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  1. Re:You can bet... on Napster Legal Battle Reaches from Beyond the Grave · · Score: 1

    You'll need alot of pop corn because they won't destroy themselves anytime soon. They're getting more and more backing from the government and very few people are standing up to them, and even if they do, they just settle out any way. So they'll get hit with a fine probaly, which will be a drop in the bucket for them.

    Let's be carefuel calling this a victory of any type.

  2. AMD socking it to Intel on AMD Bumps Up Socket AM2 Launch Date · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It sure looks like AMD is socking it to Intel with the lawsuit and now this release.

    It doesn't help either that HP/Intel's Itaniums aren't taking off and the AMD Opterons are doing well. Plus, as others have mentioned, AMD seems to backing Linux pretty tough. And I was looking @ alot of embedded devices and I see more AMD based ones than Intel.

    It's interesting how far AMD has come in the last 10+ years.

  3. More accidents on Social Networking From Your Cell · · Score: 1

    So now they're be more car accidents, probaly in teenagers...

    soon inusrance will go up if you own a cell phone and no hands free kit.

  4. Re-sell a new unlock key on DRM Lite for Electronic Textbooks · · Score: 3, Insightful

    When you get the e-book, then you have unlock it with a key and send it electronically. If for some reason you need to re-unlock it and you still own it you should have to confirm who you are somehow. Secret answer to a question or a secret hand shake whatever. Then when you re-sell the book to a new student, they call up and get a new key and their secret handshake, etc.

  5. Re:If this is true on The Future of Innovation At Stake? · · Score: 1

    Microsoft made certain its own work group server software ran better with desktop and laptop computers than that of rivals.

    I have to agrue the point, without causing a flame war...
    Linux servers have proven they can run better as servers, and even desktops (thought not for the "average" person, I know.). Some people compete with each other for uptime amounts. And Linux has come a long way in hardware detecting and even with ease of install.
    Plus, why do you think Apache has the majority of the web server market? It ain't just cuz it's free.

    I admit that it may still have some issues on notebooks.

  6. Re:Semantics are important here on The Future of Innovation At Stake? · · Score: 1

    It's not a monopoly because the players aren't their player.

  7. Re:Revolutionary Dream on History of Motion Detection in Gaming · · Score: 1

    Maybe now someone will build a game that looks like a game but it's actually a workout pad for the big boned people that sit infront of consoles all day?

  8. Virtual Reality on History of Motion Detection in Gaming · · Score: 1

    Are we getting closer and closer to virtual reality? I personally have always been interested in VR simulators, and I even had a change to play in a helicopter one @ 6 flag New Jersey.

    This is all really neat, and it may be old technology, we're getting closer to a more interactive game where the player is more envolved.

    But this of course also opens up to more addictive games....

  9. The scary part on FCC Commissioner Wants To Push For DRM · · Score: 1

    of this is that this could make DVR's, DVD-R's, VCR's (what's that?) and what not illegal if she should ever get this confused as part of her job.

    Imagine coming home and wanting to relax and watch a movie you recorded only to be greeted by a message: "You are in copyright violation of bla bla show, please delete it."

    Worse, they could make it so you have to pay twice. Once for cable or sat and again if you want to buy(record) the show.

  10. Re:RTFM is the right thing on Linux Snobs, The Real Barriers to Entry · · Score: 1

    That's the perfect way to do it too.

    Especially if it's a college kid or high school kid that can have potential in the job market, or even just messing around. Get hooked up w/ neat Linux Groups and you might even get some free beer.

  11. Re:What? on Dell Aims for Gamers with XPS M1710 · · Score: 1

    But solitaire and freecell don't take that much resources.

  12. RTFM first on Linux Snobs, The Real Barriers to Entry · · Score: 1

    Some people just don't read the manual or don't want to take time to read or learn on their own. And that gets irritating.

    God know I'm not linux king, but I'm not too bad and I don't mind teaching or helping someone who wants to get into it, but I perfer they tried some on their own and actually make an attempt to educate themselves.

  13. Re:This won't stick. on The IRS Hits Symantec with a $1 Billion Tax Bill · · Score: 1

    Be neat if they went bankrupt and Red Hat or Novell or some like purchased them and it became open source...

    Of course they'd have to make it less of a resource hog.

