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  1. Re:Recycling != Disposal on Whose Burden is it to Recycle Computers? · · Score: 1

    Recycling is NOT always profitable. Yes, most anything can be recycled. The problem is the energy cost. Some recycling setups actually burn more energy than making the product new. Not to mention the sorting and transportation costs associated with recycling. Not saying that recycling is a bad thing at all, but sometimes it doesn't make economic or environmental sense.

  2. Re:No, but seriously... on Whose Burden is it to Recycle Computers? · · Score: 1

    Until you start getting bum-fights over who gets the better receptacles. I'm putting $5 on Hobo Hank in the 2nd round.

  3. Re:Needs new caption on POV-Ray Competition Winners · · Score: 1

    First off it's spelled "interstellar". Secondly, it's pretty obvious that it's celebrating human accomplishments and innovation. But I suppose subtelety and symbolism are lost on you.
    I'll bet you're probably one of those that though the Native Americans were wonderful stewards of the land (notice that I'm using the past-tense), rather than simply dumping all their broken pots and such all over the place, then moving on. The only reason things aren't trashed more is because they used mostly organic materials.

  4. Re:Its only the bad things we head about? on Safari vs. KHTML · · Score: 0, Troll

    The thing is, the KDE guys did Apple a favor, and DID make it easy for them to get at the code. Apple just spit on their courtesy by just releasing their monolithic patches. That's what people are pissed about. Not legality, not anything other than Apple code releases just generally not being of much use in the form they're released in, especially after the OSS guys did so much to help them.

  5. Re:Another question on Safari vs. KHTML · · Score: -1, Troll

    Some twit just wrote a blurb at apple. If it was anyone with any technical sense, they'd know that it was Objective C. C++ IS an objective language. Objective C is the abortion of a language that Apple uses all over the place.
    It's sour grapes because the KDE/KHTML guys did a lot of work to let Apple have usable access to the code for KHTML, more than just a code dump, and then Apple does the opposite, which is a bare-minimum release of the code that's a pain in the ass to re-integrate because it's not even separate patches, it's one gigantorific patch that the KDE guys have to go through almost line by line to tell which parts will work and which won't.
    Stop being an apologist. The KDE/KHTML guys aren't upset about the release of the code, either. They're just tired of everyone thinking Apple is some kind of benevolent group working with them for the betterment of the world, because they aren't. Apple is a corporation working to make money, period, and they aren't being overly generous or cooperative.

  6. Re:Uh...yeah on Maureen O'Gara No Longer Welcome at LinuxWorld · · Score: 1

    Because he made a link ;) Learn well young padawan, slashdot mods are easily willed by shiny links all over the damn place.

  7. Re:Killjoys on Mathematicians Become Hollywood Consultants · · Score: 1

    Go take a physics class. It's because that much energy is concentrated in one small point that it causes damage. If that man moving at that speed only impacted you with the tip of say, a stick, it'd still hurt pretty badly. Not to mention the impulse and all kinds of other fun things.

  8. Re:Need an easy workaround? on Phishers Using Keystroke Loggers · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Whereas the rest of us who have lives outside of cancelled shows and our mom's basements will just keep our computers secure.

  9. Re:Weee, another publicity-drenched waste of time on Hack IIS6 Contest · · Score: 1

    First off, the word is "moron". You should be familiar with that. Secondly, the more publicity, the theoretically more complex and powerful attacks people will throw at this. No, it's not proof that a server is secure. But it is strong evidence that it's at least a decent base. Or it shows new holes. I'm not an IIS apologist, I don't really like Windows, I use Apache for all my stuff, but I think you're mixing up theory with practice. Sometimes something can be practical while not adhering strictly to theory.

  10. Re:Microsoft is relentless on Gates on Google · · Score: 1

    Google is complacent and getting too full of themselves because... they aren't continually coming out with new products and software and innovations/evolutions? News to me.

  11. Re:Are WineHQ and CoderWavers enermies? on WineConf 2005 Sets Deadline for Wine 0.9 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Not CodeWeavers. They're good people, they do Crossover office and such. Mostly at Transgaming, who do the Cedega stuff (no longer WineX)

  12. Re:reboots? on The Future of Windows Graphic Technology · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There are some silly people out there that run Windows servers... it'd be nice to update to a more stable graphics driver without a full reboot. But that's just conjecture, as I have no Windows servers, and like it that way.

