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  1. Re:Advertisement? on Gosling Claims Huge Security Hole in .NET · · Score: 1
    A hunting rifle can be used to kill people. Does that mean the trigger should only work after inserting a valid and current hunting license?

    Actually, yes. I think so.

  2. Re:In a nutshell on Six Laws of the New Software · · Score: 1

    I'm saying that successful people, people that are doing what they want, making a good living at it, have the things that make them happy, generally have a vision and are aggressive about pursuing it. They play to win. Look, I'm not the best with words, you know what I mean.

  3. Re:In a nutshell on Six Laws of the New Software · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You'll never be the next Microsoft thinking that way. Think big, have great unstoppable vision. Play to win, or give it up now.

  4. Google? on Dark Matter Discovered · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wasn't Google looking to buy up all the Dark Matter, not too long ago? Sware I read it here...

  5. I am troubled. on Who Owns Weblog Content? · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I am troubled. And offended. Deeply troubled and offended. This is very troubling, and quite offensive. I'm outraged. Deeply outraged. Outraged, troubled, and offended. Very much so. This is very troubling, quite offensive, and entirely outrageous.

  6. Re:I'll buy a Google Domain on Google Local, Definitions, & Registrar · · Score: 1
    Google registering domains? Sounds good, but only if they can help me search for that elusive domain that isn't already taken!

    Try whois.sc

  7. School supplies? Not around here. on Student Logs Teachers Keystrokes · · Score: 1
    This, of course, is even worse, since the student could easily have obtained other information, such as credit card numbers (plenty of teachers order supplies online), usernames, passwords, etc.

    Where I live (Washington State) the teachers use their credit cards at work to look at porn.

  8. Interesting... on Student Logs Teachers Keystrokes · · Score: 1

    The new machines where I work, the ones we are just getting (Dells) do not have PS/2 ports at all (though they do have printer ports), only USB. Wonder if these things come in USB?

  9. Amazing! on Student Logs Teachers Keystrokes · · Score: 5, Funny
    He installed it when the teacher was not looking. Simpson said.

    Diabolical technique! Who would have thought!

  10. Here we go! on Student Logs Teachers Keystrokes · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Not a thing. It has to do with a dishonest kid who got busted doing something wrong. But sure as the earth turns, someone here will twist it into some dark big brother scheme to strip the common man of our rights. Somehow.

  11. Re:No country will allow that, except for fed use on First Artificial Aurora May Lead to Night Sky Ads · · Score: 2, Informative
    Actually, some of the early bombing in Afganistan was based at several Air Force bases in the US.

    Of course. Yes, without question. Most (but not all) came from stateside bases.

    And yes, Russia concented to use of their airspace.

    And these bombers crossed the Atlantic (refueling several times in the air), passed over parts of many counties including parts of the former Soviet Union, to reach their targets in Afghanistan and Iraq. But they did not fly over the poles.

    The bases in Germany, Turkey, Kewait, etc. were setup for smaller aircraft (F-16, F/A-18 etc.)

    Yes, in general, smaller aircraft spend more time at these air fields. But they are all built for heavy lift, and can accommodate bombers as well, none of which actually live at these bases (they are all "transient"). However,bombers do live at Diego (as well as Guam), and travel from both the west and east coast of the United States to get there, without passing over the poles.

    I'm not saying they can't pass over the poles, I'm saying that in the case of our present "situation" in the Mid-East, they did not pass over the poles.

  12. Re:No country will allow that, except for fed use on First Artificial Aurora May Lead to Night Sky Ads · · Score: 1

    I should add that this applies to our bombers in the area too, which "stage" in the same way to Diego Garcia (Idean Ocean).

  13. Re:No country will allow that, except for fed use on First Artificial Aurora May Lead to Night Sky Ads · · Score: 4, Informative
    The north pole is used extensively by the US Military. It's the fastest flight path from the US to Afganistan for example. Long range bombers use it.

    No.

    Military aircraft from the West Coast and mid west fly east, generally to Dover Delaware, then over the Atlantic and "stage" in Germany, sometimes touching down in Turkey before ending up in Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan. We also have some heavy lift in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. But regardless of where they end up, it is extremely unlikely they flew over any poles. Nope, no, don't think so.

  14. Re:Yes but the real question is... on Robots that Lust and Reproduce · · Score: 1

    A universal plug of some type.

  15. Re:Watch your server go up in flames, QUICK! on Build a Database Driven Site -- Quick · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Bullshit. PEAR has db abstraction ADODB is widely used. There are others as well. All are in wide use. One reason that PostgreSQL is not widely used with php applications is because it is not commercially supported, and this has nothing to do with PHP or abstraction layers.

    Your clear bias is blinding you, so there is no point in talking to you.

  16. Re:Watch your server go up in flames, QUICK! on Build a Database Driven Site -- Quick · · Score: 1

    I really think that most people are aware of database abstraction layers.

  17. Re:Do you really need a book for this? on Build a Database Driven Site -- Quick · · Score: 1

    Building anything with .asp is like pouring boiling water down your crotch.

  18. '82 Subaru on What Can Be Done with a Tube Collection? · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have a '82 Subaru hatch-back filled with old text-books. Anyone want them? Car comes with the deal, you tow.

  19. Re:Set up a "Honey pot"? on EFF Asks How Big Brother Is Watching The Internet · · Score: 1

    Yes, but when they knock at your door, and you say "well, I'm not a terrorist, what do you want?" Than you will know.

  20. Re:[tt] You could see this one coming on ESR steps down from OSI · · Score: 1

    Did I forget to mention that he likes to crack said fleas between his fingers and flick the results onto the floor? Yup.

  21. Re:Set up a "Honey pot"? on EFF Asks How Big Brother Is Watching The Internet · · Score: 1
    Not really, since as of yet there are no laws that define what web sites I can and can not visit.

    The law says that bombs (and suggesting bombs) are illegal. Surfing the web ("information must be free! As in beer! Blaw, blaw, balw) is not yet illegal.

  22. Re:automatic trolls? on EFF Asks How Big Brother Is Watching The Internet · · Score: 1

    I think people are misunderstanding what I'm suggesting. Set up a honney pot to see if the US Gov is sniffing...

  23. Re:Set up a "Honey pot"? on EFF Asks How Big Brother Is Watching The Internet · · Score: 1

    I think people are misunderstanding what I'm suggesting. Set up a honney pot to see if the US Gov is sniffing...

  24. Paul Allen on The History of Computing Auctioned at Christie's · · Score: 1

    Actually his Evil Twin Paul Allen would be a better bet.

  25. Re:Set up a "Honey pot"? on EFF Asks How Big Brother Is Watching The Internet · · Score: 2, Informative

    Been there. The chow hall at Gitmo stinks, but MWR offers some nice fishing trips. The "O" club leaves a lot to be desired.