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  1. Re:They're felons, they have no rights. on Death Penalty For Hackers? · · Score: 1

    There is also the argument of the scientist where if he had the choice to kill one innoncent person to find a cure for cancer, would he do it? The answer is most likely no.

    Unless he was a Nazi scientist :/

    Well, ultimately the answer is no because he would be out of a job if a cure was found, along with thousands of other researchers. Better to release a method or compound similar to what you found that is only partially effective.

    BTW, cancer is a symptom of cyanide vitamin deficiency. Have you been eating your buckwheat/lima beans/fruit seeds? Probably not. Anyway, pharm companies don't make any money off buckwheat and OTC vitamins vs chemo treatments. :)

  2. Re:Again? on JBoss Founder Hard-Nosed About Open Source · · Score: 1

    Well, since every visible implementation of Communism has corrupt in compatible ways, I believe he was referring to the de facto Communist standard. ;)

  3. Re:Nice job injecting opinion into your review. on Second Indymedia Server Seized in UK Within a Year · · Score: 1

    Has anyone here actually taken time to watch the various programs on Fox News?

    If you do, you'll find that some shows like O'Reilly are complete opinion pieces...but its obvious he's spewing his opinion, he's not trying to pass that off as news. These guys are pompous as hell, but thats what some people are looking for. Me, I don't like watching them, it cause it isn't news and its obvious.

    On the other hand, the regular news programs do a good job at being balanced. In particular, I remember the coverage of the 2004 elections, Fox was interviewing some people from both sides, and it was interesting and informative.

    I watched that for awhile, and then flipped over to Dan Rather cause an opinion show came on. He was going over some election projection details, and then interviewed a John Kerry spokesman. They talked at length about how John Kerry is a great guy, has a good chance of winning, and some other gory details. When he was done, I thought, OK, lets see what the Bush spokesman has to say. And then Dan Rather moves on to other things, no Bush guy anywhere. I was really suprised that they were pimping for Kerry. So I went to another channel, cause I don't watch opinion pieces....

  4. Re:maybe im alone on this one on Knoppix 4.0 DVD - Like a Kid in a Candy Store · · Score: 1

    Obviously you haven't looked for them. The link that says "Developers interested go here to linuxtag mailinglist" is broken. All the listed sources and debian packages are out of date, some as far out as 2002.

  5. Re:What's the problem with dual boot on same disk? on Test Driving Linux · · Score: 1

    Different methods, same madness.

  6. Re:What's the problem with dual boot on same disk? on Test Driving Linux · · Score: 1

    Well, since the average IQ is 100, that means half the population has an IQ less than or equal to 100. The average college student has 110. So, equating that to the grade scales with standard deviations of 10 and the average being a C (110 IQ), 100 IQ would be a D student, and < 90 IQ would be a straight F student. Using Chris Farley as a model of a typical D student (I think the movie was Tommy Boy? Its been awhile), you can see that there are a lot of ludicrously stupid people out there.

    Well, of course that model breaks down in the real world, because grades also come from a host of other factors than IQ, such as available time, motivation, drug use (pot, Viagra, World of Warcrack, poker, ect), parental subsidy, resistance to disease, nutrition, sex drive, sleep cycle regularity, and more. BUT, assuming all these things being the same, thats what you would have.

  7. Re:new business strategy on Microsoft Found Guilty of Patent Infringement · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well thats no joke, but they word it differently...investors will give you some money, but not enough to make your product successful... your company folds eventually, investors take your product and make 100-fold their initial pittance.

    You would agree too, since you'd say to yourself "well if it folds, then I don't need product rights anyway..."

    There's only one way to make big bucks...luck. Hard work, intelligence, and preperation are meaningless - everyone has that. So play the lottery if you want to hit the jackpot, at least thats low stress.

  8. Re:This is new? on Debian 3.1 (Sarge) Released · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This is Debian Stable, remember. I've been using it on a box at work as a file server/print spooler, and haven't touched the thing in three years. Thats the kind of job Debian Stable is for :) Who gives two shits about the fancy shadowing and render acceleration of the new X flavors, since all the time you'll probably spend with it is however long it takes to set the system up.

