User: sintetika

so what?

On: Elections on the Internet -- Not Any Time Soon

wow .. i wonder how long it took them to figure this one out.
hmm... well shouldn't the focus be a better equipment at the booth? i think modern technology can provide a better and more reliable solution than what we have today.

better server :)?

On: Building a Better Webserver

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tell them!!!

On: CEO of RIAA Speaks at P2P Conference

go here and let them know how you feel:

http://www.riaa.org/Contact.cfm

Re:What about mail?

On: The America Online Protocol Revealed

umm... you can retrieve aol mail with other clients.
for example:
http://www.eprompter.com/aol.htm

btw, eprompter is a convenient, simple tool and worth a download.

cockpit

On: Hydrogen-Powered Aircraft == Anti-Terrorist Device?

how about making sure that cockpit is secured with a bulletproof door/wall, and not a curtain.

if one can't get the control of an airplane, chances are there is no reason to hijack it.

well

On: RIAA Looks To Stop KaZaA, Morpheus & Grokster

it's about time someone extended gnutella, etc. (or maybe a brand new decent protocol?) to allow for a single well-defined protocol for file sharing, open source client code, and *authentication* for any distributed network. the important part is that a user needs to only have one account/one client to use any gnutella, bearshare, goatshare, kazzaa, shmazza... after all it's the end users that would keep any such service alive, thus it makes senese to build something replacable, usable and well defined.

Re:Bye Bye Napster

On: Napster To Abandon MP3 For .NAP

This makes no sense, unless Napster is planning to move from semi-p2p to a server-client model where Napster hosts .nap files for users to download (I'd love to see them handle millions of downloads). Otherwise, how would a .nap file wind up available for download? Last year, I'd rip a CD/song and share it as .mp3. Who in the world is going to rip their music as .nap with a sole purpose of making it available on Napster?