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  1. copyleft on Open Source Music · · Score: 4, Informative
    Why not apply copyleft to sheet music. Here http://icking-music-archive.sunsite.dk/ is an example of some one who already did. The archive which is left to his memory is a statement about the importance of the free dissemination of music script.
    Werner Icking was an inspiration to many musicians, especially in Europe.


    PD music needs more advocates like Iking. A project like Gutenberg only for music is what he tried to get started. His early death is all the more sad because there has been very little done to expand his idea since his death.

  2. visual studio is a virus on Canadian University to Begin Training Hackers · · Score: 1

    Who gives a rats ass. If all they learn is how to hack out Windows software.

  3. mod down parent! on Is the Seeking of Lost Skills/Arts a Hacking Analog? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    90% of skills come from the doing!
    Something that couch potatoes do not comprehend.
    BTW your first home brew, should if you study, will kick ass out of any shitmyster BUD that is made with rice. Most couch spuds can't tell the difference so that is why BUD seems so great.
    Get off your ass study and do.

  4. There is no reason. on Old Hard Drives = Free Electricity · · Score: 1

    You are obviously not a mountain climber. There is absolutely no practical reason why anyone would want to make their own generator. In fact there is no really good reason at all. Then again why do people sign up to MSN, or watch Maury Povich?

  5. GPL innovation the truth on Congressional Anti-Piracy Caucus Formed · · Score: 1
    What a pile of crap. To state that the GPL is a threat to innovation is like saying that Microsoft invented a gui! If anything the GPL is forcing companies like microshaft to innovate. It is obvious that the amount of money Microsoft is spending to lobby Congress is less than it would need to spend if it was not being forced to innovate.


    Keep the public stupid and in the dark about the fact that Microsoft has slowed down the introduction of affordable 64 bit computing by at least 5 years. Do not tell the truth about how they are perverting html with proprietary code.
    Microsoft is really starting to stink. Just look at what is happening in the rest of the world. One starts to see there is more to computing than Redmond USA.

  6. synergistic hello on Databases and Privacy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Vomit on my keyboard, is really hard to clean. The word synergistic is the cause! Please stop using buzz words. My stomach hurts.

  7. panther pc on Why Panther May Tear Up Longhorn · · Score: 1

    What would be really interesting is that if Jobs alowed a PC version of Panther for the Hammer with good multi booting built in to come out before Longhorny. Just dreaming. Come on mod me down you mac people, but I just can't afford to buy Apple yet. Have some sympathy.

  8. I bot, no! no! on IRC Networks Unite in Fight Against Fizzer Worm · · Score: 1

    I am bot. No kill bot Fizzle I .....please, I children feed...... PLEASE

  9. More windows address book hacks! on IRC Networks Unite in Fight Against Fizzer Worm · · Score: 1

    Why the heck is Windows address book still accessable through scripting. You would think those clowns over in Redmond would get the picture. STOP ALOWING STUPID NON USER INTIATED SCRIPTS FROM ACCESSING MY ADDRESS BOOK! I have read the worm description and find that one of it's key components is the use of MS Address book entries. I just guess if they do ever block non user intiated access to address lists then Symantec etc will go out of buisiness! What a pile of crap. Why can I not have total control over the use of my own computer. Like those lucky Linux geeks.

  10. Re:moving on out? To Vegas? on California Senate Approves Net Tax Bill · · Score: 1

    Seems silly when alot of Californians pay Nevada's biggest source of tax when they go to gamble in Vegas. Lost Wages is a long way from New York!

  11. where is the thundering herd? on SCO Drops Linux, Says Current Vendors May Be Liable · · Score: 1
    Come on Richard bring on the thunder!
    A herd of wild eyed half crazed Gnus, look I see them on the horizon. The problem is the Hurd seems to be wearing roller skates while playing ice hockey. The goals are almost impossible, without help.


    I really hope some more great innovaters like Stallman get on the band wagon and join the Hurd.
    Sure would be nice if all unemployed software tech people got together and created something wonderful to sink Microshaft, SCO and the other companies that rarely innovate but can buy or litigate their way to dominance.


    That way tech support would be run by companies with a vested interest in SUPPORT not software sales. The revolution would be complete the user would benefit. The instances of logic bombs that shut you down when a new release is due, would melt away, because the software could not hide them away anymore!


    The presence of a rat is well regarded in Japan, it is the sign of a good harvest.

  12. Firebird and originality on Mozilla's Joy Of Naming · · Score: 1
    You would think that the guys at Mozilla would come up with something a little more inventive than Firebird. Mustang is about the same. Why not try something humorous? Fireword, Muztang, Readmedocs, Xpixlator, PixlatorX, Netgrinder, Netcracker Suite, Netwagon etc, etc.......


    The presence of a rat is well regarded in Japan, it is the sign of a good harvest.

  13. Security fix for base station. on Security Vulnerability in Apple's AirPort Base Station · · Score: 1
    A good blast with a mini Herf Gun will instantly fix all security exploits. ZAP


    The presence of a rat is well regarded in Japan, it is the sign of a good harvest.

  14. So what is a GHrz? It depends on design. on Gentoo/Opteron On The Way · · Score: 1
    GHrz means squat if the arch sucks, just look at what Apple can do with Motorola, and alot less r&d cash than Intel and certainly less than Microsoft! The bench marks of a systems and crash test loading are what tell the tale.


    I am not an Apple user or particularly a fan. I just know that most serious musicians and artists use Apple because for through put of data like wave, and large image files. It works better and with a lower data loss to time ratio when pushed.


    So if you are talking server through put then the speed of server data switching functions are the real test of the hardware and software. In this regard Apple is a non-starter and Microsoft and Intel are known for down time loss when their systems are pushed to heavey loads.


