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  1. Re:too little too late on Will Sun Open Source Java? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Interesting find. Imagine running Quercus within Kaffe, which would be comparable to Phalanger within Mono as both would be using GNU Classpath for Java support. GNU Classpath's development is moving along fast. Now that Linux distributions are incorporating Mono and GCJ, the .NET vs Java camps are beginning to merge, which is fascinating.

  2. Re:This would help on Will Sun Open Source Java? · · Score: 1

    So you are saying that the Sun JVM can be part of EVERY OS if the price is met? Doesn't Sun say NO to some distributions or companies?

  3. too little too late on Will Sun Open Source Java? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Phalanger is going to support Mono in their next release, which already support IKVM.

  4. Re:Won't work because... on Congress May Consider Mandatory ISP Snooping · · Score: 1

    June 2nd, near Las Vegas, mushroom cloud, not since the 60s has this happened, protesters/observers.. sounds like an interesting event.

  5. Re:In a related story... on Congress May Consider Mandatory ISP Snooping · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This works until the world stops using the US Dollar because it is worthless.. then America is screwed.

  6. it is the MI7, not NSA on NSA Spying Comes Under Attack · · Score: 1

    It is legal for british intelligence to spy on americans and for the NSA to spy on the brits. Who says it isn't the MI7 that is occupying ATT's secret closets?

  7. Re:yes, they do! on Do Kids Still Program? · · Score: 1

    kids 6 years old do not touch calculators.. but in the early 80s, kids 6 years old did play with BASIC for the TI-99/4a (ah, memmmories)

  8. Re:Text on Microsoft PowerShell RC1 · · Score: 1

    Microsoft supports Perl and lots of UNIX stuff. Check out the new SUA built into Windows Server 2003 R2 (well, it is a free download update).

    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?Fa milyID=8b4987e6-d960-49a2-bf52-d3fbd654254c&Displa yLang=en

    http://www.windowsitpro.com/Windows/Article/Articl eID/48955/48955.html

  9. Re:What harsh words? on Torvalds Has Harsh Words For FreeBSD Devs · · Score: 1

    This isn't true. The $100 laptop is using the new Minix 3

  10. even messed up things need to reproduce on Wildlife Defies Chernobyl Radiation · · Score: 0

    you can take the animal out of nature, but you can't take the nature out of the animal. Hell, even if the bears only had one leg, they would still hump.

  11. Re:What's the incentive to write a program for OS on Run Windows Applications Natively in OS X? · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Have you ever looked at Win32? menus are just messages and handles passed around, like WM_SYSCOMMAND, WM_MENUCOMMAND or special functions like AppendMenu() or MenuItemFromPoint(). I would think it would be easy to recreate OSX's menuing behavor even with native Win32 apps.

  12. Hosted Environments on 8 Myths of Software-as-a-Service · · Score: 0

    The problem with SaaS is that a network is required. Yes, the world is ever becoming more networked, but many places and their respective software do not have reliable networking; thus, traditional applications will always remain.

  13. Raymond Scott on Video Tape Recorder Unveiled 50 Years Ago · · Score: 0

    Brought the idea out of the milspec salvage yards after WWII and got the ball rolling on multi-track recorder (which is what a video tape recorder is). Besides that, he was a brilliant man. http://raymondscott.com/timeline.html

  14. Re:... but does it run OS/2? - Yes, and much more on Triple Boot on MacBooks Working · · Score: 1

    how does parallel fair against vmware or an IntelVT/AMD-IOVT hypervisor?

  15. Re:FAT32? on Triple Boot on MacBooks Working · · Score: 0

    "However if you do decide to stick with FAT32 your windows partition cannot be greater than 32GB. " I thought this wasn't true.

  16. Re:Encryption is the answer on Support for U.S. Mandatory Data Retention Laws · · Score: 0

    "Two thousand years ago the Romans used wax seals on their private documents to ensure no one intercepted the message en route, yet every email on the planet is still there to be read." I'm sure the Romans didn't forge ring stamps either.

  17. this administration.. on Support for U.S. Mandatory Data Retention Laws · · Score: 0

    They think the best defense is a great offense. It seems whenever they get into trouble, they decide to push 1984 even further into the now. Crazy people at the wheel. I think the president did too many drugs as a kid.

  18. VPN email on China Bans Running Your Own Email Server · · Score: 0

    Does China block VPNs? If not, the free world should setup remote email gateways for them.

  19. Re:Are we reading the same data? on Mass Microsoft Defections to Apple Possible · · Score: 0

    It is called DIY using www.pricewatch.com. Once I can build a generic iMac, call me; until then, no way Apples will be price comparable to Windows/Linux.

  20. Re:That's the job of the Speech recognition system on Google Voice Search May be Coming Soon · · Score: 0

    http://agents.media.mit.edu/projects/voice/ is one way to increase recognition (this only scratches the surface compared to what Google could sematically do)

  21. Re:Blowing Hot Air on Global Warming Dissenters Suppressed? · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://www.sas.org/tcs/weeklyIssues_2006/2006-04-0 7/feature1p/index.html Recently citizen scientist Forrest Mims told me about a speech he heard at the Texas Academy of Science during which the speaker, a world-renowned ecologist, advocated for the extermination of 90 percent of the human species in a most horrible and painful manner. Apparently at the speaker's direction, the speech was not video taped by the Academy and so Forrest's may be the only record of what was said. Forrest's account of what he witnessed chilled my soul. Astonishingly, Forrest reports that many of the Academy members present gave the speaker a standing ovation. To date, the Academy has not moved to sanction the speaker or distance itself from the speaker's remarks.

  22. Re:Shot in the dark: on Why Is Data Mining Still A Frontier? · · Score: 0

    Howabout the NSA datamining your X,Y position down to the second for all US citizens for the last 10 years.

  23. Re:I'd argue that... on The .EU Landrush Fiasco · · Score: 0

    It all comes back to making money. Without anyone buying as many domains as they want to, you don't create a industry and less money is exchanged. Otherwise, domains should be free.

  24. Re:Shouldn't it be reverse? on VOIP Cell Phones Coming Soon · · Score: 0

    Overtime, as this feature before common in every phone, with everyone asking for Wifi to be first, then cellular, some carrier will start the trend and the rest will follow. How often does everyone want a specific feature and no business will provide it?

  25. Re:Echelon anyone? on AT&T Forwarding All Internet Traffic to NSA? · · Score: 0

    It is illegal for the NSA to wiretap Americans but it isn't illegal for Britain to do so. The opposite is true too. Silly all of this as everything is being recorded and reanalyzed all the time.