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  1. WTF??? on Linux Outpacing Macintosh On Desktops · · Score: 0

    OS X remains "the most widely-distributed UNIX-based operating system"

    Surely this cannot be right?

    Im trying to see the scam in that sentence...

    Ahhhh, 'distributed' not 'installed', now I get it. =)

  2. Re:What a waste on AMD Releases Hammer documentation · · Score: 0

    Theres nothing wrong with a mainframe!

    Now PCs, dont get me started on these piles of junk. ;)

  3. Re:What a waste on AMD Releases Hammer documentation · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Debian has all that and moron^H^He.

    I run the testing distribution of Debian (sarge) which is alot more stable than cooker although I do like the Mandrake distribution and would run it if I had a machine capable of running it.

    I run XFree86-4.2, Mozilla *a few different versions*, GNOME2, Galeon2 and plenty of other packages which Mandrake users read about. I run all this on a AMD k6-II 300/256M POS and occasionally on a P100/32M.

    NB. Dont talk nonsense.

  4. Re:What a waste on AMD Releases Hammer documentation · · Score: 0

    chexsum@chexsum:~$ apt-cache search gcc | grep gcc-3
    gcc-3.0 - The GNU C compiler.
    gcc-3.0-base - The GNU Compiler Collection (base package).
    gcc-3.0-doc - Documentation for the GNU compilers (gcc, gobjc, g++).
    gcc-3.1 - The GNU C compiler.
    gcc-3.1-base - The GNU Compiler Collection (base package).
    gcc-3.1-doc - Documentation for the GNU compilers (gcc, gobjc, g++).
    gcc-3.2 - The GNU C compiler.
    gcc-3.2-base - The GNU Compiler Collection (base package).
    gcc-3.2-doc - Documentation for the GNU compilers (gcc, gobjc, g++). ...think again.

  5. Re:Alan Turing? on Classic Computer Vulnerability Analysis Revisited · · Score: 0

    Albert Turing - yeah pull the other one, it jinlges!

    Hippy!!!

  6. In other news... on China Blocks Another Search Engine · · Score: 0

    Slashdot Moderators mass-block posts made by Anonymous Cowards. Trolls from all around the world are concerned at this behaviour...

  7. Re:Proper spellings on Zaurus Sync Software (Finally) Available for Linux · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Its Mickeysoft!

    I like this one actually. ;)

    Notwork Neighbourhood is the only time I solecize a Microsoft title. Microsoft programs dont really need to be basterdized any more. Dont misconstrue the meaning of this word.

  8. Re:Well let me tell you..... on Microsoft to Hire Xbox Hackers? · · Score: 0

    A lot of the formal educated people cannot actually cut it as programmers in the field, and shift into the satellite jobs, such as proposal writing, testing, management etc...

    I hope you dont think that designing, resourcing and documentating is less important than implementing. It is a wrong if thats what you think. Design and documentation is equally as important and challenging as writing code so dont take the job lightly or refuse it.

    Anyway, I back-up your assertions without being a snob as you have a good point but you snob part of the art of programming...

    You can learn good design through hacking code by yourself all your life OR learning about and designing software - its important to know how to learn and teach practises and philosophies or you will be considered a monkey of some sort and nobody likes that. I cant comment too much on learning institutions as I failed highschool from too much late-night hacking although they *the colleges* did provide learning environments for my mentors so you cant invalidate their worthiness and you cannot dismiss documenters!

    Knuth, Torvalds, Stallman, Boole, Pascal, Leibniz and Turing were/are my teachers. I gained logical thinking from my sources and that is what you teach computers and their users so I didnt really need college to gain experience. Some people say I sound like their teacher from college and Ive never been in that environent - I dont mind teaching others what they fail to learn in class *logical relationship*.

    I do think students from college dont learn enough before they start working with 'information technology' but its not the case with everyone or even most. Computing is a new topic and is still mystical to most people so its OK to not know everything. I would like to see more classes for reverse engineering students - that subject remains mystical to alot of people and would attract some very bright hackers to teaching their art. :)

  9. Re:Copyright: if you dont like it don't buy it on A History of the Digital Copyright Struggle · · Score: 0

    I dont. :\

  10. Re:Donald Knuth's argument against patents on Making the Case Against Software Patents? · · Score: 0

    Nice link. Donald Knuth is very wise. :)

  11. Virtual Places on Making the Case Against Software Patents? · · Score: 0

    United States Patent 5,864,874
    Shapiro January 26, 1999
    Community co-presence system

    Virtual Places

    I think this patented idea and method is obvious and useful. The methods practised allows a community of users to interact depending on a resource (ie. you visit a URI and can interact with others at that URI using the protocol developed).

  12. ...learn to bs for me on those laggy starcraft 3v3 on Keep Playing With AI · · Score: 0

    Some people cant get DSL/Cable!!!

    And now that I have it - I understand what you mean. :(

  13. Blah, blah, blah on Interview with Tron Creator Steven Lisberger · · Score: 0

    TRON is the best geek movie!

    Lets have a moment of silence for TRON...

  14. The tweak on Holy Grail of Remote Controls · · Score: 0

    Ive said it once and I will say it again... heh...

    Increase the power so you could dominate the world!

    On... Off... On... Off... YEAH!!!

  15. Re:Perhaps. on E-terrorism, Bark or Bite? · · Score: 0

    Duh, good hackers love the Internet, why would you blowup your playground?

  16. Re:that's not the problem on E-terrorism, Bark or Bite? · · Score: 0

    The masses are asses - L7.

  17. The tweak on The Ultimate Universal Remote Control · · Score: 0

    Increase the power so you could dominate the world!

    On... Off... On... Off... YEAH!!!

  18. Why ask for free everything? on Linux Certification Practice Tests? · · Score: 0

    You can probably buy a practise exam set from one of the certification vendors to distribute amongst your students.

    SAIR
    RHCE
    LPI

  19. Re:ObDebian on Red Hat Desktop Edition · · Score: 0

    Debian - the choice of a GNU generation.

  20. Re:Do they want to catch Mandrake users? on Red Hat Desktop Edition · · Score: 0

    Mandrake is superior .: it doesnt need to buy RedHat. Itll have shares one day . :)

  21. It is broken... on Real-Time Testing of China's Internet Filters · · Score: 0

    From the formbox;

    http://www.google.com - Reported as inaccessible in China
    http://www.communism.org - Reported as accessible in China
    http://www.google.com - Reported as accessible in China

    It is obviously broken!

  22. Schedule schmedule on Do Long Work Hours Affect Code Quality? · · Score: 0

    Damn itd be good to get a job in IT. :\

  23. Re:Sheesh, this is 4th grade stuff, Cliff on Do Long Work Hours Affect Code Quality? · · Score: 0

    Haha, this is an American News Site... Get over it!

  24. Re:so as I understand it... on SF Gate on Open Source Government · · Score: 0

    Thats right, thats how it should be. Also, there could be a setup for standards improvement. Why litigate when innovation is the key word.

    Closed standards do little to innovate the state of the art. Open (unencumbered) standards help improve the art. Standards are usually rewritten when there is no way of improving upon widely used methods.

  25. Bad publicity against a large American Company? on Slashback: Galeon, Forgent, Platformation · · Score: 0