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  1. I've seen it... on Seeking Someone to License the Heart of Your Company? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    For awhile our company was trying to win an account from a much larger firm. We had to jump through all the hoops and detail what we were doing. They almost took the info and dump us. I think they knew they could recreate what we had but there were some other services they needed from us. Becareful.

  2. Looks like ... on Chilling Effects Cease & Desist Clearinghouse · · Score: 3, Funny

    Slashdot effect is stronger than the chilling effect.

  3. Others on When Good Ebay'ers Go Bad · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "If Mr. Richardson's eBay sales ultimately prove to be fraudulent, the scam would rank among the costliest frauds ever perpetrated over eBay."

    Were there bigger frauds on ebay? Anybody know of the other biggies?

  4. Re:Well what did you expect? on NOA to Sue for Flash Advance Linkers · · Score: 1

    " Heck, every time I boot, I'm reading copyrighted Microsoft (sorry, but it's true) material into my system's memory, goddamit!"


    Actually the British Judge used this exact point in PS2 Mod chip battle. The only difference is the nature of the material is authorized.

    "The technical reason for the decision being based upon the fact that a game that is run without permission makes a copy of copyright material in memory, this copy is 'infringing' because it is an unauthorized copy argued Sony. "

  5. Re:$9000 and rising? on Segway Hits the Auction Block · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    CowboyNeal of course!

  6. Re:why put the wheels on the side? on Segway Hits the Auction Block · · Score: 1

    If you only have two wheels and no gyros you need to keep the scooter moving otherwise it falls over.

  7. Hmmm on Americans And Chinese Internet Censorship · · Score: 1

    Did they really need to bring cisco in to block port 80?

  8. Re:Can someone explain... on A Timeline of the Future · · Score: 1

    Certain thoughts and ideas become taboo becuase they are deemed offensive to certain people,groups etc., thus stiflying communcation sharing of ideas etc.

  9. Bad Arguments on The Myth of Open Source Security Revisited v2.0 · · Score: 1

    "One deterrent to the mass review of certain Open Source projects is a high level of complexity in the code, which can be compounded by a lack of documentation."

    Please, closed source is no different. Just cause a company produces code for money does not mean they have tons of documents and all the code is easy to read. Bad argument just because a code base is opened or closed does not brand it overly complex or neat and clean automatically.

  10. Re:what made the web work on W3C Recommends XML Signature Syntax · · Score: 1

    I said think of it as. I didn't say it was the same thing. I was trying to get the point across that this is method of securing XML data, which is a good thing.

  11. Re:what made the web work on W3C Recommends XML Signature Syntax · · Score: 2, Informative

    Hmmm here is quick course That_Hard

    XML is simpler than HTML.

    The new standard released is to make XML secure, since before this there is no guidlines for securing XML data. Think of it as https.

  12. Re:That's AWESOME! on Will Barry White Songs Help Sharks Get Down? · · Score: 1

    As the elephant got his groove on with the pig, the pig sqeeled quite hard and Chef says "Now I know how all those white women felt".

  13. Also on Animate Quake2 Characters On Your Desktop · · Score: 2, Informative

    Also here

  14. /. Already on Animate Quake2 Characters On Your Desktop · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here is cached google page.

  15. Re:.NET, J2EE, WebServices on What is .NET? · · Score: 1

    I've been using the jax-rpc pack for RPC over SOAP, it works pretty good. I now have a nice way for my C++ app server to talk to Java clients. The nice thing is that its routed via http.

  16. .NET, J2EE, WebServices on What is .NET? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    .NET is Microsoft's Web Services answer plain and simple, the problem is not too many people understand what Web Services entails.

    One of black marks that J2EE gets in the .NET vs J2EE comparison is the fact that .NET was designed with web services in mind while J2EE has been playing catch up with it various Web Services extensions. I disagree with this view though. I look at it more as J2EE is more mature and has been around longer so that is why web services were not designed into from the begining. Second, I think it shows the power of J2EE that it can be extended in such a manner that works well with the existing platform. J2EE also has a much larger support for other types of protocols with existing enterprise systems. This allows systems to ease into the J2EE platform whereas with .NET you have to make the big leap and move everything into the .NET frame work leaving legacy systems.

  17. Text-to-Voice on What if Harry Potter 5 Was an E-Book? · · Score: 1

    You could have text-to-voice software read the book to you. So if your kid has a hard time reading this could be used as a good learning tool. Right?

  18. Just turn it off on States Demand Windows Source Code · · Score: 1

    If they can't offer a stripped down version couldn't they just "turn it off". And then let the OEMs bundle it with other browsers.

  19. Re:Hire old MS coders on States Demand Windows Source Code · · Score: 1

    If there were any (which there should be)they are probably under some contract that would not allow this.

  20. MS Domain on Feds to Publish Public Comments on MS Settlement · · Score: 1

    I wonder how many of the emails were from Microsoft's domain. I'm sure we will be hearing about a leaked memo from Microsoft instructing all the employees to respond to the court in favor of Microsoft.

  21. Any Viruses on Feds to Publish Public Comments on MS Settlement · · Score: 2, Funny

    "The Bush administration encouraged Americans to comment on the proposed settlement via e-mail, rather than fax or hard copy. It got what it wanted -- 90 to 95 percent of them came electronically, the department estimated. "

    I wonder how many viruses they got?

  22. Re:Hoax, or stupid lawyers? on Mythic Sued Over Blocking Auctions of Game Tokens · · Score: 1

    I worked at a company like that. Didn't last long...I got tired....

    I have run across some absolutely irrefutable statistics that show exactly why I am always so tired. And brother, it's no wonder I'm so tired either. There aren't as many people actually working as you may have thought, at least not according to the survey recently completed.

    The population of this country is 200 million, 84 million over 60 years of age, which leaves 116 million to do the work. People under 20 years of age total 75 million, which leaves 41 million to do the work.

    There are 22 million who are employed by the government, which leaves 19 million to do the work. Four million are in the Armed Forces, which leaves 15 million to do the work. Deduct 14,800,000, the number in state and city offices, leaving 200,000 to do the work. There are 188,000 in hospitals, insane asylums, etc. so that leaves 12,000 to do the work.

    Now it may interest you to know that there are 11,998 people in jail, so that leaves just two people to carry the load. That's you and me - and brother I'm getting tired of doing everything myself.

  23. Re:Mythic Sued Over Blocking Auctions of Game Toke on Mythic Sued Over Blocking Auctions of Game Tokens · · Score: 1

    Yes, but in a gym you are typically allowed to use the machine for 20-30 minutes max. So there are restrictions and limitaions that come with your membership (TOS). A better analogy would be instead of spending all that time on the bench you go out and by some steriods. Having Sony(whoever) setting up the auction and controlling it makes good buisness sense, they get a cut.

  24. Re:... on NVIDIA Unveils (And Tom's Reviews) The GeForce4 · · Score: 1

    Yeah I can see it now...

    (geek1,2 in Bill and Ted voice)

    geek1: whoa the new card is out
    geek2: yeah, and i heard its actually faster
    geek1: no way
    geek2: yes way
    geek1: well i hope its not too fast i don't want anything dangerous
    geek2: well if i die you can have my record collection...

  25. Re:Bad news on Linus Tries Out BitKeeper · · Score: 1

    So since Linus uses a tool he paid for to help manage the source we should aviod it? Thats pretty lame. I'm sure he paid for his computer that he develops on, should we botcott that too. Its a tool, if it helps him and he wants to buy and use it let him, whats the big deal. It is not wrong to buy/sell software.