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  1. Re:Don't bother reading it on The Linux Identity Crisis · · Score: 1

    Apparently, windows Vista will halt network communications in order to play back music.

    So what happens if you try to play an audio live stream?
  2. Re:An interesting experiment on Wikipedia 2.0, Now With Trust? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Actually to be sure you'd also have to check those references[1]. Because otherwise you still might fall for fake information[2] or original research pulled out of one's ass[3], as is proven by Murphy[4]. And by the way, one plus one is three[5].

    [1] April Fool: What you can do with references. Journal of Applied Fake 26 (1987), 424
    [2] Joe Sixpack: Resources I trust. Yellow Press Magazine 25 (2001), 321
    [3] A. S. Smith: Pulling and pushing. Yesterday's Research 42 (2010), 1876
    [4] Jack Murphy: What can go wrong. Oops Conference Procedings 7 (1991), 112
    [5] Frank Fake: New Arithmetics, Page 42. Stupid Press, New York 1976, ISBN 0-123-45678-9

  3. Re:If nothing else... on What To Do When Broadband is Not An Option? · · Score: 1

    Good point, so is making a weapon of mass destruction and forcing the world to bend to your whim. Instead of asking for "one million dollars" you could demand broadband :-)

    The problem is that this scheme only works if you are willing to move (if you don't move yourself, you'll forcefully be moved to the next prison; of course there's no guarantee that this will not happen even if you move). Not wanting to move is the primary concern of the submitter, therefore this option will not work well. :-)
  4. Re:Huh? on Linux To Be Installed In Every Russian School · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wait, how does Linux teach you how to hack? Is there a hacking man page that I've been missing? Maybe it is in /usr/share/hack or /usr/share/doc/hack? Never checked those directories my self.

    /usr/share/doc/howto/en/html/BackspaceDelete/morehack.html
    /usr/share/doc/howto/en/html/LVM-HOWTO/hackingcode.html
    /usr/share/doc/kernel/kernel-hacking.pdf
    /usr/share/doc/packages/fftw/README.hacks
    /usr/share/doc/packages/gnokii/gnokii-hackers-howto
    /usr/share/doc/packages/gnucash/guile-hackers.txt
    /usr/share/doc/packages/libquicktime-devel/hackersguide.txt
    /usr/share/doc/packages/ncurses/hackguide.doc
    /usr/share/doc/packages/ncurses/hackguide.html
    SCNR :-)
  5. Re:Catch me if you can.. on Do You Need a Permit to Land on the Moon? · · Score: 1

    How far into the air does your private property reach? I'm sure you'll have to cross public airspace before reaching space.

  6. Re:Can I go from a space outpost to the moon? on Do You Need a Permit to Land on the Moon? · · Score: 1

    Well, build your space station so large that it is self-sufficient, then you'll never need to return to earth afterwards. :-)

  7. Re:The moon on Do You Need a Permit to Land on the Moon? · · Score: 1

    So you mean I can freely copy it?

  8. Re:Well --- Why Not?? on Texas Family 'Sues Creative Commons' · · Score: 1

    The comments below the image IMHO clearly show that she had no clue about what Creative Commons is, nor that the photographer put that image under CC. Thus it's very likely that he didn't have her permission to do so, therefore it's IMHO clearly the photographer's fault.

  9. Re:Why the License on Texas Family 'Sues Creative Commons' · · Score: 1

    And the ISP. After all, it was his lines the image went through. Actually sue the backbone, it transports most copies.
    Oh, and don't forget the maker of the hard disk used to store the image.

    Seriously though, the only one who reasonably could be sued is the youth counselor putting that image online under Creative Commons.

  10. Re:Not that tricky on Do Not Call Listings to Expire in 2008 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Man, you have a regular eating schedule, get laid, and actually have time to sleep instead of spending all nighters at the office? I have to call your geek credentials into question.....

    He didn't say how he gets dinner, sex and sleep. It's entirely possible that his way of getting those is:
    * dinner: Pizza eaten in front of the computer at some random time after 4pm.
    * sex: One-handed surfing.
    * sleep: When he dreams of the great new stuff he'll write soon ...
  11. Re:Gartner, eh? on Gartner Says Open Source "Impossible To Avoid" · · Score: 1

    No, it was a gartner snake. You know, the same kind which told Eve about that business opportunity of being god-like by just eating an apple.

