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  1. Re:Quotation from Chairman Tom on High Court Agrees to Hear File-Sharing Dispute · · Score: 1

    Yes but, my question is, why do some unnacceptable views negate all of his views?

    Also, He was the author of the declaration of independence which has echoes of some of the most important concepts of the US Government. Not to mention, it was only 200 some odd years ago. I can think of many other philosphers and statesman that lived far longer in the past whose views are still relevant.

    I'm not a big fan of Jefferson either, I'm just curious as to why someone would label the views in the declaration of independence 'far too antiquated' when its a cornerstone of our country.

  2. Re:What about a larger company on Australian TCO Study: Linux Wins Again · · Score: 1
    More significantly, more people == more machines == more staff (the most expensive part) to support them.

    If they were Linux machines it would be:
    More people == more machines == 1 good linux admin

    Managing a ton of machines+users is trivial for a good linux admin. You could have 1 guy managing 100 machines if you wanted and you could walk buy his office and he'd be playing dominoes he'd be so bored.

  3. Re:What I wish... on Robbers Scared by GTA · · Score: 1, Informative

    Did the injury happen to be they fell on the ground holding their shin till someone on the opposing team was red carded.

  4. Re:Quotation from Chairman Tom on High Court Agrees to Hear File-Sharing Dispute · · Score: 1

    I think the quote makes a valid point but I don't understand your post. Why does his other actions affect the relevance/truthfulness of his intellecual property beliefs? They don't have anything to do with eachother. Is it somehow impossible to be wrong in one area and right in another?

  5. Re:Driver's license security on Driver's Licenses with Digital Watermarks · · Score: 1

    I would agree but identity fraud/theft is mostly electronic, you don't need a fake or valid ID or anything really besides some personal data.

    Virginia has had this kind of stuff for like 10 years now. The hologram, the black strip the cops can swipe to see if the Id is legit. It doens't stop people from just getting a friends ID or going to Maryland or DC where fake IDs are easier to come by.

  6. Re:Devil's advocate on Lone Activist Group Submits 99.8% of FCC Complaints · · Score: 1
    To give a more reasoned opposition view, the airwaves are public. I'm not obligated to watch, no - but since they're serving the public, they should have to present things the majority of the public actually wants and won't be mortally offended by seeing while they flip by.

    This majority you speak of, is 0.2%. The other 99.8 percent of people don't give a shit. Try replacing "majority" with "extreme minority" then post again.

  7. Re:No, really, you -shouldn't- have. on President Bush's Money For Space Cometh · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I think Bush is a liberal spended , neo-conservative on social issues. In my view, the worst combination of all of them because he spends tons of money in all the wrong places.

  8. Re:No, really, you -shouldn't- have. on President Bush's Money For Space Cometh · · Score: 1

    The best part is that, we'll all be dead by the time we need to pay it back!! So don't worry about it man!

  9. Re:that'd be fine if new kernels didn't break you. on Security Flaws In Linux SMBFS · · Score: 1

    There is always `rm smbfs.o` That might help.

  10. umm, no way, a 2.7 fork?! on Linux Kernel to Fork? · · Score: 1

    Every development version (X.odd number) is basically a fork isn't it? I mean, this has been happening since the beginning. How is this news?

    There is also a lot of different development forks (source trees if you will but they are basically forks) of the stable kernel. You can install the Gentoo sources, Redhat sources, mm sources, love sources, mosix sources,xbox sources, etc and so on.

    I'm not understanding about how some people want to maintain their own kernel source tree is a big deal.

  11. Re:Doesn't matter on NVIDIA Announces Intel nForce Chipsets Coming · · Score: 1

    Blind zealotism? $500? A decent Socket 939 chip is like $150 to $200.

    The HyperTransport bus and on chip memory controller and the ability for the Operons to have seperate banks of memory as well as 2,4, and 8 way systems implemented on the chip itself, not being controlled by the mobo chipset, is huge. Its why you see dual and quad opteron systems making a mockery of Xeons in Database server performance.

    Hyperthreading does nothing unless the application itself is multi-threaded and while many are, the gains or losses you see are not even noticable the naked eye.

  12. Doesn't matter on NVIDIA Announces Intel nForce Chipsets Coming · · Score: 1

    Intel is still missing HyperTransport and on chip memory control. Who cares what chipset the motherboard is, its an inferior platform.

  13. Re:Can people stoping saying on Gentoo Linux Releases 2004.3 · · Score: 1
    Gentoo is faster than the other distros, yes it is in many cases, but in many others it is not.

    I started using Gentoo around the first couple versions. Not many people were using it at all. There was no Fedora or anything. I was using Redhat at the time, i386 packages. I had a 1.4Ghz T-Bird and a GeForce2-GTS.

