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  1. McBride predictions... on More Linux Predictions for 2004 · · Score: -1

    1 - He'll be banned to Lappiland for a crash couse on how not to mess with Linux...

    2 - He'll get flattened by a stampede of GNUs...

    3 - IBM will employ him...

  2. Re:Just a thought... on Has The Poincare Conjecture Been Solved? · · Score: 0

    Actually it's MORE than 4 dimensions (and actually, more than 5)

    SOme people believe in 11 dimensions, since the equations simplify beautifully at that dimension...

  3. Re:LAME DUPES, EVEN WHEN TOLD IT WAS SO! on No More Leap Second? · · Score: 0

    Of course, new stories get rejected in favour of dupes...

  4. Re:Nuremburg Revisted! on Getting Over the Stigma of a Previous Job? · · Score: 0

    Judge: Daryl McBride what is your defense?
    McBride: I was just following orders...
    Judge: What orders? You were the CEO of SCO.
    McBride: I mean, the orders from the voices in my head...

  5. Re:Solution ? on Wind Turbines Kill a Few Birds · · Score: 0


    As a quick comparison, in the past year, three birds have died after running into the living-room window in my house. Those turbines are downright safe!


    I have the same problem here... Big Window 5mm thick. You just here a PLOF and a fainted or dead bird on the floor.

  6. Well, in a worse case scenario... on Is Self Publishing Worth the Price? · · Score: 1, Funny

    Ctrl+C Ctrl+V and post your entire novel as a Slashdot comment.

  7. If a treebot falls in the forest... on Linux-Based Robot To Explore The Forest · · Score: 0, Funny

    does it throw an exception???

  8. Once and for all..., on Paycheck-Style Memory Erasure: How Close Are We? · · Score: 0

    the answer is NO... or better, IT DEPENDS.

    Have a bullet throug his brain, everything gets lost.

    Now, how would you selectively sever thousand of connections that account for THAT SPECIFIC MEMORY.

    We would have to have an immense knowlegde of the brain, and OF THE SAID BRAIN.

    Impossible, AFAIK, today (and for the next 120 yrs. I would bet)

  9. Re:OK - who forgot to set the clock? on Holding On To Hope For Beagle 2 · · Score: 0

    I guess no one figured how to program THAT...

  10. The real problem with Beagle on Jodrell Bank Telescope Gets No Signal From Beagle · · Score: 0

    is that its first signal was supposed tom be a sequence of notes from a Blur song... Unfortunately RIAA was not very happy with this Martian file-sharing stuff, and pulled the plug...

  11. Do anyone has this guy's email... on Nigerian Scammers Claim Another Victim · · Score: 0

    I have these great proposals to show him...

  12. What about... on Discussing The Most Awaited Games Of 2004? · · Score: 0

    Secret Weapons over Normandy...
    If it's as good as SWOTL (but w; 2004 graphics) then I guess it's going to rock big time...

    Also The Sims 2

  13. RTFConclusion on NASA's Mars Polar Lander May Have Landed Safely · · Score: 0

    Ok, please everyone who read the NASA report about the failure of MPL please raise your hands...

    (Yeah, I RTFR)

    1 - They TRIED to use the Mars Relay (the UHF stuff)

    2 - Do you think Mr Top_guy-boss-of-it-all has a special receiver in his desk to cature data directly from the spacecraft? Sorry, everything is gathered from the Deep Space Network: 3 stations: one in US, one in Spain and one in Australia...
    They all tried to get the signal (even detect the UHF signal from earth...)

  14. Re:No kidding, Spanky. on Bollywood Embraces Kazaa Movie Downloads · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hollywood has been slow to embrace downloads

    Understatement of the year.


    Maybe ther's still using dial-up...

  15. Re:If you would RTFA... on MySQL & Open Source Code Quality · · Score: 0

    That's why there should be lots of comments and blank lines, so the ratio goes down...

  16. But the important question is??? on Microsoft Looks At Integrating Forums and E-mail · · Score: 0

    Who will patent it first???

  17. In other news McBride sends another letter... on SCO Gets More Desperate; Sends More Letters · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    dEAR SANTA CLAUS

    Ive been a Good bOy this year. I didnt wet my bed not even once and i stopped torturing the squirrels in the pArk.

    My list of presents this year:

    one flame-thrower
    one smoke-and-mirrors magic kit
    a FUD kit

    PS.
    A little bird told me that Santa uses Linux in all the computers of his factory. According to my calculations that'll be 12000 dollars (yes, I gave you a discount, after all, its xmas...)

  18. In other news... on Former Netscape Executive gives $4000 to AmiZilla · · Score: 5, Funny

    Porting of MySQL to C64 begins, and an undisclosed donor has donated $5000 to the fist person to run Apache from a Tamagotchi

  19. P-Lease on Gifts Ideas For 'Non-Geek' Types? · · Score: 1, Informative

    How can this be difficult? Ok, ok, I guess for geeks it's a bit tricky... But, even for me, I think it's not THAT difficult...

    1 - What age class? (Older (like in Grandparents, parents) younger (like in smaller cousins, kids) or same age (friends, Girlfriend/Boyfriend)

    2 - What does this person enjoy: gardening, maybe a sports person, someone who likes cooking, reading, you can't go wrong with flowers/perfume to your girlfriend ( but you probably will want something more expensive for Xmas ). Jewlery is also nice... The list goes on and on...

    3 - Not to be scary or something, if you're really in trouble, try and look what other people buy (you know, normal people, those who can't tell Javascript from Java, or better, never heard of Javascript.... yes, that's it)

  20. Obligatory joke on Paul Allen Confirmed as SpaceShipOne's Sponsor · · Score: 4, Funny

    This spaceship has encountered an error and will self-destruct now. Microsoft apologizes for the inconvenience...

  21. Oh, I wonder why??? on 235,000 Fewer Programmers by 2015 · · Score: 2, Insightful


    1 - DMCA (nuff said)
    2 - ***A (FTAA, NAFTA, IndiA , RIAA (for paying 25 million to a scheme that can be defeated with the shift key)

    3 - Welcome to the Global World, it's about time America gets their ass pounded by it too...

  22. An important question... on Downloadable Origami Motorcycles · · Score: 1

    Are these motorbikes GPL'd? If I change them do I have to make the changes available?

    What if I share these models in Kazaa, will they subpoena me???

  23. Impossible equation on Gloolabs Readies A Java-Based WiFi Audio Device · · Score: 3, Funny

    Java + Wi-FI + Audio

    I reckon the universe is going to explode....

  24. Re:Prelude to patent hassles? on Microsoft's New Core OS Team Learning from Linux · · Score: 1

    Remember that the GPL is viral...

    So the moment M$ people look at it, their brains begin to get all fuzzy and funny and before you know, everybody is coding a GPL Windows...

  25. Some issues to be discussed. on Blockbuster Chief: End DVD Region Codes · · Score: 1

    Now, AFAIK, region codes work like this: when the region of the DVD is different from the reader region, the reader refuses to read the decryption key.

    Another issue is that all 0 region DVDs I've known are not encrypted (yes, XINE will read them...)

    So, is it goodbye region codes AND good-bye CSS???

    What a freaking Genious , mate!!! Really, who would have thought that!