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  1. OK on ZeoSync Makes Claim of Compression Breakthrough · · Score: 2

    I am in no way a compression specialist but: ZeoSync intentionally randomizes naturally occurring patterns to form entropy-like random sequences through its patent pending technology known as Zero Space Tuner(TM).

    in this phase we are going to randomize the hard work you want to send over the internet, effectifly destroying it (unless you have the seed ofcourse)

    Once randomized, ZeoSync's BinaryAccelerator(TM) encodes these singular-bit-variance strings within complex combinatorial series to result in massively reduced BitPerfect(TM) equivalents

    Now it's going to find patterns in the so called "randomized" data, and probably writing those down, now irreversibly destroying your data...

    s. The combined TunerAccelerator(TM) is expected to be commercially available during 2003.

    and they are putting it off for a year too.... hmm...

    "By significantly reducing the size of data strings, we can envision products that will reduce the cost of communications and, more importantly, improve the quality of life for people around the world regardless of where they live."

    Jezus! these guys are geniuses!!! better compression REDUCES the cost of communications... damn... I wonder what else they envision?? that the files will be smaller too???

    my conclusion

    we can randomize any string, store 1 byte, then generate another random string... which, because it is random has a snowballs chance in hell of being the same ;-)

    correct me if I'm wrong, but this really seems to be a load of crap to me. Plus they use WAY to many buzzwords

  2. hehe on NASA Considers Privatizing Space Shuttles · · Score: 3, Informative

    Just like putting the UK and Dutch railways into private hands... now THAT was a good idea ;-)

    For all non-europeans here (quite a bit) this lead to the most HORRIBLE service ever.

  3. You wanted intelligent hu... punk?? ;-) on Public Comment Period In MS/DOJ Battle · · Score: 4, Insightful

    IMHO The point still being missed by all these settlements is that if everything goes according to microsoft's plan, within 2 years they WON'T GIVE A SHIT anymore about weither or not their protocols are open or closed whatever.

    What NEEDS to be adressed is the passport system and the .NET myservices. Microsoft is forcing all IU's (Ignorant Users) passports and microsoft is extremely good at forcing stuff upon people.
    In the end of it, this will mean that we will simply be forced to use Microsoft products because we need a way to authenticate to microsoft servers. .NET is free, Myservices not.

    I Really feel that nobody is adressing this problem anywhere, microsoft will just get small tap on hand again but nothing more...
    anyone agree or am I just pouring out pure crap?

  4. Re:search internet using grep on Linux Breaks 100 Petabyte Ceiling · · Score: 2

    isn't that called google? ;-)

  5. OK this is great... on Linux Breaks 100 Petabyte Ceiling · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Now, I can really imagine someone that buys a 144Pb drive (array) and will use IDE?? I would personally go for SCSI there ;-)

    What I am really wondering is: is there at the current moment ANY company/application/whatever that required this amount of storage? I thought that even a large bank could manage with a few TB's
    Not intended as a flame, just interested

    but still, this is a Good Thing (r)

  6. Thanx on Kernel 2.4.14 is out · · Score: 1

    Thanx guys,

    It compiles!!

  7. Erm... I'm having a little trouble on Kernel 2.4.14 is out · · Score: 2

    **DISCLAIMER** I've searched google for this but couldn't find it.
    Can someone tell me how to use a patch cut'n'pasted from a website? when I use the normal command patch -p1 it gives me some errors.
    thanx in advance

  8. Re:Does it Work? on Da Vinci Bridge Built · · Score: 2

    You are partially right, the ornithopter from the ice age on was free (eg 0 colorless mana)

    THE most irritating creatures when used with giant groath or something

  9. Re:Creation of normal matter on Dark Matter Measurements · · Score: 2

    I think that the only thing you can prove with our math is that it doesn't apply here.

    in the beginning there was nothing, for an infinite amount of time, so after infinity you would have 0(zero) * X (infinity) = 0 (zero)
    For me this proves that our math is at least flawed in these cases.
    my 2cts

  10. dialects? on Carl Sassenrath Talks About REBOL · · Score: 1

    From the system side, we will add several new "dialect" engines for 3D graphics, inferencing ("AI"), additional network protocols, advanced sound synthesis, and more.

    Call me cynical but IMHO claiming to make a 44 platform language and then creating "dialects" is shooting yourself in the foot while running a marathon with microsoft, the 1 thing they could really win on is FULL platform independece, this is NOT platform independence

    he, next thing we'll see is that you'll have to run the windows version of the client to play online directX games in WINE(X) ;-)

  11. I love wires!! on The Phony Conflict:802-11 & His Pal Bluetooth · · Score: 2

    I once lost my logitec cordless destop mouse...

  12. I hope they know what they are doing on NASA's Mars Odyssey Enters Orbit · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    understand Mars' climate and geological history and to search for signs of life sustaining environments including water.
    let's hope they don't mix up degrees Celcius and Fahrenheit and Liter and gallon..... else these "colonists" are in for a BIG surprise ;-)

  13. Re:This is .NET My Services, not all of .NET on Microsoft Sets Tolls for .Net Developers · · Score: 3, Funny

    There seems to be a significant difference betweer:
    projectliberty.org and
    libertyproject.org
    this is one type I really didn't want to make with my boss watching...

  14. Re:This is .NET My Services, not all of .NET on Microsoft Sets Tolls for .Net Developers · · Score: 2

    In fact, they are creating something: .GNU (or dotGNU ;-)
    It's a decentralized system but with the same functionality as .NET/hailstorm/myservices/otherBS
    check it out,

  15. YRU : Your rights under-water on Holographic Sonar Cryptography · · Score: 5, Funny

    will this article on slashdot mean that the FBI will now 'tap' the oceans too??

