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  1. Re:Technical information on RFID? on RFID Tags For The Rich · · Score: 1

    Standard? Um we're talking about RFIDs here. Each manufacturer has their own little twist on things. You may get someone to cough up which manufacturer they use - if they know. Then you're only looking at a few antenna/scanner combinations. But, as for doing something like "war-walking" good luck with that.

  2. Re:Technical information on RFID? on RFID Tags For The Rich · · Score: 2, Informative

    Problem with that idea is antennas are specific to the type of RFID technology used. So you'd probably need a collection of dozens of scanner and antenna combinations to pull that off.

    Nice idea though.

  3. Re:my own experiences on PowerBook Performance for Java Development? · · Score: 1

    Your experience is essentially the opposite of mine. I (now) use eclipse on OSX as my primary development environment. It works nearly flawlessly. I can't say the same for eclipse on windows. Then again, I'm using a pile of eclipse extensions, maybe you're not. Just thought I'd chime in with my $.02.

  4. Re:this is what Free Trade is about: people on A Thoughtful Look at Indian Outsourcing · · Score: 1

    Okay off-topic for the article, but not the parent. Should be a -- or a simple ,. Semi-colon replaces a conjunction, you can't place a conjunction where the colon is. Colon is generally used to denote "read ahead more detail comming" usually used where an itemized list, quotation or other such construct is used. This is just a simple dramatic pause so either a -- or , will suffice.

  5. Re:SCO request is reasonable on SCO Code to be Protected in Closed Court · · Score: 1

    Even if it entered the court record it would still retain its copyright (assuming its valid in the first place). This is most definately NOT a reasonable request.

  6. Re:Reply if OXS Could Outsell Windows on x86 on Mac OS X Security Criticisms Countered · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The real reason apple pulled rhapsody off the market(the x86 pre-cursor to OSX) was fear of MS pulling office apps.

  7. Re:Calling it Java is the real mistake on Detoxing With Magnets for Fun and Profit · · Score: 1

    Personally, I just call it Ishmael.

  8. Re:Hasselhoff on Longest Physics Lecture in History? · · Score: 1

    Hasselhoff:

    In 1989 he was awarded Most Popular and Best Selling Artist of the Year in Germany and was invited to perform 'Freedom' on the Berlin Wall New Year's Eve 1989.

    I rest my case. :)

  9. Hasselhoff on Longest Physics Lecture in History? · · Score: 1

    I'm betting if they invited David Hasselhoff as a guest lecturer the strike would be that much more effective.

    'cuz we all know: Germans love David Hasselhoff.

  10. Re:nice to see slashdot supports pirating on Malaysian Police Not Roping Longhorn Rustlers · · Score: 1

    Without the rampant piracy of the early releases of windows, MS would not have the monopoly it has today. MS's complaints about piracy always ring a tad bit ironic to me.

  11. Re:Useless on Java Frameworks and Components · · Score: 1

    I concur. Is this a book about _how_ to evaluate frameworks, or does it actually evaluate some. The review is sorely lacking.

  12. RH 6? on Security FUD On Linux · · Score: 1

    "there were 17 critical vulnerabilities. For Windows Server 2003, there were four. For Red Hat Linux 6, they were five to ten times higher"

    Red Hat 6? Steve, do a little research here. We're at 9.x now.

    Let's compare apples to apples RH 6 was around during NT4 right? Now, let's count the security holes.

  13. The ubiquitous: Read the article on SCO Will Pay You Not to Use Linux · · Score: 5, Insightful

    SCO is offering _discounts_ on licenses.

    Meaning if you switch over to another OS now you don't end up oweing SCO the full license for linux ($699 or something) that they're claiming you now owe. You'll probably just end up oweing a mere $500 (or whatever - even I couldn't stomach reading the details on that in the article).

  14. Let's be careful out there on The Case for the Moon · · Score: 1

    For god sakes. If they come across a large black obilisk, please leave it alone and put it back. You just don't know where those things have been.

