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  1. My opinion on DRM From the Viewpoint of the Electronic Industry · · Score: -1

    DRM is like coito interruptus... It doesn't work while ruining the fun...

  2. Re:Nitpick on Wired's LOTR III Tech Breakdown · · Score: -1

    I guess you just answered your question...

  3. Re:Redundant, I know on Can America Trust Electronic Voting? · · Score: -1

    Why does an e-voting machine have to be anything more then a fancy dumb terminal with a printer attached?

    Don't forget the switch...

    switch(candidate)
    {
    case BUSH: print("Vote for BUSH");
    case GORE: print("Vote for GORE");
    case NOONE: print(Vote for %s",candidate[random()]);

    }

    That's how you can get 100000 votes for 1000 voters...

  4. Re:I did RTFA... on Philip K. Dick's Hollywood Afterlife · · Score: -1


    Dick got $130


    Ok, but that's preety good for a dead person. Most dead people get nothing....

  5. Re:What to count on California to Require Paper Voter Receipt · · Score: -1

    The paper will be used as a backup, in case of doubt (i.e. if ther's like 99% of votes for a candidate, or 1000 voters and 2000 votes...)

  6. I have some doubts... on Webservice Debugs Linux Binaries While-U-Wait · · Score: -1

    I have not actually tried the service, but I'm already thinking that it doesn't work in some situations...

    A -g compilled thing is essentialy a .o file.

    Now, what about multiple .o projects? What about programs that depend from user input? Of course these can be emulated, but not to a 100%

    This kind of testing seems to be useful just for "pure math" programs, stuff like calculations, parsing...

  7. But... on Gartner Recommends Holding Onto The SCO Money · · Score: 0, Funny

    If Microsoft==Gardner

    Then Gardner -> Pro-Linux

    Pro-Linux -> Anti-SCO

    And Microsoft-> SCO

    This doesn't match up... Guess we'll need NEO to balance the equation (or Agent Smith)

  8. Re:teraflop on Teraflop In A Box At SC2003 · · Score: 0

    Doom III, anyone???

  9. In other news... on Ebola Vaccine Human Trials Begin · · Score: 3, Funny

    has been bioengineered by Vical to remove 'the part that triggers illness and the part that might allow the DNA to recombine with the DNA of some other virus.

    Daryl McBride from SCO sais that this virus contains code property of SCO corporation.

  10. Re:Has anybody... on Kasparov Draws Game 4 and Match Against X3D Fritz · · Score: 1

    I think GO players should just GO AWAY....

  11. Re:You know..... on AMD Predicts End of 32-bit Processors · · Score: 1

    once a processor goes below about $40, it seems like it's no longer worth producing;

    Well, you're really a genious... Do you know how much does it cost to make a chip (i.e. just the silicon + packaging)?

    Once it goes below $40 dollars profits are almost ZERO...

  12. What's the purpose? on SCO News Roundup · · Score: 1

    "The firm of David Boies, SCO's attorney in charge of their Linux IP cases, has announced their compensation (so far) from SCO: $1 million USD in cash, and $8 million in SCO stock.

    I'd rather receive 8 million dollars in bat droppings, at least they can be used as a fertilizer (simce the bets are that McBride will became a zombie after all...)

  13. Re:You can't trust the client on Experience with 'Secure' Exam Testing Software? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Surely a law school, of all places, would have someone who knows a bit about information security on staff?

    I am sure they have several DMCA specialists....

  14. Re:much like X-box-- but why? on Microsoft to Launch MSN Music Service in 2004 · · Score: 1

    So how will they profit?

    But that's the easy part:

    x: ???
    x+1: Profit!!!

  15. Re:But will this really help web-focused enterpris on Sun Announces New AMD-Based Product Line · · Score: 1

    second only to the Windows .NET security framework.

    I never thought Solaris was that bad

  16. Re:Article summary on Life After Netscape For Mozilla Developers · · Score: 1

    Of course... people don't ie when they get fired...

  17. Re:Trust them on Rules for Teenage Internet Access? · · Score: 1

    Yes, this is very important...

    Trust them. Yes, they will look at porn and stuff, but it's all part of the game...

    On the other hand, there are things you should block (but that's like, for the whole house): spyware sites, goatse.cx, etc... Kazaalite HOSTS list should give you a fairly good idea of what to block...

  18. Re:ATT will be selling circumvention on Analyzing AT&T's Anti-Anti-Spam Patent · · Score: 1, Funny

    Now all I need to do is patent the Anti-Anti-Anti-Spam technology...

    But there's more... I'll also be patenting the Anti-Anti-Anti-Anti-Spam technology.

    Next, I'll apply for the Anti-Anti-Anti-Anti-Anti-Spam technique...

  19. How to make a virus on First Reproducing Artificial Virus Created · · Score: 1


    Particularly interesting is that it only took them two weeks to build


    So it's just unzipping, ./configure then make???

    And 2 weeks to make, that's like way slower than rebuilding the kernel...

  20. Re:Scared now on First Reproducing Artificial Virus Created · · Score: 1

    Because you have to start simple. Viruses first, then ameoba, then lawyers....

    You forgot McBride, right before viruses...

  21. Re:Hear that? on GameSpy Sends DMCA-Based C&D To Security Researcher · · Score: 1

    I agree...

    Fuck the companies, let them suffer because of a virus in the wild.

    I wanna them try to cease and desist that...

  22. The Brazilian example... on E-Voting Glitch: 19,000 Voters, 144,000 Votes · · Score: 1

    In Brazil, it's some 5 years we use electronic votes...

    Last election, 120million votes, 3 days, no glitch...

    I mean, how hard it is to make a program that works correctly? If we can write a program that has one vote for each person, how hard can that be?

  23. Re:In case we kill Forbes on IBM Subpoenas SCO Investors, Analysts · · Score: 1

    Sontag says SCO has provided 1 million pages of documents

    I don't think he realizes that press releases don't count.


    But that's easy...

    cat /dev/random > documents

  24. Re:Why wouldn't they? on Microsoft's Next Virtual PC Will Run Linux · · Score: 2, Funny

    Thank you...

    VirtualPC is a PC emulators... if it doesn't run Linux, then it doesn't run shit...

  25. Re:I thought this was the first virus on 20th Anniversary Of Computer Viruses Commemorated · · Score: 1

    But it's not a bug, it's a feature!!!
    20.19.18.17.16.15.14.13.12.11.10.9.8.7 .6.5.4.3.2.1 .0