    AMD has had some secondary chips but to break into the processor end of servers the robustness, uptime and lack of data error trouble are the most important considerations for main frame equipment. Not the consumer pap of my GHrz is bigger than your GHrz. Only time and reliability testing will tell the story.

    "Time as well as velocity is relative to your point of view and velocity."

    The presence of a rat is well regarded in Japan, it is the sign of a good harvest.

  15. NEWS FLASH six monkey take over ASL on Six Monkeys And An Old Saw · · Score: 1
    NEWS FLASH

    Six monkeys using there own proprietary sssssssoftware have sssssuccessfully bid for and received shareholder approval to restructure AOL. the ownership of SSAOL (the new name of the company) have asssured ssshare holders that ssssstablity and expansion into the trees is their most important corporate goal.


    "Now there is a horizon for the firm and subscibers will have no reason to switch to MSN regardless of the pretty butterfly"
    Said a long time AOL subscriber.


    Certainly now millions more monkeys world wide will soon be able to use SSAOL because of the revolutionary Six Monkeys Banana Flavoured Dessssktop!

  16. Re:Language is irrelevant on What I Hate About Your Programming Language · · Score: 1

    The uncool thing about .NET is that it can reset standards at the drop of a hat! Try using XML standards to code for all browsers. HA the standard just changed. Do it to another standard for IE, and another standard for Geco and so on. Bullshit. .NET is a way to modify standards to avoid inter-operability and competition! Microsoft has destroyed the whole basis of html and most people to not even understand how they do it.

  17. Re:Fuck you all!!! on What I Hate About Your Programming Language · · Score: 0, Troll

    Very lyrical and poet flame bait. Before I CEE what this is all about I think I will ASSEMBLE an answer,
    mayde I will code it in TASM, or NASM or just catch shit from my compiler by using C. I CEE that I have waded into a war of religion not a usefull discussion!

  18. Re:In case of slashdotting: on Mighty Amazon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    On the male psyche
    you missed google search for XXX pussy etc and AMAZONS

    Bad oversite but I will get moded down if I do not include AMAZONS porn search and possible patents!

  19. Re:E-Tail and me tail on Mighty Amazon · · Score: 1
    Well thats a good sensible question. Thank you. Alot of store web sites try the Amazon clone route only to find that the comsumer wants to feel the goods. As to the percentages of how many sales arise from online access to retail stores. The stats would be very interesting to investigate.


    When considering how to sell products online the delivery of the goods is the biggest headache.
    How do you sell and deliver toilet paper online.


    By web assisted retail I mean; Interfaces that provide great assistence to customers, thereby giving them better ability to communicate with local retailers at home on their computer before they go to the store.
    Sales staff can use chat style interfaces to talk to local consumers, and send them competitive quotes.
    Real time pics on the comsumers desktop of sales demos.
    Audio interfaces that do not need telephones. (Ma bell will have fits)


    I can go on and on but I hope you get the idea.
    Yes there is room for e-commerce but I see a totally different model to work from than Amazon.

    Regards Ratfynk

  20. E-Tail and me tail on Mighty Amazon · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Problems with e-commerce are distribution, warehousing, product quaility issues, warranties etc etc. Software patents miss the mark.


    Given that e-commerce is doing as well as it has, can be viewed as suprising if you really look at the problems. Setting up good reliable e-commerce is not just web hosting. Who is minding the store?
    It still takes human hands to manufacture, market and distribute goods. Automation is still not good enough.


    E-commerce will not replace local retail in the near future for these very reasons. Good e-commerce needs to pay more attention to the possibilities of ventures between local retailers and web based retailers. The real boom in the near future is in web assisted retail.

  21. Re:This news is biased on Looking at Longhorn · · Score: 1

    Sure if you are an AOL or MSN keyword junkie.
    I hear with Long&Horny you will be even able to use only a mouse no keyboard and do everything through cool pic guis you click on.

  22. Re:You are not correct on Looking at Longhorn · · Score: 1

    As with all things Microsoft they needed to seem to be on the cutting edge at all cost. Who invented journaling file systems, where is the patent. Lets keep obscuring the origin. How many Microsmerfs can you fit on the head of a pin? 16? or 32? depends on the LBA.................. format not valid. Cannot address sys fat32, ntfs only. Do not try to ascertain the capacity of hard disk cause we have no idea.

  23. Re:Bajillion Ultra Hertz! on AMD Athlon XP 3200+ Released · · Score: 1

    As with Intel ignore the fluff. Consumer electronics have become an ongoing junkware war! The advertising of the specs for processors is about as reliable as an infomercial. Anybody who pays attention to the fluff and does not look at tech deserves what they get. 3GHz is meaningless to the average computer user they just think they gota have it. In this respect Intel is winning the minds of the masses.
    Give AMD credit for producing anything at all when monopoly has become the norm! I do not think AMD is an Intel wantabee I just think they wantabee in buisiness.

  24. Re:Alternative to underclocking on Intel Reveals Itanium 2 Glitch · · Score: 1

    Better still sell the IA64 chips to porn and spammers servers at a discount.

  25. Chips and Ketchup on Intel Reveals Itanium 2 Glitch · · Score: 1

    Whenever I get a glitch I scratch then bitch.

    How the heck do they put em out so fast and get away with users needing to clock them down?
    Is it to prevent overclockers from doing processor fried chicken to their chips. Keep it up Intel you will make Hienz ketchup millions. Or maybe you can serve them up with big Macs.

    Though somehow I do not thing Steve is going to want his big macs to include intel chips, especially if they are too easy to cook!