  13. Re:I don't know why this is so deviceive on The Truth About Linux and Windows · · Score: 1

    You wrote your own? Is there any place you have it published/listed? Because I have a lot of series ripped to disk, and it's a pain in the ass navigating them, and what you have sounds perfect for what I want...

  14. Re:Chance for someone to karma whore... on AMD Dual-Core Performance Revealed · · Score: 1

    Only if you are using the AMD dual-core processors. Intel's still use the FSB to communicate between the cores. It's literally just two cores just shoved onto one die.

  15. Re:Ever wonder if it's a limitation? on Gordon Moore: Moore's Law is Dead · · Score: 1

    While they sell the 16GHz processors to the CIA for their black helicopters?

  16. Re:Even if we make processors with 600+ GHz... on Experimental Transistor Breaks 600 Gigahertz · · Score: 1

    Or how about you even read the whole blurb and realize they had it at 604GHz? Sheesh, people here not only don't RTFA, but they can't be bothered to get to the last sentence of a paragraph.

  17. Re:What's the ROE for it, though? on Experimental Transistor Breaks 600 Gigahertz · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Assuming it's all about network communications and storage. I'm guessing you've never done any graphical apps with your machine. Those eat CPU's for lunch. I can peg even the fastest consumer machines available now with some of the stuff I work with. Just depends on what you do.

  18. Re:What God made, we might not fully understand on Early Earth Atmosphere Favourable to Life · · Score: 1

    Ok, I have just a little issue to take with this troll... God's story hasn't changed at all? God used to be in the clouds. Now we know what's in the clouds, so he's moved elsewhere.
    And Einstein didn't believe in God. He was agnostic (though only stated so indirectly), and if I were ambitious, I would dig up quotes to that effect. I just read a book of his writings and speeches.

  19. Re:What God made, we might not fully understand on Early Earth Atmosphere Favourable to Life · · Score: 1
    Probably not so many now that the first reply calls it a troll.

    If the shoe fits...
  20. Re:Installation woes on The State of Laptop Linux In 2005 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Or unable, due to licensing restrictions in their driver code. I've heard ATI and NVidia developers would love nothing more than to just open source their drivers. It'd be a big, nasty monkey off their back. But they can't because of some of the technology that they license from other companies. It's not lack of desire that's preventing this, it's lack of legality with current IP agreements.
    I mean, just look at what ATI has done with getting the older Radeon's supported with OS drivers. They have released a lot of info.

  21. Re:Imagining Windows as Open Source on A Perspective on Microsoft's Shared Source · · Score: 1

    I have one thing to say to this:
    Do you expect your sedan to be able to haul the same things as a dump truck? Sometimes things are just too big, and you can't cut them down into parts. Or it takes longer to haul. Ratpoison and fluxbox are a pain for many basic users to administrate. Unfortunately, with new features, you just have a bigger load to carry. Period.

  22. Re:Imagining Windows as Open Source on A Perspective on Microsoft's Shared Source · · Score: 1

    So why should MS spend money to support someone that won't give them any? Use Linux, use older software that works on the older machines. This seems like a wanting your cake and wanting to eat it too situation.

  23. Re:It's the business practices on Microsoft Silently Backs Favorable Presentation at RSA · · Score: 1

    Not necessarily. I think it's mostly because the sales team is also desiging the products. They just go with what is shiny, not with what is best.

  24. Re:Bryan has too much time on his hands on New Longhorn Screenshots And Schedule · · Score: 1

    You've never use MS Word, have you? 65k is small for a document that only has "Hello World" in it

  25. Re:Less than prison is ineffective?? on First Swede Prosecuted For File Sharing · · Score: 1

    It's easier to control people in a monoculture. You can't walk across the street and find yourself in little Italy, and then cross another street and be in the ghetto, then cross yet another and then come to an hispanic neighborhood anywhere in Sweden. America has a lot of cultures all trying to coexist. Wanna know something REALLY interesting? Look at this site
    Guess who's higher than the US in per-capita crime? Oh, wait... The UK. And Finland. And Denmark. Get off your high horse. I know American bashing is all the rage now, but you're still an idiot.