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  1. Linus on The 10 Tech People Who Don't Matter · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yes, it bothered me. Because Linus is not only the creator of Linux. He also maintains the kernel and adds new features once in a while. The latest kernel release adds significant features and possibly performance enhancements.

    It seems to me that whoever wrote the article, thinks that Linus' role is over and that he's nothing more than a decorative figure. He's not.

  2. challenge authentication on Freenode Network Hijacked, Passwords Compromised? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If nickserv used some kind of challenge authentication (it sends you a random challenge, and you hash the password with it), we wouldn't have these problems. Of course, this is irc, and that might be somwehat difficult to implement.

  3. Not so fast, Lone Starr! on Microsoft/Yahoo! Merger a Good Idea? · · Score: 1

    Microsoft merging with Yahoo! is like me merging with pizza. It ends up with a slightly larger me.

    I'm not quite sure about that... remember Pizza the Hutt?

  4. Creepy. on Microsoft/Yahoo! Merger a Good Idea? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Big Brother + Viruses + China = :(

  5. I had a panick attack before one exam on Coping with Exam Panic Attacks? · · Score: 1

    I hadn't had any before, I'm sure it was stress related to other situations. Anyway, i was so panicked that I never went there. Turns out that I knew all the questions, so i lost a gold opportunity. So, I presented the next exam, and failed :-/ But who cares, I repeated the course (yes, lost a semester) and passed :)

    So, chill out, the world's not gonna end - i mean, you aren't Jesus saving the world. It's just a freaking exam. Take it easy, ok? The only people who have died because they didn't pass are usually japanese students - and that's because they kill themselves in shame. (yeah, weird guys).

    So, take my advice. ENJOY! Whether you pass or fail, ENJOY! Later you'll miss school time when you have to work 8 or 10 hours a-day :P

    Joke aside, I really don't know what's going on with society. Suddenly this exam thing looks like you're ruining your life if you fail. I recall a video that a guy didn't complete college and his life wasn't ruined. He still got a decent job, and managed to live a happy life.

    So my advice is: Rethink your priorities, take a deep breath, and stop pressuring yourself that much.

  6. Mod parent up! on Do Ergonomic Chairs Really Work? · · Score: 1, Informative

    Parent's right. These "ergonomic" chairs suck. It's much better to buy a standard office chair - the ones which can rotate and have small wheels at the bottom. I use one and I've had no problems with ergonomics. If I get bored, I can move the chair a little and/or adjust the height.

  7. Re:I feel so torn. on Håkon Responds to Questions About CSS and... · · Score: 2

    I agree with you. However something confused me in my particular question. He said aliases disadvantages seemed greater than their advantages in CSS1.

    So this means that they weren't even considered in CSS2? Now we have @imports, i think that if whole styles conflicts are resolved with these, aliases could, too. Oh well. At least I'm glad he did answer.

  8. It's ironic... on Library Chief Criticized for Requiring Subpoena · · Score: 4, Insightful

    that the ones supposed to UPHOLD the Law are the first ones wanting to BREAK the Law.

    Second - the Library director did the right thing. Why? Because if the information she gave was obtained without "due process", the pedophile could get free because of this. Now who would be the one to blame? The Library. Wonderful.

    I'd pretty much tell the stupid police to just do their job and STFU.

  9. To: Reality on Earth's Temperature at Highest Levels in 400 Years · · Score: 1

    Dear Reality:

    You suck.

    Sincerely,
    The World. :(

  10. Re:Just Wait till Vista on 2006 Software War Map between FOSS and Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Vista is ALREADY in the picture. What we should be waiting for is ReactOS attacking WindowsXP directly. But it may take a couple of years... :(

  11. Re:contacts in china on China Getting 'Serious' About Spam? · · Score: 1

    Some measures:

    * Forbid the use of users' own machines to send spam (aka blocking port 25).
    * Block open proxies
    * Forbid anonymity in name registries.
    * Clean infected computers regularly

    I'm sure it would be easy for the Chinese govt to implement these measures. I'm also sure that most of the SPAM sent through China is done via open proxies and botnets - not by the users themselves.

  12. Re:Open? on A Set of RFI Responses for Sherlock Holmes · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's because people enter through the windows.

    And more often, through the backdoor ;-)

  13. Re:Obligatory All your base reference on Laptop Explodes at Japanese Conference · · Score: 1

    Actually it was kind of lame, I'm content with a score of 3.

  14. Rootkit detectors... on Fyodor's Top 100 Network Security Tools · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I clicked on the "rootkit detectors" link and was intrigued by the fact that it doesn't list IceSword - I recall reading an article that IceSword was the only one that detected the HackerDefender rootkit.

