User: Bastard of Subhumani

Re:Sounds like paranoia

On: Mathematician Claims New Yorker Defamed Him

Then she should sue him; if that's not defamatory I don't know what is!

Of course there's no news in Belgium

On: Google News Removes Belgian Newspaper

Of course there's no news in Belgium - it doesn't exist.

Nice one, editors, letting an obvious spoof through like that. I suppose if they'd done it on April 1st you might have guessed. Maybe.

Re:Hmm

On: Co-Founder Forks Wikipedia

Could someone give me links to Wikipedians not being amused? I'm an active Wikipedia editor

Just go make some up. That's what you lot usually do, isn't it?

Re:You know, though this is a dupe

On: David Brin Laments Absence of Programming For Kids

The c64 keyboard had some weird keys, and it doesn't map prettily to a modern keyboard. I think a " is shift-2

How is that wierd? There are 5 laptops in this house (1 to 8 years old), and they all have keyboards like that.

Re:Or maybe it's just a GOOD government in action.

On: U.S. Backs Apple's iTunes DRM

DRM doesn't intrinsically interfere with fair use, because non DRM'd media is not affected.

And being beheaded doesn't intrinsically interfere with survival, because non-beheaded people aren't affected.

Re:Shocking

On: Segway Recalling 23,000 Scooters

Didn't you get the memo? Segways were "in" during the dotcom boom when the normal rules of business, economics and accounting were suspended.

Re:Sure, she got a Ph.D., but . . .

On: Star Trek PhD Thesis Wins Academic Prize

Well don't be selfish, share it with us: post the link!

Re:We need to talk.

On: Continued Opposition To Laptops in Schools

Do you have a newsletter?

Re:It goes both ways

On: Continued Opposition To Laptops in Schools

There are plenty of ways to block ports, restrict access and diable services

By changing satans in the registry?

Re:Use strategic open sourcing

On: 12 Steps to Beat Your Service-Provider Addiction

Of course it's possible to write open source that is lousy.

True, but even if there's only one chance of fixing it, that's one more than you'd have with closed source.

Re:I don't think Lake Transport Systems should wor

On: Wikipedia Wars -- Lake Express Ferry

We don't need no steeenking badgers!

Not even if they run Linux?

Re:Reminds me of the "I love you" virus

On: How Do You Punish a 16-year-old Spammer?

I know nobody here can conceive how some people don't care about computers.

Well at least the first half of that sentence is true.

Re:*snort*

On: How Do You Punish a 16-year-old Spammer?

Bah! That's if you can make out what the lyrics are. IT's all noise. Flamin' kids today, I don't know.

Re:ESR is not associated with Free Software moveme

On: ESR Advocates Proprietary Software

what does he do day to day that makes him worth listening to?

If it's worth listening to then it must be hurd.

Re:I don't think the side effect is an issue

On: Are Liquid Explosives on a Plane Feasible?

Or modify your foreign policy in such a way that your "enemy" no longer desires or needs to be your enemy.

No, don't tell me, let me guess ... ummm .... you're French, right?

Re:Another chemist's view

On: Are Liquid Explosives on a Plane Feasible?

Quite. It's not as if they'd consider a premature explosion as a failure. And the grandparent got to +5...

Re: Windows

On: The Greatest Software Ever

It was, however, the first OS that the business world latched on to and has never let go of since.

First desktop OS, maybe. You have heard of mainframes, right?

Re:Helpful image to pass along

On: War Declared on Caps Lock Key

I mean, do I want to learn a new location for CTRL?

Funny you should mention that. I'm typing on an AJP 'laptop' (similar to the 5.5 kilo alienware beast) and control is lower left. Next to me is an old T40 stinkpad which has Fn there.

Re:what do they want?

On: RIAA Wants to Depose Dead Defendant's Children

doesn't change that he did grave damage

I so hope that pun was accidental.

Re:Not poor design

On: Dangerous Apple Power Adapters?

low quality electricity causing the problems

Or the reality distortion field.

RDF

On: Dangerous Apple Power Adapters?

Apple has seemed relatively immune.

This is true. It's not like an iPod would ever expolde or anthing like that.

Slashanomics.

On: Illinois to Pay for Unconstitutional Gaming Law

recoup those expenses by raising prices on their products.

Piffle. If they could get away with raising prices (i.e. people were willing to pay them), they'd have already done so.

Re:Carpe Diem...

On: How Old is Too Old?

you don't make it through 4-6 years of University if you are lazy and stupid.

Luckily, if you're only one or the other you'll probably scrape through.

Re:The Semantic Web is not Web 2.0

On: What it Means to be a Mashup

Every medium/large institution has a team somewhere whose mission is to create the Great Amazing Knowledge Sharing XML Driven Generic Information Infrastructure that will enable everyone to find stuff by magic.

Even if it worked technically, everyone is jealous/afraid of their colleagues. In consequence any information they have is hidden and hoarded. Heck, I've worked with people who intentially misinform co-workers to try to make them look bad.

Re:You're Fired! (an ego problem?)

On: Bruce Perens Voted off SPI Board

Most of the time, people are not re-elected because of personality clashes with the rest of the board.

Or for smelling bad. I've never heard of him but according to TFA he's an open source evangelist, so BO's got to be a possibility.