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  1. On time on Earth Travel On Time, Again · · Score: 1

    Not only is it running on time, but on mertic time.

  2. Re:whats the deal on 64-bit Linux On The Opteron · · Score: 5, Informative

    It is the difference between porting the kernel and porting a distro. There may be some apps in a distro that do not work well on the new architecture. Also each of the apps has to interact with the others and those combinations can cause problems. There could also be issues in the libraries that cause dependent programs to crash in 64 bit mode. Yes in time it will be perfected, but if there are problems now they need to be smoked out and fixed.

  3. Re:Found it. on In Search of Stupidity · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This is not far from the truth. One of the chapters in the book is on why dBase is all but gone. The guy who was in charge saw a way to make money but alienating everyone who used dBase. He sued anyone who made a clone, interoperable program, or add on. He tried to blead dry all those who actually used dBase. As I read the chapter I laughed and laughed because it looked a lot like SCO all the way down to the CEO who could not shut up.

  4. Re:*Yawns* so on SCO Hints at *BSD Lawsuits Next Year, And More · · Score: 1

    It becomes illegal as soon as RedHat points out in their trial that they really are threatening Linux companies. SCO has been trying to say as part of their defense that they do not intend to sue anyone. We also get the added benefit of putting those involved in the trial in jail for perjury.

  5. Who will use this on Microsoft's new CLI · · Score: 1

    When are they going to release the GUI version?

  6. Re:Spelling Error... on Fox News Considered Suing Fox's "The Simpsons" · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The difference is not the slant, but the fact that Fox News make no effort to hide their bias. Most other news outlets try to appear unbiased even though they are slanted. They do know they are biased, but they try to cover it.

  7. Re:AMD? Overclock! on AMD Moves Closer To Linux PDA · · Score: 1

    An easier way to record voice memos faster -- Talk faster.

  8. Re:Ransome Love talks about SCO on IBM Adds SCO Counterclaim Charging Copyright Infringement · · Score: 1

    But Even Ransom thinks that this was a bad idea. Yes he had quite a few of his own, but even this guy who really had a hard time figuring out how to make money off OpenSource realized that this was a dumb idea.

  9. This was California on Electronic Voting: Your Worst Nightmares are True · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This is just a feature that allows anyone who wanted to run for govenor make the process even worse by illegally cheating. This feature will probably get removed because illegal cheating is cheap, while legal cheating is expensive.

  10. Response on Microsoft Prepares Office Lock-in · · Score: 1

    If someone sends you a locked document you should reply, "There seems to be an error in your document, and it will not open. Ask your IT guy to fix this." If they don't, don't do business with them. I think that will get the message across that this is not acceptable.

  11. No really on SCO Announces Final Termination of IBM's Licence · · Score: 2, Funny

    Your lisence is up when I count to three. One. Two. Two and a half. Two and three quarters. Two and seven eighths . . .

  12. Now we see why IBM did not say anything for awhile on SCO: Fortune 500 Company Buys License, IBM Retort · · Score: 1

    They decided that since the claims were baseless that SCO would say more and more outlandish things as time went on. Looking at the complaint, you can see several specific instances of SCO execs making these public claims, and IBM using them almost as testimony. IBM waited until SCO had made so many claims that some of them are likely to be very bad for SCO.

  13. I'm confused on SCO Claims Kernel Contains UnixWare Code · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't their distribution of contaminated Linux code legitimize it? Since they are actively saying that they can distribute a GLPed implementation of the stolen code but no one else,including their UL partners, can. If SCO is distributing this code that they say that they own under the GLP, haven't they given everyone else the right to redistribute?
    Along the same lines, how similar are the kernels for SCO and SuSe?

  14. How much on FSF Issues GNU/Linux Name FAQ · · Score: 1

    I have wondered how much of a modern distribution is actually GNU software. I know that some of the essential parts are GNU, but what about the other many many packages?

  15. How many? on Conspiracies And Probability · · Score: 1

    How many of them were abducted, probed, impreganted with hybrid fetuses and implanted with tracking devieces before they were hunted down by the shadow government under the orders of the military- industrial complex?

  16. Re:Open? on Gates and Lasser on Palladium · · Score: 1

    Several bus architectures were designed to take the place of the MCA and (original)ISA bus because IBM tried to close the platform. This took a while to stabalize and give us something better than MCA. Wasn't it VIA that threatened to clone the P4 just so that it could sell its mobo chipsets? This would take a while but would give is the platform that we want.

  17. HAL on The Ideas Behind Longhorn · · Score: 1

    I just think it will be funny to get a message from the Harware Abstraction Layer. "I'm afraid I can't let you send that document, Dave"