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  1. Re:but he didn't say what's wrong with Gentoo on New Linux Distribution — Exherbo, Announced · · Score: 1

    I guess you can get at least some of the information you're searching here: Description of exheres packager

  2. Re:inspired in many places by Gentoo on New Linux Distribution — Exherbo, Announced · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Quote found in distro's bugzilla:

    < arkanoid> sometimes I wish I'd wake up and find all the stupid gentoo devs shouting 'april's fool! we're not really morons after all' They have 12 bugs now. At least their package format is cooler than gentoo's.
  3. Re:I weep for national news services on What You Don't Know About Living in Space · · Score: 1

    FTFA: "Though iPods can fly on the space shuttle, when the shuttle docks to the space station, iPods can't cross over the hatch because they haven't been certified to fly on the space station yet." The real reason is that they can't allow unlicensed copyrighted work to go to the space station. That would create a Space Pirate Bay, that would cost millions to RIAA!
  4. Re:Latency? What latency? on Japan Launches "Super-Speed" Internet Satellite · · Score: 1

    From the article:
    The satellite, equipped with two large multi-beam antennas, separated from the rocket and successfully entered its intended orbit 175 miles from Earth, JAXA said in a statement.
    I hope that's right. I'm so ready for fast satellite, weather balloon, stratellite or similar internet communications. Your application of bold formating is misleading. Try mine instead and you will see the truth:

    The satellite, equipped with two large multi-beam antennas, separated from the rocket and successfully entered its intended orbit 175 miles from Earth, JAXA said in a statement. Editors.
  5. Re:Well... on Microsoft Pulls Vista SP1 Update · · Score: 1

    OH CRAP I LOST THE GAME! Oh Crap! I will KILL MYSELF in disgust!
  6. 64 squares on Bobby Fischer Is Dead At 64 · · Score: 1

    I think that was not the reason. It was something related to 64 squares in a board.

  7. Re:Two points about the article's headline. on Exploit Found to Brick Most HP and Compaq Laptops · · Score: 5, Insightful

    But do these computers come with a recovery CD, or just a recovery partition? I've also read about recovery CDs that entirely reformat the computer's hard drive, taking My Documents with it. The point is, if you can use the computer after the exploit, it is not a brick, so it is not *bricked*. If you lost your documents or not has nothing to do with it.
  8. Re:Nope on OpenDocument Foundation To Drop ODF · · Score: 1

    word document with the tag that it was "amazing".
    Seems that it is simply a Flash animation embedded Simply?? It is AMAZING!!!
  9. Re:Other specs? on Researchers Achieve Amazing Memory Density · · Score: 1

    The new memory technology -- programmable metallization cell (PMC) As vaporware as this is, I'd prefer to call it programmable mentalization cell.
  10. Re:Maybe common sense will prevail now? on Microsoft Forces Desktop Search On Windows Update · · Score: 1

    The real effect of this event? Maybe admins will realize that it doesn't make sense to allow an OS vendor to automatically update your clients without some sort of testing in your environment before the change is made. But they don't allow it! From TFS:

    'automatic install' feature of Windows Update -- even if they had configured their systems not to use the program. Automatic install is already disabled!
  11. Re:No Conspiracy Theories on Microsoft Forces Desktop Search On Windows Update · · Score: 1

    Microsoft installed a resource-hogging search application on machines company-wide, even though administrators had configured systems not to use the program If they meant the program had never been installed or had been previously uninstalled, "configured systems not to use the program" is a pretty No! You got it wrong:
    Program == Windows Update... They configured not to use windows update not desktop search which wasn't even installed.
  12. THE SOLUTION on Storm Worm Strikes Back at Security Pros · · Score: 1

    sell us their solution Wait... I already know the solution! Let's develop a WHITE-HAT BOTNET!!! Lets write some software to install into everyone's computer so they will have to DDOS us all!! And the net will be a battlefield between bots and zombie computers! We may also start purchasing another computer, even build another network, just for communication, and leave our first computers fighting alone in the bot internet!
  13. Re:Brazilian Pop Music Scene Thrives on Piracy on Brazilian Pop Music Scene Thrives on Piracy · · Score: 1

    but they were trying to unload these things on me.. 5 movies for 1 Real. I can't imagine that even would cover the cost of the blank DVD... These are probably VCDs disguised as DVDs. There are a lot of these, too. :)
  14. Re:Brazilian Pop Music Scene Thrives on Piracy on Brazilian Pop Music Scene Thrives on Piracy · · Score: 2, Informative

