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  1. Re:Danger Will Robinson, Danger! on Open-source Licensing: BSD or GPL? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    WINE, for one. I'm pretty sure that they claim that moving to the LGPL stopped the commercial leeching and greatly increased the amount of code they received in contribution.

  2. Ha. Ha. Ha. on Guitarists, your Days are Numbered · · Score: 1

    You're not funny. STFU.

    I also like how you can't spell "whizzed" correctly.

  3. OK, I'll stop using your open network... on Man Arrested for Using Open Wireless Network · · Score: 1

    if you stop broadcasting it onto my/public property. Otherwise, it's your responsibility to carry out basic access controls, which any halfway-decent consumer product will provide.

  4. Re:I know what to do on Owner of the Word Stealth 'Protecting' Rights · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yes, it's unconstitutional. That would be a bill of attainder, which is explicitly forbidden.

  5. Re:Diminishing Returns on Innovation Getting Slower? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Eh... no.

    How about this: the ratio of revolutionary innovation to evolutionary innovation is decreasing.

  6. Re:Server trends & commercial blogs on 2005 Looks Like Record Year for Net Growth · · Score: 3, Informative

    Its interesting that the percentage of Microsoft powered servers has risen 0.27 from the last statistics, perhaps suggesting that improvements to the latest versions of IIS are increasing use.

    And the month before, their change was -0.28%. So what? You need to see an actual trend before you can possibly conclude anything.

  7. Re:Taxation without Representation? on Possible Taxes For Broadband Users · · Score: 3, Funny

    If this tax goes towards anything other than the service that is BEING taxed then maybe its time for a tea party.

    Yeah, let's throw all our routing equipment into the nearest body of water! That'll show 'em!

  8. Winner on David Clark: Rebuild the Internet · · Score: 1

    OK, that's it, stop the comments, leave this story, it's all over.

  9. the reason on Next-Gen Console CPUs Not Up to Hype · · Score: 3, Interesting
  10. How is this a problem? on Why Do We Have to Use a Floppy to Flash BIOS? · · Score: 1

    If the BIOS and flasher can fit on a floppy, it runs in DOS. This means that I can use FreeDOS and actually flash the BIOS at all.

  11. Oh no, here we go again. on Eclipse 3.1 Released · · Score: 1

    This could get ugly.

  12. Speaking of sad... on Windows Longhorn and Internet Explorer 7 · · Score: 1

    Also, Microsoft revealed that RSS will be integrated into the heart of Longhorn.

    It may just be the way the submitter wrote it, but this reeks of hype and buzzwordism as well, as though marketing pulled it out of their ass during a presentation or something.

  13. Re:relevance in slashdot? on Supreme Court Rules Private Property Can be Seized · · Score: 1

    And how does this have to do with my rights online?

    Interpret it as "Your Rights[, Discussed] Online."

    Look, none of us here like reverse socialism, which is what this is. Can't we all just bitch and be unhappy about one thing at a time?

  14. Re:Big dreams turn into nightmares on Integrated Circuit Inventor Jack Kilby Dead at 81 · · Score: 1

    I think you (and many other Slashdotters) have forgotten how new and immature these devices are. Perhaps part of the accelerating stress is the accelerating change; most people just cannot deal with it, and even those who can still have trouble with it.

    Our circuits and algorithms have made some things infinitely easier, while their current forms have made others incredibly hard. That is no reason to just shut it down and go home. It's going to require out-of-the-box thinking, and that usually comes from fresh minds being in the right place at the right time.

    It's a little bit trite to say, but what we have is too good not to be able to find a way to make it work well.

  15. Re:Let it pass on EFF: 48 Hours to Stop the Broadcast Flag · · Score: 1

    The laws don't have to answer to the free market. We already try very hard to stop these sorts of things. Do you have the confidence that it takes to believe that if we let these sorts of things pass uncontested to the best of our ability, that people would be much more receptive to the message? Do you have the will to endure the effects of the bill while we try to get it repealed? Such inaction would be a test of faith that many of us don't have.

  16. Re:Don't think! Just do!!! NOW NOW NOW!!! on EFF: 48 Hours to Stop the Broadcast Flag · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No one thinks independently of one another. You live in a society in which events and decisions that affect you and others happen far beyond your ability to personally witness. At some point, you must trust someone. Therefore, everyone is capable of being manipulated, and everyone is manipulated to some degree.

    Now, would you rather be manipulated by corporations who suck you dry, or Slashdot which, for whatever reason, is manipulating you to seek something that will benefit you (the stopping the Broadcast Flag)?

    Would you rather be a Slashbot, or a corporate whore? Hey, it's your pick.

  17. Re:Emulate? on Linux on Nintendo DS, Update · · Score: 1

    Hi, Theo! You almost fooled us there with the "NetBSD" talk.

    </sarcasm>

  18. modded down for speaking badly about my own post on Next-gen Windows Command Line Shell Now in Beta · · Score: 2, Funny

    WTF?

    I need sleep...

  19. Re: No Thanks on Next-gen Windows Command Line Shell Now in Beta · · Score: 1

    Many Linux GUI programs are just frontends. There is very little I can't do from the command line and/or by editing a text file.

  20. Re: No Thanks on Next-gen Windows Command Line Shell Now in Beta · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    kill -9 that one. Parent post doesn't make sense.

  21. Re: No Thanks on Next-gen Windows Command Line Shell Now in Beta · · Score: 2, Insightful

    He's not talking about Unix per se when he says "Unix"; you should instead read it as "the Unix Way," which will not likely end up deprecated for a long time.

  22. Wasn't it already in the beta? on Next-gen Windows Command Line Shell Now in Beta · · Score: 1

    We've had two recent articles on it, and I know there was at least a third in the distant past.

    And with as verbose as it is, you might as well use a compiled program, or go with Perl or Python.

  23. Re:Working torrent? on New Star Wars Movie From the Makers of 'Troops' · · Score: 1

    These really bad jokes using classic Star Wars lines are making me want to rip my eyes out!

    Then you might not want to watch the movie. They use one.

  24. Re:Torrent here on New Star Wars Movie From the Makers of 'Troops' · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, you're doing it right.

  25. Re:Admit it, you love stupid memes on All Your Base Are Turned Five · · Score: 1

    Aw, crap. Got beat to the punch because I watched it.