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  1. Re:Hypothetical question on IP Theft in the Linux Kernel · · Score: 2
    The funny thing is I didn't find out that half the class got in serious shit for that until a couple years later. :)

    I applaud the prof/faculty for not bugging you in the matter. Too often, people get blamed like it's their fault that someone else plagiarized their work.

  2. Re:One question on IP Theft in the Linux Kernel · · Score: 2

    Yes. Nobody's saying that his code shouldn't be used, we're (or at least I am) saying that everyone should be properly credited for their work.

  3. Re:Good idea... on 3D Labs Proposes OpenGL 2.0 To Kick DirectX · · Score: 2

    Linux does will because many other systems are crap, not because Linux is inherently great.

  4. Re:Millennium vs XP...better or sucky? on World's First XP System Sold · · Score: 2

    Speaking of WMA (more specifically, its competitors), what's the Vorbis encoder like lately?

  5. Re:2hrs later .. on World's First XP System Sold · · Score: 2

    Yeah, but you wouldn't use XP on a production server anyway. Right??

  6. Redefining English... on Pyramid Shaped Keyboard · · Score: 2
    Heh. That reminds me:
    A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling
    by Mark Twain

    For example, in Year 1 that useless letter "c" would be dropped to be replased either by "k" or "s", and likewise "x" would no longer be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which "c" would be retained would be the "ch" formation, which will be dealt with later. Year 2 might reform "w" spelling, so that "which" and "one" would take the same konsonant, wile Year 3 might well abolish "y" replasing it with "i" and Iear 4 might fiks the "g/j" anomali wonse and for all.

    Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear with Iear 5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and Iears 6-12 or so modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants. Bai Iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov thi ridandant letez "c", "y" and "x" -- bai now jast a memori in the maindz ov ould doderez -- tu riplais "ch", "sh", and "th" rispektivli.

    Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld.

    This has been a shameless attempt at getting undeserved karma by posting other people's work.

  7. Re:Alternative uses for chorded keyboards on Pyramid Shaped Keyboard · · Score: 2
    Learning a new layout (e.g., Dvorak) on a standard keyboard takes about 20 hours (e.g., 1 hour a day every weekday for a month).

    It only took you 20 hours to learn Dvorak? Maybe I should start trying to learn it again.

  8. Re:Use the mirrors, people! on Linux Kernel 2.4.10 · · Score: 2

    So then why was anonymous access denied on ftp.kernel.org? HUH??

  9. Re:Heh... on SirCam on Linux via WINE · · Score: 2, Funny

    Boot time. IIS "reboots" much faster under under WINE than under Windows.

  10. Use the mirrors, people! on Linux Kernel 2.4.10 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Some of the mirrors already have the files, so make sure to use them. Also, be considerate! Try to get the patch-*.bz2 files, rather than the linux-*.tar.gz files.

  11. Re:perl applets? on Browser Bindings for Python, Perl, and other Languages? · · Score: 2

    Anyone know where I can get a program to manipulate images of gnus?

    Lol!

  12. Re:security on Browser Bindings for Python, Perl, and other Languages? · · Score: 2

    What does the *BSD jail system have that a non-root chroot system doesn't? (Not a flame - just asking.)

  13. Re:Not much multimedia ability in Python or Perl on Browser Bindings for Python, Perl, and other Languages? · · Score: 2

    Well, Perl is anyway. (Yes, I still use Perl, though I recently heard that Python has Perl-style regexp support, so I might have a look at that sometime.)

  14. Re:Or they're just cheap on Browser Bindings for Python, Perl, and other Languages? · · Score: 2

    Um... Just because software exists doesn't mean people will have it installed, especially in a corporate environment. This is why we're unlikely to see raw XML web pages become standard for at least 3-5 years.

  15. Re:^ MOD THIS UP ^ on Microsoft's Vision For Future Operating Systems · · Score: 2

    Yeah, really. What do you mean by "set one up"?

  16. ^ PLEASE MOD THIS UP TO 5 !!! ^ (nt) on Legislating Insecure Encryption · · Score: 2

    no text

  17. Re:Backdoored encryption is NOT encryption on Legislating Insecure Encryption · · Score: 2

    He didn't say secrets couldn't be shared, he said that by doing so, the information will almost certainly not retain its secrecy.

  18. Re:Backdoored encryption is NOT encryption on Legislating Insecure Encryption · · Score: 2
    Which brings about the same problem we had in the first place: when spies@evesdroppers.gov's private key gets leaked (or cracked by a distributed effort), anyone who was recording those key transfers will immediately have access to all messages encrypted with them.

    One of the big things that makes PGP secure is that there is no single point of failure. Any compromise of this compromises the security of PGP.

    The other problem is with Kerberos and IPSEC, how do you plan to send all the keys for those elsewhere. I know I'd fire anyone who copied those keys anywhere.

  19. Re:You missed the point. on Microsoft's Vision For Future Operating Systems · · Score: 2

    Doesn't QNX have some of these features?

  20. Re:Developers - stop bashing and start coding on Microsoft's Vision For Future Operating Systems · · Score: 2

    Most Slashdotters aren't developers. They may have done some programming, but they are not doing kernel development and such. At least, that's what I gather from the relative cluelessness of many of the posts.

  21. ^ MOD THIS UP ^ on Microsoft's Vision For Future Operating Systems · · Score: 2

    No kidding. I've been saying that ever since I got a PC. Ever used an Amiga? The pointer *never* froze in place or even jumped unless the machine locked hard.

  22. Re:Comprehensive, but contains a spurious assertio on Linux on the Desktop · · Score: 1

    Ah. I see. Thank you.

  23. Re:Real Issue - 3rd party apps on Linux on the Desktop · · Score: 2

    You can. (Writing this sentence because some idiot running Slashdot though that the postercomment compression filter was a good idea for people who have a +1 Bonus...)

  24. Re:Comprehensive, but contains a spurious assertio on Linux on the Desktop · · Score: 2

    Why the heck would you want to page out the page tables? Wouldn't the performance be murdered?

  25. Re:Not a math guy.... on Linux on the Desktop · · Score: 2

    Yes, but when we deal with real-world concepts, we usually use limits. In this case, lim x->0 1/x == inf.