User: halleluja

Re:I'm not a Californian

On: Tinfoil Hat House

It's stupid. It's ugly. But why in the fuck is it illegal?

Blocking Wall-Mart subliminal messaging undermines our freedom to shop anywhere which is acknowledged to be a threat to modern society.

Re:He's wrong.

On: Download Your Brain

Making a copy of yourself doesn't avoid death for you, it just means ongoing life for a copy of you.

We can only define 'death' properly once this brain-uploader is working.

Re:well..

On: iTunes 4.9 To Support Podcasting

Ogg Vorbis support for the three people on the planet who use it. A lot of released games use ogg vorbis, e.g. FarCry, SWAT 4. So that's a hell of a lot more than 3 people.

Re:The GPL isn't all that

On: VX30 Ad-Stats Code Online

If no one outside your client's company will receive binaries of your program, then no one but your client is required to have the source code made available to them.

I can download a trial of the encoder, so according to GPL I'm entitled access to the source of this program.

Re:Unsolvable geek problems.

On: George Dantzig, 1914-2005

How to get a date?

Just ask.

Re:What puzzles games do you know?

On: 2005 Google U.S. Puzzle Championship

Mahjongg.

Rootkit detector

On: Microsofts "Honeymonkey" Project

The rootkit detector is based on the assumption that a clean, uninfected version of the OS is available on CDROM for comparison.

Then, the honeymoon project should not have started after the rootkit detector, right?

Virtual boxes /= invulnerable

On: Microsofts "Honeymonkey" Project

Well, they might get less vulnerable to adware but are more vulnerable than a single non-virtual *bsd box w/apache to /.

=Loading=

Re:Fire it up.

On: Which is Better, Firefox or Opera?

Start the flame wars!

Qt (opera/linux) vs. GTK (firefox/linux).

Opera pro's and con's

On: Which is Better, Firefox or Opera?

Pro's:

• Opera has mouse gestures.
• I'm still addicted to F2 (opens new location). You can navigate Opera completely by keyboard only, which is a lot harder in FF.
• Speech navigation? (never tried it)
• Speed. Loading and browsing take less time than with FF.
• I do not have to look at the horrendous Firefox compile script floating by :-)

Con's:

• Latest versions contain too much bloat; mail and messaging are incorporated in the browser :( What's next, chrome?
• The ads are a bummer, so purchasing a license is definitely worth the money ($29).

Loose the Game port!

On: Simple, Bare-Bones Motherboards?

Most useless port ever.

Parallel port is good, especially since I use an old laserprinter, which performs very well even today.

The serial port can go too, except for server boards.

PS/2 ports are fine though limited..

And what about...

On: What The Dormouse Said

The punch card system which was automated by Jacquard for looming about ~1800?

Re:Free Win32 PVR

On: Build Your Own DVR

Be sure to checkout http://btwincap.sourceforge.net/ for alternate (excellent) drivers.

Out here, in the Netherlands, there is nothing worth capturing, so I'll go and enjoy the weather.

Comments are more important than code...

On: Comments are More Important than Code

Obviously, code is about work and comments are about expressing yourself.

int c = getchar(); // why the FUCK an int??

/* don't you frigging dare touch it */
int x=3,n,m=2,*t,*a,*b=0;
while(b?o:((*(t=b=(int*)mal loc(o))=2),a=t+1,o))n=*b,n>=m?c:x%n?(int)b++:N);

Solution

On: DMCA Prevents Photoshop Support of Nikon Camera

Get the first shot right.

Re:Why do people buy cheap ram?

On: Firms Get Away with Selling Untested DRAM

Just wait and see when your clock battery dies out. No way to boot (ethernet address is in that battery) and no way SGI help if you ain't got support.

... which is probably the case, because you have to be one sick idiot to pay $$$$ for a $ system.

Re:Simple Solution

On: Firms Get Away with Selling Untested DRAM

You get what you pay for. You want good quality - pay good money. You want bad quality - pay peanuts.

Duh. I can get good quality for peanuts, e.g. a fixed frequency 21" Sony monitor.

Expensive does not exist. Just pay for stuff you find worthy of the price. Stop trying to get seats on the first row for a dime..

quality first...

On: Firms Get Away with Selling Untested DRAM

Prices are nearly the same, except perhaps for large mem. But I'd rather stick with quality and less performance/capacity than risking fast/buggy stuff (and no, I do not recommend IBM by default :-)

I don't like the hassle when something's broken after a few months. In practice you need a long breath to obtain the rights of the warranty -- in the same period prices have dropped anyhow.

Just say no to consumerism, buy durable quality.

Re:Animated PDFs?

On: Adobe Buys Macromedia for $3.4B

My calculation yields a Flash application running in the 1x10 LED area of my postscripted Laserjet.

AAAARGH

Re:Amazing!

On: Longhorn Preview

and better methods for laptops to roam from one network to another.

...that I can already seamlessly do with Mac OS X's automatic detection of saved wireless network settings, rolling prioritized detection of available network interfaces, and quick switching of locations?

Pff, using Windows(*) I can automatically login wirelessly without saving settings.

(*) I do not use Windows but many entry points do and accept my request without authorization :-)

Re:Just a reminder about PDFs

On: Adobe Releases Acrobat Client for Linux

PDF's are perfect for online viewing. You just have to use Acrobat full to optimize for screen reading and proper fonts.

HTML/SGML/txt are not comparable, how do you distribute a book (.tgz?).

Besides, if it wasn't well for online viewing they wouldn't have called it *portable*, right?

What to buy

On: Hardware MPEG2 TV Tuners Compared

I missed some cards in the lineup, esp. Matrox ?Marvel? series etc which are around quite some time.

Ye Olde BrookTree bt878 chipsets work perfectly for like 10 yrs. The public domain driver is more stable than the official :)

On the other hand, I would as well scoop up an SGI Indy and attach a 10000rpm scsi drive; my guess is it will outrun any current system (at least in price/quality)

piloting unsafe areas

On: Laser Warnings Planned for Out-of-Bounds Pilots

Terrorist are pulling their windshields to adjust their rearview mirrors

Linus is rightfully pissed at Tridge

On: BitKeeper Love Triangle: McVoy, Linus and Tridge

While the agreement was made between Linus and McVoy, Tridge positioned Linus in the middle of the shit.

Re:Sterilizing Keyboards

On: Keyboards are Havens for Super Bugs

(...) , we *think* they're clean. :)

No way. Eyebrows, nails and pecks intrude your keyboard; not to mention ashes if you're a smoker.

Remove the keys, unscrew the board and toss it into a sink filled with detergent. Except for the little circuit board and transparent key foil.

Then, let it dry for a while, screw the board back and pty yhe keyu bacl@