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  1. Re:If I am not wrong the raisins joke on DARPA Developing 'Droid' Satellites · · Score: 1
    "For my talent portion!" No, no, no! But recently, there was an article in the New York Times, the Koran scholars tell us that the actual translation is not 71 dark-haired virgins, but 71 Crystal-Clear Raisins... slight difference of interpretation, really! That's so strange, it's like, "thou shalt not kill," is "thou shalt not wear a kilt!" And the Scots are going, fuck off - virgins. But the Koran scholars tell us that the actual translation is "71 Crystal-Clear Raisins"... slight difference of interpretation, really.

    Found at this link; a year before Mrs. Doubtfire came out ; this DVD is still making me laugh ; this man sure has talent.
    In 2007 there is a Mrs. Doubtfire 2 planned.

  2. quickly QOS limit their line ... on MySpace #1 US Destination Last Week · · Score: 1

    .. before they take over the Internet.

    I guess I hereby welcome our dark web2.0 lords in our vicinity ...

  3. If I am not wrong the raisins joke on DARPA Developing 'Droid' Satellites · · Score: 1

    comes from Rob Williams ; comedian ; live in the Broadway theater .. Can that be ?

  4. Is there more behind this ? on Patriot Act Bypasses Facebook Privacy · · Score: 1

    Combine this with that school watching for myspace profiles for dissidents together with the requirement of handing over your cellphone data ; your data will NEVER be fully private; even if the storing company tells it is ; it will never be private if stored on other servers.

    The only real private space is the server you have at home; they'll have to carnivore/echelon the internetline before the data can be reproduced. Local files will never been seen if the server is running on a local network (providing it is secure of'course).

    I just wonder when they are really going to abuse this data in a way people will find out what happens to 'm; because; messing with personal stuff is a rather dangerous thing for people who don't want their stuff to be in dozens of commercial and government databases.

    Well hello .. I'm human; I'm not a number; and as long as I live I don't want to be treated like a number either. Even when having a Belgian ID number; I am still not "government property" there to "work for the government". Although that's I tend to believe ;) When is the time going to be ripe a private shit isn't really private anymore?

  5. As Robin it would say ... on Vermont Launches 'Cow Power' System · · Score: 0

    ... Holy cow shit!

  6. Re:The good and the bad ways of calling on School Admins Demand Access to Students' Cellphones · · Score: 1

    That's the entire scary part; confiscation or turning off the phone like in a hospital would be a pro-active rule. That one thing more they want, full control over its data/the students communicative data is fully wrong. No-one needs to be reading the messages I am having with my friends, partner and even (future) business relations.

    It's not that I don't want to bend over that I am doing illegal things...

  7. My Inbox is like my fridge; new cultures every day on What's In Your Inbox? · · Score: 1

    I get mails from Nigeria offering me lots of cash to pay my Valium and Viagra tablets with I get for cheap if I buy them by hunderds. Furtheron I use UW-IMAP and soon Cyrus IMAP for mail storage. The efficience is in the immediate box sorting and the use of the SIEVE filtering which will drop the load on the client side; the server side will filter the corresponding mails to their boxes. Some users can be in the same "group" to send mail directly to a map you have given access to; if not any.

    I've got 2 folders; they are "active" and "storage". The storage space is all mail which is not (immediately) needed anymore but which needs to be easy accessible whenever I want to search in it. No need to subscribe to these maps from certain clients.

    GMAIL is doing a very good job ; they do break the barrier between storable mail and giving you (and them) to using their search algorithms on your mailboxes.

    I've always noticed a mailserver is best served cold with a good quota and good maintenance; together with a good mailserver policy - not just drop and keep it out there till it eventually dies out (which it will never if the servers are reliable). It's great to search through all your previous e-mails to know all your hunderds of conversations but if you use e-mail although on most mailservers it slacks right there... If you have your private server a 2gigabyte box would be sure no problem; if you are on a busy server a 250 to 500mb box is often a good solution; although this could also slack if everyone would be having their boxes fully loaded/open all the time...

    Still a pity, years ago e-mail could be seen a little bit like a fax-machine; the fax-machine gets polluted but not -over-polluted. Mostly if you saw "new faxes received" there was something inbetween which was meant personal. E-mails are not so reliable and valuable anymore. Hotmail and lots of other providers are using blacklists which do even block gmail users (ORDB) which is often a very negative result of their users. The users do often not even know their mail is "dropped" into the void; there is no warning, the mail just never existed; unless the user gets in touch with the sender; if he even can. E-mail is also not reliable anymore because you need to filter -so much spam- and even if you use Bayesian filtering or any other techniques like greylisting; there are always catches (like false positives) which will block a remote user to mail to your address..

