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  1. Re:Oblig. on Torvalds on Opening Solaris · · Score: 3, Insightful
    I for one, welcome our new digital signature questioning overlords.
    Only old Koreans don't question digital signatures.
    In Soviet Russa, digital signatures question you!
    How can I know if those are Natalie Porman's grits, if they aren't digitally signed?

    You forgot "imagine a beowulf cluster of signed articles."

    Netcraft confirms it, I need to read up on my Slashdot trolling phenomena, you insensitive clod!

  2. Re:Oblig. on Torvalds on Opening Solaris · · Score: 3, Funny
    Is this going to be posted in EVERY story now?

    Yes. Hey, it could be worse:

    I for one, welcome our new digital signature questioning overlords.
    Only old Koreans don't question digital signatures.
    In Soviet Russia, digital signatures question you!
    How can I know if those are Natalie Porman's grits, if they aren't digitally signed?

  3. Re:There will always been room for the underdog on High School Dropout, Self-Taught Chip Designer · · Score: 1
    But then look, here comes Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Geo, Saturn, Lexus, Kia and now Scion.

    Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Geo(a subdivison of Chevy), Saturn (GM), Lexus (Toyota), Kia, Scion (Toyota).

    Revised: Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Kia.

    Apparently it's all too easy for the 800lb gorillas to make people think they're small startups by making a new subdivision with a new name.

  4. Fire fire fire on Mozilla 1.7.5 Released · · Score: 1
    Is the Mozilla suite no longer at the forefront of browser technology, long surpassed by Firefox and Thunderbird? Will we ever see a Mozilla suite composed of Firefox and Thunderbird to keep it all simple? What are your reasons for running the old standby suite over the Firefox/Thunderbird combo?

    Could this writeup be any more inflamamtory? Maybe you should throw in some jabs at various operating systems, programming languages, and desktop environments. I mean seriously, it's like you're trying to create a flamewar of screeching monkeys.

    Reference Jon Stewart's "You're Hurting America" appearance on Crossfire

  5. Re:Buffet's pi reference on Employee Stock Options Must be Treated as Expenses · · Score: 2, Informative
    It wasn't Indiana. It was Alabama.

    It was Indiana. The reference you cite is talking about a hoax; Indiana actually did present a bill.

  6. Re:What are the chances... on Firefox New York Times Ad Hits the Presses · · Score: 2, Informative
    elinks is possibly better
    supports tabs and a visual layout closer to the original page. Plus, http autentification, making it superior to links.

    Link karma whoring to the rescue:
    elinks homepage

  7. Re:Why? on U.S. Makes Plans for GPS Shutdown · · Score: 1
    I had read a number of times conjecture that some of the terrorists flying the planes weren't very good with the advanced avionics and instead relied on simple GPS destination mapping.

    I've never heard that. Any references? This would be interesting if true.

  8. Re:Too much space on Green Energy Almost Cost-Competitive with Fossil Fuels · · Score: 1
    Wind farms take up way too much space, which could be used for more profitable ventures such as housing.

    There is land that can't be used for housing that can be used for wind energy. You can even locate them in the ocean

  9. Re:What an obscure unit... on Digital Packrats · · Score: 0
    i dont know how many library of congress/soviet russia/hot grits / old koreans i can bear any more.

    In soviet Russia, only old koreans use hot grits to measure libraries of congress!

    Hmm, needs "Natalite Portman", although I suppose that's implied by "hot grits"..

  10. Re:Errr... on AOL Making Media Player, Music Store · · Score: 1
    Because the CDs would probably consist of nothing but zydeco and klezmer music -- with a special interlude by the amateur bagpipe band!

    I was in New Orleans this past weekend and got a chance to experience zydeco music first-hand. It was pretty good, actually, in a less-culturally-refined-than-NASCAR kind of way.

  11. Re:BTW on Tougher Copyright Laws for Australia · · Score: 1
    Its impossible to gain 40 lbs if you ate constantly for 30 days.

    1 lb of fat = 3500 calories.

    Most humans use up about 2000 calories a day.

    So, you need 40 lbs * 3500 calories = 140,000 extra calories over 30 days = 4667 additional calories a day (above your 2000 or so needed), so let's say 6667 calories a day.

    Using their nutrition table, let's pick:

    Breakfast:

    • Deluxe Breakfast 1220 calories
    • Vanilla Triple Thick® Shake (32 fl oz cup) 1110 calories
    Lunch:
    • Double Quarter Pounder® with Cheese 730 calories
    • Another Double Quarter Pounder® with Cheese 730 calories
    • Vanilla Triple Thick® Shake (32 fl oz cup) 1110 calories
    Dinner: same as lunch

    Total: 7470 calories a day, for a total gain of 46.8 lbs.

    So it is possible.

    Blegh, I feel sick.

  12. Re:Good, good.. on Non-Invasive Computer Control Through Brainwaves · · Score: 1
    Except for your minions will be quadrapelegic, or paralized.

    Well, I was thinking of using my mind-control caps on able-bodied humans, but a legion of handi-capable(tm) evil minions would be kinda funny. Plus, nobody really expects the dude in a wheelchair to have an AK-47, or a Steven Hawkings look-a-like to be a suicide bomber. For added effect, I'd make sure that they all have speech impediments.

