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  1. Re:If diamonds weren't a monopoly on Diamond Age Coming Soon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Are the miners in a union? Because that would perfectly explain why they'd have to dump them instead of stop mining. Then again, union miners would probably never mine enough to create a surplus; they'd be too busy filing grievances against their bosses.

  2. Re:Invulnerable to MyDoom type virii? on Red Hat to Release Enhanced-Security Linux · · Score: 2, Insightful

    From what I've seen lusers do I'm pretty confident that some people would spend four hours installing dependencies just so they could get the virus or trojan to run.

  3. Re:Two answers on One-Way Ticket to Mars? · · Score: 1

    You're wrong. According to this NASA page, they either invented or developed materials for many of those things and more.

  4. Too much interference on The Billion-Dollar Telescope · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The bottom line with telescopes is that anything on the ground has to look through a ton of crap in the atmosphere and battle light pollution. Much smaller telescopes in space will work a lot better. ISS should have a giant telescope mounted on it. It's a shame Hubble is our only orbiting telescope.

  5. Re:Here's our nightmare scenario in the military.. on Spyware for Corporate Espionage · · Score: 1

    It might also make sense to standardize on a custom Knoppix OS, booted fresh each day. A hard drive could still be used for storage and settings.

  6. Re: Could someone explain instead of just flaming? on PHP Scales As Well As Java · · Score: 1

    Java application servers like Websphere and Weblogic will handle sessions accross multiple servers. The major advantage of Java for web apps is that there is a nice app server working in the background to handle stuff like that.

    In PHP you can use cross-server session variables by having PHP store the session data in a database. While non-default, it is easily supported with a simple config change.

  7. Re:They scale differently on PHP Scales As Well As Java · · Score: 1

    Alright, who was the brilliant fuck who put the 2 and the 3 so damn close to each other? I don't see any of the letters doing that.

  8. They scale differently on PHP Scales As Well As Java · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Java scales up very well, PHP scales down better.

    If you're trying to run on a budget where you can't add a ton of servers and are limited to aging technology, Java will not scale to that environment very well. PHP can do quite well there.

    Sun isn't interested in that market, which is a shame because there are a lot of companies still cutting budgets. I'd love to buy a server newer than a P2 1ghz, but it's not going to happen until at least next fiscal and even then, unlikely. We don't all work for technology companies who understand or care.

  9. Censor? on Does Your Company Censor the Content for You? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, they change all the Slashdot comments to trolls!

  10. IE? on Ballmer Touts Focus on Security · · Score: 1

    Is he touting the 31 unfixed security holes in IE?

  11. umm... why? on What Will Be in Linux 2.7? · · Score: 1

    You guys are retarded. Why are you worrying about 2.7 when Emacs will replace the kernel by then?

  12. I'd love to do this at home and at work on Multiple Monitors Increase Productivity · · Score: 1

    But what do you use for a second video card? There's no way I can get my boss to buy a dual head card and no new cards are PCI, so I'm stick with the single AGP card. I have a spare ATI Rage PCI floating around.

    I'd also like to take this time to complain that IBM does not ship dual monitor capable drivers for its ATI Rage Mobility-equipped laptops. ATI claims it's supported, but depends on the laptop manufacturer to provide suitable drivers.

  13. Re:When an audio CD installs a driver on Newest Audio CD DRM Proves Ineffective · · Score: 1

    If that were true it would make it illegal to deploy viruses! Savage.

  14. Re:Dave Barry ROCKS on Oops, Dave Barry Does It Again · · Score: 1

    Then where would the irony be?

  15. Re:Except... on Final Matrix Set for Synchronous Release · · Score: 1

    I think Neo never woke up from the dream in the first movie.

  16. Re:From his own mouth... on The Guy Responsible For Ctrl-Alt-Del · · Score: 1

    Our computers only have one button, and we push that before it leaves the factory.

  17. Re:What's funny about it... on Meteorite Strikes Indian Village · · Score: 1

    What's really funny is the post immediately above yours (YMMV) states that it did happen in the US this week -- in New Orleans -- and that didn't even make it onto Slashdot except for in a comment.

  18. Re:Easier solution on MPAA Calls for Ban on Screeners · · Score: 1

    If the movie studios are really losing the kind of money they claim, then a few extra bucks for this wouldn't be a big deal.

  19. Re:Oh, ye hater of linux and true developers on Kazaa Sues Record Labels · · Score: 1

    News for Nerds my ass, THIS is why I come here.

  20. Re:wow ... on RIAA Sues the Wrong Person · · Score: 1

    Yes, either that or I could phone my doctor and get an appointment this afternoon. Or perhaps I could go into the emergency room and wait a couple hours or no time at all depending on the severity of illness. Or I could go to one of several emergency care facilities around the city and wait no more than 30 minutes.

    I don't know who spreads your lies about the Canadian health care system, but they're obviously misinformed.

  21. Re:"Fast one"? on Athlon 64 Debuts · · Score: 1

    " Intel's chip is the better choice for the user who wants performance in apps that actually exist today."

    Interestingly, that's the same argument my friends use against Linux.

  22. Re:Indeed a fast one up on AMD on Athlon 64 Debuts · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Remember when the P4 came out and it was slower than the P3 at the same clock speed? Like P4 was then, the Athlon64 is designed with the future in mind, not blowing away everybody on day one and having no room to scale from then on.

  23. Re:Outlook... on Where Is Spam When You Want It? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Knowlingly install a system from the manufacturer's CD and running it on the Internet? The horror! The horror!

  24. Why don't you do it, Sun? on Sun's Schwartz Speaks Out on Linux, SCO · · Score: 1

    "IBM is being so hypocritical. If the issue is a non-issue, why don't they indemnify their customers?"

    I don't know, Sun, why don't you indemnify your customers against any IP infringements in Solaris, should they arise? Perhaps you'd like to point out exactly where in your contract I signed with you two years ago that says we will be protected. I have news for you: it doesn't say that anywhere.

    It's this sort of lies coming from the Sun camp that made me already decide to migrate to Linux as soon as I can get the budget pushed through for F'04.

  25. Re:why? on More on BTX Motherboards · · Score: 0, Troll

    That's what they said when the 486s came out. Then again when the Pentiums came out (who needs 90mhz?!), and of course again with each successive upgrade. What you fail to understand is that people want a better computer than their neighbor. That way it looks good next to their Cadillac Escalade.