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  1. Re:Great news on Ogg Vorbis Share Reaches 12.3% on P2P Traffic · · Score: 1

    I encode with VBR 128-256 Kbits, this gives great quality, and my Neuros only skips on a very few rare occasions. You should also try different firmwares..it may help.

  2. Finally... on Google Gives Reason Why it is Built on Linux · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's good to see some company finally step up to the plate and publicly admits that free/open source software provides independence and freedom. IBM, Novell, HP always put out the "cheaper" argument which is seen as "less value".

  3. Great news on Ogg Vorbis Share Reaches 12.3% on P2P Traffic · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I only hope this percentage has an actual meaning... On the plus side, it will be a pleasure to download those CD's that have "rip" ""protection" in ogg. I proudly buy my music, but I cannot stand _any_ DRM, I rip all my CD's in ogg, and get them on my neuros music player. Great quality, smaller file size, I love it.

  4. Re:Reasonable people... on GPL v3 Coming Out in 2007? · · Score: 1

    Well, I have seen a lot of bad reactions from an audience at one of his speeches when he started arguing with Lawrence Lessig, people do not seem to be very keen of Richard, he has a somewhat strong personality, which anybody in his position would have. When he disagrees about something, you _will_ know about it before even finishing your sentence.

  5. Re:Version conflicts? on GPL v3 Coming Out in 2007? · · Score: 1

    I think that current copyright law would not permit just switching over the liscence without contacting every contributor, since that would probably be a violation. But then again, im not a lawyer :)

  6. This is old news on GPL v3 Coming Out in 2007? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Sorry for sounding pedantic, but he announced this at the FSF associate members meeting March 26th. I'm surprised nobody came out with this info earlier.

  7. Re:They're wasting their time on DVD Truce Between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD? · · Score: 1

    Yes, and where do you put your backups of your terabytes of "data" ?

  8. Finally, on DVD Truce Between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD? · · Score: 1

    My DVD burning buying descision will turn out to be simpler. I have hesitated in the past because of the price and the 15 current "standards". Cheers to Sony and Toshiba !

  9. If you can't beat them... on Microsoft to Support Linux in Virtual Server · · Score: 5, Funny

    make them run in a virtual server...

  10. Oh no ! on Study Shows China Tightens Internet Filtering · · Score: 1

    Chinese people arent able to share back their tunes via bittorrent !!

  11. Re:What Happened to Simputer? on What Happened to Simputer? · · Score: 1

    I totally agree with you, their target market does not have the "need" or the "means" for computers. I do not see how a gadget like this could be a worthy investment for them.

  12. Watch out ! on Online Freedom of Speech Act Introduced in House · · Score: 2, Funny

    Im sure there is some evil plan behind this.

  13. No more monkeys... on Randomly Generated Paper Accepted to Conference · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...to get those million typewriters going, darn !

  14. Sorry to say this but, on Polygraph E-Book at Issue in Federal Civil Suit · · Score: 2

    BURN ALL E-BOOKS, now that I got your attention, please remember that e-books are meant to take away the traditional freedoms that you have with a paper book (lend, photocopy, read twice, take out at your local library). Use with caution.

  15. As we can see... on Online Purchases Can Give You Away · · Score: 1

    ...users are once again the victims of a braindead patent system. Personal information and software are too things that get very ugly real quick when patents get in the way.

  16. Use a older PC on Building a Silent, Air-Cooled System · · Score: 1

    For my mythtvTV computer, im using a K6-2 500 Mhz with a PVR-350, I can hear the hard drives once in a while but otherwise it is dead quiet.

  17. Whatever happened to freedom ? on Canada Considers copying the DMCA · · Score: 1

    It seems they have decided to value convenience(political that is) over freedom of it's citizens. People often forget copyright was created to benefit the public and not for companies to get the maximum possible profit from a single work.

  18. Re:Recent grads on The DotCom Crash Revisited · · Score: 1

    Work during day, Geek during evenings, Sleep at night, it's what I do.

  19. Thanks for getting my hopes down... on Women Leaving I.T. · · Score: 1

    ...I now know that my odds of getting a geekgirlfriend(.com) are pretty low.

  20. Re:Push for threaded apps? on Apple's Dev. Tools Hint @ Dual-core G5 & Quad Mac · · Score: 1

    Most big applications are multi-threaded, which is the same as "multi-cpu aware". Parralelism is the way of the future, as we wont be seeing big GHz increases in the near future.

  21. Re:powerbook g4.. dual core. on Apple's Dev. Tools Hint @ Dual-core G5 & Quad Mac · · Score: 1

    I agree, potential potential is no potential.

  22. Re:powerbook g4.. dual core. on Apple's Dev. Tools Hint @ Dual-core G5 & Quad Mac · · Score: 1

    Some scientists actually proved that laptops and hotubs can actually reduce fertility for up to one month, no joke here.

  23. Re:ohemgee slashdot is being paid by M$ on The IGF and GDCA In Depth · · Score: 1

    They are starting to sound desperate, targeting the 16- audience. I have not seen the kind of action you would expect on the gamecube. The PS2 lives on...

  24. Re:sftp (part of cygwin) on Implicit SSL FTP Clients with Scripting? · · Score: 2, Informative

    The admin can disable sftp because it uses a protocol extension. Scp OTOH uses no protocol extension and can be used with any ssh server.

  25. Re:Recent grads on The DotCom Crash Revisited · · Score: 1

    You simply have to show potential employers that you have what they want. Show them that you are competent with recent technologies. "Wrong people" are wrong because they have stayed in a company in which they were maintaining legacy systems instead of pushing forward for new tech. Good luck btw...