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  1. Re:I Always Write my MATLAB Open Source on MATLAB Programming Contest Winner Announced · · Score: 1

    I love the idea of running my code in an Open Source environment. I have just given Octave a shot, but it refuses to compile on SuSE.

    Octave might need to mature further before it is becomes a practical replacement to that clumsy resource hog called MATLAB.

  2. I Always Write my MATLAB Open Source on MATLAB Programming Contest Winner Announced · · Score: 4, Interesting

    All my MATLAB code is Open Source. And I am the most popular author (jointly with Luigi Rosa) this month. http://www.mathworks.nl/matlabcentral/reports/file exchange/top10Authors/

  3. Best Device, Worst Demo. Ever! on PalmOne Releases 4GB PDA [updated] · · Score: 1

    When I saw their on-line demo/tour this morning, I was appalled to find a Flash clip that incorporates every possible usability flaw. 4 GB on a Palm-powered devices is useful for nothing apart from MP3. LifeDrive? I'll have four, please.

  4. Redundant Effort on Haiku's Window Manager · · Score: 1

    If building upon existing work and developing further is the aim of software development, why does Haiku matter? FVWM is another such futile window manager... and we all know what that 'F' could (and possibly does) stand for.

  5. Having made a huge mess already... on ICANN Officially Approves .jobs and .travel TLD's · · Score: 1

    So ICANN now decide to make things worse, as if it wasn't bad enough. First they allow any damned fools to take over a domain that's not suitable and now they even add an xxx suffix? Is that what the Internet is about? Jobs, leisure and pr0n? It's about time the Internet adopted a tree strcuture. This shouldn't have been such a mess to begin with.

  6. Novell Will be /Linux/ on Novell's Race Against Time · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Since their awful work of the past, novell have made a considerable step towards knocking some Microsoft users off. I am an avid SuSE user having tried many other distros.

  7. Re:"hot" keywords? on Wordpress Banned by Google for Spamming · · Score: 1

    That is costing them more so I'm afraid this I must point out. Google does not disclose the proportion of revenue that it takes, but for every corrupt use of AdSense, Google earn money as well. However, they can also lose trust in the long run, thereby losing revenue.

  8. With All Due Respect... on Metafor: Translating Natural Language to Code · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I wish that people spoke mathematically rather than poor and ambiguous languages that can now (supposedly) turn into (ambiguous) code. Can one really rely on translated 'code' like this. That's like sending an E-mail from speech-to-text recognition without proof-reading.

  9. Been Out for a While.... on Adobe Reader 7.0 Coming to Linux · · Score: 2, Informative

    On the 17th of the month, somebody in our department posted the following message:

    I've just noticed that Adobe Acrobat Reader 7 is now available from adobe.com as a pre-release tar ball and rpm. I'm sure many people will want to upgrade this.

    So, it's been out for a while, even publicly

  10. It's Aussie on Firefox and Open Standards the Way Forward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    You did not read this carefully. It's Australia, not Austria. When Austria talk about Open Source, that's nothing new. I am glad to find that the concepts get expanded in the English-speaking world too.

  11. Re:--let the flaming begin! on Internet Access 10 Kilometers High Up In The Air · · Score: 0

    Okay, here's my opinion: Mistake #1: not erasing that first line which identifies the use of Windows Mistake #2: not omitting "napping, paperbacks or crappy movies" which indicates high tolerance for the dullest and most superficial activities.

  12. Why the goverment won't approve on Japanese Firms Claim 170Mb/s Service Via Powerline · · Score: 0

    Experience has taught us that the government will protect jobs in the cable industry.

  13. Re:Just hardware, no apple OS. on Terra Soft Offers Linux-booting iPods, FW Drives · · Score: 0

    Technically speaking, yes. I was in fact surprised several years ago when I discovered that PC = Windows in verbal terms.

  14. Re:Just hardware, no apple OS. on Terra Soft Offers Linux-booting iPods, FW Drives · · Score: 0

    When he starts running wine on that 'Mac', will he then say "obviously only runs Linux, so I don't think you can call it a PC any more"?

  15. Sick of that IE look anyway on Peeking at Netscape 8 · · Score: 0

    What is the matter with IE layouts? What Web sites are we supposed to navigate to? MSN? As long as you visit the right places, Netscape will do.

  16. Just what I was waiting for on Engineers Devise Invisibility Shield · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is awesome. Can I use this on my mother?

  17. Give 'em Alcohol on Chinese Force Mass Closure Of Net Cafes · · Score: 4, Funny

    Serve alcohol at the Inertnet cafe and the problem is solved. No controversy either

  18. Re:actually.. on iPod Most Popular Music Player on Microsoft Campus · · Score: 0

    I know, but you were the first to reply. I had to complete my statement and defend it.

  19. Re:Why iPod anyway? on iPod Most Popular Music Player on Microsoft Campus · · Score: 1

    Okay, I see the points you all make, but allow me to say this: -1GB is enough for a day's worth of music, right? When you get bored, reload the PDA. -Battery life - my Tungsten will handle about 5 hours of playtime. -The screen of a modern PDA is far superior. -Have you seen Palm MP3 players? Very highly functional.

  20. Why iPod anyway? on iPod Most Popular Music Player on Microsoft Campus · · Score: 2, Interesting

    With SD Cards reaching 1GB in size, why don't people just use PDA's for music? A mystery or just an impending trend?

  21. Re:Something I've never understood... on Torvalds Joins Anti-Patent Attack · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yes, as in the very famous joke about Micro$oft patenting the use of '0' and '1'...

  22. Sounds like M¥ro$o£t on Sun's Patent and Licensing Practices Examined · · Score: 0

    M¥ro$o£t have been using these practices for years.. so what's the big news?

  23. Re:Trendy on Verizon and Microsoft Partner for IPTV · · Score: 1

    All will eventually be PC-based. The notion of TV will vanish.

  24. Re:K-POW on Open 3D Scientific Visualization Toolkit · · Score: 1

    Yes, but I used JASC Paintshop and Adobe PS for several years. GIMP appears to be more convenient tool has the power of scripting. I could use Photoshop (I have it installed in fact, as well as CorelDraw), but it ain't worth the 2 minutes of reboot to get to the Window$ partition.

  25. Re:K-POW on Open 3D Scientific Visualization Toolkit · · Score: 1

    GIMP kicks Photoshop's ass... or so I thought until I found http://www.humandescent.com/.