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  1. Re:ODF Compatibility test utility on Microsoft Spokesman Says ODF "Clearly Won" Standard War · · Score: 2, Insightful

    i.e. what we need is an Acid Test for ODF.

  2. Re:I can always do it.... on Rubik's Cube Algorithm Cut Again, Down to 23 Moves · · Score: 3, Insightful

    With 6 colours and 9 squares per face, there will always be 2 squares of the same colour per face, so it can always be done in 42 moves or less.

  3. Re:Serious suggestion (don't use RFID) on Using RFID Tags Around the House? · · Score: 1

    What about the second hammer?

  4. Re:Vs. Cygwin on A Virtualized Linux System For Windows · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yes, and definitely I would say it seems that coLinux was made with being a better alternative to cygwin/mingw in mind. I've been happily using AndLinux (Kubuntu + coLinux distro) running on my Windows XP for C++ development.

  5. A good idea, much like the Eclipse Project on Shuttleworth Calls For Coordinated Release Cycles · · Score: 2, Informative

    The Eclipse IDE Project uses a similar idea for its releases, where the main plugins (CDT, JDT, PDE, RCP, etc) are required to synchronize their releases with the release of the core Eclipse Platform.

  6. Re:What this case is really about on GPL vs. Skype Back In Court · · Score: 1

    The solution to this, of course would be to use software out there that is not GPL. Sure, they may have to pay for proprietary stuff, but there ain't no free lunch.

  7. MacGyver feels dated on MacGyver Film In the Works? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I've had the chance to watch a couple of MacGyver episodes recently and they feel dated.
    At the same time, the Bourne series comes to my mind as a modern version of MacGyver.
    So... Matt Damon as MacGyver?

  8. Microprose on F-117A Stealth Fighter Retired · · Score: 3, Interesting

    My fondest memories of the F117 is playing the Microprose simulator. The original version was named F19 Stealth Fighter until the F117 was declassified in which the version 2.0 of the game, updated with VGA graphics and Persian Gulf campaigns was renamed F117A Stealth Fighter.

    It was quite an interesting change, whereas in most other combat flight simulators like Falcon 3.0 and F15 Strike Eagle I would be actively seeking a fight with any enemy on my radar and pumping them full of sidewinders or 20MM, in F117A the mission is to avoid the enemy patrols and ground radars

  9. Re:Misleading article on NVIDIA Quad SLI Disappoints · · Score: 1

    You left out the hard disk drive...

  10. Bruce Schneider Facts on Inside The Twisted Mind of Bruce Schneier · · Score: 1

    Bruce Schneider Facts
    The last time someone tried to look into Bruce Schneider's twisted mind, the Big Bang happened

  11. And raping of my sister on NBC Still Down On P2P But Plans To Use It Themselves · · Score: 1

    ...is a worse crime than serial murdering half a town in another country.

    Who cares about crimes that don't affect me? We should spend more taxpayers money on crimes that reduces the sales of my goods.

  12. What a dumbass on G-Archiver Harvesting Google Mail Passwords · · Score: 1

    There are better ways to email someone's userid and password to yourself without giving away your own password.
    Like SMTP.

  13. Re:Could be war -- or an attempt at self-isolation on Fourth Undersea Cable Taken Offline In Less Than a Week · · Score: 2, Informative
  14. Re:Er, so what? on Penny-Sized Flash Module Holds 16GB · · Score: 3, Insightful

    and most importantly, how much does it cost per GB, compared to Flash?

  15. tag it.. on Record Labels Change Minds About Sharing MP3s · · Score: 1

    sudden outbreak of common sense?

  16. Birthday Attack on MD5 Proven Ineffective for App Signatures · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is an example of a Birthday Attack. 1. Attacker generates Good.exe and Evil.exe which hashes to the same MD5 2. Attacker passes Good.exe to the key owner to sign 3. Key owner signs and release Good.exe and Good.exe.MD5 4. Attacker releases Evil.exe as Good.exe This of course, requires some serious social engineering to work. MD5 is outdated, yes, but at the moment it is still resilient against a normal attack where an attacker has to generate an Evil.exe to hash to the same MD5 as an already-available Good.exe

  17. Re:So, now that they have these licenses... on OSI Approves Microsoft Ms-PL and Ms-RL · · Score: 1

    Probably something that is currently BSD licensed.

  18. It's time to bring out the WTFPL on Google Goes After Open Source Licensing Cruft · · Score: 1
  19. http://gpl-violations.org settlements on GPL Lawsuit May Not Settle · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I like the idea of some of the settlements by http://gpl-violations.org/ where the offending party makes a donation to the Open Source cause, e.g. the project violated, the FSF or EFF.

  20. I don't mind the cameras so much... on 10,000 Cameras Ineffective At Deterring Crime · · Score: 1

    There's very little I hate more than fucking hit-and-run drunk drivers that I've seen ended many good people's life with their irresponsibility. They are no worse than murderers, IMO. Here in Singapore, we have quite a few hit-and-run incidents that were solved thanks to such cameras on our expressways. Loss of privacy? A very small price to pay for catching and deterring drunk drivers.

    Fucking drunk drivers.

  21. Re:this is the result of socialism on Wikileaks Breaks $3 Billion Corruption Story · · Score: 1

    Socialism which centralizes all p;power in the government, causes this. When the same government that is responsible for policing, is repsonsible for economic activity such as providing electricity and even news to the public .. seriously fucked up shit like this can happen. It irreverasbly fucks a country hard.

    Show me where socialism and government control over business activity has brought about prosperity and lifted a country out of poverty? I can show examples for capitalism: China, Singapore, South Korea (contrast with North Korea which was considered richer than S. Korea before the split -- and S. Korea was as poor as any African country).


    In Singapore, it WAS pretty much government control over business activities that brought prosperity to the country. News, electricity, telephone system were all under government control. It was only recently, about 10 years ago, where all these were mostly privatized and released from government control, AFTER the country has been classified as a first world.

    It's not capitalism at work here. It's simply a government that knows WTF it's doing and has very minimal trace of corruption.

  22. In real life you can't run back from the graveyard on MMORPG Used to Model Real World Disease · · Score: 4, Informative

    I've seen people deliberately trying to spread the disease in the game. In order to obtain the disease, you need to meet the final boss of the Zul'gurub raid instance, named Hakkar. When Hakkar infects you with the disease, you will then have to hearth back to Orgrimmar or Ironforge to spread the disease before it kills you. Would people do this in real life?

    Or can we expect to see suicidal terrorists deliberately infecting themselves and moving into a population...

  23. Re:Imminent Death of FireFox Predicted. JPGs at 11 on Mozilla Exec Claims Apple is Hunting OSS Browsers · · Score: 1

    "the w3school's site (from which the data on which this prediction was based) is a (poor imho) web developer's resource."

    I've been using w3school for a while, I've found it pretty useful but could be better. I continue to use it since I haven't seen anything better. Do you know of a better site that does what w3school does?

  24. Strange.. on Games They'd Like Us To Forget · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No mention of Atari's ET?

  25. It's a trap on AMD Donates Servers to Groklaw · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hi PJ, we will need to meet you to sign some papers for the servers...