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  1. Re:The problem is internal on Microsoft Under Attack - Part 2 · · Score: 1

    Blueberry Squares Or Diamonds.

    Coming soon, Rasberry...

  2. Re:Me? on What Would You Ask For in Copyright Law? · · Score: 1

    It's just dreaming unless you can get the pols and the coroporations to sign on...

    Maybe, after the initial period, copyright renewals should be tied to increasingly progressive taxing of the licensing/distribution profits of the work. (That would get the politicians on board...)

    This should probably be tied to a dead/unavailable works clause - or else we would start seeing unending chains of derivative works after taking the source out of circulation...

  3. Re:Fixing Copyright on What Would You Ask For in Copyright Law? · · Score: 1

    I really like the "dead-work" exception listed on that page.

  4. Re:A Serious Reply on Automation in the Workplace? · · Score: 1


    And then got your ass kicked in the parking lot by the two guys who just lost their jobs!

    It's a funny comment, but it I'm suprised by how many people actually think that way.

    If the automation increases productivity then it increases your companies competitiveness. That makes more financially feasible for salaries to rise at the company. At my work it would only mean that the other two could focus on other higher-level tasks. Of course, you have to wonder if the company will just pocket the increased profit. But think about it, are you're going to get paid better working for a company with a fat profit margin or one thats barely getting by?

  5. uhh Math? on Automation in the Workplace? · · Score: 1

    Statistics collection and design of experiments. How else do you know how often to test and what's worth testing?

  6. Re:Some of it is legal on Has the Data Security Problem Become an Epidemic? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    In California they are required to do so, but you should note that one iteration of thought that ChoicePoint reportedly went through was to consider notifying only CA residents.

    As far as I've read, there is no US Federal law requiring company disclosures of security breaches.

  7. Re:Good idea on Viacom Launches Podcast-Only Radio Station · · Score: 3, Interesting

    (oops bad formatting)... Have you ever heard of the ZBS foundation? They're worth a listen if you like radio drama - I like the Ruby and Jack Flanders series...

  8. Re:Good idea on Viacom Launches Podcast-Only Radio Station · · Score: 1
  9. Re:90 MPH???? on ZAP Smart Car Approved for Sale in the US · · Score: 1

    Everybody assumes that SUV's are safer vehicles to own, but overall they're not.

    So not only are you increasing the chances you'll kill someone else, but yourself too. So... given enough time, SUV owners should select themselves out of the gene pool.

  10. Re:Is this going to be a case of on Where Is The Plug-and-Play Linux Office System? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "self-updating windows systems = evil" versus "self-updating linux systems = good"?

    Yes... if you look a little deeper an realize that:
    Self-Updating Windows ==
    security fixes + MS business initiatives (.Net) + eula "upgrades"

    while (presumeably)
    Self-Updating Linux ==
    security fixes + version upgrades (optional)

    Can you spot where evil enters the equation?

  11. Re:Yes... on Where Is The Plug-and-Play Linux Office System? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Because self-updating works so well for Windows...
    It works well for Debian...

  12. Google on Dealing with Inherited Data and Code? · · Score: 1

    Google sells a search appliance which can index a wide range of formats. Buy it, scan your files, and query it while building up your knowledge of the project state.

  13. Scripting? on Gambas 1.0 Release Candidate Available · · Score: 2, Funny

    Anyone who has been frustrated by a lack of production-quality free RAD environments

    Nope, I have many available RAD environments which lack production-quality.

    But seriously, what about Ruby, Python, and Perl. It seems like there have been plenty of RAD environments available for free.

  14. Re:Schneier's Take on American Passports to Have RFID Chips · · Score: 1

    Bruce doesn't break this down to simple enough terms.

    Basically, RFID in American passports means that a terrorist can build a bomb that only goes off when an american comes near.

  15. Re:Co-dependency... on Dear Microsoft Windows ... · · Score: 1

    ... I still need to cross-assemble 8085 code for legacy hardware that still has useable life in it and old DOS based schematic programs that generated the drawings for that hardware back in the 80's.

    Hav you tried dosbox or dosemu?

  16. Re:Mono on Mono: A Developer's Handbook · · Score: 1

    I can't imagine being some who works on the software of this project:

    - So what do you do for a living?
    - I develop Mono
    - Er.. Look at the time, I've got to be going now...

  17. Re:fiscal discipline on The Space Elevator - Public or Private? · · Score: 1

    Commercial airline operations do this too - and it's one of the primary reasons that air travel is so safe.

  18. Re:Cool on Slate is Bootstrapped · · Score: 1

    I would say that's true - especially with newer Ruby users. My feeling is that the most advanced users of Ruby end up using both aspects as circumstances suggest.

  19. Re:Cool on Slate is Bootstrapped · · Score: 2, Informative
    Sorry, must remember to preview...

    Hmm, maybe I'm misunderstanding what you mean, but you can modify and clone instances in Ruby:
    ob = Object.new
    class << ob
    def hello
    puts "world"
    end
    end

    o2 = ob.clone
    o2.hello => world
  20. Re:Cool on Slate is Bootstrapped · · Score: 1

    Hmm, maybe I'm misunderstanding what you mean, but you can modify and clone instances in Ruby:

    ob = Object.new
    class "world"

  21. Re:Cool on Slate is Bootstrapped · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure it meets the formal definition of a prototype language, but Ruby seems to come pretty close.

  22. Re:No, incorrect on Tech Employment Drops Sharply In 2004 · · Score: 1

    Of course what I find funny is that employment has been going up for almost a year now.

    You probably already know this, but employment can go up while the unemployment goes up too. You just have to have more people entering the economy than payrolls have increased.

    Love the quote btw.

  23. Re:Graphviz on Software for Making Company Diagrams? · · Score: 1

    That why you use an SVG editor to modify it instead of hand writing the XML.

  24. Re:Graphviz on Software for Making Company Diagrams? · · Score: 1

    You can get graphviz to output svg and send that into inkscape or sodipodi or manipulate the svg yourself with any xml library want. (I like Ruby's REXML)

  25. Formalize Defensive Patents on City of Munich Freezes Its Linux Migration · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It's a strange idea, but I've been thinking that we need for government to think about implementing a "defensive patent" registry where ideas can be registered for defensive purposes only. The barriers for a defensive patent examination might be much lower and have no "expiration." They could not be used as a basis for regular patents, but could be used to establish a standard for what "practicing experts" in a field are capable of for review of unique patents.