    Way to try to justify your criminal activity, slashfags. Being a Brazilian "criminal" as you wish to say, I would like to state:
    • Nobody purchases original CDs here. People just get them on the streets, with "3 for 5 reais" price tags (~$1 each CD)
    • Trash music is everywhere. It is hard to listen to good music nowadays, be it in the radio, the clubs, or the stupid loud car sound systems around the city.
    • Musicians get almost nothing selling CDs by normal means (recorder company contracts etc), if you're not a TOP 20 you make more money with shows/presentations anyway, making it very good to spread your music - the more the better
    • "Lend me your CD so I can copy it" is normal practice, creating even many "pirated pirate copies" which are copies of pirate CDs purchased on the street.
    • Soulseek, donkey2k, kazaa are your friends. You find everything Brazilian.
    • There are a few websites promoting local FREE AS IN SPEECH music/art. Like Estudio Livre.
      Good stuff in these websites make me want more, make me want to know the artist behind them. Lately I was chatting with "Varios Um", a Brazilian artist which has very good FREE songs published here.
    I have very few original CDs and don't feel any pressure into purchasing more. If things keep this way I will keep downloading free licensed and unlicensed content. The same applies to movies and games.
  15. New meaning on Space Elevator Teams Compete for NASA Prizes · · Score: 4, Funny

    This gives a whole new meaning to "leaking gas on the elevator"

  16. Re:Good luck... on Adobe Intends To Move All of Its Applications Online · · Score: 1

    Good luck with that. I'd love to see how you're going to implement full-blown, resource-heavy photo editing in a browser.

    I guess that, if they put a superfast server with a Way-Faster-Than-My-Computer share of CPU power for each user, it might be a killer web app.

    If I can send my high definition imagery to them, and apply many filters in a second, that would be cool. Some filters take a long time to apply in high resolution images on my humble GIMP installation.

  17. Obligatory on Robotic Cannon Loses Control, Kills 9 · · Score: 1

    I, for one, welcome our new robotic cannon overl..... (CANNON SOUND) AAAAARGH!

  18. Re:Maybe this stems from... on Vista Runs Out of Memory While Copying Files · · Score: 5, Funny

    why the heck does Windows need to scan directories to be deleted before deleting them is beyond me (...) Same thing for copying, Windows wastes time scanning the source directory for no apparent reason since it won't tell you you have insufficient disk space to complete the operation The scan is to know beforehand the size and number of files before copy/delete operation, so windows can make a <sarcasm>VERY RELIABLE</sarcasm> progress bar, with a <sarcasm>VERY RELIABLE</sarcasm> estimated time that <sarcasm>ALWAYS</sarcasm> measures correctly the time left for the operation to complete.
  19. All material on YouTube Filtering Is On-Line · · Score: 2, Interesting

    because the technology requires copyright holders to provide copies of the video they want to protect Wait. That means google will pretty soon have almost ALL COPYRIGHTED MEDIA in its servers?
    I, for one, welcome our new media-holding overlords.
    There's a lot of money to be made with this material, besides searching youtube. Even without releasing it.
  20. Re:+1 Funny on Mom Blasts Ballmer Over Kid's Vista Experience · · Score: 0
    From TFA:

    fewer issues with Windows Vista in its first six months than any OS that preceded it. Can I mod TFA? -1 FREAKIN LIE!
  21. Re:Stop the insanity. on Microsoft Releases IIS FastCGI Module · · Score: 1

    I know, I've done it. How do you recommend running both through port 80? Is it worth the extra effort? The same ways you would use another box, or setting up a VM. Proxying, or using different IPs, or some other approach. And yes, it is worth it.
  22. Re:Stop the insanity. on Microsoft Releases IIS FastCGI Module · · Score: 1

    Rather than running another box or supporting a VM image to run apache, it's easier just to blah blah blah... You can run IIS and apache in the same server, without another box and without VM images.
  23. Re:Deconstructing the Japan Inc Hype on Japanese Online Connectivity Ahead of EU/US · · Score: 1

    Japan is a tiny island. The United States consists of the fairly large part of the North American continent and Europe, taken together, is not entirely tiny either. Of course it will be easier to wire Japan than it would be the USA or Europe. Again? This is not an excuse for not wiring major cities. There is fiber already in place between the cities.
  24. Re:Correction on The Next Leap for Linux · · Score: 1

    apart from having to guess which damn directory packages install their files to if you are using debian-like:

    dpkg -L packagename
    or right click the package in the package manager and choose "properties".
  25. Re:10X improvement on '30 Year Laptop Battery' is Unscientific Myth · · Score: 1

    Technology moves forward, but it almost never does it in "order of magnitude" leaps over very short periods of time. Yeah, everyone know that Moore's Law exponential growth is bullshit.