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  1. Re:Budget makes a big difference... on Customer Resource Management For Non-Profits? · · Score: 1

    That's funny but it made me wonder how many things written by users to make their life easier/better that were then open sourced, ended up as projects, and are now used by a lot of people. The Linux kernel is one.

  2. Re:Newsflash on SourceForge To Acquire Development Portal Ohloh.net · · Score: 1

    We don't care.
    Not true. If timothy starts wearing ties, or worse, where does that leave the rest of us?

  3. freshmeat.net'ish site on SourceForge To Acquire Development Portal Ohloh.net · · Score: 1

    I never heard of them. It looks like they are basically the same thing as freshmeat.net but with statistics tools for projects.

  4. download numbers are not good statistics on The Sims 3 Racks Up Over 180,000 Downloads Prior To Release · · Score: 1

    I downloaded it and liked it. I'd like to buy a copy next time I'm at fry's but will probably download the full version when they have it up. It kind of made me miss the good days of shareware and demo's. Game makers stopped doing it because people would try out the game and not buy it because it didn't live up to the hype. Or the game just flat out sucked. This games lives up to the hype and I will buy it. For some it might not have lived up to the hype so they will not buy it. So the download numbers are not a good sample to prove that people that downloaded it liked it and should therefore buy it.

  5. Re:This is where a subject should be on Canonical Demos Early Stage Android-On-Ubuntu · · Score: 2, Funny

    Canoogle?

  6. Re:Vim on What Free IDE Do You Use? · · Score: 1

    Wow. It looks like there is a reason for a windows vm on my dev machine after all. Thanks!

  7. Re:Don't blame me, on The Great Ethanol Scam · · Score: 1

    That is only true with 2 stroke engines. I ran a KZ-400 (1974) and KZ-650 (1976) on a alcohol paint thinner mix for many years (aka poor man CAM2). I owned both motorcycles until 1988. I never rebuilt either engine and definitely never had a problem with water contamination. I did, however, replace the rubber tubing once but that would have been necessary anyway.

  8. The web doesn't devaluate content on Sony CEO Proposes "Guardrails For the Internet" · · Score: 1

    ...allows them to easily steal that property and sell...

    If "them" can sell it then the internet hasn't decreased its value. His argument proves the opponent's case.

  9. USB safe drive on Documenting a Network? · · Score: 1

    I put all of my passwords in a file on a USB drive locked with a password of the cto's choice. They are in an odf spreadsheet file encrypted with the same password. All cables, switches, wall, and punch ports are labeled. If someone takes over my position and can't figure it out from there then the cto got what he paid for.

  10. Re:Why does Slashdot constantly side with PirateBa on Judge Reviewing Pirate Bay Trial Bias Is Removed · · Score: 1

    That is total bullshit! If a guy brings a gun to a knife fight he is smart not evil. :p

  11. plastic from grass on Plastic and Fuel That Grow On Trees · · Score: 1

    I'm ready for the home inventor plastic making machines. Stuff your grass, shrub, and tree cuttings in one end and pull your invention out of the other. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_printing

  12. iPhone/G1 on What OS and Software For a Mobile Documentary Crew? · · Score: 1

    If your applications are google centric and your not doing anything intensive (video editing) then you should be good with an iPhone and keyboard.

    http://hackaday.com/2009/03/24/external-keyboard-with-an-iphone/

    I don't see a way to do it with the G1 but I would think you could.

    Of course if your storing data from camera's etc... then you will need a small NAS or USB/eSATA storage system. You can make your own or buy something about anywhere these days.

  13. Re:Now it can claim on Microsoft Patents the Crippling of Operating Systems · · Score: 2, Funny

    No. He meant crippling the software using the software not crippling the hardware by installing the software. Close though.

  14. Re:Great! :) on Mozilla Preparing To Scrap Tabbed Browsing? · · Score: 1

    I'm the same way when I'm researching something. The difference with me is when I drift off to something completely different I open a new window, move it to a different desktop, and then open tabs for where ever that topic leads me.

