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  1. Ooh, I know this one! on Solaris Coming to IBM's Power Architecture? · · Score: 1

    That would be Mach, right?

  2. Re:Possession != Right on Lawyers In Space... · · Score: 1
    No, see, they'll be dead too.

    But I'm sure our descendents will still be sticking it to their descendents in the least spiritual way imaginable.

  3. Speaking of reading comprehension... on SCO Spreads Rumors About IBM Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    Um, dude, speaking of reading comprehension, I think maybe you need some practice too. The entire next subsection is entitled "License to IBM of Licensed SCO Materials and SCO Project Work".

  4. Re:This rules! on UML, PostgreSQL Get Corporate Support · · Score: 1
    If you're using PostgreSQL and you want 2D geometry, you should try the PostGIS extension.

    It supports much larger polygons than PostgreSQL's native geometry types, and far more operations on those types.

  5. Re:Tech required for building a nuke on Does A Pentium 4 Need A Weapons License? · · Score: 1
    A dirty nuke is a pure fission weapon designed to create as much fallout as possible. Most nuclear weapons these days are 'clean', they're thermonuclear weapons that spread very little radiological waste around.

    A classic example of a dirty nuke would be a cobalt bomb, which encases the fusion bomb in a cobalt shell. The neutron emission from the fusion reaction converts the stable cobalt into cobalt-60, which is highly radioactive, before this new highly dangerous substance is spread by the explosion itself.

    A cobalt bomb would not only destroy a large area, but also render it unliveable for at least a decade. No rebuilding for you!

  6. Re:Look what happens on Hotmail, Others Follow Gmail's Storage Boost · · Score: 2, Informative

    And if you look at the WHOIS records, you'll see that the site is owned by Daniel Brandt. Brandt is the guy who launched the anti-Google crusade because he was pissed that his site (NameBase) wasn't ranked #1 whenever you searched for anybody.

  7. Re:This info is important! on Airlines Gave More Data Than Previously Disclosed · · Score: 1

    Right, because obviously crossfire is just what we need on a crowded aircraft.

  8. Canada is metric. on China Developing own Standards · · Score: 1

    See subject.

  9. Quantum Teleportation on EU To Counter Echelon With Quantum Cryptography? · · Score: 1

    You are wrong. Quantum teleportation of photons. You leave the routing information unencrypted - the routers never have to look inside the envelope - and use quantum teleportation to bounce the unread message from router to router.

  10. Re:Killing HIV on Anti-HIV Virus Developed · · Score: 1

    Bleach. I hear it has some nasty side-effects though. :)

  11. Re:Acquisition on How Many Google Machines, Really? · · Score: -1, Troll

    IIRC, Google's machines have no hard drives. It's too slow so they just keep everything in memory and network boot.

  12. Re:Treaties shmeaties. on Diamond Age Approaching? · · Score: 1

    Mmmm. Shmeat.

  13. Since you're all obsessed! on Russian Music Site Offering Legal Songs By The MB · · Score: 1
    That's because if you go to the UK, everybody's driving around shiny new Mercedes. The only reason people in the UK pay crazy prices for cars is they're willing to pay crazy prices to buy a brand new car every year.

    If people living in Britain stop being obsessed with proving their status by the emblem on the front of the car and the license plate on the back, then car prices will drop to what the rest of the world pays.

  14. Re:Two questions on High-Altitude 'Security Blimps' Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    These things are huge. Do you know how long it would take for all the helium to leak out of a few bullet holes?

  15. Re:What? on Did HP Defraud the Canadian Government? · · Score: 1

    It costs about $8-$10 to extract a barrel of oil from the tar sands. In comparison, it costs about $2-$3 to pull a barrel of oil from a more traditional oil reserve in the middle east. But, the cost drops as the technology improves, and it's a lot of oil.

  16. Re:Offtopic but ... on Real Sues Baseball Over Windows Media · · Score: 1
    On a Tuesday night they do a rock show, with Mary Anne Hobgoblin, and that is worth waiting up for.

    Oye. That's Mary Anne Hobbs.

  17. Re:Great time for a party... on SCO Lists Specific Code-Infringement Claims · · Score: 2, Interesting

    That's the stupidest thing I've heard all day. Changing the code SCO claims to be infringing isn't admitting guilt, it's covering your ass and is perfectly fine.

  18. Re:Umm....OK? on What If Dark Matter Really Doesn't Exist? · · Score: 2, Funny
    Until someone produces some Dark Matter

    I've got some Dark Matter for you. It also repels elephants.

    Ah, good ol' rock. Nothing ever beats rock.

  19. Re:What's the point ? on It's All About the Ununpentium · · Score: 1
    To learn how to produce ever heavier elements, obviously.

    But why do we want to do that? Well, there are predicted patches of stability in the 120s and 130s, I believe. There are also some interesting properties predicted about those super-heavy and stable elements.

  20. Re:OK.... on Indian Police Demand Internet Monitoring In Bombay · · Score: 1

    Daemon is the original spelling of demon.

  21. Re:No. You don't care. Here's why. on DNS Root Servers Outside US Surpass Those Inside · · Score: 1

    Well, in a typical environment you're not talking to the root servers at all, but rather sending a recursive DNS query to an intermediate DNS server. This will be faster than handling the root zone yourself in many cases as your intermediate DNS server can handle many clients (see large ISP) and cache results.

  22. Re:Not really a subject I understand, so let me as on DNS Root Servers Outside US Surpass Those Inside · · Score: 1

    Sort of. The root servers don't support recursive DNS queries, but any DNS client/library worth its salt will be able to cope with iterative DNS lookups. You may notice performance problems though: without an intermediate DNS server handling recursive queries there's no DNS caching.

  23. ld-linux.so on Debian World Domination Plan · · Score: 2, Insightful
    -x is somewhat irrelevent if you can read the file.

    Try this sometime:

    $ /lib/ld-linux.so.2 <i>/path/to/program</i>
  24. Re:What confuses me is Dell's response.... on Microsoft Unhappy With HP's iTunes Decision · · Score: 1

    That's the dumbest thing I've heard all week. If HP were losing money hand over fist with their PC business they wouldn't need an excuse to get out of it. Who would stop them?

  25. Re:Wow on Performance Benchmarks of Nine Languages · · Score: 1

    gcc doesn't support all the language features. The major missing piece is the export keyword is completely unimplemented.