    Using X windows in redhat was a nightmare. I could actually see the screens drawing and freshing themselves. If I picked up a window with my mouse and moved it fast, it shuddered around the screen. The mouse would get jerky when another app was loading or menus would take time to appear.

    Then I switched to Gentoo and all that went away. I could even run KDE in its fully glory instead of running Fluxbox or Windowmaker. I think it had something to do with an Xwindows compiled to use MMX and SSE.

  14. Re:How long will it be... on Dell May Try AMD Chips For Some Servers · · Score: 1
  15. hmm on Best Buy: 20% Of Customers Are Wrong · · Score: 1

    People here still shop at Best Buy? Thier selection sucks, you have to pay sales tax, and there is like a 15% price hike on most stuff. You can find better deals online and find exactly what you want.

  16. Re:American Jobs on U.S. Continues Opposition to Kyoto Environmental Treaty · · Score: 1

    Democrats don't want to increase taxes. They want people and businesses who should be paying more taxes to pay more and those people who are struggling to find that American dream to pay less. Is a large corporation going to lay people off if they have to pay more taxes? Maybe but, you have to find balance there, not give a license for unchecked greed.

    Is paying $1000 more in taxes going to hurt a family making $250,000+ / year? No. I wouldn't even notice its missing. Is paying $1000 less in taxes going to help a family making $20,000 per year. Hell ya it will. Do you see the point?

    Ask your Professor if spending billions on another country when you have poverty levels in your own country rising is a good idea.

  17. Re:Jobs on U.S. Continues Opposition to Kyoto Environmental Treaty · · Score: 1

    Why do people create products in a way that damages they planet they live on in such a way that to find a new way would put them out of business? Seems that it would have been more responsble as a person to a. not to produce the product at all or b. find some way to not polute.

    I have a friend that lives in central Virginia. In his backyard there is a beautiful stream. Rocky, clear water, looks great. I asked him if he ever catches any fish it in. He laughed and said

    "That stream has not had a single living creature in it since the Dow plant opened up 20 miles up the road, but, before that, people around here tell me it was good fishing."

  18. Re:Now, let's all have a big Slashdot group hug on Kerry Concedes Election To Bush · · Score: 1

    Actually, 'our side' rarely votes on a single issue and more often will vote against the party line, especially in local elections.

    For example, in the rural south/midwest towns people in the polls were saying they were voting for Bush because Terrorism is a large concern.....yet the places that were attacked are overwhelmingly Democrat. NYC and Northern Virginia. Don't you think those people know a little bit more about what its like to be attacked and who is going to do a better job protecting them?

  19. Re:Flamebait, my ass! on Kerry Concedes Election To Bush · · Score: 1
    I voted for Bush because I want to cut the legs out from underneath government bureaucrats. I want whole wings of the government to be forced out of business, and to get REAL jobs in the private sector.

    Heh, well, you voted for the wrong candidtate. Bush is not a fiscal conservative. Way to go genious!

  20. Re:'Dressed' as Counterstrike shooters on Australian Counter Strike Shooters · · Score: 2, Funny

    Actually, what tipped police off was the use of the word 'gay', in every sentence.

  21. Re:Now, let's all have a big Slashdot group hug on Kerry Concedes Election To Bush · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Heh. Your assuming that the midwest cares about people on the rest of the planet.

    Let me take you through a typical mid-western's day.

    Get up
    Pray
    Walmart
    Pray
    Sleep

    I don't see these people planning any trips to Europe anytime soon, be it Kerry or Bush in office.

    A lot of conservatives who voted had 1 single issue. Abortion, same sex marriage,t-ism, the childen, the church told them too,etc. Logic and intelligence have no effect on these people.

    Most Americans are going to believe anything you tell them. I actually know people who would flip flop their vote almost everyday depending on who had the latest scathing comercial out.

    The US is going to be stuck in this quagmire for a long long long time. The rest of the world should just get used to the fact we're just a bunch of assholes and move on.

  22. i dont know... on Adobe Forming a Linux Strategy? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I don't know, as a destop Linux user since Redhat 4.2, I've sent many an email to Adobe and the only response I've ever got was "F off".

    I consider them like a Unisys,Sun, etc. They have to look like they are doing something with Linux, especially since Macromedia is working on Linux versions.

    I think they pretty much hate the Linux community.

  23. well on How has the USA PATRIOT Act Affected You? · · Score: 1

    Its pissed me off.

  24. Re:Not worth the outlay at present on RC4 Code Achieves 319 MB/s On AMD64 Opteron · · Score: 1

    The Althon 64 starts at $141 on NewEgg

    See for yourself

    And BTW, the 386 was 32 bit.

  25. perldoc? on KDE: Breaking the Network Barrier · · Score: 1

    Has anyone got perldoc working?