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  1. Re:XAML on Mozilla, Opera Form Group to Develop Web App Specs · · Score: 1
    The problem is that it's coming from Microsoft and, unless they open-source XAML completely, we can never be certain that there are no lock-in mechanisms that benifit Microsoft to the detriment of developers and users. Microsoft has consistantly shown that they can and will do things of that nature, and we are right to regard any of their technologies with some suspicion.

    Do you even know what this article is about? XML schemas for web application. How the fuck do you have a a closed sourced XML Schema?

  2. Re:I had that toy... on Short Text Messages In Mid-Air · · Score: 1
    As I recall the problem was, waving this thing around wildly was very taxing on the arms, and the message was sometimes unclear and difficult to read - especially after fatigue set it.

    Maybe today's youth will actually loose weight if forced to something that requires little bit of excerise.

  3. What next disclaimers on slahshot messages on An Analysis Of Email Disclaimers · · Score: 1, Funny
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    This message is property of ad0gg or his affiliates. No moderator should mod down this message in any form or manner. No poster should use in whole or in part this message, if poster intent is to slander the owner of the message.

  4. Re:Why not just display what is wrong? on Automakers Try To Keep Repair Codes Secret · · Score: 1

    Check engine light that comes on for a loose gas cap could stem from multiple problems, from a hole in the tank, fuel line etc. All it means is that gas tank has external leak. In manual of most cars, it says if the check engine light comes on check your gas cap and restart your car. I know with Inifiniti g35's they had problem with the gas hose coming loose, god forbid your see "your gas cap is loose error" and ignore it while the car catches fire and blows up. Imagine the liablity.

  5. Re:There is a difference on Automakers Try To Keep Repair Codes Secret · · Score: 1
    Make them illegal? Umm no.. Mod chips for cars change fuel mapping, blower psi and remove limiters. None of these are illegal. Speed limiters are determined by the car manufactor and usually matched to the tire ratings that come with the car, my car has it set to 148 because it has z rated tires which are rated at 148, but with it chipped i can hit 155 not much difference. Rev limiter is there so you don't blow your engine. PSI limit is there so you don't overheat and blow your turbo/super. Some car manufactors even make their own chips(NISMO chips by nissan), btw using a 3rd party chip in your car is good way to void your warranty but thats it. Only issue I can think of that could be illegal is if it doesn't pass CARB in california, but the manufactors can always get their chips carb certified.

  6. Re:Is Organic LED == degradable? on OLED Displays Technology Primer and Forecasting · · Score: 4, Informative
    OLED Life is 1000 hours
    LCD life is 45,000 hours
    Plasma life is 14,000 hours
    CRT life is 45,000 hours

    I'll stick with LCD or CRT until plasma or OLED become cheap enough that replacing them is like replacing the brake pads on your car.

  7. Same thing with plasma tvs on OLED Displays Technology Primer and Forecasting · · Score: 3, Informative

    Plasma tvs have about 20,000 hours life. Something to think about when you buy an open box plasma tv from bestbuy or circuit city since its probably been on 14+ hours a day for 6 months or longer. So you'll get about 5 years of life out of it, instead of 10 to 14 years with a new one. I'm amazed that plasma tvs are so common now a days, I see them used as billboards at theaters and malls. These things are on 24 hours a day that means 2 years later they'll need to be replaced.

  8. Re:Both Platforms? WOW! on EIOffice 2004 vs. MS Office 2003 · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Now, the difference between Java and GLIB/GDK/GTK is that you only need ONE binary.

    So thats why this office suite has two downloads one for windows, and one for linux. Same thing with other java software like limewire. Or I goto www.java.com and half the featured applications only run on windows or have multiple binaries for different operation systems. Thats really portable.

  9. Stop Modding up the Idiots on Do-It-Yourself VOIP Telco · · Score: 1

    Standard G.729 which is most common codec is only only 8kb/s + 1/kbs for headers etc. Only G.711 is 64bit and that is used to transport fax or modem over ip since its not compressed.

  10. Umm on "Buffalo Spammer" Gets 3.5 to 7 Years · · Score: 1

    At first I thought the government was finally cracking down on spamming but in reality its just simple identity theft. He would have been treated the same if he was using identity theft for other activities. I'm glad he's in jail though, but just wished it was for spamming.

  11. Re:How many programmers now? on Oracle To Finish Linux Makeover This Year · · Score: 1

    I wasn't aware of that, do you have an urls for this? Everything I've read is that micrsoft outsourced its Customer Support and its internal application development. But anyway, my major concern is that if we keep supporting companies that outsource, its going to be a grim future for software development in the US. CEO's of the companies doing this tactic keep saying, "US workforce just needs to retrain", what am I suppose to retrain for? Flipping burgers? Cutting lawns? I'm so glad that they can afford 3 plane, yet lay off all their US developers, so they can maybe afford another 3 more. But jokes on them when countries we outsource all of to development realize they don't need high priced american executives.

  12. Re:How many programmers now? on Oracle To Finish Linux Makeover This Year · · Score: 2, Insightful
    up IBM, Novell and Oracle

    You mean all the companies that outsourced their development to India? The reason why its impossible to find a development job in the US so their CEOs cans have 3 airplanes. Sorry but I'll stick with Micrsoft who keeps all their platform software development in the US.

