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  1. Not a program, but a first step. on Some Rights May Have To Be 'Eroded' For Safety · · Score: 1

    The rest of the program involves setting up counterorganizations and infiltration of non-elected governmental positions. Jailers aren't elected, and if you can convince the government to put your people in a jail you have control of, well then, Bonus!

    In "Generation Gap" by Mack Reynolds, there was a good demonstration of such an implementation. I read it in a collection of SF stories called "Future Kin" edited by Roger Elwood and published by Doubleday & Company Garden City New York, 1974.
    I have it sitting in front of me due to the fact that the New Castle Henry County Library of Indiana discarded it.

  2. Adult? on Adult Swim To Offer Streaming Video Option · · Score: 1

    You mean "overcome by the ravages of time", "prejudiced against certain art forms", "near to the grave"

  3. Common misconception. on Refugee Radio Station Blocked by Red Tape · · Score: 1

    It is a common misconception that the Bill of Rights grants rights. It is actually a non-exclusive list of rights people should already be in possession of, which is why there was so much debate over whether or not to include a "Bill of Rights" in the first place. John Roberts appears to share this common misconception, which is a real good reason not to support him as a Supreme Court Justice, much less the Chief Justice.

  4. Themes Service on Bulky System Requirements for Windows Vista · · Score: 1

    Don't forget to turn off the Themes service as well.

  5. postmortum? on Black and White 2 - How To Construct A Giant · · Score: 1

    For a second there I thought that might mean that either GDCE or B&W2 had been cancelled.

  6. I'm never done browsing. on Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 Released · · Score: 1

    Browsing is a continually ongoing process. I'm not constantly at the browser but it keeps track of the process. I never close out my Explorer folders either.

  7. Re:Baidu is better than Google in China on Google Losing Ground in China? · · Score: 1

    Did a search for



    google.com and Google.jp returns only two results.

    Google.cn splits it up
    baidu splits it up and changes the last two characters.

  8. Re:Real men wouldn't achieve the same result. on OpenGL Programming Guide · · Score: 1

    The point of the sig was to invite discussion such as yours. I frequently ignore Anonymous Cowards, but found this case to be an exception.

  9. Only if true democracy is adhered to. on Balmer Vows to Kill Google · · Score: 1

    However, in true democracy, that is only the starting point. In a true democracy people are free to join and leave governmental groupings as they see fit.

  10. Re:What are YOU missing? on Fuddruckers Called Out on Hotlinking · · Score: 1

    "He didn't even change the name"- Kevin Flynn, Tron (c) Disney

  11. That isn't always the case. on Review: Dungeon Siege II · · Score: 1

    If you want something to be fun it only makes sense to look for ways to make it fun. If a game has mini-games and you don't like them, but like the rest of the game just fine, it would be rediculous for you to keep playing the mini games and then blame the manufacturer for making a game that isn't fun.If a game has a weapon that makes the level too easy, you have only yourself to blame if you use the weapon. That does't mean that the game is too easy, it just means that the weapon may as well be a cheat code that puts you in God mode. In many games you can attack yourself or your own team, but if you keep doing that, again it would be stupid to blame the game.

  12. Re:The Nature of True Capitalism on Balmer Vows to Kill Google · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Explain to me how Ballmer's actions is the most efficient way of increasing his capital.

    As for true democracy. True democracy would mean that minorities would be separate governments, and that a change in viewpoints would place the individual under new laws and a new authority.

  13. Re:Real men wouldn't achieve the same result. on OpenGL Programming Guide · · Score: 1

    Where did you get your education on the C standard?
    Also my little proggie has to fit in the sig space available, so some things can't be done. For such a program, ideally the necessary defines would be done in the program itself.
    Portable code as it is implemented today very often results in bloat.

    None of my messages in this thread have been modded down, and one or two mod downs generally doesn't effect my karma very much, which never seems to deviate from "excellent".

  14. Real men wouldn't achieve the same result. on OpenGL Programming Guide · · Score: 1

    Start is what I call my entry point.
    I compile the program with:
    cl hello.c /link /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS /entry:start USER32.LIB #2, #3 This is somehow wrong because? I added the return; because I wasn't sure if some C's wouldn't do like assembler and run out the bottom of the program, and originally a ExitProcess was there. Having it there doesn't change anything, though. There is no need for WinMain, and that is the point that my program is supposed to illustrate in so limited space as a sig. In a more robust program one would do HINSTANCE inst = GetModuleHandle(NULL);
    With WinMain in a program, a bunch of protective but essentially worthless stuff gets linked in before WinMain gets called.

  15. Really How. on OpenGL Programming Guide · · Score: 1

    How is it messed up pray tell?

  16. Train? on Review: Dungeon Siege II · · Score: 1

    I never played arcade games enough to really find out. How can you tell the difference between a good challenging game and a game that would have been good and challenging if it weren't for the fact that they handed out power items too early in the game?

  17. Re:Yet Another Bullshit Patent Dispute on Apple Is Accused of Violating Software Patent · · Score: 1

    Reading the patent. it only applies if you store your music in things called "tracks", only display 3 "screens" of information, and 3 leves of hierarchy...uh, at this point of trying to decypher their take on the English language I run into the logical impossibility of having exactly 3 "screens" and having a 4th screen... but essentially it appears they have patented a "way" of providing functionality available in MS-DOS 2.0, er make that UNIX... Early UNIX displays had limited resolution, right?

  18. The patent info on Apple Is Accused of Violating Software Patent · · Score: 1

    You can pull all of the patent information from the last time we discussed this issue

    No, no you can't, at least not easily. It's not in the Slashdot story, it's not in the referenced BBC story...Ah, here it is. It was hiding in the C-Net story and they had encrusted it in a link tracker.

  19. The obvious answer: Don't on Password Storage for Fun and Profit? · · Score: 1

    Start with the idea of the customer's authorized representative entering the password when your tech gets on-site.

    Second idea, Have the client create an account as needed for your Tech that gets deleted when your tech is done. At the very least have an account that gets disabled when not needed.

  20. When I play a game, I don't care what the "Winning on Review: Dungeon Siege II · · Score: 2, Insightful

    solution" is. A game becomes more fun when you dicipline yourself. Try playing in a way that you get bashed less so you use less potions. Don't buy that shiny new weapon when you can get by with what you have no matter how many times over your wallet can buy that new equipment.

  21. Re:The Red Book is not the Blue Book on OpenGL Programming Guide · · Score: 1

    Yeah great, but when I hear "Red Book" I think audio CD's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Book_(audio_CD_st andard)

  22. Several useful steps. on How Do You Find the Right Tool for the Right Job ? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Not in any particular order:
    Look up the terms on Google and see if there is an overarching concept involved.

    Look for Wikipedia entries for those terms and the overarching concept. See if any of them have links to Wikipedia pages on software.

    Do the same thing with sourceforge.

    Do a google search for the software you find. That may lead you to pages that say how good the program is as well as other programs that do similar things.

  23. Straight from KND on 10 Next-Generation Franchise Comebacks · · Score: 1

    "Where do you get your facts from?"

    "I make them up myself. That way I know they're true."

  24. The "mess"? on Blizzard/Vivendi 2, bnetd 0 · · Score: 1

    So what, in your opinion, is the "mess"?

  25. It's time for a serious talk about the state of /. on OSDL CEO: Microsoft Has to Accept Linux · · Score: 1

    The better articles are getting rejected, and when a topic does get published it's after several people have submitted it and they do not choose the best submission.