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  1. Many eyes approach.. on Open Source in the Military? · · Score: 1

    Well I dont think that concept works in this case for open source :D

  2. Lack of resources... on KOffice Team: A Handful of Coders, a Lot of Code · · Score: 1

    Do they have any testers? I guess that mean WE are the testers.

  3. On tour... on Where Music Will Come From · · Score: 1

    in your own home via hologram projectors :)

  4. 10101010101010101010111011000100110... on Mopping Up Mozilla Memory Leaks · · Score: 1

    Somebody loose these?

    Now if you where running OS X, it would just shutdown that application *shudder* nasty way of managing a leak. I sure hope it saves the data first :D

    What about BoundsChecker instrumented builds?

  5. Bug? on Mopping Up Mozilla Memory Leaks · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    noooooo its a FEATURE :D

  6. Lets see them steal this one :D on Laptop Anti-Theft Devices · · Score: 1



    Osborne 1 computer :D

    http://www.obsoletecomputermuseum.org/osborne/os bo rne.jpg

    Ive seen devices that has a button on your belt buckle and a battery on the case, if it walks, press the button on the bat belt.

    ZAAAAAAAAAAAP. Watch them wriggle in a pile of piddle shuddering and slobbering :D

  7. Slimfast diet plan on Russia Unveils Space Shuttle for Tourists · · Score: 3, Funny

    For under $100,000 you can take a one-hour flight that includes a mere 3 minutes of weightlessness.

    Order today :D

  8. Fixes from MS on Microsoft, zlib, and Security Flaws · · Score: 1

    So we expect more Hotfixes or SPs for these products? When?

    This highlights taking a dependancy on externally maintained code is risky. Turn around time in fixes and integration into the codebase, verification of the fixes for those products etc...

  9. Re:Here is a list of apps vunerable on Microsoft, zlib, and Security Flaws · · Score: 1

    So if they use that version with that license, theyre ok, but if the license changes (in other releases), can they still use that version but not the new one unless they comply with the new license (for that version).

    What im asking is what if the license changes for code (after that version is used and released according to the license with it) that is existing within products are there today. How are they impacted?

  10. Here is a list of apps vunerable on Microsoft, zlib, and Security Flaws · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://www.gzip.org/zlib/apps.html

    At least nine of Microsoft's major applications--including Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, DirectX, Messenger and Front Page--appear to incorporate borrowed code from the compression library and could be vulnerable to a similar attack.

    "Borrowed"? Whats the license for zlib?

  11. Re:Seriously? Microsoft use open source code? on Microsoft, zlib, and Security Flaws · · Score: 1

    Either way, browsing other competitor products code whether its free, open GPL or whatever is gonna be risky for a business in legal terms.

  12. Re:Seriously? Microsoft use open source code? on Microsoft, zlib, and Security Flaws · · Score: 1

    Whoops, considering they advise not even reading open source for risk of integration of the code into their codebase and risking breach of the license.

  13. Nice on Next Windows to Have New Filesystem · · Score: 1

    But what turns me away from the new OS is SUBSCRIPTION and ACTIVATION enabled technology within the OS. Ill be on Win2kAS for a long while until either something better comes along or this subscription stuff isnt bad and can be removed disabled etc. I want the DB core though.

  14. Large files on Next Windows to Have New Filesystem · · Score: 1

    How would this handle large files? 1 gig+ files like DivX etc... and lots of them? Just plonk them in as binary? How about integration with NON DB core OSs like Windows 2000 and NTFS5, just have paths in the table field pointing to that share?

  15. Optimisation of the core on Next Windows to Have New Filesystem · · Score: 1

    Will this create a new type of defragmenter? One that boots up into DOS level and defrag the drive or will there be new database optimisers? Ideally it wont be needed but just a thought.

    Having a SQL core will also benefit clustering.

  16. mOOzilla on Mozilla 0.9.9 Released · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    mÖÖ

  17. Re:So close, yet so far... on Mozilla 0.9.9 Released · · Score: 1

    oh wait scratch that, i read the 1.1 as 1.0, well it is 0.4.0.0 in the morning :D my excuse, oops

    I was waiting for a post 1.0 release of mOOzilla before installing it but well, im getting gray hair now... This must be the longest roadmap to 1.0 ever...

  18. Re:So close, yet so far... on Mozilla 0.9.9 Released · · Score: 0

    "I'd expect to see a "1.0 beta" or "1.0 release candidate" before 1.1 alpha"

    ????

    Isnt alpha releases BEFORE beta and RCs?

    or is this the new open source versioning, work in reverse?

    Whats next? ½ versions? Cant we have a standard versioning system for open source apps (or any other apps for that matter)?

  19. Re:Eschelon? on Learning to Love the Panopticon · · Score: 1

    It was based on the most common spelling used within the EU reports and from other web reports.

  20. Re:Interesting concept but... on CRT Eavesdropping: Optical Tempest · · Score: 1

    Another thing that is useful, screensavers or one with fake info on it:D

  21. Eschelon? on Learning to Love the Panopticon · · Score: 1

    He spelt Eschelon wrong.

    Anyway, I use copernic 2001 pro. Never touched a web engine for ages :D Best ever search client.

  22. Re:Interesting concept but... on CRT Eavesdropping: Optical Tempest · · Score: 1

    or better still, what if you use a monitor filter either a mesh one or a poloroid filter? Wouldnt that prevent such activities?

  23. Re:Interesting concept but... on CRT Eavesdropping: Optical Tempest · · Score: 1

    Not direct line of sight for the CRT, but you need a direct line of sight to the reflected image/light and for the LEDs on a rack but i guess its very situational dependant.

  24. Re:Interesting concept but... on CRT Eavesdropping: Optical Tempest · · Score: 1

    With wireless networks now gaining ground that doesn't require direct line of sight, I would think this is rather an academic evesdrop rather than a real world applicable one.

  25. Interesting concept but... on CRT Eavesdropping: Optical Tempest · · Score: 1, Interesting

    how practical/feasable/reliable is it? Wont data be missing if a shadow or a person walks in front of it and make it hard to put together?