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  1. Re:From Beginners to Advanced on Book Review: Learning ExtJS 3.2 · · Score: 1

    If you have libraries (jquery, mootools, prototype, etc) and frameworks (cappuccino, sproutcore, google's gwt, etc), then ext is somewhere in the middle. I think it started as an extension to YUI, but now it can be used on top of prototype, jquery, YUI, or its own base library.

  2. Re:Impact on work performance? on Cocaine Found At Kennedy Space Center · · Score: 4, Informative
    It really depends on the person. Somewhere between 10-25% of coke/meth users don't get addicted and use it to self-medicate their ADHD or similar problems.

    If you look at the history, cocaine wasn't banned because it was dangerous (back in the day, most housewives were taking it via mystery medicines). It was banned because people were afraid coked up negroes would rape their white women. It still has medical uses and is occasionally prescribed today.

  3. Re:This is news? on Jeff & Rob Visit Lucasfilm · · Score: 1

    Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda (the "bottom" or "catcher") is wearing the black coat, Jeff "Hemos" Bates (the "top" or "pitcher") is wearing the brown coat.

  4. Re:Their key strategic mistake on Microsoft Reportedly Ends Zune Hardware Development · · Score: 0

    You could squirt your poop.

  5. Re:Solr is a search server on Book Review: Solr 1.4 Enterprise Search Server · · Score: 1

    Thanks! Instead of not caring about solr, now I can not care about solr and lucene.

  6. Re:Solr? on Book Review: Solr 1.4 Enterprise Search Server · · Score: 1

    You have to buy the book to find out what solr is. I think Nancy Pelosi wrote the review.

  7. Re:Try paying attention to the LEGALITY on Open Source Licensing and the App Store Model · · Score: 3, Informative

    1. Free Software Foundation
    2. Brett Smith is not a lawyer.
    3. The reason VLC isn't on the app store is because Rémi Denis-Courmont filed a copyright infringement notice.

  8. Re:Don't buy anything that uses such an App store on Open Source Licensing and the App Store Model · · Score: 1

    73% in Q4, 83% for the year.. That's based on "shipped", not sold to consumers. Samsung did a lot of channel stuffing and won't release numbers on how many were actually sold. Additionally, the galaxy tab had a 16% return rate (vs 2% for the iPad).

  9. Re:What about Xcode? on Open Source Licensing and the App Store Model · · Score: 5, Insightful
    VLC wasn't a problem until a single contributor (and nokia employee) complained to Apple to have it removed.

    Apple makes their gcc/etc source code available and the app store version of the gcc binary doesn't have any DRM and can be copied/modified so the FSF shouldn't have any reason to complain.

  10. Re:Herb Kohl on Google Draws Fire From Congress · · Score: 1

    If he's anything like his eponymous stores, he's full of cheap chinese shit.

  11. Re:TSA worker forgot to carry the one on TSA To Retest Full Body Scanners For Radiation · · Score: 1

    Like the trained professionals in the TSA that don't notice guns, knives, and boxcutters?

  12. Re:Windows Phone 7 on Apple vs. Microsoft: a Tale of Two Mobile Updates · · Score: 1

    part of the Nokia/MS deal is that Nokia (and only Nokia) will be able to customize WinPh 7.

  13. Re:Fanboys compared on Apple vs. Microsoft: a Tale of Two Mobile Updates · · Score: 0

    Xoom fanboys sound just like MS fanboys.

  14. Not qualified on Eric Schmidt a Contender For US Commerce Secretary · · Score: 1

    Sure, he's creepy, but he isn't a tax cheat... or is he?

  15. slashvertisement on DraftSight 2D CAD For Linux Beta Available · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Let's see, free as in "activation required" (their words). "Runs on multiple operating systems" - I guess that means java. Not impressed.

  16. Re:Does it support Homestar Runner? on Flash-to-HTML5 Translator: Smart But Not Pretty · · Score: 1

    you can do html5 sound effects without flash.

  17. Re:Wait a second.... on SourceForge Open-Sources Their Platform Software · · Score: 1

    If you own the copyright, you can relicense it under a different license. If you contribute code to an FSF project, they will require you to sign over the copyright. That's why they could relicense all their code to GPL3 (that and the GPL v2 or later part... but it's now 3 or later). Of course, they could also change to a non-FREE license if they wanted. They probably wouldn't, but .... MySQL (and later Sun) also required copyright assignment, too. Now Oracle can do anything they want with it.

    For comparison, Linus didn't require copyright assignment (insert $699 SCO fee here), so changing the license would require the approval of every committer.

  18. Re:NoScript? on First Look At Chrome 10 · · Score: 1

    I prefer polipo

  19. Re:Pearly Penile Papules on Why Men Don't Have Sensory Whiskers and Spiny Genitals · · Score: 3, Funny

    The home remedies in this previous version are worth the read.

  20. Re:I don't have spines on my penis on Why Men Don't Have Sensory Whiskers and Spiny Genitals · · Score: 1

    So, after trying to fuck a porcupine, they rushed to a hospital 3 time zones away?

  21. Re:So... on SourceForge Open-Sources Their Platform Software · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure 3-clause BSD was one of the original licenses they allowed (My google-hosted projects are all 3-clause BSD).

  22. Re:For me, this has been eye opening... on SourceForge Open-Sources Their Platform Software · · Score: 2

    slashdot is perl with mysql (customized, I believe). The code is (or was) available on openslash.org or someplace like that. Don't search for "open gash", though.

  23. Re:Wait a second.... on SourceForge Open-Sources Their Platform Software · · Score: 1

    If they're serious about it, they won't require contributors to sign over the copyright to their code. Given their past actions, I don't trust them. Of course, this looks like a last-ditch effort to remain relevant in the face of github, etc.

  24. Re:Xcode no longer free on IOS 4.3 Now Available For Download · · Score: 1

    Xcode 4 includes gcc (4.2ish, pre GPL3), llvm-gcc, and clang. clang is the default compiler for new projects, but you can switch between them in the project settings.

  25. Re:Myhrvold on Ex-Microsoft CTO Writes $625 Cookbook · · Score: 1

    He didn't make his mark as MSFT's CTO, he made his mark as a patent troll.