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  1. Re:Knoppix and a Gig of Ram on Knoppix Tips and Tricks · · Score: 1

    *hehe* Actually, you're loading 2.5 GiB of applications from a CDR at 200x - not bad :)

  2. Re:Trick to knoppic I never learned on Knoppix Tips and Tricks · · Score: 1
    "I've just started playing with Knoppix tonight, and I gotta tell you, I'm sold. THIS is what Linux should be."
    You see, GNU/Linux can be a lot of things at the _same_ time. Isn't that great!
  3. Re:Doomed to failure on VIA/Apex Game Console Details Leaked · · Score: 1

    Exactly. Doubling processing power every 18 months, it grows rather fast. Five years means 10 times the power according to Moore's law.

  4. Re:I agree mostly.. on Stallman On Free Software and GNU's 20th birthday · · Score: 1
    Talk about your target audience :)

    I'm going to use that in one of my programs, it might even be worthwhile :)

  5. Re:Hmmmm..... add migration to BitTorrent and eMu on Pew Study Says RIAA Tactics Are Working · · Score: 1

    I have kazaa data available. If you want more then a graphic or the last two months, let me know, I can provide you with almost 2 years of data.

  6. Re:Hmm... on Wasting Time Fixing Computers · · Score: 1

    I guess a lot of parents would also wish for such a raid fridge - raising teens takes a lot of nutrients! :)

  7. Re:Perhaps the best policy is to make it plain . . on What You Can't Say · · Score: 1

    ahhh! you said and !

  8. Re:Things like... on What You Can't Say · · Score: 1

    It's like the word "Titanic". 100 years ago, it really meant something huge beyond scale - and now it's taken to mean a great catastrophe.

  9. Re:This is why I don't fix for family (A solution) on Wasting Time Fixing Computers · · Score: 1

    I'd give you mod points, but don't have any...

    What I feel is important in your message isn't really linux specific, but more the fact that if you're going to maintain a machine, you want to make your life easier using the best tools for the job. VNC or a similar solution would also be appreciated by your family.

    Of course, that's saying nothing about the ease of use/maintaining linux versus windows - but that's not the point you were trying to make, right :)

  10. Re:Hmm... on Wasting Time Fixing Computers · · Score: 1
    "I got to raid the fridge"
    Who wouldn't want a redundant array for a fridge :)
  11. Ile Sans Fil in Montreal on Wireless APs in Homebrew Coffee Shops? · · Score: 1

    Ile Sans Fil is a non-profit community group devoted to providing free public wireless internet access to mobile users in public spaces throughout Montreal, Canada. We use open source software and inexpensive commercial WIFI equipment to share broadband internet connections.

    Here is one page describing how you can get involved, with a few specs.

  12. Hydro-Quebec's electric motor-wheel on Dutch Invention Uses Electric Engines For Wheels · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Hydro-Quebec developped an electric motor-wheel about 5 years ago. Why would a gov. hydroelectrical agency build that? It's the question they answered when pulled the plug on the project, unfortunately :(

  13. Re:Free is the way to go here. on Working Toward Roaming For Wireless ISPs · · Score: 1

    Ile Sans Fil, and community organisation I'm part of, is doing the same thing in Montreal. We build cheap hotspots and install them in various venues for about 200$, and the venue offers free wireless access.

  14. Re:Um, Who The FUCK is Linus? on Linus Blasts SCO's Header Claims · · Score: 1

    If only Linus updated his page once in a while :)

  15. Re:Where is Calum? on Your Cell Phone Is Tracking You · · Score: 1
    oups, I hadn't noticed this:
    "It works from 06:00 until 01:00, Monday to Friday."
    That means you have to wait another 24 hours before seeing the script at work. In the meanwhile, see this article dated 1998 on mobile location in GSM.
  16. Where is Calum? on Your Cell Phone Is Tracking You · · Score: 1
  17. Re:Table of content is packed with great stuff! on Spidering Hacks · · Score: 2, Interesting
    I was way off with my 2-letter name :)

    Looking at the page, and I'm pretty sure it's the little program I had lost. Thanks for finding it again!

    Pssst! Mod parent up!

  18. Re:Table of content is packed with great stuff! on Spidering Hacks · · Score: 1

    You mean hitting search from the google page with the fedex/patent example? The first result, not part of an actual search, is the info you'd be looking for. It's identified with this image.

  19. Re:XML interop? on Spidering Hacks · · Score: 3, Informative

    Here's hoping you aren't serious. I mean, rx are one thing, but to parse xml, and to some degree html, there are way better tools specifically for the job. I usually filter html thru tidy a few times until I can more easily parse it with xml tools - but that's just me.

  20. Table of content is packed with great stuff! on Spidering Hacks · · Score: 4, Informative
    Have a look at the Table of Content - it has 100 items, some of it you wouldn't obviously qualify as spidering, but more like data mining, but whatever, it's all good stuff! There's also some php, besides the java and python code. Perl is the most predominant language.

    I wonder if Tracking Packages with FedEx is using the new google feature. That would be too simple :)

    Does anyone know the name of a small utility to query search engines on the command line? It think it was a 2-letter program, but I couldn't find it anymore :(

  21. Re:In Canada as well on Largest Citywide Wi-Fi Deployment · · Score: 1

    A couple of us are doing the same in Montreal. Free wifi for everybody - but we need your help :)

  22. Re:Great... on Linguistics Meets Linux: A Review of Morphix-NLP · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I guess this would interest you too. BTW, have you read "Le Ton Beau de Marot" by Hofstadter?

    In 1977, Xerox adopted Systran for internal translations by creating a Multinational Customized English that's easier to translate. [1]

    In 1930, C.K. Ogden proposed a tiny version of English: just 850 words that could be learned in a few months and used to say anything. He called it Basic English (BE). [2] [3]

    1. basic english
    2. machine translation
    3. xerox systran
  23. different perspective on Linux: the GPL and Binary Modules · · Score: 3, Informative

    The article is actually an email thread. It does explain boths views. Here's another look at it from Kevin Dankwardt. A little dated, sept. 2002, but still relevant today.

  24. Re:Mersenne Primes on RSA-576 Factored · · Score: 1

    Actually, my response was off-topic since the article only mentionned mersenne primes in passing. It certainly doesn't discuss any theorems. Instead of lashing at me gratuitously, maybe you should take a deep breath while reading the article yourself.

    If I can bring your attention here, you'll see why I imposed my condition the way I did.

    I say goodday!

  25. Re:Mersenne Primes on RSA-576 Factored · · Score: 4, Informative
    and 4 isn't either... so really 2^4-1 is a terrible example.
    • 2^5-1 = 31 is prime
    • 2^9-1 = 511 isn't prime since 9 isn't
    • 2^11-1 = 2047 isn't prime: 23 x 89