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  1. Advancement in AI on Google Pushes Open Source OCR · · Score: 1

    It is interesting that web forms have become a measure of AI strength in the world wide web. As soon as Captchas are largely solved, there will be new and improved human tests. I am guessing the next step will be identifying logos, or some sort of symbol. Eventually that problem will be solved too. So what do we do when we can't tell a human from a machine?

    Please send me your registered DNA sequence, a voice recording reading this message, and a picture of you in the current location...

    I guess a central database of information (identification and secure communication channel) is going to be the only way to ensure you are who you say you are.

    Eventually I guess it won't really matter if you are human.

  2. Re:Better than it sounds on JBoss Founder Hard-Nosed About Open Source · · Score: 1

    JBoss is LGPL if you didn't know.

  3. It could just print out a ballot on Avi Rubin and More on Electronic Voting · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It seems like the major benefit of the electronic voting machines is that they provide a good user interface. Much better than your standard ballot. I think you could just have an interface that prints out a ballot. Then the voter could validate the ballot if they wanted to. Then have another machine do the counting.

  4. Apache Logging Services project on Printf Debugging Revisited · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This project is incubation, but it might be of interest :

    log4cxx

  5. Instant Runoff Voting System on Europeans To Monitor American Voters · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This is the best voting system I have found : instant runoff voting Check it out.

  6. Instant Runoff Voting System on Ask Green Party Presidential Candidate David Cobb · · Score: 1

    The only way to help out the minority parties is to use a new voting system. instant runnoff voting. Spread the word.

  7. Re:I've never understand electric cars on Saving Energy Without Derision · · Score: 1

    There is a percentage of energy that comes from Hydro, which doesn't polute the air.

    I am not sure the percentage, but it is a majority in Washington State.

  8. Re:Why not quad core? on AMD Going Dual-Core In 2005 · · Score: 1

    I will have to back up the number 6. It is perfect.

  9. Re:Quick on What Keeps You Off of Windows? · · Score: 1

    They will probably be a monopoly until we stop flaming each other, and actually start doing something constructive...

  10. Apache is a community on Chatting with Ken Coar · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I wish they would refer to the Apache httpd webserver as the Apache Httpd webserver. There are many more projects under the Apache brand that are not an httpd server.

  11. Re:Tactical considerations on The Open Source Dilemma for Governments · · Score: 1

    I disagree sort of.

    Depending on the situation. If you know you're going to die because your tactical computer bluescreened, is it really that much different than not knowing you are going to die because your software is screwed up?

    Either way you die. Either way the software / hardware sucks.

  12. Re:Borderline useless on Putting Linux Reliability to the Test · · Score: 1

    Fortuneately this test was just with one server. I am sure if you clustered these servers we would see the availability increase to your expectations. I wonder how many servers it would take?

    It looks like you will need 3 boxes if you desire 4 or more 9's, if you round up. 4 boxes if you don't.

    1 - 95%
    2 - 99.75%
    3 - 99.9875%
    4 - 99.999375%
    5 - 99.99996875%

  13. Performance Tunning Animal Races on Australia To Use GM To Control Carp · · Score: 1

    I can see where this might go.

    1.) Australia's GM carp gets introduced in to various fresh water lakes throughout the world by fanatics.

    2.) Scientists produce a new counter balancing all female GM carp.

    3.) This creates a strange game of war between the 2 GM carp races.

    4.) Scientists regroup and produce a 9/10ths maleness carp.

    ...

    5.) Scientists continue Gene Manipulation until they have the desired population size of carp.

    Pretty soon our environment will be anything we want. Should we mess with the natural order of things I wonder?

  14. Who is going to Question the GPL after this? on SCO Hints at *BSD Lawsuits Next Year, And More · · Score: 1

    It would almost be worth it to pay SCO to continue their rantings. This is simply going to solidify the foundation that the GPL stands on. They are becoming the perfect Devils Advocate, which in the end looks like it is doing Linux more good than not.

  15. Re:C/C++ is not secure? Setting the record straigh on The Next Path for Joy · · Score: 1

    Actually, large chucks of Oracle are written in java...

  16. Re:The first paragraph: on Dave Stutz's Parting Advice To Microsoft · · Score: 1

    I think it means that nobody has had a chance to come up with a better competing product. Neither within microsoft or in open source. He is attributing some of this to the .com crash.

  17. Re:Write code to determine if your code is flawed. on Test-Driven Development by Example · · Score: 1

    Actually, I think that refactoring roots itself in reality. A greater percentage of the time a programmer (as a consultant or newly hired employee) will be brought into a situation where there is an existing application. Generally there isn't an option to redesign an entire application without costing the company more $$$ than it would like.
    Better Design is perferred, but it is not always a reality in the workplace.