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  1. The Guy Sounds Very Unhappy on Lead PHP Developer Quits · · Score: 1

    Having read the email, he sounds REALLY unhappy. He probably should have quit a long time ago...

  2. Re:You're Ignorant on Proposal to Update the Electoral College · · Score: 1
    Dangerous? Perhaps.

    Unconstitutional? Not on your life.

  3. Re:Too Bad It's Unconstitutional on Proposal to Update the Electoral College · · Score: 1
    LOL!

    So, Congress can consent. It's really not that hard...

  4. Re:system on Proposal to Update the Electoral College · · Score: 1
    The Electoral College is a great system

    No, it's not. It has serious flaws: e.g. a Dem vote in Utah is irrelevant, as is a Repub vote in California. It gives disproprotionate power to small population states. A straight-up popular vote would have flaws too, but at least that would be truly democratic.

  5. You're Ignorant on Proposal to Update the Electoral College · · Score: 1
    It does not subvert the Constitution in any way, shape or form. From Article II:

    Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress
    In other words, a state can choose electors however it wants to choose them. Next time, you might want to get a clue about what you're talking about before posting...
  6. The headline here is wrong on CIA Blogger Fired for Criticizing Torture Policy · · Score: 1

    The CIA didn't fire her, BAE did...

  7. Why do people pay attention to him anymore? on Dvorak Rants on CSS · · Score: 1
    As others have noted he's just trolling.

    He doesn't like the cascading part of CSS. Guess what Johnny? That's OO. Maybe Dvorak just isn't smart enough to use CSS.

  8. This guy is nuts... on Microsoft COO Warns Google Away From Corp Search · · Score: 1
    Since when does Microsoft have an enterprise search product?

    If this guy doesn't get help at Charter, he should get help somewhere...

  9. This is silly... on Mumbai Bombings Give Outsourcing Community Pause · · Score: 1
    No area that has an educated population sufficient to outsource activities to, is guaranteed to be free of civil strife.

    The only thing this might show is that you should never put all of your outsourcing eggs into a single basket. You need to spread them around.

  10. I wonder if... on Metcalfe's Law Refutation Explained · · Score: 1
    this applies to communities as well as networks (a community being a kind of network).

    For example, does the community that forms around an open source project have n log(n) value where n is the number of members in that community?

  11. Re:Depends on the Implementation on What Does the Microsoft ODF Converter Mean? · · Score: 1
    A couple of points:

    • Microsoft is not implementing it, companies paid by Microsoft are.
    • It's open source. If they do something stupid the project will get forked and the stupid stuff will be removed from the fork.
  12. Asay Does Not See the Real World on Does It Matter Where Open Source is Based? · · Score: 1

    That guy is wrong about so many things regarding open source, this is just the latest...

  13. Re:Can't help myself on Athens Breeding "Super Mosquitoes" · · Score: 1
    He's here everynight this week folks.

    Remember to try the veal...

  14. Yeah, and if people switch to Macs on Want Security? Make The Switch · · Score: 1

    then the criminal networks will target Macs too. This isn't about the inherent security of the platform, it's about the market share of the platform.

  15. Re:If this decision is upheld by higher courts, on Student Suspended Over IM Icon · · Score: 1

    No, it won't. The kid isn't being charged with a crime, he's being suspended from school. And rightfully so...

  16. Re:The only defense on Undetectable Rootkits Through Virtualization? · · Score: 1

    There's a difference between what he said "known malware", i.e. programs, and your character known behavior. Out of curiousity, how in the world is this related to basic math?

  17. Re:The only defense on Undetectable Rootkits Through Virtualization? · · Score: 1
    They only detect the known malware

    That isn't correct. Today's top of the line security software can detect threats that have never been seen before. It works by detecting behavior, not signatures.

  18. Re:Power lines aren't buried in the USA ? on Why Aren't Powergrids Underground? · · Score: 1

    In many newer neighborhoods (last 25 years) within a subdivision they are buried. However, the lines to the subdivision are above ground.

  19. Re:War on drugs strategy on Complaints Filed Over Firms Seeking H1-B Holders · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yeah, like that would ever happen. The government doesn't do that with illegals, especially not under the Bush administration. In 1999, the United States initiated fines against 417 companies for hiring illegals. In 2004, it issued fine notices to three. Face it, businesses control this country. They believe that old saying "What's good for General Motors is good for the America."

  20. Wow! Who Knew! on Why Vista Release Date Really Slipped · · Score: 1

    Who knew that Windows development at Microsoft was anything like Iraq in the Bush administration. Tell the truth and it won't be accepted...

  21. Re:Free Tool to Measure Surfing Speed on ISPs Offer Faster Speeds, Why Don't We Get Them? · · Score: 1

    I've tried this and keep in mind it's SURFING, not maximum throughput. I can get a maximum of about 380 KBs downloading podcasts with Juice. With SurfSpeed I get about 20 KBs.

  22. I Pay for 5 mb/s on ISPs Offer Faster Speeds, Why Don't We Get Them? · · Score: 1

    And get a little over 3 mb/s in user transfer speed on my BellSouth DSL. Given latency issues, that seems reasonable to me...

  23. Re:Clearly FUD on Adobe Threatens Microsoft With Suit · · Score: 1

    Don't know who mod'd you down for that, but they shouldn't have. Your response is spot on...

  24. Re:Wire news * on Adobe Threatens Microsoft With Suit · · Score: 1
    who really gives a shit?

    A lot of people that would prefer not to buy a separate product from Adobe ($200) to create PDFs from Office documents.

  25. Re:I suspect that the FSF wouldn't oppose DRM... on FSF, Political Activism or Crossing the Line? · · Score: 1
    If a DRM scheme were to be devised that allowed complete and unfettered exercise of fair-use rights, I don't think the FSF would oppose that.

    Yeah, it would.

    Freedom (as in the FSF definition of freedom - think free software) requires that a user have total ability to create derived works. Fair-use is not enough in the FSF's view.

    So, it's (DRM) a system that necessarily requires that owners of equipment not be able to modify, service, understand or improve on their own equipment. Now, if that sounds familiar, it's because those are the principals that underpin free and open source software. DRM is antithetical to free and open source for that reason.

    --- Cory Doctorow, FSF Europe

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