  15. Re:From the ReactOS website: on ReactOS 0.3 RC1 Released · · Score: 2

    I guess they haven't heard of Linux...

    GP said "for everyone", not "for linux fans". This is a Windows compatible OS.

  16. Re:And to think... on ReactOS 0.3 RC1 Released · · Score: 1

    This is why I'd LOVE to see a "reason" for rejecting submissions. The default is "not interested / thank you". The rest could be "lame", "inaccurate", "thanks but no thanks", and the obligatory "dupe". :)

  17. This isn't about competitors... on Microsoft Workers Prefer Google · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This is about using something that JUST WORKS.

    Seriously, Microsoft simply doesn't have the infrastructure that Google has. They're SPECIALIZED in searching. Microsoft can't just beat that. They have to accept it.

    But look at it this way. If Google helps Microsoft be more efficient, is there any problem with that? Rejecting a very useful tool JUST BECAUSE it's the competition, is simply ridiculuous.

  18. How ironic... on AOL Tries New Tactic to Keep Customers · · Score: 1

    isn't this what spammers do when you try to opt-out?

    Now finally we're identifying who's in whose side.

  19. Finally! on Google Launches Cost Per Action AdSense · · Score: 1

    About freaking time.

    I'm sick tired of all that pay-per-click and the related frauds. I've known some webpage owners who have been accused of click fraud, and Google hasn't listened to any of their complaints.

  20. Re:This is not what we need. on Pirate Party Comes to the U.S. · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This is nothing more than a couple of no-names who decided to set up a web page and call themselves a political party because they thought it was cool.

    I agree with you, the world's nuts. One of these days we'll have a Finnish kid and a beardy hacker saying "Hey, let's make an operating system!". And I bet they'll give it a cryptic name and a penguin for mascot. And then they'd say stupid things like "Software should be Free". How can a stupid idea like that prosper in today's capitalistic world? Sheesh.</sarcasm>

  21. Obligatory All your base reference on Laptop Explodes at Japanese Conference · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Somebody Set Up Us The Bomb".

    Ta-da! :) *Bows* Thank you, thank you.

  22. This is NANOWIRES, not nanotubes. on Nanowires Four Times Faster Than Silicon · · Score: 1
    I read an earlier article about nanowire transistors.


    While the nanowire transistors Lieber and his colleagues demonstrated are comparable to but slightly worse in performance to the best ones made with carbon nanotubes, theirs can be made with reproducible electronic characteristics "unlike carbon nanotube FETs, and this is absolutely essential for moving beyond single nanowire or nanotube devices," he said.

  23. Re:What about IBM's new transistor? on Nanowires Four Times Faster Than Silicon · · Score: 1

    No, that headline relates to this other story.

  24. Re:Included styles, aliases on Ask Håkon About CSS or...? · · Score: 1

    doesn't the "cascading" portion of "cascading style sheets" sort of take care of the includes for you? if you organize your styles right, there shouldn't really be a need for includes.


    I began thinking of these ideas when I studied multi-tier programming and separation of concerns. Even thoough CSS is presentation, it can still be organized in tiers, where the complicated stuff could be seen as the logic tier, and the aliases could be seen as the presentation tier.


    as far as aliases, i would also love to have something like that in css. it would make it much more easy to organize your styles.


    Actually, I think we could improve that idea a little further. Use "alias-groups", so we could switch themes by changing a single line. Change "alias" to "define", and use $ for the defines, like php variables.
    @define_group group1 {
      @define color1 #00cc00;
    }
    @define_group group2 {
      @define color1 #0000ff;
    }
    .class1 { use-define-group:group1;color:$color1; }
    Oh CSS Nirvana... how long till we reach thee?
  25. Included styles, aliases on Ask Håkon About CSS or...? · · Score: 5, Interesting
    I always wanted to have "included" substyles or "aliases" in my CSS definition, to save redundancy.

    (For includes)
    .class1 { color:#ff0000; }
    .class2 { background-color:#ffffff; }
    .class3 { include:class1,class2;font-weight:bold; }
    (For aliases)
    @alias color1 #ff0000;
    @alias color2 #ffffff;
    @alias default_image url('/img/image1.jpg');
     
    .class1 { color:color1; }
    .class2 { background-image:default_image;background-color:co lor2; }
    This way we could change colors or images for a whole webpage by editing a reduced number of lines.

    Had you considered any of these ideas in the past? If so, why were they rejected?