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  1. It gets you mixed feelings to see... on AMD to Resell Transmeta Chip for Pay-as-You-Go PC · · Score: 1

    How a nice technology is being involved into ruining your privacy.

  2. Spectrum Trading... on EU May Push for Competitive Spectrum Trading · · Score: 2, Funny

    In eastern Europe, we still do trade Spectrums, although nowadays they aren't too competitive.

  3. A Different Opinion on Over 1 Million .eu Domains and Counting · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why do we need geography/politics-based domain names at all? Or, since we are already there and cannot go back, why do we need more of 'em?
    Wouldn't it be more logical to have domains corresponding to specific thematics? (e.g. slashdot.compsci)

  4. Re:More Likely: Windows OEM on Cringely Predicts Apple to Ship OS X for Any PC · · Score: 1

    Excuse me, but this is wrong. It is the software that most of the conscious Apple customers want. Also, these are the same people how would not be interested in buying a "stylish windows box".

    The myth that Apple is a "hardware company" has become quite widespread, not without effort from Apple's side, but we all know that most people who buy Apple hardware in order to run Mac OS X would not buy that hardware otherwise.

    Apple is a software company in disguise, with hardware as a convenient way not to give there software away to cheap.


    Disclaimer: Yes, I'm an Apple customer, my OS of choice is OS X and I definitely have nothing against 'em.

  5. Lorem Ipsum on New Alliance Race/ 1.11 Notes · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur. This is really a wise saying and, since It is April 1st, mod me up.

  6. Mod me informative! on UK Government to Shut Down GSM Networks · · Score: 1

    subject.

  7. A Trick?.. on OSx86 Cracked Again · · Score: 1, Troll

    that if such a powerfull (talent-wise) company fails to create a considerabe protection for its highly wanted OS, and every release gets eventually cracked, it is yet another confirmation that they want it to be hacked?

  8. [Piracy review] Currently in Kyiv, Ukraine... on US Removes Piracy Sanctions From Ukraine · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...And we have a new piracy-related industry here since the USSR broke down: so-called "Computer Clubs"... It's interesting to see how it evolves.

    Imagine an Internet-Café without the Internet. A bunch of computers set up specifically to play games on, connected to a LAN with servers filled with pr0n, muzak and warez. Basically, this is it. You may come to play some games, bring your HDD / iPod / pack of DVD-R's or amuse yourself with the most interesting feature: the pirated Windows that says it is not Windows.

    The clubs' owner usually cooperate in order hire several cracker who RES-EDIT an MSWin distribution - change the interface, icons, text and sometimes rewrite the EXPLORER.EXE to look entirely different - it is almost a tradition to use Borland Dephi for this.
    Here are the screenshots: http://tinyurl.com/9ddgo

    One of the popular "pre-modified" distributions in "BedOS 2 [Tanya]" - a heavily hacked Win98. Yet the computer illiteracy of the "copyright protectors" lets people who run the "Computer Clubs" to get past the law by claiming that what they are using _is not actually Windows_ (!). See http://winbeos98.km.ru/ for further deteil

  9. 123.. on Are three cores better than two? · · Score: 1

    Ok, here's a proof by induction gone the wrong way: this gives the chipmakers an opportunity to relax => killing the competition (that is the main source of innovation nowadays) => undermining the basis of technical progress. Just like Windows does in software - do not perfectionize, bloat!

  10. Statement on Ubuntu: Best Linux Desktop for Business? · · Score: 1

    I may be wrong about which Linux distribution is best for business, but I consider distributing Linux the best business ;-)

  11. Re:What a silly non-sense on Trigonometry Redefined without Sines And Cosines · · Score: 1

    *Ahem* the correct answer is:
    x^(1/2)=5^(1/2)+3^(1/2)
    x=5+3+2*sqrt(5)*sqrt(3)=8+2*sqrt(15) =>
    x^(1/2)=sqrt(8+2*sqrt(15)).

    Therefore, the squadrance is: 8+2*sqrt(15).

  12. What is Interesting: on Securing Mac OS X Tiger · · Score: 1

    is the fact, that it could be replaced with FreeBSD securing guide, but not vice-versa. Hmm.