  9. Re:At the risk of redundancy... on Mandrakesoft Changes Name to Mandriva · · Score: 1

    If you build it, they will come. Just inherit K/Ubuntu, and make a PimpZilla theme for it.

  10. Re:My 1337 system building tip! on Advanced System Building Guide · · Score: 1

    And yes, that scratching sound coming from your case? Thats those 37 loose standoffs you fatfingered into the case shorting your lines over -12V and the address lines! Congratulations on 0wN1n6 your first box!

    But, hey, at least you're well grounded. We just can't do without being first in line when the lighting strikes, right?

  11. Re:Here's what I think on Advanced System Building Guide · · Score: 1

    And I'm sick of the "Xtreme l337 d00dz0rz" who spout off about the little LCD temp display in their Corsair RAM modules like they're some kind of gods of Comp. Sci.

    Seriously!

    If "bling", as the TFA's author put it, is part of your purchasing decisions, you're a tool! Have a nice day!

    Plus, if you read the second page, this tool talks about using a second partition for swap file, and Internet Explorer cache. C'mon, if you're still using IE, you just don't admit these things in pubic! Not to mention, you can set up a static swap space, and not have to bother with the separate partition for that.

    So, yes TFAA is a blowhard who is preaching the choir to sleep about common sense hardware layout, and some crap about 'shaft 'blows XP that any seasoned computer user would do without thinking about it. :D

  12. Re:Connectiva? on Mandrake to Acquire Conectiva · · Score: 1

    Hey, I was born in Mexico, so I'm allowed to say these things! I think....

  13. Connectiva? on Mandrake to Acquire Conectiva · · Score: -1, Troll

    Connectiva? Yeah that'll raise their research capabilities alright....reminds me of a joke:


    HP just announced the HAL10000 computer and is displaying their new prize at the computer show. Anyone who cares to, can walk right up and carry on a conversation with the machine. So the first person steps up and the HAL10000 says, "Good Morning I'm a HAL10000 computer, if you will tell me your IQ, we can have a conversation."

    Well, the guy responds, "I have an IQ of 160." So the HAL10000 says, "Very well, let's discuss Einsteinium tensor mechanics in close proximity to a singularity event horizon." And so they did.

    Later, another guy walks up and exclaims, "My IQ is 110." So the HAL10000 says, "Very well, let's discuss the working of the internal combustion engine." And so they did.

    Finally, this third guy walks up and says, "My IQ is 65." So the HAL10000 replies, "Buenos dias senor."

  14. Re:Never had one. on Pushing The 512MB Barrier On Video Cards · · Score: 1

    my Mediavision Pro Audio Spectrum totally ROCKS in comparison to your lamer sound blaster!

    Heh, I still use my MVPAS in my current machine. It's still making sound, and I ain't buying another card till it stops. MVPAS for life!

    PS: And yes, it still totally ROCKS in comparison to your lamer sound blaster!

  15. Re:Power of open source? on Firefox Breaks 25 Million Downloads · · Score: 1

    When I think of firefox, It doesn't even occur to me at first that its open source.

    It doesn't have to. I don't think I'd be running Ubuntu right now if it weren't for moz, and only because it mentioned linux as a download option. Thats all it takes.

    I mean, I know that it is, but thats not the first thing I think of. When I think of something like Gnome, I think of it as open source.

    Ah, yes, despite what you read, Mozilla is actually open sauce.

  16. Re:freedce on Open Group Releases DCE 1.2.2 as Free Software · · Score: 1

    From TFA:
    UK's "National Insurance" Database is a DCE/RPC application which must now hold aroung a TERABYTE of information...

    WOW, a whole TERABYTE! :D Err, is that anything special anymore?

    A fellow student of mine is storing over a terabyte of information. If a broke-ass college student can whip that together, then I don't think so.

