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  1. Re:Jobs is happy with it? on Jobs Finally "Happy" With Unannounced Apple Tablet · · Score: 1

    iTunes is only available for a few select platforms...

  2. Re:free software and open source on Linus Calls Microsoft Hatred "a Disease" · · Score: 3, Funny

    They'll find Jobs when they call home.

  3. Re:File format! (Equation editor) on GDocs vs. ThinkFree vs. Zoho vs. MS Office · · Score: 1

    Have you tried latex2rtf? I don't know what it does with equations though...

  4. Re:Broadcom support? on Fedora 9 (Sulphur) Released · · Score: 1

    Well, I've been using fwcutter for my bcm4318 on a a Dell d810 in Fedora 9 (since like the first preview release), and it works more or less fine.

  5. Re:Registrations are up? on .su Lives On, Stronger Than Ever · · Score: 1

    lol.cat seems to be taken? :-/

  6. My NCAA predictor code had the same result! on Computer System Makes Best Sports Bets · · Score: 2, Funny

    Here's the code I used

    List pickFinalFour(Tournament tourney){
          List finalFour = new ArrayList();
          for (Division d : tourney){
                Team bestTeam = null;
                int minSeed = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
                for (Team t : d){
                      if (t.getSeed()minSeed){
                            minSeed = t.getSeed();
                            minSeed = team;
                      }
                }
                finalFour.add(bestTeam);
          }
          return finalFour;
    }

  7. Re:Popcorn anyone? on Last Year's CanSecWest Winner Repeats on Vista, Ubuntu Wins · · Score: 2, Informative

    8.04 will include SELinux, I think... AppArmor is already available afaict.

  8. Re:It has begun... on Safari 3.1 For Windows Violates Its Own EULA, Vulnerable To Hacks · · Score: 1

    Find anything that Rockbox supports... it'll support those formats... and let you play Doom!

  9. Re:How 'bout UC Berkeley? on Scholarships From FOSS Organizations? · · Score: 1

    If you're not from California, it's no cheaper than a private school. In fact, it's more expensive because private schools (like Stanford, where I go) are much more generous with financial aid.

  10. Re:Take that, Berkeley! on Pictorial Tour of World's Longest Linear Accelerator · · Score: 1

    Hey, at least we don't have people living in trees...

  11. Re:Do they cut it in half and count the rings? on Hubble Finds a Galaxy 12.8 Billion Years Old · · Score: 1

    Nah, you just have to enable the right repository.

  12. Re:chicken egg? on Antivirus Inventor Says Security Pros Are Wasting Time · · Score: 1

    cozzy@cozzy:~$ cat /etc/shadow
    cat: /etc/shadow: Permission denied
    cozzy@cozzy:~$ ls -l /etc | grep shadow
    -rw-r----- 1 root shadow 1656 2008-02-01 01:30 gshadow
    -rw------- 1 root root 1647 2008-02-01 01:29 gshadow-
    -rw-r----- 1 root shadow 1617 2008-02-03 18:21 shadow
    -rw------- 1 root root 1617 2008-02-03 18:09 shadow-

  13. Re:Sure, right, yeah... on Long Live Closed-Source Software? · · Score: 1

    The point is that the original idea (the innovation) was done by an open source program. Other programs started to copy that functionality and add different features, but they weren't nearly as innovative. Besides, a lot of the some of the better clients are open source anyway(Azureus, Deluge, Transmission).

  14. Re:Sure, right, yeah... on Long Live Closed-Source Software? · · Score: 1
    So far, I haven't seen any posts with a long list of examples of OSS innovation

    Here are a few:

    • Beryl/Compiz - Some of the stuff is just eye candy (though really good eye candy), but other things are geniunely useful.
    • VLC player - Not necessarily that innovative, but it's the only player that seems to work with anything (and it's not a bloated piece of crap)
    • Pidgin - Miles ahead of bloated proprietary IM clients.
    • JACK - The way you can tie different audio apps together with such low latency is amazing.
    • Python/Ruby/Perl/PHP
    • Wireshark/Ethereal - I can't even think of proprietary software that does something similar...
    • TeX/LaTeX etc.
    • Valgrind
    • Amarok - The best audio player for any platform
    • MediaWiki/other wiki engines
    • Rockbox
    • A lot of scientific programs (ROOT, Geant4, R, etc.)
  15. Re:Disclaimer: never played any Halo game on 2007's Ten Biggest Gaming Letdowns · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Deus Ex?

  16. Re:Win32 because of webcam library on Python + Motion detection = Fweemote · · Score: 3, Funny

    Apparently, it's not very good at letting me know it exists =P. Thanks, I'll give it a whirl.

  17. Win32 because of webcam library on Python + Motion detection = Fweemote · · Score: 1

    This is not surprising, since I was unable to find any really good Linux python webcam libraries (and by really good, I mean, any that I could get to work).

  18. Re:How is that even possible on Follow-up on EVE's Boot.ini Issue · · Score: 1

    I've actually had something like this happen on Linux. I was installing root (physics analysis software) from source, but I did something very wrong (like, didn't set the install path correctly or something, I'm not quite sure what happened, actually) and make install (as su) ended up deleting everything in /etc and putting in a few files belonging to root there. It ended up being a good reason to upgrade to Fedora 7 on that machine.

  19. Re:In a perfect world on Gates Expresses Surprise Over IE8 Secrecy · · Score: 1

    Right, because that explains why people replace their existing Windows installs (which they've already paid for) with Linux. If people really just wanted stuff for free, they'd pirate it (in fact, people already do that).

  20. Re:The link isn't of consequence but the facts are on UN Says Tasers Are a Form of Torture · · Score: 1

    Exactly,but why even bother with tasers? Just shoot the bastards. Or better yet, bomb the building. How's that for expediency?

  21. Re:Well on How Do You Find New Non-RIAA Music? · · Score: 1

    This must be a troll... Nobody would actually admit listening to Manowar =P

  22. Re:Python is part of the answer on Open Source Math · · Score: 1

    posting to undo accidental moderation...

  23. Re:That's silly. on Data Loss Bug In OS X 10.5 Leopard · · Score: 3, Informative

    then some metadata on the disk is modified to reflect your move.

  24. Re:Virtual DRM? on Apple to Allow Virtual Mac OS X Server Instances · · Score: 1

    Well, like, you can already run Mac OS X in VMWare (somewhat hacked, and in breach of license) on non-Apple hardware (not sure about Leopard... but certainly with Tiger, and if not yet with Leopard, soon with Leopard...)

  25. Re:first on Woz Still Misses Homebrew Computer Club and Apple · · Score: 1

    The irony is that the homebrew computer club meetings were held at SLAC, which is in Menlo Park, CA.