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  1. I wouldn't worry on German Youth Convicted for Sasser Worm · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Most "leet hackers" under 18 couldn't hack their way out of a wet paper bag. If they start young enough to have a good level of programming ability by 17, then they've generally matured enough to handle that responsibility by then. This guy is the exception, not the rule.

  2. Simple Answer on How to Do Everything with PHP and MySQL · · Score: 1

    "@" suppresses error messages.

  3. Hate to rain on your parade... on Open Solaris Derivative Available · · Score: 1

    But the article says "Derivative" not "Dervivatives".

    No need to jump the gun.

  4. Re:What is the practical application for this? on Google to Map San Francisco in 3D · · Score: 1

    Some people's minds do abstraction better than others and from your post, I'd hazard a guess that you're one of them. However, being able to see what the street you are turning down should look like is a major help if you're not the kind of person who can instantaneously translate from a map to reality.

  5. That depends on the user on Google to Map San Francisco in 3D · · Score: 2, Insightful

    People respond differently to different stimuli. While you might be able to pick out the street corner you agreed to meet on from looking at a couple of lines on some paper, others (myself included) would find it beneficial to see an actual 3D visualisation of what the place looked like so that they know what and where they're aiming at.

  6. Re:What is the practical application for this? on Google to Map San Francisco in 3D · · Score: 1

    So it'll help terrorists get their bearings, but it won't help innocent civilians. Right. What are you expecting, cyborg suicide bombers who can extract classified information from a map?

  7. Re:Mainstream on CNET to Award Open Source Initiatives · · Score: 1

    That would be because they're two different things. Open Source isn't the same as Free software, regardless of where you're standing.

  8. Flawed analogy on Which is Better, Firefox or Opera? · · Score: 1

    a) We have more browsers than Ethiopians have food, we can afford to pick and choose.

    b) Kosher is a religious thing. Would a truly religious person rather live now and go to hell later or die now and go straight to heaven? I'd say the latter.

  9. Seems that the Christian Right got mod points on The Pseudoscience of Intelligent Design · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Or so such trollish moderation would indicate. Just because you don't agree with something, doesn't mean that the person posting was intending it to be a troll. A troll is a post designed to attract adverse attention - the parent was merely a logical transposition of the attitude displayed by ID'ists, not an attempt to inflame hatred.

  10. Fair enough... on The Pseudoscience of Intelligent Design · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just so long as I'm equally entitled to conjecture that the Bible was placed here by Satan to test our faith in him (the true Lord).Don't think they should have a problem with that, do you?

  11. Heh... on Microsoft Demands Removal Of Longhorn Images · · Score: 3, Funny

    This has to be my most appropriate experience of the "Nothing to see here, move along" error =)

  12. Re:Timing of the post on Four New Unpatched Windows Vulnerabilities · · Score: 1

    Or for crackers to exploit them given the flood of unpatched machines that will no doubt come online over the Christmas period?

  13. Is that so? on Google Suggest · · Score: 1

    If you consider "blow job" to be work-safe, may I enquire as to your line of work? ;-)

  14. Re:Wow on Google Suggest · · Score: 1

    Don't know about the backend, but the frontend appears to be written in Javascript. Assuming that is the frontend - I didn't have time to check anything more than the fact that it's included by the completion page and not by regular google.

  15. Is it any coincidence on Google Suggest · · Score: 4, Funny

    That when you enter "P", the first suggestion is "Paris Hilton"? I guess this just proves that porn really does drive every new technology ;-)

  16. Nope on Point and Click Linux · · Score: 2, Funny

    That clearly says "let" - the book must be pretty basic ;-)

    <groans />

  17. Wonderful on GPL Revision Coming Soon · · Score: 1, Funny

    Just as version 2 was/is being tested in court we have to go for a new license which will no doubt leave us open to all sorts of patent problems that those untested proprietary licenses don't have. The end is nigh

  18. Which raises the question on Excel Registered as Trademark, 19 Years Late · · Score: 1

    Is the natural logarithm a legal entity and can it be sued? ;-)

  19. That's ok on MSN Search Roundup · · Score: 1

    Most of the major distributions have shifted to Xorg now ;-)

  20. Nothing new... on Is Microsoft Crawling Google? · · Score: 1

    It was how Mr Gates learnt to code in the first place ;-)

  21. Wow on Is Microsoft Crawling Google? · · Score: 1

    They're taking on Square Enix too? o.0

  22. No... on Video Game SDK in Hardware · · Score: 1

    But it covers suing those who make "false" claims against you on that basis ;-)

  23. No really, it doesn't on New Technique Could Trace Documents By Printer · · Score: 1

    No law enforcement methods have any impact on Freedom of Speech whatsoever. It's the laws that sit behind them that do. As long as freedom of speech is enshrined in law, no such methods can be used against it.

  24. Yes but... on Robolawyer to Handle Clickwraps? · · Score: 1

    I'm sure that Emacs could do it ;-)

  25. Right... on Parrot 0.1.1 'Poicephalus' Released · · Score: 1

    For anyone who didn't RTF-non-april-fools-A: Parrot is a virtual machine which just happens to be able to run both of them. Get a bloody clue.