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  1. Re:Is the complexity worth it? - Agreed on FSF Compliance Lab Addresses GPLv3 Questions · · Score: 2, Funny

    rm won't let me delete files that belong to someone else! That's a GPL v3 violation!!!!!!

  2. Re:Is the complexity worth it? on FSF Compliance Lab Addresses GPLv3 Questions · · Score: 1

    If your roof has a leak, then you fix the leak. You don't board up the windows, lock the doors, and fill up the house with concrete. Version 2 has loopholes. Version 3 also has loopholes. Every version will have loopholes, but there will be a progressive loss of liberties in the name of preserving freedom. What started as a suggestion to share your code (in an era when few people did) turned into bizarre statements about dynamic linking and an attempt at controlling hardware.

    GPL2 isn't fundamentally broken. That's why the GPL 3 is a mistake.

  3. Shouldn't be a surprise on The Death of the Greenphone · · Score: 4, Funny

    Really, look at the demographics. Who buys all those pink iPods? Teen girls. The kind of people that spend all day talking and texting on their phone. Who gets a hard on over linux? Introverted geeks. The kind of people that want pizza delivery robots so they can avoid all human contact.

  4. Re:Multiple Desktops on Apple's OS X Leopard In Depth · · Score: 1
    yes... but that only works if shared desktop is enabled (which defeats the entire purpose, imo). If shared desktops are off, you need to
    • turn on shared desktop
    • minimize all your windows
    • switch workspace
    • display the windows
    • switch back to original workspace
    • turn off shared desktop
    That's about 4 steps too many. Right clicking in the menu bar/taskbar and sending it to another desktop would be good. A keyboard shortcut would be good. Having a VDM pop up window that let you move windows would be good. The above, not so good.
  5. Re:Multiple Desktops on Apple's OS X Leopard In Depth · · Score: 1

    They do have MSVDM. I have it installed, but don't use it since it's sort of a bolt-on hack (no easy way to move an existing window to a new workspace, for example).

  6. Re:facebook my ass on Three Reasons Microsoft Paid So 'Little' For Facebook · · Score: 0, Troll

    I was on facebook for kicks and I quickly realized it's full of little kids and their horrible grammar. In every group I joined [from singles groups to music/piano player groups] there was a continual barrage of horribly misspelled postings, lots of retarded "lols" and all that jazz. Nobody takes any of the serious chatter serious, and the fun chatter is just asinine like "join this group to keep facebook alive!" or whatever.

    slashdot much?

  7. Re:$15 billion in 3 years? on Microsoft to Pay $240 Million for Stake in Facebook · · Score: 1

    on IPO day, VA Linux had an intra-day market cap of 21 billion.

  8. Re:Nah, it's worth more. on Microsoft to Pay $240 Million for Stake in Facebook · · Score: 1

    No offense, but your memory sucks. In 2006, Facebook turned down a $750 million offer and wanted $2 billion.

  9. Re:If Palm isn't careful on Palm Before the PalmPilot · · Score: 1

    in the meantime the iphone is looking to totally overtake that market (if they start working on bringing out third-party apps). if palm allows apple to start releasing third-party apps palm may as well throw in the towel.

    The iPhone/iPod Touch SDK is being released in 3-4 months.

  10. Re:Oblig. on Storm Worm Being Reduced to a Squall · · Score: -1, Troll

    This is the eye of the storm.

  11. Re:News? on Facebook Goes To 64 Bit User IDs · · Score: 2, Funny

    or at least change the name from firehose to high velocity diarrhea.

  12. Re:Help! on Space Elevator Teams Compete for NASA Prizes · · Score: 4, Funny

    roll her over and try the other side.

  13. Re:I am the prize winner on Space Elevator Teams Compete for NASA Prizes · · Score: 1

    While he did fail it, in all fairness, this is NASA we're talking about.

  14. Re:Ploughed??? on Crashed Spacecraft Yields Data on Solar Wind · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Also, please keep Madonna.

  15. Re:and that is the threat to the big labels; on Radiohead May Have Made $6-$10 Million on Name-Your Cost Album · · Score: 1

    Green Day started out on an indie label and switched over to big label (warner/reprise) after gaining popularity and outgrowing Lookout's distribution capacity.

  16. what is the best way? on Tracking Online Cheaters in Poker · · Score: 1

    "This is literally a geek trying to prove to senior management that they were wrong and he took it too far," he said.

    So you know there is a problem and management refuses to believe it. What's the best course of action? Ignore it (and potentially looking like an idiot and getting fired when it's discovered)? Show that it's a problem (and potentially be fired)?

  17. Re:Linux Game Console on EA Calls for Open Platform/Single Console for Games · · Score: 2, Funny

    hunt the wumpus doesn't use a jostick.

  18. Re:Finally! on Radiohead May Have Made $6-$10 Million on Name-Your Cost Album · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's proof that well known band can make money without a record label. Which wasn't exactly news.

  19. Re:Good intentions on First Details of Windows 7 Emerge · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They did switch from the DOS-based (1, 2, 3, 95, 98, Me) to NT based kernel. And NT 3 was written for i860 and MIPS, then ported to x86, alpha, and powerpc.

  20. I wonder... on First Details of Windows 7 Emerge · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I can't help but wonder if this is a reaction to OS X being used on iPhone and iTouch(mySelf). Maybe they're trying to consolidate windows/windows CE. Or maybe this is just another feature that will be cut in favor of demanding a DNA sample before allowing you to access the internet.

  21. Re:One Senator Can Stop a Bill? on Senator Slaps Down FISA Telecom Immunity · · Score: 1

    it's a senate rule, like 60 votes needed to end a filibuster. They can be modified by a senate vote.

  22. Re:I doubt this will fly for long on New Flavour of Spam - MP3 Stock Scams · · Score: 1

    3-5 MB for a 3 minutes song at 256kbps. This is more like 30 seconds of spoken text at 32kbps.

  23. Re:Why are they really doing it? on New Flavour of Spam - MP3 Stock Scams · · Score: 4, Informative

    Not this shit again...

    You can't short a penny stock.

    Here's a dumbed down guide to how shorting works:

    1. You borrow stock from someone else
    2. You sell it
    3. ???
    4. Profit! (buy it back at a lower price and return the shares)

    If you want to borrow a NYSE/NASDAQ stock, your broker will be happy to help (they charge interest and take the shares from another person's account). But if you ask about borrowing a penny stock, they'll tell you to fuck off.

  24. Re:Just how serious are they about canning spam? on New Flavour of Spam - MP3 Stock Scams · · Score: 1

    loosing: To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.

    If the goatse man survived it, you can survive. I'm sure your odd friend with an enlarged penis will be humbled.

  25. Re:What's the saying about a fool and his money? on New Flavour of Spam - MP3 Stock Scams · · Score: 1

    Most stock spam articles on /. generate advice to 1) short sell the stocks (which is basically impossible to do with penny stocks) or 2) buy the stock early and sell it back to all the other suckers who are doing the same. Get rich quick schemes generate a reality distortion field.