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  1. So what if it explodes? on Shuttles Grounded Once Again · · Score: 1

    They can just send up the military space crew on the military space shuttle and they have to follow orders even if they might die in the process.

    Seriously, other nations don't try to fly 20+ year old space hardware, why are we so far behind ... it's almost like they are spending all the money in some far off land for something noone really cares about ... oh, wait ...

  2. Article not just IE to Mozilla but also Opera on Migrating IE Web Apps to Mozilla · · Score: 2, Interesting

    some of the code examples show how to make it browser-independent and specifically show cases and code for allowing Netscape, Firefox, and Opera all to work with previously IE-specific code.

    But, in general, it's a fairly good doc.

    I enjoy the part about not sniffing the useragent to make it version specific when that may make it so that you have to upgrade the code when a new version comes out, even though the behaviour hasn't changed - which means less revisions just for incrementalism, and more revisions for functional changes.

  3. I buy all my music on Challenging Music Downloading Myths · · Score: 2, Interesting

    or i get it for free at my radio station on radio.yahoo.com (Launch, which doesn't work well with Firefox or Opera ...) when I'm on an XP laptop.

    But I've stopped buying from big chains and only buying from the musicians themselves at their shows (they get half the take, instead of 2 cents) or at local indie music stores where they get $1 from the $12 CD price.

    my prediction is this situation will continue to get worse as more and more people avoid the price-fixing parasites at the middle tier and reroute from the consumer to the provider (musicians).

  4. Re:Blame the overpaid CEOs? on USA to Pass Science Crown to China · · Score: 1

    Why is that? Stock prices reflect the value of all future profits and therefore there is no logical reason that any research that will be beneficial over the long term (given interest rates, risk, etc) will not be undertaken.

    Theory does not reflect reality.

  5. Blame the overpaid CEOs? on USA to Pass Science Crown to China · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I blame the overpaid CEOs. For just a small reduction in their ridiculous saleries, they could avoid overseas outsourcing and kept technology jobs here, which is one of the best ways of reinvesting in technology.

    Very true, but our market system here in the US, as opposed to say, the EU, encourages one or two quarters of forward looking, as compared to the typical five to ten year forward looking planning the rest of the world enjoys.

    Sadly, most shareholders aren't even permitted to vote on the CEO/exec salaries, an obvious loophole ...

  6. Latest edition of Fortune about China ascendency on USA to Pass Science Crown to China · · Score: 1

    as an economic power - in fact, the only way that most economists think we could have even a chance would be if we suddenly started pouring money and people into Doctoral programs, especially engineering and hard sciences.

    But, that's unlikely to happen.

    So we'll turn into another Amsterdam.

    Something to look forward too, when you think about it ...

  7. Re:Mandrake on my laptop... choices choices on Mandriva Linux 2006 Beta Underway · · Score: 1

    However, the graphical Mandrake installer requires alot of RAM, and hardware was not supported out of the box.

    What's a lot of RAM? I've got 512MB on my laptop, and I was thinking of making it dual boot WinXP and a Linux distro - and, no, I didn't want to roll my own, but I did want a good laptop distro that works with 11g, DVD+CDR/W, Firewire, and USB ports without much fuss.

    I have Mandrake on another box, so I'm not unfamiliar with it, but am waiting till I figure which one gets along nicely with other OS.

  8. Coming even sooner: GTA Ecotopia on Nerdcore Rap In The Press · · Score: 1

    from the Silicon Forest, in Sunny Seattle, where Rust is the natural color and Green is the killer app.

    With a soundtrack by MC Hamsta and the Technogeek Alliance, available at any fine Radio Shakalakaboomba.

    Jump on a hybrid diesel bus and go to Redmond on a floating bridge, or hack the controls of one of the ferries as you escape to Vashon ... or cruise in your Dodge Dart to the nearest LAN party ...

