Slashdot Mirror


User: barenaked

barenaked's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
28
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 28

  1. Interesting related website more details on NASA's Finances in Disarray · · Score: -1, Troll

    Hmm.. while googling this I found www.peoplesprimary.com/?n=LRHbare

    From the Article:
    There were hundreds of millions of dollars of "unreconciled" funds and a $2 billion difference between what NASA said it had and what was actually in its accounts, which are held by the Treasury Department (news - web sites), PriceWaterhouseCoopers said in its report.

  2. Hmm something similiar on Life Imitates Art at Intel · · Score: 0, Troll

    here is something similar I found while googling this www.peoplesprimary.com/?n=LRHbare

  3. No reason to force them on Microsoft Facing European Sanctions · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It is a good idea. It happened with IE and should happen with any other Windows endorsed products. There is no reason to ship them pre-installed. The argument that Linux do that is false because XMMS and The Gimp are seperate entities from the distribtuion.

  4. Re:Coolness factor on Build Your Own LCD Picture Frame · · Score: 1

    Hmm perhaps if you went and read the article you idiot you would realize that he was talking about buying a new mobo. And the frame is going to be more than $10 if you want something that doesn't look like a piece of shit hanging on your wall. Go ahead and let me know though when you get this $10 picture frame up and running!!

  5. Except on Plumber, Electrician... Digitician? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Except unlike the other *ticians people find it acceptable to pay digiticians in cookies and soda.

  6. Re:Coolness factor on Build Your Own LCD Picture Frame · · Score: 1

    Well I agree with you on the more customization with homebrew. But come on you don't need a whole full blown linux install just to slideshow a few pictures: http://www.webstoresamerica.com/category.asp?searc h=vistaframe $289.95 whole hell of a lot cheaper than building a new computer just for displaying a few pics. And this one reads right off of a mem card

  7. Coolness factor on Build Your Own LCD Picture Frame · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I guess the reason for doing this would ahve to be the coolness factor of it and rolling it yourself. But when you realize it is going to cost you $500+ for the "coolness factor" and you see there are cheaper already built alternatives out there for less than half the cost why not buy a prebuilt one? None of your family cares what your picture frame runs on or your picture frames uptime FYI

  8. It's safe to say on In Google We Trust · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's safe to say when a search engine takes place as a verb in the 'tech cultures' vocabulary that it has created an empire "Would you google this for me...". In my opinion it was one of the great replacements for lycos and yahoo when it came out. Quicker more feature rich and over all better and easier to use, and that is why it has been able to grab such a market hold and popularity

  9. Forcing on Canadian Record Industry Presses ISPs in Court · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The ISP has a duty to protect the privacy of its customers, not to become a "private investigator" for the music industry by being forced, at its own expense, to analyze and hand over subscriber information.

  10. I see it like this on Is Security Holding VoIP Back? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Today's Firewalls dynamically open and close multiple ports as required by VoIP signaling protocols such as SIP, they remain ineffective in securely supporting unsolicited incoming connections. NAT prevents two way voice and multimedia communication, because the private addresses and ports inserted by the client devices (SIP phones, video conferencing etc.) in the packet payload are unable to be routed in public networks. Therefore, incoming calls that are in any service intended to replace the PSTN just are not possible with todays existing NAT/Firewalls.

  11. Will.. on U.S. Plans Targeted Draft for Computer Personnel · · Score: 5, Funny

    Will they be outsourcing this draft to india as well?

  12. Excellent on Sims Online Presidential Campaign Shapes Up · · Score: 5, Funny

    Excellent it is time for reform in the sim community... give it a break. I can't wait to hear the platforms of the running parties, especially the 16 year old..

  13. Love in Iran!! on Rapid Internet Growth In Iran · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,6532 82,00.html (More Detailed News Article)

    " Meeting girls is easy this way," said Amir, as he continued typing, "You can be relaxed no worries."

    Apparrently Iranians need the love too! Just like Internet access first got booming over here, it seems porn and interent romance will probably be a big thing over there too.

  14. Re:Yeah it's nice on Subversion 1.0 Released · · Score: 1, Troll

    Yes. Those are my words on osenews.com I thought I would be able to use something that I wrote on there and apply it to the smae subject matter on here? No?

