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  1. Re:Where can I get one? on Linux 3.1 Released With Support for the OpenRISC CPU · · Score: 2

    TI's OMAP platform uses ARM cores. You can get eval boards for under $200.

  2. Re:Keywhack.. on Software (and Appropriate Input Device) For a Toddler? · · Score: 1

    I like Alpha Baby for the same purpose. For older kids, I have a list

  3. Re:Everything you use are made in Switzerland? on Apple Manager Arrested In Kickback Scheme · · Score: 1
  4. Re:mais oui! on Rupert Murdoch Claims To Own the 'Sky' In 'Skype' · · Score: 1

    The listener certainly affects the meaning. What's bitte mean?

  5. Re:mais oui! on Rupert Murdoch Claims To Own the 'Sky' In 'Skype' · · Score: 3, Informative

    No, it means "shit". Crottes is closer to "crap".

  6. Re:Why does the submitter see this as a bad thing? on Apple Outs Anti-Jailbreak Update · · Score: 1

    Although recently jailbreakme got some legal footing about the legality of jail-breaking a phone, the way they did it was an issue, so it's good that the hole was broken.

    Was jailbreaking a phone ever prosecuted as an illegal act? I think that ruling by the LoC is a bit overrated.

  7. Re:You'd figure that if there were one Java app... on Oracle's Java Company Change Breaks Eclipse · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why? They can just tell everyone to use NetBeans or JDeveloper!

  8. Re:Hmm on If Oracle Bought Every Open Source Company · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You DO get IP, even if it's free software. Even with the GPL, you could stop distributing old versions and re-license future versions if you control the copyright. Open source projects aren't alone in having employees that will leave in an acquisition, and it's clear that whether everyone leaves after an acquisition is almost entirely dependent on the specifics of the deal. You get revenue from support contracts, and your customers aren't going to switch to a new branch just because of a change in ownership if the new owners are sympathetic, and a new branch may not even come about.

    Yeah, there's risk that any of your problems could happen but everyday business is a risk too.

  9. Re:Do they need "all of them"? on If Oracle Bought Every Open Source Company · · Score: 1

    Oracle already has a J2EE server now that they own WebLogic through the BEA acquisition.

  10. Re:I think they're right on Southwest Adds 'Mechanical Difficulties' To Act Of God List · · Score: 3, Funny

    You know those belts don't indicate actual martial arts skill, right?

  11. Re:Not everybody runs servers for a living on Google Engineer Decries Complexity of Java, C++ · · Score: 1

    Perl would have caught those errors as well, assuming the programmer was not an idiot and used the "strict" pragma.

  12. This belongs on Idle on Condescending Apple Press Conference · · Score: 2

    It's not news, it's slashdot.org!

  13. Re:Is it a beer? on The World's Strongest, Most Expensive Beer Served Inside a Squirrel · · Score: 2, Informative

    German Eisbocks are still considered beers, but at 55% alcohol, this is just really crappy infused whiskey.

  14. BrewDog is just making fun of us on The World's Strongest, Most Expensive Beer Served Inside a Squirrel · · Score: 1

    Serious beer drinkers, YHBT.

  15. Re:Where? on Driverless Cars Begin 8,000-Mile Trek · · Score: 1

    Modern autopilot technology calls for a crew of a human and a dog. The human's job is to feed the dog. The dog's job is to bite the human if he or she attempts to touch the controls.

  16. Re:More Cores, More Power on 4 Cores? 6 Cores? Do You Care? · · Score: 1

    Exactly. FOr I/O bound tasks a 6-core system with a slower front-side bus could be outperformed by even a single-core system with faster memory bandwidth.

  17. Re:what about a weird-arch linux? on Damn Vulnerable Linux — Most Vulnerable Linux Ever · · Score: 3, Informative
  18. Re:Time for a secure strcmp()? on OAuth, OpenID Password Crack Could Affect Millions · · Score: 1

    Go back to the beginning of the short string. You know the comparison will fail, so it doesn't really matter as long as you don't follow some random pointer.

  19. Re:B-b-b-but I thought Apple was a marketing compa on A Professional Perspective On Apple's Retina Display · · Score: 1

    This has never been true for dye-sublimation printers, which do not require dithering.

  20. Re:So what? Stay using Icecast on VLC 1.1 Forced To Drop Shoutcast Due To AOL Anti-OSS Provision · · Score: 1

    I'm not talking about icecast as a directory client. I'm talking about the module that was removed from VLC. Read the press release from VideoLAN:

    SHOUTcast Radio is a web site which provides a directory of radio stations avalaible on the Internet. It provides categorizations of such stations, so it is easier to find one that matches your interest. According to users feedback, the integration of such directory inside VLC is one of the best features of the software.

    Listening to Shoutcast or icecast streams is done by many projects. I doubt you'd need a license from Nullsoft to do so.

  21. Re:So what? Stay using Icecast on VLC 1.1 Forced To Drop Shoutcast Due To AOL Anti-OSS Provision · · Score: 3, Informative

    Shoutcast predates icecast. And, in any case, this appears to have been a Shoutcast directory client, not a media server.

  22. Re:Parents are the Biggest Factor on Teaching Fifth Graders Engineering · · Score: 1

    That's knee BOUNCERS.

  23. Re:Parents are the Biggest Factor on Teaching Fifth Graders Engineering · · Score: 1

    Really? I didn't get into my old TI 99/4A until I was 3. Of course, I don't think we HAD it until I was 3.

  24. Re:Parents are the Biggest Factor on Teaching Fifth Graders Engineering · · Score: 1

    My kid likes to tap on my spare keyboard, or to hammer on the keys of my wife's netbook. I already have a list of Kid Stuff to install on a junky computer when it's time in two more years :)

  25. Re:Fast? Why do I care if the debugger is fast? on New LLVM Debugger Subproject Already Faster Than GDB · · Score: 1

    Oh sure, but there are cases where recompiling is not an option.