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  1. Re:Illegal region-free DVD player aboard the ISS on Whose Laws Apply On the ISS? · · Score: 1

    The ISS has an illegal modded "region-free" DVD player Which countries would that be illegal in? (Serious question, are there any other than the US?)
  2. Re:Should be standard on all laptops and desktops on Windows Wireless Networking Flaw Identified · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hope he's not referring to the power button.

  3. Re:Purpose of being verbose on Ruby Off the Rails · · Score: 4, Insightful

    StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(s);

  4. Re:Dynamic Typing on Guido Goes Google · · Score: 1

    You mean static typing, not strong. And how exactly is 'string' documentation?

  5. Re:Sometimes Microsoft does beat Open Source on Microsoft Skips Patch Tuesday · · Score: 1

    No, I believe the word is 'common'.

  6. Re:ZIP patent... on Microsoft Ends Era Of Closed File Formats · · Score: 1

    So why don't we use .gz.tar? I'm sure it's a little less efficient, but you gain random access without losing the ability to swap out gzip for bzip2 and tar for... something else.

  7. Re:You know... on Kansas Challenges Definition of Science · · Score: 1
    I think the accepted view is that causality is a property of the universe, not a property external to the universe. Just because we observe a chain of reasons going back as far as we can see, it doesn't mean that the universe had to have a reason, or had to be 'created' - the past tense gives it away.

    The question seems as meaningless as 'where does a circle (or infinite line) start' - not with the same answer, i'm not saying time loops around and repeats or goes indefinitely far backwards, just that something that should obviously have a cause doesn't have to. The difference is that causality is so fundamental to our thinking, and to science. Without 'why' or 'how' or 'therefore' being meaningful, you can't reason.

  8. Re:Shouldn't it be on Record Low Turnout in Debian Leadership Election · · Score: 1

    Yes. Slashdot is dying.

  9. Re:in Brazil on Windows XP Starter Edition off to Slow Start · · Score: 1
    Brazilian representatives refused the offer, because they didn't want poor people to have a second-class computer, as if they were second-class citizens. With Linux, people have everything: the operating system, OpenOffice, Firefox, Gimp, programming languages and hundreds of useful software.

    We don't want to insult you by offering you cut down software with condescending "starter" names. You wanted Paint? It doesn't have that, but feel free to try The Gimp!

  10. Re:Checklist on North Korea Admits to Having Nuclear Weapons · · Score: 1
    WMDs: Check

    Therein lies the problem. They can blow shit up.

  11. Re:Thank Goodness... on North Korea Admits to Having Nuclear Weapons · · Score: 1

    I hope that wasn't sarcasm... there was a reason they didn't find any nukes. The UN did their job.

  12. Re:Gangs on North Korea Admits to Having Nuclear Weapons · · Score: 1

    People really believe the "Team America: World Police" bullshit don't they?

  13. Re:Wait a second.... on Accessories for Mac mini · · Score: 1

    There is a lot more than a new gui. Have you used it? Of course they're talking about consumer operating systems, so there is some hyperbole. But what exactly were you suggesting as an alternative?

  14. Re:Sounds Fair to me on Carmack Discusses Delay of Q3A Source · · Score: 1

    Come on, he'd posted about the timeframe before, it wasn't a secret. If the company didn't know, then they didn't deserve to know.

  15. Re: freesource allows improvement on Carmack Discusses Delay of Q3A Source · · Score: 1
    I don't know if it compares to doom3 but it does compare to quake3arena (2 years old?).

    Quake 3 was 1999. Having to delay a source release now because they're licencing the engine is pretty damn amazing.

  16. Re:Direct3D on Linux? on Does Linux Have Game? · · Score: 2, Insightful
    forcing people to update their OS (which is why Windows 95/98 are dead)

    Credit where credit is due, windows 95/98 are dead because it sucked, and windows 2k/XP/2k3 are much better.

  17. Re:While a felony is excessive on Top 20 Gaming Lows of 2004 · · Score: 1
    A little gratuitous violence ... never hurt anyone.

    ...

  18. Re:Too much power on Shut-Down Movie Site Promises MPAA Court Fight · · Score: 1
    A private organization can *demand* anything. Case in point -- SCO demanding linux licenses

    Well, they wouldn't want to have to sue themselves. Although, there's no such thing as bad publicity...

  19. Re:Anti-virus software means it wasn't safe on 'Metal Gear' Symbian OS Trojan Disables Anti-Virus · · Score: 1

    They don't need anti-virus software. They need anti-virus software OR a healthy cynicism when it comes to anti-virus vendors.

  20. Excellent! on Python For Nokia Series 60 Phones Now Available · · Score: 1

    Been waiting for this for a while. You don't seem to need windows to play around with it, you can get the installer files for your phone as a zip file, and get an interactive python on your phone. It seems you can also send .py files across via bluetooth and python will pick them up. (Can't test this yet, I broke my bluetooth adapter...)

  21. Re:Redirection is the newest flaw in browsers on How Can I Trust Firefox? · · Score: 1

    That's not a flaw - if you trust getfirefox.com to provide you with software, and it says 'redirect to mozilla.org' then surely you trust that reccommendation?

  22. Re:Google Suggest just isn't very useful on Google Suggest Dissected · · Score: 1
    e.g. search for 'tmp/foo/bar' or 'tmp/foo/bar#baz'. You'll see results for '/tmp/foo.bar', '/tmp/foo/bar', and so forth.

    Thanks to the wonders of pagerank, give it a couple of hours and you'll see your post, hopefully even my reply ;-)

  23. Re:Cheap? on Nanotech Brings Cheap Flat TVs From Diamond Dust · · Score: 1
    it's simple really, instead of using whole diamonds they grind them up. Now if we could only apply this technological breakthrough on women.

    I'm missing something... grind women up? You're not bitter, are you?

  24. Re:nice job guys on Microsoft Releases Toolbar Suite · · Score: 1
    Needless to say, there's no evil_knivel.exe.doc problems on the Mac.

    To be fair, such 'vulnerabilities' are likely worse on the mac, since the authoritative type information is not immediately user-visible and you can apply a custom icon to anything.

    Not that I'm quite sure why you would disguise a word doc as an executable anyway...

  25. Re:Who needs splash screens anyway? on GIMP 2.2 Splash Screen Contest Revisited · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Splash screens are irritating, but in most cases a long delay with no splash screen is worse.