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  1. Re:Does filtering really work? on Interview with AT&T on BitTorrent Filtering · · Score: 1

    I suspect they must think its possible. I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for them to divulge their methodology. They might consider it a key competitive advantage> Plus, divulging it would give those who would seek to avoid the filter some ideas on how to avoid it.

  2. Re:Something bigger/faster on MacBook Air's Battery is Actually Easy to Replace · · Score: 1

    True. But remind me again what the point of it is. Light weight? Looks cool? I think its a rather niche product, its portability is negated by its lack of things built in ( ethernet, Dvd drive, ect). I think its going to meet the same fate as the Mac Cube.

  3. Re:Could be worse on World of Warcraft Gold Limit Reached, It's 2^31 · · Score: 1

    Good point, at least they wrote something to prevent the rollover.

  4. I know its so tempting on FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE Now Available · · Score: 1

    I fear however that most of the apps like those in the LAMP stack are being optimized for Linux. The threading situation on BSD used to be a nightmare. I agree 7.0 looks awesome. I'm amazed and grateful for all the developers that kept hope alive. I'll find a use for it somewhere.

  5. Re:FTFA on MapReduce — a Major Step Backwards? · · Score: 1

    People have funny beliefs about things they don't completely understand, especially with technology. By "network based" he probably is referring to some asinine criteria that is most likely not related to any network thats ever existed or could ever exist, like routing the requested based on the evil bit of the packet.

  6. Re:Pretty obvious really on State of US Science Report Shows Disturbing Trends · · Score: 1

    Well, if these Indians and Chinese are US citizens, then they *are* American breakthroughs and patents.

  7. Re:Why bother? on Microsoft Says VBA Is Here To Stay · · Score: 1

    It raises the cost and complexity of using the mac platform. Crossover isn't free, nor is parallels.

  8. Re:earthed? on New Dell Laptops Give Users a Literal Shock · · Score: 1

    Well, when you type transaction all day in your code, it tends to leatransactionk out in all of your transaction communicatransaction.

  9. earthed? on New Dell Laptops Give Users a Literal Shock · · Score: 1

    I've never heard it put that way before. In US English, we use the word "grounded". Is that a bad transaction from a non native speaker, or is there some place that they use the word earth instead of ground?

  10. Re:Srsly on Oracle Buys BEA · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the explanation. Somethings you just have to take apart, or build yourself to really understand. I've heard all of this before when talking about the possibilities of SOAP and web services in general.

  11. Re:Hmm on Oracle Buys BEA · · Score: 1

    The world has truly moved on. *sigh* I'm old. :-(

    Thats what Bea Arther said!

  12. Re:Srsly on Oracle Buys BEA · · Score: 1

    is their enterprise service bus (ESB) which provides a web services infrastructure

    I think I completely understand each individual word in that sentence, but I have no idea what it means as a collective sentence. How does an ESB providing a web service infrastructure differ from say the AMP part of the LAMP stack? A web server? A Java Server? A bunch of libraries built to enforce business rules? A framework like Hibernate or Spring? I don't do enterprise wide things, so I don't understand many of the enterprise needs per say, so I apologize if I said something really stupid.

  13. Re:I don't believe it on 10-year-old Microsoft Ticket Resurfaces? · · Score: 1

    Ok, I sort of understand that, but how does any consumer know that some one calling them is legit and not a scam artist? The call I received recently was from my credit card company, but I wasn't late or over due. They finally relented and told me who the heck they were. They wanted to sell me additional services. I told them I would cancel my account, if they ever tried it again.

  14. Re:Srsly on Oracle Buys BEA · · Score: 4, Informative

    A marketing term for any piece of software that a user does not directly see, or alternatively any piece of software a journalist doesn't understand.

    In BEA's case there talking about Tuxedo ( distributed messaging/ queuing system), weblogic ( J2EE app Server) and aqualogic ( a compilation of buzzwords compliant programs that I don't understand).

