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  1. Re:I guess... on IBM Moving Developer Jobs Overseas · · Score: 1

    oh come on...you could have done better than give up and admit straight away...something along the lines of "an integer pointer designating one machine in a cluster of web service boxes coupled together to offer a particular remote function call"...or something along those lines.

    I pulled it out of my ass

    By the way...ouch

  2. is that serious? on MIT, Boston College Refuse DMCA Subpoenas · · Score: 1

    That in the U.S., a company can issue a subpoena _without_ a judges signature...man, that's really screwed! Can anyone elaborate on the specifics of this, are there any control processes in place?

  3. yoga on Getting Back Into Shape While At The Office? · · Score: 1

    performed in your lunch break. It requires no equipment, works all the stabilizers that atrophy from sitting at a computer all day and their are plenty of websites with free routines and details on the positions. You look like a wanker...but you'll notice a massive change.

  4. Re:gentle dig at the American religion of capitali on TRON: The Unknown Open-Source? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    what's wrong with communism...it's only failed because of pressure from capitalist countries...it might have worked quite well without the tension caused by the juxtaposition of two competing ideologies...it's underlying principles are quite sound

  5. I never get sick of hearing that... on Head First Java · · Score: 2, Informative

    I decided to learn Java. I'd spent some time using JavaScript

    ok...they're really nothing alike, except for the word 'java'. By the way, if you want to learn anything java, why waste cash on books...just head over to java.sun.com and go through their doco section...they have full documentation on almost every api, and have been keeping it up to date for as long as I can remember (the java trail is an excellent peice of work)

  6. serves you right... on The IT Market: Cyclical Downturn or New World Order? · · Score: 1

    I was in the valley for a short time in 2000...part of an australian software company that was being contracted. I was speaking to one of the project managers of the sponsoring companies about how much graduates, juniors, intermediates and seniors can expect to get paid over here...and how much that actually costs him after applying exchange rates (I think at the time, a graduate would have cost him about US$28kpa)...he was amazed...he related to me that they just offered some graduates (straigh out of uni, no real experience) US$90kpa and they guys didn't take the job...they asked for US$130kpa...for a graduate?!?! The company ended up raising the offer to US$130...two of them still turned it down. US$130 000 a year...for a graduate...that's insane. You guys got greedy...you all wanted to be millionaires and you got selfish and greedy. Now you sit and talk about how companies should be looking after the good 'ol american worker...after the years of fleecing you gave them. Ha! Exactly the same way everyone on /. always says that CDs are too expensive, so P2P is equalizing the gap and it's too be expected....well, a few years ago you guys got just as greedy as RIAA and it opened the way for other countries to close the gap. Suck it up fellas...you created the problem, you wear it.

  7. a little bit of a different take on things... on Meet the DoJ's 'Anti-Piracy' Lawyers · · Score: 1

    I notice a lot of questions about 'is this fair use', 'is downloading stealing' etc. All good questions, however I'd like to see more questions asked of the prosecutors about their day to day business, rather than big, political questions on the morality of this law or that (remember, they're prosecutors, not politicians)....so my question is:

    Has there been a point, since your appointment to this department, where you have felt you weren't acting in the best interest of your country and its citizens? And can you elaborate on what the situation was that made you feel that way.

  8. Re:can anyone on Apple Tries to Patent Fast User Switching · · Score: 1

    aha...understood...excellent explaination, thank you very much

  9. can anyone on Apple Tries to Patent Fast User Switching · · Score: 1

    shed light onto how this differs from 'su'...maybe someone with experience with the windows switching and unix su?

  10. Re:even better than snail mail on Mailing Disks is Faster than Uploading Data · · Score: 1

    oh man...this is gunna be bad...wait for it.... but if it went all the way to court, theyd obviously take out all kind of injunctions against us...I mean...we're an obvious flight risk........ oh my, sorry, so bad, but had to be done

  11. even better than snail mail on Mailing Disks is Faster than Uploading Data · · Score: 1

    carrier pidgeon...sure, it doesn't get there as quick, but it's great fun attaching hard drives to the feet of pidgeons and dropping them out the window.

  12. just out of interest on Restrictive Sales Practices on the Web? · · Score: 1

    How many hungarian companies ship goods to, say, Australia or New Zealand?

    or even to the U.S. for that matter?

  13. you certain? on Webcaster Alliance Threatens To Sue RIAA · · Score: 1

    express certain concerns that the Alliance has concerning certain actions of the RIAA

    Sounds like he's very certian

  14. Re:It's foil-hat-tastic on Russians Order Mobile Phone Encryption Removed · · Score: 1

    I'm eating pizza ?!?

  15. just remember.... on Warriors Of Freedom Prompted Rampage Attempt? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Guns don't kill people, tetris does

  16. Re:Article is slashdotted.. on Linux vs. SCO: The Decision Matrix · · Score: 1

    dudes been smoking again

  17. Re:Applying the same logic on 9th Circuit Court Finds 'Thumbnailing' Fair Use · · Score: 3, Insightful

    which begs the question...what if I had a program that distributed not mp3s...but small 30 second samples...and you p2p-ed that, so that the three minute song was distributed over 6 servers, each serving a 'snapshot'....and the downloader had to reassemble them after downloading (which you could no doubt get software for)...would that be legal?

  18. Re:They Own C++ Too!!! on SCO Taking Linux Discussion To Japan · · Score: 4, Funny

    wow, there must just be some insane hash being passed round at SCO headquaters. I wanna get me a half a bag of SCO special, sounds like it kicks ass.

  19. wow... on Gator-style Overlay Ads Are Legal, Says Court · · Score: 5, Insightful

    the Internet-enabled computer desktop is a competitive medium, where (advertisers) can impact consumer-buying

    Gee, and here I was thinking is was my workspace!?!

    just goes to show how these guys think eh?

  20. Re:Protect them from themselves? on He Blows Things Up So You Don't Have To · · Score: 1

    Dude, friends don't let friends drink and cook toast.

  21. Re:Is that Linux in your pocket... on Linux On The Dell Axim · · Score: 1

    Junit is a testing tool, not a refactoring tool ...mod parent down, sig redundant ;)

  22. Re:Telstra Information Minister Denies All on Telstra Denies Selling BigPond Customers' Data · · Score: 1

    I am trying to pick your reference...it wreaks of animal farm...but I'm not 100% sure because I can't remember if they used the word 'infidels' in animal farm...care to elaborate? (I take it you're playing on a literary reference?)

  23. linux replaced solaris???? on (When) Will Linux Pass Apple On The Desktop? · · Score: 1

    Linux has replace Solaris? Haven't enough /.ers already commented on the drawbacks of smoking pot before submitting stories?

  24. Re:Original LWN discussion on SCO Protest And Anti-Protest In Provo · · Score: 1

    great concept....but your replacement would be?

  25. Re:Original LWN discussion on SCO Protest And Anti-Protest In Provo · · Score: 1

    Nah...it's not coopting...for most people in business, this stuff is a bit of a game, and it's fun to see it being played out...in the end, they know that it will more than likely be settled between two lawyers in a conference room...they take it a lot less seriously than you do (except if they're giving an interview)...for most CEOs and Directors, law suits are just another strategic play...it's the mark of a good CEO not to get emotionally involved in these sort of things