  13. Only Problem with Electric Cars on Battery Development Off The Beaten Path · · Score: 1

    Is that a lot of electricity comes from non renewable sources coal, natural gas. So in reality you aren't saving the environment. Its much like adding ethanol to gas because its renewable but just think of how much natural resources was used up to make it from growing corn, to distilling it.

  14. Re:This shouldn't come as a surprise.... on China Developing own Standards · · Score: 1

    He's right, China allows private ownership of businesses and property which is not true communism. Its a socialist state, only real true communist state is North Korea and maybe Vietnam.

  15. Re:So, it spreads itself... on Monsanto Wins Case Over Patented Canola · · Score: 3, Insightful
    I went to a farm up north just outside of NH last year where they specialize in heirloom tomatoes. Man, I'd forgotten what they used to really taste like in my youth...But, flavor was the MAIN thing that stood out on these... I really used to think the 'organic' foods movement was pretty much a crock...but, this started me thinking a little different...

    Umm thats has nothing to do with GM foods or organic foods, much like how today's roses have lost their fragerence after years of cross breading, today's tomato's have been breed to be physically beautiful sacrificing taste because at grocery store, regular people don't get tomato's on taste but whether not they are round,red and not bruised.

  16. Check your facts on Monsanto Wins Case Over Patented Canola · · Score: 3, Informative
    Just wait. If you are just hearing about roundup ready and cross pollination and infection, wait to you hear about terminator genes and cross pollination. Ohh, that's a goody. Makes a plant live one year, then all it's offspring is infertile.

    Umm they pulled the terminator gene 5 years ago. You've been lobbying against GM foods? Yet you don't even know the terminator gene program has been abandoned? If your going to protest something at least be informed about the subject, it helps you cause a lot better than making ignorant statements.

    Monsanto pulls terminator gene

  17. Re:Think about it on What's Your Terrorism Quotient? · · Score: 1
    "If this could have stopped those planes from killing thousands of civilians, people would be screaming in outrage about how we didn't use it when we should have"

    I do agree the WTC attack was tragic, but lets put it into perspective. We lost 2 people for a population of 250 million. Lets also compare it to the other killers in the US, like alcohol related traffic deaths. We built a system to track potential terrorists that may kill 2 thousand every 3 or 4 years, if we built a system to screen out potential drunken drivers you'll save 15 thousand people every year.

    US is so wrapped up in this terrorism scare. My car gets searched when I goto the airport, yet there's no check points when leaving the bar at 2 am.

    How much money have we spent invading Iraq and this war on terrorism? 100's of billions. Money could have been used to for cancer research. Cancer is real terrorism, I lost cousin who's was only 28. Its a silent killer thats takes people out, it terrorizes people on a daily basis.

  18. Buy A land line service on Cell Phone Directory Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    Then forward that number to your cell. Its extra $30 a month or a $1 day.

  19. You point doesn't work on Feds to Open BlackBoxVoting User Logs? · · Score: 1

    Absentee ballot if your work place wanted to force you vote for whoever they wanted.

  20. Apple License's it patents on Apple Files Patent for Translucent Windows · · Score: 2, Informative
  21. Re:No, they do not. on Microsoft Blames Anti-trust Legal Fees for Price Increases · · Score: 1
    is a natural monopoly: you can't buy Joe's OS and expect to run software written for Bill's OS on it, so if the majority of the software is written for Bill's OS that's what you're going to buy.

    This what I don't get, there's alternatives out there. An apple computer can do most of what a PC can do, I know a lot businesses that solely use apple. Apple could easily replace the home computer for most families since it does what people want to do, surf the web, write emails, play solitare etc. There's also linux that can also replace the home computer. For some reason home market is dominated by Microsoft. You can't say it software for the home market, most people people use stuff that comes with OS. So why is it that microsoft dominates? Marketing? Better Product? I don't know.

    For the work place market, you do have case for a monolopy because most people are stuck with custom made software that would require resources to port.

  22. Re:Uh, well on Apple Files Patent for Translucent Windows · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Last I checked the anger around here doesn't seem to be outrage at companies holding patents. It's outrage at companies using patents.

    WTF website your been reading? Any time there's article about microsoft filing a patent, people go on a rampage. When was last the time you saw MS use their patents? Most of the large companies file defensive patents, IBM, Microsoft, Sun etc. Yet slashdot gets all stir crazy whenever its microsoft.

  23. Re:Who needs explosives indeed? on Future Weapons of War in the Works · · Score: 1

    There's big difference between where the americans are at and were the british are at. Sunni population doesn't want a change since they are the minority in the country, shiites want a change since they are the majority in the country and in a democracy they will have control. No guess who has the sunni parts and guess who has the shiite parts. There's no way in hell American soldiers can partrol on foot, they'll get killed. Also remember US soldier are up in Kurdish area's, maybe we can compare that with southern part which would be a better comparison.

  24. I love moderation on Swedish Carbon-Fiber Stealth Ship Runs NT · · Score: 1

    Lets Flamebait someone that told what the article really stated that the ship was dead in the water because of experimental software that wasn't written by microft. It had nothing to do with windows and even captain testified to this. You can keep covering eyes and say Windows is unstable but reality it isn't, reply with your contradictions but its meanless since windows is being used by everything. If Windows wasn't stable no one would use it. Its in atms, cars, boats, game consoles and sterios.

  25. RFID on RFID Implants for Spanish Revelers · · Score: 1

    RFID in ID badges use a public key private key auth so the key is never sent so your stuck trying to break 128 bit key.