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  1. Re:Support Needed. on ISO Approves OOXML · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Lets wait for the announcement tomorrow, ISO is deliberately avoiding an Aprils Fool announcement, which could mean that it might be of a more serious nature.
    Of course if the serious nature of the announcement is approving OOXML, I'll be sending them some emails telling them what a disgrace the process has been.

    It might not change anything, but I encourage anyone with the ability to send email to do something similar.

  2. when one entity holds enough power on OOXML Will Pass Amid Massive Irregularities · · Score: 1

    That entity will start using it to attain more power, a core democratic principle is distributing power to the people.
    A solution is to limit the amount of power, which one entity can have.

    I think splitting up MS is overdue, others might favour different solutions, but i think some corporations have too much power.

    My captcha was costume, I do not believe, there is much correlation nor causation between my captcha and my post.

  3. Re:"Only" 4 cuts? on Undersea Cable Cut Circumstances Examined · · Score: 1

    If there was a conspiracy, and I don't think it's very likely that there is, then the target would be the launch of the Iranian oil bourse, which trades in currencies other than US-Dollar

  4. Re:This is the way to use a blog properly on New Authentication Scheme Proposed · · Score: 1

    For some obscure reason, i accidentally posted this in the wrong thread... please mod parent down (off topic) thank you :/

    ps. Also, i left out the "profit" step

  5. This is the way to use a blog properly on New Authentication Scheme Proposed · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I hate to be the first poster, but this is the way to use a blog properly.
    1. get lots of feedback.
    2. remove obvious trolls, flames and harrassing comments (they've done a lot of this).
    3. read what people are actually saying.
    4. use the knowledge you gain.
    5. inform people, so they feel that you listen.

    A company blog is an excellent tool, to get rid of the most visible forms of improper corporate behavior, and can generate a lot of goodwill.
    I hope that the TSA will use this to do more than just superficial changes, but for some of the causes it will require reversal of some seriously silly laws.

  6. Re:why not metal foil? on Origami Plane to Fly From the Int. Space Station · · Score: 4, Funny

    They dropped making it of tin foil due to the risk of blocking mind control satelites.
    At normal altitude, a tin foil hat can block the ray for a single person, dropped in space however, the tin foil plane might block mind control of enough people, to actually affect the outcome of the upcoming elections.

    Remember, if we're provided a proper tinfoil cover, we will no longer welcome our <insert pathetica> overlords.

  7. Oh well, screw global warming on First Evidence Of Under-Ice Volcanoes In Antarctica · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If volcanic activity is truly sending the glaciers into the ocean, local warming can have a real and serious effect on global climate.
    It's funny, Here in Denmark, we here alot about the potential consequences of global warming, about the millions of refugees it will create.
    Noone ever mentions that we'll probably be some of those refugees, Our tallest hill, has a height below 170,9 metres, or 560,6 feet above sealevel.

    Time for me to buy that land in south america.

  8. The catch. on Microsoft Releases Source of .NET Base Classes · · Score: 1

    The license does not apply to users developing software for a non-Windows platform that has "the same or substantially the same features or functionality" as the .NET Framework.

    So you can look at the source all you want, unless you're a mono developer.
  9. Re:monkey business on Monkey's Thoughts Make Robot Walk · · Score: 1

    let me fix that for ya...
    Nah, real monkeys do it in a tree

  10. Mod parent up, informative on Pirate Bay Gets a 4,000-Page Complaint · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    who in the retarded candyfloss pits of hell modded parent as flamebait?

  11. This might explain something on XKCD Inadvertently Causes Googlebomb · · Score: 1

    Never understood why my friends spam me so much, they must find it funny.

    It appears that humour is viral.

  12. Re:the universe is a virtual reality simulation... on Scientist Suggests We Explore 'Universe is a VR Simulation' Theory · · Score: 1

    at least it runs virtual machines with virtual machines running linux..

  13. Re:Brilliant comment, that on HD Monitor Causes DRM Issues with Netflix · · Score: 1

    The copyright holders have a legally granted monopoly called copyright.
    They lease out the license, to use this, to netflix.
    netflix has a contractual obligation to the copyright holders to use these measures.

    The contractual obligation is what some people consider illegal abuse of copyright, due to the fact that they prevent you to use some products, which are otherwise fit for purpose.
    At least that's how i understood the grandparent.

    However I'm not convinced this would hold in court.
    My view is that this belongs to consumer affairs, personally I'd do chargeback on my credit card payments, as you're paying for a service you never recieve.

    Same as I'd do if the license for my dvd-player was revoked.

  14. What we all need on Video Surveillance Identifies Threat Patterns · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Ahh, finally more survaillance, and computers to monitor the cameras.

    Pattern recognition to identify threats, before trouble occurs.
    Soon come the day when, we can finally arrest people, before they realise that they're going to do something criminal.

