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  1. DWG DXF open formats? on Autodesk Embracing Open Source · · Score: 1

    Are the AutoDesk file formats even open? I've been trying to find a nice and stable converter (to eg. PNG/Flash and so on) for these formats for Linux for quite a while.

  2. Wow. on Longhorn Beta Begins · · Score: 4, Funny


    Quite impressive as XP obviously isn't even out of beta yet.

  3. Re:seems like it would result in crappy code on CA's $1mn Open-Source Bounty Results · · Score: 1


    Give CA some credit - they're paying $1 million for this, it would be naive to think they're coughing up for some half-assed attempt. Give the developers some credit, they have pretty impressive bios.

  4. Re:How much would google have spent on Key Advantage of Open Source is Not Cost Savings · · Score: 1


    You're running the MySQL cluster solution? Last I checked, that requires that you're able to fit the entire database in memory, so it only scales as far as you can stuff memory in a machine. No? Could you give some details?

    I'm looking for a good DB-slution that clusters like Oracle RAC or SQL Server. If a such exists, someone please enlighten me :-) RAC and SQL Server both cost a fortune.

  5. Re:I would buy a Mac... on Return of the Mac · · Score: 2, Funny

    ..how am I gonna convince my wife that I should.. - why, refuse her sex for a change! *smirk*

  6. Re:Games are the key... on Return of the Mac · · Score: 1, Insightful


    I'm sure www.apple.com/games will surprise you pleasantly

  7. Somthing with chicks and fun. on Best Degree to Pair w/ a B.Sc. in Computer Science? · · Score: 1


    Have fun. It won't matter in the long run what you do.

  8. Re:Real world stories on Mac OS X Server Panther · · Score: 1

    How does an OS X cluster appear to user - as a single OS X instance or how does it behave?

  9. Experiences with CentOS and/or Whitebox Linux on Red Hat & Centos On Name Usage · · Score: 1

    Anyone care to share their experiences with these RH clones? How accurate a clone is it?

  10. Re:Really on Red Hat & Centos On Name Usage · · Score: 3, Insightful


    Because CentrOS is a "Look! A Red Hat without a price!"-company while Mandrake has their own business model which does not claim to be a free Red Hat.

  11. Re:Why? on How to Install Debian on Mac mini · · Score: 1


    I bought the mini for the form factor, not the OS. It's the sweetest looking personal server I've had to date.

    Some people seem to be blind to the design - isn't it obvious that the mini looks better than anything else on market? It's the same with the iRiver vs. the iPod, Apple's design is just that much better.

  12. mod_proxy_html + mod_proxy + https on Taking My Freedom With Me to China? · · Score: 1


    Rent a virtual server outside China, eg. Germany. You can get those at $10 a month w. eg. Debian. Install Apache with above modules and you're set.

  13. Re:Paranoia quotes on Just How Paranoid Are You? · · Score: 1

    "Doesn't matter if I'm paranoid - they're still after me." I like the version of this a bit better: "Just because you're paranoid it doesn't mean they're not after you."

  14. Re:Oh no... on What is JSON, JSON-RPC and JSON-RPC-Java? · · Score: 1

    Better solve the cross-browser JS issues in one package than have web-dev's do it over and over again, poorly.

  15. Re:Amen To That on Does the World Need Binary XML? · · Score: 1

    Come on - how many real projects have you had to deal with "huge gobs of proprietary data" wrapped in XML? People AGREE on a data exchange format, everything else defeats the purpose.

    If the nails look bent - blame the hammer or the carpenter?

  16. Re:Amen To That on Does the World Need Binary XML? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    An XML document is an abstract. The file with tags is a serialization of that document. A binary file would also just be a serialization. Then you deserialize it in your parser - and get the DOM. It's the job of the parser to give you the object represenation, no matter if it were human readable text or binary format.

    The data is interchangable either way - only difference is that binary XML file is not immediatly human readable.

  17. Re:How can it be so cheap? on Think Secret Predicts Sub-$500 Headless Mac · · Score: 1


    Take a look inside the new iMac G5. The assembly is incredibly simple.

    The old iMac, with the rounded base, was asking for trouble.

  18. They just don't GET it. on Latest "iPod Killer" Takes Aim at the Mini · · Score: 1


    They're all playing catch-up. They need to innovate. Get a crack design team together instead of these feeble attempts.

  19. Re:Realisation about this procedure on With Linux Clusters, Seeing Is Believing · · Score: 3, Funny


    And it's always the guys with small clusters who say that size doesn't matter?

  20. Novell? on Sun's COO Pretends Linux Belongs To Red Hat · · Score: 2, Interesting


    What about Novell? They bought Suse which was a strong distro, and Ximian which holds the track-record for providing cool UI's for Linux.

    What are their ambitions? They have a couple of very nice cards to play - why don't they?

    On another, but related, note, what made FreeBSD (as OS X) the success it became once Apple added UI? The Apple brand and hardware? What does it take for Novell to get the same level of recognition?

    A worried shareholder.. ;-)

  21. Re:Ruby seems on the right track. on RAD with Ruby · · Score: 1


    Thousands of files? Nah. Some files, with thousands of lines. Generated though, so what's the fuss?

  22. Re:Thunderbird is missing something on Thunderbird 1.0 RC1 Released · · Score: 1

    Missing something in comparison to what? Outlook? Pfft. That's not a mail client - that's an abomination.

  23. Re:OMG.. it's truly awful. on Google Revises Usenet Search · · Score: 4, Informative


    I'm believe that the "new groups" are not new usenet groups, but merely a yahoo-groups clone on the side, which gets he same interface as the one they provide for usenet groups.

    The old groups interface rocked. This is a major step in the wrong direction in my book.

  24. Re:Damn you all! on User-centric GUI Design Explained to All · · Score: 1

    Anyone know if the coracl cache is accessible from within the US only? I've never managed to connect to it (times out) from Europe.

  25. But why contract in the first place then? on Switching to Contracting? · · Score: 1

    Why would you contract in the first place if what you're looking for is a full time position?