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  1. Re:Outsourcing aspect on Maui X-Stream: GPL Violations, Lies, and Damn Lies · · Score: 1

    The outsourcing excuse is used immediately by offending companies 90% of the time. However, it is only an excuse as the company is still held responsible since they are the ones distributing the software.

  2. WMA? on RIAA/MPAA Contractor Deploys Malicious Adware Trojans · · Score: 1

    Who downloads WMA files over p2p anyways?

  3. Re:Bah on Netscape Reborn? · · Score: 0

    but it'll never have the same feel that Netscape had.

    Thank god.

  4. Stating the Obvious on How Cheap Can A PC Be? · · Score: 1

    Balmer wants a $100 computer.

    I guess he's hoping when Longhorn is released in 2020, Windows will be affordable because people can get the hardware for cheap (of course Windows will probably cost about $10,000/license then).

  5. Re:domainkeys, SPF on Gmail Begins Signing Email with DomainKeys · · Score: 1

    Doesn't GMail support both SPF and Domain Keys? Headers show Received-SPF in emails sent to gmail accounts now.

  6. Re:I'd rather they not use it on MySQL Uses Microsoft's Open Source Software · · Score: 3, Informative

    Why would you rather they don't use it?

    Because there are much better alternatives like NSIS or the many others. Plus, who wants to require freaking runtime to install software.

  7. Re:Yeah, but is he worth a billion bucks? on Stern Will Jump To Sirius In 2006 · · Score: 1

    XMSR (XM) $ 28.98 SIRI (SIRIUS) $ 3.87 Which is overpriced? Well, that would depend on how many shares of each stock there are. Someone needs a little Stock 101 :)

  8. Re:I'm not convinced on John Doerr Disclaims Rumored GBrowser · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The problem with that is most of the stuff they build is Windows specific and IE specific. Surely, they would be building Mozilla/FireFox extensions if they were planning on expanding thier browser extensions.

  9. Re:ATOM feed on Gmail Adds Features · · Score: 1

    The feed is still there. You just need to login and go to https://gmail.google.com/gmail/feed/atom

  10. Re:GTK Runtime on Win32 on Gaim Maintainer Rob Flynn Interviewed · · Score: 2, Informative

    Since the dropline win32 GTK runtime distribution is no longer maintained, are they rolling their own?

    Yes, they have developed their own gtk installer.

  11. Re:Was it really the service pack? on Windows XP SP2 Still Rough Around the Edges · · Score: 1

    Actually, since the systems were most likely located in one central location, they probably contained many of the same software packages. Its possible that the configuration they had conflicted with the SP2 install. That doesn't mean it is SP2's fault. Maybe the software just doesn't work with SP2?

  12. Re:how about the hat.... on Universities Dispute with Red Hat over 'Fedora' · · Score: 1

    Yeah, its real surprising that they use a hat as a logo for the Fedora project CONSIDERING A FEDORA IS A HAT!

  13. Re:What's the Point of this? on New Dell Clickthrough Software License · · Score: 1

    Dell doesn't want customers like this, and they'll be happy to give em their money back if it will make them not buy from them. No large business would want to deal with someone like this.

    So you are saying Dell is choosing who is the *right* customer? This is the type of customer Dell should want. They have a problem with the way they handle their EULA. Hopefully this will help them to fix the problem. The user never said they wouldn't agree to it. They just wanted to see the whole license which they couldn't. Dell is the one to blame here, not someone following the rules.

  14. Re:he's right. on Inquiry Into RIAA's Piracy Crackdown Tactics · · Score: 1

    The crime is copyright infringement, not "stealing." No, the crime is illegal distribution of copywrited materials.

  15. Re:C is a high-level language?? on Think Python · · Score: 1

    Compared to something like assembly or machine language, I would consider C, a "high-level" language. Of course compared to a language like c++ or Java, it is not as "high-level".

  16. Why Gnuclues has not been ported on CEO of Brilliant Defends Sneaky Installation Practices · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Because its written in MFC!

  17. Re:Come on! on Sony Intentionally Crashes Customers' Computers · · Score: 1
    Crashes will not alter anything?

    If you are using Windows, your whole system could become unstable (I know, it already is). But you could lose other sensitive data you have open as well.

  18. Re:Am I also paying for accountability? on Announcing Slashdot Subscriptions · · Score: 1

    Yes, but if you don't read the newspaper you still have to pay for it. Not here. You only pay for what you see.

  19. Re:Of course the government should use open source on Advocating Open Source Within the Gov't · · Score: 1

    I imagine around half of the people working there fix bugs, and a big number of the rest of the guyd probably have jobs that are relatively un-interesting compared to the early pioneers.

    That just shows how much you really know then. Just because the government agencies don't have big glitzy websites pimping their products doesnt mean they arent creating any.

  20. Re:57Mb = 5 CD ?!? on Google Programming Contest · · Score: 1

    If you learn to read, you will notice that they are referring to the full database of 900,000 web pages not the sample db you can download.

  21. Re:Altavista on AltaVista Can't Keep Up · · Score: 1
    I noticed that search for a page for a site I had updated about three months ago was still showing the previous data.

    I believe you are referring to the caching of the web page. That is most likely a separate process than the indexing. So it probally occurs less freqently.