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  1. JAVA? on Java Puzzlers · · Score: 1
    byte b = -1;
    char c = (char)b;

    so c=-1, right? Wrong.

    If I need a book to understand this (being it JAVA or SNOBOL it doesn't matter), the first 200 pages will be about information technology.
    Another 200 pages are needed for the basics of computer science and finally the remaining 200 pages are for JAVA.
  2. Quantum Theroy Evidence on New Discovery Disproves Quantum Theory? · · Score: 1

    Hmmm ... sounds quite strange.
    There is plenty of experimental evidences of the quantum theory both very simple and rather complex.
    And there is a number of everyday things that work thanks to the QT, starting with our beloved PC we are all using right now!
    It would be very interesting to see the experimental tests that confirm this new theory and negate the old one.
    And explain why my PC is still working. (Easy: I don't use Windows!)

  3. Pay per page view on Amazon to Sell Books by Page, Display Books You Own · · Score: 1

    Seems a not-so-smart thing, at least at first glance.
    For users: they will spend more money by printing the pages at home, unless they will read only by screen. Very unconfortable if you like to read while in the bathroom ... in the bathtub I mean :-)
    For the company: I see people trading the book pages in order to gather the whole book and paying just few pages ... if any.
    Later I can also see the rise of issues with the DRM for books and magazines.
    Finally, a lot more of wasted paper and empty ink cartridges (and dead trees) for badly printed books.
    Let's revert to the old faithful printed books. At least at the moment.

  4. The solution on Raised Flooring Obsolete or Not? · · Score: 1

    The solution could be quantum computers
    They should be less power hungry and less power means (also) less heat.

  5. Re:Analogue Rights Management? on New Bill Threatens to Plug "Analog Hole" · · Score: 1

    Menomale che ci sono persone istruite come te che provvedono a tappare la bocca a noi ignoranti.
    Grazie.

  6. Re:Analogue Rights Management? on New Bill Threatens to Plug "Analog Hole" · · Score: 1

    Yes I did. But I'm not anglophone and never listened to the exact sentence in English!
    Thanks a real lot!

  7. Analogue Rights Management? on New Bill Threatens to Plug "Analog Hole" · · Score: 4, Insightful

    First of all I trust that whatever they think about that, there will always be a "DVD Jon" somewhere that will point the poor design of the schema/algorithm. The tighter they'll hold, the more they'll loose.
    We only need to avoid those chips being installed into our brains in order to enforce the brohibition to tell our friends about the football match we looked at. We paid for one private view, not for a public performance!

  8. Info access on World's Most Powerful Subwoofer · · Score: 1

    In order to know more about this marvelous woofer, we'd need one of the following:
    - a correct username and password
    - the ability to type the correct hostname
    - the assurance that the database server is running.
    Or maybe that woofer needs some more bandwidth to really woof all of us!
    (Read: slashdot effect)

  9. 0.01 EUR/USD/GBP contribution on Top 10 Items in the Linux Admin Toolkit · · Score: 1

    No words about the text editor choice just like no words about your religion faith.
    I don't like dig as well as the old-fashioned nslookup because of the tight coupling with BIND. I prefer the independent host (read chap.3), an historical DNS tool.
    Finally, if I'd need to do some tests in TCP/UDP I'd choose either netcat or GNU-netcat.
    Of course there is no perefect choice in a absolute sense. I simply have found these tools more effective than the other ones.

  10. Good news on Vista To Get Symlinks? · · Score: 1

    It seems that Microsoft operating systems are getting closer to real world needs.
    I wonder how did those engineers got this mind blasting idea!

  11. Weak ring on Terabit Fiber (In 2010) · · Score: 1

    We all hope that within 2010 there will be a switching/routing product with enough power to handle such a fast link
    I fear that as of today even the fastest links between RAM and CPUs are not enoufh for that!
    So that Japanease company is now to partner with someone to investigate/study/implement such an I/O monster!

  12. Liability on The Story of a Microsoft Patch · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm liable for bugs in my software.
    I'm not liable if my patches fail to patch the bug.
    I'm not liable if my patches make more damages than the pathced bug.
    If I do the same in restaurant business I get jailed!
    It would be great at least a "pay after use", just like pizza: do you use to pay for pizza after or before you ate it?

  13. Birthday gift on Microsoft Takes Aim At Google · · Score: 2, Funny

    So finally we know what William wishes for his 50th birthday.
    Hey guys, we need to collect some more dimes for the gift!

