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  1. The only reason SQL Server doesn't suck... on Stored Procedures - Good or Bad? · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...is because microsoft didn't write it. SQL Server is Sybase.

  2. Re:"nusl2" ? on Terabyte Storage Solutions? · · Score: 1

    what would you hack it into though? all benchmarks i've read on it indicate it's a very slow device.

  3. legal DDOS of doubleclick here... on DoubleClick Hit by DDoS Attack · · Score: 3, Interesting

    http://adzapper.sourceforge.net/

    a nifty plugin for squid. does more than just remove ads, it replaces them with a 'this ad zapped' image / swf, so pages don't render weird.

    it's written in perl so it's easy to hack and is easily configurable.

  4. "nusl2" ? on Terabyte Storage Solutions? · · Score: 1

    any link to the "nusl2" box? i cant find any product on linksys site with that product id.

    google also comes up empty.

  5. Re:FreeBSD vs Linux -- check it out on BSD Hacks · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you are so very wrong.

  6. space is already radioactive on U.S. Nuclear Cleanup Carries Major Risks · · Score: 1

    the worst we can do is add a tiny drop of radioactivity to an already intensely radioactive environment.

  7. er... scary? on U.S. Nuclear Cleanup Carries Major Risks · · Score: 1

    what's scary about it? could you please point out exactly what was dangerous about it?

  8. Conspiracy to prop up stock price? on BayStar Sets Lawyers on SCO · · Score: 1

    Is it buys purely as a conspiracy by scox to prop up the stock price, or automated buys by investors (including scox) to buy when the stock dips below 4?

  9. The only place these "myths" exist... on Examining Some Open Source Myths · · Score: 1

    ...are in the author's imagination.

    "constant mindless re-iteration of the same old tired dogma"? most of the "myths" he lists are the first time i've _ever_ heard them.

    they sound like strawmen to me, not "myths".

  10. What possible reason...? on Real Networks Hacks iPod; .rm & Real Store for iPod · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...because apple doesn't want them to?

    After all, the DMCA wasn't designed to protect copyrights -- it was designed to prevent competition.

  11. Bruce Wilde's next dental appointment... on Canadian Music Industry Drills Dentists · · Score: 1

    Dentist: Hello there, mr... what was it again?
    Bruce: Bruce Wilde
    Dentist: Hmm.. where have I heard that name before... you work for SOCAN?
    Bruce: Uh huh.
    Dentist: (wringing hands) Eeeeexcelent. Mr. Wilde, your root canal today is going to be a very special one you will remember for a long time.
    Bruce: (Suddenly sweating profusely) Gulp.

  12. a pity on GIF Support Returns to GD · · Score: 1

    is there any specific reason why png couldnt be extended to lossy images, or is this purely a dogmatic issue?

  13. Alternative to jpeg? on GIF Support Returns to GD · · Score: 1

    I'd like to see an alternative to the (increasingly encumbered) jpeg.

    A lossy algorithm for PNG would be perfect. Is there any algorithm which is reasonably good and which isn't patent encumbered into the stratosphere?

  14. The mcbride song on SCO Claims Linux Lifted ELF · · Score: 2, Funny

    Rollin' rollin' rollin'
    Claim your code is stolen,
    Keep them lawsuits rollin'
    mcbride!

    There's no evidence for your case
    Just lie with a straight face
    We're spreadin' our FUD far and wide

    Whine and pout, make it up
    Make it up, drag it on,
    Whine and pout, make it up
    mcbride

    Lie and shout, fud and spin,
    fud and spin, lie and shout
    Lie and shout, fud and spin,
    mcbride!

  15. er... on Mars Had Surface Water for Eons · · Score: 1

    ...i thought venus was bone dry because its surface was 900F...

  16. er, no. on Mars Had Surface Water for Eons · · Score: 1

    no it doesn't.

  17. very interesting... on HP Memo Predicts MS Patent Attacks on Open Source · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ...and it begs the question, could pro-opensource researchers setup multiple independent IP thinktanks and IP holding companies, and then henpeck M$ to death with patent lawsuits?

    after all M$ is the biggest and least mobile target there is.

  18. totally serious. on Game with God · · Score: 1

    he just blew you away, totally. utterly demolished you into atoms. your dismissing him with a 'if you really seemed interested in open, honest discussions I'd find the energy to respond' shows you are utterly unable respond.

  19. 128k version here on Remixing News Video On The Fly · · Score: 1

    http://www.phildo.org/media/audio/rushnazi.mp3

    it may "sound" worse because of aliasing in rush's voice clips which is effectively filtered out by the 64k version. but the background singers and the rest of the music is audibly clearer in the 128k version.

  20. Re:We got the Enron Aerons on Pick Up A Piece of Enron · · Score: 1

    If anything, the lesson will be 'you have to launder your money better, enron was sloppy'.

  21. The ONLY thing? on Ars Technica Tours Mono · · Score: 0

    Maybe this has an impact?

    Also, Sun continues to strangle the life out of Java with its grip of death on all aspects of the language + vm. Sun is holding Java back.

    Look at how C# + Mono has exploded in popularity in comparison to Java in the same timeframe.

    It will be a sad say indeed when developers are tied to a specific language for a specific platform just because that is what someone has mandated from on high.

    Er, PHB's have always done this since the dawn of computing. Before Java and before C#. Hell, they did this before microsoft even existed. Nothing has changed.

  22. nigerian criminals have murdered over this scam. on 419 Scammer Gets Scammed · · Score: 2, Informative

    they have _murdered_ poor saps who came to nigeria to "collect" on their "deals".

    they even hired mafia to carry out a murder in north america, related to the scam.

  23. Plutonium makes you healthy on Atomic Veterans Speak Out · · Score: 1

    What I find most amusing about the data is that those who work heavily with plutonium have on average, longer lifespans than those who don't.

    Of course the correlations between longer lifespan and employment in nuclear fields likely lie elsewhere rather than the plutonium itself, but there is significant statistical data which shows plutonium exposure _isnt_ "scary lethal nuclear bogeyman" as the anti-nuke tinfoil hat zealots make it out to be.

  24. Re:Abuse the DMCA to destroy the system on StorageTek Blocks 3rd Party Maintenance with DMCA · · Score: 1

    well see thats the nice part about the DMCA. it contains criminal provisions, which means that law enforcement does the attacking for you.

    so even destitute joe can abuse the DMCA.

  25. It's not that it's in the EULA... on StorageTek Blocks 3rd Party Maintenance with DMCA · · Score: 1

    ...but rather because lawmakers always favor corporations over individuals.

    Thus corporations enjoy more protection and exercise more rights under the law than individuals do.

    The corporation at fault gets off scot free while the innocent individual gets shafted.