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  1. Re:What about the other .3% ? on Linux Kernel Surpasses 10 Million Lines of Code · · Score: 0

    who cares, it was stolen from SCO

  2. Re:The New Apple Walled Garden on Apple Climbs Into Third Place In U.S. PC Market · · Score: 1

    unless you are Nik, it might have been great to acknowledge the source of this post

  3. Re:"Magic 10%" on Apple Climbs Into Third Place In U.S. PC Market · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Why is 10% "magic"? This number is significant because that's how many fingers we have?
    Because it has reached double digit

  4. grammar nazi on 85% of Chinese Citizens Like Internet Censorship · · Score: 1
    First, the grammar is wrong: 85 pc of Chinese like Censorship

    and second, the stats are wrong

  5. Re:Well this is a new low... on What is an Open Source Company Really Worth? · · Score: 1

    Answering to the heading/title, maybe the CNET link wasnt really worth

  6. Reverse Engineer? on Tools For Understanding Code? · · Score: 1

    For Java, would reverse engineering the code to UML diagrams help? Any good open source tools one could recommend to understand a large code base?

  7. Simple Solution on Researchers Say Wi-Fi Virus Outbreak Possible · · Score: 2, Funny
    They believe that 36 percent of passwords can be guessed using this technique.

    Solution: Use any of the 64 percent of the pwds

  8. Re:In other news on FTC Approves Google-DoubleClick Deal · · Score: 1

    the results were 4:1 because the one who tried the ad (you are referring to) did so by double-clicking on the banner, and later realized that even a single-click took him to the same location.. he was pissed at this misnomer

  9. Power of Asterisk on Open Source Telephony Gives Customers Control · · Score: 1

    Sometime back, I stumbled upon this iphone+bluetooth+asterisk combo app (though works for any bt-phone) and was surprised by the power of asterisk.. From curiosity, How easy is it to set up an asterisk for personal purpose at home? Anyone implemented a setup and care to share some opinions?

  10. noooo on A Law to Spy Back on Government Surveillance Cameras? · · Score: 5, Funny

    that would kill the "in Soviet Russia.." meme

  11. EU: hard of hearing on Opera Tells EU That Microsoft's IE Hurts the Web · · Score: 4, Funny

    EU seems to show signs of hard of hearing or is Zonk having hard of seeing?

  12. Re:Wrong company to pick on... on T-Mobile Phone Unlocking Lawsuit May Proceed · · Score: 1
    Called up, lied to them, got the unlock code.

    this is for a piece/service that you PAID for! Seriously, the whole point of loving the customer (!) is to let the customer be free.. if their service is really that good (with least dropped calls, blah) then wouldnt I come back?

  13. I am registering on ICANN Mulling Multilingual URLs · · Score: 4, Funny

    http://org.slashdot/ or is it org.dotslash://http or org.dotslashcolon://http or.... ah, hippo it!

  14. Re:Perhaps... on Yahoo Edges out Google in Customer Satisfaction · · Score: 2, Insightful
    new users just aren't seeing Google's new offerings--such as increased storage options, additions to Google Maps, and tweaks to Google Image Search--right in front of their faces like they do with other sites.,br>

    has anyone ever seen Google advertise its arsenal of products? except for this spoof commercial. Google's USP is that they have these details sneak in via various news items, and rest is left to the hype, and over zealous fans keep digging for minuscule details. Irony is that one of the largest ad agencies doesn't resort to (or believe in?) advertising (except for some adsense keywords)

  15. it gets worse on Diebold Voting Machines Vulnerable to Virus Attack · · Score: 1
  16. Re:The voice version of AdSense? on Google Shows Off Ad-Supported Cell Phone · · Score: 3, Funny

    and God forbid if one mis-pronounces something, there would be a voice in a condescending tone with the "did you mean..?" question

  17. KDE Four Live CD on KDE 4.0 Beta 1 Released · · Score: 4, Informative

    For those who dont want to install and test, here is an OpenSuse based KDE Live CD

  18. Re:Hmmm.... robotics? on Hitachi Develops New Visual Search · · Score: 2, Interesting

    what I am curious about is the computing resources required to process.. other than the algorithm, is this one of the reasons which is delaying the emergence of search in the field of images/music/video on a commercial level? riya made some strides, but is still "learning"

  19. Latest: He has been released on Malaysia Uses Anti-Terrorism Laws To Stop Bloggers · · Score: 5, Informative

    According to his latest blog entry, he has been released after 8 hrs, and the reason for his temp detention was comments made on the website

  20. price on OLPC Mass Production Begins · · Score: 1
    FTA: "The XO currently costs $176 (£90) although the eventual aim is to sell the machines to governments for $100 (£50)."


    PS: have the queues started yet? with waiting lines being "in", for xbox, iphone and HarryPotter books lately..

  21. Re:worm in apple? on Worm Claimed For Apple OS X · · Score: 3, Funny

    when God (Gates) specifically asked you NOT to eat the Apple (Inc), you should have listened :)

  22. Re:Fastens buckle on tinfoil hat on Will Security Firms Detect Police Spyware? · · Score: 2, Interesting
    These companies will cave to whatever law enforcement agency has jurisdiction for the investigation quicker than the last Harry Potter book hit the torrents. The only possible exception would be those AV companies that are immediately outside of the grasp of the agency involved. I don't even think that those companies are safe because their own governments would likely bear pressure to comply.


    true, but they could atleast try, like Google refused to turn-in the search queries. I know, not every company is a mammoth like Google and cant afford the wrath of Govt., but an initial refusal (and later caving in under pressure) might put them in a better light than complying right at the first request..


    what is also interesting is that MS *must have* caved in sometime in the past (from their refusal to answer), and Vista's inbuilt spyware/malware detection makes it more likely to snoop on its users.. privacy concerns explode!

  23. DoT is on the list.. on Sophisticated, Targeted Breakins Uncovered · · Score: 3, Funny

    and "A Department of Transportation spokeswoman said the agency couldn't find any indication of a security breach." awesome!

  24. Re:If We're Going To Patent Software... on Microsoft Patents the Mother of All Adware · · Score: 1
    1) Licensing a patent is always an option
    2) what if other companies join this bye-bye-piracy club?

    this might be a ploy to prevent Google into entering the OS market (if it ever thought of this)

  25. free oS in the offing? on Microsoft Patents the Mother of All Adware · · Score: 3, Interesting
    not sure that "paying" users (both corporate and average Joe sixpack) would be forced with these ads.. it seems (guess work) MS "might" come out with a free OS and bank on the ad-generated revenue to compete with Linux (and other OS) and reduce piracy in the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) nations. remember the ad-based OS launched in Brazil?


    this might be the mother of all adware, but MS might get to say "who's your daddy?"