  15. Re:I don't believe it on 10-year-old Microsoft Ticket Resurfaces? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, its a dead give away. I hang up instantly if the caller id is unknown, and nobody says anything when I pick up. If you are a telemarketer that wants my business rule #1 : Tell me who the F**k you are and why you want to speak to me before asking me to verify my identity. I'm not the one to hand out my social to every idiot that calls me and asks for it. Heck, even if you do tell me who you are, you still aren't getting it, but I'll be more polite.

  16. Re:Hendrik Meijer was a Dutch immigrant on Microsoft Will Stream Ads To Grocery Carts · · Score: 1

    I thought it might have been dutch. I mean no disrespect to any one of dutch heritage. It is not your fault, your language breaks my brain. I enjoy your festive attitude and admire your jump roping abilities.

  17. Re:I love those shell tv's on Microsoft Will Stream Ads To Grocery Carts · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but Mejiers has low prices on almost everthing. There like the less evil version of walmart or target. Or the up and comming evil beast. The one you don't understand its danger until it has you by the throat kind. Its the 4 mangos for a buck in the middle of winter in Illinois evil. Rarely seen, difficult to resist.

  18. Thats the microsoft curse. on Microsoft Will Stream Ads To Grocery Carts · · Score: 1

    There products never break when you want them to. With my luck the shopping cart will be the one product they make that never breaks, probably due to three stooges syndrome .

  19. I love those shell tv's on Microsoft Will Stream Ads To Grocery Carts · · Score: 2, Insightful

    seriously. There well done. Its not all ads, there are news and wheather shorts as well. I listen to sirus radio all day and surf the web w/adblocker, so they are jsut aobut the only ads I see. And also the only local tv I see either. I have all of the day to spend with my thoughts I don't mind being entertained briefly.

    Now if you want to see advertising at its most crass, and annoylingly blatant I suggust you look at miejers ( never know how to spell that, what the heck is a J doing in the middle of the word. Seriously.) Tv's showing ads for their products at checkup. You have to wait in line because they don't hire enough people and just stand there while they tell you how to combine three different crappy processed to hell kraft foods into some stomach turningly insane caserol that your get your kids into Harvard, and zombify your husband.

    Rant ...almost complete

    SHell is good, mjeijers bad!!

    Rant complete

  20. Reinfecting gen Y are we? on CES 2008 Hall of Shame · · Score: 1

    Well, you whipper snappers, when I was in school half the web looked like that. And actually time cube was still there as well. Its old and funny, but also sad. I did converse with Gene briefly, but he really can't be helped. Luckily, his insanity is mostly harmless. Just don't invite him to your university to speak, any attention just makes it worse.

  21. Re:Are paper ballots involved? on Open Source Voting Software Success · · Score: 1

    It does look fishy

    well the full recount will happen January 16th So we'll get to the bottom of that. I personally think we won't find any grand conspiracy, but it will be good to just show people that sometimes things aren't exactly as they seem. Sometimes polls are off, and strange weird little things happen during elections that can only be attributed to random chance, rather than malice. We still, need to minimize any and all errors, sometimes they really screw things up Florida style.

  22. Re:Another one? on EU Launches Yet Another Antitrust Probe Into Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Let me think.. There is a version of XP for European markets that doesn't include Media Player. They also published some more detailed specs on the api, and some windows networking protocols. There was also a version that didn't have a Java virtual machine, or was required to have the sun virtual machine, or something like that. Nothing thats been earth shattering. I have a little hard time thinking that any remedy in any court, short of breaking up the company, will have much of a real impact on its market share in any market.

  23. Form a colilition government. on What Would You Do As President? · · Score: 1

    I'd organize real debates about the issues, inviting multiple participants from various backgrounds to try and completely understand the issues. Then and only then would I do anything. I'd also teleconference with the 50 governors to get their input on the challenges each state faces, and what if any role the federal government should have. So its not so much what I would do but how I would do it.

  24. Re:Look on the bright side on Helium Crisis Approaching · · Score: 1

    K, at an Obama rally they are so shocked at not being depressed, that they completely forget to float.

    and in the spirit of bipartisanship ...

    At a Huckabee rally, They don't fall either. Chuck Norris pulls the ground up to meet them.

  25. Re:Look on the bright side on Helium Crisis Approaching · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, they are filled with helium, but after the speeches they've just given up all hope and are too depressed to float anymore.