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  1. Re:Hmmm on Apple Patent Blocking PNG Development · · Score: 0

    They made it "open source" because at the time it was a buzzword the translated to "free labor"...

  2. Re:except Java doesn't have on C with Safety - Cyclone · · Score: 0

    Type safe collections and multi-dispatch functions certainly seem pointless to me when compared to the almighty const.

  3. Re:except Java doesn't have on C with Safety - Cyclone · · Score: 0

    Are you illiterate, or do you just pretend to be? Also, all of the previous generic implementing Java compilers generate code that isn't type-checked at runtime in instances where it should be (where you load the code dynamically or use reflection).

  4. Re:how many times do I have to say it? on C with Safety - Cyclone · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    No, ignorant people will think of Perl-like regexps, because they've never taken part in a real University programming class beyond the 1xx series...

  5. Re:Not the Same Pattern Matching! on C with Safety - Cyclone · · Score: 0

    That's because you have no idea how ML pattern matching works...

  6. Re:International Law - Precisely on Defining Globalism · · Score: 1

    The U.S. Constitution doesn't provide the U.S. government with the ability to subject occupants of the U.S. to international laws... Why should it, again? I certainly don't remember electing your country's officials...

  7. Re:GLOBALIZATION ON WHOSE TERMS? on Defining Globalism · · Score: 1

    I'm Italian... My name is Vito... I do not take offense to this remark, because I am a card carrying member of the mafia... We don't appreciate your kind confusing others about the family...

  8. Re:GLOBALIZATION ON WHOSE TERMS? on Defining Globalism · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Last time I checked, people in this the U.S. don't give a fuck about some pastey inbred bitch in England...

  9. Re:It only confirms that the 1st amendment is uniq on Council of Europe Pushes Net Hate-Speech Ban · · Score: 1

    The idea is liberal in that its proponents are of the title liberal...

    One could ask, how are gun laws (pushed by 'liberals') liberal, too... Then of course, you could ask how a lot of restraining 'liberal' positions fit into a philosophy with such a name, but then you'll come to realize that being 'liberal' simply means the Government should be unrestricted in mucking with your life...

  10. Re:It only confirms that the 1st amendment is uniq on Council of Europe Pushes Net Hate-Speech Ban · · Score: 1

    You can't swear on broadcast TV, nor can you show nipple or genitals of the lower region... The FCC will fine you a good one if you do... If you think these decisions are made by networks, then you're only right in that they decided to make their product capable of being broadcast, instead of requiring cable...

    Don't worry, given enough time we'll get rid of those stupid laws, too...

    Hear that FCC? I'm coming for you...

  11. Re:It only confirms that the 1st amendment is uniq on Council of Europe Pushes Net Hate-Speech Ban · · Score: 1

    The day I see that group "made fun of" by South Park and Howard Stern is the day I'll agree with you. Let's face it, white Christian heterosexual non-handicapped American males aren't exactly the butt of all jokes in popular American media yet, so most people aren't really concerned, with the exception of people like you.

    Uhh, ok... If you don't think South Park makes fun of heterosexual, non-handicapped "American" (I assume he means white) males (you can extend it to females), you must not watch very often... Or did you miss the part where Kenny's family is white trash, Cartman's a racist retard with a tramp mom, Stan's parents are victims of labotomy, the bus lady is an insane skank, and the myriad of other temporary characters that are deficient? Perhaps it's only you that doesn't see the fair share of criticism...

  12. Re:Haven't we learned anything? on Council of Europe Pushes Net Hate-Speech Ban · · Score: 1

    It doesn't even matter if it technically possible (which it is not), because I should be quite free to hate whomever I will, and to preach it from the mountain tops at my pleasure... If you don't like what I say, you don't have to climb the mountain with me...

  13. Re:GCC extensions?? on Intel's New Compiler Boosts Transmeta's Crusoe · · Score: 1

    GCC is not the best compiler on earth, however... And while you might be content with using GCC, there's little good technical reason to use extensions that don't easily translate to other compilers... In this case, the Intel compiler, which generates much better code...

  14. Re:Take Note that... on Intel's New Compiler Boosts Transmeta's Crusoe · · Score: 1

    The x86 instruction set is hardly dead... It is by far the currently most widely used platform for personal computing, and while Intel is developing its IA64 platform, it's years away from being a home product... Couple this with AMD's push for 64-bit x86 evolution, and Intel's current practice of extend and effectively deprecate old functionality, and one can easily see a future where the current IA32 IS serves and the foundation for future development...

    However, let us assume that the x86 is indeed dead, and that the IA32 IS is a waste... Where's Transmeta's problem again? They simply develop morphing layers for whatever springs forth, and their development is hastened by the design of their processors, and their disallowance of any sort of low-level muckery...

    This sort of pointless debate reminds me very much of the sort of idiots that read that the K6 line of processors used a RISC-ish core with microcode translation, and stepped up and said, "Wow I wonder how fast they'd be if we had access to their internal IS!"

    The point of Crusoe is a low-cost, low-power, dynamic instruction execution engine. Whether or not it fails and kills Transmeta will have had nothing to do with some obscure instruction set that would recieve even less support...

  15. Re:You still don't get it on Intel's New Compiler Boosts Transmeta's Crusoe · · Score: 1

    The person that moderated you off topic needs to spend time devising a mechanism to add mod points to their IQ...

  16. Re:GNU on RMS Running For GNOME Board Of Directors · · Score: 1

    Indeed... Afterall, RMS is the sole author of GCC and emacs...

  17. Re:Not a contention, but a question... on Meteor May Have Wiped Out Middle East Civilization · · Score: 1

    It would be pretty hard to decipher of a picture of a large rock plowing into the countryside, alright...

  18. Re:Worried about open-source funding on VA Linux Dropping "Linux" From Name · · Score: 1

    >> An email address and a bunch of IPs mean nothing to marketers.

    Haha.

  19. Re:AOL can't compete, even with Gecko on Gecko May Replace IE In AOL/CompuServe · · Score: 1

    As an expert in this field, I can assure you that Lycos and Yahoo! both have equally valuable and diverse services as AOL, though AOL has a slightly more integerated chat system...

    I'm sure that their adoption of Gecko is a direct result of Lycos's forthcoming adoption of Yahoo!'s key strategic pay-services...