to provide a service for the good of the people. Most government agencies should not be thought of as businesses, that blurs the line where "good for the people" and "good for the government" is.
    5. Right, that one is one I could concede on if presented with some valid arguments...

  17. Re:How would you fix the patent office? on Netflix Sued Over Fradulently Obtained Patents · · Score: 1

    Easy, 5 steps.

    1. Make a public system for reviewing patents for prior art alongside the examiners process.
    2. Don't grant patents on ideas, business-methods, pre-existing systems (like a potato, the human genome), and software (already covered by copyright).
    3. Make it easier to invalidate patents.
    4. Only allow one re-file for a patent (and have time-limits on the process).
    5. (Optional) Require a prototype before granting patent.

    Present any argument why my solution wouldn't work.

  18. Re:Bill Hilf saying FS is dead on Hilf Claims Free Software Movement Dead · · Score: 5, Funny

    Q: What did we learn from that case btw?

    A: Never try to frame a guilty man.

    I kid I kid... :)

  19. Re:So.... on ESA's Cluster Spacecraft Makes Shocking Discovery · · Score: 1

    The informative mod is the joke :).

    It's funny, laugh.

  20. Re:shock on When the Alarm Clock Runs and Hides · · Score: 1

    I don't think that'd work for me for some reason:
    I used to use the metal old-school wind-up alarm clocks (a good distance from the bed usually); I'd wake up late with two results typically:
    1. My finger stuck in between the hammer and the bell to make it stop
    2. A busted alarm clock in the corner and a marred wall

    I'm one of those who don't really wake up, but can accomplish tasks in their sleep (think voodoo zombie) I'd probably set the corner of the coffee pot on the snooze button in my sleep.
    I used to wake up standing in formation some mornings while I was in the military :).

  21. Re:Wow on Democrats Appoint RIAA Shill For Convention · · Score: 1

    Yep, here's your L, make sure to get it tattooed :-D

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  22. Re:Summary: on Faster P2P By Matching Similiar Files? · · Score: 1

    Since most of this variable information is in the beginning of the file in almost all formats, I suppose you could start counting chunks backwards from the end of the file.

  23. Re:i've had BSOD with vista 64bit on HardOCP Spends 30 Days With Vista · · Score: 1

    If the two top companies can't make stable drivers in this situation, then are you sure that it's really the two companies' fault that they're unstable? Perhaps they're both unstable caused by a related issue in the MS software they are trying to integrate with.

  24. Re:Wanna trade? on Scoble Bites The Hand That Fed Him · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You'd take a guy who follows a crazed lunatic over the lunatic? I wonder which is crazier.

  25. Re:This WOULD have made sense last year... on OpenOffice.org Tries to Woo Dell · · Score: 1

    Irrelevant; Dell computers don't come with Office, they come with Works which can't view the shiny new Office 2007 formats either. OpenOffice is ahead of the curve here anyway, with the Novell filter it can read docx.