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  1. Legislators shouldn't be deciding this... period. on Who Opposes Open Source Software In Government? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The decision of which software to use should not be made by legislators, it should be made by people experienced with the technology. Mandating the use of open source only limits choice. Bills that mandate that open source be considered are less damaging, but pointless, since if an open solution exists that is viable, a smart engineer will consider it. I work with government clients all the time, and as much as I like open source software, some of it just doesn't meet the needs of my client, for open source software that does, I am more than happy to recommend its use. It's about finding the best tool for the job, not the one that best fits my political views.

  2. Of course they're letting home users have it on MS Tweaks Ill-Received Licensing Plan · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Allowing Office users to use the product at home with a corporate license will just help to keep people using office. People who want to work from home are either going to pirate office or install open office (a lot more people are learning that it works well enough for most uses.) This is a good way for them to keep their domanance in the productivity category.

  3. Mirror on Floppy the Robot · · Score: 3, Informative
  4. Re:How-to on Hardware For Bulk IDE Hard Drive Burn-In? · · Score: 1

    or maybe 8 hardware raid IDE controllers? Set them to mirror and you could possibly double the number of drives?

  5. Re:But what good will come of it? on MTU President Peeved At RIAA · · Score: 1

    Well, I did some student work there for the NOC, and I'm not about to reveal all the security holes I know of in that network. I guess you'll just have to take my word that it's not terribly difficult to find the person who owns an IP on resnet.mtu.edu even if you're not affiliated with the University.

  6. Re:But what good will come of it? on MTU President Peeved At RIAA · · Score: 1
    Though I'm starting to wonder how they knew anyway who it was without the university's co-operation.


    As a former MTU student, I can give you an idea of how easy it is to find someone there. Try this simple exercise:

    finger nievelt@mtu.edu
  7. As you may very well presently be aware now... on Google Tries To Silence IPO Rumours · · Score: 1

    my grammar sucks

  8. Re:A better idea... on EDS Silent On New CEO's IT Consulting Past · · Score: 1

    I happen to work for EDS, we have 125,000 employees worldwide, and some of the best technical minds I've ever worked with.

  9. Re:Nice but... on Groovy Wristomo Cell Phone Announced · · Score: 1

    I don't think he was asking a question. I think he was acting like Max inside the dome. ;)

  10. Slashdotted on Groovy Wristomo Cell Phone Announced · · Score: 1

    The link seems to be slashdotted. Here's a link to another site with images of the unit. It's in Japanese, but the pictures speak for themselves.

  11. Re:Sorry on Legalities of a Company Sponsored MP3 Repository? · · Score: 1
    So, according to your twisted logic, the company is also liable if they play music on a PA, and one individual records that music then distributes it online? That's complete and utter BS. The same kind of fuzzy logic which the RIAA bribed judges into accepting, to make Napster liable for the actions of its users.


    Not quite twisted logic. Playing music on a PA is considered a public performance, and companies who do that pay a good amount for licensing, it's just like running a radio station. Have a look at BMI's site
  12. Re:Burned out pixels suck on LCD Overtaking CRT · · Score: 4, Informative

    Not terribly difficult,

    If something (a speck of dust perhaps) was blocking the aperature grille, the electron beam would never reach the Phosphor to illuminate it. Dirty manufacturing facilities could be to blame. You don't see this often because manufacturers check for this sort of thing, and don't generally let defective CRT's leave the factory.

  13. Re:Oracle 9i RAC on Funny and Irrelevant Program Names? · · Score: 1

    say it fast... 9irac (iraq)

  14. Re:Diamonds on Suggestions for Functional Jewelry? · · Score: 1

    What about tungsten rings? Hardest metal known to man, so it still has that indestructable feel. Stays shiny forever, and it still costs quite a bit.

  15. Oracle 9i RAC on Funny and Irrelevant Program Names? · · Score: 1

    Oracle's Real Application Clusters product may not be that great of a name given the current political situation. (Try saying the full name of the product fast.)

  16. Re:Full Spectrum Lights OT on On Decorating Your Computer Room? · · Score: 1

    The have Walmart in Germany now?! Wow... They really are taking over. (not a troll, I really didn't realize they had locations there.)

  17. Re:Dynamic Reconfiguration on What High End Unix Features are Missing from Linux? · · Score: 2, Informative

    I stand corrected. Although, from what I've read, DR support is considered experimental.

  18. Dynamic Reconfiguration on What High End Unix Features are Missing from Linux? · · Score: 1

    One major feature we use in my shop is Dynamic reconfiguration on sun systems... or the ability to swap out/remove/add CPU/memory without having to bring the system down. This feature is only available on midrange and high end sun systems, and also on some systems from other vendors, but as far as I know, Linux has no support for this feature on any platform.

  19. Re:Attempt at putting it in more layman's terms. on Riemann Hypothesis Proved? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Doctor Hibbert: Homer, I'm afraid you'll have to undergo a coronary bypass operation.

    Homer: Say it in English, Doc.

    Doctor Hibbert:You're going to need open-heart surgery.

    Homer: Spare me your medical mumbo-jumbo.

    Doctor Hibbert: We're going to cut you open and tinker with your ticker.

    Homer: Could you dumb it down a shade?

  20. Re:going through your own stash... on 65 CPUs From 100 MHz to 3066 MHz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wow! A grammar nazi making an error! This is almost as good as a repost within an hour. Just in case you didn't know... Spelt isn't a word (try spelled.)

  21. Re:Walkie-talkies, carrier pigeons, satellites on Using a Wireless Network for Personal Emergencies? · · Score: 1

    HEY! you're breaking the RFC by not using strips of paper! You're just as bad as Microsoft. :P

  22. Re:I hope this is safe. on Terahertz Imagery Progresses · · Score: 1

    If you had read the article, you'd know that this is a passive technology. It doesn't iridiate the object at all, it merely observes terahertz radiation let off naturally by the subject.

  23. Simulation? on Shell Simulation Via CGI · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This doesn't sound like a shell simulation to me, this sounds like another interface to an actual shell. I doubt your hosting company would be very pleased if you installed this.

  24. Re:Hardware prices in 1991... on The 1991 "X-Box" · · Score: 1

    They sure did... I have a nec multispin 3x sitting in my firewall right now... don't know how popular 3x drives were though

  25. Re:not really on Review Of Upcoming Projection Keyboards · · Score: 1

    Are you sure you mean sun type 6? I find that the type six (the type six comes in your choice of standard or usb connector) feels about the same as any modern cheap keyboard (that is, crappy.) Did you perhaps mean a type 5?