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  1. Re:I hadn't prior to your posting... on South Korea Jumps To Open Source Software · · Score: 1

    Thank you..
    I feel the same way about the public deserving better.
    I work for the Clerk of Court and am currently in a situation where we chose to pay a vendor to create a software package for court document imaging, storage , and retrieval. Essentially we are paying them to write the software and they own the code so they can re-sell it to other counties. This really really make me mad to see public money spent this way.
    I would like very much to see a public repository of government software available for use by anybody. The managers are just starting to come around to accepting SOME open source applications. And I'm keeping them informed on the open source issues to keep them thinking.
    A recent conversation revealed that we now spend over 1 million a year on software maintenance agreements. To which I replied that it is perfectly ok to pay someone to add features to an open source application.

  2. Re:THE FIX DOES NOT COST ANYTHING -- DOWNLOAD LINK on XP Service Pack Slows Programs · · Score: 1

    Only Commonly known trojans will be found by a virus scanner..

    One can easily write a new trojan and it would not be flagged by a virus scanner. Something as simple as an application to track key strokes looking for the administrator password and then send it coded to a newsgroup can be written in as little as 30k..

  3. Check out this book on New Power Plant Produces Both Energy & Fresh Water · · Score: 1

    The Millennial Project: Colonizing the Galaxy in Eight Easy Steps by Marshall T. Savage, 1994 goes into great detail on how an OTEC system works. The last 20% of the book is a bibliography of references and equations proving his vision feasible. Arthur C. Clark who provides a glowing testament of Savage's breadth of knowledge forwards the book. A Page or relevant links can be found here. http://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/docs/millennial_p roject.html

  4. Great deal $19.95 on Homebrewed Macro Keyboards? · · Score: 1

    on a USB Programable video editing interface, Basicly a macro keyboard. http://www.softwareandstuff.com

  5. A more direct solution than posting to slashdot on Tech-Conscious Congressmen? · · Score: 1

    Perhaps if someone has the bandwidth to spare..
    They could host a page that accepts suggestions and a way of voting to rank the issues by importance.
    Since perceived importance of the issue seems to be the key to motivating politicians to support the issue.
    To prevent bot scripts from manipulating the scale perhaps a "Type in the letters from this graphic" security scheme could be used in the voting booth.
    The main concept here is to provide a place where any interested politician can go to see what the hot issues are without relying on their intern who may or may not be on the ball.

  6. Build your own replacment battery pack on Toro iMow - A Robotic Mower that Works? · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Even better build 2 replacment battery packs and spend the 20 to 30 dollars at HarborFrieght for a solar battery charger.
    Look online at major electronics sites for NiMH battries. Honestly, If you post the specs for the existing battery pack, there are enough knowledgable people here to tell you excactly how to build a replacment battery pack and an appropriate charger.

    Or contact me at pbcoder@(removethespamblock).prodigy(removethespam block).net
    and I will help you with finding the right components. You really should be charging this with solar or wind or both else your wasting your environmental concern effort.

  7. Could we apply this to maps? on Ripping Vinyl Via Your Scanner? · · Score: 0

    Could we apply this to maps and play Mother Natures Grand (Canyon) tunes from the 70's? Even better use the latest Mars satalite data!

    Or combining knowledge from musical programming code debugging (previous /. story) with Chaos Theory (Google James Glick and Chaos Theory for a good overview) predict earth quake's by analizing comparisons of the musical scores of geographic fault lines taken at different times.

  8. Spyware Alert on Fair Use Computer Game · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In the beginning of the game you have the option to check out some annonimizers. One of them is http://www.multiproxy.org/ when you go there, dont click on the attracive panel on the right that looks like a game. They immediatly try to install Bonzai Buddy (does an auto install unless you have deselected auto plugin install in IE options) and then trys to change your home page. These guys are scuzzy!!!

  9. What standards does it use on Mobile Phone in Your Teeth! · · Score: 1

    BLUE TOOTH ???

  10. Re:PEBKAC on Writing Documentation · · Score: 1

    If the program crashes it IS the programmers
    fault as he/she did not include error traps to
    deal with it.

  11. Breech of Contract illegal? on Cable Co's Want More Control Over Your Network · · Score: 1

    Last I head breech of contract was not illegal, it was just a breech of the contract, IE you won't automatically be arrested for breeching, they have to sue you for damages, or more likey cut you off and try less expensive measures like ruining your cridit.

  12. Re:Using the Linux community as pawns on DMCA Forces Cox To Censor Changelog? · · Score: 1

    Oh.. I see,, so he is a NonTarget to same way I am a NonTarget to the gangbangers coming down the street with their ozzies hanging out the windows of their caddy. As I don't wear a red bandana I should not be concerned. yes?

  13. PowerBasic Rocks on What Ever Happened to QBASIC? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Put down the Crack Pipe and step away from the p-code compiler......

    Check out http://www.powerbasic.com

    PowerBasic has its roots as TurboBasic and has advanced light years since then. This isn't your daddy's basic! small and fast compiled code, compairs to optimized c code, faster than c in some functions marginaly slower in others.
    Built in networking support in the PBDLL compiler. Put an end to Bloated software use PowerBasic.

  14. Re:A few thoughts on How Public Should Public Records Be? · · Score: 1

    This has been implemented in our county, http://www.leeclerk.org

  15. On a somewhat related article on Recreating The Lost Art Of Damascus Steel · · Score: 1

    This is somewhat the same as my dealings with forging. sorta... well not really but, chek it out anyway How NOT to Forge Aluminum http://www.chriscarpenter.org/chris/forge.htm

  16. bout time on Pour-In-Place Solar Cells · · Score: 1

    Oh yah Baby... FP I've been searching for patents that show the comstruction method of cells for a while now to build my own. Maybe we dont need to buil them just pour them. I live in FL and it always erks me to see so much free power all over and we can't use it because of cost factors.

  17. Cost to value.. on Super Hard Steel · · Score: 1

    The process they describe seems to prohibit the use of the super hardened metal to all but the super high funded projects. Maybe the Space Cable? Alumunum used to be wicked expensive many many years ago until they found a way to simplify the manufacturing process turning it into the cheap disposable metal it is today.

  18. Misc Icons on Netscape 6.1 · · Score: 1

    I'd really like to go back to Netscape but I think 4.08 was the last version that wasn't OS invasive. Can anyone suggest a good browser that is not OS invasive, is safe, and will load 90% of the current web pages without crashing, and doesn't come bloated with extra software addons? F/P