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  1. In other news on Riot Control Ray-Gun for Use in Iraq · · Score: 1

    Iraqi cancer rates expected to triple.

  2. Try the nightlies on Firefox and Thunderbird 1.0.6 Released · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Their canvas, svg, css3, and e4x support is looking pretty good.

  3. Casting the first stone on Microsoft Sues Google For Hiring MS Exec · · Score: 1

    He worked for Apple and Silicon Graphics before he was hired by Microsoft.

  4. Great care is needed on SpamSlayer - should we DDOS spammers? · · Score: 1

    It'd become very easy to ddos a competitor using spam. Just be sure that the spam advertises something the competitor doesn't offer, because you don't want to accidentally give them increased sales.

  5. Re:Since theres finally a topic on N. Portman... on IGN Interviews Natalie Portman · · Score: 1

    For me, I lost interest in Ms. Portman when I saw that picture of her scratching her butt while on the cell phone. Truly iconic. Does anybody have a link to this?

    http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jps/nat23.jpg

    That's just sick. It looks like she's in up to her wrist. I hope it's a fake.

  6. Re:Since theres finally a topic on N. Portman... on IGN Interviews Natalie Portman · · Score: 1
  7. Re:Bring it on on IGN Interviews Natalie Portman · · Score: 1

    I was going to post "they didn't even talk about hot grits," but decided not to after seeing this.

  8. Atari on Does Microsoft Have First-Mover Advantage? · · Score: 1

    The old Atari Jaguar was a highly unsuccessful first mover.

  9. Sure on Tatooine-like Planet Discovered · · Score: 1

    If Tatooine was as big as Jupiter and orbited 3 suns. You must be thinking of the gas giant that causes the eclipse in Pitch Black.

  10. Going a little too far on Clinton To Take On Rockstar · · Score: 1

    You need to download a third party mod to access the game. It's no different to the user than it would be if the mode was the game. The mod even adds nude skins, not part of the original game. Rockstar can't control that.

  11. Only 1/3? on Study Shows One Third of All Studies Are Nonsense · · Score: 1

    This study is a little misleading, because different studies get different amounts of exposure. The most amazing and unbelievable studies probably make it into the news the most. You'd have to weight the studies by exposure to accurately tell readers the probability that the next study they read will be nonsense. The 80/20 rule probably applies here.

  12. Re:Funny because it's true on How Linux Beats Windows in ID Management Ease · · Score: 1

    Gentoo isn't the most user friendly distro.

  13. It's on fire on Homebuilt 19" Mini-ITX Server Rack · · Score: 1

    Those hard drives look like they could fry at any moment. He has them in tight stacks of 4.

  14. Re:Cool, but... on Homebuilt 19" Mini-ITX Server Rack · · Score: 1

    A file server's processor only needs to be fast enough. Anything faster will have almost zero effect on performance.

  15. Re:The library clause on The Internet Archive Sued Over Stored Pages · · Score: 2, Informative

    The Internet Archive has received two DMCA exemptions from the US Copyright Office, but only for archiving copy protected software. I don't think they needed one to archive the web.

  16. hard case on The Internet Archive Sued Over Stored Pages · · Score: 1

    They say the Internet Archive violated their robots.txt. For all we know, their server may have failed to return the text file when it was requested. Or maybe they made a typo, like so many people find out after they claim their robots.txt was violated.

    However it happened, you can't expect the Internet Archive to not mess up from time to time. They work with so much data they can't be expected to make anything more than a best effort to filter out the unauthorized pages. The archive's importance is recognized by many, including the US Copyright Office, who granted them a DMCA Exemption to copy software. I suppose not even the Copyright Office thought they needed an exemption to archive the web.

    In this case, the archive was used to gather evidence of wrongdoing. This is like suing witnesses for telling the truth, because the truth was bad for your case, and confidential for that reason.

  17. Whiners on BBC In Trouble Over Free Music · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you not good enough to compete with the public domain, then it's time to rethink your career.

  18. Maybe on Improving Education? · · Score: 1

    Less english. We speak english. Focus more on effective use of language rather than spending over a decade on things we already know or don't care to know. Spelling and grammar are almost irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.
    More high level math & science. Kids hate repetitive math, and need to understand calculus.
    More economics.
    Less US history. More world history.

  19. Simple solution? on Qbits unstable: May Limit Quantum Computing · · Score: 1

    Just use hamming codes and periodically correct the errors. It wouldn't be the first time we've had memory that needed to be refreshed on an interval.

  20. DOA on Why Doesn't the Itanium Get the Respect It's Due? · · Score: 1

    It was way too expensive when it shipped, and is still too expensive. Even if I wanted to buy one, how do I know it'll work well and reliably for our needs? Most people have never seen an Itanium. Commodity processors get a lot more public use, run cooler, and are better supported by most software. After reading some other comments, I'd sleep easier with Celerons powering our servers. Besides, most performance problems can't be fixed by throwing a faster cpu at them.

  21. int stroustrup(char *a, const char *b, int n) on Stroustrup on the Future of C++ · · Score: 1

    For a moment there I thought I was looking at a new function name. No offense intended.

  22. So what they're really saying on Microsoft Denies Claria got Spyware Exception · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Is that Claria isn't the only malware to get this exception?

  23. Bending words on JBoss Founder Hard-Nosed About Open Source · · Score: 1

    I saw nothing offensive in that interview, except maybe BusinessWeek quoting him out of context for the article's title.

  24. Re:more appropriate punishment on German Youth Convicted for Sasser Worm · · Score: 1

    What about women?

  25. Re:A New Kind Of Ass Clown on Next-Gen Game of Life · · Score: 2, Informative

    I tried some variations such as having them stop eating when the population of their prey gets too low. They still manage to extinct themselves eventually. If I get past Z, it just keeps going into higher characters.