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  1. Re:Or, if we are about the open source, on Psystar's Rebel EFI Hackintosh Tool Reviewed, Found Wanting · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Actually in the EULA "Apple-branded hardware", I have a feeling just slapping on a sticker does not equate to being Apple branded, as Apple is not the one claiming it is theirs.

  2. Re:Well just download the ISO. on Canonical Halts Ubuntu CD Free-for-all · · Score: 1

    Or pay for one. They're not that expensive and have even better artwork than the free ones.

  3. Re:Well just download the ISO. on Canonical Halts Ubuntu CD Free-for-all · · Score: 4, Informative

    This is about Ubuntu, it's Linux for Humans which often includes morons.

    The free CDs were also great for advocacy. With their sleeves, pictures and artwork they look a lot better to a new or potential user than a shiny just burned CD-R. I have been unable to find the ISO image that actually corresponds to the CD I was shipped in the past, but it could be that I'm not looking hard enough.

  4. Re:Internet Archived; Time to Move On on Geocities Shutting Down Today · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Obviously you haven't been using the right networks.

    There are still free web hosts, they're just not as well known or popular.I have long used Multimania (though under different names) as a file drop.

  5. Re:Internet Archived; Time to Move On on Geocities Shutting Down Today · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Set up us the bomb!

  6. Re:They are effective even if they aren't quality on When Software Leaks (and What Really Goes Down) · · Score: 1

    It has nothing to do with marketing "in a fashion", that is the definition of marketing period.

    Apple could be viewed the same way.

  7. Outstanding on White House Website Switches To Open Source · · Score: 1

    I think it's great that the White House and The Onion have even more in common!

  8. Re:High profile target and popular CMS' on White House Website Switches To Open Source · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're right. Block port 80, that'll stop 'em.

  9. Re:Saving lives?? on Android Goes To the Battlefield · · Score: 1

    You're right.

    We should get right on killing some of our own side, to make things fair.

  10. Re:marketshare on Now Linux Can Get Viruses, Via Wine · · Score: 1

    You're talking about a worm.

    Viruses and trojans deal with files and need some type of user interaction.

  11. Re:marketshare on Now Linux Can Get Viruses, Via Wine · · Score: 2, Interesting

    OS X Snow Leopard notices the two trojans which are in the wild.

    They didn't do anything extreme, and they were installed by stupid users pirating software, but they do exist.

  12. Re:marketshare on Now Linux Can Get Viruses, Via Wine · · Score: 1

    It is foolish.

    Just as foolish as thinking you're automatically safe running Linux, though admittedly repositories remove a lot of the danger. OS X and Linux generally do not suffer from the second-you-get-online worms that Windows has been known for, but they are not immune to malware if the user is uneducated or unconcerned. This will always be the best attack vector.

  13. Re:A little unfair... on HTC Finally Releases Hero Source Code · · Score: 1

    All that they released was the linux kernel, version 2.6.27, along with their modifications to it. This is both not locked down (it can't be, they have to release what they shipped) and the kernel alone is not going to suddenly let you break the network.

    Aside from that, the rest of Android from the HTC Hero is kept to themselves, as the license allows. The article title and article itself are very badly labeled, this is not the Android source code. Releasing this does not magically allow you to mess with the OS on the HTC Hero. It doesn't even allow you to build the Sense UI for another platform.

  14. Re:Out of Business? on Disney Close To Unveiling New "DVD Killer" · · Score: 1

    Actually I found Fallout 3 to be very entertaining.

  15. Re:Fedora on Fedora 12 Beta Released · · Score: 5, Funny

    Theory: Every time I try to install the same broken package, it fails! I've tried hundreds of times!

  16. Re:It's a search without a warrant. on ACLU Sues For Records On Border Laptop Searches · · Score: 2, Insightful

    In many ways it's because it is meant to be. The Constitution was made to limit the Federal Government, it's no surprise (especially since many politicians are lawyers) that the Fed does as much as it can to get around those limits. Unfortunately the states and the people, which are supposed to hold the majority of the power, do not really call them out.

  17. Re:The VA would like to apologize for EVERY on VA Mistakenly Tells Vets They Have Fatal Illness · · Score: 1

    You forgot Tricare, which is either single payer or socialized depending on the location.

  18. Re:it happens, on VA Mistakenly Tells Vets They Have Fatal Illness · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Welcome to universal healthcare. Don't worry, you too will soon be able to get the news of your imminent death via phone, email, or text message.

    Also, I hope you like vitamin M (that is, Motrin).

  19. Re:These people are delusional. on FSF Attacks Windows 7's "Sins" In New Campaign · · Score: 1

    No they wouldn't. They are complaining about Microsoft searching your personal files. They would not complain about you encrypting your disk.

    To go with the home analogy; they are complaining about a home builder searching your house and rifling through your things looking for possible stolen property after you have bought the house. They would never have a complaint about you yourself protecting your personal property.

  20. Re:What's funny here... on Nintendo Working On Football Controller · · Score: 2, Informative

    Gridiron football is descended from rugby, American football is just the particular gridiron football rules used in the US, as is Canadian football in Canada.

    Rugby union and rugby league are also played in the US separately, the US even has the gold medal from the last time union was played at the olympics.

  21. Re:Doesn't on Coder of Swiss Wiretapping Trojan Speaks Out · · Score: 2, Informative

    Last I checked Switzerland was a nation independent of the United States and thus not subject to the DMCA and other such nonsense.

  22. Re:Virus on MAC ? on Report That OS X Snow Leopard May Include Antivirus · · Score: 1

    Because they've certainly never implied it.

    Does the average viewer see that commercial and think "Oh, Macs get less viruses than Windows." Hell no, they think "Oh, Macs don't get viruses."

  23. Re:Why not use ClamAV? on Report That OS X Snow Leopard May Include Antivirus · · Score: 1

    There's a possibility it does run ClamAV. OS X server runs ClamAV out of the box.

  24. Re:Virus on MAC ? on Report That OS X Snow Leopard May Include Antivirus · · Score: 2, Informative

    Safari will do this for installer packages and mount .dmg files if "Open safe files after opening" is enabled.

  25. Re:Bound to happen on Report That OS X Snow Leopard May Include Antivirus · · Score: 1

    Because I couldn't code $COOLGAME which also includes a trojan, make a .deb available for download on my site, and infect many Ubuntu users. Make the trojan sneaky and hidden enough and it would not surprise me if you were even able to get it into the repos, at least for a while.