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  1. s/open source/public-controlled/ on Toronto Open Source Conference Report · · Score: 1

    Anyone for an open source energy production facility?

    I think you're looking for the phrase "public-controlled." Similar in meaning, but different in application.

  2. Whoa on Toronto Open Source Conference Report · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Matusow went on to make a point about Red Hat's corporate Linux licensing, saying that Red Hat has a per-CPU licensing scheme with an auditing clause in the contract, and that client companies could not modify the (GPL'd) code for risk mitigation reasons on Red Hat's part.

    Either that's a "damn lie," or Red Hat has some explaining to do on the part of restricting GPL'd code.

  3. Re:In other news... on Swedish Carbon-Fiber Stealth Ship Runs NT · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Only if they've got wifi receivers.

    Any known way of externally communicating with that box is a risk, though. Otherwise it's like an isolated network staffed with trusted personell.

  4. Re:Intel's Chipset only supports One x16 PCIe on Running Video Cards in Parallel · · Score: 2, Informative

    Anyone with that hardware could tell us.

    Under Linux, run "lspci" as root, and see if the two cards are on different PCI buses.

    You can do something similar under Windows XP:

    Go to the device manager, and look at the Location field of your two video devices. The box I'm on only has one, but here's what an AGP card's location field looks like: "PCI bus 1, device 0, function 0"

  5. Oh, come on! on Running Video Cards in Parallel · · Score: 4, Insightful

    All you really need is some way to copy the data in memory from one card to another.

    Easy solution? Several high-speed serial connections in parallel between the two cards. With a little bit of circuitry on the card dedicated to keeping the data identical.

    Or, with a little bit of a performance hit, you could keep each section of RAM separate, and route misses over the cables.

  6. Re:Win an award then stab you in the back? on Google to Distribute Image Ads, Plans Email List Service · · Score: 1

    Notice that Google chooses between image and text ads depending on the construction of your site.

    So if you've got a primarily-text site, it'll probably choose to put text ads in. If you've got a bunch of images, (possibly based on a total-data-count...anyone have apache logs of Google downloading their images?) it'll put in an image ad.

    If they eventually do pop-ups, fine. They'll probably only show up on pages that already have pop-ups.

    There's a lot of analysis you can do by reading a web page. And Google's been some damn good minds to figure out how to do the analysis.

  7. Re:Ok... on Google to Distribute Image Ads, Plans Email List Service · · Score: 1

    Sure, if you consider a custom hosts file to be in that catagory.

  8. Re:Not really similar to the other article on Mac Trojan Horse Disguised as Word 2004 · · Score: 1

    There must have been an awful lot of filler data in there. I can't imagine a Microsoft beta weighing in at 18 bytes.

  9. Re:This has nothing to do with Apple? on Mac Trojan Horse Disguised as Word 2004 · · Score: 1

    He's lucky he was running a UNIX variant.

    At least it was only his home directory that got trashed, and not his entire system. (Or maybe he ran it as root, but didn't tell anyone.)

  10. Re:"Darwin" - style award winner on Mac Trojan Horse Disguised as Word 2004 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ouch.

    I was about to type a search for "spinder" in the google search in Firefox when I noticed the original poster's username.

  11. Waiting for the resource file. on Freecache · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm waiting for the introduction of the resource file. Sort of like a jar file...you can access content in it, but it transfers as a unit.

    An entire site might be stored in a resource file. Or just the files a single page depends on. You could have a meta tag that points to the resource file for a site. Or a hyperlink on the front page to the resource file for an entire site.

    And guess what...if it's over 5MB, Freecache will cache it.

    There will be some conflict with per-MB bandwidth charges for hosts, though. But I'm sure someone will work out a decent solution. (like Freecache. ;) )

  12. Re:Better than nothing on Hybrid Cars Don't Live Up to Mileage Claims · · Score: 1

    With warranties, you'd only want to take it to the dealer, anyway.

    Hopefully, by the time the warranties expire, more places will be trained in servicing them. I know one guy in Grand Rapids who'd give it a shot, if you asked him to. Neat guy. Honest.

  13. Re:I always got ~55mpg with my Honda Insight 2001 on Hybrid Cars Don't Live Up to Mileage Claims · · Score: 1

    Past tense? What happened to the car?

  14. Libel? on Tocqueville Blames U.S. IT Troubles On Free Software · · Score: 1

    Is there any way the free software movement can get together and charge this group with libel?

    I mean, subpoena their research materials and numbers. Their phone logs. Find out who they talked to and what information they had.

  15. Re:S/W development will just move from Illinois on Illinois Considers Taxing Custom Software · · Score: 1
  16. Re:Chicken Little on OptInRealBig Wins Restraining Order On SpamCop · · Score: 2

    Exactly. And OIRB would have to file a whole bunch of papers to get at all the individual "censors" from blocking their mail. More legal bills.

    Darn it, there's my optimism acting up again.

    DOWN boy! *crack*

  17. Re:S/W development will just move from Illinois on Illinois Considers Taxing Custom Software · · Score: 2, Informative

    Good point. This will actually drive tech jobs out of the state. That's OK, though. They can come to Michigan where the governer is trying to add technology to the list of things we're known for.

  18. Re:Chicken Little on OptInRealBig Wins Restraining Order On SpamCop · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Great point. And if they put a "signifying" characteristic in their messages, many other spammers will want to duplicate it so they fall under the same protection. That is, they'll claim to be OIRB.

    But OIRB would get pissed, and might sue. Both companies will go down in a boiling lake of legal bills.

    Or maybe that's just my optimism kicking in.

  19. Re:Yeah, that's highly likely! on Life-Ruining Browser Hijackers · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Thanks. That was very informative.

    In your field, have there been stories about abuses by organizations? I've heard (on Slashdot, anyway) that the FBI was very powerful in the 30s and the 50s/50s.

  20. Well... on Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP · · Score: 5, Interesting

    They better hope their applications are dated before the recommendations.

  21. Re:WiFi? on FireWire Gets Ready to Go Wireless · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why is it good for us? Think competition.

    USB2 wouldn't have come so soon if FireWire wasn't around. And FireWire 800 wouldn't be here if USB2 hadn't shown up.

    Next, we're going to see competition between FireWireless and 802.11. Expect furthur improvements.

  22. Mesh capability? on FireWire Gets Ready to Go Wireless · · Score: 1

    Is it going to retain FireWire's mesh-networking capability?

  23. Re:Yeah, that's highly likely! on Life-Ruining Browser Hijackers · · Score: 1

    That may be differ from state to state, and between state and federal law.

    IANAL

  24. Re:Not Likely on E3 - Sony Drops PS2 To $149, Shows PSP, Hints At PS3 · · Score: 1

    er... s/identical presses/individual presses/

  25. Re:Probably... on Life-Ruining Browser Hijackers · · Score: 1

    I remember one occasion when I was surfing pr0n at my grandparents house with Netscape 3. (Hey, I was, like, 11 at the time.) Popups got out of control, and my grandmother was coming down the stairs. So I powered off the machine, and told her it crashed.

    I didn't learn from that close shave. They later caught me, but that was when I was depending on the angle of the monitor.

    I don't do that at their house any more...