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  1. Re:Not going to happen. on Death of the General Purpose PC · · Score: 1

    You going to have a machine for gaming and only gameing

    Well, as soon as the PS2 comes down in price, ummmmmm; YES!

  2. Sighting in the Matrix. on DataPlay - Flash Killer or Copy-Control Nightmare? · · Score: 1

    DVD chapter 3 8min-3sec.

    scene far-future:

    Neo removes the hacked DataPlay's with unprotcted mp3s stored on them replacing with the wad of ultra-devalued dollars, paying for the stash.

    Bloke: 'Halleluljah, You're my saviour man, My own personal Jesus Christ'

    Neo: 'You get caught using that.....the RIAA will have you in chains.'

    Bloke: 'I know, this never happened. You don't exist.'

    No the REALLY look like DataPlays, check it out.

  3. Re:Cool, but not trivial on Inside XML · · Score: 1

    I thought it was only the whitespace and well-formedness that was different.

    -Back to the drawing board.

    (Has anyone else noticed their HTML is well-formed since they started using XML?)

  4. Re:Did Vince McMahon just buy the XML? on Inside XML · · Score: 1
  5. Re:Show me the SGML ! on Inside XML · · Score: 1

    See framemaker and anything adobe-ish really. They LOVE XML. They got a load of Phds at my uni and nearly every one is doing XML related work.

  6. Re:Old idea new format on Inside XML · · Score: 1

    ASN.1 does what XML doesn't.

    What I mean by that is that XML doesn't represent low-level binary data well. ASN.1 would allow you to represent binary data more easily into an XML document. It is of course platformless (endian-ness/ size of primitives).

    I took a look at it when I was working at a telecoms company, but they still believe ATM is the next big thing! ;)

    I like XML a lot, and have been using XERCES-J to write a source control system. The human readable feature makes XML invaluable.

  7. Re:The American Way? on MS Wants To Outlaw Open Source: "Threatens" the "American Way" · · Score: 1

    > "First they ignore you.
    > Then they laugh at you.
    > Then they fight you.
    > Then you win."

    First, we've already won; by having a better cheaper product.
    We are now fighting them.
    Soon, we'll laugh at them.
    Then we'll just ignore them

  8. Re:Good question, but... on 'Snatch' · · Score: 1

    could someone tell katz how to reply in a thread?

  9. Re:another review on 'Snatch' · · Score: 1

    I bet you spotted Val Kilmer in 'True Romance'.

  10. Re:Cops are dangerous (UK citizen here) on What Privacy? UK DNA Database Could Grow Fast · · Score: 1

    Heres a fun one, when I was young, about 9 or 10. We had a field trip to a police station. As I remember it was very common for schools to do this.

    I distincly remember the whole class having their finger-prints taken, this was as a 'fun thing to do'. It would be about 1990 or just before.

    Do we have rights of refusal as children? And is anyone going to say 'NO'?

  11. The biggest threat to Linux, BSD. on Ballmer Claims Linux Is Top Threat To MS · · Score: 1

    no?

  12. How about this... on Florida Election Votes Certified · · Score: 1

    Each candidate gets to govern, only those who voted for them.

    That way 80% of the population are in anarchy.

    Like the guy above said, preserver the status quo!

  13. Taken from the British stance. on Intellectual Property Issues In College? · · Score: 1

    I knew a guy once who as an undergrad did badly on a project and was to retake the year.

    In a huff he sold the project to a local company for a substantial amount of money (about $20,000) brought it to the university's attention (thinking that if someone payed for it his grade could be increased) and was expeled from the university on the grounds that the code was written using university resources.

    I took up te question with my own tutor at university and was not given an answer. I do know that in subjects such as Archaeology the university retains copyright and will want a slice.

    Programming must be different though because it directly maps to a product. The closest I have ever come to a direct answer was in a presentation when a team member in our group project (2nd year) talked about commercialisation we were told by a senior professor "doesn't the University own this though?"

    My own opinion is that the no-one knows the answer and its played by ear.

  14. Prices. on Apple Licences Amazon's 1-click Shopping · · Score: 1

    They'll probably play with the price of the licencing to experiment with how much to charge different people and 'see how they react'

  15. I can fast forward on MP3.com Nixes Decss.mp3 · · Score: 1

    I have a Hitachi DVE525 (or something like that).

    I can fast forward by using the multi-speed option, on most previews.

    That's nice.

    (BTW. this is done with actual double speed de-coding (& double speed DVD drive inside))

  16. Re:I would buy one if... on Cell Phone Purchasing: Drop Down? · · Score: 1

    Actually dont listen to me,

    I boycotted Metalica on popex.

    I hardly count as average.

  17. I would buy one if... on Cell Phone Purchasing: Drop Down? · · Score: 1

    I dont have a cell phone.

    (please dont stone me!!!)

    I would buy one if...

    I could telnet into my home machine and send /recieve proper email from any pop3 account (not SMS).

    PS. I dont give a %&*! about phone calls.

  18. Totalise? on AltaVista UK Withdraws Unmetered Service In UK · · Score: 1

    Totalise do a deal where you pay 200 groats and get ~340 groats in shares back and unmetered access for two years.

    see www.totalise.co.uk

    Also NTL provide free access in return for 10 groats of calls a month.

    see ntl

    others?

  19. Re:Simple platform games on Vanishing Game Genres · · Score: 1

    I think these genres are surviving, even with younger kids. My [10 year-old] sister has a megadrive (she got it free off a friend) and about 50 games, (all also free). Altered beast is still addictive.

  20. Re:And what would you be saying otherwise? on Windows ME - The End Of UMSDOS And BeOSfs Over Vfat? · · Score: 1

    and if you believe the rumours...

    12 is linux.

    (HPUX that is)

  21. Re:Where SuSE fits! on SuSE 7.0 · · Score: 1

    Ill make things clear, I LIKE SUSE,

    but

    The 90 days tech support does seem to last until the next version comes out.

    I suppose , to put it in plain english I want free updates inside major releases. I dont want to have to pay 100 GBP on a OS every year

  22. Re:Katz's geek alienation again on Slashdot Meets X-Men · · Score: 1

    I just got the joke

    alien nation == alienation

    ha ha!

    thats real funny.

  23. Points of view on Microsoft's New Language · · Score: 1

    1. Isnt 'C' a trademark of AT&T (whoever)?
    2. I would kill for a simple java to native compiler, ie. java -> ELF.
    3. This isn't it (I got sparked but I was left dry by 'platform independant')
    4. WHAT the BLEEP is Language independance???????
    5. The 'features' of Java I want in my native compiler are, exceptions, referenced object (enough pointers already), and garbage collection. That is all.
    6. This sounds like a java clone (java IS C syntax with a more centralised API)
    7. WHAT the BLEEP is Language independance???????
    8. I meant to do that.
    9. News flash microsoft plans to attack Sun:
    http://www.csharpsarms.com/

  24. Re:Ermm.... on Microsoft's New Language · · Score: 1

    Has anyone seen Canibal the Musical, (Matt and Trey flick)

    Theres a pythonesque scene just like this!

    Semitones Schmemitones (or somethiong like that).

  25. Re:Pretty soon none of them will be films. on Net Films Not Eligible For Oscar · · Score: 1

    You saw Phantom Menace online before you it was out in theatres? I did, also Matrix and a few others. That raises a question does piracy count as screening?