  15. Re:Hmm... on Apache Axis C++ v1.0 (Alpha) Released · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Like another poster said, it depends on what part of J2EE you're talking about here. In general, J2EE components rely on containers (specific to the component) which do a lot of lifting for you.

    I'm unaware of any C/C++ implementation of an EJB container for instance. However with the Axis C/C++ implementation (notice I've segue'd back into the topic here), it opens up the possibility of a C/C++ client talking to a SOAP-wrapped J2EE server tier.

    I used to be a pretty heavy C++ guy back in the day. I've been doing almost exclusively Java for the last (gawd!) 7 or so years. I really don't miss C++ at all. Especially the maintenance headaches induced by implementations of large domain models. The larger the model the more it seemed to spin out of control with C++. It still has a tendency to spin out of control with Java, but not to the same degree.

    I could go on here, but I think I've said enough.

  16. Re:A Little Perspective Here on Factual 'Big Mac' Results · · Score: 1

    One thing I haven't seen is comparisons regarding energy costs for the various solutions. This would, of course, include AC costs (including initial costs of the larger AC unit) as well. With the reduced energy consumption of the PowerPC series I imagine this could be another substantial savings.

  17. Re:Oh, I see. on SCO Madness Reigns Supreme · · Score: 1

    You're all forgetting the "Collect Underpants" phase of this evil scheme.

    This is the key that lead to the .com bubble bursting. Nobody was collecting underpants, and thus no profits.

    Are we all so destined to repeat history?

  18. Huh? on Java vs .NET · · Score: 2, Informative

    "The adoption of Java was based on Web development"

    What? Adoption of Java is based on platform portability and scalable distributed enterprise computing. (With the .NET dirty little secret of: if you want to do anything meaningful you still have to use COM/COM+) .NET is neither.

    Pish-tosh. Now, the adoption of Perl WAS based on web development.

    *ducks*

  19. Loyalty Purchases on Predicting H.S. Dropouts With Pervasive Databases · · Score: 1

    Combine all that with nutritional information harvested from grocery store loyalty systems and you've got a real predictor there.

  20. more detail on History Of The NeXT Platform · · Score: 2, Informative

    Its a pity the article doesn't go into EOF (Enterprise Object Framework) and WebObjects. Two of the real crowning-achievements of the folks at NeXT. EOF was the first usable Object-Relational mapper and, in my opionion, still the only usable one. While WebObjects combined with EOF was the pre-cursor to the whole n-tier application-server thing.

  21. Re:mac Problem on Mac OS X Unleashed (2nd Edition) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you should read the replies the last time you posted this exact same message.

    If you're going to troll at least put some effort into it.

  22. Re:Worst Metaphors ever on SCO Threatens Red Hat and SuSE · · Score: 1

    Forget about 2,000lb man. What's a 200lb weakling?

  23. Round on How Would You Move Mount Fuji? · · Score: 1

    Manhole covers are round because they cover round holes.

    I just don't understand the big mystery behind that one.

  24. Re:OS X books written for FreeBSD users? on Mac OS X: The Missing Manual (Second Edition) · · Score: 1

    I was really disappointed for OSX for unix geeks. This book should be titled OS X for Unix newbies. I expected more of a cross-reference style approach: Here's how you do it in *nix Here's how you do it in OS X. What I got was some very basic Unix tutorials. My NextStep 0.8 documentation (circa '87) is MUCH more helpful than this book.

  25. Re:Happens everywhere on Do You Write Backdoors? · · Score: 1

    They're hugely different - defaults can be, and usually are changed.

    Take a look at the list again:
    How many NT servers have Administrator/administrator.

    Or root/ on linux?

    Or even the ubiquetous scott/tiger account in Oracle.

    I was looking on that list for actual back doors on systems I have (thought I should be aware). There were none! Just the defaults I've changed.