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  1. Yeah, well on MS Must Ship Java With Windows Within 120 Days · · Score: 1

    Now if only Sun would start shipping Java with Windows. No wait...that wouldn't work, nevermind.

  2. must be a beasty server on Speak & Spell Hacking For Fun And Profit · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    All those images and mp3z and that server is still quick! I figured it would go down quick.

  3. Re:What about... on The Year in Scripting Languages · · Score: 2, Interesting

    and PHP?

  4. In other news... on Hyper-Threading Speeds Linux · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Hyper-Threading Speeds Windows

  5. Re:Interested on TiVo to support HDTV by "Year-End" · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I imagine the only purpose of a subscription is for tracking your viewing for market research. I am sure they sell that info.

  6. What if they mess up? on Inside Symantec's 'Security Center' · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If one of their clien'ts systems get hosed do they just let them know and say sorry or do they have some kind of insurance?

  7. not true on AMD and IBM Working Together on Future Chips · · Score: 3, Funny

    AMD and IBM Working Together on Future Chips

    I don't believe it. Time travel is impossible!

  8. success on Answers From a Successful Free Software Project Leader · · Score: 4, Interesting

    a Successful Free Software Project Leader

    I wonder what makes a Free Software Poject successful. And given such a definition what percentage of Free Software Projects are succuessful?

  9. Re:So get up get, get get down, 911 is a joke in V on Customer-owned Networks: ZapMail & Telecoms · · Score: 1

    I don't see that happening unless some three-letter governement agency steps in and mandates it.

    Yeah, consumers take control from teh telcos and then have it regulated by a government agency. Great.

  10. Japan Prize? on 2003 Japan Prize Winners Announced · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Japan Prize is right up there after the Nobel Prize and the Fields Medal.

    How come I have only hear of the Nobel Prize? Am I just dumb?

  11. Re:Umm no on 100 Best Companies To Work For · · Score: 2

    with trucking you physically need someone at the job, same with labor. With programming you can hire someone who lives next door or someone who lives on the moon...it makes no difference to you.

  12. Re:hm on 100 Best Companies To Work For · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I would imagine if programmers unionized a lot of programming would be outsourced to places like India.

  13. suggestions on Discovering New Music? · · Score: 2

    I find a lot of music on IUMA and the Synthesis. Neither have an abundance of adverts. As for a system of reccomendation or news/discussion I can't be of much help. Maybe you should start something like that!

    My site has an artist of the month section but we just started it a few months ago so there isn't much there yet.

  14. Re:Keep the zealotry to yourself on GNU Christmas Gift: Free Eclipse · · Score: 2

    It is not exactly Zealotry (I am typing this on a Windows 98 machine). It is more common sense, you know the kind of common sense that all those corporations and states used when they sued Microsoft. It worries me when I hear about a company that has a huge majority of the browser market (even though mozilla is better), has a nice chunk of the server software market, has control of the desktop workstation operating systems market, has a big hand in the server OSes, etc etc etc now wants to control the development market. Throw in the fact the rumors about an acquisition of Macromedia and it gets scary. No corporation should have that much control. Computers, the internet and software are everywhere and such vertical integration by one company should be avoided, especially when it comes to such an important technology.

    I have heard .net is great from more sources than just you but I would rather use another dev tool (even if some people claim it is inferior) than see control of every aspect of the the technology by one corporation...even if they aren't evil.

  15. combo on GNU Christmas Gift: Free Eclipse · · Score: 2

    This is great. Hopefully Microsoft will succesfully be forced to integrate Java. The combination could help Java smother .net

  16. Mafia on Games of the Year · · Score: 2

    Mafia was considered for nearly every category it was eligable for in the Gamespot article. I haven't heard of this game, I'll have to check it out. I was glad to see Battlefield 1942 got recognized.

  17. Think Geek on Thermally Powered Mechanical Wristwatch · · Score: 2

    They are just trying to get us fired up about so that when they start selling next month on thinkgeek they will make a load of money.

  18. Re:Pardon? on Mandrake Appealing to Community, Again · · Score: 2

    Why do you think Mandrake is so much better than the other distros? What about slackware, debian or redhat?

  19. Re:Pardon? on Mandrake Appealing to Community, Again · · Score: 2

    Yeah, I was wondering about that also. I certainly care about the future of Linux and wish for it to prosper but there are better causes out there than a software company. A better way to contribute to the community at large might be to help out FSF, instead of a corporation.

  20. spectrum loss on Cable, TV Makers Agree on Digital Standard · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Originally designed to be complete by 2007, the switch to digital has yet to take off due to copyright concerns, limited programming and high equipment prices.

    And mostly because they don't want to lose their existing analog signal, so they are stalling. The know that spectrum is worth big money and they are going to do everything they can to either make sure they don't lose it or make a lot of money selling it.

  21. Re:Save yourself $8.29 on Build Your Own Mac · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I think this is more for the enthusiast than the bargain hunter with no time to spare. Someone who is into piecing computers together will have the tools allready. It isn't that much different than building your own PC...there are only 3 or 4 proprietary parts.

  22. Re:Age on Hudson River Shipwrecks Secretly Mapped · · Score: 2

    I don't think sonar is going to pickup dugouts.

  23. Smaller venues on Robocoaster · · Score: 2

    I could definately see this showing up in malls in the US. I don't think it will replace roller coasters in amusement parks though.

  24. Age on Hudson River Shipwrecks Secretly Mapped · · Score: 1

    How old are these ships? Ships haven't been in the Hudson for all that long I would imagine.

  25. US postal on AOL Wins Anti-Spam Case · · Score: 5, Funny

    Postmen should sue AOL for injuries incurred hauling all those CDs around.

    1,000,000,000 hours free! Because no one really wants dial-up.