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  1. sure on Part of Patriot Act Ruled Unconstitutional · · Score: 1

    so long as you buy the weed grown at your local high school.

    My school's greenhouse had some marijuana mixed with tomatoes that were sold through the local farmers co-op. True to the government's stranglehold on the press, they instituted a recall without the incident making the news.

  2. POST? on Boot Windows Faster, Using Linux · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Every dealt with the Power On Self Test of Sun systems? My E3500 takes minutes to get to loading the kernel, because it has to check all eight processors, all 32M/cache, and all 4G/ram.

    That 25 seconds is a blessing.

  3. sure on Bill Gates Forecasts Victory Over Spam · · Score: 1

    it's called M4

  4. explanation on Scam Combines Patriot Act FUD With IE Bug · · Score: 1

    Aparently some people didn't understand that I was mocking the M$ patch system and requisite certifications for government use.

    I was not saying that this is the fault of the fdic, or in anyway related to fdic. I understand that fdic's computers are not involved in the translation, as the domain name is fixed.

  5. even with the patch on Scam Combines Patriot Act FUD With IE Bug · · Score: -1, Troll

    it's illegal to install the patch on a secure government site. Bill is just waiting for approval to fix the problem so as not to lose certification.

  6. 1984 on Congressional Committee Approves Database Bill · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "Freedom is the freedom to say that 2+2=4. Once that is granted, all else must follow."

    They are trying to take that freedom away by declaring that someone can own the rights to such information.

    (Tin foil hats are property of the producers of the movie Signs. You had damn well better register that now, before it's too late.)

  7. Profit! on Congressional Committee Approves Database Bill · · Score: 4, Funny

    I just sent in a copyright request for all the terms associated with Geometry. Now that heretical balsphemy will all fund my pocket, and be subject to my rule!

    Pi is exactly 3! It'll be illegal for you to say otherwise.

  8. SPARC!=SPARCstation on Sun Sparc 5 Nostalgia · · Score: 1

    SPARC5 means nothing, Sun5 refers to Sun's next MAJOR improvement over the current systems, and Ultra5 refers to the correct machine.

    I do knoow, but I don't care.

  9. australian fraud? on Australian Firm Asks SCO To Detail Evidence · · Score: 1

    Given their actions with Novel, I expect that SCO will sue the entity in question for exthortion. It makes them look less guilty to various news organizations.

  10. of all the things to copy us on on MS Files For NZ Patent On XML Word Processor Files · · Score: 1

    The USA is a great example for many, many things. Copy our constitution, copy our legal system, and even copy our original copyright law if needbe. But for the love of inventing, do not copy our patent system or our modern copyright law!

    We even let the swingset be patented for goodness' sake!

  11. I'm 17 on UK Mobile Providers Introduce WAP Censorship · · Score: 1

    I object to being treated as if I have no rights. I am a human being, nothing less; society has no more a right to shield me from "dangerous" ideas than it does you.

  12. stupid unix virus on 'Bagle' Worm Heading For A Windows PC Near You · · Score: 1

    I keep double clicking on the file, "thisisavirus", but it just brings up weird letters! How am I supposed to get infected?

  13. I don''t like my job on Sharing IT Problems with Executives? · · Score: 1

    but let Milton burn the place down, and I'll be able to do the construction work I've always dreamed of.

  14. there is on Commercials Come To The Net (After This Word) · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    it's called a Digital Signal Processor, and it usually has at least one volume setting.

    Also note that Linux on PowerPC has no Flash browser, and doesn't play flash ads. Macromedia is too busy ruining the web to use a freakin cross-compiler.

  15. just porn? on UK Mobile Providers Introduce WAP Censorship · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Censorship is wrong. I have absolutely no right to tell you what you may and may not view, read, or hear. By the same token, you ahve no right to tell me what I may view, read, or hear.

    Will this stop at porn? After porn, will they go on to hacking, and by extension computer science and mathematics?

    In other news, a teen was recently arrested for attempting to send products of prime numbers as text messages. He will be dealt with accordingly.

  16. ESD on Mix Wi-Fi and Portable Digital Audio, Get Aireo · · Score: 1

    If it has network support, it might as well ESD support. Both client and server. Other useful protocols would be http serving (remote control), NFS(larger file archive), and telnet/ssh for nethack on the go.

    Something like rendezvous for sharing music on the go would be a good idea, though the RIAA would pitch one hell of a temper tantrum.

  17. works for me on Sun's new UltraSPARC workstation: the Blade 1500 · · Score: 1

    I have an SS5 that has been running since late June without a single reboot. I use an E3500 as a workstation, via one Linux client or another.

    Rather than get the latest fancy 1-way workstation, go the route I did and get a used 8-way server. I saved a LOT of money and got one bitchin-fast system out of it. 2.4ghz clockspeed sum and 32M l2 cache sum, with 4G/ram, for only $1600. Unless of course you're doing video work; a video board costs several thousand.

    If you really want powerful computing, just start a chainmail worm with a distributed computing "feature".

  18. windows is "shared source" on Open Watcom 1.2 Released · · Score: 1

    It's possible to view the source, but it's not worth the trouble.

    I shouldn't have to run a script to get a file. It's like a mail-order company demanding that a salesman visit your home to place the order, rather than accepting it through mail from you.

    That said, it's better than Microsoft's equivalent in which you must give them the keys to your house and let them joyride your car before you can get software. Controlling a communist empire will get you the source code.

  19. DIEBOLD on USA To Return To Moon By 2015, Then Mars · · Score: 2, Informative

    Aparently congress unanimously voted to give the money to DIEBOLD instead.

    I guess Europe will beat us to Mars.

  20. why not filter out 1337 sp3@k? on Filter-foiling Gibberish Becoming A Spam Staple · · Score: 1

    Why not simply filter out leet speak, or any message with more than half of the words misspelled that isn't encrypted?

  21. digital disposables? on Kodak To Stop Selling Film Cameras In U.S. · · Score: 4, Funny

    C'mon Konak, Walgreens is sold out and I still need a hundred more for the bulet-time shot in my movie!

  22. UNIX is about choice. on Microsoft Unhappy With HP's iTunes Decision · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I can tell SCO to fuck off, while still using SVR4 from Sun.

  23. superior on HP Working With Apple To Add WMA Support To iPod · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    I can see a lot of people complaining about "superior" in the article. Rest assured he meant it to mean larger, as in bloated. We're all agreed to Ogg Vorbis is awesome and M$ sucks, so let's just get back to discussing what a waste of time this is and how much Apple should be opening the code bade to allow for Ogg playback.

    The iPod's processor isn't fast enough to play Ogg. It can't even play MP3's in floating point mode without the external decoder chip. Anyone have info on how they implemented AAC?

  24. Wouldn't be so bad on More ApeXtreme Info · · Score: 1

    A few hundred bucks to play Zelda: Link's Awakening, the original b&w gameboy version from '93, on UNIX93. It would only cost you a few hundred for software, plus hardware costs. You would give SCO the right to audit your gameboy whenever they chose, and agree never to sue them for exthortion. Furthermore, you would agree that they own the rights to your house, your car, your first born, and your eternal soul.

    But the game, man. The game would make it all worth it.

  25. representative on MIT Technology Review Slams IPv6 · · Score: 1

    IANARIAAR.

    threat IPv6 is to their police actions

    The RIAA would like to make it clear that it never pretended to be the police. Any misunderstanding is the fault of MIT or the author. They will be dealt with accordingly.