    "Thstick 'em up, thith ith a wobbewy!"

  13. Good, good.. on Non-Invasive Computer Control Through Brainwaves · · Score: 4, Funny

    .. now get cracking on the bi-directional interface. I need my legion of computer-controlled human drones to do my evil bidding!

    Robots and sharks with lasers on their heads can't do everything, you know.

  14. OT: sig on The Decline of the Video Game Mascot · · Score: 1

    I love your signature. Where's it from?

  15. Re:Weird on Election Day May Go Away... In Florida · · Score: 2, Informative
    One national database, one PKI set,

    Elections in the U.S. are required to be secret, to prevent vote-selling, among other things. It's also illegal to force people to present credentials to vote - because, among other things, this was used to prevent black people from voting in the South during the heyday of Jim Crow laws.

  16. SSETI? on Student Satellite Ready for Space · · Score: 0

    Are they searching for aliens with this satellite?

  17. Re:free weatherbug? on NOAA Adopts New Net Policy · · Score: 1
    Just get yourself the WeatherFox extension for Mozilla Firefox to use instead. That way not only is the code of it free (as in beer and freedom), but also the updates come from the Weather Channel and not the Weather Channel rejects that end up working for WeatherBug.

    Here's a link: http://forecastfox.mozdev.org/

  18. Re:Should always specify North or South. on In Korea, Email Is Only For Old People · · Score: 1
    Because during the Cold War, if anyone had tried, the Soviet Union would have defended them. By the time the Soviet Union fell, it was, and still is, too dangerous for anyone to try. Plus, there's a pretty good chance that China would defend now.

    China has indicated more than once that if anyone is to smack North Korea down, it's going to be China - and only China - and everyone else better stay away.

    Look at a map and you'll see why they'd be nervous about anyone coming to "liberate" North Korea: liberators usually establish bases in the newly freed country, and North Korea would provide a valuable land base to attack SE China with (versus attacking from air, sea, or Russia)

  19. Re:Reading Is Life on What Do People in the IT Field Do for Side Jobs? · · Score: 1
    How do you get hired to proofread? I love to read and am pretty sure that I can catch a lot of errors. Do they send you a test manuscript to see how many errors you can detect? Thanks for indulging my curiosity.

    No money, but if you enjoy proofreading, try Distributed Proofreaders.

  20. Sprint PCS - unlimited data for $15 extra on Linux Support for Wireless Laptop Internet? · · Score: 5, Informative
    I've used Sprint with both a Samsung 8500 and now a Samsung A500 and a Linux laptop. Just get a data cable. Linux sees it as a standard ACM USB modem (driver built into the kernel), just dial #777 and use PPP. Speed is.. well, 115k at 80mph isn't bad. :)

    Get their Vision plan, and you have unlimited data for $15/month. Just don't go crazy; there have been reports of people having their line disconnected because they were using data 24/7.

    Of course, Sprint won't tell you about this; they want to sell you a connection card and the extra phone line.

    As for reception it's simple: if you're near an interstate, it's great. If you're not, NO SOUP FOR YOU.

  21. Re:That's where we differ. on Envisioning the Desktop Fabricator · · Score: 2, Informative
    Care to explain the strange gritty substance? Also, who's to say your fabricated goddess would be alive? (eeeeww!)

    See this link on Slashdot trolling phenomena.

    Be prepared for even more "eeeeww"s!

  22. Re:Open source could help on Sony's Credit Rating Downgraded · · Score: 3, Informative
    I don't know why they don't open source development for these game platforms, I know I'd love to develop games for new consoles.

    Because they make money off every game sold, by licensing access to the SDKs and whatnot.

    That's why they want more games - they get more revenue. Homebrew games normally don't make them money.

  23. Re:IPv6 and Teredo on Cheap Point-To-Point VoIP Through NAT? · · Score: 2, Informative
    Teredo is built into Windows SP2

    Um, no, it's built into the Advanced Networking Pack for Windows XP - which is not installed by default.

  24. Re:what's wrong with skype? on Cheap Point-To-Point VoIP Through NAT? · · Score: 1
    Ehm, as you say "it busts NAT like it wasn't even there" and that means that it *is* point-to-point (if at all possible). So why the self-contradiction?

    The voice is point-to-point; the signalling and control channels are P2P (bouncing off other hosts) to get around NAT.

  25. Re:Is this your job? on U.S. Congress Poised To Vote On Internet Tax Ban · · Score: 1
    Interstate commerce includes not merely the act of an interstate commercial transaction, but also the vehicles by which it might occur, entities engaged in it, the goods in motion, etc.

    Odd. I don't see that expansion anywhere in the Constitution. Are you making that up?

    No, the Supreme Court has. See http://www.landmarkcases.org/gibbons/power.html, or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commerce_clause, or just google for "Interstate Commerce Clause Expansion".

    The Supreme Court has consistently ruled that just about anything that has to do with interstate commerce - even by the most contorted logic - counts as something that Congress can legislate under the commerce clause.