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  1. Re:That's the point. on Firefox SSL-Certificate Debate Rages On · · Score: 1

    No one says that CA have to dissapear. A bank or similar sites that you have to be able to trust should still have some authentification process. But for the rest, why bother? If you want to show your authentic in that way let them, it does not however have to affect all other.

  2. Re:Go Georgia! on Evidence of Russian Cyberwarfare Against Georgia · · Score: 1

    Nice knowing you can always go for some Russia bashing. Cannot be easy looking in only one direction. I wonder who's better, you or the old Soviet you are speaking of?

    If you have argument, spill it, otherwise FUD and propaganda because you believe something is not a way to get listened on or get any respect.

  3. Re:Of course they cut access on Evidence of Russian Cyberwarfare Against Georgia · · Score: 1

    I don't know for what reason the port was hit, not heard anything about any military presence there yet. But the there was one bomb that hit a building with 5 people killed. Russia claims they don't bomb civilians, and why would they drop one bomb and not attack more?

    All other reported attacks within Georgia has hit military targets. Some of them where the bases where the attacks against South Ossetia went out from.

    I read a Swedish source claiming there where Georgian soldiers who started it by shooting the Russian "peace keepers" in South Ossetia. 15 soldiers where reported dead. After that the bombings of the city began from Georgia, and then the Russian air raids started.

    I believe that the Georgian president where counting on much more support from west and more fear from Russia from intervening. And thats the "reasoning" for the attack to "reclaim" South Ossetia.

    Other sources are reporting that Russia has tried to make deals for them to have an independent government but not being a free state. So I doubt they actually want them to integrate into Russia.

    One can also wonder why US, Nato and Georgia refused to accept Russias proposed deal within the UN which they made before the retribution. The deal was that Georgia would leave South Ossetia and talks would begin from there.

  4. Re:Nice... on AT&T Could Cut Off P2P Users · · Score: 1

    So what you are saying is that the operators TV and P2P services is acceptable but not third parties?

    Many operators have P2P-services like:
    * TV
    * Downloads
    * Radio
    * Video

    So where does the "They're banning P2P because their network cannot handle P2P." comment come from?

  5. Re:OS Agnostic? on Microsoft Engineers Invent Displays That Top LCDs For Efficiency · · Score: 1

    Sure, just pull some closed DRM stuff on it like HDCP or similar solutions, I mean for the best experience of course ;)

  6. Re:As long as the onus is on them to prove you did on Big Six UK ISPs Capitulate To Music Industry · · Score: 1

    Where do you draw your limit for abuse of "copyrighted materials" until everybody, even those who don't listen have an required fee every month to secure that BPI still have jobs?

    Sure you are just telling your opinion, but if anyone who has your opinion actually had any proof of loss of income or sane arguments about how to deal with the "problem" it would be a better discussion. It is pretty lame to say that something that can be made for free is required to cost, and not argue for it.

  7. Re:WTF?! on Sweden On Verge of Passing Sweeping Wiretap Plan · · Score: 1

    I can't believe I'm saying this but it is no other word for it ... LOL! The US of A is the biggest threat to world and Swedish peace at this time.

    Russia has no interest to invade Sweden, it would primarily go more south/central like Poland and Ukraine, maybe Finland would go too, if it would ever happen.

  8. Re:I'm torn about this subject on French Judge Orders Refund For Pre-Installed XP · · Score: 1

    I'll bet 99 % does not know the word EULA even after installing that PC you're referring to.

  9. Re:Stability on Linux? on Firefox 3 RC1 Out Now · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Never happened and I've run the latest version since FF2. I bet there is some other factor making it touch, otherwise it would be more of a storm about it because it is not that acceptable.

  10. Re:Exceptionally good. on Usability Testing Hardy Heron With a Girlfriend · · Score: 1

    Why yes, when I want YouTube videos, the word "Synaptic" comes immediately to mind. Well it should, however there is no information saying what it is which is a problem.
  11. Re:broadcom wireless on Usability Testing Hardy Heron With a Girlfriend · · Score: 1

    Sure, wireless is out-of-the-box, for almost every chip-maker but Broadcom. Don't know if it is good or bad but companies who are not serious about their customers tend to disappear.

  12. Re:Exceptionally good. on Usability Testing Hardy Heron With a Girlfriend · · Score: 1

    How is it a mess? If someone or something tells you need flash. Synaptics -> Search Flash -> Install -> Restart Firefox, and you are set.

    It is not easy if you don't know it exists, the same would go for MSN since the default app is called Pidgin it is not easy to see.

    Any new system needs a bit of research, however better descriptions of the apps maybe, still it all stands in clear text in synaptics.

