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  1. Re:Move along, move along ... on Oracle To Offer A Free Database · · Score: 1

    so.. this is free as in beer! ;)
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  2. Re:Where's the beef? on Terabit Fiber (In 2010) · · Score: 1

    the article is dated April 21, 2004. It says about inconsistencies in Google's presentation. Assuming that values are not overstated, I think, if they stop all their activity and just receive the data from the Terabit fibre, they shd be able to receive data for a second.
    The question is who is going to send data the other end ;) ?
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  3. Re:Where's the beef? on Terabit Fiber (In 2010) · · Score: 2, Informative

    one strand or multiple strands is a good question.
    What about this? Do we have systems that can accept around a terabyte of data in its storage? Google has an operation speed of 4 tera-ops/sec source:http://cache.technologyreview.com/articles/ 04/04/wo_garfinkel042104.0.asp . Assuming each byte takes an average of 2 cycles (which is a very low estimate), google cant use the entire bandwidth, even with their world's largest distributed system infrastructure!
    . Are we getting to a state where we are going to finish off the remaining ISPs, now that telephone companies are all already done!.

  4. Re:You're all invited! on Email Turns 34 · · Score: 1
    Reading at googleblog, I found this link http://openmap.bbn.com/~tomlinso/ray/firstemailfra me.html which had this text.

    The first message was sent between two machines that were literally side by side. The only physical connection they had (aside from the floor they sat on) was through the ARPANET. I sent a number of test messages to myself from one machine to the other. The test messages were entirely forgettable and I have, therefore, forgotten them. Most likely the first message was QUERTYIOP or something similar.


    I still do get those mails, but they have improved over time, they are more random ;).
  5. Re:In Other News... on Are Media Writers Biased Towards Apple? · · Score: 1

    For all those who know about Yahoo Messenger audibles, this should be the right one for him: "You are such a cheater"
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  6. Re:Heavens-above! on ISS Orbit-Raising Attempt Fails · · Score: 1

    I too use heavens above and have found it useful. I blogged it in my personal blog http://mailvarun.blogspot.com/2005/08/star-gazing. html a few months back and saw a lot of hits to my usually deserted blog (frequented by (utmost) 1-2 visitors ;), including me ).

  7. FOSS Syllabus on What Makes an OSS Class Work? · · Score: 1
    Hi,

    I study in Anna University, India. We have electives in FOSS, for bachelor degree. I guess it might help. Have a look at it here: (PDF Link) http://www.au-kbc.org/nrcf/FOSS_Elective-I_Syllabu s_final_14July05.pdf


    Some general info on FOSS in my university at http://www.au-kbc.org/nrcf/index.htm
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  8. Re:IP will give these no advantage at all. on TCP/IP Speakers · · Score: 1

    No! "Internet" protocol will give definitive advantage. Heard it can stream p*r*o directly from the internet :)

  9. in other news..... on Google Goes to Washington · · Score: 2, Funny

    Google plans to hire Mr. GW Bush to influence the laws governing the entire US and its allies. Bourses reacted sharply with a steep increase in Google's share price. The other rumor is that google might also hire Mr.@#$&%&*, who currently is President of all Martian creatures.
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  10. in other news..... on P2P Users More Likely to Cheat, Shoplift · · Score: 1

    Windows users are more likely to crash planes, linux users are more likely to coredump and DOS users are more like to remain dumb.
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  11. Re:awesome! on Google's Summer of Code Over · · Score: 1

    Google:
    Dont always be evil

  12. Re:What happens for patch-quick operations ?. on Microsoft Skips Patch Tuesday · · Score: 1

    If M$ were running a hospital, ambulances would come once in a month to your house, asking if someone is serious, and the day when it comes to your house would always be a tuesday. Unfortunately due to unforseen reasons, this month, M$ is unable to send ambulance to your house. M$ feels there are not enough emergencies this week, or that the hospital is already overwhelmed.
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  13. Re:Do they have a strategy behind this? on Google Hires Vint Cerf · · Score: 1

    Heard they are next going to hire George bush and President of Mars aliens (now that Vinton Cerf, who is the architect of Interplanetary Internet is in google) and control the world. They also have plans to index Martian information.
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  14. So..... on Evidence of 6 Dimensions or More? · · Score: 1

    we are expecting a 'n'D revolution next?
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  15. Re:As a Massachusetts Resident on The Massachusetts Office Party · · Score: 1

    wasnt BillG invited as special guest? Very bad Very bad ;) -- Mod this Troll , no worries.

  16. Re:Google hasn't peaked. on Has Google Peaked? · · Score: 1

    But that's just my wild speculation...

    I clearly find no difference between your tone and that of the article. Its all speculations? eh!
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    These days all post about google has only been about speculations. Please post one non speculative article, pls pls.
  17. If google sneezes.... on Google Instant Messenger Coming Really (or Not?) · · Score: 1

    its big news.
    Now i know how google is running at $274/share, and with PP ratio 120!
    http://www.heavens-above.com/--Observe satellites that pass your place.

  18. Re:While drives software companies to do this... on MS05-039 Worm in the Wild · · Score: 0

    Well, you are calling for a flame war. Please do note that .NET too is on the cards (with the Mono impl expedited).

  19. Re:Not a user-perceptable change. on Intel Plans to Overhaul Chip Architecture · · Score: 0

    an obligatory qn:
    will apple switch to the x86 intel processors or the PPC intel processors?

  20. Re:Corrections on Scottish Police Revert to Microsoft Office · · Score: 0

    continuing on the shame part, Sun had dedicated a page for it citing it as a staroffice success, and i guess it was removed recently after this news. see the google cache here http://216.239.63.104/search?q=cache%3Ahttp%3A%2F% 2Fuk.sun.com%2Fsunnews%2Fsuccess%2Fpublic_sector%2 F102.html

  21. Re:Oh boy, here we go on Discovery Prepares for Return · · Score: 0

    I wish & pray your statement becomes false.

  22. Re:What? Say it isn't so! on Windows Vista Tool Targeted By Virus Writers · · Score: 0, Troll

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  23. Re:Penguin Aid? on Ask Microsoft's Linux Lab Manager · · Score: 0

    I guess, when they find a vulnerability, they note it down, and quote it as the biggest weakness of Linux, wherever appropriate.

    In most cases, such vulnerability will be showcased as the one that would cause death and distruction of all linux deployed systems, when most vulnerabilities in windows shall be deemed fit to be ignored, under all circumstances, not to mention, for all the quoted linux vulnerabilities, windows will mostly not have a similar lines vulnerability, and if at all they exist, the official word would be that they had fixed the vulnerability before they started developing windows platform.



    Note that this exist not only for Windows Linux, but for all commodities ranging from cars to lollypops.

    101 tips to get yourself modded up:
    ...I dont worry about moderations, but just my 2 cents....
  24. Re:Very cool, but... on British Intel Shuts Down al-Qaeda Sites · · Score: 1, Insightful

    even i was baffled looking at the Intel connection. I know that article submitters sumbit it at no cost, but that doesnt mean the article should be titled this way.
    Next article might be: AMD at Intel. (another mundane day at Intel).

    101 tips to get modded up:
    quote at the end: i dont care if u mod me down.....

  25. Re:Good news! on Intel Developer Macs Outperform G5s · · Score: 1

    I also heard that MACs on Intel hardware run lynx faster than on wintel machines.
    Not only that, my mutt too is running at a blazing speed on Mactel machine as compared to wintel machine.
    Hold on.. I have some more performance examples. It also runs my favourite PDP app ...... //snip