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  1. Re:While you're at it on No Java JRE on Pocket PC · · Score: 1

    MIDP for Palm is supported.

    It's not as versatile as PersonalJava (which is now called CDC/Personal Profile), but because it's put in a lot of mobiles (and more to come), it's interesting nevertheless.

    midp4palm.

  2. Re:eh? on Just In Case 3G Isn't Speedy Enough · · Score: 1

    If you want to stay on your little island: go ahead.

    And btw, Germany is by far the biggest economy in Europe.

  3. Re:3G is a gimmiky flop on Just In Case 3G Isn't Speedy Enough · · Score: 1

    september 5th, 1890

    A car?

    I will never drive a car. There are no gasstations,
    only bad roads and they brake every now and then.

    Cars are gimmicks for rich people who have nothing better to do.

    I'll stick with my horse.

  4. Security nightmare on Crush/BRiX: An Experimental Language/OS Pair · · Score: 1

    From "About":

    "As the core components of BRiX mature the bounds checks will be removed giving it back the speed it had lost."

    Mature means "no bugs" here. When are you sure your software has no bugs? Practice says you never can.

    So you trade a small speed decrease for a security nightmare.

    Give me an OS with bounds checking. If I want a faster OS, I'll buy a new, faster CPU.

  5. They're still up on KPNQwest Files for Bankruptcy · · Score: 1

    KPNQwest is not (yet) down.

    Here's a fragment from a traceroute done at 22:43GMT:

    10 10 ms 10 ms 10 ms nl-ams-ri-03-pos-4-0.chellonetwork.com [213.46.161.62]
    11 10 ms 10 ms 10 ms Asd-nr19.NL.kpnqwest.net [193.148.15.97]
    12 20 ms 20 ms 10 ms nllei5101-tc-g1-2-1.12.kpnqwest.net [134.222.96.81]
    13 20 ms 20 ms 20 ms deham5101-tc-p0-1-0.0.kpnqwest.net [134.222.230.18]
    14 20 ms 30 ms 20 ms debln5201-tc-p0-1-0.0.kpnqwest.net [134.222.230.37]
    15 30 ms 40 ms * czpra5101-tc-p2-0-0.0.kpnqwest.net [134.222.230.46]
    16 40 ms 40 ms 30 ms UNKNOWN.KPNQwest.net [134.222.110.250]
    17 50 ms 50 ms 60 ms cz.pl1.pl.geant.net [62.40.96.46]
    18 60 ms 50 ms 50 ms pol-34-gw.pl1.pl.geant.net [62.40.103.110]
    19 70 ms * 60 ms 212.191.224.250
    20 100 ms 71 ms 70 ms task-pg-rtr.task.gda.pl [153.19.252.33]
    21 70 ms 60 ms 60 ms pg-ci2-rtr.task.gda.pl [153.19.252.30]

  6. Very funny ad @ Salon on How Google Saved USENET · · Score: 1

    When I read the article at Salon, the ad on the same page was so funny (in context with the foto of David Wiseman). It made my day.

    I captured the page for all to see.

  7. Web browser on MenuetOS Debuts · · Score: 1
    Ok, who will write the web browser?


    Ofcourse 100% CSS-compliant and written in assembly.


    Anyone?


    Please?

  8. Useless after 90 days. on Palm 'Molecular' Keyboard · · Score: 1
    The license for the software expires after 90 days. How easy is it to peel off the sticker?

    2. Term and Termination

    This Agreement will terminate ninety (90) days after the date on which you receive the Software. Upon such termination you will delete or destroy all copies of the Software.

  9. DTML pain in the ass on Will Open Source Lose the Battle for the Web? · · Score: 1
    Unfortunately, the build-in language DTML is really a pain in the ass.

    You're goning with Zope? Program your stuff with Python.

  10. What about using POST? on Code Red Back For More · · Score: 1
    What happens when you put some cmdline in the POST-part of the message?

    POST /scripts/root.exe HTTP/1.0

    dir

    ??

  11. Spread around the world on The Immortal Cell · · Score: 1

    I once saw a very interesting documentary about these cells. At one time other countries discovered self-multiplying cells. It turned out these cells were from Henrietta Lacks too.
    --

  12. Where does this end? on Phoenix BIOS Phones Home? · · Score: 1
    And to turn it off, you have to get into the BIOS. Most users don't even know what a BIOS is and are scared when they see it the first time.

    Can you imagine getting a popup every day: "Do you want to install Compuserve?".

    Now it's the BIOS, tomorrow the ethernetcard, soundcard, videocard? All fighting to install software on your PC?

    And the fact you need Windows 98?? The feature could be cool, but only to fix a crashed OS. When your PC is booted, you just don't need the BIOS.
    --

  13. Jingle bells on The Sounds Of Space Near Jupiter · · Score: 1
    If you listen very carefully, you can hear jingle bells.

    (You also need some imagination).
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  14. Article at ZDNet on Interbase Open Source Release · · Score: 1
    Haven't read enough?

    Read this (rather old) article which compares Interbase with PostgreSQL and MySQL.