    IMHO, if they could separate out the browsers functionality so it isn't used unless needed would be the best "addition". If I could, I would use applications specific to content I'm accessing by clicking on the non-html content to open it up with the dedicated application. ie. flash in a media player application, java in a java console/window, js+xul in xulrunner... In fact, I love tabs so much I would prefer those too were tabbed.

  15. Re:So which celebrity does he prefer? on FMRI Shows Man Loves Wife More Than Angelina Jolie · · Score: 2, Funny

    But what if stupid women are the only ones that say yes? Ummm... was that too much information?

  16. little brainers eat big brainers on Were Neanderthals Devoured By Humans? · · Score: 1

    So what? The guys with little brains eat the guys with big brains. What is new about that? A quick google search of "RIAA vs." returns sufficient results to prove that case.

  17. Re:What about the CueCat?! on Top 10 Disappointing Technologies · · Score: 2, Informative

    And, FRED isn't dead. Sadly, it isn't open source either which, IMHO, would allow it to replace OO.

    http://www.framework.com/

  18. sooooo on Study Shows Cocaine And Other Drugs In Spanish Air · · Score: 1

    mexico = "don't drink the water".
    spain = "don't breath the air".

    got it. brb

  19. Re:Will this help? on Gates Foundation Funds "Altruistic Vaccine" · · Score: 1

    How ironic. I was going to suggest testing on birds to see if it kills off bird biting mosquitoes.

    http://www.dem.ri.gov/news/2000/pr/1002002.htm

  20. Re:And 20 years from now... on Gates Foundation Funds "Altruistic Vaccine" · · Score: 1

    If we could merge mosquito DNA with firefly DNA there would be a mechanism. Blink+Splat=Human

  21. tags are in the books on Remote Kill Flags Surface In Kindle · · Score: 2, Funny

    Unless they upload a replacement, the book would have to have all the possible tags attached. I'm assuming the books are on the device itself. Obviously, I don't know enough about the Kindle2.

  22. Re:I Don't Understand - Use Your Own DNS on Dealing With ISPs That Use NXDomain Redirection? · · Score: 1

    To add to seqedunum's post. I use OpenVPN too. You don't HAVE to push anything through DNS but can and is probably the easiest. OpenVPN GUI for windows makes it easy for even the dumbest (marketing/sales department) people in the office to use. You can hard code the ip address as the destination in the config. All the user has to do is double click on an icon on their toolbar, login (or use a shared key), and p00f they are connected.

  23. Stateless yes TCP no on Have Sockets Run Their Course? · · Score: 1

    TFA goes as far as saying networking sockets are a proven technology. "is quite impressive for an API to have remained in use and largely unchanged for 27 years." Then wanders off with nothing more than an example of how something works better in a small area of networking. It is as if the writer is suggesting we should switch everything over to stateless protocols and blast servers with simultaneous connection requests or send back 8-16 packets at the same time to a client. That would be insane. And, I hope not what he was intending. Not that the bandwidth could/should be there but if you think about what can be done by a bad guy under the cover of 8-16 packets being sent at one time from 8-16 different ports. As far as other protocols go (TCP) some of us prefer all of the checks involved using sockets. FTFA"The typical processing loop of a sockets-based program isnâ(TM)t simply read(), process(), read(), but instead select(), read(), process(), select()." I would rather have a lock than a buffer overflow. The faster the machine the less important that lock gets. The importance of security doesn't shrink. Applications that are currently using UDP (with the exception of applications that transfer very little information DNS/NTP) would be much better off using SCTP. Multihomed transfers of data would be useful to simplify bandwidth sharing designs. ie. one home for each isp without a separate load balancing software is possible with applications designed around SCTP. So SCTP, and other stateless transaction protocols, do work better without having to have a single socket open to send packets through when multiple packets can be sent to multiple destinations simultaneously. Statefull applications, however, are best left to reliable old sockets.

  24. Re:I think plants are already stationary on Funding For Automotive Fuel Cells Cut · · Score: 1

    I don't agree. I planted a lot of stuff this spring and a lot of it disappeared. The funny thing is, they were replaced with weird crispy brown look-a-likes.

  25. Re:numbers wrong on Apple and Microsoft Release Critical Patches · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wow! It is amazing how those numbers look like the minimal and maximum iso install downloads for a Linux distro.