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  1. Re:They should base it on the .com's already sold. on XXX Top Level Domain May Still See Use · · Score: 2, Informative
    Why should anyone have a right to a new domain name just because they have some other domain name?
    The intent seems to be to move all the porn to the .xxx TLD, not just make a new place to put porn. So porn.com could move to porn.xxx.
    But then where would we put porn.net? Of course, it is doubtful that porn.com wouldn't want to keep both porn.com and porn.xxx, so you have a point there.
  2. Re:And the rest of the article isn't any better. on What to Watch for in 2007 · · Score: 1
    #1. RFID - nothing "disruptive" about that. It's been showing up in different uses for a long time now.
    No, nothing disruptive until you need to wear a tinfoil suit to keep the insecure tags from broadcasting your SSN, credit card numbers, and other personal info to anyone who asks for it.
  3. Re:Makes sense... on Judge Rules Shared Files Folder Not Enough · · Score: 1

    AFAIK, if it's not a cop saying that, then it's not entrapment.
    (IANAL)

  4. Re:Define "drink" on Drinking Alcohol May Extend Your Life · · Score: 2, Informative
    I know of no reason why human cells cannot make all the alcohol they really need.
    Well, here's your reason then. Human cells make lactic acid instead.
  5. Surprise! on Autodesk Suing to Keep Format Closed · · Score: 1
    I'd be surprised if anyone does any real work with AutoCAD any more.
    My home town's public works department uses AutoCAD.
    Believe it or not, lots of real-world CAD work is 2D.
    Am I wrong? Once you've done 3D parametric modelling, you wouldn't want to go back to AutoCAD.
    Just like how once you've used a word processor, you wouldn't want to go back to a text editor.

    A tool may be more powerful overall but still be impractical for tasks easily handled with simpler tools.
  6. Re:Common carrier on The Battle Over AT&T's Fiber Rollout · · Score: 1
    Will I be able to purchase that 20+ Mbps link as just an Internet link and without the additional TV & telephone services?
    Last I checked, no.
  7. Re:Hmm... on Month of Apple Bugs Debuts in January · · Score: 1

    It's more of a lose-lose for Apple. Either Finisterre delivers on his promise, and 31 undocumented security holes are identified, or he doesn't and, whether he was just talking big or actually getting hush money, Apple is seen as having silenced him.

  8. Re:Some thoughts and considerations on Month of Apple Bugs Debuts in January · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure how low that "minimum level of complexity" is.


    Bug report #195442

    Line 6 of hello.c:
    printf("Hello world!\n");
    This should contain a comma between the first and second words.
    Suggested fix:
    printf("Hello, world!");
    Thank you for reporting this bug. Your suggested change has been implemented.


    Bug report #195450

    Line 6 of hello.c:
    printf("Hello, world!");
    Printed string does not end with a newline or whitespace, making the output difficult to process. Suggested fix: Append printf("\n"); after line 6.
    Thank you for reporting this bug. Your suggested change has been implemented.

    And you can imagine the fun that ensues about documenting these changes.

  9. Re:More detail (Re:"Treacherous Computing" "Genuin on FSF Launches "BadVista" Campaign · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That leaves a question:
    If a human user can only get up to "high," who can get the privileges of "system" or "trusted installer"?

  10. Re:Copyright should permanently belong to the auth on Dead Musicians Signing Media Rights Petitions · · Score: 1
    And if I spend all day carving, how else am I going to make money other than selling the things I make?
    Sell your services as a teacher of table-making. Get commissioned to design tables.
    Or, yeah, you could just sell the tables, priced to pay for labor and materials (if your tables have sufficient utility, they will be bought).

    If you can't get enough money to support yourself on table-making, then you need a more profitable job, and table-making needs to just be a hobby.
  11. Re:Parenting? on The BlackBerry Orphans · · Score: 1
    I disagree that that is clearly the case, though from the description here I'd say that (aside from the abdication of responsibility in the response) the Blackberry use is probably a problem in and of itself; legitimate supervening parental responsibilities can trump family meals, quite legitimately, though.
    I would not be so dubious if this were about an isolated incident; as it is, the dinner-missing is habitual.
  12. Re:Its this simple on Why Apple Doesn't Blog - Vaporware · · Score: 1
    many companies are transparent to the point that othe companies can even steal their code (See Red Hat and Suse), they seem to fare ok.
    Different business model. Last I checked, commercial Linux vendors sell Linux support, not copies of Linux or licenses to use Linux.
  13. Re:But of course on Saving U.S. Science · · Score: 1
    Designing high school classes in such a way that studying is required would be a MUCH better solution than easing up on college classes.
    High school students are typically in class 30-35 hours per week. If they don't go to class, they will likely be punished directly for it.
    College students are typically in class 15-20 hours per week. If they don't go to class, the professor generally doesn't miss them.
    Expecting kids to be able to get that much new freedom all at once without screwing up is very naïve. Of course, both parents' and high schools' contributions to this problem can (at least in part) be fixed.

