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  1. Re:Android WILL take over. on Less Than Free · · Score: 1

    Plus I don't believe that Linus is paying companies to install Linux on their PCs yet.

    Allow me to be the first to volunteer for this bold new De$ktop Linux Initiative.

  2. Re:Hmm on AU Senator Calls Scientology a "Criminal Organization" · · Score: 1

    Yep, and that was wrong. I can think of about 100 things that were deeply wrong about the way religion was practiced in that era. Perhaps someone should nail them to the door of the Religious Technology Center so that they can catch up.

  3. I said it yesterday, but... on Google Under Fire For Calling Their Language "Go" · · Score: 5, Funny

    Two "Go"'s considered harmful.

  4. Re:"Go" name already taken for programming languag on Go, Google's New Open Source Programming Language · · Score: 1

    So the statement was nearly accurate. ;-)

  5. Re:"Go" name already taken for programming languag on Go, Google's New Open Source Programming Language · · Score: 4, Funny

    Two "Go"s considered harmful.

  6. Old School! on Attack of the PowerPoint-Wielding Professors · · Score: 1

    I teach a little community college on the side, and make a point to use the dry-erase board far more often than the projector. It establishes a certain pace. The more involved something is, the longer it takes me to draw it, the more time the students have to digest it and take notes. It's also much more convenient to change things up on the fly in response to students' questions, needs, and interests.

    That being said, I do use the projector when more detailed graphics or animations are called for, and to demonstrate live various techniques using actual software tools.

    Just like anything, it's all about choosing the right tool for the job, rather than leaning towards one-size-fits-all out of expedience.

  7. It's a shame they didn't go for it. on Vermont City Almost Encased In a 1-Mile Dome · · Score: 1

    Even if it failed, we'd have gained a whole lot of practical know-how about undertaking a project like that. Even if it ended up way over-budget and required tons of maintenance and so-on, I'd bet that the tourism revenues would have offset that in time.

  8. Re:postgres people suck on MySQL Cofounder Says Oracle Should Sell Database To a Neutral 3d Party · · Score: 1

    No one is advocating deployment of Postgres95. Current PostgreSQL OTOH deserves the praise it gets.

  9. Re:Are these the same people... on 1/3 of People Can't Tell 48Kbps Audio From 160Kbps · · Score: 1

    Actually... IMO poorly mixed and mastered electronic music sounds better with lossy compression.

    Fixed that for you.

    A cluttered or muddy mix has a lot of different parts stepping over one another for the same pieces of spectral real estate. In this instance, by removing the information that it expects to be covered up by more prominent sounds, a lossy codec can winnow out some of the auditory confusion.

  10. Re:real issue, but is GPLv3 the solution? on Doubts Raised About Legal Soundness of GPL2 · · Score: 1

    The root of the confusion is that you have different works jumbled together:

    1. The text, graphics, and organization of your book.
    2. The page design and layout of your finished output
    3. The Ruby code and laTex extensions used to render your book into a PDF

    If you had licensed them separately, the situation would have been clearer. The downstream author would need to grant you attribution for and share-alike any designs and layouts based off of yours, and any modifications to your code (assuming you use a copyleft license for the Ruby/laTex tools). However said author would be able to the actual content of his work (words, illustrations, and so on) however he chose.

    Really, separating content from presentation is half of the point of things like Tex and CSS.

  11. Re:Sousa was right. on 100 Years of Copyright Hysteria · · Score: 4, Funny

    We keep our ASCAP and BMI site-license agreements posted on the refrigerator. It's only annoying when the auditors show up to sample set lists and expect to stay for dinner. Awkward.

  12. Re:Sousa was right. on 100 Years of Copyright Hysteria · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I do get out (and play out) just fine, thank you. :) There's music being played and heard, certainly. Just the same, when was the last time you were walking down the street and saw a family sitting on their front porch playing and singing together?

  13. Sousa was right. on 100 Years of Copyright Hysteria · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Recording technology and radio obliterated small-scale performances and local music. They still exist, obviously, but have nowhere near the cultural prominence or respect that they once did.

  14. Re:Copyright implications, mashup on PhotoSketch Image Manipulation Tool Taking the World by Storm · · Score: 1

    The word you're looking for is "collage".

  15. Re:Really? on Ex-Astronaut Developing Plasma Rocket To Revitalize NASA · · Score: 4, Informative

    While 180 day circumnavigation is possible, the travelers of the 16th-18th Centuries usually took three to four years to circle the globe. That's the basis for the comparison I was making.

  16. Perspective on Ex-Astronaut Developing Plasma Rocket To Revitalize NASA · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you measure distance in terms of transit times, the sustainable thrust potential of this technology would make the Solar System the same size to travelers as the Earth was during the Age of Sail.

  17. Re:DOS and OS 9 on Old Operating Systems Never Die · · Score: 1

    OK, now I'm curious. Film recorders perhaps, or maybe a high-end-but-older A/V conversion rig?

  18. Re:The comet's shape on Captured Comet Becomes Moon of Jupiter · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That was not an entirely settled matter when The Sentinel was written.

  19. Re:The comet's shape on Captured Comet Becomes Moon of Jupiter · · Score: 1, Funny

    My God, it's full of stars.

  20. Re:Loss on Pigeon Turns Out To Be Faster Than S. African Net · · Score: 2, Funny

    You mean hawks?

  21. The first rule of not being seen: Don't stand up. on How Wired's Hiding Writer Was Found · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Second rule: Don't make daily visits to a web community dedicated to tracking you down. Fail.

  22. ADSL vs SDSL on SA's Largest Telecomms Provider vs. a Pigeon · · Score: 1

    I wonder what their upload speed is? If it is asynchronus, they won't be able to touch the bird.

  23. Re:The question is... on SA's Largest Telecomms Provider vs. a Pigeon · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I would assume African, given the locale.

  24. Duck Trademarks on Disney Buys Marvel For $4B · · Score: 1

    Pressure from Disney caused no end of problems and weird artwork for Howard the Duck comics over the years. At least there's one silver lining to be found.

  25. Hard-Trojans on FBI Investigating Mystery Laptops Sent To US Governors · · Score: 5, Funny

    "A what? Whatever, put it in the yard next to the giant wooden horse."