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  1. Re:Umm on Google Desktop for Mac Released · · Score: 5, Informative

    Gmail?


    Exactly. Spotlight is a desktop search. Google Desktop will index your entire browser history, will index your Gmail account locally, and your Google search history. So, that means you can search across both Web content and desktop content simultaneously.

  2. Re:6 years ago i would of agreed with the court on Gary McKinnon Loses Extradition Appeal · · Score: 2, Informative

    Terrorism is not a crime in the U.S. for which one can receive the death penalty (unless people were directly killed by the act -- in which case it could become a 1st Degree murder case ala Timothy McVeigh).

  3. Re:Let me guess... on Despite Aging Design, x86 Still in Charge · · Score: 4, Funny

    Did I miss anything?


    I think you forgot to mention installed base.
  4. Re:6 years ago i would of agreed with the court on Gary McKinnon Loses Extradition Appeal · · Score: 2, Informative

    More to the point the UK is supposed to not extradite people to countries that employ torture or inhumane punishments, which include countries that execute people.


    Gimme a break. Do you really think that any court in America would give this punk the death penalty? This shows absolute ignorance of U.S. laws.

    In the U.S. there are only two crimes for which you can get the death penalty: 1st Degree (pre-meditated) murder and treason. And treason has only been punished capitally a very few times in the entire history of the U.S., and most of those involved murder as well. And even in states that have capital punishment, in the vast majority of murder cases, prosecutors rarely go after the death penalty. Well, except for maybe Texas. ;)
  5. Re:WTF?? on Gary McKinnon Loses Extradition Appeal · · Score: 1

    Shhh! Don't let the Brits know about our secret off-planet spa......&(^^^)&&&&&&&*HG*&^(^*&^*&TT^%$$*

    Look into this light:

    |===(*)===|

    Flash!

    Nothing to see here. Move along.

    Thanks,
    MIB

  6. Re:Perl port now available on Facebook's Cross-Language Network Library · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't get it. I ran it and it doesn't seem to do anything.

  7. Re:Ohhh, goody on Facebook's Cross-Language Network Library · · Score: 3, Funny

    http://www.zeroc.com/ice.html [zeroc.com] is supposed to be Corba well done. Have you tried it?


    No, thanks. I prefer my CORBA medium-rare.
  8. Re:This is bad for the public image of Linux and O on Oracle Linux Adopters Suffer Backlash · · Score: 1

    There are 'cheersquads' as you call them for everything -- even Windows. Heck, there are still rabid DOS, OS/2 and Amiga fans. (No, really.) All I gotta say is this: "Hey! People! It's an OPERATING SYSTEM not a RELIGION!"

    And yes, you can plug any 2-button or even a 3+ button USB mouse into any Mac with USB ports (i.e., all of them that have been made since USB came out about 10 years ago). Some applications will take advantage of the right click, others won't.

  9. This is bad for the public image of Linux and OSS on Oracle Linux Adopters Suffer Backlash · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Look, guys, going around irritating users by calling them idiots, who are really our customers and should be treated as such (whether commercial users or not) is the kind of thing that makes the Linux community look like a bunch of elitist snobs who shout things like 'RTFA' at every question.

    Want to know one of the main stumbling blocks to further widespread adoption of Linux? If you're one of the people calling Opes a bunch of idiots, look in the mirror.

  10. Re:Leopard on A Look at the Compiz and Beryl Merger · · Score: 1

    I haven't used Beryl, but I'm curious. Don't you end up with a desktop that's upside-down once in a while?


    No. It always shows the desktops right-side up. It's a 'cube' but only 4 sides, not all 6, are used. Although I wonder what it'd do if you had 6 desktops?
  11. Re:My First Thought on Morfik Patents AJAX Compiler · · Score: 1

    Right. But did Google did use it for something before it went open source, so the question is: 1) what was that, and 2) when did they do it? Because as it sits right now, Google has a giant target painted its back saying "SUE ME!"

  12. Re:Get rid of patch Tuesday on MS Plans Emergency Update to Fix .ANI Bug · · Score: 1

    In fact, many larger enterprises only do updates quarterly, unless there is known to be a live exploit in the wild that a particular patch fixes. They usually have firewalls, anti-virus and anti-malware technologies in place so that updating quarterly isn't a big deal for the most part.

