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  1. Re:Summary title is vague on Oracle Has More Flaws Than SQL Server · · Score: 1

    Yes, please don't let Microsoft own the name "SQL Server". It so wrong to say just "SQL Server"!

  2. Re:Did we really have privacy before? on Drivers License Swipes Raise Privacy Concerns · · Score: 1

    The phonebook just lists one name per phone number. Most people share a landline.

  3. Re:Easy fix on Drivers License Swipes Raise Privacy Concerns · · Score: 1

    Er, I don't want to take my passport when I go to a pub and I have nothing to do with the military.

  4. .cn on ICANN Under Pressure Over Non-Latin Characters · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Does ICAN control .cn (China)? Or other national TLDs? Why don't they just start registering
    domain in their local language. Leave .com, .org, .mil (ie the USA TLDs) English.

  5. Over compilicated!!! on Google and Yahoo! Working Together On Better Web Indexing · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why not just have a link from your main page to an HTML sitemap that links to all pages on your site.
    Nice and easy. And usable by people and crawlers.

  6. Canadian Gun Registry on Biggest IT Disaster Ever? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Wiki sez:

    The project which was meant to cost approximately $119 million ended up costing over a billion dollars to implement. Documents obtained by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation now estimate the program cost at $2 billion.

    I don't get how it can cost so much when its just a simple database app that most of us could write in a day. However I have heard that noncompliance of gun nuts was a cost. Eg flushing rolls of toilet paper to cause a flood.

  7. laptop on iPod Seat-Back Video Coming To Flights · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Can you use the power to charge a laptop!

  8. Re:Simple! on NASA Avoids "Happy New Year" On Shuttle · · Score: 1

    Beside the comments that you have a bug in non-leap years (ie most years) this might have
    a problem because some function might compare days and would be confused if time started to back up.
    So it would be better to never move it backwards. ie allow day 366, 367, ...

  9. The Camera on Justin Long No Longer A Mac · · Score: 1

    Maybe they can get the Hot Japanese Camera to play the Mac?

  10. Tools are the same for everyone on The Hacker Profiling Project · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh that hacker is using Rootkit 123 so it must be somebody on the Internet!

  11. Re:And on the other end of the spectrum... on YouTube Finds Signing Rights Deals Frustrating · · Score: 1

    > The NHL still has lots of fans

    Including everyone man, woman and child in Canada.

  12. Re:Forgot the magic bullet on FCC Nixes Airport's Ban On Private Net Access · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Sadly, using bogus security arguments everywhere is the only thing we have "learned" from 9/11.

  13. heat on "Interface-Free" Touch Screen at TED · · Score: 1

    Why is there no manual (or instructions) necessary to know that touching the bottom
    of the lava lamp adds heat? It doesn't in real life.

  14. Nano Solar on New Solar Panel Technology Gaining Momentum · · Score: 1

    Of course a company called "Nano Solar" would get funding.

  15. blog search on Google Under Fire Over Racist Blogs · · Score: 1

    Perhaps as a compromise they could remove them from the blog search.

  16. Payroll / Accounting on Sys-Admins Reading the Bosses Mail? · · Score: 1

    Next we'll be hearing that the accounting and HR people know how much everyone makes!

  17. 100 metre on Space Elevator Challenge · · Score: 1

    Why not make the first challenge a 100 metre elevator. Which is still pretty tall.
    There would have to be some weight restrictions. Build a tower that tall and see who can
    climb up.

  18. Copy Protection on FDA Approves New Drug for Type 2 Diabetes · · Score: 1

    I assume it was a 17 patent on it.

  19. Refund for Microsoft? on IBM's Counterclaim 10 Outlines 5 Ways SCO's Wrong · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does this mean Microsoft should get a refund for the "license" they bought
    from SCO to use some Unix code.

  20. thermostat on smcFanControl — Cool Your MacBook Pro · · Score: 1

    Er, wouldn't it just be better to have a thermostat?

  21. Colorless on Real-Time Computer-Based Translation in Iraq · · Score: 2, Funny

    Colorless green dreams sleep furiously.

  22. menus on Common Interfaces for Gnome and KDE Released · · Score: 1

    KDE and Gnome now use the same .desktop files for menus so it only makes sense that
    a non-KDE and non-Gnome library is developed for working on them.
    Hopefully can be more of this kind of thing.

  23. Re:Unbelievable-Hit by a bus. on Hans Reiser Arrested On Suspicion of Murder · · Score: 1

    We could rename it to the NinaReiserFS (his wife).
    Or just NinaFS sounds good to me.

  24. Re:Link to the spammers website on One Last Spamhaus Warning Before The End · · Score: 1
  25. The code on YouTube Leaves Google Vulnerable? · · Score: 1, Funny

    I bet the code on YouTube is crap. Once Google sees it they'll get their people on it making it nice, maintainable, etc.