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  1. Re:I don't get it on McAfee Worried Over "Ambiguous" Open Source Licenses · · Score: 2, Informative

    unless the boot loader has been configured to disable all such nonsense

  2. Re:true but.. on Sears Installs Spyware · · Score: 1

    so go change clothes, come back and you're no longer an employee, you're a customer, and if they escort you out AGAIN, just make a scene

  3. Re:Good luck with that... on Chuck Norris Sues Publisher, Tears Don't Cure Cancer · · Score: 1

    if its true thats even worse for him since he would have nothing to sue over then.

  4. Re:Recomendation to dissidents on Google Plans Service to Store Users' Data Online · · Score: 1

    if you're not seeing his stories, how'd you know to come here to comment?

  5. Re:Avoiding the malloc() on Game Boy Zelda Comes With Source, Sort Of · · Score: 3, Insightful

    it was filled with things in ram, most likely because malloc was used to get the ram needed to link the image, and they didn't bother to clear it, calloc would have cleared it for them

  6. Re:Avoiding the malloc() on Game Boy Zelda Comes With Source, Sort Of · · Score: 5, Informative

    thats what calloc is for, it'll clear it for you, malloc just gets it.

  7. Re:more importantly on Crater From 1908 Tunguska Blast Found · · Score: 2, Funny

    HE'S FEEDING US FALSE INFORMATION!
    he's trying to get us to retune our hats to let in the REAL frequency!

    the speed of light / (3.26 kilometers) = 91.9608767 kilohertz

  8. Re:yeah right, hydrogen is gonna save us! on New Hydrogen Engine Test Shows Future of Aviation · · Score: 1

    yes solid waste that can just be dropped right into your drinking glass, i mean how do you think Doc Brown did it in BTF3?

  9. Re:Don't forget to test twinkies as well on Mythbusters to Test Cockroach Radiation Myth · · Score: 2, Funny

    They would but there insurance won't allow them to do that, AND the lawyers cost too much per hour.

  10. Re:Count Two on Do OpenOffice Users Save In Microsoft Format? · · Score: 1

    as can latex with ghostscript!

  11. Re:Can someone provide some insight? on Debating the Linux Process Scheduler · · Score: 1

    thats just it, the old scheduler has a flaw that allows a program to take all of the power but sleep JUST before the stats are gathered making the scheduler think its not doing anything so that i can use 99% of the power without being seen as the culprit

  12. Re:1984 much? on Senators Call for Universal Internet Filtering · · Score: 2, Informative

    better to strap the magnets to him, makes it easier to wire up, since then you can just wind around the coffin

  13. Re:Torque on linux? on Open Source vs Affordable Indie 3D Game Engines? · · Score: 3, Informative

    crystal space also is not geared only towards FPS's in fact one of the demos (or at least it used to be there, don't know if it is now), is a 3d tetris game.

  14. Re:Prove it? on BBC Kicked out of School Over Wi-Fi Scaremongering · · Score: 1

    i don't know if he has, but i have, when i was younger i had a hearing test, its somewhere in the upper 19khz-21khz range, its because of the capacitors (i've recorded it before on tape, it does exist)

  15. Re:The Dog Companion on Molyneux Slips Additional Details on Fable II · · Score: 1

    the cujo patch to quake one was certainly a good dog sidekick

  16. Re:A rhetorical question on Small Webcasters Offered a Rate Break, Reject It · · Score: 1

    thats my point, the idea of having an independent body that allows for the artist to collect royalties without having to make deals with every single person/company that wants to play, and allow all of the stations/people/etc. that want to play someones music have a simple and effective way to deal with licensing is a good idea, it makes it simpler for both parties, but the way that its being handled makes it appear as a hinderence to both parties since they're strong arming both sides into giving them money (though the artists do get money from them at the same time)

  17. Re:A rhetorical question on Small Webcasters Offered a Rate Break, Reject It · · Score: 1

    the basic idea for this though (i'm not defending them, they charge the artists to get their royalties, wtf? charing money to get money? just take it off the top), that then a distributor can use that music without having to directly contact the bands, the up shot of this is that if some band decides they don't like you they can't actually tell you (though i'm sure a court order would work) that they won't negotiate with you for royalties, you can always go to sound exchange and its still legal, this makes it easier for a station to play music without as much liability, its not a bad idea in principal (i think anyway), but the current way its setup to go out and strongarming them like that is just bad pr and a horrible way to do it since they don't actually represent the bands they're trying to collect for, they just the government created monopoly on collecting royalties in this kind of situation.

  18. Re:Proprietary Codecs? on Dell Linux Details · · Score: 1

    it can be done, there's even a 64to32 plugin that will let you use 32bit plugins in a 64bit gecko browser, i never had much luck with it though.

  19. Re:Proprietary Codecs? on Dell Linux Details · · Score: 2, Interesting

    actually version 9 is out of beta now IIRC and the reason (that they state anyway) that there is no amd64 version of the flash player is because the JIT type code they have for flash isn't 64bit safe still, don't know if thats true though, if it is, its at least a semi-reasonable excuse, but its still something they should work on.

  20. Re:well-thats-not-very-exciting on FCC Approves iPhone · · Score: 5, Funny

    i'm waiting for the iPhone-shuffle, no display, just a button to call a random person on your contacts list.

  21. Re:Now I need faster broadband on The First Terabyte Hard Drive Reviewed · · Score: 1

    well thats 4 sets of 4 drives in ZFS setup so that 4 of the 16 drives get used as parity, can't have any of that porn getting corrupted.

  22. Re:Simplify on Synchronizing Music Players? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    similar in line with this you can get a low power FM transmitter off ebay, and use that and some radios, much simpler if you don't want to run that much wire. my parents do it like this.

  23. Re:Well, you are partly correct on 20 Years of Handheld Console Evolution · · Score: 1

    actually the way it worked on the original GB and NES/SNES it actually acted more like a memory mapped file (this allowed carts that actually had more data than either system could directly access, since they could use banking to switch which part it was looking at) that you could use just like it was in main memory. don't know about the GBA and DS specifically but i doubt they changed that since it made things more useful.

  24. Re:Ratio's on Canada to Build 40MW Solar Power Plant · · Score: 1

    assuming its just solar panelling, i'd think it'd be a good idea. but if its anything fancier (like the mirrors pointed at a tower to boil water) then it might not scale to that size very well.

  25. Re:I remember on Novell Bombards SCO with Summary Judgment Motions · · Score: 4, Funny

    quick someone take them to a zebra crossing!