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  1. Re:With the good comes the bad. on A Working Quantum Computer in 3 Years? · · Score: 1

    And where do they get the weapons-grade material? And if they can purchase the material, then they can probably afford the actual bombs as well.

  2. Re:With the good comes the bad. on A Working Quantum Computer in 3 Years? · · Score: 1

    But with quantum computers, you could just brute force a solution.

  3. Re:But OTOH on Desktop Linux on x86 - Adapt or Die · · Score: 1

    How much does ext3 fragment? I've heard that reiserfs4 will have a defragmenter, but I understood it as only getting that last 2 percent.

  4. Re:OpenBSD would not improve our productivity. on The Insecurity of Security Software · · Score: 1

    And COBOL is good enough for the "Big Leagues"?

  5. Re:One Perl on Next-gen Windows Command Line Shell Now in Beta · · Score: 1

    Well, then, why the link mention them?

    But some sheel commands do require quoting.

  6. Re:Told you so! on The Insecurity of Security Software · · Score: 1

    Visual Basic? How are the script kiddies gonna run that on my Linux box?

  7. Re:OpenBSD would not improve our productivity. on The Insecurity of Security Software · · Score: 1

    Then why is there an open-cobol tar.gz file on the OpenBSD site? http://cvsup.de.openbsd.org/mirrors/ftp.openbsd.or g/snapshots/packages/amd64/

  8. Re:The First Live CD? on Beginner's Guide to Linux Distros · · Score: 1

    Thanks, I didn't that Yggdrasil CD's were live.

  9. Re:One Perl on Next-gen Windows Command Line Shell Now in Beta · · Score: 1

    But what if that "moron" needs to run it in a production program? The link specifically states that one should not run Shell.pm in a production program. Also, quoting does not yet work.

  10. Re:The First Live CD? on Beginner's Guide to Linux Distros · · Score: 1

    When was Yggdrasil a Live CD, as opposed to just a CD?

  11. Re:But people don't want to learn. on Beginner's Guide to Linux Distros · · Score: 1

    Actually, UNIX was first designed for the DEC PDP-7, which is a minicomputer. UNIX was designed to be multiuser and multitasking, but not just for mainframes.

  12. Re:Slackware on Beginner's Guide to Linux Distros · · Score: 1

    Perhaps, but he could also have six consoles available. Try ctrl+alt+Fi for i from 1 to 6.

    I prefer having consoles/terminals in a GUI. KDE allows 16 desktops. Do you know how many consoles you can put on 16 desktops? Besides, it's difficult to get those Elizabeth Hurley jpegs as wallpaper without a GUI.

  13. Re:But people don't want to learn. on Beginner's Guide to Linux Distros · · Score: 1
    Linux isn't a desktop OS. No matter what people say, that's not its purpose.

    Linus Torvalds has stated that he is more interested in the desktop side on things. It is also my purpose in using Linux.

  14. Re:But people don't want to learn. on Beginner's Guide to Linux Distros · · Score: 1

    Linux was designed for time-sharing mainframes? Is that why Linus wrote it for a 386?

  15. Re:for Microsoft it is easer... on Hackers, Meet Microsoft · · Score: 1

    And Microsoft can't have code auditors look at the code?

    Also, nothing will guarantee that all bugs will be caught.

  16. Oh, you want them back? on Back to Moon in 2015? · · Score: 1

    Getting a manned mission to the center of the Sun wouldn't be hard. Just get out of earth's gravity well and point them towards the Sun. Oh, you want them to return?

  17. Re:Why? on Back to Moon in 2015? · · Score: 1

    No make install?

  18. Re:I got a vehicle on Back to Moon in 2015? · · Score: 1

    For those who are wondering, Salvage One was a short-lived ABC series from the 70's featuring Andy Griffith.

    Don't forget to use the hyperlinear principle!

  19. Re:One thing VHS can do that DVD cannot do on Reports of VHS's Death Highly Exaggerated · · Score: 1

    I'm having problems using ogle under ssh -X. Also, I don't know how to forward audio.

  20. Re:Wal-Mart is evil on Reports of VHS's Death Highly Exaggerated · · Score: 1

    $40 trillion? Wikipedia has it at $12 trillion, which, divided by 300 million people, would yield a per-capita GDP of $40,000. The $40 trillion figure would yield a per-capita GDP of $130,000.

    Of course, $250 billion is only about 2 percent of $12 trillion.

  21. Re:News for Trolls, Stuff from under Bridges on No Threat to Linux with Apple and Intel Deal · · Score: 1

    Post gets up to +5, then someone mods it Troll.

  22. Re:Um... pokerbot will always win on $100,000 Poker Bot Tournament · · Score: 1

    But what if the cards are physically shuffled?

  23. Re:erm.. WTF on $100,000 Poker Bot Tournament · · Score: 1

    Actually, poker might be better for business/military, where you have to be aware of your opponent's psychology.

  24. Re:Intel needs a show pony on Apple May be Intel Show Pony · · Score: 1

    But if Microsoft stabs Intel in the back, will AMD be able to make enough chips to cover the shortfall?

  25. Re:I also don't get it on Jamie Zawinski Switches to Mac OS X · · Score: 1

    ac97? Hmm... I have that working on my laptop (except for MIDI).