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  1. This isn't new on Sun Files For Patent on Software Licensing Method · · Score: 1

    It's just a variant of per-seat licensing. Pretty much identical to per-named-user licensing. You pay per user. I'd have to read the patent application but it seems like there may be a lot of prior art.

  2. Not much on How Are You Protecting Your Computers? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I have a 5 port d-link router set up as a NAT, the cheapest I could find. After purchase I set the password and upgraded the firmware. That's the extent of my firewalling.

    Most of my email and browsing is done in Mozilla. Never got infected through Internet Explorer or Outlook Express though. I have a Linux PC and a Windows XP PC running side by side. I don't use antivirus software and I don't get viruses or spyware.

  3. Looks alright on An Analysis of Various Election Methods · · Score: 1

    The ballots would be the same as in instant runoff voting. Only difference is a more mathematically reasonable outcome.

  4. Re:This means nothing on Part Of The Patriot Act Shot Down · · Score: 1

    Supreme Court justices can be pretty hard to replace. I think you've gotta wait for one of them to retire or die. And it'd look suspicious if more than a few of them did so under the same president.

  5. My wallet on What's in Your Billfold? · · Score: 1

    It's all man made materials.
    Bill area: $1-20 bills, paychecks, receipts, and coffee punch cards.
    Left pockets: credit card.
    Middle pockets: Student ID, driver's permit, gym card, health insurance card.
    Right pocket: Free Software Foundation membership card (bootable Linux CD, fogged to unbootability by the plastic sleeve it arrived in, and later cracked)

  6. Re:first +1 post? on Dear Microsoft Windows ... · · Score: 1

    I've found SharpDevelop to be a very palatable alternative to Visual Studio.Net, and expect to see it go cross platform within the next year or two. A mono port exists, called MonoDevelop, but without the all important form designer. As Windows Forms support in mono or dotgnu improves we may eventually see a full crossplatform port. Another possibility is that support for window toolkits like Gtk or SWT may eventually be added to SharpDevelop if it appears that Windows Forms support won't improve soon or Microsoft fights it (they patented the Windows Forms API).

  7. Re:This could be great news... on File Trading Law Would Include 'Willing' Traders · · Score: 1

    risk of innovation

    risk to innovation

  8. Success story on SunnComm - Bomb or DRM Success Story? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    They made a fortune peddling their snake oil resulting from a minimal software development investment. If they don't lose it all in class action suits I'd consider it a success (for them).

  9. Re:You're even more screwed than you think... on What are My Rights Against Video Surveillance? · · Score: 1

    The laws might vary from state to state.

  10. Re:good against piracy! on Microsoft To Sell Win XP Starter Edition In Russia · · Score: 1

    I've seen attempts to crack software I sell for $4.95.

  11. Re:Bon Voyage on EWeek Details Linux to Windows Migration · · Score: 1

    Neither story has Linux at fault. The first was a bad ISP. The second was a bad web developer.

  12. Re:Good on Microsoft To Provide IE Patches for Windows XP Only · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Unfortunately, a great deal of home users will never even think of installing a browser besides the one that came preinstalled.

  13. Re:No shit. on Report Says Patents Threaten Software Innovation · · Score: 1

    That's because we've got the best democracies money can buy right?

  14. Re:Almost... on Public Exploit For Windows JPEG Bug · · Score: 4, Informative

    This usually works:
    rundll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %systemRoot%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove

  15. Re:16 bpp? 16bpp? Yeeeesh. on Steam Hardware Survey Results · · Score: 1

    There are varying levels of 16bit quality. Undithered or on cards that do rgb555 instead of 565 it can easily look like crap, but in other cases the quality can be good enough to make it a worthwhile tradeoff for a slight performance improvement, on those video cards that still render 16bit faster.

  16. What will this accomplish? on New California Law Bans Anonymous Media File Sharing · · Score: 1

    It's already illegal to distribute copyrighted media without permission from the copyright owners. People won't violate one law yet be sure to comply to the law that helps them get caught.

    So now, if I want to distribute media which I own the copyright to or have explicit permission to redistribute, I must also give out an email address?

  17. Re:Hmmm. on What Should 10-Year-Olds Know About IT? · · Score: 1

    When I was 9 I was learning to program in basic.

  18. Re:Obsolescence on Fedora Core 3 Test 2 Available · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I use CentOS. It's nearly identical to WhiteBox, but with seemingly better community support, rather than having the appearance of being a one man project.

  19. That's just 46 years on Lost Nuclear Bomb Found Off Georgia Coast? · · Score: 1

    That anyone could have just drove their boat around and picked up a free nuke. If the US military lost a nuke, they should have searched and searched not stopping until it was found. Though I don't know the whole story, it sounds very dumb/careless/incompetent on their part to just let it sit there.

  20. Read slashdot. on Kryptonite U-Lock Security Flaw · · Score: 5, Funny

    Buy a pen.
    Win a free bike.

  21. Re:ah, props to AOL for once! on AOL Will Not Support Sender-ID · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So how close are you to that free ipod?

  22. What? on AOL Will Not Support Sender-ID · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I thought AOL loved blackholing everyone's email from the outside. It already happens over half the time that I reply to an email tech support request from an AOL member. They say I'm not in their address book, so I can't respond despite them having contacted me first.

  23. Re:To head it off at the pass... on GdkPixbuf Suffers Image Decoding Vulnerabilities · · Score: 1

    About that png problem:

    http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bobosola/pngtestfixed .htm

    They've always been very very close to having it fixed. So close that it can be fixed more or less entirely with a small script tag at the bottom of your pages. It's simply laziness on their part.

  24. Re:A shame on Nader off Florida Ballot · · Score: 1

    The electoral system as it is today isn't right. It simply breaks down when you have more than 2 candidates. A vote for a third party candidate is mathematically identical to a vote for a major candidate on the opposite end of the political spectrum, because they are unable to voice support the major candidate on their side.

    The way to fix the system would be to allow people to support multiple candidates. The most popular fix is to use instant runoff voting. If we had that, which we won't because both major parties are corrupt, there could be more than 2 major candidates without all the ugly but absolutely necessary backstabbing.

  25. Somewhat misleading on Windows Fails 8% of the Time · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you leave your computer running until it needs a reboot, your "failure rate" by their definition is 100%, even if you reboot only once every 6 months.