  14. Re:Features - GCC 4? on Looking Forward, Ubuntu Linux 6.06 · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Is any linux user an "average" home user?

    There are alot of packages I compile, because some packages are only in .tgz format.

    Unless you mean by average home user (this isn't meant to be sarcastic I'm sorry if it sounds like it is) a person who dabbles in linux or just learning or just a hobbyist?

  15. Re:XANDROS would be a much better buy on Oracle Looks At Buying Novell · · Score: 0

    I've tried Xandros and it's not too shabby. Just some problems w/ my sound.

    I'm not sure it would be such a bad thing for Oracle to purchase Xandros. They have some neat server packages too. Such as http://www.xandros.com/products/business/xdms/xdms _intro.htmlxdms and their server http://www.xandros.com/products/business/server/se rver_intro.html.

    This would be equally good for xandros because they have a business desktop too, so oracle would be able to go two fronts, business and home.

  16. I'm not so on Lenovo & Customer Perception · · Score: 1

    sure that the whole story on possible Chines spying on America with computers doesn't factor in.

    http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/30/134 4211&from=rss

    I'm suprised this wasn't in the little blurb.

  17. Re:So...I have no idea what this means on MySQL to Adopt Solid Storage Engine · · Score: 1

    Now I may be wrong....but this link (http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=620) in the story above seems to be an article of some sorts....

    I wonder what would happen if you clicked on the link?

    Might it go to an article?

    FTA

    But does it? After all, Solid is in that enterprise market, albeit a niche within it. Solid is not going away, and this is supposed to be a complementary deal.

    So I talked to Paola Lubet, vice president of marketing for Solid, She told me her 14-year old company had been looking for a way into the broader enterprise market for some time, and sees open source as a "go to market" opportunity.

    I take it mean that mySQL is going to become a major player in the sql world and now with backing of a big company even more powerful...and still free.

  18. The question.... on Censored Wikipedia Articles Appear On Protest Site · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    is why are they censoring this information? It's not a big deal that they're censoring, other than a possible 1st amendment violation, but why theses 3 articles?
    I don't understand what's so wrong about these articles, except being that Peppers will scare the hell out of you.

  19. Re:Potentially unfair... on Microsoft Bypasses HOSTS File · · Score: 1

    The trick is to be able to prove this is exactly what they are doing and then the gov't could maybe finally break them apart.

    http://www.answers.com/monopoly&r=67 Monopoly defnition:

    3.
    a. A company or group having exclusive control over a commercial activity.
    b. A commodity or service so controlled.

    But as an afterthought, I suppose mcaffee and norton could just do the same thing?

  20. Re:Wow... on Sculpture to Reflect Campus Wireless Traffic · · Score: 1

    I think they'd be more interested in seeing the warez than the porn?

    I'm sure the RIAA and company would love to sniff those connections. All the time with a calculator...there's 10 grand there, another 10 then there....

  21. Re:FAT32? on Triple Boot on MacBooks Working · · Score: 1

    Then what would it matter, it'd just be closes sournce and you'd have to buy it to mount an NTFS partition.

  22. Re:Images are fine on Venus Probe Returns First Images · · Score: 1

    That's right. And then they hooked it to a chopper and lifted it in the air and blew it up because of the pressure. Like a shark from the deep sea.

  23. Re:Images are fine on Venus Probe Returns First Images · · Score: 1

    Sad i'm only 25 and I know exactly what show you're talking about....But i that was from mars? Maybe one of the Rovers?

  24. Re:"Time to get rid of the duct tape?" on The World's Strongest Glue · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Okay, no one's mentioned it yet... What would Macgyver do if the ducttape went away?

  25. Re:What is ifolder? on Ifolder Server Review · · Score: 0

    from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ifolder Folder operates on the concept of shared folders, where a folder is marked as shared and the contents of the folder are then synchronized to other computers over a network, either directly between computers in a peer-to-peer fashion or through a server. This is intended to allow a single user to synchronize their files between different computers (for example between a work computer and a home computer) or share files with other users (for example a group of people who are collaborating on a project). The core of the iFolder is actually a project called Simias. It is Simias which actually monitors files for changes, synchronizes these changes and controls the access permissions on folders. The actual iFolder clients (including a graphical desktop client and a web client) are developed as separate programs that communicate with the Simias back-end.


    It's a shared folder you can access from anywhere not just your network.