    I did find out it's easy to filter out the known users to the corresponding boxes; which will also be replaced by sieve; which blocks 99% of the spam in those filtered boxes. Furtheron my inbox is really like my fridge; every time I open it I am afraid I get assaulted by one or another living organism wanting to survive and jump on me eating my guts out ;)

  8. batteries look great, where do I get the rest? on Cracking the GPS Galileo Satellite · · Score: 1

    Those batteries look great, where do I get the rest ? ;)

  9. Re:The good and the bad ways of calling on School Admins Demand Access to Students' Cellphones · · Score: 1

    I do store my sensitive data in the "Wallet" section of my phone; which is presumed to be secure if you don't know the password. my credit card info, a few passwords and a few notes are stored in that "protected memory". Hell to anyone who would want to read my phone with that data on it.

    Still; to answer your respond; there are still alternative ways of warning the school in emergencies; so they'll warn your kid. If your kid needs to go to home they will need to be notified -anyways- ... not? Currently a phone is often seen as a "instant messaging" device instead of a "call-me-call-you" device; which gets abused by both parents and children.. I can believe a phone can be a (very) disturbing element in a classroom; although I could never believe "all your data belongs to THEM"...

  10. Lack of programming? on The Worst Tech of Q2 2006 · · Score: 1

    Such "lack of programming" disturbs many people around the world; it's the "quick" way of writing stuff without thinking about later consequences like user input/output. Why program lazy and not use the real ways; which will take some more time to complete the project but it will sure be double as steady and reliable; let not mention it'll make your life easier for later adjustments to it.

    640k ought to be enough in that time; when floppy's where 5/14" 360k and 3.5" 720k; harddrives where a luxe and the code-and-data needed to fit on one floppy. I grew up in such environment where code and data -needed- to fit on a 360k floppy; and I got to tell; these floppies in duo where often BIG ENOUGH for most purposes.

    Since Windows came out a lot of people became lazy to program for it; I blame partially the "click-and-point" languages giving not enough perspective to all factors needed to program reliable, secure and towards future expandibility when needed. Yes they are expandable; but in their own way; just like Dreamweaver will use its own blocks of code in HTML, will other "intelligent" editors always be intelligent till their own changable parameters.

    Those parameters are often not enough and need to be optimized/tweaked to be working to real life working applications. A lot of applications do lack that kind of optimizing and tweaking. Web browsers are mostly already protected against the many parameters of user additives showing even the errors "right"; although there are still a lot of webpages out there which are not really "clean" and "optimized" but rather (very)big in size. Moral of the entire text is; like there will be bad html, perl, C++, PHP, whatever code; there will be code using all bells-and-whistles of the click-and-point interface they use but without the real optimizing which is perhaps the "fine workcraftmanship"...

    On the Internet there is the "netiquette", why shouldn't a programmer behave on similar ethics? Document, create secure, modular and reliable code which is taking real-world parameters. Such parameters do include but not limited to "expect unknown user input; always limit your incoming values!", "take care of hooks for user output (data export, printing, publishing, ...)", "reliability is a factor; an application should work many years with the least of maintenance", "don't be egoistic and program space-memory optimized, don't use 5 DVD's to unstall your program when 1 CD should be enough", ....

    To stay on topic ; your comments are completely moot; the 10mb should be enough if you use it as a responsible coder. You document your code right? They did ;)

  11. The good and the bad ways of calling on School Admins Demand Access to Students' Cellphones · · Score: 1

    There are good ways and bad ways of calling; either you keep the schedule of your kid in mind and you will only contact off-school-time; just as people can contact me off-working-hours. The bad way is to call whenever suits you because "the kid has a phone afterall" disturbing the rest...

  12. Ubuntu, redhat and other experiences; my view .. on Nerds Switching from Apple to Ubuntu? · · Score: 1

    In 15 years I've been playing with quite some operating systems; DOS, OS/2 (active betatester), GEM, Windows 1.0 till xp-hell and definitely a few unices. My main selection 10yrs has always been Slackware. In Europe it was not such an easy way to get a hold on any unix; sure not when being in the age where 2400 baud modems where getting "a hot thing to have". I've been early fidonet and bbs activist and I also remember in the early 90's a lot of things happened, OSF/1 was released which was based on Mach and BSD. I guess it would be one of the pioneering effords around the open-source revolution? .. I've been through a lot of textwork; elvis, pico and nano sessions and every session has been till now a bliss text-based. I've programmed a lot text-based and also for the graphics/sound cards like the (real) Soundblaster, Gravis Ultrasound and other cards.

