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  1. Re:I can see the difference. on Increased Bandwidth Irrelevant? · · Score: 1

    I've had ISO images download at 4-5Mb/sec, and I don't have BitTorrent.

  2. Re:My neighbors have DSL and I have comcast on Increased Bandwidth Irrelevant? · · Score: 1

    How about Time Warner? True, it peaks at 5Mbit/s, but I've downloaded 2.6 gigabytes in a little over a day (four Linux ISO images). I don't believe that my downloads are capped.

  3. Licensing on Eolas COO Says IE Changes A Shame · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Would the license fees have been charged on a per copy basis? If so, how could Microsoft let people download IE for free (as in beer)?

  4. Re:Windows main selling point on Sony More Trustworthy Than Microsoft · · Score: 1

    That main "selling" point of Microsoft Windows® is that it is not sold as such, but bundled.

  5. Re:It Won't Change... on Sony More Trustworthy Than Microsoft · · Score: 1

    What would you consider a better Mac-compatible PDF reader than Acrobat?

  6. Re:Install from CD in Linux? on Sony More Trustworthy Than Microsoft · · Score: 1

    If the software is available as a package (rpm, deb) then you can install it, whatever the medium. Some distributions include GUI frontends for package management. Now packages can't solve the problems of dial-up. As for commercial software (not a distribution), the only such software that I know of that used rpm was WordPerfect® 8 for Linux. The few commercial games I have used shell scripts to install.

  7. Re:Trusting Sony on Sony More Trustworthy Than Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Do they call it "Bose" in Germany? Doesn't "Böse" mean "evil" in German?

  8. Re:Ah, the backdoor approach. on Microsoft Subpoenas Thrown out of Court · · Score: 1

    Some state judges, yes. Federal judges (in the US) are appointed for life, and can only be removed by impeachment.

  9. Re:Quick Answer: Get an MBA on Lowering the Odds of Being Outsourced · · Score: 1

    But dealing with other programmers is different from dealing with the public. While one has to exercise some tact in group programming, the main issue is technical, i. e. the quality of the code. As for speaking up about problems, aren't people with Asperger's more likely to make waves in such a case, as they are less sensitive to social context?

  10. Re:MBAs are the bane of the world on Lowering the Odds of Being Outsourced · · Score: 1

    Did they ever distinguish between accounting and economic profit?

  11. OT--About your sig on Lowering the Odds of Being Outsourced · · Score: 1

    Is that the Tom Christiansen who is a co-author of Programming Perl?

  12. Re:dump windows on Anti-malware Vendors Stare Down Microsoft Threat · · Score: 1

    Writing viruses? That's nice, but if they don't support Windows, who's going to buy their products?

  13. Re:None of this will stop L1/L2/H1B hires on Lowering the Odds of Being Outsourced · · Score: 1

    Imposing/tightening limits on L1/L2/H1B visas would affect supply, not demand, as would having a dearth of skilled workers worldwide.

  14. Re:don't see the downside.. on ICANN Meeting Puts Off XXX Domain Again · · Score: 1

    Will the .xxx domain also be numerically segregated? Or will people be able to access such sites by using a numerical address such as 69.69.69.69? In the latter case, how does one filter?

  15. Re:dump windows on Anti-malware Vendors Stare Down Microsoft Threat · · Score: 1

    And what would they support? OpenBSD?

  16. Re:Disagree on the last comment on Lenovo Under U.S. Probe for Spying · · Score: 1

    Of course we have spies in China. It's not a matter of believing that we're better than other nations, it's a matter of security. Every nation is expected to take some precautions.

  17. Re:I don't want it on Hotmail On Your Desktop · · Score: 1

    aren't using a GUI

    Can one even use Hotmail without a GUI? :-)

  18. Re:It isn't about piracy on DRM and the Myth of the Analog Hole · · Score: 1

    Indupitably Come on, this is slashdot, anything can be duped.

  19. Re:Another one bites the dust. on UK Government Passes ID Card Bill · · Score: 1

    What, they haven't changed the name to "Airstrip One" yet?

  20. Re:AOL == Internet (For AOLers) on Pay-per-email and the "Market Myth" · · Score: 1

    I AM NOT A LAWYER. Unless AOL can define "unsolicited", wouldn't the doctrine of adhesion mean that any ambiguities are resolved in favor of the customer?

  21. Re:AOL == Internet (For AOLers) on Pay-per-email and the "Market Myth" · · Score: 1

    Isn't "spam" already defined as "unsolicited commercial email"? How would an email from his mom qualify?

  22. Re:Email taxes on Pay-per-email and the "Market Myth" · · Score: 1

    If your grandmother runs her own email server, I suspect that she would know how to do this.

  23. Re:remove the underscores on Pay-per-email and the "Market Myth" · · Score: 1

    First, my de-obfuscating your email address does not provide you an economic incentive to obfuscate it in the first place. Second, people are already paying AOL to deliver their email (I'm assuming this holds for their paying customers). Third, AOL no more sends emails than the Post Office sends snail mail.

  24. ISP on Pay-per-email and the "Market Myth" · · Score: 1

    Guess I'll stay with Road Runner.

  25. Re:Richard Reid-Stallman on Sandals and Ponytails Behind Slow Linux Adoption · · Score: 1

    ACK (Amsterdam Compiler Kit) was closed source until 2003. TenDRA seems not to have been available before 1998, although the FreeBSD people are porting their kernel to it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TenDRA_Compiler [wikipedia].