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  1. Re:What a load of sensationalist FUD! on Will Stallman Kill the "Linux Revolution?" · · Score: 1

    Who is the large European bank mentioned in that article that won't use GPL software? Wouldn't the GPL, in this case, just have given them the rights to the source code they are buying from ActiveGrid? Is there some unforeseen danger as the article implies?

  2. Re:Good move... on Car Owners to be Notified of Blackboxes in Vehicle · · Score: 1

    All cars already have black boxes! "Black box" is a term to mean recorded data on any ECU like velocity during a crash, was seat belt on during a crash etc, not a physical box that just collects data and does nothing else.

  3. Re:Another Debate on MS Proposes JPEG Alternative · · Score: 2, Funny

    Microsoft never perfected operating systems. Go learn about Windows.

  4. Re:Text on Microsoft PowerShell RC1 · · Score: 1

    Can't they have multiple shells?

    One where you can use .net objects and a unixy one with things like "bindkey -v" so I can get calls from people who say they can't type things in my window ("you need to hit i").

  5. Re:Screening for Cheerful Charlies, not Tech Skill on Behavioral Interviews for New Hires? · · Score: 1

    Not being a "Cheerful Charlie" doesn't equate to not having people skills.

    Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays!

  6. Re:the reality is... on President Defends Global Outsourcing · · Score: 1
    Let's say you wanted to open a business, let's say a small factory that machines parts.
    Let's say it's successful and it costs me $1.20 to to make the part. If it's a retail part, Wal-Mart will then come to me and try and help me move my factory to China saving say $0.20 a part. For non-retail, General Motors will let me know that I have a competitor in China where they can get the part for $1.00 so you will also need to get it to them at that price. I think it has far more to do with this than the OSHA regulations and such that you are referring to. China & India have plenty of regulation/hurdles to overcome to.
  7. Re:WHY? on Soap Opera for Luring Women to Tech is a Flop · · Score: 1

    So you don't think there are benefits from having people with different perspectives (like say women)?

    You're not fucking serious are you?

  8. Re:translation: LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA on Demise of C++? · · Score: 1

    You mean C don't you?

  9. Re:bloatedness - good point on SUSE 10.0 OSS Released · · Score: 5, Informative

    Suse usually has a "network install" which is pretty much like this.

  10. Re:Yeah right... on Google and Yahoo Creating Brain Drain? · · Score: 1

    Japanese car companies are better run companies (and better to work for) than Detroit

    I assume you mean better to work for, if you live in Japan.

    Maybe 1/80th of automotive product development jobs in the US are at Japanese car companies, if that. Is ANY powertrain development done in the US?

  11. Re:Why not go diesel? on New York Taxis Will Go Hybrid · · Score: 1

    Ultra-low-sulfur diesel will be used in the US & Canada starting in 2007 (97% cleaner the current). That article doesn't address that.

  12. Re:talk, talk, talk on BBC Offers Beethoven Symphonies for Download · · Score: 1

    You could use mp3splt:
    http://mp3wrap.sourceforge.net/

  13. Re:MythTV on Build Your Own PVR · · Score: 1

    Here are instructions using similar hardware and Debian (fanless EPIA ME-6000):

    http://www-isl.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de/~hi93/myth/ my thtv_debian_epia_pvr350_walkthrough

    These weren't very difficult to follow & this solution worked right away.

  14. Re:What MS does provide on Cringley on Microsoft and Linux · · Score: 1

    Hopefully, the programmer that finds bringing up a terminal window to be a complicated task and typing "man printf" too cryptic will soon give up programming.

  15. Re:wow on U.S. Says Canada Cares Too Much About Liberties · · Score: 1
    "The israeli army uses US abrams tanks, ..."

    No they don't. They use several versions developed at home of the Merkava. Egypt uses the M1A1 Abrams. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait use separate versions of the M1A2 Abrams as their main battle tank.