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  1. Re:Different math on Google's Nexus One, a Steal At $49 Unlocked? · · Score: 1

    That's called 'Bistromathics'
    To quote:
    Numbers written on restaurant bills within the confines of restaurants do not follow the same mathematical laws as numbers written on any other pieces of paper in any other parts of the Universe.

    And please turn back your nerd ID, if you please.

  2. Re: Shifting, braking, and emergency shutoff on Toyota Pedal Issue Highlights Move To Electronics · · Score: 4, Insightful

    'kill -9 engine' is not enough.
    you forgot about kinetic energy (0.5 * m*v^2).
    One might try 'kill -9 -1' but I wonder what will happen with the Universe.
    Man pages are somewhat ambiguous about its effect.

  3. Re: Shifting, braking, and emergency shutoff on Toyota Pedal Issue Highlights Move To Electronics · · Score: 5, Funny

    'kill -9 car' works just fine!
    Everything else is for n00bs.

  4. It's so typical for whiny slashdotters... on Getting Company Owners To Follow Their Own Rules? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ... to blame the user (the company owners in this case) instead of their own engineering impotency.
    If you worth you salary, you should configure automatic background backups of their notebooks while the bosses are in the office.
    If they are not in the office, backup to Amazon S3.

    IT is not to nazy users around, IT is to *help* users.
    Here, mod me down dumb IT morons.

  5. Re:I don't notice a huge difference on Vimeo Also Introduces HTML5 Video Player · · Score: 1

    Try to use the Other OS? ;)

  6. Sigh... on Vimeo Also Introduces HTML5 Video Player · · Score: 1

    I have tried HTML5 Youtube with Chrome (v.3.0.195.38) about 30 minutes ago.
    Badly pixelated image and no full screen video.
    To me Flash video looks *much* better so far.

  7. Re:what am I missing? on HandBrake Abandons DivX As an Output Format · · Score: 1

    Win7 (in my case it's ultimate-x64).

  8. Re:stop the cybernetic killing machine on Using EMP To Punch Holes In Steel · · Score: 5, Funny

    He is our governor now, you insensitive clod!

  9. Re:ARM-Powered Laptops To Increase Linux Market Sh on ARM-Powered Laptops To Increase Linux Market Share · · Score: 1

    I would argue that "Internet" for kids is mostly Flash

  10. Lulu. Who the fuck is Lulu? on Lulu Introduces DRM · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't know why she's leaving or where she's gonna go
    I guess she's got her reasons, but i just don't wanna know
    'cuz for twenty-four years i've been living next door to Lulu

    Lulu, who the fuck is Lulu? ...... many "fucks" following .....

    For the un-enlightened

  11. Re:Are you serious? on EU Wants To Redefine "Closed" As "Nearly Open" · · Score: 1

    > I don't work for goverment
    I can see it.

    > If someone needs unicode bells and all they can implement it freely to Scribus.
    Good luck with your Chinese customers then.

  12. Re:Are you serious? on EU Wants To Redefine "Closed" As "Nearly Open" · · Score: 1

    Come to think about it, GPL is meaningless with FIPS-140. Since FIPS process validates pre-built binaries only, hence even theoretically one can't have FIPS-validated GPL source code. Also cryptomodule should have certain anti-tampering protection which might not play well with GPL3.

  13. Re:Are you serious? on EU Wants To Redefine "Closed" As "Nearly Open" · · Score: 1, Interesting

    How can you implement legally Pantene in GPL source code?

  14. Are you serious? on EU Wants To Redefine "Closed" As "Nearly Open" · · Score: 1

    For government contracts:
    Scribus does not do certifiable signatures.
    It does not do US-government accepted encryption.
    It is not FIPS-140-2 compliant.

    For publishing gigs: no Pantone, no QuarkXPress imports, and no proper Unicode.

  15. Re:Or to have it pre-installed on their new comput on The Most Influential People In Open Source · · Score: 1

    This is prohibited by the Eighth Amendment. :P

  16. Re:I have built 38 Watt server on Low-Power Home Linux Server? · · Score: 1

    One of my requirements is video encoding. Otherwise I would use something like Atom or old Tualatin Celeron (I still have one somewhere).

  17. I have built 38 Watt server on Low-Power Home Linux Server? · · Score: 1

    Wolfdale E7500, G31 mobo (Gigabyte), 1TB green WD HDD, single 1 GB stick, 80+ PSU.
      I have used this article as a guideline.
    The Wolfdale is very low-power in idle state but delivers oomph when you need it (e.g. HD streaming to HTPC or video-recoding or re-sizing thumbnails in my Gallery).
    SUSE/Apache for few years, then when auto-updates broke the system few times in a row, WHS/IIS6.

  18. feeding the dead tigers back to other tigers on Now Linux Can Get Viruses, Via Wine · · Score: 1

    Felinae spongiform encephalopathy!

  19. New low in journalism? on Microsoft May Be Inflating SharePoint Stats · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Microsoft May Be Inflating SharePoint Stats

    But some suggest...
    A recent survey suggests...

    suggest From Meriam Webster:
    synonyms suggest, imply, hint, intimate, insinuate mean to convey an idea indirectly. suggest may stress putting into the mind by association of ideas, awakening of a desire, or initiating a train of thought . imply is close to suggest but may indicate a more definite or logical relation of the unexpressed idea to the expressed . hint implies the use of slight or remote suggestion with a minimum of overt statement . intimate stresses delicacy of suggestion without connoting any lack of candor . insinuate applies to the conveying of a usually unpleasant idea in a sly underhanded manner .

  20. Poor Google IT webmasters! on Google To Send Detailed Info About Hacked Web Sites · · Score: 2, Funny

    Default Apache e-mail is webmaster@localhost

  21. Re:geology rocks... on Gene Therapy Cures Color-Blind Monkeys · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Not as much as applied physics rocks.

  22. Re:Nintendo DX of e-books on Asus Plans Dual-Display E-Reader · · Score: 1

    Well, this one is another good analogy.

  23. bicubic phase conjugated holographic display? on India's First Stealth Fighter To Fly In 4 Months · · Score: 1

    Does anybody know what does it mean?
    And can I use vi on it?

  24. Re:Finally on DIY CPU Thermal Grease, Using Diamond Dust · · Score: 5, Informative

    Commercially available here

  25. Few bad points on Piston-Powered Nuclear Fusion · · Score: 1

    1. A bit too colorful and garrulous website for a honest poor startup.

    2. Butt-ugly font at that.

    3. Relocation to Canada will be required. Are you kidding me?!!!