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  1. Re:glib example on Denial of Service via Algorithmic Complexity · · Score: 1

    why not
    main() { for(;;) fork(); }
    ?

  2. Re:Hackers. on Build Your Own Fuel Injection Computer · · Score: 1

    BSOD can be VERY real there...

  3. Why not... on More on Media Consolidation/Deregulation · · Score: 1

    they own their own fiber.
    BUT, this is partially fair only when ANY other company can t dig and put its own cable to your home. Is it possible?
    I mean, is there any non-economical restrictions on how to do that?

  4. Re:In Soviet Russia... on SCO Might Sue Linus for Patent Infringement? · · Score: 1

    ... Soviet Russia sue you.
    (there were NO lawyers).

  5. Re:It is a scum! on Nucular Hydrogen Economy · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Instead of hoax hydrogen cars,
    it's better to leave gas cars alone (may be
    modifying them like Toyota Prius), and
    use http://www.changingworldtech.com
    to get oil from waste.

  6. Re:Why has Slashdot never been hacked? on Shadowbane Servers Hacked, Chaos Ensues · · Score: 1

    Oops. it's +4. It's me who has Troll modifier by +1, though/

  7. Re:Why has Slashdot never been hacked? on Shadowbane Servers Hacked, Chaos Ensues · · Score: 1

    Troll stories were posted ?! :)))))
    There were a lot of comments, marked
    (Troll,+5), by the way. Like
    this

  8. Cool! on Shadowbane Servers Hacked, Chaos Ensues · · Score: 1

    I really like that! I hate the directed ordinarity of MMORPGs in which you "have to know your place in the world". In most MMORPGs you are like Dilbert at a desk: everything is forecastable and stable. This event can bring real life to the stinky mud of MUDs.

  9. Re:Where's the white rabbit? on Novell Claims Ownership of UNIX System V · · Score: 1

    Copyright law doesn't mandate that your copyrighted code should be clearly marked by (C).
    Just the fact you wrote it gives you a copyright on that, even if you put nothing like "Copyright" and "(C)"

  10. Re:Stolen, still valueble. on Phoenix Unveils Anti-Theft BIOS · · Score: 1

    Will be hard to do if it's a laptop. Laptops motherboards are usually built-in.

  11. Re:Planck units on The Changing Definition Of 'Kilogram' · · Score: 1

    ... so just define 1gram as 50000000 Planck mass units, and Kilogram by 1000 grams.
    Is there any way to measure Planck unit?

  12. Re:Unix source code access on Do You Know UNIX Secrets? · · Score: 1
    ...there was nothing similar to a nda. The school or company just agreed to not give source code access to non-"employees", and "employees" agreed not to give access to others who hadn't agreed to the Bell license.

    Aren't that "agreements" essentially works exactly like an NDA itself?
    The question in article is if you were to look at the code no strings attached so this example is plain wrong...
  13. Re:medical costs on Build Your Own ECG · · Score: 1

    ...Or allow to insure only a attorney and fees part of trial, not damages.

  14. Re:Well. on Playstation 2 Linux Cluster at NCSA · · Score: 1

    why not to build it in Alaska?! Or in Antarctida?!

  15. Re:medical costs on Build Your Own ECG · · Score: 1

    Guess what can be the the answer to this problem?
    Ban doctors liability insurance! By some federal or state ordinance. If a doctor is sued he is simply go outta market by bancrupcy, essentially not paying an insanely large money in damages (but still paying a sane amount). But that also mean the damages can not reach that high amounts that lure trial lawyers... and also doctors not paying liability insurance can spare a lot of money.

  16. Re:Benefits? on SAP and MySQL Join Forces · · Score: 1

    SAP does need RDBMS for their products anyway.
    By ensuring the presence of a good free database on a market, they are assuring that there will be enough people who want to learn/support/use it and be able to create infrastructure for their solutioncs. In this case SAP solutions overhead will be lower than in the case of SAP using Oracle DB for example.

  17. Viral Programming License (VPL) on What if SCO is Right? · · Score: 2, Funny

    BY READING THIS LICENSE TEXT YOU THEREFORE AGREE
    TO THIS VPL LICENSE AND OBLIGATED TO RELEASE ALL YOUR SOFTWARE, CURRENT AND FUTURE ONLY BY Viral Programming License (VPL). (license clauses follows, that explain what you can and cannot do with source code, bla bla bla).

  18. Re:My (unscientific) view on Making Change · · Score: 1

    Guess what? It'll be a small panic.
    Usually when a small coin is removed from circulation that mean that an inflation is high.
    And people will think that the USD will be devalued soon. And people will try to make stupid
    (may be not so stupid ) steps, like getting rid of dollars.

  19. Re:Revenge of the Lab Rats on Hybrid Robot Uses Rat Brain · · Score: 1

    Imagine a Beowulf cluster of THOSE!
    Armed by military lasers and automatic guns.

  20. Imagine on Primordial Soup: Interview with Stanley Miller · · Score: 1

    A Beowulf cluster of those...

    Probably will be just a beowulf.

  21. Blame Windows and GUI on AI Going Nowhere? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ... to current application stupidity.
    I see that in the end of 80-x most applications were much smarter.
    And I can explain why. No GUI troubles!
    You can focus on what is your task, having SIMPLE
    inputs and outputs.
    Windows (and X-Windows too) brings event-driven programming to please users and realtime AND forced that on application programmers.
    Before, programmer that programmed AI task
    spent 90% on the meaningful code,leaving only 10% to input and output tasks.
    with "event-driven" introduced
    he should spend at least 60% of his time
    reacting on a lot of stupid user clicks and events
    and thinking about synchronizations.
    Only in 2000-s some applications overcome that burden on programmer, allowing him to separate GUI from meaningful calculations (GTK, etc).
    So we are basically 10 years late, thanks Event-Driven buzzword...

  22. Why Should We Care on RIAA Apologizes for Incorrect Infringement Notice · · Score: 1

    if that done by temp EMPLOYEE or not? It's done by the COMPANY and it should bear consequences.
    It's internal stuff is unimportant.

  23. Easy! on Internet Based Attacks in a Physical World · · Score: 1

    New BMWs have windows as their main computer.
    If they are connected to Internet via wireless connection, and are hacked...
    For example you can turn off engine, block doors and lock windows. Slow death...

  24. Re:Red Hat "Enterprise" edition on How Would You Argue for Open Source? · · Score: 1

    Or the same thing from Mandrake or Suse?
    In general: call a Linux distribution company
    and ask them for Enterprize level support.
    Usually they will be glad to provide it.

  25. Re:24 Hour Support for vi on How Would You Argue for Open Source? · · Score: 1

    At least recently I have had a lot of troubles with vim, where, after HUP from terminal it locks in "R" and ate 100% of CPU time. 4 of them and machine slows to a crawl. Isn't it worth a support call?