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  1. Re:WMD detector on Nominations for 2003 Vaporware Awards · · Score: 1

    Of course he had WMD and probably a reefer in the glovebox too. If I learned one thing from all these years of watching COPS, it's that guilty people run and guilty people hide in spider holes. If he didn't have WMD then tell me why was he running for the authorities? Why did he consent to a search of his spider hole without a warrent? And tell me what exactly he was doing in an eight foot hole with a portable fractional distiller, 300 grams of extra-fine African Uranium and 300 petri dishes?
    I'll you the hard truth, Saddam is a cracked-up-nerve-gas-junkie with a serious lack of respect for authority and bouts of dellusion and paranoia (sure Blackhawk helicoptors are following you and men are repeling down ropes after you). The best thing for Saddam is for the authorities to get him off the street and get him some help.

  2. He could make prints on a $99 printer on Would Ansel Adams Have Gone Digital? · · Score: 1

    an 8x10 at 300 dpi is hardly the benchmark of quality. i am sure you don't need 720 MP to capture that level of detail. you might want to check your math and your assumptions.

  3. Re:I'm starting to come around in my way of thinki on MIT Students Get an Education in Software Development · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'll buy 'em. Are they pretty widgets?

  4. Re:Unbelievable... on Galileo System To Include Jamming Capability · · Score: 1
    The only way to have balance of power is two have sides, since otherwise there is no balance.

    Not true. Balance of power not defined as 2 sides sharing power equally. A fat kid on a see-saw with is ass firmly on the ground is perfectly balanced with his skinny little partner. Power moving from one party to another causes unbalanced conditions. Unbalance causes competition until balance is restored.

  5. Re:So what? on Could Google Be SCO's Next Big Target? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The only reason SCO picked Google is because they are planning one of the biggest IPO in the history of the known universe, alright maybe just the biggest of the year.
    People about to go public don't like lawsuits. People about to go public will pay lots of money to protect their reputation during this months leading up to cashing in and retiring to an island paradise.

  6. Re:Limited Use? on Encrypted Cell Phone Hits the Market · · Score: 1

    Yeah but how cool would it be to say to the other owner, "better move this to a secure channel."

  7. Re:Miss? on Search for Miss Digital World · · Score: 1

    Why would we virtually care?

  8. Re:Central distribution, managed by the state? on Software Error Causes Crisis in Mississippi · · Score: 1

    So not only does their inventory system fail but let's also slashdot as many miss. state government sites as possible. This is slashdot terrorism pure and simple.

  9. Re:his worst argument... on Viruses and Market Dominance - Myth or Fact? · · Score: 1

    You thought he sounded 14?

  10. Re:Risky? on Cracking GSM · · Score: 1

    There are more than a few guys from Paskistan would say it doesn't matter where you are.

  11. Re:Operators couldn't care less on Cracking GSM · · Score: 1

    Trial? First Amendment? This guy is obviously an enemy combatant and will be sent to Guantantmeno Bay if we get our grubby little hands on him.

  12. Re:Translation of "symbol" section: on "Stolen" SCO Linux Code Snippets Leaked · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are you claiming that Linux is just a parody of Unix?

  13. Re:Great Review on The Career Programmer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ny-Quil is the nectar of gods. Barely enough time to get from medicine cabinet to bed. Deep, restful sleep and a dry nose in the morning to boot.

  14. Re:Right to anonymous demonstration?! No such thin on U.S. Biometric Passports By Late 2004 · · Score: 1

    big mommy? curious phrase, does she have a website?

  15. Re:The scary thing on SCO Awarded UNIX Copyright Regs, McBride Interview · · Score: 1

    SCO licensing fee is $3.99 per CPU per year. It is only payable by a paypal donation box to be posted on their site at the end of the week.
    This is going to make the chick who paid off $20,000 worth of credit card debt via donation look like a small timer.

  16. Re:Straighten out tangled wires on OpenOffice 1.1 RC 1 Released · · Score: 1
    This is why computers don't use coiled wires like on your telephone handset.

    I've always wondered about that, thanks. Seems like we could solve this whole "net congestion" problem by converting the 1's to 8's to improve flow. If I am not mistaken this is the main feature of IPv6. Mark my word though, the conversion from 1's to 8's will make the Y2K problem seem trival.

  17. Re:What's killing Mozilla on Browser Wars II: The Saga Continues · · Score: 1

    This is a serious problem that browser developers don't understand. How can the general public install their browser without internet access? Until they solve this problem I don't see these 'browsers' being very useful.

  18. Re:This is a very interesting development on SCO's Other Investor: Sun Microsystems · · Score: 1

    Are you the kid in video with the light saber?

  19. Re:Thanks for nothing on 3DLabs Releases Linux Drivers · · Score: 1
    Personally, I don't give a crap whether or not the drivers are closed-source. If I ever put the cash down on a 3DLabs card, i'd be a lot more interested in being able to use it

    99.99% of the computer using public say the same things about OS's...

  20. Re:C++ dead???? on Dijkstra's Manuscripts Available Online · · Score: 1

    It's easy. Mono has a runtime for C# on Linux at least (I am sure they would love the help porting it over to Mac and Solaris platforms). The Lineup project has an open source VB compiler for Linux (again not sure about ports). Both are not very solid and could use your help but the possibablity is there...

  21. Re:It's all in the perspective on The New Yorker on Business Process Patents · · Score: 1

    Don't start bring grandparents into this.

  22. Re:It's all in the perspective on The New Yorker on Business Process Patents · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Contracts are targetted legal instruments used to protect yourself from a specific set of adverse actions from a known party.

    Patents on the other hand provide broad protections that protect ideas from unintended uses on a global scale (thanks to many IP related treaties).

    I would think that someone whodevelops something as important and unique as an efficent sorting algorithm ought to do the upmost to protect that intellectual property.

    An efficent sorting algorithm could provide a massive benifit to society. Think cancer research and other genetic inquries. Think Homeland Security making planes safer with TIA. Think efficent code checkers to look for stolen code over 100,000's lines of code. The possibilities are endless...

  23. Re:It's all in the perspective on The New Yorker on Business Process Patents · · Score: 1
    This is blantant playa hatin. Don't bitch about patents unless you have the balls and the intelligence to research an idea and secure a patent of your own.

    Until then you are an uninformed bystander with nothing to add. The parent poster has vastly more crediablity in my book. He has gone through the process and understands how to run a company that profits from intellectual property.

  24. Re:Homebuilts - on Laptops Outsell Desktops in Retail Stores · · Score: 1

    0%.

  25. Re:Completely useless on Protecting Cities from Hijacked Planes · · Score: 1

    A Cessna propbably won't have been able to break the plate glass of the WTC, let alone topple those bad boys. Jetliners, big jetliners, are the key big boy and don't you forget it.