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  1. Re:Just a Rant on Why Did Adobe Buy Macromedia? · · Score: 0

    Microsoft has monopoly issues? Only in Europe. Once Bush was elected it was a matter of when, not if, the charges were dropped. Heck, I'm surprised that he didn't reimburse them for their legal expenses.

  2. Re:What's that humming? on Rapid J2EE Development · · Score: 0

    Wow, my instant reaction too. Usually buzzwords are an attempt to pretend you have something to say but don't, and are featured prominently in business/management theory. Does the IT buzzword storm mean the end of IT relevance to reality?

  3. Re:Meanwhile Today On Earth... on Next Generation X11 · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Well, that's what you get for voting Republican...the socialist countries have it so much better!

  4. Increased pay is not budget waste on Microsoft's 911 Patent · · Score: 0

    Budget waste is paying for goods and services that are not needed for the task at hand. I wish the stupid reactionary antiprogressives would stop pointing to unions and organized labor as evil. When your job gets shipped to India, I hope you get a nice feeling in the pit of your stomach.

  5. Re:Still trying to figure out.. on Google Sues Click Inflators · · Score: 0

    Add a filter: http://*.google.com/*

    Google: Now we're really dot-com!

  6. Re:One born every minute on MS: Beta Software Good Enough for Production Use · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Yeah, why pay to beta test dubious code when we can beta test stuff that's been beta for YEARS, and not pay a thing. Open Source is great!

  7. Make the logins disappear on Michael Robertson Says Root is Safe · · Score: 0

    Honestly, the boot process should be an admin account anyway, and can hand it off to another user process. Most home computers can be considered physically secure, and so merely booting (or clicking on your icon) should be enough to get to your account. Windows actually does this right.

    As for how to handle admin type functions under a GUI without incessant PW prompting: give the GUI escalation privileges, but not programmatically. I.E., I click on a Disk Format icon, it runs as admin, but there be no exposed API to do be exploited automatically. The boot process could hand off limited admin privilege to the GUI, but this requires trusting your software. I guess this is too difficult for people to grok...

  8. Re:The biggest downside to Firefox on Pros and Cons of Firefox Critically Evaluated? · · Score: 0

    Geez, the only downside to Linux is all the complicated array of software you have to download for free to make it work, like x.org, xmms, etc. CURSE YOU, DAMNABLE CHOICE!!!!

  9. Software process = albatross on What Makes a Good Design Document? · · Score: 0

    You should have 2 documents only--an informal sketch of the design (possibly including addenda for fixed-in-stone interfaces), and a slick, comprehensive manual for the end user. All this UML and case use junk is an impediment to writing software. Software should be written in a military model, not a consensus or collaborative model. One project general who understands the whole thing, who delegates subcomponents. If one person cannot understand the whole thing, your project is dead already.

  10. Re:She's suing whom? on AOL Monitor Accused of Luring 15-Year-Old for Sex · · Score: 0

    What, you mean, everyone who isn't already rich? And I mean you, too, Mr. Big Shot, your job just hasn't hit the axe yet. Smug bastard.

  11. Re:barring the canada jokes on Is Enterprise Heading To Canada? · · Score: 0

    One day the FTC says silicone breast implants are still banned, the next day they approve them. Conclusion: mobilize stripper industry to lobby for the return of Enterprise. After all, they have an inside track to the men in power.

  12. Re:Whats Bricolage? on Small but Mighty:The Bricolage Story · · Score: 3, Funny

    But can it leverage corporate synergy to enhance capability-oriented revenue enhancement solutions in today's fast-paced marketplace? I see that it is highly flexible, affordable yet powerful, and comprehensively provides solutions to my content management needs; but it must leverage use-case scenarios in an adaptable yet industry-leading model that features performance suitable for enterprise-class systems to be acceptible in today's fast-paced marketplace.

  13. This just in... on Survey Reveals Americans Support Blog Censorship · · Score: 0

    ...a majority of Americans think Geo. W. Bush is suitable material for Leader of the Free World despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

    If you want a stupid opinion, go ask America. Heck, I got plenty of 'em myself.

  14. My own "standard" on Naturally Occurring Standards · · Score: 0
    Example:
    if (n == ISTREAM_KEYBOARD)
    {
    if (input == null) return;
    try
    {
    input.close();
    }
    catch (IOException e)
    {}
    input = null;
    return;
    }

    switch (foo)
    {
    case 1:
    bar(foo);
    break;
    default:
    --foo;
    }
    I made this up myself. It is superior (or perhaps identical) to all other standards. This is why I ignore standards; because they suck and I can pull a better version out of my asscrack. Interoperability be damned, I'm an old-school antisocial codesmith.
  15. Re:I guess it depends on what you mean... on Naturally Occurring Standards · · Score: 0
    Try:
    foo += bar;
  16. Re:What about COMMAND.COM? on From Bash To Z Shell · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Fewel, CMD.EXE pwnz j00.

  17. Foolishness on Microsoft Researchers on Stopping Spam · · Score: 0

    Any spam defense model that analyzes the text is doomed (until the advent of bona fide AI).

    Domain Keys is similar to an idea I had a while back for a trivial thesis topic (stupid prof dismissed it out of hand). I think authentication to remove the anonymity of spammers, combined with laws to regulate it, is the solution. Since any domain can serve up its own public keys, there is no need to have a centralized certification authority, either.

  18. Now I know why Jack Horkheimer on Museum Director Indicted for Stealing NASA Artifacts · · Score: 0

    is now the Star Gazer http://www.jackstargazer.com/...this guy is the REAL Star Hustler.

  19. Re:Is it just me... on Microsoft Encarta Adopting Wikiesque Process · · Score: 0

    I don't know who wrote their stuff originally, but they probably had to pay a nominal fee to the expert authors. Now, they won't. Summary:

    1. Replace professional content providers with random anonymous strangers.
    2. Outsource your editing/fact-checking to India.
    3. Profit!

  20. Re:No, no no. on Microsoft Collaborates On Child Porn Buster · · Score: 0

    Inspect ye 9th and 10th Amendments for an official statement of this.

  21. Re:why stop there? on NASA Proposes Ending Voyager · · Score: 0

    We should launch a probe to the old Soviet space program facilities to find out how they beat us on every important space exploration milestone (up until the 80s) with a fraction of the resources.

  22. Re:Yet another SciFi point of view... on A Plasmonic Revolution for Computer Chips? · · Score: 1, Funny

    So you suggest quantum-entangling plasmonic conduits? If we fold them into 11-space we can also exploit zero-point dark energy in the Einstein-Svengali manifold continuum, giving us a positronic gage vector consistent with the Hawking-Niebelungen juxtaposition. What were we talking about?

  23. Re:Stat algos on The Baby Bootstrap? · · Score: 0

    Yes, but where are the results? Crappy Bayesian spam filters that can be gamed just as well as any other system? Thank you, AI!

  24. Re:Americans mad at the Chinese on Chinese Huawei Takes on U.S. Telecom Market · · Score: 0

    Unfair perhaps because they are a nation of peasants owned by the Communist Party (TM)? If we would just lower our standards of freedom, democracy, and personal fulfillment, maybe we could compete...oh, so THAT's what Bush is up to, keeping us competitive!

  25. Re:Choice bits from the "press release" on FBI Demands Logs From Radical Website · · Score: 0

    Yeah, if you aren't willing to die for your rights, then you don't have any. Die like a man!