    Windows came with its "emulated MacOS"; they both had their own folder and file system, which is still one of the easiest/genuine user interfaces available. You've got your maps and you've got your files; which more is there to tell. The rest is a few menus which will bring you to your result. Although the Windows OS's became more bloated; more options where added; some where good and some where to the demise of a lot of its computer users. I stopped programming Turbo Pascal and Assembler when Windows 3.0 came out.

    Everything became very graphically and user intuitive; to my personal believe OS/2 was far ahead with its user interface against its Windows counterparts; if they only continued believing in their own product.. Still, the unices did not follow the graphical market (with exceptions of Silicon Graphics and some others which where really optimized for the use of graphics) and they where happy on the server/telecom market as they where already proven reliable, (fast) and optimisable for their use.

    The desktop market was always a battle, a battle which is based on eye candy (and user-lockins). Windows had the most bells and whistles; eye and ear candy, macOS started only at version 10 to be "graphically enhanced"; because; the eye wanted something more than the boring file look. There was of'course development near 1984 for the X11 server-client architecture giving the same as the "desktop experience" but still ...

    everything I had on Unix, X11, Metro/X, Gnome, ... is nothing compared to the os X or Windows desktop experience. Take any manager and you got to fiddle with configuration files setting your resolution higher than 1024x768. Why? Why is it so easy on os X or Windows to change the screen resolution when you got to edit configuration files to get the same result on a unix? The same for network settings, try setting up your own videoplayer in 1-2-3; which will not happen unless -you got the experience of its underlying system; the unix-

    My father is a long time computer user, my mother is too the last few years; still; My father will not touch any unix because he failed getting to the result which they desired to have; even with help; the maintenance of the unix, to get a different result can be higher; which is just a point-and-click away in a few other commercial counterparts like Windows and os X.

    It's still a far way to go to reach the desktop markt; where the l(azy) user has to plug in the machine, turn on the power button, work, change its settings to a teletubbies colored desktop with bells and whistles coming from the back 2 speakers, with the crunchy fast process of installing and "deinstalling" software (which is in no way without hassle in Windows; which os X has solved quite neatly with its container system). No unix desktop has given me that thrill of easy maintenance. I've tried a lot of desktop (enhancer)s and Ubuntu is sure not a count

  13. Just use different words ... on Western Union Blocking Money Transfers to Arabs · · Score: 1

    it's not towel-head but conehead,
    it's not white but extremely good washed,
    it's not lesbian but woman with comfortable shoes,
    it's not gay but extremelecious,
    it's not a lunatic but someone with a memory leak,
    it's not a sexaddict but a drive-n-go,
    it's not a pedophile but someone who likes children too much,
    it's not a chinese but engrish,
    it's not engrish but english (you insensitive clod)
    it's not cunt but big butt
    it's not fat but horizontally challenged (or big boned)

    it's 7:30 am without sleep .. no more comments ;) be creative yourself

  14. does 2 wrong karmas ... on The $899 Educational iMac · · Score: 1

    does 2 wrong karmas make 1 right karma ?

  15. nope, different software model .. on Want Security? Make The Switch · · Score: 1

    he is bloated software having too much bells and whistles on him he simply cannot enter any grade chimney anymore. He needs the ones with a logo which appear to be the clouds and windows without glass. Not an easy job these days to be Santa because of incompatible chimneys, bad installations, leaks, ...

    It's the best of both worlds to have a good open chimney; where one with 100 years of food can fit through with; you got to know; his dietary systems are also not what they used to be when he was like 18 or 21 or so, know what I mean? These days the limitations is in the bottleneck and bandwidth and the money needed to make your pipe as large as you can so more can fit through it. The bottleneck I don't even have to talk about because Santa really -has- a drinking problem and gets often seen as a pedophile because of his likes for lil children; but hey; why can grandpa and he not? He's a real harmless person with a heart as any father on this world... Why judge the book by its cover ;)

    my santa list is already being prepared; I'll probably blog about it so he'll sure read it ..

