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  1. Re:A more interesting question on Apple Rejects Nine Inch Nails iPhone App · · Score: 1

    He was saying that church going people who normally are strong republican voters would rather violate that preference than see any adult content. There was nothing wrong with the grammar or logic in that sentence, though a bit stereotypical in nature.

  2. More Grammar on Time To Cut the Ethernet Cable? · · Score: 1

    Why must we endure grammar on here ?
    There are so many reasons for grammar to be a "Convenience" over a
    practical default it boggles the mind. I miss the good old days before the hype
    got the better or preogress or speling....

  3. Re:Sure they do! :) on Forensics Tool Finds Headerless Encrypted Files · · Score: 1

    That's why you use SELinux with auditing turned on to track those that do not want to be tracked. Mu ha ha ha

  4. Re:Just block IE from your site. on Firefox Beta Scores 93 On Acid3 Test · · Score: 1

    If you have ten good sites, then yes. If Amazon, google, facebook, Yahoo, ebay,wikipedia, youtube, flickr,cnn, nytimes all refuse a specific browser, then THAT is leverage my friend.

  5. Re:Inevitable post recommending Foxit Reader on Adobe Confirms PDF Zero-Day, Says Kill JavaScript · · Score: 1

    Neither HTML nor RTF can really even do complex layouts with embedded images in a single file.

    RTF, No. HTML, yes. Or would you not consider Google App's spreadsheet to be complex? Images can be embedded in cdata tags. Its not easy or really recommended, but possible.

  6. Re:Does it work only with human hair? on New Food-Growth Product a Bit Hairy · · Score: 1

    I would suspect that human hair would be cheaper as there isn't any other use for it.

  7. Re:Weight problems? on Russian Manned Space Vehicle May Land With Rockets · · Score: 1

    Well, nothing in space is cheap. But we are currently using the cheapest methods of moving materials, or in the process of moving to cheaper methods. I think the Shuttle isn't very cheap when used to move raw materials, but there are somethings that only it is able to put in space due to size/weight of a discrete object.

    I think you are trying to invent the space elevator/gun or what not. Which sounds like a good idea. Go for it. Let me know when its operational, and I'll send a bottle of Sparking wine.

  8. Re:Not a hard prediction on Twitter Considered Harmful To Swine-Flu Panic · · Score: 1

    Here is a not so well kept secret, the government sucks at keeping secrets.

  9. Re:There's also precident in international law on Should the US Go Offensive In Cyberwarfare? · · Score: 1

    Well, If it makes you feel any better, children also died in many, many other bombing runs during WW2. But, really it was an all out war. The Israeli - Palestinian Conflict is not an all out War. But both sides still kill innocents using the other sides misdeeds as justification. If it really makes a difference, the Israeli army doesn't kill as many innocent people as it could if it really tried, you couldn't say the same about Hamas/Hezbollah/PLO.

  10. Re:At the risk of being modded down on Town Fights Cricket Plague With Led Zeppelin · · Score: 1

    Yes, yes. Obviously. But the differences between the African American proto Rock and Led Zeppelin/Who is much bigger than that of say the White Stripes and the Who. They didn't invent it out of nothing in a vacuum, but its very distinct from its origins. I do not mean to trivialize the works they built upon. Robert Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson,Bessie Smith, LedBelly! They are awesome artists that do not get enough respect. But what they did is not the same as Zeppelin. I can understand why one could like Early Blues and dislike Modern Rock. And I could understand how someone could love Modern Rock and not Blues. I cannot understand someone who loves Modern Rock and not Zeppelin, they're virtually the same.

  11. Re:At the risk of being modded down on Town Fights Cricket Plague With Led Zeppelin · · Score: 1

    I would go a s far as saying that if you hate Led Zeppelin, then you don't like Rock. Any strain of Modern Rock can be traced back to them and / or the Who.

  12. Re:Impossible!!! on Why Digital Medical Records Are No Panacea · · Score: 1

    I know you were a ceo, but come on. You did not have functional 'voice to text' working in the late eighties. Its an incredibly difficult task, that the state of the art software we have today doesn't do a good enough job for me to write a letter to my mom, let alone interpret a doctor's accented latin tinged pharmacological dialect.

    Yes it should have been solved yesterday I agree completely with the rest of your post. What happened with the company? Is the software still in use? If not, why not?

  13. Re:Not a hard prediction on Twitter Considered Harmful To Swine-Flu Panic · · Score: 1

    Why are you convinced paranormal abilities exist? Where is that one out a million that can remotely view things reliably? Where is that empath that can change crowds moods? Where is that one person who's predictions are too spot on? They don't exist. If they did, they'd be famous & rich or at least have a giant vegas show.

