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  1. Re:Smells like the same old snake oil... on Fast Track to Fine Wine? · · Score: 1

    Yeah. Just letting it roll over your tongue...

  2. Re:Smells like the same old snake oil... on Fast Track to Fine Wine? · · Score: 1

    This would not be a surprise. More expensive wines are more of an aquired taste. Cheaper wines are often sweeter and frankly more bland. To the average person this is more enjoyable. There is nothing inherentally wrong with someone enjoying a cheaper wine.

    The same would be true of scotch. Most people (if they don't hate the taste :)) would prefer a blended scotch rather than a single malt. Those who appreciate it more would prefer a single malt.

  3. Re:The failed QoS modell on Google Won't Pay Bell South · · Score: 1

    France is the country that still had a window tax in the 1930s...

  4. Re:Bug submission policy on Ask Microsoft's Security VP · · Score: 1

    This is very annoying. I found what I would consider to be a bug in IE, at the very least an inconsistency. I haven't checked lately to see if it is there, but it was about 6 months ago in the current version of IE6. The specific issue was the bookmarks in folders in the links bar were sorted differently to the bookmarks menu. Not a big issue, but certainly an inconsistency (although possibly by design).

    There is no means of reporting this. I can pay for a phone call and hope that Microsoft considers it a bug, or I can send it is ms-wish@microsoft.com. I can't imagine that the latter would actually achieve anything.

    Or more recently I believe I found a bug the way the .Net framework renders radio buttons, based on what I would consider to be a misreading of the standards.

  5. Re:Why I Love the ACLU on Two Groups File Domestic Spying Lawsuits · · Score: 1

    The insurrection is largely futile in Iraq. The democracy is voting and moving ahead

    Don't you think it is a little early to say that? I'd wait at least a couple of years to see the result of this experiment in foreign policy.

  6. Re:Former Penal Colony on Penguin Not Taking Flight Down Under · · Score: 1

    <_kr4m3r> so many fucking criminals, its bullshit
    <foniks`> heh, if we sent all the criminals to some empty continent and just left them there to die
    <foniks`> and showed up like 50yrs later like, "sup?"
    <foniks`> whatd u think they'd say?
    <FoSZoR[bg]> something along the lines of, "G`Day mate"

    Link

  7. Backwards compatibility vs Security on Ask Microsoft's Security VP · · Score: 1

    Microsoft has always prided itself on providing very good backwards compatability in their software, even ensuring that applications continue to run even when they depend on specific Microsoft implementations (http://www.joelonsoftware.com/printerFriendly/art icles/APIWar.html>eg, see item under Two Forces at Microsoft). On the other hand Microsoft has been making security a high priority for the last 5 years, with some significant progresss. However these two aims come into conflict on occasion, for example the release of XPSP2 breaking some applications. How do you approach this problem and how do you plan to solve it?

  8. Re:The whole privacy movement seems to have fizzle on Anonym.OS a Boon for Privacy Geeks? · · Score: 2, Funny

    I haven't actively sought these tools in a while, so maybe they've caught up. But I keep my ear to the wall, and I have yet to hear any murmers of good anonymizing technologies, nor do I ever see any passing references to people using them.

    There's your problem. You are supposed to put the glass to the wall and your ear to the glass.

  9. Re:Speaking of anonymous.... on Anonym.OS a Boon for Privacy Geeks? · · Score: 1

    How do you know?

  10. Re:Idiotic comment about unbundling software on Apple Sends Hidden Message to Hackers? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Clearly they should be shot on site, in case they learn to type with their elbows.

    Which site? The site of the crimes? That would certainly be appropriate, however what if they see you coming and run away? Do you have to drag them back to their computer before shooting them?

  11. Re:why bother on Apple Sends Hidden Message to Hackers? · · Score: 1

    As a matter of interest, have you played The Suffering? That game does what I think Doom 3 was trying to achieve, and does it a whole lot better.

  12. Re:Entertainment columnists not look up to. on Wikipedia Plagiarism Ends Journalist's Career · · Score: 1

    VB is crap but if I had to choose between VB.Net and COBOL that's the easiest choice ever.

    How about VB6?

    VB.Net doesn't count, it is really just C# that has been mildy crippled, given a more verbose sytax and renamed.

  13. Re:The disconnect from reality is the real danger on High-tech Cars Replacing Driver Skill? · · Score: 1

    In his case, he thought has was using the rear brakes.

