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  1. Re:A serious question on Mozilla: Following In Sun's Faltering Footsteps? · · Score: 1

    Chrome has been the most used web browser for the last couple of years:
    http://www.w3schools.com/brows...

  2. Re:Wow... Just "no". on Healthcare.gov Sends Personal Data To Over a Dozen Tracking Websites · · Score: 1

    The government is not evening getting paid for the paid for the personal information! They are giving it away for free due to sloppy coding, such as using GET for form posting which leaks all of the fieldname/value pairs to the third party sites via the referrer header.

    Then again, there could be some side deal, but from everything else that has happened with the Healthcare.gov website I think that it was just really poor design.

  3. Re: Fire all the officers? on Once Again, Baltimore Police Arrest a Person For Recording Them · · Score: 1

    I think the AC above is referring to these articles:
    https://www.google.com/search?...

  4. Re:Put a stop to this one early... on AT&T Playing Hardball With Apple? · · Score: 1

    Actually Apple has a little more cash than Google. Apple has 15.39 billion and Google has 14.97 billion.
    Apple: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=Aapl
    Google: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=Goog


  5. Re:Why Apple? on Java 6 Available on OSX Thanks to Port of OpenJDK · · Score: 1

    No, that is not the way that it works. Sun choose to have a general release of the JDK (openjdk) under the GPL - since they still own the code they can choose to license it to others under different terms than the GPL - much the same way that MySQL has done their releases. IBM, HP (for True64 / OpenVMS port), Apple - still have their paid licenses in tact. Don't let GPL hysteria scare you. If you own the code (or force contributors to turn their rights to the code over to you) there is no limit on the number of different ways you can license your code to others. Even the Mozilla foundation releases their code under many different licenese to make it compatible with different projects (Mozilla Public License, version 1.1 or later, GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later, and GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or later).

  6. Re:Why Apple? on Java 6 Available on OSX Thanks to Port of OpenJDK · · Score: 1

    Apple took over the port from Sun many years back. Sun lent them a few employees, but it was Apple's responsibility to keep the port up to date. Java seems to no longer be a priority for Apple, and many of the Apple devs that were quite helpful on Apple's Java Dev Forum seem to have left the company or were moved to other projects. My guess is that PPC users may never see a port of Java 6 and that the most functional Java 6 port for Intel Mac users will come from the BSD port. Depending on IBM developers PPC users may see a working port of the openjdk.

  7. Re:Finally! on Steve Jobs Announces iPhone SDK · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I don't have an iPhone, but my guess is that meebo probably works in Safari:
    http://wwwm.meebo.com/

  8. Re:The law needs to clarify things like this on Turned Off iPhone Gets $4800 Bill from AT&T · · Score: 1

    I have a CDMA phone, and my phone always travels with me. Often times I need my phone while getting to/from my port of departure. Additionally, my phone also contains all of my contacts, to do lists, notes, and other downloaded texts that I may need; so I don't have to carry my laptop at all times.

  9. Re:AT&T Growing Pains on Turned Off iPhone Gets $4800 Bill from AT&T · · Score: 2, Informative

    Thats because Verizon is smart, and only sends the billing summary for each of the phones (the summary contains the breakout for each major category of charge, voice, data, sms, etc). You can then get access to log of every charge by going on-line, and selecting the phone.

  10. Re:Why is this odd? on NASA Fires Astronaut · · Score: 5, Informative

    According to NASA the felony investigation is only a fraction of the problem. She is technically on lone from the Navy - which means that she is only allowed to work in certain roles that the Navy has pre-authorized for her. Since she can not participate in those roles, due to her current legal obligations (shes not allowed outside of Houston), there is nothing that she can do within NASA. Henceforth, NASA has no choice other than releasing her.

  11. Re:Misguided or simply lazy on 30 Days With Ubuntu Linux · · Score: 3, Informative

    As I said in the original post - all of this was a quick search. The drive listed above is CDR / DVD Rom. Its specs are:
    LITE-ON Black 16X DVD-ROM 52X CD-R 32X CD-RW 52X CD-ROM 2MB Cache IDE Combo

    Secondly, if you wanted a Serial ATA drive you could have one:
    Maxtor DiamondMax 20 STM380211AS 80GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
                Cache: 2MB
                Features: Robust design for system reliability Great value RoHS compliant
                Form Factor: 3.5"
                Labor: 3 years limited
                Parts: 3 years limited
            * Model #: STM380211AS
            * Item #: N82E16822144095
            * Return Policy: Limited 30-Day Return Policy
            * In Stock
            * 3 Business Day Shipping $5.94
            * Move item to Wish ListMove To Wish List
            * $42.99

    Its just $2 more expensive (And, yes, the above listed motherboard has 4 serial ATA slots).

    As I stated this was just a quick search. If I were actually trying I could build a much, much, cheaper box.

  12. Re:Misguided or simply lazy on 30 Days With Ubuntu Linux · · Score: 5, Informative

    Below is a PC for $332 - including Microsoft Vista. The price would probably be around $280 if I used multiple companies for the component parts. All of this is, is from NewEgg.

