User: wardk

did they find my

On: New Object Found at Edge of Solar System

car keys?

don't recall leaving them out there, but I know they're not in this house.

yes, ms has nothing to do with this process...

On: South Korea Fines Microsoft $32 Million

I think your analogy is off by one level. MS isn't the manufacturer, MS is a supplier

So they don't write Window is what you are saying?

Writing the system IS manufacturing. burning and packaging is just a later step in the manufacturing process.

we'd all be better off if MS just took their ball and went home. but then what would the minions use?

Exchange is the internet

On: Linux Desktop Email Key to Success

this means EXCHANGE COMPATIBLE. and that ain't ever gonna happen with linux. ever.

MS packets get priority

On: BellSouth Wants to Rig the Internet

could never happen. MS makes a deal with provider. we get "extra" service (aka others get hosed) for our loyal customer. beside those linux dudes are hosting servers (gasp!)

nah, could never happen

sign me up

On: Microsoft Launches Anti-Virus Public Beta

yes, I want to expose my windows box* to beta virus blockers. I live dangerously. I don't care about my personal data.

I am an idiot

* don't actually have one of these. sorry.

and lose the weekly free advertising?

On: Why Can't Microsoft Just Patch Everything?

if they "patched everything", then they would need to find an alternate source of their weekly worldwide exposure. as we know, even bad news can be good news, it's getting your name out there that's important.

also, the constant need for patches allow them to feel they are still relevent.

Save themselves by being a newspaper

On: A Recipe for Newspaper Survival in the Internet Age

instead of a conduit for Corporate press releases and slanted political nonsense.

like it's going to happen.

banning blogs is probably their best bet. shows how screwed they are.

the Newsreader is reinvented?

On: Yahoo Email + RSS Integrates Blogs

Wow. it's deja vu alll over again

hiding behind microsoft?

On: Diebold Threatens to Pull Out of North Carolina

hmm, I expect that NC can distinguish between the "voting code" and the operating environment it's running in.

then again, some MS lobbying sure made MA roll over and cry for mama

Diebold is up for pardons anyway, I expect their owed a few "favors"

Extradition from anywhere USA

On: Diebold Threatens to Pull Out of North Carolina

I don't know of a single state that will harbor criminals from another state.

They can run....

take what you can get

On: What's New With IE, Firefox, Opera

On the other hand, the IE 7 beta will not be available for downloading until early next year.""

good to see microsoft is upgrading the internet soon, we get to read about firefox and opera in a mainstream rag

so you can be useful, that's why.

On: Why Does Beta Last So Long?

Now if a site goes south, and it's production, there is hell to pay.

but it goes south and it's BETA, it's like you are a hero for finding a problem!

glad we won the cold war

On: Exception Expands Domestic Surveillance

I would hate for the Soviets to have won and inflicted the KGB on us.

what's next, bread and shoe lines? (seems the gulag's are aparently already covered)

Car key edition

On: SETI@home Becomes Part of BOINC

I want it to find my keys. and that sock that I know went into the dryer.

Re:Dumping

On: Microsoft Loses $126 Per Unit on XBox 360

well I don't see ANYONE else selliing actual QUALITY merchandise below cost.

they are dumping in order to gain market share. hey, if it's legal, more power to them.

just shows how utterly desperate this cartel is.

Dumping

On: Microsoft Loses $126 Per Unit on XBox 360

they can call it what they want, but I think, the proper term is "dumping".

I guess as an official monopoly under absolutely no oversight, this is just business as usual.

must be nice not having to complete on QUALITY

How about a Mac-aware PVR?

On: TiVo Plans RFID-Aware PVR

Gee, all this money for new technology and they can't even get off their weak asses and support macintosh.

Open redefined

On: Microsoft to Open up Office Formats

so they just redefined the meaning of open, right?

new definition:

Open - good luck keeping up with changes to this spec, never mind the encrypted stuff, loser.

that's easy: use Perl;

On: How To Write Unmaintainable Code

I love perl, but I could not resist. this was low-hanging fruit

Steps one through four

On: Developing Securely In Windows

Step one: Unplug from network
Step two: Shut down
Step three: Use power button to kill hung shutdown
Step four: declare victory! you have successfully secured windows

Yellowstone Public Utility District

On: Australia Pushes Geothermal Energy

Yellowstone immediately comes to mind as a geothermal power source. I bet if it destroys the environment, the GOP will be all over this.

I humbly apologize

On: Microsoft Competes In Supercomputer Market

oh, I am sorry.

I meant, I am in awe regarding this pivital moment in computing history

we will all want to remember where we were, when we heard about this momentus occasion.

you misspelled poses

On: Microsoft Competes In Supercomputer Market

"poses" is spelled

P-O-S-E-S

not C-O-M-P-E-T-E- S

that's an entirely different word, and I think the meanings are still different too.

where's the cyber police?

On: Bad Day To Be Sony

shit, if this was DVD Jon, or some leet haxor there would be a top 10 most wanted poster going up for them.

put the director in charge of this fisaso under the hot lights of interogation.

and it's time to send Sony the BILL for the cleanup. every fucking inflated nickel. I know the downtime I have had from reading about this is costing me millions. maybe billions if it keeps on. based on suggested retail cost of course.

Re:kudos to sony

On: Trojan Using Sony DRM Rootkit Spotted

just the woosies