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  1. Re:FUD from the NYT on Rating System for Open Source Software · · Score: 1

    FWIW, that appears to be 100% grammatically correct. Don't be a comma hater.

  2. Re:Umm... on RMS Weighs in on BitKeeper Debacle · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Dude, his whole point is that the KERNEL should be called Linux and a system built on it should be called GNU/Linux. So, no, it's not too funny.

  3. Why Centos? on Linux to Replace Solaris at Duke · · Score: 1

    How about just using Red Hat or Fedora (or Ubuntu or Gentoo for that matter)? I don't see the point of using a distro that bites off another without contributing back in a significant way.

  4. Re:Public Radio International's lineup of shows on Sources of Intelligent Audio for Commute? · · Score: 1

    NPR and PRI are separate entities. NPR is a much larger organization and is certainly not a "member" of PRI.

  5. black helicopters not cutting it anymore? on Engineers Devise Invisibility Shield · · Score: 1

    Seriously, as it stands I barely notice the government tracking machines that follow me around. Now they're going to be invisible?! I can't keep up. *stomps tinfoil hat in disgust*

  6. Re:Google + DOM = Mozilla Juggernaut on Mapping Google Maps · · Score: 1

    Ah, you're right. Thank you Microsoft for your great work in promoting standards.

  7. Google + DOM = Mozilla Juggernaut on Mapping Google Maps · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Google is bravely doing fantastic thing with client-side programming...something many websites have given up on because of cross-browser incompatibility. My money is definitely on Google being very aggressive with Mozilla/XUL based on this work. That's going to be good times!

  8. Re:Stumping for irony. on ESR steps down from OSI · · Score: 1

    The venue I'm writing in? *looks around* Hey, it's the internet! search engines, indexing, it never forgets, the whole thing. Maybe I read that wrong, but it seemed like you feel free to be flippant because this is Slashdot...is that right?

  9. Re:Stumping for irony. on ESR steps down from OSI · · Score: 1

    So, you're going to be an official agitator, then? Open Source is fine, but perhaps you have some nice things to say about Free Software?

  10. Re:This just in: American teens ignorant, apatheti on U.S. Kids Don't Understand First Amendment · · Score: 1

    Heh, funny, but the apathy thing was a 90's phenomenon. Now, the kids are *actively* seeking restricted rights and are simply not equipped to feel safe and remain free. Damn kids.

  11. Google will be bothered by this eventually on Survey Says Internet Users Confuse Search Results, Ads · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Sometimes it seems like even Google's wonderful AdWords program is fragile...especially it's business model.

    As soon everyone figures out Google's text ads, *are* ads, Web advertising will get kicked down another notch.

    Text ad blindness can't follow too far behind banner blindness, can it?

  12. Re:What? on New York's Oldest ISP Gets Domain-Jacked · · Score: 1

    What are you talking about?

  13. skeptical, but I loved this book on Getting Things Done · · Score: 1

    This is probably the only book of this genre that I really felt good about having read. The idea of getting everything little thing you have to do written down, filed, and out of your head is very useful. Well, what was I about to do...

  14. This is not cool on Free Software Magazine Inaugural Issue Released · · Score: 1

    This really should have been a front-page article. The magazine looks really nice and has good articles in it. Disclaimer: I wrote one of them.

  15. Robin Willioms books on Art Tips For Programmers? · · Score: 1

    Robin Williams has several great design books that help the beginner. This one is really good...so are the others.

  16. Opinions Vary on How Tomcat Works · · Score: 1

    I actually think that cover is elegant.

  17. Re:The more you know about ANYTHING on How Journalists Distort Science with Balance · · Score: 1

    Very important idea you bring up. I would add that this principle becomes very evident when you are the topic of an article. My bet is that anyone who makes the news with some regularity is highly skeptical of the contents in the morning paper. As a former science reporter, I can tell you that scientists are often loathe to explain their work even though publicity is good for them. They just know you're going to misrepresent it your trying not to.

  18. Mathforge RSS on Cool RSS Feeds? · · Score: 1

    Plugging my own site: Mathforge math news feed

  19. Re:My opinion on that Superbowl halftime show.. on White House Lied About Iraq Nuclear Programs · · Score: 1

    Let's not be disingenuous here. After all, who sucks on silverware as a precursor to ejaculation?

  20. Only if you buy into the misconception on Would You Hire A Hacker? · · Score: 1

    The management people interested in hiring previously malacious hackers are barking up the wrong tree. Shady hacking isn't necessarily smarter hacking. Demonstrating successful security skills, for example, is no less impressive than breaking into a system.

  21. Interop, Just Easier? on AOL Will Not Support Sender-ID · · Score: 3, Insightful

    When will Microsoft just say, "Oh look, honest interoperability is easier than wrestling for control all the time"? Could that happen? It just makes sooo much sense.

  22. Re:What's it like on Ask RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser · · Score: 1

    I second this. It's great and fits in with everything you expect on your shiny Gnome desktop. Let's hope it stays that way!

  23. It's an ADDITION to common reference resources on Wikipedia != Authoritative? · · Score: 1

    The Syracuse article was very poorly reasoned and presented. Nonetheless, it is true that allowing anyone to edit leads to a _certain_ kind of credibility degradation. The point of Wikipedia is that it allows a _certain_ kind of credibility enhancement that formal sources cannot offer. The credibility comes from the concept of many hands and eyeballs doing the work. You know, cathedral vs. bazaar--it's amazing how the analogy extends.

  24. The logic of Open Source on The Future of the Software Industry · · Score: 1

    In stark contrast to other industrial products, software has no natural repurchase cycle.

    That sentence is a major reason Free and Open Source software are becoming status quo.

  25. Big ol' computer on Akamai -- The Other Huge Distributed System · · Score: 1

    I hope Google really is, as the rumors state, going to go nuts creating grid-type apps for general consumption. I have no idea what they might do, but it will bode well for Linux. Now, how's Windows doing in the grid field?