  13. Re:Dealing with various issues during upgrade on Ubuntu 8.04 Released · · Score: 1

    2) May I ask why you are using Alsa and not Pulseaudio which has been made standard in Ubuntu?

    3) I agree with you that it is a shame that more plugins has not been updated but Adblock is really the only critical I need.

    4) It is not Ubuntus fault Xmms has been deprecated, and the old one is still available.

  14. Re:Firefox 3 Beta 5? Really? on Ubuntu 8.04 Released · · Score: 1

    That's weird, I use WPA2 and has been since 7.10. It works flawless and the new open Intel driver makes it much more stable. Flash I can go for, that's why you shouldn't use the latest version .115 but the .96 or something because the newer one is buggy. The last one I can't answer for...

  15. Re:They're Right on Chinese Blogs, Netizens React To the Tibet Issue · · Score: 1

    My point is that China gets a lot of criticism from people who accept bad behavior from their own country.

    When people who accuse other people of wrongdoing starts to take responsibility for their own doing, then maybe more will listen. Especially as you say "a government is just made of people".

  16. Re:They're Right on Chinese Blogs, Netizens React To the Tibet Issue · · Score: 1

    No, your government calls people a terrorist, locks them up and then ignore their rights. Pretty similar to what the Chinese is doing though you know what the "crime" (if you can call it that) is that the "criminal" has done. Did you know that the Chinese also calls them "terrorists" in many cases?

    The same goes for the FBI who can now do whatever they like without the need to tell what has been done. They don't even need an accusation to hold the person for 48 hours or how long it is, no questions asked before or after.

    How is the US any better than the Chinese, oh yeah, you trust your government but not the other?

  17. Re:They're Right on Chinese Blogs, Netizens React To the Tibet Issue · · Score: 1

    And to me it should also be the other way around thereof my comment.

    It's funny to here people complain about some things when similar things is happening right in their backyard.

  18. Re:Totalitarian regime on Chinese Blogs, Netizens React To the Tibet Issue · · Score: 1

    Oh please, when is Fox not pro-US only? The funniest story's I've heard are lies and deception about how well the war in Iraq went.

  19. Re:History on Chinese Blogs, Netizens React To the Tibet Issue · · Score: 1

    One of the reasons was that they thought US was wrong, a good proof of this before is that nothing of the intel was true. If they could prove the WMD's it would have been another story.

    Who actually believes in what the US says when it comes to other foreign politics still surprise me and always will.

  20. Re:They're Right on Chinese Blogs, Netizens React To the Tibet Issue · · Score: 1

    Well their is also a lot of people criticize China while patriotic supporting their country's best efforts in eradicating terrorism at other countries expense. What would you tell them?

  21. Re:They're Right on Chinese Blogs, Netizens React To the Tibet Issue · · Score: 1

    Wow, what a load of bull. It sounds like you actually like the Guantanamo or maybe its just patriotic talk?

    What makes one bad thing better than another? And if you compare torture to false imprisonment I wounder where your morals are.

    And don't say the US government is not treating everybody as a suspected terrorist until cleared, oh wait, they don't consider time a factor so never.

  22. Re:They're Right on Chinese Blogs, Netizens React To the Tibet Issue · · Score: 1

    Ehm, what about the NSA, CIA, Homeland Security and all the other agency's in the US that do unlawful activities? But maybe thats OK since it is for a good cause?

    I think the US has a lot of cleaning up at home before criticizing other countries.

  23. Re:Nothing here, move along. on "Judicial Scandal" In Pirate Bay Case · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well considering the fact that they are trying to cover/ignore the fact that it even happened is enough to call it a scandal. Without this information before the trial, the prosecution could have gotten away with it. The prosecuting lawyer said "no worries, I trust them" and didn't care more about it. Where is this not a scandal for the justice system. How much can the MAFIAA buy before anyone cares?

  24. Re:ISO dead, blog at 11 on OOXML Rumored to be Approved, Announcement Wednesday · · Score: 1
    Quick search on google...
    http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39288959,00.htm

    I especially like the part:

    The attempt to influence the Swedish vote was publicised by the open-source community when a leaked memo emerged that gave the impression that not only had Microsoft asked partners to influence the vote but had also offered to pay them to do so. According to Groklaw, the memo from Microsoft offered partners "marketing support" and "additional support in the form of Microsoft resources" in return for joining the Swedish national body, the SSI. There are a lot of more details and different parts of the world but hey, Google is your friend.
  25. Re:ISO dead, blog at 11 on OOXML Rumored to be Approved, Announcement Wednesday · · Score: 1

    Well, there are a lot of reports of Microsoft paying of people to vote for them. A lot of critics exists and there is a lot of problems for it to be a ISO standard. But thanks to MS bribery and propaganda it seems they will "buy off" the process.