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  1. Re:Which is It? on HIV/AIDS Vaccine To Begin Phase I Human Trials · · Score: 1

    One would hope that a person with AIDS would realize that unprotected sex willy-nilly can never be an option for them vaccine or not.

  2. Re:Carbonized chickens and hydrogen on Chicken Feathers May Hold Key To Hydrogen Storage · · Score: 2, Insightful

    commenting to undo an erroneous moderation

  3. I replaced SCO UNIX on my home machine on What Did You Do First With Linux? · · Score: 1

    It must have been one of the first Slackware releases. I had to jump through hoops to get it to install, but I've never looked back since. SCO was the best you could get at the time on Intel platforms, but it was way too expensive.

  4. What was that old joke? on Microsoft Suffers Leaks, Lagging Sales Numbers As They Look Forward To Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    Windows is a 16 bit operating environment,
    for an 8 bit OS, built for a 4 bit processor,
    by a 2 bit company who can't stand
    1 bit of competition...

  5. Crap at this point what do they have to lose? on 6 Pennsylvania Teens Face Child Porn Charges For Pics of Selves · · Score: 1

    Those kids should walk into the court room and flash the judge and everyone else in the room. Under this reasoning, they'd all be instantly guilty of viewing child porn.

  6. That's nice and all on All of Vietnam's Government Computers To Use Linux, By Fiat · · Score: 1

    But there's something to be said for diversity. Find one vulnerability in one system and you've found a vulnerability for all.

  7. Re:Only the paranoid survive (not) on Are My Ideas Being Stolen? If So, What Then? · · Score: 1

    yup, just cross them off and initialize where you crossed off. give it back signed. If they sign it, it's a done deal. If not, time to negoitiate or walk.

  8. Work as a consultant on Is Finding Part Time Work In IT Unrealistic? · · Score: 1

    Most jobs get allocated way too much time, so do your work for the week and don't hang around once it's done. In the past I've regularly billed for 27 hour weeks for pretty much the same output as the rest of my colleagues. Most reasonable bosses will love you for it, because it makes the project budget go farther.

    cheers

  9. It seems unlikely on Sweet Molecule Could Lead Us To Alien Life · · Score: 2, Interesting

    A massive star forming region, hardly seems a conducive place for life to form.

  10. Good strategy on Bush Administration's E-Mail Deluge May Overload Archive System · · Score: 1

    For hiding all your nefarious emails in the noise.
    Half those old geezers will be dead before anyone get's around to reading them.

  11. Re:Heh on HP's Fury At Vista Capable Downgrade · · Score: 1

    hahaha The day Microsoft makes a product that doesn't suck, it will be a vacuum cleaner...

  12. Re:Paste your code to /dev/tty for upload on (Useful) Stupid Unix Tricks? · · Score: 1

    or if your really nasty, hide #include "/dev/tty" somewhere in your buddy's source code.

  13. Re:Backquotes on (Useful) Stupid Unix Tricks? · · Score: 1

    you nest back quotes with escape characters. Been doing it for years. The bash way though, is easier to read.

    f=`file \`which bash\``

  14. Re:Nice... on Researchers Build Logic Gates With RNA · · Score: 1

    let alone viruses...

  15. Re:Probably just for P2P on Tool To Allow ISPs To Scan Every File You Transmit · · Score: 1

    It doesn't really matter. It's implemented as a service to ISPs. The ISP has no idea what they are blocking. It's a lits of hashes they subscribe to, but do not control.

  16. Re:Precisely on iPhone Antitrust and Computer Fraud Claims Upheld · · Score: 1

    Look either they did it on purpose, or they were too incompetent to perform a checksum before bricking the phone. Which do you think it is?

  17. Re:Marijuana isn't a performance enhancer, jackass on WCG Tournament Director Admits Drugs In E-Sports · · Score: 1

    man I've smoked dope most of my life and one thing I can tell you is... wait what was the subject again?

  18. Re:Not sure about Canadian law but on Quebec Govt Sued For Ignoring Free Software · · Score: 1

    I was wondering this myself. Perhaps it's better that they don't have a product to sell.

    This suit should be about open bidding for contracts period. Otherwise, we're just suing our customers right? Sounds dangerously like a SCO tactic to me.

  19. Re:Cherry-picked numbers on Linux Pre-Installs In the UK Hit 2.8% · · Score: 1

    I haven't looked at the data but you can now buy from a number of different vendors, laptops and PCs with GNU/Linux pre-installed on them. Compare this situation with the one 3 years ago. Even if what you say is true and we are making little progress, it is nonetheless highly visible.

    Microsoft's error in not predicting the potential market size for small, low cost systems running a full featured OS, is to everyone else's advantage and we will all progress because of it.

    regards
    p.

  20. Re:Missing something on Earth and Moon From an Alien's Perspective · · Score: 1

    They aren't making any bold claims.

    They are saying that studying the images of earth close up where they can see details, may help them develop techniques to obtain information from the varying light intensity of the spot. Because that's all they'd really be able to see of an alien world. A spot of light whose intensity varies as land masses and oceans pass into view.

    The video clips from the images, made my heart flutter...

  21. Re:mixed feelings about this on GPS Tracking Device Beats Radar Gun in Court · · Score: 4, Informative

    It is most certainly not mandatory. None of my cars have gps tracking, including our 2008 model CRV.

  22. If you have physical access on Smart Phones "Bigger Security Risk" Than Laptops · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's pretty much a done deal. Keep sensitive data on a small device and if you lose it, assume it's compromised. Password or not.

    regards

  23. Re:Press release translation on Class Action Suit Against Bell For Throttling · · Score: 1

    If the class for this suit was all French speaking Bell customers, then it wouldn't be so ridiculous telling non French speaking folks to call.

    Bell will still sell you service even if you don't speak French, so it doesn't really matter which language you speak does it? If I'm eligible for the suit, please explain again why I shouldn't call that number?

    regards

  24. Re:Press release translation on Class Action Suit Against Bell For Throttling · · Score: 1

    Last I checked, it's not illegal to speak and ask for English service in Quebec. It's ridiculous to tell people not to call If they don't speak French.

    regards

  25. Not your tables on Keeping Customer From Accessing My Database? · · Score: 1

    You are correct being concerned about the data. That's why they pay you the big buck no?

    But the tables are not yours. Does the cleaning lady own the phone because she dusts it?