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  1. Built to fall apart on Obtaining Replacement Parts for Your Laptop? · · Score: 1

    How can they sell you a new one if the old one doesn't break?
    Capitalism at its finest!
    Their other trick is:"built in January,Different by July!"
    "Now sir, is that REV. A-1,B-3 or X-17?"

  2. SCO is stupid/smart on SCO Gives Notice To 6,000 Unix Licensees · · Score: 1

    SCO is ignorant,they can't even interpret their own code.Now they are trying to get 6000+ other sets of eyes to try and find some offending code.
    Can't believe that's gonna happen!

  3. 98 on old hardware? on Windows 98 Phased Out · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I recently built myself a new box,athlon2600,512 of DDR,video card w/tv out,not bleeding edge but up to date.Better than my last 1 gig athlon box.
    Which OS did I use? Win98! "Why use THAT?" everyone asked. Because it boots every time,never a BSOD like the 2000Pro that my wife HAS to use because the company sent her home with it."Security Concerns with 98" they said. BS!!
    I never run any AV software,I did a online scan for the first time last week,been running 3 years now with 1 "trojan reported",just cain/abel.Now remember, I don't download/install everything that comes down the pike AND I am behind an old 350Mhz box w/ Suse on it,Slackware before that.
    But real point is this: I reading about the spoofing of the address bar recently and the OS/IE combo that I'm running wasn't vulnerable to this attack.What else can I say?
    Security through Obscurity!!!
    Guess there's no money left in 98 anymore.
    Too Bad.

  4. SCO on SGI Code Changes Not Enough, Says SCO · · Score: 1

    I have watched this fiasco from the beginning.
    I can't wait until the SEC shows up at SCO.
    Can anyone say "whistleblower"? Please....

  5. DRM on Copy Protection a Crime Against Humanity · · Score: 4, Interesting

    What ever happened to "the letter of the Law vs. the Spirit of the Law"? How hard can you squeeze a yellow light and not draw blood?
    It's all based on a personnal observation on the ticket writer. If the "officer" thinks you pushed that yellow light to the point that it bleeds, then you are guilty, no matter how much time or money you spend in court.
    You have no way to dispute it,no "instant replay".
    In this case, DRM will know that you have already viewed/listened to that data.
    Hello Mr. Orwell.
    What ever happened to that "American Spirit"?

  6. Balance Act on Lofgren Introduces BALANCE Act to Modify DMCA · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is what SPAM should be used for, to broadcast this information.

  7. soggy MB's on Your Most Damage-Resistant Hardware? · · Score: 1

    I freind once gave me 3 386 boxes that been through a flood, under 6 ft. of water at his warehouse. All were covered with fine layer of silt from the river,I pulled them apart,hosed them of with warm water,dish soap and compressed air,rinsed them in clear water and set them on the heater vent overnite.All but one HD survive to this day!

  8. kde and gnome on Interview With The KDE And GNOME Release Managers · · Score: 1

    Being responsible as a release agent for anything
    like KDE or Gnome has got to eat a BIG hole in your daily time line, I have a few moments in my day to help friends with small problems out of my normal daily work cycle, I can't imagine the time it takes to get involved in a project of this magnitude. My Hat is off to you. I have a small job as a SMT operator/prgmr,eats up 8-5 real fast, my brain even faster!

  9. plasma on High Resolution DVI Support for Plasma Displays? · · Score: 1

    I've been around the video industry since Motorola came out with the "works in drawer TV" in the 60's. As far as I'm concerned you should get as far away from an NEC product as you can. They seem to work under the guidelines of "build it, then dump it." They have designed and produced so many IC's and products, then dumped them before the end of life of the product that they should be prosecuted. JUNK,JUNK,JUNK! They are the epitome of the phrase "Japanese Junk".