  16. Hmmmm..... (for al my regular readers ;-) on DirectFB: A New Linux Graphics Standard? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Although the site is almost /.tted it still looks pretty mean and clean to me. BUT
    I really think this is GREAT for the whole linux on the desktop venture, because as much as I love X (and I do) I know it is a very hard thing to do (loving it that is)
    X is bloated, it is considerably slow, altough I must say that with Xfree86 4 a lot of things changed (for the better) the new "modules" system is brilliant!
    But the biggest problem is that for geeks like me and you ;-) X provides us with all we need to prevent phisical activities as much as possible (in other words check your mail on your main machine while sitting on the couch watching TV, not to mention those tedious walks to the server room ;-))
    Fact is that X is the defacto standard when it comes to remote displays, heck, even novell uses it in netware 4 trough 6

    My idea: Port all the apps whatever to this new platform because what I've seen off off it, it is pretty darn nice for desktops, but we need to develop some kind of deamon which allows displays to be exported over a network when the display is NOT local.
    Now it doesn't matter weither or not the display is on the localhost or not, clients always connect using the X protocol over loopback, this is a waste of resoures, why not only use it when it is absolutely neccecary?
    I'd say make it POSSIBLE for programs to export their display not export them ALWAYS, I have no clue about how to do this, but if some people that know a bit more about X want to help me, we'll set up a project to implement just that, email me if interested, please flame here ;-)

  17. At least now we know what went wrong the first try on Odyssey Arriving at Mars Tonight · · Score: 3, Funny

    on the mars section of the site : If you want to be a real engineer, set your hands to work on paper models of: Pathfinder Mars Global Surveyor (pdf), and 2001 Mars Odyssey Color or Black-and-White (pdfs) spacecraft.
    with these kinds of drafting techniques...

  18. Re:Just imagine where we would be now on Ten Years of Apple PowerBooks · · Score: 2

    yeah, that guy was Tim Paterson and worked at Seattle Computing if I recall correctly...

  19. hmm.... on Sony Announces Superslim T415 · · Score: 2

    I am not sure I like this thing, I think it is still way to expensive, $300? The palm IIIc is less expensive nowadays.
    I think this one is nice for people that don't really need a palmtop... It's a nice marketing stunt, but my guess is that it's that and not much more.
    Spend an extra $100-$200 and buy a real one (that's what I think)

  20. Red Hat 7.2 vs. Mandrake 8.1 vs. SuSE 7.3 on Red Hat 7.2 Released · · Score: 2

    This is going to be a though choice, Redhat throws 7.2 at the world, Mandrake 8.1 and SuSE released 7.3(however /. does not consider that news)
    Personally I prefer SuSE and can't wait for 7.3 however I must say that Redhat 7.2 looks promesing too, however at a first glance, IMHO SuSE looks better for starting linux users.

  21. I dunno, on NUON As Open Source Gaming Platform · · Score: 2

    What are we gonna make for that platform? anyone have any ideas?
    I was thinking about a pingus port or make interactive movies out of ordianry ones (however that would be pretty much impossible)
    I think it is going to be very hard to make useful games/apps for this thing...

    disclaimer: this is not a flamebait ;-)

  22. Re:Where Can MS Go? Nowhere? Not So. on Microsoft's Future · · Score: 2

    For now? no microsft will NOT go the way of the dinosaur and as long as things keep on going the way they are going now, they won't for a long time.
    One of the mayor problems is that, a LOT of people still think that computers and windows is one and the same thing, they think that reading your email consists of using outlook/outlook express, that writing a letter is done in Word etc. They don't know there are alternatives, this is (luckily) beginning to change, because even main stream computer magazines are beginning to show some interest in alternatives.
    Still, on the internet terms like "Computer virusses" or "Macro virusses" and the like are still pretty deceptive they should (ofcourse) be called "Windows virusses" and "Microsoft Office virusses" as long as those differences are not clear to the main public... the problem persists
    so, for now, no... I think Microsoft will stay exactly where it is...

  23. Eventually it won't matter, on Microsoft's Future · · Score: 2

    Although microsoft is "giving" away software and "adopting open standards" they are also as tried to point out before, harvesting user information. I believe that that is the key to their (upcoming) success. As soon as Microsoft has a base in user-authenication (their passport system) that's when it doesn't matter anymore that they use XML, SOAP, .NET whatever.
    It might be possible for other OSses to use most of the .NET functionality but I'll bet your life that there's not going to be a way to get around passport, and in that way microsoft has secured it's position again. And this time in the worst possible way, it holds your personal information hostage in your personal passport.
    Isn't it true, that when installing windows XP you are promted to create a passport? I wonder why nobody sued for that, my guess is that (once again) microsoft is pulling a stunt that nobody will see coming until it's too late... frozen

  24. hehehe on VIA to Create Pentium 4 'Clone' · · Score: 2, Funny

    "already in legal trouble with intel"
    This is like calling a kickboxer a bad name and when he says "WHAT did you say" repeat it...

  25. Re:Why this is(n't) funny on Linux Kernel Bugs · · Score: 2

    I have no idea, it was just an example. The problem is that we DON'T know what might happen if we leave this unpatched, my point was that it is possible and that we shouldn't wait for something to happen because we can't afford to.
    Code Red was based on an exploit discovered almost six months before it came out... that was the point I was trying to make...
    According to the rating I guess that I wasn't quite clear on this....