  14. Re:Three considerations on Apache Webserver Surpasses 50 Million Website Mark · · Score: 1

    Well, techies don't care about statistics, they care about the meat.
    Bit managers very often care about statistics and give money to techies and get money from the market accordingly to statistics.
    If my considerations are real, that statistics company could cheat!
    Apache people seem to be techies.

  15. Three considerations on Apache Webserver Surpasses 50 Million Website Mark · · Score: 5, Interesting

    #1. Sites vs servers.
    Netcraft states they count the sites while they don't mention whether they count 2nd level domains (foo.com), 3rd level domains (www.foo.com, support.foo.com) or what else. They just say they "received responses from 74,409,971 sites" while not defining what a site actually is.

    #2. Growth.
    There has been a growth of about 3.73% in the number of (so called) web sites. There must be some hidden winner(s). That is, there must be some group of web servers that is getting the great part of the growth all at once! Netcraft is failing to mention who they are!

    #3. Webserver (or website) identification.
    It's all but trivial to identify web servers. Are they using some special tool like amap and nmap or just looking at the server response content? How accurate this identification can be?

  16. Free access vs safe lifes on Students Banned from Blogging · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The point here should not be free speech. The constitution (with some minor exceptions) will grant us that.
    Would you feel safe if anyone could chat with your younger sons?
    Having a blog can expose your identity and your internet presence to anyone.
    Younger people (but not only them) can be easily nobbled by older and more experienced people. You can read about the results in everyday newspaper.
    Shutting down their blogs may not be the right move. Not at all actually. But something is to be done definitely.
    Instead of talking about religion parties being more or less stupid, it could be great is someone of us could come out with some better idea to protect our sons!

  17. Laptop gauge on Get Ready For The 20-inch Laptop · · Score: 3, Insightful

    We all hope that Philips will speed the technology up.
    Wider screens means also heavier batteries and bulkier carrying bags!
    And also more fragile devices!

  18. Re:Weak rings on Disney Encrypting Screener DVDs to Prevent Piracy · · Score: 1

    I don't have all these details. For sure there must be a place somewhere in the device where the contents is to be clear text.
    Even if the TV set were able to handle scrabled signals, the clear text point would be there inside (just before the CRT/LCD) instead of the DVD player!

  19. Communication security on VoIP Security Threats Defined · · Score: 3, Informative

    Public VoIP security issues are more or less the same as in the plain old public telephone service.
    If someone really cares about security (and "privacy") issues, she will provide for her own private VoIP service.
    Very few people knows whether the communication will travel safely through the net and related servers.
    Yes, my link to my favourite VoIP carrier is encrypted with a zillion bits encryption key. And what happens after?
    The solution is to avoid using public services for security and privacy concerned communications.
    There is very little to do if you dictate your credit card numbers by phone, whatever technology you use!

  20. Weak rings on Disney Encrypting Screener DVDs to Prevent Piracy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    There can be a number of weak rings in the chain.
    Somewhere into the DVD player the content gets unencrypted: there you can copy it with, at worst, some soldering skills.
    Somewhere the content is completely clear text before being encrypted: someone working there could access and copy it.
    Movie and music companies can loose more money because of product quality than piracy. And becuase of high investments in screener encryption!

  21. Novell did it? on A Closer Look at SUSE 10 · · Score: 1
    Novell has made some interesting changes in distribution and development since our last review of SUSE Linux.
    So if I buy NASA I'll be the one who brought the mankind on the moon!
  22. Flames and Criticism on Andy Tanenbaum Releases Minix 3 · · Score: 1

    We all hope in a better rivalry between Andy and Linus.
    They are both great minds: there can be much more value in their cooperation than in falming each other!

  23. Re:Computing Museum on Gates Donates $15M to Preserve Computing History · · Score: 1

    Thanks: it is so difficlut to find careful people! :-)
    I type as I live: fats and with lost of erorrs!

  24. Re:I hope this is real on Intel Slashes Computer Startup Times · · Score: 2, Funny
    Uh.. 20 years ago, you probably had it. My VIC-20 took less than a second from powerup to the READY prompt. My Amiga 500 was slower, but still a lot faster than anything modern. My Amiga 3000 was even slower, because I had it do more. My 5-year-old Linux boxes are even slower to boot than that.
    My solar powered desk calculator needs half a second to boot, while my desk lamp shows a zero seconds boot.
    And it takes 15 to 20 minutes for me to be ready in the morning.
    Maybe the rule is: the more complex the OS, the longer the boot!
  25. Computing Museum on Gates Donates $15M to Preserve Computing History · · Score: 0, Troll

    Gates is also donating a copy of all his software products.
    Infact their bugs has made the history as well as their poorly engineered solutions!