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  1. Re:A better solution on FCC Ends 700 MHz Auction · · Score: 1

    Actually, the Dakotas have major holes in all of the nationwide networks; it just isn't worth it.

  2. Re:Office 2007 on Few of OOXML's Flaws Have Been Addressed · · Score: 1

    C++ only became an ISO standard in 1998.

  3. Re:throttling from bell and rogers on Canadian TV to Adopt DRM-Free BitTorrents · · Score: 1

    Seeing as bittorrent uses >50% of the internet's bandwidth, somehow I think it's about bandwidth, not control.

  4. Re:.NET is OOP gone stupid. on Visualizing the .NET Framework · · Score: 1

    One of the primary properties of a file is that you can gradually stream things to/from it. If files become "one shot serialize/deserialize a blob to disk," they quickly become useless in many scenarios.

  5. Re:.NET is OOP gone stupid. on Visualizing the .NET Framework · · Score: 1

    So the takeaway from your post is that files are easy to read in .net, as long as you read the entire thing into memory at once? I guess you only ever deal with text files that are a few KB or something.

  6. Re:paradigm shift on Wikileaks Publishes FBI VoIP Surveillance Docs · · Score: 1

    And likewise, if you have nothing to hide, you shouldn't worry about the government recording your phone conversations.

  7. Re:Oooookay then.... on Wikileaks Releases Early Atomic Bomb Diagram · · Score: 1

    >In order to do anything, you must have knowledge, means, and intent.

    Bullshit; in addition to those three you must have the ability to either: not advertise that you have the knowledge or not give out the knowledge under torture conditions.

  8. Re:paradigm shift on Wikileaks Publishes FBI VoIP Surveillance Docs · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    You guys have a fine eye for humor.

  9. Re:paradigm shift on Wikileaks Publishes FBI VoIP Surveillance Docs · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yeah right, one of Obama's main accomplishments in the Illinois state senate was requiring that police interrogations be video taped in order to be admissible in court (or was it restricted to confessions? I honestly don't recall). None-the-less, his crown jewel achievement is **MORE** surveillance!

  10. Re:An Irrelevant Hack on Carmack Speaks On Ray Tracing, Future id Engines · · Score: 1

    Quake 3 came out in the late 90's.

  11. Re:Jeff Merkey and lawsuits on "DonorGate" Is Latest Scandal To Hit Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    What is PJ?

  12. Re:gee, thanks for the reminder! on Summer of Code Org Application Deadline Approaches · · Score: 1

    chrisd used to work at Slashdot, now he works at Google. It was just a favor.

  13. Re:Quite the opposite on Ericsson Predicts Swift End For Wi-Fi Hotspots · · Score: 1

    Every cable company in America that I know of has two tiers of internet service: consumer and business. And dusinesses aren't allowed to buy the consumer options.

  14. Re:You won't get the money out of politics... on Lessig On Corruption and Reform · · Score: 1

    >This is why the scandals in the previous French government and the UN oil-for-food scandal dwarf anything that's ever gone on in America.

    Ever hear of The Gulf of Tonkin?

  15. Re:So let me get this straight on Olympic Web Site Features Pirated Content · · Score: 1

    Right, because aside from you, Slashdot is one giant person, so when it has two conflicting thoughts, it is hypocritical.

  16. Re:Android on Apple Targeting Business World for the iPhone · · Score: 1

    >No iTunes?

    Amazon DRM-free store. Or hell, just use iTunes and buy DRM-free tracks.

  17. Re:Accountability on ICANN Wants To End Commerce Dept. Oversight In 2009 · · Score: 1

    >I have no doubt that the UN will voice support for the idea of free (non-hate, for whatever definition of hate is currently politically popular) speech.

    Fixed.

  18. Re:Converting on Higher-Resolution YouTube Videos Currently In Testing · · Score: 1

    He was referring to porn. He wasn't saying youtube videos were high quality.

  19. Re:No questions on Woz Dumps on MacBook Air, iPhone, AppleTV · · Score: 1

    Apple doesn't want to piss away their brand by having people see jerky lower than native screen res video on other people's ipods.

  20. Re:Which to learn first: python or ruby? on The Ruby Programming Language · · Score: 1

    You could have used a generator comprehension instead of a list comprehension.

  21. Re:Why can't this book be free? on The Ruby Programming Language · · Score: 1

    Take a look at both names on the contract.

  22. Re:Maybe Apple should... on Paypal Advises Users To Stop Using Safari · · Score: 2, Funny

    Paypal will have to tell phishing sites to copy this Safari warning as well, which I'm sure they will be happy to do.

  23. Re:Obscurity on End Software Patents Project Comes Out Swinging · · Score: 1

    That link doesn't even point anywhere.

  24. Re:So, the basic argument against SW patents is... on End Software Patents Project Comes Out Swinging · · Score: 1

    Do you even know who Linus's current employer is?

  25. Re:Defining software patents on End Software Patents Project Comes Out Swinging · · Score: 1

    >complete drying up of AIDS research (who the hell wants to spend their life researching or fund researching it if there is not money in it?)

    I'm sorry, but lots of people. As it is now there is little money in it, there is way more money in baldness research. So there really wouldn't be that big of a change.