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  1. Re:Of course! on Broadband Is The Secret To South Korea's Success · · Score: 1

    They took a hit because they have a huge number of PCs hooked up to broadband that can then infect other PCs at ridiculous speeds.

  2. Re:Bush is Pushing for Broadband too... on Broadband Is The Secret To South Korea's Success · · Score: 1

    Indeed, I don't think people that will hold their own people at gun-point and force members of that family to hop into a rigged car so someone with a remote detonator can blow up the "martyr" are going to give a shit if they might blow up their "friends".

  3. Re:Bush is Pushing for Broadband too... on Broadband Is The Secret To South Korea's Success · · Score: 1

    It's more like 252 million have-nots and 28 million holding the purse strings =)

  4. Re:Bush is Pushing for Broadband too... on Broadband Is The Secret To South Korea's Success · · Score: 1

    Even in some non-rural areas, it's impossible to get broadband when the local dial-up ISP has its hooks into the local government. I couldn't get cable internet because the neighboring county's dial-up ISP was community subsidized until they had successfully destroyed the market for dial-up internet access. Their prices went from $10 per month to $20 a month once their last competitor ducked out of the market.

    When my currect cable provider upgraded their infrastructure for digital cable and broadband internet, the neighboring county government stepped in and forbade them from offering internet access in their county for several years. This made offering the service in my area infeasible since I'm in the same coverage area as a large city in that county. It wasn't until their decision expired and the government had already been forced to cut their ties to the dial-up ISP or risk lawsuits for uncompetetive practices that broadband came into the area.

    If the government subsidized 2-3Mbit connections for all expecting to make it all back with subscription fees, they WILL attempt to squash any competition just like the neighboring county did when they had the dial-up market there cornered.

  5. Re:it's not the first time... on Netscape 7.2 To Be Released August 3rd · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Netscape 7.2 will be based on Mozilla 1.7, so your rants over Netscape are not applicable.

  6. Re:Define 'free' on RMS Weighs In On SPF/Sender-ID License · · Score: 2, Interesting

    They *should* have called it "Freedom Software" rather than hijacking the word free and beating everyone over the head with insane "free as in..." rants when people are rightly confused.

  7. Re:Why not throw Symantec into the mix too? on Microsoft, Apple Sued Over Software Update Patent · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, they continued a patent filing from 94 and probably included the update stuff when others started talking about it.

  8. Re:But this was obvious from the prior art on Microsoft, Apple Sued Over Software Update Patent · · Score: 1

    MS had an web-based update service for Internet Explorer 4.0 systems in early to mid-1997 IIRC.

  9. Re:Moo on Doom 3 System Requirements Revealed · · Score: 1

    They seem to be able to produce nice games for Xbox, GameCube and Playstation at a steady pace.

  10. Re:What happens.... on 419ers Diversify Into Assassination Threats? · · Score: 1

    We have ordnance that cheap? Whoa...

  11. Re:Typical Slashdot anti-American bias... on Language Tempest At Orkut · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why did they list *just* Americans? Why not the British and the English speaking part of Canada and others? Why turn it into America vs Brazil when it doesn't need to be?

  12. Re:The Brazilians just aren't jaded yet. on Language Tempest At Orkut · · Score: 1

    Sounds similar to "Americans are a bunch of introverts that think other people are icky! Laugh at their stupidity!" :O

  13. Re:Noticed this else where too on Language Tempest At Orkut · · Score: 1

    No, they are not. It's just a privately owned game server. Get over it.

  14. Re:-1 Flamebait on GNU/Linux Clears Gov't Procurement Hurdles · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "If you're restarting a lot in Linux, you're doing something VERY wrong."

    Or maybe you're updating your kernel often! Possibly patching holes! Dear god!

  15. Re:I have a question on LANL, Sandia Report Losing Classified Data · · Score: 1

    Data on exactly how to turn that plain old atomic bomb into a fusion boosted core with a second fusion stage topped with a natural uranium jacket all built for the maximum possible explosive and radioactive effects for the specific materials is probably still sensitive.

  16. Re:Really just a cynical ploy? on LANL, Sandia Report Losing Classified Data · · Score: 1

    And the winner is...Haliburton.

  17. Re:Damn Canadians - have to ruin everything. on Why Offshore When Canada's Next Door? · · Score: 1

    Look up the page and you'll find the Canadians are also coming into our country, taking our jobs, posing as Americans and suggesting that we outsource to Canada. They should all be imprisoned for espionage. Clearly.

  18. Re:Claiming "terror" to justify other things... on DHS Says Cellular Outage Reporting is Terrorist Blueprint · · Score: 1

    I've read parts of it. It rolls back reforms that the government itself created when it was revealed that intelligence agencies were monitoring groups that had not commited any illegal acts and were no threat to national security. Surviving in court for one reason or another does not a good law make.

  19. Re:Bullshite on Doom 3 Reaches Gold Master, Due August 5th · · Score: 1

    He said high on UT 2004....which is possible with a 9700 certainly.

  20. Re:They just shot themselves in the foot.. on Doom 3 Reaches Gold Master, Due August 5th · · Score: 1

    The 9600XT is far better than the regular 9600. The non-Pro/Ultra cards tend to suck.

  21. Re:Demos? on Doom 3 Reaches Gold Master, Due August 5th · · Score: 1

    What do you think the "GOLD" release is for? ;)

  22. Re:No Surprise on 4 New "Extremely Critical" IE Vulnerabilities · · Score: 1

    Why is IE being part of the operating system so damaging? It's #1 complaint with IE's security, but is that really the reason it has problems? If they can get a browser feature to execute code, it's still executing code whether the browser is a part of the OS or not.

  23. Re:Running as Admin on 4 New "Extremely Critical" IE Vulnerabilities · · Score: 1

    Indeed. Even the "Run as..." option doesn't work too well more often than not. If there was an option to run a program with administrator privs BUT AS the current user so things don't break when you need that lone app, it might work better. Plus, restrictions like not even being able to double-click the clock to see the calendar are retarded.

  24. Re:pot calling on 4 New "Extremely Critical" IE Vulnerabilities · · Score: 1

    I don't remember seeing the bug on /. though...hmmm

  25. Re:My company has one clients who refuses... on 4 New "Extremely Critical" IE Vulnerabilities · · Score: 1

    Are most of these even ActiveX issues? Why does ActiveX get the blame for sloppy coding in other parts of IE?