  17. Re:Great, but. on Windows Longhorn to make Graphics Cards more Important · · Score: 1

    Its called spyware, cowboy. I've had my laptop running XP for a year straight now, with no slowdown. Of course, if you use spyware/virus vectors like Internet Explorer, executable wallpaper installers (wallpapers are supposed to be JPEGs and GIFs people!! duh!!), Lookout Distress (Read: Outlook Express), Kazaa, Weatherbug, WebTangent driver, etc...of course you're computer is gonna slow down.

    In other words, I believe it is safe to say you're the one that's slow, not just the computer.

  18. Re:Yes! Now I know!!! on 2005 FIRST Robotics Competition Announced · · Score: 1

    First year sucks for most teams. The ones that start off well find a local small engineering business to get space ane expertise from. Who knows if you're lucky enough to have one of those around, but its worth a look.

  19. Re:White House stats on How Company Employees Use The Web · · Score: 1

    Aha, I've found it: George Bush's Mac

    Its a little tough finding, since searching for George Bush and Macintosh comes up with many spam pages and Macintosh users' Bush-bash blogs....although I did find a neat Bush Potato Head thing. Judging from that, the President would look cooler with a shaved head and a goatee.

  20. Re:Slashdot employees on How Company Employees Use The Web · · Score: 1
    Hell, PC's, big iron, its all the same :D

    Speaking of which, to the tune of In The Ghetto by Elvis:

    As the Phillips-heads fly......
    In a temperture controled Chicago morn,
    A poor little cubicle is born,

    In the Datacenter Ghetto..... x2

    And big iron cried.......
    Cause if there's one thing that she didn't need
    Its another data terminal to feed,

    In the Datacenter Ghetto...... x2

    Oh, people don't you hear the clicks
    This hog's about to shit the bit
    And were gonna lose all our work some day

    Take a look at you and me
    this thing's our company
    Do we simply turn our heads
    and keep playing solitaire?........(YES!)

    Well the heads start to fly.....
    As a busy big box that needs some TLC
    Melted down all the way to the Chinese

    In the Datacenter Ghetto.....

    And the anger burns
    Everyone was yelling and all uptight
    Yeah we knew we were gonna be up all night...

    In the Datacenter Ghetto.....

    That mightnight desperation,
    We sorta slipped away
    Bought a case or two, came back in an hour
    she sorta works now, but she doesn't get far...

    As the morning crowd gathers 'round......
    Well, just as looks like she's starting to work
    there's a big flash of light, some smoke, and a jerk

    In the Datacenter Ghetto.....

    And big iron dies,
    On a temperature controlled Chigago morn,
    Another little linux box is born...

    In the Datacenter Ghetto.....
  21. Re:affect/effect! on New Trojan Threatens Windows XP SP 2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    So, in effect, the article is saying Windows Update is a trojan that spreads through mangled HTML? Makes perfect sense to me.

  22. Windows Help....bah humbug on New Trojan Threatens Windows XP SP 2 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Isn't Windows Help a virus on its own? I mean, any time I use it is accidental, and I sit there and wait forever while it takes over my hard drive and 2 minutes of my life loading The Obvious, while I swear at it and frantically click the oblivious exit button....grrrrrrrrrrrrr...

    My Kingdom For A Windows-Help-Uninstall-Program! :D

  23. Re:Microsoft Installer on IBM Grid Near 50,000 machines - Slashdot Users #13 · · Score: 1

    They're working on support for Microsoft Installer

    Meanwhile, you could try using Microsoft's Microsoft Installer. I'm not sure how well it will work without a good WINE configuration setup, or maybe the newly resurrected Winetools

  24. Re:Microsoft is so sweet on New Spoofing Vulnerability in IE · · Score: 1

    Heh, what you are suggesting borders on a vigilante internet police state. Is this the only way to get the slobbering masses to switch cleanly?

    Well, I guess the short answer is - YES. Thats why we all need to hack the worldwide DNS servers and redirect lieusers to a proper browser download page. (allegedly possibly possible posibilities)

  25. Re:Advantage? on NVIDIA 6200 w/ TurboCache Released · · Score: 1

    Yes. Doom 3 will wipe it's ass with this card, but Turok should chug along just fine :D