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  1. Childrens rights? on Wozniak Unveils WozNet · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Not in the US, anyway.

    The Convention on the Rights of the Child is the most widely accepted human rights treaty - of all the United Nations member states, only the United States and the collapsed state of Somalia have not ratified it. The United States continues to lead a defensive action against Children's human Rights lobbying against further measures designed to protect children - most recently against efforts to stop the use of child soldiers.
  2. Re:Nothing too impressive on New Red Hat Linux Beta: Severn · · Score: 1

    Ok, but you can just setup mutt to read your mail as local files. I do this at work, where my mail is stored as normal mailbox files, and then "exported" with IMAP. I have no idea how IMAP is setup though, since I'm not running the server.

    Should speed up parsing of your inbox quite significantly I would guess.

  3. Re:Nothing too impressive on New Red Hat Linux Beta: Severn · · Score: 1

    Why do you use IMAP if it's on the same machine?

  4. I don't want to be a killjoy on Dutch Experimental IPv6 MP3 Stream Relay · · Score: 0

    But who actually listens to MP3 streams anyway?

    There must be thousands of wannabe dj's for every listener. If they're automated streams, then what's the point if it isn't something really special (like Spamradio or Nectarine).

    Are there any technical benefits by using IPv6 over IPv4 btw? Something about frame sizes or something?

  5. Seriously on Cell Phones on Commercial Flights by 2006? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why are everybody so strung up about this?

    Are you all flying more than 100 times each year? Are all your flights transatlantic, or even longer? Are you so indespensible to your company that it would be a disaster if you were out of reach for some hours?

    I fly a lot, and the last thing I need is sitting next to a jabbering idiot for hours without end. It's already a pain in cinema theaters and public places like restaurants.

    If you happen to be a compulsive jabber, please consider your surroundings and get a phone that doesn't require you to SHOUT INTO IT.

  6. Spamradio on Mojib Ribbon Game Promises Musical Spam · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Been there, done that.


    Check out Spamradio.


    Great fun, with great music from Mono.

  7. Re:What happened to free enterprise? on North Carolina Fights Back Against Lexmark · · Score: 0, Insightful

    Yeah, free markets are nice. The US has killed a lot of people for their free market ideology.

    But when it comes to steel, there shall be no fucking free market.

    Hypocrites.

  8. Here we go again on North Carolina Fights Back Against Lexmark · · Score: -1, Troll

    I love you America, I love you. You're crazy, but I love you.

    DMCA, haha. Well I'll be damned.

  9. Re:Why is everyone hatin' on Microsoft? on Microsoft Wins Homeland Security Contract · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's not "hatin' on" it's just "hating".

    I didn't bother to read your post after reading that stupid subject. Please fix in the future to be.

  10. Pointless article on TRON: The Unknown Open-Source? · · Score: 1

    Where are the screenshots? I can't find any, not on the linked article, nor on the official Tron pages.

    I think I'll stick to Linux running Ximian desktop 2 for now.

  11. Gee on The IT Market: Cyclical Downturn or New World Order? · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Look who's fucking talking.

    First you yanks almost get us all killed in "nucular" armageddon, then you spread your venom all over the globe for decades with no end in sight. All in the crusade for free markets.

    And now.. now that cheap labour in India and cheap steel from Europe is threatening you, then you start bitching and complaining. Raising toll barriers and all.

    And for the record, I'm not against free markets, I'm just sick and tired of American hipocrisy.

    Face it. What the USA do, you do because it benefits you. You're not shining white knights. You are cutthroat egomaniacs, willing to go to any length just to keep your average 3.5 SUVs per household.

  12. What? Who cares? on All The Rave · · Score: 1

    Napster and it's ilk were never and are still not anything but mass distribution of culture of the lowest common denominator.

    I seriously don't get why people are so thrilled to download Britney Spears, Puff Daddy or REM. Music you can get at your local supermarket for a fiver anyway.

    If people were using it to get hold of that 100 copies Aphex record, the latest Tom Jenkinson smasher months before it's released, or even hard to get classical/contemporary music like Ligeti or Ruyichi Sakamoto, then I would understand it.

  13. Re:Broadcasting C64 programs over the air on Tulip to Relaunch C64 · · Score: 1

    Just a little nitpick. It's not they, it's him. He's Richard D. James.

  14. Re:IT is indeed dying in the US on Evangelizing OSS in the Caribbean · · Score: 1

    factors are to blame:

    America just can't cut it anymore

    The empire is dwindling

    Average intelligence of Americans citizens at an all time low

    Britney Spears is the number one role model for our children

    Americans are retards

  15. Re:When I can track my own stolen car on GPS Slowly Changing How Things Are Done · · Score: 1

    Easy, I've done this with my boat.

    Get an old cheap laptop, gps pcmcia card, a GSM phone and a phone-pc cable. Hook it up to your mascot dc ac converter.

    Make a tiny script to send the coordinates and run it with "scheduled tasks" every 60 minutes or so.

    Easy, and very cheap (less than a dollar a day, if your sms charge is sane).

  16. E is already taken on Latest Proposals for C++0x · · Score: 1

    It's one of Wouter van Oortmerssens many languages.

    The logo is a nice little mdma e.

  17. Re:Here's what it does... on OSI Announces Open Source Awards · · Score: 1

    Isn't PostgreSQL publically available?

  18. Re:Who cares? on Record Labels Looking for a Cut of Tour Revenues · · Score: 1

    If your goal in life is to be a stinking rich "artist", "star" or whatever, then you'll have to sign a deal with the devil. It's as simple as that. I don't understand why you all have to victimize the gold diggers that they are.

    Musicians on the other hand, make deals with smaller, more sane companies (no I'm not talking about "indie" or whatever you Americans call anything that's not on Warner or Sony, there are a lot of smaller record companies not owned by big corporations).

  19. First hand proof on Marriage May Tame Genius · · Score: 1

    Just look at the state of Slashdot after that Taco character married.

  20. Exactly why on Record Labels Looking for a Cut of Tour Revenues · · Score: 1

    is this so outrageous?

    I don't get it all. Somebody signed a stupid contract, so what? And who cares about "artists" anyway?

    If it were musicians then maybe I could share you outrage.

  21. I'm not new to Perl on Perl 5.8.1 RC1 Released · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    But from the responses here I can tell that a lot of people care about it.

  22. Re:Passion is the key - if you're passionate, rele on "Quick 'n Dirty" vs. "Correct and Proper"? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You sure you actually improved it then?

    Clearing major changes with your cowworkers is generally a good thing.

  23. The obvious answer on "Quick 'n Dirty" vs. "Correct and Proper"? · · Score: 1

    But not an answer that will appeal to most people.

    You make it quick and dirty while on the companys time, but you think it through so that an elegant solution isn't far away.

    Then, out of pride in your work and your legacy in general, you make it elegant on your free time. Just be sure to get credit in the headers.

  24. Well on "Quick 'n Dirty" vs. "Correct and Proper"? · · Score: 1, Funny

    Who doesn't like it quick and dirty?

    This isn't the only aspect of life where quick and dirty is superior. If you stop to think about it, most things feel better when done quick and dirty. At least dirty, I know I like it dirty anyway.

    You know the kind of dirty that you won't get on afternoon tv, passions, etc. Know what I mean? And I'm not talking pay tv in a hotel dirty either, I'm talking real life forbidden in 49 states dirty. Huhu. Yeah, that's it, I knew you dug it.

  25. I won't be impressed on Real-World Hyperlinks · · Score: 1

    till they come up with some real life instant meta redirect tags.

    Or maybe real life div's.. drool.