  9. we's hurtin in the tech slums on Nerdcore Rap In The Press · · Score: 1

    the man's on our desktop cases
    we're sore with outsourcin'
    we're bored with safe surfin'
    and our LAN parties get busted by the man cause we mod our GTA ...

    like a silicon jungle out there
    sometimes i's humble out there
    but my tribe's low on karma out there
    so my hood's down at the five and bean
    where the wireless is so clean
    and the Java's up to steam

    just call me 50 credit, yo!

  10. camgirls is my life on Nerdcore Rap In The Press · · Score: 1

    don't be hatin cos they's friends

    Seattle geeksta represent!

    I'm down with the Fremont tech scene, yo ...

    [well, that was fun for about three nanoseconds ...]

  11. Re:Charitable donations on Annual Cost of Microsoft Monopoly: $10 Billion · · Score: 1

    Gates donates at least half that amount to charity

    You mean a charitable foundation run by his family members.

    Which I personally like - but it is a tax writeoff that is still effectively controlled.

  12. Re: does this include downtime from sec upgds? on Annual Cost of Microsoft Monopoly: $10 Billion · · Score: 1

    Does that number include the lost productivity and downtime from downloading and installing security upgrades?

    No, that's a feature.

  13. Is the number carp or is it compatibottle? on Annual Cost of Microsoft Monopoly: $10 Billion · · Score: 1

    The Windows monopoly saves the world at least $500 billion a year in compatibility costs.

    That's only in India and China where 90 percent (conservative estimate) of all copies are pirated.

    Your kilometerage may vary ...

  14. 10 billion in USD on Annual Cost of Microsoft Monopoly: $10 Billion · · Score: 1

    isn't that about 666 Euros?

    [caveat - I own MSFT and RHAT shares]

  15. 512 MB of RAM is more than anyone will use on New iBook and Apple mini · · Score: 1

    or something like that [grin] ...

    But seriously, looks like a nice upgrade, although one wonders how long the lifespan will be, due to the chip switch to Intel/AMD.

  16. Personally I like to use pretzel cans on Possession of Cantenna Now Illegal? · · Score: 1

    for those really thick pretzels - made of better tin, so they get better reception.

    When they outlaw those, only outlaws will eat pretzels ...

  17. Apple Cloaking Devices working Properly on Apple Campus Missing From MSN Earth · · Score: 3, Funny

    ignore the large complex of buildings you see before you, they are not on MSFT's radar ... or Google's ...

  18. Lost more cell phones than MP3 players on World's Smallest MP3 Player · · Score: 1

    but that's probably because they don't track your location with MP3 players, plus tunes are more useful.

    Reminds me of those SNL skits - but instead of teeny cell phones, it's teeny MP3 players ...

  19. Re:Revealing quote in the study on Cell Phones Predict the Future · · Score: 1

    never said i had a cell phone - i ditched mine two years ago - too much of a nuisance.

  20. In Soviet Amerika on Cell Phones Predict the Future · · Score: 0

    you don't watch videos on your phone - your phone watches you.

  21. Revealing quote in the study on Cell Phones Predict the Future · · Score: 1

    "We want to have our life choreographed, cataloged, witnessed and archived," Stakutis said. "Now we are heading to a world where this is possible without effort."

    Maybe you do, but I've already done that, and it's way overrated.

    Where's the opt-out box on this form called Life Under Big Brother?

  22. Re:Opt-out on Russia's Biggest Spammer Brutally Murdered · · Score: 1

    sorry, i already posted that - under DRM since you posted that after i applied for the SuperDooper Patent, All Your Base Are Belong To Me.

  23. Was it opt-in? on Russia's Biggest Spammer Brutally Murdered · · Score: 1

    Maybe he shouldn't have let his server receive that opt-out contract on his life.

    Consequences.

  24. Total overkill on the laptops involved on AMD and Intel Notebooks Head to Head · · Score: 1

    you can get decent ones for under $1000 that will do about 90 percent as much as the ones used in the review.

    You won't surf the net faster by overkill, and in the end it's the DRAM (amount, speed) that will impact you more, unless you're doing gaming or some heavy graphics.

    Just my humble opinion.

  25. Information just wants to be on Canadian Telco Admits to Blocking Union's Website · · Score: 1

    long to Big Brother.