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  1. Re:pre??? on XFree86 4.0 Now Available · · Score: 1

    The X Server is not responsable for the GUI, that's the job of the Window Manager. Unlike in Windows, the window manager and displayer of pretty pictures and words (X Server) arn't one and the same. It's the equivalent of the Windows GDI in a seperate program. The only improvement you'll see is TRUETYPE FONTS, however. Btw, is there a way to get Windows .ttf files to work with X?

  2. Re:This is Great !!! on XFree86 4.0 Now Available · · Score: 1

    $0

  3. The age limit? on Join ICANN and Make Your Voice Heard · · Score: 1

    Just out of curiousity, is there a valid legal reason for stipulating that participants must be over 16 years of age? If not, I feel that age is rather arbitary. I know many fifteen, and even many fourteen year olds who use the internet for a dozen hours a day, who are *not* 31337 w4r3z d00dz, and that possess great technical knowledge of the issues at hand. While I am ecstatic that ICANN is opening its membership, this provision is reminiscent of Corel's license agreement.

  4. Re:AMD ?` on Intel Encounters Another Problem with RAMBUS · · Score: 1

    The new VIA chipset changes that

  5. Re:AMD ?` on Intel Encounters Another Problem with RAMBUS · · Score: 1

    Your statement, "Intel has never had a processor of [sic] equal processor speed that outperformed Intel", is patently false. AMD's Athlon outperforms a Coppermine of equal clock speed by greater than 17%, in both integer and floating-point operations. Why do people still believe that Intel remains unchallenged?

  6. Re:Solar Flare season on Massive Sun Flare This Weekend · · Score: 2

    Complete fragmentation? Even if all satellites were destroyed, the undersea cables would be able to provide *some* bandwidth, even if everyone could only get 1k/sec individually.

  7. Re:More parallels to geography? on The Nine Continents of the Internet · · Score: 1

    Actually, Pangea was formed from other, even earlier continents.

  8. Re:Quake3 on Laptop on Review of the Sony Vaio PCG-X9 · · Score: 1

    Bah, I *snipe* very well in Tribes at 15fps, in software mode. What are you talking about?

  9. Re:DeCSS? on DDoS Attacks Traced to UCSB, Stanford · · Score: 1

    So fake a video driver and capture it as the DVD player blits it to the screen. Voiala, a perfect digital copy. There's no Macrovision for computers. (This has been done).

  10. Re:anyone tried these? on FBI Releases Updated DDoS Detection Tools · · Score: 1

    14? That's too conservative --- I've seen stoned high school sophomores write better than that.

  11. Why newnet? on Bruce Perens IRC Q&A Tonight · · Score: 2

    Newnet has long been known for its large number of warez, vcd, mp3, etc. channels. If you /list them all, you'll find that the majority of the channels are warez channels, and all of the channels with >=25 people. I wonder why Bruce chose this network when he could have chosen Efnet, irc.slashdot.org, or many of the other networks in existance that don't have a warez connotation. Is it symbolic in some way?

  12. Re:But it _IS_ IP Theft on iCraveTV sued for IP Theft · · Score: 1

    According to Canadian law, any television or radio station may be rebroadcast. Why does the type of broadcast (i.e., digital, analogue, etc.) matter?

  13. Re:But it _IS_ IP Theft on iCraveTV sued for IP Theft · · Score: 1

    According to Canadian law, any television station may be rebroadcast freely. What difference does it make whether it is through a digital or an analouge medium?


    I cannot type today.

  14. Re:meta first! on Am I Alone After the World Collapsed?!? · · Score: 1

    The millennium does not begin under Jan01, 2001.

  15. Re:Oh, bother... not with Opera 3.61 on Beneath the Surface of the World Wide Web · · Score: 1

    It won't work, even if I specifically check "Identify as Mozilla 3.0".

  16. Re:A win, until January 27, 2000. on DVD Hearing Victory: We Won - For Now · · Score: 1

    Repeat after me: Post ex facto

  17. Re:Has anyone used the C++ STL Lately? on Sun Withdraws Java from Standards Process · · Score: 1

    You must have last checked about 18 months ago, then. Most modern compilers now support the STL.

  18. *Very* Interesting Law on Dumb Laws · · Score: 1

    From the site.... (Canada, Ontario, Uxbridge):

    Residents are not allowed to have an Internet connection faster than 56k.

    *Why?*

  19. Re:What do we know about Rational? on Microsoft Selling J++; Discontinuing Development · · Score: 1

    No. It is not Java 1.1 compliant.

  20. Re:This is scary. on Australian Government Cracks Down on Net Users · · Score: 1

    The prohibition amendment was repealed, so congress has legal precident to repeal the Bill of Rights as well. This is freightening.

    Unfortunately, civilian firearms are no match the US military, at present. Handguns cannot down B2s, hunting rifles cannot be used against tanks, etc.

  21. Re:trusting Novell... on Novell License Draft 1.0 Submitted for Review · · Score: 1

    Was this mentioned on /.?

  22. Re:speed of light == c only in a vacuum! on Fiber Optic World Records Broken · · Score: 1

    Could you point me towards more information on this subject, the Cherenkov effect? Would a Tachyon qualify?

  23. Re:What about sea changes in the Supreme Court? on Interview: Ask Antitrust Experts About Microsoft · · Score: 1

    BAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

    It never happened. FDR appointed many justices, but because they died, not because he expanded the court.

  24. Re:Geee, I wonder what the realpurpose is ? on The Starchild Project Claims to Have Alien Skull · · Score: 1

    There are other, less stable radioactive isotopes to use for dating...

  25. Re:what is the compression algorithm of PNG? on Are You Ready For Burn All GIFs Day? · · Score: 1

    The compression algorithm is different, but more effective. It is the same algorithm used in the free compression library zlib. (libpng actually uses zlib).