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  1. Re:And in other news... on Successful First Launch of Aerospike Engine · · Score: 1

    in other news: a 1300% increase in SPAM(tm) has been noticed by internet users worldwide. Particularly the nigerian scam version.

  2. no monitor but a good keyboard... on Ukrainian Computer Destruction Championship · · Score: 1

    One of them says that someday he crashed his monitor but "thank god" he saved his keyboard. This explains the kind of people involved in this i believe.

  3. should update the Linux cookie file on TCP/IP over Bongo Drums · · Score: 2, Funny

    I bet that would make a fine fortune cookie. "Linux, the ability to communicate even with bongo drums"

  4. Re:Code Craker Likes Slashdot on Cyrillic Projector Code Finally Cracked · · Score: 1

    She is probably curious to see which site's visitors keep viciously pounding her webservers.
    Hence the smile. It's a "i'll get the bastards" kind of smile.

  5. Re:Mark this as the day on Torvalds And Cox Write EU Parliament On Patents · · Score: 1
    You should know that National Debt only has a severe negative impact if a large part of it is in the hands of other countries. I don't know what the situation is in the US but i doubt that most of your national debt is in foreign hands.
    There is a debate as to wherer the National debt has a negative impact and the prevailing opinion is that it only has an effect on future investment
    (since money that would be in the hands of the people and thus invested is in the hands of the goverment.)
    Other than that, National Debt is not like a normal debt. It is still your money. It's just from your citizens by your goverment.

    So you present National Debt to be a disaster which it most certainly is not. Not to remind you that the national debt is directly related to investment and growth and inflation So, if the Goverment decided to pay back, then you would see inflation. Very often the Goverment decides too "not pay" even if the funds are available , just because paying would upset the forces of the market.

  6. Re:ha on China Joins EU in Galileo Satellite Venture · · Score: 1

    IT sure beats a massive metallic American satellite droping into your backyard.

  7. Re:Joint-Venture on China Joins EU in Galileo Satellite Venture · · Score: 1

    Great. As soon as they join in , they rename it to Garireo. Those bastards.

  8. Re:More Targets... on China Joins EU in Galileo Satellite Venture · · Score: 1

    You only THINK it is. In reallity the Galileo project is an advanced Anti-anti sat project aimed at you antsat weapons.
    We win :)

  9. Re:Enough Already on Privacy International Internet Censorship Report · · Score: 1
    I think you don't know what the UN is for:
    Here, take a look
    I think the idea alone of many US citizens that USA should distance itself from the UN because the UN "does not do what it should" is VERY alarming.
    Yes, you can dismandle the UN by simply disregarding it's decisions and opinions (that is all it takes) , but then there is NO international body to protect peace. Then we only have the US who SAY they protect peace but , as any nation, you look after your interests. Do you think that this will improve your relations with the rest of the world. Do you think this is a decision that will stabilize the world?
    I think not.

    I am sorry to go so off-topic.

  10. Re:in soviet russia on Booting Linux Faster · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You've been made sir. You have been betrayed by your browser. As you can understand you will be the first one to come to mind everytime we read a bewulf cluster/soviet russia/profit list/goatse.cx post. :)

  11. Re:Nope, no babelfish on Gates Embraces Web Service Interoperability · · Score: 1
    Well in Greece we call it:
    "Phovou tous Danaous kai dwra ferontes"

    The phrase " Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes." seems to be Latin.

  12. great... on IEEE to Standardize OS Security Components · · Score: 3, Interesting
    The way i see it , 2 things can happen.One is that it will be too demanding/utopian/generic and no-one will apply it , in which case the standards existence is of no importance.
    The other is that at some point a system that adheres to the standard will be compomised and will raise questions as to the usefulness of this standars.

    I don't question the need for standards , but not all things can be standardized. Standards stand for a commonnly accepted way of doing something. Security is still too volatile.

  13. i can see it now.. on Nokia Shows Off Phone with Printable Faceplate · · Score: 1

    Slashdotters will take advantage of the personalization oportunities offered by this and will all have something unique.... the penguin. :)

  14. Re:Brokenboring? on KDE 3.2 Alpha 1 Finally on FTP · · Score: 1

    No, that's plain broken.

  15. Re:Excellent! on Pentium-M In Mini-ITX Format · · Score: 1

    When you buy an X-box, you expect to play all Windows games ?
    Same thing here. He is talking (as i understand it) about a cheap Console. Linux just adds the flavour. plus you can get a PC with that :)

  16. Re:Usefull feature? Hmmm on Gyroscope Gives CellPhones 'Tilt Control' · · Score: 1
    The "callback" you refer to is present on any Ericsson phone i've had. When the phone is busy it asks you "User busy. Retry?" and keeps on retrying until it gets a normal signal. It then rings to notify you that a call is being made..

    As for the Gyro.. well it would make a nice McGyver episode, where McGyver uses the cellphone's gyroscope to navigate a broken airplane thus saving hundreds of lives...

  17. Re:Wait a mo.. on Protests Delay European Software Patent Vote · · Score: 1
    This is not just in Portland. Here in Greece protest do no more than stop traffic. This is an undisputed fact.

    The article ,however, mentions that protests actually did infuence the postponement.

    Therefore we have to conclude that traffic problems are directly related to software patents..
    Aarghh. my head hurts..

  18. second time it is postponed on Protests Delay European Software Patent Vote · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is in fact the second time it is postponed. Let's hope that this is because they are seriously considering the impact of their decision and not some form of bureaucracy.

  19. Re:Move from Outlook... on Aethera 1.0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I am afraid Bug-Compliance (TM) will be available in version 2. Along with a MS-Virus (TM) emulation for allowing you to run Windows based viruses.

  20. Re:It's good that nobody reads them. on New Dell Clickthrough Software License · · Score: 1
    However, a sale as well as a license is a contract governed by the same contract laws. So the fact that you have to know all the rights and obligations deriving from the contract before the contractual agreement is concluded ,is valid. Otherwise a fundamental prerequisite is violated and the contract is void.

    In fact, for a contract to be valid , one key point is that the parties must have both read and undertood the agreement. Otherwise the contract is invalid.

    Oh, and i know this because of a bussiness law course i took (Yep , i am not a CS student but one of the evil managerial types)

  21. 2 site i saw... on Sites Shut Down to Protest Software Patents · · Score: 1

    www.alsa-project.gr
    www.linux.gr
    Notice that most sites provide means for you to enter throught a link. They are not completely closed.

  22. Re:Er... on Auerbach on Internet Cruft · · Score: 1

    SHHHHHHH.! This is a secret man!

  23. Re:licensing fees on Further Selections From the Mixed-Up SCO Files · · Score: 4, Insightful

    But it does raise the question, If Linux indeed has code stolen from SCO then shouldn't SCO's OS be just as good? Did linux coders take it out in addition to stealing it?

  24. Hey. what about the T-shirts! on Beyond Binary Computing? · · Score: 1
    That's not good. We'd have to change all those T-shirts with binary messages printed in them.

    Not to mention changing the Slashdot Sigs.
    No. For the excelent afformentioned reasons , i vote we stick with binary.

  25. Re:Look out McBride! on Eric Raymond's Homebrew SCO Poison · · Score: 2, Funny

    AK47 ? what. No BFG8000?
    After all , don't you need an imaginary gun to fight imaginary crimes? (like those claimed by Mr. McBrideOfSatan?)