  12. Re:Tivolization on Gartner Says Open Source "Impossible To Avoid" · · Score: 1

    No, GPLv3 disallows to run your software in Tivoli. :-)

  13. Re:Out of sight, out of mind on Don't Take Notes In the Bookstore · · Score: 1

    Interesting. Here in Germany (at least where I studied), there was no required reading, just book suggestions. What counted was that you knew the stuff afterwards, not where you learned it from. Indeed, you were not even required to come to the lectures (except for exams, of course).
    Oh, and there was a special students library where you could borrow text books for a prolonged time. Of course, that's assuming that not all exemplars already were borrowed by other students. :-)

  14. Re:Sharks? How about Mars? on Antimatter Molecule Should Boost Laser Power · · Score: 1

    Do you have an idea how much power you need to create all those positrons? Hint: Energy conservation doesn't have an exception for antimatter.

  15. Re:Old fashioned ... on Antimatter Molecule Should Boost Laser Power · · Score: 1

    That's because unlike shuttles, cores don't multiply magically.

  16. Re:Oh yes... on Antimatter Molecule Should Boost Laser Power · · Score: 1

    Because even if you could build them (probably made completely out of antimatter), they wouldn't have any advantage over normal electronic brains. After all, except for the reversed charge, positrons behave exactly like electrons.

  17. Re:You must be new here (only Apple,Google=good) on The Uncertain Future of OpenOffice.org · · Score: 1

    No, his thought is exactly (he just forgot to write exactly what it is).

  18. Re:You must be new here (only Apple,Google=good) on The Uncertain Future of OpenOffice.org · · Score: 1

    On Slashdot, only Google's "black box" search engine (and related products) and Apple's proprietary OS and hardware are considered "good".

    On Slashdot, Linux isn't considered good? I wonder what site I've been reading all the time when I thought I read Slashdot ...
  19. Re:So would they call it... on The Uncertain Future of OpenOffice.org · · Score: 1

    OpenOffice.ms?

  20. Re:So Windows Update Has Problems on Stealthy Windows Update Raises Serious Concerns · · Score: 1

    The correct response is, "Well let me show you how to make it work, cause it's a really cool bit of software that allows you to do so much more."

    Of course the poster already explicitly said that he's not interested in how to make it work. I'm quoting:

    "There is the option to do it manually but if I'd have wanted to mess around learning shit like that I wouldn't be trying to dual boot in the first place."
  21. Re:There should never be a settled issue in scienc on Science vs. Homeopathy · · Score: 1

    There are lots of settled issues in science. When you drop something, it goes down. So you come along and tell me that you have a brilliant new theory that says that things you drop will not, in fact, fall down. I call you an idiot and go about my business.

    I claim that helium-filled balloons, if dropped here on earth, will not fall down but go up.

    Before you dismiss a claim based on current science, make sure that the claim indeed contradicts current science.
    That doesn't, of course, preclude rejecting a claim for other reasons (especially missing evidence).
  22. Re:How do homeopaths wash dishes? on Science vs. Homeopathy · · Score: 1

    No, you got it completely wrong: You cannot just apply the same cure (half done compost) to every plate alike, but you have to exactly diagnose each plate and choose the appropriate washing substance. For example, if the plate got dirty from mushroom, you'd apply diluted mold, while if the plate got dirty from vegetables, diluted pot will be the detergent of choice.

  23. Re:How about on The GIMP UI Redesign · · Score: 1

    GNU IMP?

  24. Re:Is it all that broken? on The GIMP UI Redesign · · Score: 1

    Well, one problem I have with GIMP is that its interface doesn't play too well with editing more than one image when you have focus-follows-mouse.

    What can happen (and actually did happen to me):

    Step 1: You have two images open. The window of the image you are currently modifying is on the top, and the other image window is below it, but isn't completely hidden by it.

    Step 2: You are reaching for a palette, e.g. layers. Unfortunately the way to the palette passes the visible part of the other image's window (which need only be a few pixels of the border). This causes the other image's window to be temporarily selected. Normally that wouldn't hurt, but with GIMP it does: The palette always refers to the one image window which was selected last before selecting the palette window. Thus now the palette refers to the image you're currently not editing. Which if you notice it immediately is "just" an inconvenience, but if you don't notice it immediately it may cause me to modify the wrong image.

  25. Re:It needs only one word: on The GIMP UI Redesign · · Score: 1

    Photoshop. You mean, it should be renamed to "The GIMP Photoshop"? I'm not sure that this would really help ...