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  1. Re:spare us the sarcasm on Europe Rejects Plan To Criminalize File-Sharing · · Score: 1

    You have no right to a drivers license, that is a privilege which is why it can be taken away.

  2. Re:SharePoint on Google Scoops Microsoft w/ Mesh Applications · · Score: 4, Interesting

    First, if you're not an incompetent boob, why couldn't you get anything before SharePoint to do what users need? Second, SharePoint sucks when you have a mixed client network, which is typical of Microsoft products.

  3. Re:Where's the chapter on... on Windows Forensic Analysis · · Score: 1

    Technically, you only need a PI license if you're going to be testifying in a court room.

  4. Re:Bah! on Ray Tracing To Debut in DirectX 11 · · Score: 1

    The date on the article is April 1.

  5. Re:Apple seems to put out more and more crap on Microsoft or Apple - Who Is the Faster Patcher? · · Score: 1

    Nope, can't say that I have.

  6. I, for one, on The Next Leap In Space Exploration · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    welcome our new robotic overloards.

  7. Re:And you are surprised because ... ? on US Ignores Unwelcome WTO IP Rulings · · Score: 1

    Ya, ya, ya, Bush is evil, Republicans eat babies. Little bit of a clue for you, this has nothing to do, and never does, with the current administration in any country. Every country on the planet, regardless of who is the figurehead at the top, does the exact same thing.

    My ass said something more insightful when I woke up this morning then the parent post was.

  8. Re:Microsoft Open License Charity program on South African Minister Locks Horns With Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Neither. Do you really think that the software made available through that program was written for charity?

  9. Re:Artificial Bundling? on Windows 7 Likely Going Modular, Subscription-based · · Score: 1

    No, it makes perfect sense. The base Windows 7 will be useless for everything. You'll have to rent DirectX, IE, networking, notepad, RDP, hell, everything to make it useful. DirectX will depend on networking, as will IE and RDP. RDP could be rewritten to require DirectX (which would again require you buy networking) and so on and so forth.

    Everything is still bundled, but this way you chose to put all that on your system, and they charge for every little piece.

  10. Re:Better science fiction? on How To Communicate Science to a Polarized US Audience · · Score: 1

    Boring.

  11. Re:Volkswagen gauges are this exact color on Blue Lights To Reset Internal Clocks · · Score: 1

    It looks very nice and is easy on the eye. I much prefer the blue/red scheme of my Jetta to the everything green that is in every other car I've driven.

  12. Re:Fighting Microsoft at OSI. on Bruce Perens Aims For OSI Executive · · Score: 1

    This sounds like a high school class president run. How does MS being on the board of an organization that as far as I can see in my usage of OSS does about as much as the protocol stack it shares its name with hurt or help anything.

    Actually, why would anyone want to be on it's board?

  13. Re:Then Rich Mogull Ain't No Security Expert on Should Mac Users Run Antivirus Software? · · Score: 1

    Switch to a Mac, and you still have a population of similar-enough machines across which a virus can also propagate and it is very dangerous to assume anything otherwise.
    Well, you would need a OS X virus first. Then you would have to wait for AV software to be updated to scan for it.

    Mac AV software scans for Windows infections so unless you're running Server or using a desktop Mac as a file server, it really isn't worth it.
  14. Re:Oooookay then.... on Wikileaks Releases Early Atomic Bomb Diagram · · Score: 1

    How to make a nuclear weapon is already well known, we covered it in high school physics and it is no doubt the topic of many publicly available papers. It's the materials and the know-how to actually do anything that is hard to come by and limit who can make them.

  15. Re:I don't understand the difference on Debian Cluster Replaces Supercomputer For Weather Forecasting · · Score: 1

    Given that Linus's approach to 2.6 was develop and experiment in the main tree and let the distros stabilize it, Red Hat patching the kernel is hardly a bad thing. Besides, there are more then a few Debian packages that are heavily patched to work 'The Debian Way'. If I was wanting a distro that was pretty much vanilla everything, I'd go for Slackware, not Debian.

  16. Re:Mr. Fusion on NASA Running Out of Plutonium · · Score: 1

    Mr. Fusion just powers the electrical devices, the shuttle runs on ordinary rocket fuel, always has, always will.

  17. Re:A few very complicating points... on Will Mars be a One-way Trip? · · Score: 1

    Why do spacecraft have to be sterile?

  18. Re:You can't win this one, Linus on Linus Denounces NDISWrapper, Denies It GPL Status · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Since Linus' only concern is if his source is clean, I doubt he has a problem with that. The only 'winning' or 'loosing' he has to do are if his stuff is clean or not, if he is in violation of the GPL or not.

  19. Re:I'm glad SOMEONE is saying it... on Woz Dumps on MacBook Air, iPhone, AppleTV · · Score: 1
    Oh god damnit. Maybe I'll hit preview this time.

    the macbook air isn't very good as a main computer
    Name a UMPC that is. Or one that was a hit really.

    and the lack of 3G iphones has to do with battery life
    Other companies seem to be able to pull it off.
  20. Re:I'm glad SOMEONE is saying it... on Woz Dumps on MacBook Air, iPhone, AppleTV · · Score: 1

    [blockquote] the macbook air isn't very good as a main computer[/blockquote] Name a UMPC that is. Or one that was a hit really. [blockquote]and the lack of 3G iphones has to do with battery life[/blockquote] Other companies seem to be able to pull it off.

  21. Re:Doesnt affect Server on Critical VMware Vulnerability, Exploit Released · · Score: 1

    I would be willing to bet most VMware in the home usage is VMware Player which is also free and has better graphical performance. Both Player 1 and Player 2 on Windows are affected.

  22. Re:Why use the shared folder feature? on Critical VMware Vulnerability, Exploit Released · · Score: 1

    It's more transparent to the user, there's no setup. Personally I just use standard networking.

  23. Re:So command line now? on Sneak Peek at Windows Server 2008 · · Score: 1

    much like VMWare uses a slimmed down "custom kernel" that looks suspiciously like a stripped down RedHat install to run their virtualization on
    Just a little nitpick, but no it doesn't. You never 'see' the hypervisor (vmkernel), you see a local console that pretty much runs like a guest. That is based on a Red Hat release, vmkernel is not.
  24. Re:No, whinney is right on the point and so is MS on Microsoft Should Acquire SAP, Not Yahoo · · Score: 1

    Yep, all that Google influence coming across through IE on Windows.

  25. Re:Midichlorians don't explain the force on CERN Scientists Looking for the Force · · Score: 1

    Because it destroyed the story.