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  1. My underwear size? on The Feds Thoughts on Clipper · · Score: 1

    Damn. It thought that Joe Boxer used https...

    Wow, you don't think the feds know about all those graphic e-mails I've been sending my girlfriend to, do you? Or the fantasy fiction I've written about Chelsea?


    God bless those Albino Ninjas...

  2. Re: Hey, wait... on Sony and AOL vs Microsoft · · Score: 2
    Yeah, but not AOL 6.0! Imagine all those new, nifty AOL features you're missing out on by using an old version, like . . . like . . . like . . . ummm . . . well, nevermind.
    Smilies!!! don't forget about the new smilies!!! you've got see how cool
    >:O and
    :-D
    look as little yellow faces!!!

    God bless those Albino Ninjas...
  3. The Forth in a three-part series on So Long, Hitchhiker: Douglas Adams Dead At 49 · · Score: 1

    Hmm, the fist time I saw the last book it was in paper back, and did indeed say "the fifth in the increasingly mis-named trilogy" (or text to that affect). So no, that tag-line was on more than just the originals...

    God bless those Albino Ninjas...

  4. Re:sleep campaign on Recepies For A Good Night's Sleep? · · Score: 1

    From what I've read, "close" is considered 12 hours if you have a sensitivity to caffine (that is, caffine is detectable in your blood stream 12 hours after your last cup of coffee).

    personally, I find that I wake up quicker after a day of heavy coffee drinking... guess I'm still fairly caffinated, even after 6 hours of sleep...

    God bless those Albino Ninjas...

  5. why HP-UX suXors (Re:Huh? on HP to Use Debian for Linux Development · · Score: 2
    HP-UX seems to be a much-maligned OS for no good reason.
    I think it may have had to do with the GUI (OpenVue?)... being a GNU/Linux user, I was drafted into doing sys admin work on a couple of HP-UX & SGI boxes during a co-op job. Everybody loved the SGI's, and sat at the HP's only when absolutely necessary. Granted, everybody also got a woody when Pro/E was available for NT...

    God bless those Albino Ninjas...
  6. Memory requirements on AtheOS Interview · · Score: 1
    From the article:
    In AtheOS the first 2GB of address space is reserved for the kernel.
    Someone tell me that is a typo... the kernel needs two gigabytes of memory???

    God bless those Albino Ninjas...
  7. Re:If it saves one life... on Surveillance Society · · Score: 1
    You could argue that they're really good proof that prison is working; those people who got caught got locked up and didn't kill anyone else.
    Being locked up does not preclude one from murdering again. Inmates are killed behind bars everyday.
    Truly, anyone who has brought themselves to kill once is capable of killing again...
    Sure, and it is still possible to kill again, even when in prison. But as cited in the previous post, more often then not a "murderer" does not kill again.

    -mj
  8. dammit on Clockless Computing? · · Score: 1

    does anyone else keep reading that title as "Cockless Computing"?

  9. source code, not "codes" on Code for Running GPS Satellites Stolen · · Score: 1

    After re-reading the article, I got the impression that the source code, not "password" codes, were taken.

    It effectivly open-sourced the space program...

  10. Re:Which Evil Empire? on Second Thoughts: Microsoft on Trial · · Score: 2

    Oppressive government:

    1) seeks back doors into encryption products
    2) wants to be able to execute warrants before serving them (8th paragraph). Whole bill here.
    3) Wants to track e-mail & browsing habits with out a warrant.
    4) Carnivore. 'nuff said.

  11. Which Evil Empire? on Second Thoughts: Microsoft on Trial · · Score: 1

    What is worse... a dominate software company or an oppressive federal government?

  12. Re:Crass American Commercialism. on Making Banner Ads Suck Less · · Score: 1

    Its what prevents you from developing a real civilised culture

    1) "Its" is being used improperly. Try "it is" or "it's".
    2) The word "civilised" [sic] is properly spelled "civilized".

    All your grammar are belong to me!!

  13. to become a computer GOD... on Computer Science vs. Computer Engineering? · · Score: 1

    ... double major in Electrical Engineering/Computer Science. At my lowly tech school, the CompEng program was put together as a combination of the former two degrees.

    In general, CompEng is viewed as hardware design, CompSci as software-related (programming, db management, etc.)

  14. stats up the wazoo on Want a Sparc Workstation for $995? · · Score: 1

    From Yahoo!: The Sun Blade 100 workstation will sell for $995 without a monitor. It's more powerful and $1000 less than Sun's own comparable Ultra 5 workstation - its best-selling Unix machine.

    The new machine is also five times cheaper than a comparable machine by Hewlett-Packard, which Sun said is its closest Windows-based competitor.

    The new workstation also has twice the memory and is roughly half the price of Dell Computer Corp.'s 32-bit workstation, Kohout said.


    Sounds like an increadible deal... I'll be snapping one up when available...

  15. Re:Numbers to spin on Napster Helps RIAA Again; RIAA Still Ungrateful (Updated) · · Score: 1

    I don't care if they take in $100,000,000 US, if the costs are sufficiently high the revenue is moot.

    Let's not forget the ton of money being thrown at laywers for MP3 issues...

  16. People won't pay... on Napster Offers $1B For Music-Swapping Rights · · Score: 1

    That works out to $1.67/month/user with 50 million users.

    uh-huh.

    Good luck getting a tenth of the userbase to cough up even a quarter...

  17. Re:That's comfy... on The End Of Books As We Know Them? · · Score: 1

    Would the Bible be the same had it been written on a microchip instead of parchment.

    The Bible was one of the first books to be touched by the epitome of then bleeding-edge technology: the movable type printing press.

  18. Link found for: Re:profit from free software? on Turbolinux Layoffs · · Score: 1

    FOUND IT! as a link off of Slashdot even... http://thepope.org/index.pl?node=Create+Indulgence

  19. profit from free software? on Turbolinux Layoffs · · Score: 2

    Isn't it a mortal sin to personally profit from open-source software? I gotta find that link somewhere...

  20. easy to disable IM spam on The New World of P2P Advertising · · Score: 1

    Don't know about other services, but with AOL's IM, it's just a mater of setting a preference to block out anybody not on your buddy list. The adds top & bottom of the buddy list might be better targeted, but you don't have to worry about a message from NirvanaPlayedByBostonPops appearing on your screen.