  13. Hmm... on An Experiment in A New Kind of Music · · Score: 2, Funny

    Mix this with some computer generated lyrics, a text-to-speech system, and go rock the Top 100's!

  14. BCC alternating Reality? on Wikipedia Used For Apparent Viral Marketing Ploy · · Score: 1

    Let's not forget where the inventor of the "Ministry of Truth" was employed.

  15. 3D, hah? on Hollywood Going Digital and 3D · · Score: 1

    Your are so spoilt, young people! Back in the day we had 0D movies, and enjoyed them!

  16. C/C++/PHP? You mjust be kidding! on Choice of Language for Large-Scale Web Apps? · · Score: 1
    Which language...
    • is Object-Oriented...
    • is Cross-Platform...
    • is Web-based...
    • is Easy to deploy...
    • Stood the test of time...
    • & has loads of libraries availible at the same time?


    Your guess is right: it's Javascript!
  17. Re:No Services on Boot? on Running Windows With No Services · · Score: 1

    No Services on Boot?! Use Windows 9x - no services on start up, no services at all, guaranteed.

  18. My machine is running only 4 servicies on Running Windows With No Services · · Score: 1

    I'm currently writing this on a Windows Server 2003 machine configured that way. Is (the OS) has been reinstalled last night, configured in a way to suite a server sharing a workstation functionality. So it has 4 servicies running so far and is fully usable for productivity. The music is currently heard from the speakers - the sound system is the one of the 4 services curretly enabled. The only problem I'm currently experiencing is that the proxy server refuses to respond to a non-local address assigened to it, e.g. changing the "proxy server" setting in a web browser from XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:3128 (PC's IP) to localhost:3128 is needed. The uptime utilitie says that it has been up for 2 days and a couple of hour. Therefore, I sould claim that that concept concept is quite good for makeing a ``non-overloaded'' server system...

    Now if we could only have the GUI as on optional service?

  19. Nerdcore Rap, hah? on Nerdcore Rap In The Press · · Score: 1

    That might be impressive just becouse you've never hear of NERD ROCK! An Intel 386-DX with a buggy Win3.11 installation as the lead MIDI performer and a TEXT-TO-SPEACH vocalist?! Isn't that what you've always dreamed about?

  20. For Those of You, Who Are Interested In Subject... on Download Your Brain · · Score: 1

    ...this message is: please notice, that the current topic has had a quite deep coverage in Russian science fiction, here is a link to a recent and, presumably interesting for an international audience, example (in an automatized English translation). (or just use a URL, that has been previously created: http://tinyurl.com/c6grb )

  21. For anyone interested in science... on Open Source Math Software For Education? · · Score: 1

    ...without having to sponsor development of any corporations, it is high recommended to visit the following page:
    FSF's Scientific Software Directory

  22. What can be more cruel... on GIMP 2.2 Splash Screen Contest Revisited · · Score: 1

    Just tell me `subject` than a web server flood done by unleashing a horde of geeks directly the server's CGI image-feeding script...

  23. The Machine's Selfestimination Factor on Initiative for Autonomic Computing Gains Strength · · Score: 1

    As a matter of face, it would be quite logical to notice, that completeness in computing autonomy could be achived only in one way; and that way is basically making computing all-sufficient. Which, in general, meens for it not to require any human intervention after the system's in standard execution mode == up'n'running. That is, the solution for this problem is quite simple and extraordinarily xomplex & important for humanity @ the same time: AI, in the classical acceptance, creation of a ...

    - Zx-man (zx-man@ukr.net)

  24. Beautyfull... on Is Some Software Meant to be Secret? · · Score: 1

    ...after just several post's the article is already slashdotted... Or, perhaps,it meens we've been given a worng link ?!

  25. Aheem... on SNES Audio Unit As Stand-Alone Player · · Score: 1

    ...Although I personally prefere the SNES, it should
    necessary to mention, that Genesis throughout all of its history had a better sound chip... While it didn't save it form not having a game close to the FF6 (FF3 in the US) status. Therefore, for this paticular reason it was popular, not had never riched the SNES's established immortality...

    P.S. They also had no Nobuo Uematsu, and _that_ really matters!