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  1. Looking back I find it's still ridiculous... on LWN.net Linux Timeline 2002 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ...that Lindows was forced to release their customer's e-mail addresses under the MS trademark suit (in the January section of the timeline). It's far worse than the jokes that would result if VA Linux decided to sell the addresses of people who use Hotmail & MSN for their Slashdot accounts (and not just the dummy accounts, mind you).

  2. Re:To get around supposed American law on The Gnutella War: Free vs. Commercial · · Score: 1

    mmmm. I'm sure the shutdown of Russia last independent TV station makes them free, especially when the shutdown was allegedly ordered by their president, Putin.

  3. NWN on Vote for 2002's "Best" Vaporware · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Neverwinter Nights for Linux is technically vaporware, as it has yet to be released, and isn't going to be released before January 10.

  4. Will be usefull when... on Bochs 2.0 Released · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ..a non-x86 architecture supercedes chips like AMD's x86-64. But that's at least 4+ years away IMHO.

  5. Lower prices? on Sharp 3D Monitor Next Year · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Will this lower prices on normal Flat Panel Displays? It appears a 3D display would cost way more, thus making lower-end displays else less desirable, thus lowering their prices.

  6. Interesting indeed... on InterTrust Says It Owns DRM, Sues Microsoft · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ..but if Intertrust wins, it could lead to a similar 'media tax' that the RIAA wants people to pay when they buy CD-R's and other forms of recordable media.

  7. Obligatory... on Kazaa: Happy In the Global Legal Briarpatch · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Freenet link:
    http://freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/twiki/vie w/Main/ WebHome

    Project goal is to be secure so that 3rd parties can't see what you're exchanging.

  8. All you have to do.... on ISP Chief on Spam · · Score: 0

    is link spam to terrorism!

  9. Re:Honestly? on Build Your Own Mac · · Score: 1, Informative

    On the contrary, there are more Commercially published games for MacOS than Linux. The amount of free t-EnOpen Source games for MacOS is the opposite.

  10. Re:As much as I hate ... on FTC Moves Forward With National Do-Not-Call List · · Score: 0

    ...and I supppose you're one of those people who believe spammers when they deny during an interview that they don't send unsolicited commericial e-mail to e-mail addresses they obtain, and also include "reply to be removed from this list" in their spam. Freedom of Speech doesn't give you the right to contact random people at their private home phone/e-mail address. It was intended to prevent people from being persecuted for voicing their beliefs, whatever they be. A sales pitch isn't a belief, opinion, alignment, etc.

  11. Re:One thing that bothers me on Still More RIAA News · · Score: 0

    I don't mean to troll, but the likelyhood of exactly 27,000 albums hitting the market on any given year is about as likely as an Athlon box with a chipped die on the CPU running Windows 95 getting an uptime of 30 days. Then again, I did meet a girl at school a month ago in my age group (early 20's) who runs Slackware who's attractive.

  12. biased joke ICANN movie on ICANN Ditches Public Participation · · Score: 0

    As always, the ICANN movie(s) are here.

  13. route at ISP level on Registrar Told To Stop Direct-Mail Scare-Tactics · · Score: 0

    1. Get RIAA to DoS you
    2. Route RIAA's DoS packets to you're favorite spammer's mail server
    3. ????
    4. Profit!

  14. DRM OS has been around for years. on Microsoft Planning Digital Restrictions Server · · Score: 0

    UNIX's have had DRM for year's. chmod 0755, anyone?

  15. How long... on Super Audio CDs Rolling Your Way · · Score: 0

    Until DePSP is published?

  16. Forget TV's on Predicting The End Of Digital Copying · · Score: 0

    What good will copy protection do on TV's if it's not implimented in computer TV cards? Even if implimented in PCI TV cards, it could probably be circumvented.

  17. Re:"American"? on Did MS Lobbying Stop NSA Work On SELinux? · · Score: 0

    Jingoism indeed.

  18. It's Hammer time! on RIAA Sues Backbone ISPs to Censor Website · · Score: 0

    The music Industry makes in a year what Telecom makes in a week. An analogy would be an 800lb gorilla (RIAA) attacking a 41,600lb gorilla. Thus begins the greatest gorilla bitchslapping of the 21st century.

  19. Don't forget... on Godzilla Getting Ready to Stomp Mozilla? · · Score: 0

    ProZilla! It's a great download manager for Linux that lets you download multiple parts of a file that are lated pasted togethor automatically. Great for downloading those ISO's off gatech's Linux server...

  20. What about Palm Pilots? on IBM's Deep View · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What happened to clustering Palm Pilots? Or guinea pigs?

  21. Run it on a Zaurus! on Matchbox -- a Small Footprint Window Manager · · Score: 1

    I wonder how much faster it would be than X is with OpenZaurus for the SL-5500 PDA...

  22. DL & P2P it on HP Uses DMCA To Quash Vulnerability Publication · · Score: 2, Interesting
  23. Juice Me Up, baby! on NYC Subways Testing Flywheels · · Score: -1, Troll

    For the last several weeks, through countless countdowns and test runs, the flywheels have been working like sponges, successfully absorbing the extra energy put out by a braking train. Or, as Robert Schmitt, another transit electrical official, put it, excitedly: "They're sitting here, saying: `Give it to me! Give it to me! Give it to me!' "

    Ohhhh daddy! Harder harder! More electricty! Uhhhhhh Uhhhhh!!!! YesssssSSSSS!!!!!! OHHHH UHHH!!!!!

  24. More bandwidth on AGP4X vs. AGP8X · · Score: 1

    This basically means you'll get better performance on any 2nd or 3rd generation triple-monitor AGP cards. They're the ones that have the most use for additional bandwidth. This is just a guess, though.

  25. Re:My name is Robert on Spafford On Infrastructure Risks · · Score: 1

    Mod this mother down! This was posted earlier today.