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  1. Re:Too Bad.. on Mir to be Abandoned Today · · Score: 1

    I was under the impression that the question mir was built to answer was "can humans survive in space". As far as that goes it was an outstanding success.

  2. Re:Computers only use bits? on Quantum Computing for Dummies · · Score: 1

    depends what you call simple, analogue computers can add, subtract, divide, multiply, integrate, differentiate, do fourier transforms etc. Their main problem is that noise is always increased, limiting the number of steps you can perform.

    The only digitisation would be due to the electrons :)

  3. Re:Fonts on SGI releases "Jessie" to the Open Source · · Score: 1

    I think this screenshot looks so bad because its jpeg compressed. The text itself is fine.

    As for windows fonts being better, I cant find a SINGLE windows font that does nice looking monospace text ala the linux terminal.

  4. Re:NT portability on Microsoft Bites It On 64-bit Microprocessors · · Score: 1

    Originally almost everything went through the HAL, this was when "microkernel" was the buzzword of the moment. However this made it's graphics SLOW, so they slowly added architecture specific bits to the 'other side' of the HAL. The result? Suckage.

    NB: this is all from memory of an article at the time :)

  5. BSD on dreamcast, not linux (yet) on Interview With Original NT OS/2 Developers · · Score: 1

    I dont know if BSD's kernel is monolithic or not. I couldnt work out how to "make config ; make dep ; make zImage" with FreeBSD

  6. Re:Imagine a Beowolf cluster on Wacky port of BSD to Dreamcast set top box · · Score: 1

    They dont have the connectivity required, ie no 100bT ethernet. To try and run a beowulf system over a null-modem would be utterly insane.

  7. Computers only use bits? on Quantum Computing for Dummies · · Score: 1

    Boiled down to its essentials, any computer must meet two requirements: it must be able to store information as strings of 1's and 0's, or bits

    If this is the case what is this analogue computer that I built? Admittedly binary computers are what are used on our desks with monitors attached, but analogue computers are often used for temperature control etc. Any why cant a computer operate on muliple levels? It could even be faster.

  8. Re:Great for criminals on Feds Want Access to Your Machine · · Score: 1

    The only problem for the criminals that I see is determining if it's some script kiddie working on their own or if it's some script kiddie working for the man.. I'm sure if I sold drugs, I'd be pissed that I'd shutdown shop just for some punk trying to be 3l33+.

    Oh yes, and we know what drug barons do when they're pissed... buhbye packet weenies

  9. Re:Compilers too critical to be closed source on Borland/Inprise Linux Survey Results · · Score: 1

    Thats probably why the "Traditional IDE" did poorly against the RAD IDE, that could use traditional tools.

    Note that command line tools did terribly

  10. Re:Daemons on FreeBSDCon 99 · · Score: 1

    not caged, kept within a pentagram

  11. Upcoming 2.0!? on The Future of GNOME · · Score: 1

    C'mon, we dont need to boost the version number that much, surely. Whats wrong with 2.3,4,5,6 etc?

  12. Re:Why not use a secure protocol? Try Caliban. on Microsoft to "publish code" to Instant Messenger · · Score: 1

    I wouldnt mind doing this, assuming theres not TOO much source, and that my OCR package can manage to distinguish between l and 1.

    Contact me via the above email if you want.

  13. Re:Why not use a secure protocol? Try Caliban. on Microsoft to "publish code" to Instant Messenger · · Score: 1

    I'd like to download it but I wouldnt want to cause the author trouble. Yep, I'm non-US...

    sort ya damn government out!

  14. Re:ICQ on Microsoft to "publish code" to Instant Messenger · · Score: 1

    I reckon they're using it to fall back on, once MS has wrecked IM, they're going to say "look, MS are nasty" then switch to ICQ

    We can but hope

  15. Wonder if you can get a Dell w/o a hard disk on Dell Belgium forced to install Windows only? · · Score: 1

    yeh, try installing windows on THAT one, and treat the win98 cd as you would an AOL cd.

  16. Re:emacs, emacs, emacs on Sun Claims MS Steals Vision · · Score: 0

    If you can match brackets that easily you dont NEED emacs :)

  17. Re:Debian installation difficult? on Linux-Mandrake best product of the year @ LWCE · · Score: 1

    Debian's had a ftp install since at least 1.3, and probably before. It wasnt enabled by default though. Now it has APT, which can get your packages via ftp, http and from any mounted resource.

  18. Report from Devon (100% eclipse) on Eclipse Today, Meteor Shower Friday · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately it was cloudy, but here's my writeup I cant copy/paste, and i dont have the time to retype it, sorry

  19. Re:Is it really an "Administrator" password? on CrackThisBox Updates · · Score: 1

    I have done, i nearly wrecked my system doing it tho, forgot to change /etc/shadow to match the new su account

  20. Re:What I would like to know on The Media on Microsoft's "Crack this..." ploy · · Score: 1

    I expect its because they've got the entire system set up to spew debugging info non-stop.

    Not using NT, I wouldnt know what would cause an event.

  21. Re:Effects of abondoning X on Is X The Future? · · Score: 1

    GTK accesses X via GDK, which can be rewritten.

    How IMLIB interfaces with X I dont know, I expect it has some direct connections to help speed the process.

    QT is availible for other operating systems, so rewriting it for another windowing system should be easy

  22. Re:My Biggest Problems with X on Is X The Future? · · Score: 1

    I assume he means that anything selected automatically goes into the primary paste buffer, to be pasted via ctl-ins (usually) or the middle mouse button.

  23. Reclassify this under "Its funny laugh" on PalmPilot as fetish · · Score: 1

    Its definitely funny, mainly because i've tried the same things with my now dead Psion3a, i even wrote a ~8000 word story on a long road journey once.

  24. ouch, this gave me a crick in my neck... on Windows Domination May End Next Year · · Score: 1

    All software is obsolete the moment its used :)

  25. Re:Cela n'a rien � voir on French revolt against Prime Meridian-Sort Of · · Score: 1

    thats weird, i can understand this, and i dropped french about 8 years ago, to concentrate on italian.