    I imagine we could both talk quite a bit more about specifics here.
  14. Re:KISS on RFID Personal Firewall · · Score: 1

    One simple answer to this, of course, is to not use the switch-enabled version for anti-theft purposes. Alternatively, you could just stick the tag inside the package where it cannot be tampered with (don't they do this already to keep them from just being removed?).

  15. Re:Welcome to America! on Indian College Students Face Bleak Prospects · · Score: 1

    From a theory standpoint, binary search is faster than linear search, but knowing this doesn't teach you how to code either one in whatever language you use at the moment. Does this mean that linear search is actually faster?
    Or did you mean something else?

  16. Re:Problems with Programming on Bjarne Stroustrup on the Problems With Programming · · Score: 1
    How confused were you when you found out that cout << "foo" wasn't setting the value of cout either?
    My attempted interpretation of bar << foo; was something like, "put foo into bar." Putting something into cout would mean printing it; putting something into a variable would be a value assignment.
  17. Re:No Taxation without Representation! on Taxing Virtual Gaming Assets · · Score: 1
    Agree? Disagree?
    I agree with the principle -- I don't think I'm going to take the time to come up with a viable implementation though.
  18. Re:No Taxation without Representation! on Taxing Virtual Gaming Assets · · Score: 1
    I never said people who were unregistered. I was talking of people who can't register to vote and must still pay taxes.
    I was really just suggesting a little thought-experiment -- taking "no taxation without representation" to an extreme.

    The main problem I have with what you propose is that felons would be largely tax-free. Of course, laws could be shifted to change that.
  19. Re:Problems with Programming on Bjarne Stroustrup on the Problems With Programming · · Score: 1
    Especially when you can make it do something intuitive (if only visually). I mean, "" looks like "I/O" to me. It looks like the are sending the item to teh right towards/into the item to the left. Makes sense to me.
    When I first looked at C++ code (only having programmed in BASIC), sure I understood what cout << "foo"; meant. I got really confused when I saw bar << 3; and found out that it didn't set bar's value to 3.
  20. Re:No Taxation without Representation! on Taxing Virtual Gaming Assets · · Score: 1
    That ideal is already so far gone it is not funny. Think of all the taxes now that people who can't vote have to pay.
    On the other hand, imagine how many people would actually vote if voter registration was required in order to be taxed.
  21. Re:Give thanks to Starr on Clinton Prosecutor Now Targeting Free Speech · · Score: 1
    BONG HITS 4 JESUS isn't something that can be protected under the constitution because it isn't a political or ideolical belief.
    Are you kidding? That's an extremely political thing to say.
    No, no, this is what he really meant.
  22. Re:The only problem with that... on MPAA Kills California Anti-Pretexting Bill · · Score: 1
    The point was that when you write something that broad it can have unintended effects.
    That's why we make exceptions to rules. Of course identifying all the necessary exceptions is not a task I'd entrust to the legislature.
  23. Re:Shhhhhhh on Iraq Study Group Reaches Concensus · · Score: 1
    You're trying to tell me that "the rest of the world" thought that the worlds largest, and best equipped military force couldn't take on a piddly little country like Iraq?
    Not with the additional constraint of avoiding collateral damage.
  24. Re:I thought I would point out on Zune Sales Not So Bad After All · · Score: 1
    "Warmer" is a code word for "distorted".
    I guess that depends what you play. I've always heard "warm" used to mean a softer tone, as opposed to a brassy, nasal one.
  25. Re:This is not good for US techies on Takin' Care of Business and Working Paid Overtime · · Score: 1
    You're somehow surprised that said students wanted job at least some semblance of job security considering how tough it is for them to get a job in the first place?
    It shouldnt' be surprising at all given that the cutoff age for at-will employment would have been a fair bit more than the age of a "part-time high schooler."