  16. the irony on EU Fines for Microsoft Approved, Off the Record · · Score: 2, Interesting

    An United States flag above an European Union article ;)

    maybe time to add a template for overseas too? since /. is carrying enough european/international topics

  17. Maybe that's your view on it ? on Patient Revives After 19 Years By Rewiring Brain · · Score: 2

    If I'd been awake after such a long time and I know there are many people behind be, happy that I woke up, getting all the support I'd get ... I'd be happy at that time. Who knows he can work from plumbing to computers, depending on his own persistance and the support he will get with this.

    Living in this society is a very depressing thing; for sure if you are thrown 19 years further in life; although; it might be a nice view for him, depending on how he will think and develop; so why not give this guy a chance in life instead of expecting the worst ?

  18. Re:The real problem on BPI Sue AllOfMp3 In British Courts · · Score: 1

    Same here; my main job is in the IT; while I am resident DJ every weekend for 15yrs long; as sidework I sometimes compose; which makes me also a musician and also an IT pro; although; I am not going on-tour like most bands do; I am taking my music carrierre secondary.

    Guess the entire discussion here is a lil bit stupid; because; if my mother was a cow I had every day milk ...

    cheers..

  19. Nope, total different name on Google Moves From Search To Inventor · · Score: 1

    By the time they are out Beta they will be called Gamma.

  20. Better Sun instead of Microsoft ... on Google Moves From Search To Inventor · · Score: 1

    I can already see that dreadfull clippy 'Hi, I see your values have lowered' with a box at the right:

    Increase Your Numbers
    Increase those spreadsheet numbers now,
    get an outcome with up to 500 units more!
    www.wearethespreadsheetsniffers.com

  21. not acceptable ? on French Lawmakers Approve 'iTunes Law' · · Score: 1

    No offense intended, but are you a Windows user or a computer user? What can be more easy; hit the burn button and rip again; with the convenience/cost of a (re)writable CD. It's not that iTunes is rocket science...

  22. Re:The entire relative right-n-wrong bullshittery. on NH Man Arrested for Videotaping Police · · Score: 1

    seems all roads arrive at one thing .. "the hidden agenda" of many; to improve their own welfare on the neck of someone else; We used to be working to get bread on the table; these days we seem to (need to) work to get the bread of another from their table; or; as "dear citizen" to protect the bread from being taken.

    Some of these people do run over corpses and will do anything to achieve their goal for their own personal wellbeing; which I find pretty dangerous if these people are also handling politics of their country to reach that hidden agenda. I call it a ticking timebomb ready to explode whenever the time is there ; since ; it's a plan based on short term solutions without any valid and (any) truthfull background. Truth is designed to be free; lies are designed to cover Truth ; which will prevail? I can only hope most people at the West (I'm from Europe) will catch the ball faster and come up for their liberty and privacy before it will be REALLY too late for them and others to follow...

  23. The entire relative right-n-wrong bullshittery... on NH Man Arrested for Videotaping Police · · Score: 1

    There seems to be a misconception around "right" and "wrong". What the other finds "right" another man can experience this as "wrong". Clinton involved adultery and lying; which is in the christian way "wrong" because you cannot sleep with someone else when married. What Bush did ; seems to be a "right" way and without trolling I could almost say "the right christian way" since he seems to be "in touch with God" from what I've read...

    Although ; which God would take pain, torturing, abuse, war and agony over a blowjob? Maybe the better question now; to tear away religion as a factor: Which HUMAN would take pain, torturing, abuse, war and agony over a blowjob?

    Interesting question I guess; since the majority seems to be agreeing with such mentality while their skin creeps over seeing the torturing tools from the dark ages and torturing of animals.

    Still, I am not really suprised; since we also live in a time where a human life is less worth than a copied piece of music; since; you'll loose more copying a CD instead of raping or killing your neightbours. I'm totally not wishing of anyone to get vegatarian because of that cruel animal torturing but what I do wish is that people do mind their OWN life and RESPECTING other lives in the same degree as that you'd respect your OWN life; no hidden agendas breaking other lives. Guess that wish can be classified with "I want world peace" ;)

  24. macbook + batteries + cockpit = news at 11 on The Pentagon's Supersonic, Shape-Shifting Assassin · · Score: 1

    Sure don't need any extra heating there in that cockpit with that laptop there if its a macbook ;)

  25. Their canary is dead ? on 17 Online File Storage Services Tested · · Score: 1

    I guess their canary is dead ?
    Because the date is already over a week old ; guess the ozone from the servers must have hit it...