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  1. Re:The Internet is only a part of computer usage.. on Microsoft 'under attack' On All Fronts · · Score: 1

    Unlike many other slashdot users, you seem to have forgotten that the OP was in past tense, and therefore the reply was also. Grammar Macht Frei, indeed. Idiot.

  2. Re:Just like the samba benchmark on Red Hat/Apache Slower Than Windows Server 2003? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How is an "independent agency" "authorized"? I would *love* to see those NDA's.

  3. Re:Just like the samba benchmark on Red Hat/Apache Slower Than Windows Server 2003? · · Score: 1

    Nothing to offer? It looks like the Marketing Dept. got a bunch! My point being, "offer what" and "to whom".

  4. Re:how is OSS protected? specifically! on Myth of Linux Hobby Coders Exposed · · Score: 1

    News: there is no such company on the planet, AFAIK.

  5. Re:Arthur Andersen on IBM Gives SCO the Works · · Score: 1

    It might not be good consultancy, but it sure looks like good business.

  6. Re:That's truly stunning... on Kernel, Shell Boots on DS Linux · · Score: 1

    That's a device that I would sign up for in a heartbeat, tho I'm really not up on the the embedded market.

  7. Re:Neat on IBM Gives SCO the Works · · Score: 1

    Doesn't matter -- the counterclaims would still be pending, only a bankruptcy manager would have to deal with it. As for SCO execs being personally liable, it's possible AFAIK, particularly regarding SEC regs. Bear in mind that Canopy is now divorced from SCO; the folks on the yahoo! SCOX board are keeping an eye out if SCO attempts to get funding from alternative sources such as a reverse-merger with other Canopy (or even BayStar) companies. IANAL and I am not a stock trader. I've simply been reading and following all the details for the last 2 yrs.

  8. Re:I Disagree on The Dual-Core War - Is Intel in Trouble? · · Score: 1

    I could see Intel partnering with Transmeta, as far as the efficiency thing goes.

  9. Re:Naysayers rejoice on Open Graphics Project Looking For Funding · · Score: 1

    we love the austere world of the bean-counters.

  10. Re:From what I understand... on Open Graphics Project Looking For Funding · · Score: 1

    I'm surprised some big movie companies haven't picked up on this yet. Pixar and such.

  11. Man.... Whew! on The Linux Kernel Archives · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I guess H.Peter Anvin petrified Natalie Portman with his Beowulf cluster! Watch for Soviet Russia to pour hot grits down his pants!

  12. Re:I'll tell you what the problem is... on A Review of GCC 4.0 · · Score: 1

    Sorta like LFS if you remember to chroot and remove the deps properly

  13. This could get interesting real quick on Microsoft Taps Bloggers to Promote Longhorn · · Score: 1

    I have to wonder, will MS use of blogging give "blogging" per se any further credibility with mainstream journalism?

  14. While we're at it... on Yankee Group Slams Linux 'Extremists' · · Score: 4, Insightful
    As long as we're all worried about extremists damaging reputations, lets have another look at the hard right, the hard left, the mass media, the MS extremists, the Mac fans, Martin Luther, the Pope, etc. etc.....

    My point being, that the analysts damage whatever they're paid to damage nowdays, if you've been following things at all lately.

  15. How about this? on Is Obtaining a Windows Refund Still Difficult? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Go ahead. Buy whatever you want, pre-installed. Then, wipe the drive, return the CD's, and take a tax write-off on the software expense. Surely MS wouldn't want to obstruct justice by refusing to deal with your CPA/Accountant, nor would they want to reveal the true cost of the software?

  16. Re:entitlement? on Is Obtaining a Windows Refund Still Difficult? · · Score: 1

    "Are you really entitled to a refund?" Is MS "entitled" to my money?

  17. Re:Crude and quite possibly befuddled answer on DNS Cache Poisoning Update · · Score: 1

    If you follow the handler's diaries at isc.sans.org, they've narrowed it down to a handful of malware-infested sites which are presumably related.

  18. Re:The article says "accepts"... on Microsoft Accepts Most EU Demands, But Not Over Source · · Score: 1
    "The problem is, MS doesn't view it as 25 billion in profit. They genuinely think that by opening up their source, they make *all* of their profit, worldwide, vulnerable."

    Which only reinforces my long-standing opinion that they are a money company, not a technology company. And it shows, even in something as humble as a bug report.

  19. Memo to UN on UN Wants To Regulate Internet · · Score: 1

    http://www.klerck.org/spin.gif

  20. Re:Media player removed, but expect to play media on EU Sleuths Think Microsoft Sabotaged Windows · · Score: 1

    I have to wonder what happens if somebody has RealNetworks stuff installed and tries to embed a video clip. Would it still be broken in Word?

  21. Re:What were they thinking? on Microsoft Tries to Patent the Internet Again · · Score: 3, Informative
    " Is it really possible that such patents may be enforceable?

    Yes. The key is to understand that in the US, patents issued are assumed to be valid until they are overturned -- which costs a *lot*.

  22. Re:Hey (non-)fucker on How the Spam Industry is Sustained · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "I've always wondered how eunuchs sound in bed, so can I do you next?" They probably keep asking what the definition of "is" is, as they ponder the Road Ahead.

  23. Re:So what ? on MSN Sponsors Mensa · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This is really odd in a way, because I've taken strong traits of both by way of upbringing... The "most likely" conclusion that I've been able to reach is that thought is thought regardless of how it is expressed. So for example that expression could be mathematical, artistic, rhetorical (in the classic sense), etc. I imagine that it is entirely possible for a 4th-world bush man to be a genius in his own context and time.

    A favorite quotation of mine may say it better:

    "Genius consists in nothing but love; if you love to do something, then you are a genius."

    (Wm. Morris Hunt, American artist, 19th. C.)

  24. Re:So what ? on MSN Sponsors Mensa · · Score: 1

    Seconded.

  25. Re:So what ? on MSN Sponsors Mensa · · Score: 1
    " There is a fine line between genius and insanity"

    I agree; the difference lies in knowing where the line is, IMHO.