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  1. Re:This makes me happy on Nanaimo, The Google Capital of the World · · Score: 1

    It would be nice if they could get rid of road signs. All of the information would be available to your PDA amd vehicle nav. system, and the scenery would be better for it.

  2. Re:Comics as real literature on Reading Comics · · Score: 1

    "Breakfast of Champions" by Kurt Vonnegut.
    "Cerebus the Aardvark" by Dave Sim

  3. Re:There is no contradiction. on The Universe Is 13.73 Billion Years Old · · Score: 1

    Worst joke ever? I'm a frayed knot.

  4. Re:Big Mistake on The Universe Is 13.73 Billion Years Old · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Unfortunately for your position, the current mainstream scientific theory is that the universe was created at a specific time in the past. In fact, the whole point of this article is that time just got even more specific.

  5. Re:Wow... on Posting Publicly Available URL Claimed a "Hack" · · Score: 1

    The point isn't whether Security by Obscurity works, since it obviously doesn't. It's whether it can be considered legally "effective". You can't claim you're being hacked unless you have effective protection of your information. CSS, for example, is no longer considered effective.

  6. Re:Well, what did you expect? on Posting Publicly Available URL Claimed a "Hack" · · Score: 3, Funny

    The best part of the cease-and-desist exchange was this:

    "Originally Posted by mobitv
    The url "qtv.mobitv.com/sprintTVlive.mcd" is not publicly available, nor is it posted anywhere on our website for viewers to access. The only way to access the links is through this url, and the only way to obtain this url is through hacking/debugging."

    mobitv posted their "secret" URL in a message on the forum. So much for the trade secret claim.

  7. Re:You can't win this one, Linus on Linus Denounces NDISWrapper, Denies It GPL Status · · Score: 1

    WINE only supports user-space applications, not kernel code. In fact, WINE will run on FreeBSD. I don't know much about the other two.

  8. Re:You can't win this one, Linus on Linus Denounces NDISWrapper, Denies It GPL Status · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I never said you couldn't use it, just that it is not GPL no matter how you dress it up. So it's fine if you want to install it and run it on your system, you just shouldn't be able to sell it or distribute it with NDISwrapper installed, because it isn't GPL.

    If you allow NDISwrapper to be GPL, then any manufacturer can put a wrapper around proprietary code and stick it in the kernel. Graphics cards, modems, printer interfaces - a lot of hardware uses the processor to do some of the work and would like to keep that code secret if they could. Look at nVidia. So yes, it's pretty much a "virus" as far as the GPL is concerned.

  9. Re:You can't win this one, Linus on Linus Denounces NDISWrapper, Denies It GPL Status · · Score: 1

    How do I run this "GPL" solution on my Sparc-based Linux system? The card is PCI but the binary that gets loaded runs on Intel-only. So it's compatible hardware, and software that claims to be GPL, but the system is a doorstop. NDISwrapper is not a bandage, it is a Typhoid Mary allowing proprietary software to infect the kernel.

  10. Re:This happens everywhere on Bill Allows Teachers to Contradict Evolution · · Score: 1

    I can see the overheardinny.com post

    Girl on cell: There's a guy with a scale
    Girl on cell: No. Not drugs...

  11. Re:Thanks guys on 'Death Star' Aimed at Earth · · Score: 3, Interesting

    "we probably still have hundreds of thousands of years to come up with a solution, said Tuthill."

    Which leads us to the interesting question: If we knew we were in danger and had 100,000 years to do something about it, what would be the simplest solution?

    1) Move everybody somewhere else
    2) Put up shields
    3) Move the Solar system out of the way
    4) Point the Supernova at the Arcturans instead

  12. Scripting? on Sun Hires Two Key Python Developers · · Score: 1

    This must be some new java of which I am unaware.

  13. Re:"Nano" on MIT's Nano Storage Could Replace Hybrid Batteries · · Score: 1

    When "micro" is just too big.

  14. Re:Practical first step on A Good Style Guide Under the Creative Commons? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Then form a review committee and start issuing minutes.

  15. Thank Ma Bell on Teen Phone Phreak Targeted by the FBI · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Because the phone system was originally a monopoly, it is not designed for network security. This is an example. PBX's can be programmed to report any originating phone number. I don't know the type of line that the swatter was using, but trusting the source to report the caller ID is due to AT&T not having to worry about connecting foreign equipment.

  16. Re:no wonder on Feds Seize $78M of Bogus Chinese Cisco Gear · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Look at steel. It's kind of amazing that Japan was able to import all of the raw materials, make steel and ship it to the US cheaper than it could be made here where the resources were available. Doubling oil prices will probably be good for what's left of the US steel industry.

  17. Re:Looks like my dreams have been canceled on Bank Julius Baer Issues Statement On WikiLeaks · · Score: 1

    I need the pallets back if you're done with them.

    -- Paul Bremer

  18. Re:Nanodiamonds on NASA Looking For "Diamonds In The Sky" · · Score: 5, Informative

    You can make great sandpaper.

  19. Re:One opinion on How Do You Find Programming Superstars? · · Score: 3, Funny

    No. He's just the one who has principles.

  20. Re:Easy... on How Do You Find Programming Superstars? · · Score: 1
    Too many lines

    echo -e "#include <iostream>\nint main(int argc, char **argv) { std::cout << \"Hello, World\\\\n\"; }" >h.cpp ; g++ h.cpp ; ./a.out
  21. Re:One opinion on How Do You Find Programming Superstars? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    True. One of the smarter people that I know never finished his degree. He got bored and left school to start a successful company. However, its unlikely that his resume would ever go through an HR dept filter. The CTO or Principle Engineer would call him personally and make an offer.

  22. Re:What's that I smell? on Nanoparticles Could Make Hydrogen Cheaper Than Gasoline · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The reason the process works is that the nanoparticles give the electrodes a large surface area. If you don't use distilled water, minerals would quickly clog all of the nano-spaces and destroy the efficiency.

  23. Re:Dead "Nano" buzzword is dead on Nanoparticles Could Make Hydrogen Cheaper Than Gasoline · · Score: 1

    You're right. They should call their technology "eHydrogen".

  24. Re:fearmongering and false complacency on Spreading "1 in 5" Number Does More Harm Than Good · · Score: 1

    You seem to be forgetting about the KKK, the embassy bombings, and Oklahoma City in your terrorist numbers.

  25. Re:US Patent 7003500 on Apple, Starbucks Sued Over Music Gift Cards · · Score: 1

    Good find. Here's one describing it dated 9/22/99.
    http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/1280.html

    I don't see anything that the Dreissen's patent does that isn't anticipated by Cybermoola.