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  1. Re:So many BSD's... on NetBSD 1.4.3 Released · · Score: 1

    Nevermind, I don't know what the hell I'm talking about.

  2. Re:Return of the Old Aristocracy on HP To Pay German Antipiracy Fee For CD Burners · · Score: 1

    oops. tk-427 was in the original script, but was later changed to tk-421 after several disappointing pre-screenings.

  3. Question on NetBSD 1.4.3 Released · · Score: 2

    Does anyone know of a good comparison of the various BSD's? Are there any obvious, "this one is better for this" that everyone can agree on?

  4. Re:So many BSD's... on NetBSD 1.4.3 Released · · Score: 1

    The kernels are different. The linux kernel has never forked, and thus compiled binaries will work cross most linux distributions. BSD has forked into different kernels, which means zero cross BSD binary compatibility.

  5. Re:Not "Antipiracy" on HP To Pay German Antipiracy Fee For CD Burners · · Score: 4

    People. There should also be a tax on people, as they operate the computers that could copy the music. Remembering the music should be taxed. The mothers that gave birth to the people should also be taxed. People who talked with said mothers, should be taxed.

  6. Re:Not "Antipiracy" on HP To Pay German Antipiracy Fee For CD Burners · · Score: 2

    Exactly. The law is rediculous. Why not stretch the claim to hard drives or RAM or computers. This is exactly the kind of inovation stifler that is driving down the Euro.

  7. Return of the Old Aristocracy on HP To Pay German Antipiracy Fee For CD Burners · · Score: 1

    Shame. Why is it that the Europeans take every oportunity to stifle inovation and maintain the status quo? For the same reasons the pilgrims packed up the kids and moved to the Americas, capital is fleeing Europe today.

    Engineering brings us the internet, brings us RWCD drives, and a hope for a better future. What do RWCD drives have to do with copyrite law? Absolutely nothing. I say, screw 'em. Let the stupid Germans (the one's who haven't left Germany yet) use clay tablets to record their data. Let them pollute their land with pesticides instead of using geneticly enginered crops. Let the French shut themselves off from the internet. If I were HP, I'd say tough, and pull out of the market. No RWCD drives for Europe.

  8. moment of silence on The Author of Ping is Reported Dead · · Score: 2

    ping mike.muuss
    Pinging mike.muuss [102.11.20.11] with 64 bytes of data:

    Request timedout
    Request timedout
    Request timedout

  9. Biggest Danger on Station on Nattering Nabobs Of NASA Negativity · · Score: 1
    Bordom. Growing egglpants in space sure is exciting.

  10. Not every patent clerk is Einstien on European Software Patent Horror Gallery · · Score: 2

    These patent offices must really be dredging the bottom of the barrel.

  11. IPv6 ? on Linux Routers · · Score: 2

    Does it cover IPv6 routing?

  12. Re:Why not use Solaris instead? on FreeBSD 4.2 Is Out · · Score: 2

    No offense, but what kind of crack are you smokin? Solaris on x86 is like molasses riddled with bugs. Don't get me wrong, if your running an E10k or something, don't install BSD (athough it might be interesting).

  13. Java on Plugin Availability For Non-x86 Browsers? · · Score: 3

    Java is the solution for internet appliances. Projects like Mozilla will bridge the platform gap, and special plugins and browser extensions could be written in java. Java's UI has come a long way with JDK 1.3.

  14. Re:Envinronmental impact... on Wave Driven Generators · · Score: 2

    This particular generator design requires a shoreline installation (also one that faces the incoming swells). The environmental impact is the shore station itself. Better designs can be placed off shore. These huge towers capture the ocean currents for energy. As for the kenetic energy of the oceans, we don't have much to worry about here: you'd have to burn the entire world supply of oil every day for about a century to match the kenetic energy of the worlds ocean exerted in a single day.

  15. What we need is hard storage on Using A Microscope As A Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    The 2 things lacking in Computers today: 1. cheap CPU memory (l-cache) 2. decent hard storage (archiving)

  16. I agree on It's All About the Pentium (4) · · Score: 1

    I mean this is Intel we are talking about, and nobody should under estimate them. But, this chip really blows. For home user desktops, the P4 looks pretty good, but Athalon is currently better. For server chips, these P4's will price with Sparcs, and without SMP!

  17. Another Article on Using A Microscope As A Hard Drive · · Score: 2

    This old scientific american article outlines serveral different techniques including the moziac.

  18. Re:Woah! Wait a min! on French Judge Demands Yahoo Censor Auctions · · Score: 1

    We simply need to have yahoo put a big button up on it's site to get in, asking: "Are you french?" (Yes/No). If they answer No, then everything is fine. If they answer yes, then it takes them to pokemon.com or something.

    If you can believe it, yahoo offered this concession to the French. The French version of yahoo doesn't have the nazi stuff. The French court said that this did not go far enough, and that the English site must also block out French users.

  19. ridup...ridup...ridup on French Judge Demands Yahoo Censor Auctions · · Score: 2

    If only censorship filters worked, we could filter out the French.

  20. Query Bandwith is the real threshold on Gnutella's Challenge · · Score: 1

    I think when the average Query Bandwith reaches dial-up, the Gnutella will collapse. The current average includes actual file serving. When the querries reach dial-up speeds, the network will be unscalable.

  21. Re:Taxing air on Taxing Free Software · · Score: 1

    In an indirect way, they do tax the air we breath via emissions standards.

  22. Trends on Taxing Free Software · · Score: 1

    No offense, but after reading this article, I think Polish Jokes will be on the rise.

  23. Re:legislative intent, bah. on More On The SDMI Crack & Why Digital Sigs Are Not · · Score: 1

    To some degree, you are correct of course. However, it is not the letter of law that is important, it is the intent of law that counts. If the intent however, is not clearly stated or worded, your statement is absolutely true.

  24. Re:Why Corel is right to sell out on Corel Looking To Sell Linux Operations? · · Score: 1

    This is ./ It's impolite to use correct spelling and grammer here :)

  25. The laws intent is what is important on More On The SDMI Crack & Why Digital Sigs Are Not · · Score: 1

    The details of the law may be unclear, but its intent is very clear. Given that almost every state has additional support for digital signatures, there should be no doubt as to their validity.