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  1. Re:Still not where i want it.. on Linus's Baby Comes of Age · · Score: 1

    Sounds like your problem is with Oracle, not Linux.

  2. Re:online registration in an time of disaster on Creating Live Linux Distributions For Disasters · · Score: 1
    the users can't recover if they must re-install software.

    Hence the desire to use GPL'd or other Open Source Software. No such hassles happen when there's no use restrictions or registration.

  3. Re:How about a stable ABI? on The GPL Impedes Linux More Than It Helps? · · Score: 1

    You have to recompile for every little change? That's odd; I don't. And I run gentoo, so every little change happens every few days. I didn't have that problem with Slackware, RedHat, or Debian either. Perhaps you should consider upgrading to ELF binaries. A.out has been deprecated since about 1997.

  4. Re:Doing the samething only different on Condensing Your Life on to a USB Flash Drive? · · Score: 1

    Do not bother with password protected zipfiles. Use Gnu Privacy Guard.

  5. Re:Family photos. on Condensing Your Life on to a USB Flash Drive? · · Score: 1

    I'm a photographer living in a place vulnerable to Earthquakes, Forest Fires, Tsunami, and occasionally, cyclones. I'm considering getting a Large IDE hard drive and a foam-lined pelican case.

  6. Re:Indeed on X Prize Founder Launches Rocket Racing League · · Score: 3, Informative
    Ramjets need to be supersonic.
    No, I believe you're referring to SCRAMjets. Ramjets just need a supersonic nozzle. See Wikipedia, especially:
    ...although inefficient at the slower speeds, are still more fuel-efficient than rockets within the atmosphere.
    .
    Plus it would no longer fit the criteria, what not being a rocket.
    From the parent:
    I hope this doesn't hopelessly ground us in chemical rockets
    I was just pointing out we needn't be limited to rockets, let alone chemical rockets. Rockets are good at some things, like propulsion in a vacuum. Propulsion at subsonic speeds at low altitude is not one of them.
  7. Indeed on X Prize Founder Launches Rocket Racing League · · Score: 1

    I could seriously see a ramjet powered craft doing well in the tier 1 races due to not needing to carry oxidizer.

  8. Interestingly, on X Prize Founder Launches Rocket Racing League · · Score: 1

    All 3 aitcraft pictured on the front page were designed by Burt Rutan (and all of them strictly subsonic).

  9. Interesting quote... on Free Gentoo Technical Support · · Score: 4, Funny
    ...one of the most popular Linux distributions... ...Historically, Gentoo Linux has been one of the most stable and popular Linux distributions for power Linux users...

    Wait... what?... Popular and stable???

    Either they've confused Gentoo with Debian, or they're talking up their prospectus to sell shares...

    (I choose Gentoo because of it's flexibility)

  10. Re:Cool, but on Free Gentoo Technical Support · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Sometimes there are differences between the documents and reality. Also, the documents tend to assume that everything went according to plan and your system has not been customized (bad assumption with gentoo). I.E. the documents for the recent changes to the config file layout for apache2 assumes you're not using mass virtual hosting.

  11. MOD Parent Up on Serenity Opens Today · · Score: 1

    Art deco is anything but sleek.

  12. Re:Are there any parties against this? on Canadian Law Profs Counter CRIA Propaganda · · Score: 5, Informative
    Is the NDP even relevant these days?

    Umm... yes. With the Conservatives voting against ALL confidence bills and a minority government, the NDP is very relevant.

    As for where they stand, I don't think they have an official policy (yet), but I've spoken personally with both Jack Layton and Jean Crowder and both probably would share opinions with many of the lawyers in the book.

    As for the Green Party, they have no seats in Parliament.

  13. Re:Elections soon! So act fast. on Canadian Law Profs Counter CRIA Propaganda · · Score: 1

    And with the CBC employees locked out you're sure to get no coverage (unless the BBC world service news covers it).

  14. Re:Does anyone have a torrent? on Canadian Law Profs Counter CRIA Propaganda · · Score: 2, Informative

    Not yet, the book is divided up into per-section PDFs. It'll take a while to download them and zip them.

  15. Re:What about on IE Flaw Exposes Users To Spoof-Based Attacks · · Score: 1

    OK, so how does this translate into accessing other sites cache data or cookies?

  16. Re:XMLHttpRequest? What's That? on IE Flaw Exposes Users To Spoof-Based Attacks · · Score: 0

    Bleach?

  17. What about on IE Flaw Exposes Users To Spoof-Based Attacks · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Same-source policy? Couldn't this only be used to attack the server that the script came from?

  18. Some links to get you started on FCC Giving Veto Power to FBI Over VoIP? · · Score: 4, Informative
  19. Woot! on FCC Giving Veto Power to FBI Over VoIP? · · Score: 2
  20. Re:My 4GB thumb drive on Portable Storage Guide · · Score: 1
    Anybody have any problems with premature removal? Hope it doesn't blow out...

    He he he... Freud...

    Seriously though, you must unmount ("safely remove hardware", in windows-speak) it before you unplug it, or you will eventually lose all the data on the drive.

  21. Re:Security Risks? on Portable Storage Guide · · Score: 1

    Good thing not everyone works in a bank.

  22. Re:Why carry something? on Portable Storage Guide · · Score: 1

    Because my files are too big to download quickly (think 25Mpixel, 16 bit/channel tiffs).

  23. Re:In other news, water found to be wet, fire hot. on Tech Geezers vs. Young Bloods · · Score: 1
    point to me at some point in the last 100 years where your average person knew to any degree of certainty how their tech worked.

    1905? Horse & buggy... yup, know how that works... Coal fired boiler... yup, know how that works... Gas stove, yup... Kerosene Lamp, yup... Pen & inkwell, yup... Water pump, yup... ...

  24. Re:They just need to move to Canada on eDonkey Tells Congress It's Throwing in the Towel · · Score: 1
    You are allowed to lend a CD to a friend, and they're allowed to copy it (for personal use), but you're not allowed to make a copy and give it to your friend.

    This ruling was what the uploading/downloading thing was based on. Notice that I did not say the CD was your own work.

  25. Re:They just need to move to Canada on eDonkey Tells Congress It's Throwing in the Towel · · Score: 1

    The courts would not have bothered making a ruling if that were the case.