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  1. Re:similar problem with MathML on XML Co-Creator says XML Is Too Hard For Programmers · · Score: 1

    You can write complicated formulas in Latex directly but it is
    almost impossible to do so in MathML

    Bah! WHY DO YOU NEED (or WANT) to do it?
    MathML is a MACHINE readable language, not
    human readable.
    You are supposed to use XML->HTML translatiors to read that and translators from readable formats to XML to write it.
  2. Re:Windows is already harder to use than Linux on Debunking Linux-Windows Market Share Myths · · Score: 1

    two sour notes:
    1. Unfortunately Linux can hacked too, installing
    proxies and run smtp gateways on unsuspected users is not that harder in it.
    2. There IS an antivirus for Linux (http://kaspersky.com).

  3. Information as a number. on Legal Issues Don't Bother American Downloaders · · Score: 1

    Ok.
    Any mp3 is just a number, albeit very large.
    Copyright on files means that you are posting restrictions on numbers in natural row...
    (licensed to use that? restricted to use).
    Ok. why not copyright 20? or 40?

  4. Re:i must have good luck... on Problems in Computer Conservation · · Score: 1

    PDP lovers from russia created this site
    (in Russian),http://translate.ru can help.
    Some links to live systems and fans
    here

  5. Re:Computer Museum, live demonstrations on Problems in Computer Conservation · · Score: 1

    Yeah! And a smell of burned copper near it! Awfully cool!

  6. Re:In Soviet Russia.... on Problems in Computer Conservation · · Score: 1

    1. In Polytech museum in Moscow there is an interesting collection of computers since 60th. Very worth visiting. Ural, Mir - first russian personal computer made circa 1970, Nairi, stuff with magnetic cards, etc.
    2. Vacuum tubes greatly survive electro magnetic impulses that arise from nuclear blasts and special weapons.

  7. Re:Terrorists.. on Build Your Own Satellite Ground Station · · Score: 1

    No, by putting large letters on the earth surface by using coal or even pants.

  8. Re:Let's Outsource CEOs on U.S. Jobs Jumping Ship · · Score: 1

    There is a lot of companies now with CEOs relocated out...

  9. Great! on Mandrake 9.0 for AMD 64-bit Technology · · Score: 1

    Now finally I'll be able to mmap 5GB file into
    memory on my default distro...

  10. Re:What I want on Red Hat Announces Enterprise Linux · · Score: 1

    Smaller fee? Use Mandrake, AltLinux, etc...
    Nobody forces you to use RedHat.

  11. Re:hydrogen = bad idea on A Hydrogen-Based Economy · · Score: 1

    Not a lot of power, unfortunately.
    And most of it is already used now.

  12. Re:1 2 3 on Slashback: Rocketry, Pythonation, Scoffing · · Score: 1

    4 ...
    5 Profit!

  13. Re:McDonald's is always hiring. on Internships in the Post-DotCom Era? · · Score: 1

    And you can end up doing
    Wireless
    access for McDonalds

  14. Re:How about Fax on U.S. National Do-Not-Call Registry is Law · · Score: 1

    Unsolicited faxes are already prohibited. Call your phone company and ask them that you receiving that faxes and ask them to whom you need to complain.

  15. Re:Why politicians? on U.S. National Do-Not-Call Registry is Law · · Score: 1

    1. Hire a politician
    2. Make phone calls
    3. ...
    4. Profit!

  16. Re:Your most unusual Tcl application on Tcl Core Team Interview · · Score: 1

    A 20-lines program that test freshness of
    Real Player and Media Player links for Windows, using
    COM.
    Java programmer who tried to do the same,
    ends with 2 weeks of trying and no result.

  17. Re:Learning TCL (or others) on Tcl Core Team Interview · · Score: 1

    People ARE different. And some people can find
    TCL syntax best fit for them. You can write a lot
    on other languages, but for me TCL is a best choice.
    May be not for you.

  18. Re:I love TCL on Tcl Core Team Interview · · Score: 1

    And you also can use Object-Oriented supplement -
    [Incr TCL]
    Why not?

  19. Re:apache modules on Funny and Irrelevant Program Names? · · Score: 1

    It's not a spelling module, its purpose is to
    correct URL small typos like from
    http://myhost.com/speling/
    to
    http://myhos t.com/spelling/
    In SWI-prolog there is a function named "dwim" - do what I mean, whose purpose is the same.

  20. Re:here is one you havent heard before on SCO Sues IBM for Sharing Secrets with Unix and Linux · · Score: 1

    In SOVIET RUSSIA
    Patents sue SCO!

  21. Takeover on SCO Sues IBM for Sharing Secrets with Unix and Linux · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Can IBM take over (buy) SCO, effectively cutting this lawsuit off?

  22. Re:Power consumption doesn't scale linearly w/ MHz on China's 64bit Homegrown CPU · · Score: 1

    Exponential is when f(x) grows like 2^Frequency
    Frequency ^ 2 grows as polinomial only.

  23. Re:State of Oregon: government agencies on Oregon Bill Would Require Open Source Consideration · · Score: 2, Informative

    Suggest them
    something from IBM Linux solutions. Why not?
    Or something from
    Novell that works from Linux platform

  24. Re:first international post on Slashback: Humility, Patents. Vapor.com · · Score: 1

    Tiyaz Teyaz?

  25. Re:A patent on aspect-oriented programming? on Slashback: Humility, Patents. Vapor.com · · Score: 1

    You are missing that simple fact that the idea can come to
    the mind of several people.