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  1. Re:Some developers have families to feed on Richard Stallman: Cell Phones Are 'Stalin's Dream' · · Score: 2

    That is too bad for you that you are unable to make money working on free software.

    I do, and other people working with me do too, and have for a long time:

        https://github.com/jdkoftinoff

        http://www.meyersound.com/opensource

    --jeffk

  2. Re:You always need a on Richard Stallman: Cell Phones Are 'Stalin's Dream' · · Score: 1

    Didn't Kindle have an EULA saying that you did not have the license to "Read the story out loud" to another person? Does it still have that limitation? Normal books do not.

    Didn't Kindle revoke the licenses of copies of Orwell's book "1984" from Kindle's remotely?

    Now Libraries are being told by some e-book publishers that they only have the right to lend an e-book 26 times before it expires.... Normal books do not have this limitation.

  3. Re:I find on A Letter On Behalf of the World's PC Fixers · · Score: 1

    Don't let the government know what you guys did!

    You just evaded collecting and paying sales tax!

    The tax is still owing to the government...

    --jeffk++

  4. Re:google can figure it out! on Why Google Wants Your Kid's SSN · · Score: 1

    I am not a number I am a cookie

    For identification google can campaign to have people's tracking cookies embedded in their passports and driver's licenses.

  5. Re:The price might seem a bit high on Motorola's XOOM Tablet To Cost $799; Wi-Fi Requires 3G Activation? · · Score: 1

    xserve

    failed in the marketplace

    now cancelled....

  6. Re:sad day for enlightenment on Bombay High Court Rules Astrology To Be a Science · · Score: 1

    They will claim that people born at a certain time of year share some traits... (like it's some kind of scientific measurable proof. sigh)

    Here is something interesting then for you - this has nothing to do with astrology but there is scientific measurable proof that people born at a certain time of year share some traits - Specifically

    Combining those results with a database from Denmark and Sweden, researchers found that there was an overall 13% increase in multiple sclerosis risk for people born in May compared with November and a 19% decreased risk for those born in November compared with May.

    They say the seasonal effect appeared strongest in Scotland, where the prevalence of multiple sclerosis is highest.

    Researchers say previous studies have suggested that exposure to sun or seasonal variations in vitamin D exposure during pregnancy -- by affecting the brain development of the fetus -- may explain the seasonal differences in multiple sclerosis risk. But more research is needed to explain the link between month of birth and multiple sclerosis risk in adulthood.

    --jeffk++

  7. Re:you might have bigger problem on Example.com Has Changed · · Score: 1

    The problem is that now example.com is going to be slashdotted, and all examples in history will be broken! Hmm except the examples of slashdotting, I guess. We will have to come up with other examples.

  8. Re: say and do anything you want on Facebook Posts Mined For Courtroom Evidence · · Score: 1

    Hmmm.. So if a real Priest put a "Private Confessional Booth" on facebook, would the confessions be private?

  9. Re:Pretty much completely infeasible. on YouTube Legally Considered a TV Station In Italy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And any italian citizen sending a message to Berlusconi will get a "visit in the night" just like any other Berlusconi opposers receive.

  10. Re:Blogspam on Lessons Learned From Skype’s Outage · · Score: 1

    ... Because there IS no "A".

    --jeffk++

  11. Re:Chinese lanterns... on New Zealand Government Opens UFO Files · · Score: 1

    Nice try Mr. "Midnight Thunder", those are not flying chinese lanterns.

    Everyone knows that lanterns can't fly.

    Those are obviously a fleet of alien controlled UFO's going home to their planet after completing their mission in China.

    You can learn about the small-sized aliens in the video documentary called "M.I.B. 2".

    Please stop spreading lies.

    --jeffk++

  12. Re:you will need alot of HDD space to store raw vi on Rear-View Cameras On Cars Could Become Mandatory In the US · · Score: 1

    It is not raw video on these cameras; it is MJPEG.

    Probably in the next year or so the MJPEG format data will be sent via ethernet within the car by using AVB

    --jeffk++

  13. Last IP! on Free IPv4 Pool Now Down To Seven /8s · · Score: 1

    Last IP!!

    I Have 2 that I'm not using anymore, perhaps I should put them on ebay? ;-)

  14. Re:Got nothing to hide, but must still wear clothe on Aussie Gov't Says Wiretap Laws Fine, Telcos 'Wrong' · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought Australia was a penal colony anyway? So then they are all criminals, and therefore it is ok.

    --jeffk++

  15. Re:Other People in the Room on Firefox Extension Makes Social-Network ID Spoofing Trivial · · Score: 1

    Of course not, unless you are accessing the net via VPN, or SSH tunnel to a proxy, or of course when you are running firesheep...

  16. Re:Other People in the Room on Firefox Extension Makes Social-Network ID Spoofing Trivial · · Score: 3, Insightful

    How many people use wireless at a conference, or a coffee shop, or a hotel?

  17. Re:A fine example of evolving art on Electronic Life Makes Evolving Art · · Score: 1

    !!! Thank you !!!

  18. Re:What is it? on Electronic Life Makes Evolving Art · · Score: 5, Funny

    All you need to do is to watch that linked youtube video.

    It doesn't explain anything at all but will give you epilepsy after two viewings.

    --jeffk++

  19. Re:Whether a file has changed = complex? on Linux 2.6.36 Released · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is this a case of linux kernel developers copying features that are in the Mac OS X darwin kernel?

  20. Re:Not that stupid on The Case For Apple Buying Facebook · · Score: 2, Funny

    That was before Farmville.

    I know people who own farms who spend just as much time on Farmville as they do working on their real farms.

    --jeffk++

  21. Re:Okay on Steve Jobs Lashes Out At Android · · Score: 1

    Oh I thought we were talking about phones here. Android phones vs iphone.

    --jeffk=+

  22. Re:The reply is beautiful on Steve Jobs Lashes Out At Android · · Score: 1

    Okay, I'd like to get involved in writing kernel drivers for Android. Once I do the above command line and want to do "make install"... Which on of the following products should I get to install it into?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Android_devices

    Which ones will allow me to download a new kernel? What is the best device to get for development?

    --jeffk++

  23. Re:They could actually try to sell the Cell on IBM's Plans For the Cell Processor · · Score: 1

    That is true. I don't know about now but a few years ago you couldn't even get a pinout for the Cell processor. You had to show both IBM and Sony your business plan and your market could not impact Sony. IBM has some cookie-cutter circuit boards with a cell on them that they want to sell for big bucks, along with a big down payment and minimum quantities. The reality is that the Cell processor is not THAT great. good, but not great, and requiring a big change in the way you factor out your software design, and while it sounds exciting that you have all the 8 altivec processors, you hit memory bandwidth limitations very quickly unless your algorithm has little input, little output, and little intermediate data sizes.

    --jeffk++

  24. Re:Oh dear oh dear oh dear on US Monitoring Database Reaches Limit, Quits Tracking Felons and Parolees · · Score: 1

    The accountants tell me how to do things all the time! They all laugh when I try to calculate my income tax with a python script!

    Just because a tool is available does not mean it is the right tool for a specific job. Anyone who does not realize this is probably not very good at many things.

    --jeffk++

  25. Re:right to not incriminate yourself? on British Teen Jailed Over Encryption Password · · Score: 1

    My password is: "I forgot my password because it was too hard to remember"

    jeff