  13. Re:I'm glad ... on MS Plans Emergency Update to Fix .ANI Bug · · Score: 4, Funny

    that ANI will be ok.


    Not to worry. He later hooks up with a certain senator, becomes a dark sith lord, and eventually becomes the right-hand man of the ruler of the known galaxy. It's only later when his son comes around to finding him that he gets killed.

    Oh, wait...

  14. Re:My First Thought on Morfik Patents AJAX Compiler · · Score: 1

    Right. But does it go from the date of first filing or from the date of application?

  15. Re:Alright Slashdot... on Steve Jobs Announces (some) DRM-free iTunes · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Hey troll, AAC is an open format. Even my cellphone supports AAC. The files come with NO proprietary DRM wrapper.


    Does this mean they'll work on any music player that supports AAC? Does this mean I don't need an iPod to play them on someplace other than my PC?
  16. Re:April Fools on AppleTV Becomes OSX Workstation · · Score: 1

    The webpage doesn't exist and the home page is an Apache webserver running on CentOS (linux). What are the chances?


    What hardware is it running? What kind of pipe does it have? No matter what OS you're on, you're still limited by other factors. Just because a website is running Apache on CentOS, or even Apache on OpenBSD, it doesn't necessarily mean that it won't crash or become overburdened.

  17. Re:They seem firm in their patronizing pity on OLPC Manufacturer to Sell $200 Laptop On Open Market · · Score: 1

    Again, 4,000/year is still wayyy poor compared to the average poor family in the U.S., which makes about $15,000-$20,000. that's what I'm saying.

  18. Re:They seem firm in their patronizing pity on OLPC Manufacturer to Sell $200 Laptop On Open Market · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The difference here is that the poor people in the U.S. (defined as any household below the official poverty line (~$25K/year)) are rich and highly-educated compared to the poor goat farmers in Kenya.

  19. Re: Surprise, Windows Listed as Most Secure OS on Windows Vulnerability in Animated Cursor Handling · · Score: 1

    and pull the network plug out while you are at it. More security :)


    While you're at it, pull out the cable attached to the power supply....Windows Vista Ultimate Security! ;)
  20. Dvorak's not entirely trolling on Dvorak to Apple - Stop The iPhone · · Score: 1

    WAIT! Before you mod me down or assume I'm some kinda nut, hear me out! I'm not so sure Dvorak is entirely trolling. The cell phone handset market is very fickle and fad-driven. While it's definitely likely the iPhone will find itself a niche outside of the mainstream of the market, it's not likely that iPhone will take mainstream market by storm and change the way most people buy phones. Meaning that I simply that I think while the iPhone will enjoy some success, I don't think the iPhone will be the sensation that iPod was -- ever.

  21. Re:Readers to Editors: Stop Posting Dvorak Article on Dvorak to Apple - Stop The iPhone · · Score: 2, Informative

    Hmmm. Since it seems that you keep reading them and posting comments in them, it doesn't seem likely that they'll stop, now does it?

  22. Re:e-voting must be as strong as paper on CA Proposes Rigorous Voting Machine Testing · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Right. And that's why I keep saying that if you want to know what I think is the approach, it's touch screens with Open Source software/firmware with a paper receipt trail. This allows for the accuracy of electronic counting with a paper backup -- if the paper doesn't match the electronic count, then the software either has bugs or has been tampered with (or there are forged paper ballots, but that's easily countered). Either way, the software can be reviewed by independent computer experts to determine which of three has occurred.

  23. Re:Bribed. on Torvalds "Pretty Pleased" With Latest GPLv3 · · Score: 1

    Yes, it was. I wanted to see who was paying attention. ;)

  24. Re:Bribed. on Torvalds "Pretty Pleased" With Latest GPLv3 · · Score: 1

    Wanna hear a bedtime story, lil' seaturnip? Wayyyyyyy a long time ago, in a land far, far away (well, New Jersey) there were two Multics hackers and a PDP-11...

  25. whooops. on Torvalds "Pretty Pleased" With Latest GPLv3 · · Score: 1

    s/I'm talking/I'm not talking/

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