  15. Re:Sorry... on FEMA Sorry for Faking News Briefing · · Score: 1

    Revolution and election are not the same.

    Revolution means throwing out the ones in charge and disregarding the constitution, in an effort to get a fresh start and do things over.

    It's an opportunity to get rid of corrupt people and institutions, to change the way you do basic things (such as the electoral college), to cut away parts of the law no longer in use.
    The downsides are instability, opportunity for the corrupt(and the stupid) and often a lack of vision on how to actually make things different.

    In my opinion it should only take place when a country is already unstable, people are being oppressed(liberty, finance, security) and the the people do not feel heard and can not see how to make a difference.
    But some times, part of the equation gets so skewed, that it's needed anyway.

    I'm not there with the EU yet, but certainly i see the greed and expanding bureaucracy (both fertile grounds for corruption).
    I see the distance between the EU government and the people.
    Police and barb wire isn't a sign that the population is stupid or that political hooliganism is modern trend. It's a sign that the politicians are not doing a good enough job. They do not create spaces for everyone in europe, They do not listen to everyone.
    In my opinion a fundamental part, of freedom of speech, is the right to be heard.

  16. Re:Sorry... on FEMA Sorry for Faking News Briefing · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's kinda sad, but unless your next government truly cleans up, you need a revolution, I'm scared and sad to say that less won't do.

  17. Re:What? on Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon" Is Out · · Score: 1

    You're not the only one.

  18. Re:sapiens! on Evidence Found for Earliest Modern Humans · · Score: 1

    homo sapiens includes species predating cro-magnon such as Homo sapiens Idaltu.

    Cro-magnon is called Homo Sapiens Sapiens Palistinus.
    Modern man is just Homo, which can understandebly can cause some confusion, as it's the same as the genus.

  19. Yes on Intel X38 High End Chipset Launch and Benchmarks · · Score: 1, Funny

    It'll run xwindows quite nicely

    After having tried Vista at work, the partition, i had set up for my third os, soon became infected with ubuntu.
    Not all infections are bad :)

  20. Re:An EA Astroturf? on EA Denies DRM Problems With Sims 2 · · Score: 1

    Maybe it's because people aren't experiencing problems with the game over securom.
    They're just having seemingly unrelated problems with lots of other things.

    If my dvd-drive stopped working, i wouldn't call a game company, i'd call the guys i bought the dvd-drive from.

  21. Re:Does it run as a daemon? on Researchers Aim To "Read Minds" of PC Users · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Headline seems a bit sensationalists, they're not reading minds, they MEASURING STRESS.

  22. Yes on In the UK, Possession of the Anarchist's Cookbook Is Terrorism · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Don't you think that'll come in handy when fighting Terrorism?
    What do you have to be afraid of, if you're not a Terrorist?
    Now that i think about it... You'd better come in for questioning, seeing as you're in on a Terrorism charge, we can hold you indefinately while we investigate which books you have.

    Aaarrgh.... too much paranoia.

  23. Re:I also may be mistaken... on VM-Based Rootkits Proved Easily Detectable · · Score: 1

    They exploited the windows behavior named Autorun.
    They used it to install crap on my computer, when all i knew was word games.

    They placed it there with the intention of this happening.
    That is why i claimed they installed crap on my computer.

    Avoiding the music label, not sure it was Sony, is my way of saying thank you and fuck you too.
    And yes, i will be damned sure to accuse them of doing it, because to the average luser, that's what happens, completely without interaction or information and with every bit of intent possible.

    and please don't go claim you've never been a regular luser, we've all been new at this.

  24. Fortunately slashdot is also a translation tool on Choice Overload In Parallel Programming · · Score: 1

    Oh, thanks for the confidence. In the fremtid I'll remember to only bruge words from my modersmål when I'm uncertain how a particular word should be stavet.
    Oh, thank you for the confidence. in the future I'll remember only to use words from my native language when I'm uncertain about how a particular word should be spelled.

    please, someone take over from here to correct the grammar.
  25. Re:I also may be mistaken... on VM-Based Rootkits Proved Easily Detectable · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately not, i'm an addict of certain half-life 2 mods, total annihilation, supreme commander and toribash.
    After that, I did stop windows from autorunning anything.

    I have other machines, i run 3 different operating systems (windows xp pro(gratis), linux (debian) and minix )
    Tbh, i use windows for more than gaming, i find it easier/faster to mash up a demo of a program i want to do in VS than in Eclipse.

    Also, i refuse to be ignorant of what OS is on the majority of my potential customers computers.
    I'm currently writing from my part time job, where i have to use win or mac, i'm perfectly happy with both.

    I try to keep myself OS-independant, both in what libraries and what applications I choose.
    Also, i might be spelling/grammar agnostic, English is not my first language.