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  1. Western Union numbers on Sweet Revenge On Nigerian Scammers · · Score: 1

    Does anyone know the format of Western Union numbers and the like? I've wanted to toy with these bastards, and want to make them waste their time going to W.U.

  2. Re:Definitely MapQuest on Best Online Mapping Site? · · Score: 1

    Well, while I have never had any perticular errors from MapQuest, I have had it have me chase my tail in a long, round-about way many times.

    At this point, I use it mostly out of habit, and always just for a general map of the local area, as my navigation of the US highway system can get me from any one city to another without so much as a map.

    Mewyn Dy'ner

  3. A hybrid wouldn't work for me so well. on Hybrid/Electric Vehicles: Should I Buy? · · Score: 1

    Hybrids are great for city diving, but not as great for highway driving. The big part of a hybrid car is the regenerative breaking, which you don't get as much on the highway.

    I do a lot of my driving on highways, and in the way I drive, I avoid breaking as much as I can, anticipating and using varying ammounts of gas to control my speed.

  4. Linus Responds to our fr^Hiend Darl on Back To SCO · · Score: 1

    In the now "Open Letter Frenzy" Linus responds to Darl.

    My favorite:
    However, we have to sadly decline taking business model advice from a company that seems to have squandered all its money (that it made off a Linux IPO, I might add, since there's a nice bit of irony there), and now seems to play the US legal system as a lottery.

    Article at Infoworld

  5. DMCA Violation? I don't think so... on VideoNOW PVD Reverse Engineering · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This seems to be a very dumb device, just displaying 15 pixmaps a second. The DMCA's anti-circumvention applies to encrypted or other anti-copying measures. If you have a data stream that's this blatantly out in the open, I would imagine that the DMCA need not apply.

    mewyn

  6. Re:We are up to a million lines of code! on SCO: FSF Reply To GPL Claims, Conference Sponsors Back Off? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I just did some checks on my current kernel, 2.6.0-test3.

    There is about 5.4 million lines in all of the .c, .S, and .h files. Seperating that out, taking the most likely parts of the kernel that would have any of these parts in question: arch, fs, include, kernel, and mm, they only have 2.1 million lines in the files. Seperating even further, taking out the files that SCO has not a chance having any IP in, it brings it down around 900k lines. Now, I know that SCO does not have ALL of the IA32, IA64, PPC, Kernel, and MM code. Also, I counted out any files that have to do with NUMA, and the lines from those total less than 2,500.

    Have we yet proven SCO is full of it?

    mewyn dy'ner

  7. Another tidbit about SCO on SCO: FSF Reply To GPL Claims, Conference Sponsors Back Off? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I've been doing a lot of Google News trolling for SCO lately. Sometimes for a good laugh, sometimes to get my blood up to a good boil. Found this article at CRN about SCO bashing IBM and RedHat's counterclaims.

    SCO Blasts IBM, RedHat Counterclaims

    Best part about it:

    "We're fighting for a right in the industry to make a living selling software," McBride said. "The whole notion that software should be free is something SCO doesn't stand for. We have drawn the line. We're supposed to be excited about that and we're not."

    Now, if I'm not mistaken, SCO uses the GCC compiler, and Samba (and is using Samba 3 as a big part of their new OS plans) which are both free software. I'm also sure they are using Apache and many other free software packages. It seems free software is just fine and dandy in SCO's eyes as long as it's not infringing on their marketshare.

    mewyn dy'ner

  8. Why I see this as bad on Pennsylvania Refuses to Disclose Banned Website List · · Score: 1

    Ok, I find child porn disgusting and wrong as most people. It takes advantage of a child while their are most vournable and can scar them for life. But covering the public's eyes is not a way to stop the problem! Just because people who don't want to see it can't get to it doesn't mean it's not happening. Those who want to, will just find away around it. I think PA should invest the money that they are spending on this list and its enforcement on actually stoping the perpitrators of this crime.