      Qty. Product Description Unit Price Savings Total Price
    1 Rosewill R103A Black SGCC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 350W Power Supply - Retail
    Model #: R103A
    Item #: N82E16811147010

    Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

    In Stock
            $30.99 -$5.00 Instant $25.99
    1 Foxconn K8S755A-6ELRS Socket 754 SiS 755 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
    Model #: K8S755A-6ELRS
    Item #: N82E16813186068

    Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

    In Stock
            $36.99 $36.99
    1 MSI MX4000-T64 DDR AGP 2X/4X Low Profile Video Card - Retail
    Model #: MX4000-T64
    Item #: N82E16814127128

    Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

    In Stock
            $23.99 $23.99
    1 AMD Sempron 64 2800+ Palermo 1.6GHz Socket 754 Processor Model SDA2800AIO3BX - OEM
    Model #: SDA2800AIO3BX
    Item #: N82E16819104244

    Return Policy: Processors (CPUs) Return Policy

    In Stock
            $27.00 $27.00
    1 WINTEC AMPO 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Desktop Memory Model 35145588-P - Retail
    Model #: 35145588-P
    Item #: N82E16820161615

    Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

    In Stock
            $33.99 $33.99
    1 Western Digital Caviar WD800BB 80GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive - OEM
    Model #: WD800BB
    Item #: N82E16822144102

    Return Policy: Limited 30-Day Return Policy

    In Stock
            $40.99 $40.99
    1 LITE-ON Combo Black IDE Model LH-52C1P-187 - Retail
    Model #: LH-52C1P-187
    Item #: N82E16827106058

    Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

    In Stock
            $23.99 $23.99
    1 Microsoft Windows Vista 32-Bit Home Premium for System Builders Single Pack DVD - OEM
    Model #: 66I-00715
    Item #: N82E16832116202

    Return Policy: Software Return Policy

    In Stock
            $119.99 $119.99
    Subtotal: $332.93

  13. Re:Legally Multiboot? on Apple Officially Releases Beta Dual Boot Loader · · Score: 1

    The 10GB is for the Windows Partition

  14. Re:Not sure what the article author is talking abo on HP Releases Linux-Based Notebook · · Score: 1


    You forgot Gentoo

  15. Re:Hard to verify out-of-state ID cards... on Schneier on National ID Cards, Key Escrow Locks, E-voting · · Score: 1

    I live in Wisconsin, and on several occasions been pulled over for traffic violations without my drivers license on my person. I have never had a police officer question the fact that I did not have my license with me, but I did have to answer additional questions to verify my identity with the officer.

    This would lead me to believe that, not having a government issued id on your person, is not a national law. I would also believe this to be in violation of your civil rights if it were a state law.

    Out of curiosity how are you supposed to go swimming if you have to carry your id with you?

  16. Its not as bad as it sounds on US Treasury to Post Previously Private Email Addresses Online · · Score: 1

    While the government shouldn't go back on its word regarding the posting of private information. They are stripping out headers from the messages and allowing indivduals who do not want their information posted to write in.

    This means that only people who felt the need to repeat their email address (or mailing address) in their message, and/or are ignoring the issue (as this has been postedin several areas) after submitting their comments will be affected by this decision.

    At least that is my take on it. Nasty, but not the end of the world

  17. Re:Looking for a PowerPC version on PCLinuxOS 2K4: Mandrake Meets The Live CD · · Score: 1

    Gentoo has a PPC Gnome/KDE LiveCD. You can purchase it here:
    http://store.gentoo.org/index.php?item=23&action=v iewitem for $10.

    Here is the link for the Gentoo Press Release:
    http://www.gentoo.org/news/20030603-ppclivecd.xml

  18. Re:Price? on G5 vs Opteron, Finally · · Score: 1

    If price is your primary concern then buy a refurbished Powermac G5 for $1,399.00

    Apple's refurbished products have the same warranty as their new products.

  19. Re:yup... on Time's Up: 2^30 Seconds Since 1970 · · Score: 1

    AlphaServers running Linux do not seem to be affected. Here is the output of an AlphaServer 4100 running RedHat 7.3:

    [xx@pabst xx]$ uname -a
    Linux pabst 2.4.18-27.7.x.hpsmp #1 SMP Mon May 12 23:40:14 EDT 2003 alpha unknown

    [xx@pabst xx]$ perl time.pl
    Tue Jan 19 03:14:01 2038
    Tue Jan 19 03:14:02 2038
    Tue Jan 19 03:14:03 2038
    Tue Jan 19 03:14:04 2038
    Tue Jan 19 03:14:05 2038
    Tue Jan 19 03:14:06 2038
    Tue Jan 19 03:14:07 2038
    Tue Jan 19 03:14:08 2038
    Tue Jan 19 03:14:09 2038
    Tue Jan 19 03:14:10 2038

  20. Re:heh? on 64-bit Linux On The Opteron · · Score: 2, Informative

    According to the Gentoo folks: "The 2.4.x kernel line is being deprecated for amd64. As of 2.4.23-pre7 devfs has been disabled (hardcoded in kernel), stating memory corruption as the reason. Please see this message on lkml for more info: Re: Oops linux 2.4.23-pre6 on amd64. We at gentoo have not experienced any such problems, but 2.4 is not a good solution on Gentoo without devfs." You can read more about Gentoo and Opteron here: http://dev.gentoo.org/~brad_mssw/amd64-tech-notes. html