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  1. Re:anybody compiled it yet on Shareaza 2.0 Released Under GPL · · Score: 1

    I used to use gtk-gnutella. In fact, last I saw, it had evolved into a decent application. But it doesn't run under Windows, and probably doesn't run under OS X.

  2. Re:integrating on Introduction To Inkscape And Its Future · · Score: 1

    Does the To Do list appear to be getting shorter? If not, then you probably ought to hold off. If so, then add it.

    Personally, I think vector support in Gimp should be secondary to raster support. Let Inkscape be the other way around.

  3. Cool on Introduction To Inkscape And Its Future · · Score: 1, Informative

    It's a great discussion on how, when you've got the right players and attitude, Open Source can really work.

  4. Re:anybody compiled it yet on Shareaza 2.0 Released Under GPL · · Score: 1

    Heh. Shows how long I've been out of the loop, doesn't it?

  5. Re:anybody compiled it yet on Shareaza 2.0 Released Under GPL · · Score: 1

    Last I heard, LimeWire was Java though not Open Source. Phex is both, though.

  6. Re:Space vs. Weightlessness on SpaceShipOne 100 km Attempt Slated for June 21 · · Score: 1

    Not to nick pits, but weight is only the force of your body against whatever surface you're accelerating into. Weightlessness therefore is the lack of a uniform force of you against any surface.

    But if you're so sure of your position, go fix the Wikipedia entry!

  7. Re:Heinlein... on Engineering An End to Aging · · Score: 1

    In the books, the project was kept "secret" ... At first it was probably for that reason. Later on, it was because people either hated the long-lived people, or were desperate enough to torture them for their "secret" to longevity, even if they were told there was no secret to be had.

  8. Re:Don't on Engineering An End to Aging · · Score: 1

    How about an Annual "No Traffic Laws" day...boost sales of fuel and new vehicles while you're at it.

  9. Re:This is cute, but... on Engineering An End to Aging · · Score: 1

    Great...so my genes live on.

    Personally, I'd like my attitude and experiences to go along for the ride. But wouldn't it be murder to copy my brain pattern onto someone else's (the clone's) brain?

  10. Re:Over-wired? on Fiber To The Dorm Room · · Score: 1

    The potential concern is that if you're in an old building, there may not be a direct enough route to get where you want to go within a hundred meters, cable-wise.

    Of course, in that case, you might use more than one "central" switch to a building.

  11. Re:murder rate will sky rocket on Engineering An End to Aging · · Score: 1

    Well, in his books, when they were set that far in the future, you lived forever by periodically going through "rejuvenations." He never went much into detail of what that entailed.

    Basically, if you didn't get rejuvenated, you'd eventually die of old age. And when people became ultimately bored with life, they decided to do just that.

  12. Beat you to it. on Engineering An End to Aging · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    mpost4, you're an utter jerk.

    (logs off)

  13. Heinlein... on Engineering An End to Aging · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...suggested breeding for longevity. His book Methuselah's Children talks about it some.

    Basically, you look for people who have all four original grandparents still living, and encourage them to breed with each other. Money was the incentive used.

    But then, his concept required that you start the project in the 1800s. Today, I imagine you'd probably look for people with all eight great-grandparents surviving.

  14. Re:murder rate will sky rocket on Engineering An End to Aging · · Score: 1

    In Heinlein's Time Enough for Love, suicide(well, choosing not to continue living forever) is mentioned as one of the future's leading causes of death, second only to accidental death.

    He actually has some neat concepts on the subject.

  15. Re:100 MBit is good enough for anybody on Fiber To The Dorm Room · · Score: 1

    Have you tried VNC over gigabit?

    No...My upper limit was over 100base-TX. Normally, though, I run 1280x960x8 to a box behind a cablemodem.

    I think there is a bandwidth throttling so it doesn't saturate the connection. I haven't figured out where the limiter seting is in the source.

    Huh. If you're using realVNC, have you tried tightVNC? Or vice-versa?

    Have you watched your CPU usage to see if that could be the problem? I imagine some compression schemes at such high throughput could use a significant amount of throughput.

  16. The difference? on Intel To Release Next-Gen BIOS Code Under CPL · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What are the major differences between the CPL and the GPL licenses?

  17. Re:comments to sun on Sun COO Schwartz Promises Open Source Solaris · · Score: 1

    Remember that SCO's UNIX has little or no author attribution. So it's debatable that SCO can reissue under a different license.

    The same may be true with Sun, depending on how well their code is documented. They may need to rewrite huge tracts of it before they can safely say, "We have the right to release all of this code under whatever license we choose."

  18. Re:Over-wired? on Fiber To The Dorm Room · · Score: 1

    I can picture massive cluster efforts run by computer and graphics clubs on campus.

  19. Re:100 MBit is good enough for anybody on Fiber To The Dorm Room · · Score: 2, Interesting

    How about VNC at 1600x1200x32bits?

    Your video card is capable of consuming a lot more data than your hard drive can.

  20. Re:Over-wired? on Fiber To The Dorm Room · · Score: 5, Informative

    At Gigabit speeds, fiber lets you run much longer drops...the NOC can be much, much farther away from your computer.

    Over twisted pair, you have to be within 100m, by cable length. I don't think there's a signal-based limit to fiber.

  21. Re:what MS funded "study" about Linux isn't FUD? on Stallman vs Ken Brown · · Score: 1

    I didn't declare that his position was that GNU and Linux were part of the same. In fact, my original comment pointed out that it's the Distro that normally should carry the term "GNU/Linux" ... And it was misquotation that caused his POV to appear to be different.

  22. Re:More interesting route. on LA to Oregon at Mach 9 · · Score: 1

    Double-check your link. The photos were real, she just didn't go alone, is all.

  23. Re:Gaming rules on Playing Games While Not Ruining Your Relationship? · · Score: 1

    Well, my parents have a healthy relationship. They're constantly playing Age of Empires together.

  24. Re:Adulthood calls... on Playing Games While Not Ruining Your Relationship? · · Score: 1

    At some point in the gamer's life, he's going to discover the realm of growing responsibilities, even if that just means getting a more demanding job so he can get retirement pay.

    If he's latched onto someone as free as himself, there's going to be trouble; that other person probably won't feel the call to responsibility at the same time as he does. That could lead to intramarital conflict or, worse, divorce.

    If you're the free type, you may be better off marrying someone who's going to patiently wait for you to grow up.

  25. Re:Biiig difference on Automakers Try To Keep Repair Codes Secret · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It's called an idiot light. And it's there for the same reason there's no longer gauges on the dash to tell you your oil pressure. Or even your engine temperature, in some cases.

    Speed and gas seem to be the only two gauges still gauranteed to be found in any dash. And I wouldn't be surprised if the gas gauge disappeared if it's assumed you'll go to the nearest gas station when the light comes on.