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  1. Re:speedos? on Linux Conf 2004 Gives in Many Ways · · Score: 1

    Right. Thongs in fashion now!

  2. Re:I know we'll probably have our share of gay jok on Linux Conf 2004 Gives in Many Ways · · Score: 1

    I am sorry, but I would not have called that nearly naked. Yes, if you go by percentage of body surface they are nearly naked. But not every square inch is equally important. Simply said: They still had their speedos on - nothing about being gay or something like that.

    Of course it is brave to do this - also because not all of them have the ideal figure..

  3. Other examples.. on Rewrites Considered Harmful? · · Score: 1

    ..might include the "rewrite" of OpenBSD's packet filter. While the reason for this rewrite was motivated "politically" (license restriction of Darren Reed's ipf) it was a rewrite - and a good one!

  4. Re:Windows XP was a complete rewrite? on Rewrites Considered Harmful? · · Score: 1

    XP is not a total rewrite, there is still some code in there from win 3.1 and nt 3.51

    As well as code from BSD..

  5. Re:R&D time and money? on Photoshop Fails At Counterfeit Prevention · · Score: 1

    Decompile and analyse it. And then write a crack. Or a replacement in case it is a simple DLL file. (I guess it is.)
    Shouldn't be that hard, should it? :)

  6. Re:Compression? on SCO Files Response To Demand For Evidence · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    hahaha how funny

  7. Re:Question on SCO Files Response To Demand For Evidence · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    learn latin, cocksucker

  8. As soon as.. on SCO Approaches Google About Linux Licenses · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ..more large-scale firms will just say foad to SCO, SCO's share value will drop because the shareholders will realize it's not that easy to get the money from the licenses. As soon as share value drops SCO has not as much money for lawyers anymore.

  9. Re:This is good news. on Sun Opens Cobalt Code · · Score: 1

    Any good (IRL) links to some guys of this sort? Like working in a large business, dumping nearly-fresh Sparcs and the like?

  10. Re:Hah. on No More Leap Second? · · Score: 1

    But instead the people born on 29th of February should be happy we have a leap year this time again.
    I should think about some present for my 18-year-old grandma soon..

  11. Iomega Clik! on Eight Biggest Tech Flops Ever · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Iomega's Clik! drive didn't have 40 gigabytes as the article says (which wouldn't be that bad for 10$) but only 40 megabytes.

  12. Re:Page rank in books? on Google Betas Google Print · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well but that's something different. Google would need to "know" about "links to the books" (and preferably also "links from the books"). But citations (which come to my mind first) don't have a standardized format as hyperlinks have (i.e. <a href="blabla">linktext</a>)

  13. Page rank in books? on Google Betas Google Print · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Quote from Google Print FAQ: During this trial, publishers' content is hosted by Google and is ranked in our search results according to the same technology we use to evaluate websites.

    Now I wonder how this is done. Google's PageRank uses links from other pages to rank results - but in usual books there aren't any "hyperlinks".
    Could anyone offer me insight into this? - thanks!

  14. Re:Nothing really new here on Microsoft Researching Anti-Spam Technique · · Score: 1

    Oh, thank you for your insight. What I don't understand: By doing so it would make big mail server impossible. Because they're sending thousands of emails per hour (or minute or second) but have only limited CPU power.
    I.e. by using (up) the sender's CPU you would hurt even "innocent" mail servers (which are sending thousand of email per minute but not using the same other mail server).

  15. Nothing really new here on Microsoft Researching Anti-Spam Technique · · Score: -1

    It's sort of the already known tarpit.

  16. eBooks didn't catch on yet on Open eBook Forum Courts Controversy Over Formats · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ..because of incompatible format but because most people just don't want to read a book on the computer screen.
    They want to take the book with them (and not everyone has a laptop), they want to read it on the toilet, they think it's uncomfortable reading long texts from screen, and with many screen and workplace setups it is unhealthy too.

  17. "Start button" logo on Xandros version 2 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Maybe Xandros 2 might be banned from Germany and Austria for using this logo which looks a bit like a swastika; Germany and Austria have rather strict laws about the use of symbols like that.

  18. Re:Thoughts on SCO Code to be Protected in Closed Court · · Score: 1

    It's not (only) copyright infringement but about trade secrets.

  19. Re:It's no where "system near" on KDE 3.2-beta2 - Towards a Better KDE? · · Score: 1

    The installation procedure (and what question it asks you) is not the point. That doesn't mean it's welded in. (Comparison: You're installing Winamp. You can't chose not to install whatsnew.txt - does that mean whatsnew.txt is welded in into Winamp? Not really. Ok, Winamp searches for whatsnew.txt to display it in the what's new about box. but it certainly isn't needed.)

  20. Browser integration on KDE 3.2-beta2 - Towards a Better KDE? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Just before we read that browser integration is bad (like MSIE into MS Windows) but now this article reports that KDE's Konqueror is integrated better into KDE. That seems strange to me.
    Admittedly KDE isn't an operating system as MS Windows is. But still it's a "system near" piece of software. So where to draw the border?

  21. Re:Larger photo on Japanese Pocket-Size PC Cube Demonstrated · · Score: 1

    Oh, I didn't know such things existed. Do you have an URL handy? - thank you!

  22. Larger photo on Japanese Pocket-Size PC Cube Demonstrated · · Score: 5, Informative

    Get it here.
    Looks quite nice to me. Even an integrated ethernet port, audio... - nice, where can I get it? ;-)

  23. Congrats, RIAA on RIAA Extends Legal Action · · Score: 1, Redundant

    You're succeeding in making your own customers hate you! Well done, good work!

  24. Re:Good on Another Worm Targets Anti-Spam Sites · · Score: 1

    I can't imagine why they'd write specially malicious viruses since they depend on all the infrastructure they'd destroy. They need the thousands of unsecured running windows boxes, trojaned of course. They also need the bandwidth.

    That's why I don't think we'll see viruses which are particularly evil for everybody. (There might be a rise in viruses which are used of a dDoS attack which of course is a bad thing - but it's not dangerous for most users' computers)

  25. Good on Another Worm Targets Anti-Spam Sites · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I think this is actually a good thing because it links spammers with viruses and therefor reinforces the association "spammer = evil". Perhaps sooner or later more people (and gov. agencies and companies) see spam not just as annoyance but as attack.