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  1. Hi! We are Linux !... on Linux Foundation Asks Who Says "I'm Linux" Best · · Score: 1

    ... says the crowd of benevolent servants.

  2. Re:That was no bat... on Did Bat Hitch a Ride To Space On Discovery? · · Score: 1

    Chinese version of that ?
    Or Cuban... this is Florida after all...

  3. Re:Confounding Variable on Brain Decline Begins At Age 27 · · Score: 1

    I am 28, and that is exactly my feeling : I don't get to tame ten new concepts a day like during my studies, or even one or two a day during my first years at work.

  4. Re:Firefox is a stinking pile of garbage on 2.0 Beta Chrome On Windows, Chromium On Linux · · Score: 1

    Just to nitpick : Chrome isn't multi-threaded, it is multi-processed.
    And in my humble opinion, the main drawback of IE8 is that it doesn't run on linux.

  5. Re:Confounding Variable on Brain Decline Begins At Age 27 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Also, 27 is the age where we stop learn new stuff : studies are finished, you begin to be veteran at your work, so learning basically stops. What is the cause, what is the consequence ? I don't know but I doubt (and hope) that the brain can keep functionning well after 27

  6. Re:wow on EFF Unveils Search Tool for FOIA Results · · Score: 2, Informative

    Just scanned through some and yes, that's it. More frustrating are email discussion where all emails are included, each time with the whole email they answer to, while sender and recipients are blacked out. The information here is : so these two guys discussed about another guys' problem, they looked a bit concerned. Could be anyone, slashdot readers, governments officials, ambassadors, we don't know. Useless 100 pages block of paper.

  7. Re:Perhaps I'm missing something... on EFF Unveils Search Tool for FOIA Results · · Score: 1

    Why trust them with searching functions ? They are not hard to implement when all the documents come from a trusted source.

  8. Re:It's the inconsistency.. on Video Game Teaches Kenyan Youth HIV-Safety · · Score: 1

    You mean that by outlawing sex its potency could increase ? Okay, I'm voting southern baptist republican from now on !

  9. Re:And then? on New Laser System Targets Mosquitoes · · Score: 1

    Oh, there is an order of things, and it sucks. We are supposed to live 30 years inthe wilderness and to lose half of our children. Screw the natural order. Let's not fuck everything around, but leading an illness like malaria to extinction (like we did for smallpox) is perfectly ok for me.

  10. Re:It's the inconsistency.. on Video Game Teaches Kenyan Youth HIV-Safety · · Score: 2, Insightful

    A class about gun and sex safety... that would be awesome. Add in drugs and rock 'n roll and kids will finally learn to LOVE school again.

  11. Re:bill, don't throttle on Morality of Throttling a Local ISP? · · Score: 1

    Or just explain your boss that throttling is a sword and shield game with customers, that it will occupy you durin a lot of hours, that your salary costs more to the company than a bigger pipe would. Also that a bigger pipe would allow for more consumers.

  12. Re:Erm on Women Skip Math/Science Careers To Have Families · · Score: 1

    They want to be able to have kids without having a 9 months period of hormonal imbalance. Failing that, they want special arrangement.
    I agree that some feminists are on the verge of hysteria, but some of their demand of special treatments makes sense regarding that nature doesn't treat males and females equally.

  13. Re:Shock and awe on How the Economy Is Changing Clean Energy · · Score: 1

    You mean that R&D in alternative energy and efficience improvements will be overfunded by careless investors that may lose their risky investments ? What is the bad news again ?

  14. Yes but... on What Does a $16,000+ PC Look Like, Anyway? · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...does it run linux ?

  15. Re:Why would they do that? on Libel Suits OK Even If Libel Is Truthful · · Score: 2, Insightful

    hint to the hint : don't steal from people with a legal department. It is still okay to steal from poor and defenseless people.

  16. Re:Why not just block their ads? on Adbusters Suggests Click Fraud As Protest · · Score: 1

    If someone prints fake money, doesn't this improve the economy ? It is the same here.

  17. Re:Free is an option, not the future on Is Free Really the Future of Gaming? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    In South Korea, I played a CS clone where ads were displayed while waiting to respawn. I thought that this was a really neat idea. Ads can really be targeted, and with a decent deployment base, paying a few developers fulltime is not out of question.

  18. Re:WTF? on Latest World of Warcraft Expansion Blocked In China · · Score: 1

    Which is the point. Goths stop being taken seriously once you begin to discuss with them.

  19. Re:In France on VoIP Legal Status Worldwide? · · Score: 1

    Yes but you can't have voip over wifi on a cellphone for instance. That would contradict laws on mobile telephony. The VOIP over wifi is authorized as long as you stay at home.

  20. Re:WTF? on Latest World of Warcraft Expansion Blocked In China · · Score: 3, Funny

    So you mean that gothic kids are taken seriously there ?

  21. In France on VoIP Legal Status Worldwide? · · Score: 1

    Here in France it is legal, except for wifi provider. Cellphone operators managed to get anti-concurrency laws about that. That's pretty stupid when one thinks about it.

  22. Re:Gray died in obscurity on The First Phone Call Was 133 Years Ago · · Score: 1

    And not by Edison, who just got the patent...

  23. Re:Why you gotta be like that? on How To Keep a Web Site Local? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Maybe they are locals who happen to be visiting Japan...
    If you put a website on internet, then want to restrict its geographical zone of use, you are doing something wrong. You can make a community group by selecting the individuals but that is about it.

  24. Re:Healthcare is full of closed apps on Stimulus Avoids Serious Solutions For Health IT · · Score: 1

    The government does not need to pay money for this. It just need to mandate openess (of standards, for a start). It will save money in the long run.

  25. Re:10 Years, not Infinity+ years on Copyright and Patent Laws Hurt the Economy · · Score: 1

    This is one of my dreams : it would turn the wikipedia into a complete library. With books, movies, songs, all that makes the culture, OUR culture ! It is easier to understand the cultural background of Elizabethan-era UK than of WWII America. The copyright law probably already choked most of the 20th century's Shakespeares. The culture we are allowed to teach to our children is a still picture of pre-1900. won't someone think of the children ? Don't they deserve at least to know what the 20th century was like ?