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  1. Re:Nice try Microsoft on Zune DRM Cracked · · Score: 1

    It's even more unbelievable than http://dellrumors.com/

  2. Re:SearchSecutiry? on An eBay For Hackers · · Score: 1

    as if the fact that it's a dupe wasn't proof enough.

  3. Re:TeX on Any "Pretty" Code Out There? · · Score: 1

    Even worse: Knuth might write a book on compiler/interpreter construction.

  4. Re:Didn't we just discuss this? on Jeremy Allison Talks Samba and GPLv3 · · Score: 1

    certain tags are banned because they were overused. gay, dupe, and bonkthezonk, for example.

  5. Re:Sure on FBI Data Mining For More Than Just Terrorists · · Score: 2, Funny

    We should also outlaw axes. Because if you ever turned into a homicidal axe murderer, how long do you think it would be before you kill someone?

  6. Re:Apple's History with "Open Source" on CUPS Purchased By Apple Inc. · · Score: 1

    this is from today (and more reliable than slashdot).

  7. Re:CUPS web interface not up to par on CUPS Purchased By Apple Inc. · · Score: 1

    pantone/cmyk colors.

  8. this story sucks on Firefox Quickies · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    but anyhow, has anybody else been paying attention to the fx javascript additions? Stuff like let, Array.forEach, etc. And what's the deal with the javascript 2.0 proposal? Am I the only one that thinks they're trying to ruin it?

  9. Re:First thing? on First Thing IT Managers Do In the Morning? · · Score: 1

    sdticvkly kleysd asre nmo ghoodf./

  10. Re:Reading /. should be OK on First Thing IT Managers Do In the Morning? · · Score: 1

    I've never met anyone who considers the goatse man important...

  11. Re:hmm... on Shuttle SDXi Water-Cooled SFF PC · · Score: 2, Funny

    Only if you install the fleshlight drive.

  12. Re:80 columns sucks on Are 80 Columns Enough? · · Score: 1

    you should have printed in landscape mode.

  13. Re:If newspapers set the standard on Are 80 Columns Enough? · · Score: 1

    and only code while taking a shit?

  14. Re:"self-propagating code" on iPhone Researchers Gain a Shell · · Score: 1

    A virus doesn't have to be bad. The flu vaccine is a dead virus intentionally injected into your arm to prevent the live one from making your life miserable.

  15. command list (mirror) on iPhone Researchers Gain a Shell · · Score: 3, Informative

    command list:
            help this list
            script run script at specific address
            go jump directly to address
            bootx boot a kernel cache at specified address
            diags boot into diagnostics (if present)
            tsys boot into tsys (if present)
            bdev block device commands
            image flash image inspection
            fs file system commands
            fsboot try to boot kernel at /kernelcache
            devicetree create a device tree from the specified address
            ramdisk create a ramdisk from the specified address
            tftp tftp via ethernet to/from device
            eload tftp via ethernet from hardcoded install server
            halt halt the system (good for JTAG)
            reboot reboot the device
            poweroff power off the device
            md memory display - 32bit
            mdh memory display - 16bit
            mdb memory display - 8bit
            mw memory write - 32bit
            mwh memory write - 16bit
            mwb memory write - 8bit
            mws memory write - string
            crc POSIX 1003.2 checksum of memory
            task examine system tasks
            printenv print one or all environment variables
            setenv set an environment variable
            clearenv clear all environment variables
            saveenv save current environment to flash
            run use contents of environment var as script
            bgcolor set the display background color
            setpicture set the image on the display
            iic iic read/write
            radio Manipulate the radio board.
            setbusclock Set bus clock to the given frequency in Hz.
            setcorevoltage Set core voltage to the given voltage in mV.
            syscfg flash SysCfg inspection
            charge Manage the charger chip.
            powernvram Access Power NVRAM.
            usb run a USB command
            nand nand flash routines
            chunk chunk a file7/6/2007

  16. Re:And how is OSX Spotlight any different? on Google Makes Case to Join Microsoft Antitrust Case · · Score: 1

    IE uses/used mosaic code, especially in early releases. A few years ago, they removed gopher support due to a vulnerability that also existed in the original mosaic code.

  17. Re:if only linux had more games. on 2008 - Year of Linux Desktop? · · Score: 5, Funny

    The fact that OS X has unix underpinnings is irrelevant to the game -- unless that game happens to be "hunt the wumpus".

  18. Re:your sig ... ? on LinRails — Ruby On Rails For Linux · · Score: 1

    "i'd rather be a woman that can't have an abortion than a homo" -- Mr(s) Garrison.

  19. Re:Why MySQL on LinRails — Ruby On Rails For Linux · · Score: 1

    MySQL feels like a toy. Yeah, they're finally adding features that even SQLite supports, but it's still got the underpinnings of an inflexible design.

    If you look at postgres (or oracle, or any other serious db) you'll see it's designed to be flexible. MySQL's approach is to add nonstandard keywords and special types that do one thing and do it poorly. Consider auto_increment vs a sequence. Or keeping track of when a record was updated with the mysql timestamp datatype vs using a before insert/update trigger to set a column = CURRENT_DATETIME.

  20. Re:12" vinyl on The History of the CD-ROM · · Score: 2, Funny

    there's a term for people that prefer 12 inchers: size queen.

  21. Re:Mod Stallman -1 Overrated on Woz on Open Source, DRM · · Score: 1
    Linux was not originally GPL licensed. At the time, minix (and a lot of other source code) was available but you were not allowed to distribute modified versions, so if you wanted hard links in minix, you had to download a patch for it and hope it didn't conflict with other patches.

    Anyhow, the original linux license was in reaction to that trend. Also, linux distros didn't initially use the gnu libc. Food for thought.

  22. Re:It's not the Open Source Movement on Woz on Open Source, DRM · · Score: 1
    *BSD doesn't have an authoritative leader like Linus Torvalds to keep them together. The GPL is not immune from fragmentation -- consider Emacs vs XEmacs. Or GCC/EGCS.

  23. Re:Windows Only? on Free the iPhone from AT&T · · Score: 2, Informative

    Hex editing the windows iTunes binary.

  24. Re:Harden ones understanding? on Best Advanced Linux Kernel Training? · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    look at pictures of naked girls? No, that's how to harden one's penis.

  25. Re:"Run afoul?" on FSF Rattles Tivo Saber At Apple · · Score: 1

    copyright licenses are a contract; it may not be altered without permission of both parties. [Some contracts, eg credit card agreements, include a provision allowing for the company to make changes, but the GPL doesn't]. The FSF requires copyright assignment to protect themselves, make enforcement easier, and make license updates easier. Contributors sign paperwork agreeing that it's their code, not copyrighted by anyone else, etc. Linux is forever stuck on GPL v2 due to the hundreds of people that have a copyright in it. GNU tools can be relicensed as GPL v3 with a simple sed script.