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  1. Re:Shocked! on Gentoo Founder Quits Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Who says .NET apps can't be open source? Don't be so dense.

  2. Re:Multi CPUs? Why not Cluster? on Quad Core Chips From Intel and AMD · · Score: 1

    Some people don't want 4-8 machines taking up space in their computer room? (As if they don't already)

    I'd prefer 1 machine that can do the same.

  3. Re:What problem? on Microsoft Anti-Spyware Removes Norton Anti-Virus · · Score: 1

    Uhh, I'm sure if MS tries hard enough *NOTHING* norton does to prevent being deleted will be enough.

  4. Re:What are those 0.6% evil sites doing? on Firefox Users Surf Safer · · Score: 1

    No kidding, with the ActiveX/Popup blocking capabilities of IE and SP2, that number would have fallen right to 0.00% or so. What a delightly FUDdy article.

  5. Re:True number or not, way too common.. on Scaremongering over Spyware? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Use the symantec removal tool to get rid of NIS 2005. It's available on their website.

    The reason it exhibits this behavior is because otherwise, it would be WAY too easy for viruses to disable antivirus if it didn't fight back.

  6. Re:Fingerprints on 'True' Video iPod Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    Sharp objects like dust? I've noticed many more tiny scratches on my iPod than my Pocket PC/Phone, and I use it constantly. Plus, God forbid you EVER slide your iPod in the same pocket as your keys or some loose change.

  7. Re:Fingerprints on 'True' Video iPod Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    They will probably use the same method they used to prevent the iPod video's screen from succumbing to scratches.

    Oh, wait...

  8. Re:Don't use printf on Debugging Asynchronous Applications? · · Score: 1

    So... how does a blurb about printf relate to .NET?

  9. Re:So sue me on Red Cross Condemns Misuse of Emblem In Games · · Score: 1

    Don't forget to bold it!

  10. Re:Oh, Good Lord... on Building Intelligent .NET Applications · · Score: 1

    I meant I created a "Windows Forms Project", a console project would have taken 1/10th of the memory.

  11. Re:wtf? on Could Linux Still Go GPL3? · · Score: 1

    From TFA:

    However, it's not the GPL 3's DRM section per se that concerns Torvalds.

    "Just to make it clear: It's not actually the new section 3 ('3. Digital Restrictions Management.') That I object to, like some people seem to think. That section I don't even worry too much about. The part of the GPLv3 that I'm most worried about is the new parts to section 1."

    The specific section that Torvalds has trouble with reads:

            "Complete Corresponding Source Code also includes any encryption or authorization codes necessary to install and/or execute the source code of the work, perhaps modified by you, in the recommended or principal context of use, such that its functioning in all circumstances is identical to that of the work, except as altered by your modifications. ..."

    According to Torvalds, this "is the one that seems to disallow digitally signed binaries (or rather: you can sign the binaries any way you want, but you have to make your private keys available)."

  12. Re:Oh, Good Lord... on Building Intelligent .NET Applications · · Score: 2, Informative

    That's interesting, because I just started up Visual Studio and created a windows project. Built the default app in Release mode and started it, memory use went to 11MB (loading the runtime), then after about 10 seconds settled in at under 1MB.

  13. Re:Best Buy's Hardware Whores on Tech Support to the Stars · · Score: 1

    The in-store repairs are completely detached from the "on-site" services they provide. (IIRC, Best Buy sends their cameras and some other electronics off to some service center for repair)

  14. Re:Best Buy's Hardware Whores on Tech Support to the Stars · · Score: 1

    I'm going to fathom a guess that you've never even purchased an on-site Geek Squad service. Where's the mod category "pointless and misinformed"?

  15. Re:What is the story? on Tech Support to the Stars · · Score: 1

    Sorry, but in a similar situation, something tells me you'd be feeling the same way as him.

  16. Re:48 pixel pipelines on ATI All-In-Wonder X1900 PCIe Review · · Score: 0

    That is, until Nvidia releases the Geforce 7900 GTX :)

  17. Re:"Sticking it to censorship"? on Microsoft Changes Blog Censoring Policies · · Score: 1

    If that was the argument being made, he should have said one DOMAIN, not one country. Just because the suffix is .cn doesn't mean the rest of the world isnt supposed to be using it.

    If that was the case, all you europeans get off del.icio.us ASAP!

  18. Re:All should not be lost... on Microsoft Won't Offer Patch Before Worm Strikes? · · Score: 1

    Sorry, but if *anyone* sends me an executable without a thorough explanation as to why they sent it and what it's for, I'd be out of my mind to open it and so would you.

  19. Re:"Sticking it to censorship"? on Microsoft Changes Blog Censoring Policies · · Score: 1

    Wrong:

    Image results for "tiananmen square"... you'll notice very different results even though both requests originate in the US.

    http://images.google.com/images?q=tiananmen+square &hl=en&btnG=Search+Images

    http://images.google.cn/images?svnum=10&hl=zh-CN&l r=&cr=countryCN&q=tiananmen+square&btnG=%E6%90%9C% E7%B4%A2

  20. Re:SECURITY!?! on Buy Vista or Else · · Score: 1

    That is exactly how Microsoft does their programming now, it's called the Security Development Lifecycle.

    You have to remember, the WMF processing code was created long before SDL existed, and when few people thought cancelling a print job could have unintended consequences.

  21. Re:The Devil on the Left or the Devil on the Right on Who is Your Hero, Gates or Jobs? · · Score: 1

    Sorry but Gates does a commendable job of keeping Microsoft and the Gates Foundation two very separate entities.

  22. Re:I don't care, it's a small niche product anyway on Ancient Flaws May Leave Mac OS X Vulnerable · · Score: 3, Funny

    We need a mod category for "baiting the untold OSX masses".

  23. Steve Gibson... on Ancient Flaws May Leave Mac OS X Vulnerable · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now we will just have to sit and wait for Steve Gibson's assessment that Apple intentionally left these exploits open as a backdoor to the system!

  24. Re:Jeez, guys... on MacWorld's iMac Core Duo Benchmarks Debunked? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hahaha, I can see it now:

    Your position in the queue: 1430
    Estimated Time: 2 hours 15 minutes

  25. Re:Who does training really benefit? on Training - A Company or a Worker's Responsibility? · · Score: 1

    Many companies offer special incentives or benefits to businesses that certify, or hire certified employees. Major examples of this would be HP, Microsoft, and Cisco Systems.