  14. Re:controversial to interview participants? on Konami Cuts and Runs From Iraq War Game · · Score: 1

    I did. Not close.

  15. Re:controversial to interview participants? on Konami Cuts and Runs From Iraq War Game · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well, this idiot strongly disagrees with the notion that war simulation games represent any form of art more significant than a Dwayne Johnson Film. Make a game that rivals this, then get back to me.

  16. Re:It all depends. on Will Oracle Keep Funding Sun's Pet Java Projects? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Well, They specifically said that they were going to keep funding mysql already, while specifically saying that they weren't going to comment on the future of open office. So I think that says something.

  17. Re:Priorities! on US Declares Public Health Emergency Over Swine Flu · · Score: 1

    Right, but those are steady, well established ways of dying. This is new and has the potential to increase. There isn't much more the government can do to dramatically change those death rates in a short period of time. It can prevent a new form of death from becoming worse. So that's what its doing.

    Think of it this way: If someone in your family started to gamble compulsively, would you wait until they were spending more money than your mortgage? Or would you try and stop it before it got to that point?

  18. Re:Switching to Postgres on Oracle Top Execs Answer Sun Employee Questions · · Score: 1

    I guess if stored procedures are a killer feature for you then mysql probably isn't the right db. I'm not a big fan of stored procedures. I've seen too many abuses of them. It sort of reminds me of the whole SCO fud. My boss at the time refused to let us use Linux on our servers, because we might get sued, or Linux might be killed if Sco won. He just out thought himself without realizing the truth that a popular open source product, does not dissipate overnight. Mysql might develop some alternative distributions, but that doesn't prevent anyone from using it.

  19. Re:Why Hedge on Open Office? on Oracle Top Execs Answer Sun Employee Questions · · Score: 1

    Good question. But, I think it was more important for them to reaffirm Mysql support. With all the rumor an innuendo that's been flying about. Open Office Development is pretty much confined to Sun from what I remember hearing. Its important to us all, but they don't need to say anything now to prevent developer mindshare from gathering behind a non sun branch of open office, but they do for Mysql. Now within mysql I wouldn't be surprised if they axed the falcon engine, now that mySql and inodb are under the same umbrella. Despite what Mysql was saying I can't imagine another reason for developing Falcon, other than an alternative for innodb.

  20. Re:So many things wrong with the summary. on Sun Announces New MySQL, Michael Widenius Forks · · Score: 1

    Well, the semantics between a branch and a fork are confusing, but his branch/fork was born before the take over talks .

  21. So many things wrong with the summary. on Sun Announces New MySQL, Michael Widenius Forks · · Score: 1

    Monty had already forked Mysql, after he left Sun but before the Oracle announcement. Word to the wise, don't actually base any decisions off of a slashdot summary.

  22. Re:Sorry dudes... on Yamaha Unveils Golf Cart Powered By Cow Dung · · Score: 1

    What? A weekly trip to the supermarket for fishsticks isn't a part of a woman's biological cycle? Gasp! Oh, the painful shock being told something I was pretending not to know!

    How shall I live... What shall I do..

    What happens if she stops buying them? Will other frozen sticks of food even work? Chicken sticks? Beef Sticks? What if the fish she buys next, isn't stick shaped? Would a fish Isosceles triangle work?

    And also, what about the daily foot massages? Are those really necessary to keep the blood returning to her head?

  23. Re:Sorry dudes... on Yamaha Unveils Golf Cart Powered By Cow Dung · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No Kidding.

    I'm going to power my bike tomorrow with fish sticks, a renewable resource conveniently located in my freezer. The natural cycle of womanhood seems to automatically withdraw funds from our checking account and deposit fresh fish sticks in the freezer on a weekly schedule. Like the tides, or the changing of seasons, the reasons for this cycle are not readily explainable to us mere men, we can only gaze upon the glory of Mother nature and wonder at her boundless bounty.

  24. Reality on Windows 7 Starter Edition — 3 Apps Only · · Score: 1

    As much fun as it is to predict consumer outrage, and assume Linux wins as default. The reality is that OEM's are just as smart as we are. They won't put this on any mainstream mass produced hardware. They'll threaten to switch back to Linux on netbooks, in order to keep the price they pay for a fully functional version of windows down.

  25. Re:Bad news for MySQL on Oracle Buys Sun · · Score: 2, Informative

    To name a few who have already worked on various patches/forks of mysql...

    Percona
    Google
    Mariadb