  14. Re:It is nice if you like to anthropomorphise our on Windows on Intel Macs - Yes or No? · · Score: 1

    Admit it. You were really just to lazy to put the bits in the bin.

  15. Re:The Mailer I want on Thunderbird 1.5 Arrives · · Score: 1

    Three-Divided is the 5uXX0rz!!1!1!!11ONE!

    I like it. I need all three. YMMV.

    Encryption. All variants. Out of the box.

    Agreed.

    How about one more:

    Offer proper support for LDAP

    If Thunderbird is to ever get any traction at all in anything other than a limited home user situation, it needs to offer proper LDAP support. And by proper I mean the ability to edit and write LDAP entries. This has been a listed bug for years (google it up).

  16. Re:The disconnect from reality is the real danger on High-tech Cars Replacing Driver Skill? · · Score: 1

    I have seen someone slam on the front brakes on a bike while going about 30-40 km/h.

    I watched as he flew headfirst into the ground, while the bike performed a lazy forward somersault.

  17. Re:-1 Troll for Submitter on Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional · · Score: 1

    And, unlike Perl, it's very easy to do complicated things in simple, legible code.

    So can Perl.


    No it can't.

  18. Re:What kind of music... on iTunes is Malware? · · Score: 1

    Rage Against the Machine.

    Oh noes!!! I am a terrorist!!!

  19. Re:You actually want this to happen on iTunes is Malware? · · Score: 1

    My definition would include "without my consent and without me being able to turn if of". Maybe yours would be "without asking me BEFOREHAND".

    Someone else has made the point that the EULA does not mention this (ie by accepting this you acknowledge data can be sent to apple blah blah...). Also the feature is switched on by default. So it matches the "without my consent" criteria but not the "without me being able to turn if off".

  20. Re:Food chain on Microsoft FAT Patent Upheld · · Score: 1

    You can create FAT32 partitions larger than 32Gb using mkdosfs.

    The 32Gb limit is an artifical one imposed by Microsoft, I am guessing partly because they want to force people to NTFS. I forget what the actual limit is (a quick bit of googling willl bring it up).

  21. Re:The patent problems have not been addressed on Fedora Core 5 includes Mono · · Score: 1

    Fair enough, it just worth being aware that you can run into scalability issues. Often things you don't expect to grow might do just that. FWIW ASP.Net isn't as good (IMO) as classic ASP for small projects.

    Well, if you must work with perl ... The Active State binaries install a CGI module by default (it is an option during the install).

    I do write some perl BTW, I just think it encourages people to write really, really illegible code.

    If you do hit any issues with ASP, feel free to drop me a line (david [at] uberconcept.com). I used to pretty active on the wrox ASP and SQL Server mailing lists.

  22. Re:Why this is important on Scientists Figure Out How Bees Fly · · Score: 1

    The issue is with how some people understand the bible.

    The bible is God's timeless word to mankind about his relationship with them. It is silent, or near silent on science. It is a scientific work in the same sense that say, ancient Greek texts a scientific texts: it reflects the scientific views of the day.

    As a Christian, until recently I have tended to avoid commenting too strongly on issues of this sort, as I have felt that this is an issue that causes significant arguments among Christians and is not a significant point. I say it is not significant point because Christians who believe in evolution (in its various forms) and those who believe in creationism agree on the core point: God created the world. However I have become more and more aware that this issue is doing significant damage to the credibility of Christians.

    ID is wrong. Creationism is wrong.

  23. Re:The patent problems have not been addressed on Fedora Core 5 includes Mono · · Score: 1

    You can run php on IIS. Both as a CGI or as an ISAPI. The ISAPI has the potential to perform better than the CGI option, but I'm not sure what the current progress on that is. A few years ago (last time I looked at it), the CGI was still the way to go.

    Also there is a perl CGI module. I don't recommend perl to anyone as a means of building an application, but if you really like it...

    Incidentally, if possible I'd strongly recommend moving to .Net if you are planning to build a serious application. Classic ASP just isn't built to handle larger applications (Althought it can be done). I'm speaking from hard experience (ie mistaked made) here.

  24. Re:Idea - don't write windows native apps on Fedora Core 5 includes Mono · · Score: 1

    Because sometimes the code is already written.

  25. Re:What the hell...? on Crank Blogging, Like Phone Calling, Now Illegal · · Score: 1

    I've even have many people question my sexual preferences while playing on-line games.

    You awp don't you?