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  1. Re:Cathedral and the Bazaar on How Microsoft-Yahoo Will Affect Open Source · · Score: 1

    It's got to the point where the Bazaar now provides Cathedrals.

  2. Re:The real problem is U.S. government corruption. on Protecting IM From Big Brother · · Score: 1

    As a foreigner the U.S. government owes me no duty of service and some could argue that it is expected to spy on us, as far as it benefits its own citizens. No, us foreigners who have little control over U.S. govenment spying should encrypt (and provide deniability as OTR does) by default.

  3. Re:Not a trojan on Trojan Found In New HDs Sold In Taiwan · · Score: 1

    Let's see, little nasties that slip past your defences by hiding in a container thought to be empty. Yep, nothing Trojan about that.

  4. Re:Confusing The Issue on Does Hacking Grades Warrant 20 Years in Jail? · · Score: 1

    Bottom line -- it doesn't matter why he did it, it only matters what he did. We don't go easier on defendants who murder someone because they were only trying to keep everyone from finding out about their secret extramarital love affair.

    Incorrect. The legal principle of mens rea, or "guilty mind", is absolutely necessary to determine criminal liability

  5. Re:Huh? on What's New in OpenBSD 4.2? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What's BSD?

    Dying.

  6. Re:Let's try some simulations shall we? on Patterns in Lottery Numbers · · Score: 1

    Examine the results and look for patterns. Odds are, you will see minor variations from "average." After all, if you flip a coin 1000 times, odds are you won't get exactly 500 heads and 500 tails.

    In fact, the more coin-flips you perform the less likely you will get an even distribution of heads and tails.

  7. Re:options on Anti-Terrorism and the Death of the Chemistry Set · · Score: 1

    This isn't because of GW Bush, it's because of lawyers. It's because of the legislators as much as it is because of the lawyers.

  8. Re:Should be quite easy to do on Motorists Sue Over 'Hot' Fuel · · Score: 1

    Motorcyclists. My tank only holds about two gallons.

  9. Re:I wonder.. on Dell Ships Ubuntu 7.04 PCs Today · · Score: 1

    The average user might not want to install Ubuntu themselves.

    There may also be an issue with support.

  10. Re:What I want the future to bring... on Insights Into the Future of the Laptop · · Score: 1

    That's pretty good, but here's what I'd really like:

    - 8"x5" screen area (1280x1024)
    - high-contrast b/w indoor/outdoor screen
    - 40 hour battery life
    - runs on 2 AA hot swappable batteries plus internal battery
    - removable solid state storage
    - an open OS made for mobile work, or Linux
    - full size keyboard, or BlueTooth foldable keyboard
    - USB, WiFi, bluetooth, and SIM
    - weight under 0.5lb
    - thickness under 0.4"
    - free pony included

  11. Re:Show of faith. on Red Hat Co-Founder Bob Young Resigns · · Score: 1

    Ballmer's not resigning, that's why Red Hat's future is assured.

  12. Re:Maybe t-mobile will learn. on Hilton Hacker Gets 11 Months · · Score: 1

    Maybe T-mobile will get their act together now and fix all the problems. Who knows.

    I do: they won't.

  13. Re:Ultimate HCI format on Top 8 Reasons HCI is in its Stone Age · · Score: 1

    Your business plan has been rejected on the basis that interfacing with computers is *still* easier than communicating with geeks.

  14. Re:Is this really a file system? on WinFS Beta 1 Released Early · · Score: 1

    Or (o)(o).

  15. Re:Comparable on Comparing Tiger and Vista Beta 1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Here is another example that beautifully illustrates your point: Apple's Mac OS X vs a Pomegranate.



    Where are the oranges?

  16. Re:I, for on, am all in favor of this. on Businesses To Be Censored on Use of Olympics · · Score: 1

    Good. It's time to kill of the olympics.

    It's time to do them differently, for sure. I'm pretty cynical usually, but the olympic spirit in Sydney 2000 was electric and made me proud to be human. I don't want to see that disappear.

  17. Re:Active Directory integration? on Exchange Alternatives Round-up · · Score: 1

    The closest I have worked with administratively is Domino and that was an admins nightmare.

    Yeah, that's pretty close to Exchange.

  18. Torrent on Another Step Towards BSD on the Desktop · · Score: 1
  19. Offshoring? on Coast Guard to Track Ships Using Buoys · · Score: 2, Funny

    How long until they are replaced by floating indian boys?

  20. Re:how about dual-plaintext messages? on Plausible Deniability From Rockstar Cryptographers · · Score: 2, Funny

    They don't just laugh in your face...

  21. Re:ReactOS? on ReactOS Runs On The XBox · · Score: 1
  22. Re:Parrot on A .Net CPU · · Score: 1

    Not as exciting as a Pirate Ship!

    *Squawk! Pieces of Eight!*

  23. Live CD for i386 on NetBSD 2.0 Released · · Score: 1

    ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/2.0/i386live.i so.torrent

  24. Re:Gmail on Thunderbird 1.0 RC1 Released · · Score: 1

    I used to download mail from my ISP using POP in Thunderbird, but backing up that mail was a headache and importing mail when i move between machines is a pain.

    Now I just download mail from my gmail account with thunderbird and gmail archives all the mail i've downloaded. If I lose my local copy, I can just download the archive again. No hassles!

  25. Re:Japans "CareBots"... on In Japan, Old People Talk to Robots · · Score: 1

    However, an old lady mentioned that the positive impact of the robot was that so much researchers and journalists came to visit her these days...

    But old ladies will do anything for a bit of attention...