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  1. Question: on Smilin' Bob Not Smilin' Anymore · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why is this news for nerds, stuff that matters? Maybe ScuttleMonkey has a small penis and wasted money on these pills?

  2. Re:Android on Google Chrome, the Google Browser · · Score: 1

    Android uses WebKit for the browser/html rendering.

  3. Re:google's relationship with mozilla? on Google Chrome, the Google Browser · · Score: 3, Informative

    All of mozilla's code is tri-licensed -- MPL, GPL, and LGPL. Unless Google releases it under all 3 licenses (or a BSD/MIT license), they won't use it.

  4. Re:Well... Why? on Too Easy For Bank Accounts To Spring a Leak · · Score: 1

    Most banking financial troubles come from bad loans (S&L in the 80s, subprime loans today). and total market panics (great depression) And in both loan cases, extra legislation was needed (or at least written) to handle it. So the FDIC might be somewhat out of date.

  5. Re:No they didn't on Microsoft Patents "Pg Up" and "Pg Dn" · · Score: 1

    Not even. They patented a method for scrolling up/down the same amount regardless of any zoom factor. Not all methods, and certainly not pgup/pgdn.

    Patents are written by and for lawyers, not programmers. The actual method/implementation is copyrighted, but the patent is as broad as their legal budget.

  6. Re:No they didn't on Microsoft Patents "Pg Up" and "Pg Dn" · · Score: 2, Informative

    Dell tried to trademark the term "cloud computing."

  7. No they didn't on Microsoft Patents "Pg Up" and "Pg Dn" · · Score: 4, Informative

    sounds more like they patented scrolling up/down the same amount regardless of any zoom factor.

  8. Re:shuttle industry on Shuttle Retirement In 2010 Under Review · · Score: 2

    It's not like there's a surplus of cash sitting around in Washington DC that needs to be spent. It's kind of the opposite situation, with money being borrowed to pay for things people are "entitled" to, and the interest on all that money that was previously borrowed.

  9. Re:Well... Why? on Too Easy For Bank Accounts To Spring a Leak · · Score: 5, Informative

    The FDIC $100,000 coverage is in case the bank goes bankrupt (or hits financial trouble).

  10. Re:elect obama on Programming Jobs Abroad For a US Citizen? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    and the higher tax rates will encourage productive members of society to relocate elsewhere.

  11. nice graphics on Gameplay Videos Released For Fallout 3 · · Score: 4, Informative

    it felt like a movie in a couple places. I'm not sure how I feel about the transition to FP (as in first person). Fuck it looks nice.

  12. Re:Scripting language. What is it? on The State of Scripting Languages · · Score: 1

    Macromedia (now Adobe) products use javascript for application scripting. PDF also has javascript support, and Flash's ActionScript is a javascript derivative. Microsoft's cscript/wscript support javascript (vbscript is more common, though). And of course, ASP and ASP.NET can be javascript.

  13. Re:Stallman pushed to the sidelines on Behind the Doors of the Free Software Foundation · · Score: 0, Troll

    PS -- since lick my asshole

  14. Re:Stallman pushed to the sidelines on Behind the Doors of the Free Software Foundation · · Score: 0, Troll
  15. Re:Stallman pushed to the sidelines on Behind the Doors of the Free Software Foundation · · Score: 0, Troll

    It was about 8 years ago jizzmop.

  16. future of perl? on The State of Scripting Languages · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    serious question --- is perl 6 Open Source's answer to Vista? Some of the new features are added to perl 5, but is perl 6 is a wasted effort?

  17. nice pick on McCain Picks Gov. Palin As Running Mate · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I worked with her last year, doing some linux consulting work for the State of Alaska. I'd definitely tap her :)

  18. Re:Stallman pushed to the sidelines on Behind the Doors of the Free Software Foundation · · Score: 5, Funny

    Those that can, fuck. Those that can't, write a text editor.

  19. Re:Stallman pushed to the sidelines on Behind the Doors of the Free Software Foundation · · Score: -1, Troll

    I saw the book at barnes & noble once. I checked the back page... typeset with FrameMaker (or Quark, but it definitely wasn't FREE nor Open Source).

  20. Re:Stallman pushed to the sidelines on Behind the Doors of the Free Software Foundation · · Score: 2, Funny

    The book was typeset using proprietary closed source software.

  21. Re:Could someone tell me... on Google Reverses "Absurd" Mozilla Code Ban · · Score: 2, Interesting

    it's like LGPL with a file-based granularity rather than library-based granularity. Also, MPL code can be linked into your binary. LGPL effectively requires dynamic linking/shared library. [Specifically, the user must be able to replace the LGPL part with their own version]

    So it's sort of in the middle between BSD and LGPL.

  22. Re:Could someone tell me... on Google Reverses "Absurd" Mozilla Code Ban · · Score: 1

    MPL (and Sun's CDDL) is like GPL on a file-by-file basis. Changes to MPL code must stay MPL (And therefore Open Source), but code in other files is not virally infected and can be under any other license.

  23. proliferation? on Google Reverses "Absurd" Mozilla Code Ban · · Score: 1

    Google Code allows GPL v2, GPL v3, or LGPL (as well as Artistic/GPL). If you want to make a statement and reduce license bloat, I suggest starting there.

  24. Get a job as a journalist on How Can Nerds Make a Difference In November? · · Score: 1

    Get a job as a journalist/reporter and write pro-obama articles. Oh, wait, that's already being done.

    But you could blog (ugh) about actual issues, using actual facts and actual research. tv/print news is generally superficial and simplified. Much of the web is smears and juvenile, but you could improve that.

  25. Re:What about other DNS servers ? on Kaminsky DNS Bug Claimed Fixed By 1-Character Patch · · Score: 5, Informative

    There is a small window of time when a malicious record could be cached by ANY DNS server. (Port randomization makes guessing the correct port to hit much harder) Bind (and only bind) has/had a huge fucking bug that opened that window of time.