  15. Yeah it's nice on Subversion 1.0 Released · · Score: 1, Informative

    I've been using Subversion successfully for about a month (http://svn.pdtp.org). Unlike CVS, Subversion is actually sane. You can *gasp* delete directories from the repository! You can rename/move files within the repository without losing versioning (possible but highly cumbersome in CVS). Branching makes sense. It still lacks some of the features of Perforce/BitKeeper but overall quite nice.

  16. Who knows on FSF: New Apache License not GPL-Compatible · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I believe that you can distribute a program under the GNU General Public License and a seperate Trademark license. That is what AbiSource does with AbiWord. And I don't think it restricts the freedom of the user since it is still allowed to distribute derived works. What does not seem to be compatible with the GPL is trying put any further restrictions on the user by invoking normal copyright law. By trying to use copyright law in the Apache license to restrict the rights of recipient to use an arbitrary word in the use of their derived work doesn't seem to be compatible with the GPL. (That arbitrary word would of course be Apache in this case :) Although if you have a real trademark on that word then clause 4 and 5 could be seen as just stating that the Apache License does not grant someone the right to use the word Apache since it is a trademark. But if that is the case then you could easily take away all confusion by using something like the following instead of clauses 4 and 5: This license does not grant you the right to use any of the trademarks of the Apache Software Foundation. "Apache" is a trademark of the Apache Software Foundation and products derived from this software may not be called "Apache", nor may "Apache" appear in their name, without prior written permission of the Apache Software Foundation. I think that would make sure that the new Apache License is compatible with the GPL.

  17. Sure on Candidate Ads, Coming Soon To An Inbox Near You · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sure it's annoying but it sounds like a good strategy to me.... Hell maybe Kerry oughta send out "VOTE BUSH" E-mails. Sure would get people riled up at Bush

  18. If you consider it a distro on What's The Fastest Growing Linux Distro? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think it has got to be Knoppix. I mean it is the best option for newbies and has inspired so many sping-off's. I think it definately qualifies as the fastest growing for that reason. It has introduced more people and is helping more people to come into the Linux World.

  19. Imagine... on NTT Develops Stamp-Size 1GB Hologram Memory · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Imagine a Beoweul Cluster of these...HA HA HA Why it'd be enough to backup....WHO KNOWS!?!

  20. Kick Ass on Navy Jet eBayed - Some Assembly Required? · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder if they include a free tank of gas with the purchase....

  21. Great on Microsoft Develops XP 'Light' for Thailand · · Score: 1

    Great a slightly crippled version of XP for the slightly crippled people of Thailand. I mean really why is Microsoft trying so hard to cater to other countries while still lacking in the support as to completely modify an entire OS for this country.

  22. opensource will always be good on Why Open Source Makes Sense For Handhelds · · Score: 3, Informative

    As the news story said obscure file formats are a big nuisance. Free and opensource on the handhelds will start great things into action. Easier to transport things from one to the other and eventually probably lead to handheld devices becoming more popular.

  23. I really have to question on Pentagon Cancels Internet Voting System · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I question the whole premise of using the internet in the voting process. The flaws are unsolvable because they are fundamental to the architecture of the internet. Using a voting system based upon the internet poses a serious and unacceptable risk for election fraud. It is simply not secure enough for something as serious as the election of a government official. The report recommends that the Serve project be shut down and nothing like it be tried until "both the internet and the world's home computer infrastructure have been fundamentally redesigned, or some other unforeseen security breakthroughs appear." With which I wholeheartedly agree

  24. Woohoo! on Half-Life 2 Targeted for Summer Release · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Half-Life has had one of the longest lives (in terms of popularity) of any video game. I have gone back and played it (the single play) many times, and still do, and the game is from 1998. It is a timeless classic, and its modability has kept its multiplayer alive with CS and Firearms. Most people who actually know something about gaming would say this is the best game ever made.

  25. Good ole Steve on Macintosh's 1984 Debut · · Score: 1


    As this article made clear, there was an
    infectious and inspirational spirit behind the
    birth of the Macintosh, which has lasted to
    this day, as does the continuing chorus of
    industry doubters predicting trouble for
    Apple. At least some things in the computer
    industry never seem to change.

    Steve Jobs is betting the new M
    acintosh will help win the holy war against
    IBM.