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  1. Re:MY Rights?? on Software To Stop Song Trading · · Score: 1

    Some would say ascend. There's more to it than you think.

  2. pch on GCC 3.4.0 Released · · Score: 2

    Yes! Precompiled headers will be miiiiiiiiine!!!!!

  3. Books24x7 on Would You Use an Online Library? · · Score: 1

    I use Books24x7 at work, thanks to a corporate subscription. It's really handy for when I need to throw something together using something which I know nothing about. I typically find as many sources as I can between that site and the web in general and then dive in. They don't usually have any more information necessarily, but it's nice to have many perspectives at one's fingertips.

    Oh, and a lot of the books that Books24x7 gets really suck.

  4. Re:One BIG system and VMWare... on Rack Mounted PCs for the Home User? · · Score: 1

    And you might already get it for effectively free since its in the MSDN.

  5. Re:As a KDE user.... on Ars Technica Looks At GNOME 2.6 [updated] · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Its GTK library is one of my favorites to develop with.
    Are you mad? I suggest you take a serious look at the development options for your desktop environ of choice.

  6. Re:Serious answer on Modernizing the Save Icon? · · Score: 1

    I think that's fairly intuitive.
    Except that they look the same unless you squint, and everything else uses the floppy disk. In this case and in many others, standard is better than better.

  7. Re:Bios update on A Motherboard That Doesn't Require An OS · · Score: 1

    Worse - every time a new buffer overflow is found.

  8. Re:This was a great review on Purely Functional Data Structures · · Score: 1

    Grrrr... as much as I WANT to get fired... Don't follow the link! Grrr.

  9. Re:I'm curious on Putting a 1.48GHz Tualatin CPU in an Xbox · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think SCO is trying.

  10. Re:Figure this out on Napster Business Model Not Generating Revenue · · Score: 1

    Microsoft actually liscenses their CD burning functionality. I'm not certain, but I believe it's from roxio. Next time you're on a windows box, search the hard drive for "IMAPI" and look at the version information. You'll see who really made it. (look in windows/system32/drivers)

  11. Re:once again on Apple Releases Safari 1.2 and Java 1.4.2 · · Score: 1

    Where won't kde run? I imagine it runs pretty much anywhere there's QT and X. While I don't disagree with the principle of technology advancement, there are certainly desktops which don't require a new OS as well.

  12. Re:Balrog? on Japanese X68000 Game Disc Warnings Amuse · · Score: 1

    It looks like Vega to me... maybe I'm just not remembering.

  13. Analyst my ass on Slashback: MyCrowzOft, Inundation, Taxation · · Score: 3, Insightful

    However, one analyst said that between now and summer, HP may come up with a way to convert WMA to AAC, or an equivalent technical fix. I guess we wait and see.

    What??? That makes about as much sense as converting ogg to mp3. It can be done easily, but it'll be lossy as hell - they're different formats, damnit. Maybe I could an analyst and then they could pay me to be dumb. Or better yet - a pundit. Bah.

  14. Piracy of all sorts on Games X Copy Stirs Backup Controversy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    No matter how suitable this product is to game piracy, I doubt many will be sold with that end in mind. Those who pirate games pirate all kinds of software. Frankly, I don't see how they're going to make any money at all.

  15. Re:Office monopoly will begin to crack on More Linux Predictions for 2004 · · Score: 1, Informative

    They will not use XP Home because it doesn't allow the machine to be added to a domain. Small business, maybe, but not corporate.

  16. Re:another writeup on Introducing The Dave/Dina Multimedia Distro · · Score: 1, Funny

    just a HUNCH but I'd fathom a guess that this link isn't particularly relevant, or work safe. I don't know since I'm at work, and I value my job and my eyes. Follow with caution.

  17. Re:ABI vs API code on SCO Invokes DMCA, Names Headers, Novell Steps In · · Score: 1

    YES - I've been thinking the same thing and I just don't understand why nobody else has pointed it out. Good show.

    One could imagine that there's ABI code that relates to SCO binary compatibility. Perhaps there's a separate set of UNIX headers for such a subsystem that somebody snatched from SCO. They would be named the same, after all. And nobody's specified where these files are.

  18. Re:Header Files on SCO Gets More Desperate; Sends More Letters · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That's an API, the application programmer's interface. An ABI, the Application Binary Interface, specifies the way already compiled binaries communicate with each other. Things like calling conventions, for example. Now, I believe the article is in error here, since it's even more ludicrous to complain about ABI similarities - the way things are done are, AFAIK, pretty standard.

  19. Re:Your Mom's a troll. on Hackers on Linux's Exciting Desktop Future · · Score: 1

    The clipboard framework on windows is truly twisted. It's great when it works, but writing software to work with it will give you a headache.

  20. Re:KDE is not to be ignored on UserLinux May Go Without KDE · · Score: 1

    Extensible Macros. Duh.

    http://www.google.com

  21. Re:Relevant for how long? on Company Claims Patent on CD Writing · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The technique may apply to DVDs too. Hard to say.

  22. Re:Yes CmdrTaco... on Winamp 2 + Winamp 3 = Winamp 5! · · Score: 1

    X11Amp, now XMMS, probably because of some lawsuit.

  23. Re:They could swim into the state. on Slashback: Hilbert's, Transgenic, Silicon · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe the salmon will be distracted. "Ooh! Look at the little glowing fish! I've lost all interest in spawning!"

  24. Re:Alternative Toolkits on Trolltech Discontinue Non-Commercial Qt · · Score: 1

    What's the visual editor? Where can I get it? Is it free? The only designer I see costs $200.

  25. Re:Scary, or progress? on Synthesized Singers · · Score: 1

    In a way, being able to have a synthesized singer belt out any tune you'd wish demonstrates the real value of music: zero.

    In another way, it demonstrates the value of real music: much higher than recorded music. Have you been to a concert lately? One where you could see the eyes of the people performing? There's more to music then sound.