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  1. who says slashdot is a waste of time? on Carmack: Lord of the Games · · Score: 1

    That's some very useful information. I feel more productive at work already.

  2. Correction on Leonard Kleinrock On The Origins of Packet Switching · · Score: 1

    w(t) = ì(1 - ó) exp(-1(ì - ó)t) )

    So he invented l33t speak too?

  3. Re:everyone knows... on Leonard Kleinrock On The Origins of Packet Switching · · Score: 1

    so Gore "took" the funding measure?

  4. Corruption of language on Leonard Kleinrock On The Origins of Packet Switching · · Score: 1

    Just because someone says, "Hey, wouldn't it be cool if someone built a machine that flies" doesn't mean he invented the airplane. Even if they add details like "using a motor to force air over a convex airfoil" and "steering and stabilization by means of a vertical rudder."

    You could even have detailed diagrams and equations for weight/displacement, etc. But the trick is in details like figuring out how to make the engine powerful enough achieve lift off but light enough to achieve lift off.

  5. Re:Takeover on Finale for Final Fantasy Studio · · Score: 1

    actually, overworked cliches and triteness can kill a plot.

    Now, the notion that Shrek had good music is a fallacy that dismisses the whole post.

  6. They should have made a game on Finale for Final Fantasy Studio · · Score: 1

    instead of a "click to continue" movie

  7. Re:Cost v Speed on Google Prefers DRAM to Hard Disks · · Score: 1

    actually, its 6400% more.

    100% more is 2 times. ;)

  8. Maybe they don't want to grow on TiVo, PVRs Not Making A Splash · · Score: 1

    TiVo and Replay TV know that if they grow much bigger, they will be shut down faster than the next Napster clone. They represent a much bigger threat to the way the same corporations do business

  9. Gnome 4.0? on LinuxWorld: Business, Business and More Business · · Score: 1

    I'd like to see Gnome 2.0 myself.

    Does Miguel mean he plans to implement vaporware?

  10. Re:Package format on Linux Standard Base 1.1 · · Score: 1

    its only used on one major distribution

    Its easier to add RPM to Debian (for those packagers that only want to supply one binary) than the add .deb to RedHat, SuSE, Mandrake, Connectiva, Turbo Linux, Caldera, etc.

  11. Re:That's the worst argument I've ever heard on Java Native Compilation Examined · · Score: 1

    java only runs on one platform -- the java virtual machine. The jvm has to be ported (in native code) to other platforms. The only advantage of Java is the huge number of well designed (and documented) class libraries. By making java compile to native code, it only makes it more portable.

  12. Re:Will they bother? on Cringley On Bandwidth-Expanding Modulation Technology · · Score: 1

    Cable companies laid there ...uh.. cable expecting to only get $20-$30 a month on their investment. What is to prevent someone else from doing it?

  13. RE: better minds on Cringley On Bandwidth-Expanding Modulation Technology · · Score: 1

    like those that brought us webvan.com and pets.com?

  14. Re:most telling Ellison sentence on Oracle Switching To Linux · · Score: 1

    It was a complement. Like saying "you're not strong, but you're quick."

  15. Re:Are their servers anyway. on AOL vs. Trillian · · Score: 1

    actually, a standand chap protocol could take care of their authentication problems and kick off anyone who wasn't an AOL subscriber.

  16. Re:violently overthrow the Constitution? on Raisethefist.com Raided · · Score: 1


    <i>
    By ignoring the political route and espousing the virtues of a violent overthrow, you have now entered the realm of "terrorist" or "freedom fighter." In a country where the freedom of
    speech is guaranteed in the very Constitution you want to do away with, you are more than likely to be considered a terrorist.
    </i>
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    So, if voting were actually effective, you could be arrested for voting for the opposition party?
    </p>
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    <p>
    I don't in any way endorse this kid, and think he should be punished for breaking into computers and defacing websites.
    </p>

  17. Re:You don't pay for junk mail via postal service on TrustE Launches Trusted Spammer Program · · Score: 1

    Alot of people do pay for their mailbox. And, your taxes are subsidizing the carrier.

  18. Good news on TrustE Launches Trusted Spammer Program · · Score: 2

    This will make spam filtering *much* easier -- at least some of it.

  19. Re:whois mcwhortle.com on The SEC and Fake Investment Sites · · Score: 2

    yeah, they should make a law about it

  20. Re:Why bother? on The SEC and Fake Investment Sites · · Score: 2

    Um... GE wrote our energy policy.

    Before the California power shortage, they supplied the power for half the country -- the eastern half. Now, thanks to that travesty, General Electric (DBA California Edison) gets bailed out by the state, watches their western competition (PGE) go bankrupt, and gets a virtual monopoly with locked in rEdiculous prices and laws that say they can gouge the public. They have their sights turned on Bonneville which has the Northwest locked up (all those free power dams), which is still nominally "owned" by the Federal Government, who, with Enron as broker, made a fortune on the artificially imposed "spot market".

    Enron collapsed when the California power shortage magically disappeared because they weren't making 1000% profits anymore.

  21. Re:Arguing "promote..." rather than "limited" ?? on Peter Wayner Interviews Lawrence Lessig · · Score: 2

    "promote" means "encourage" not "reward"

  22. Re:It's all in the US Constitution on Peter Wayner Interviews Lawrence Lessig · · Score: 2

    except that the cotton gin actually reduced the need for labor, and by the time it was invented, ginning was much more labor intensive than the growing and harvesting.

  23. Re:It's all in the US Constitution on Peter Wayner Interviews Lawrence Lessig · · Score: 2

    The slavery arguement is false. It was struck out of the constitution before it was ratified, because most of those drafting it thought the wording sounded almost as bad as your proposed amendment.

  24. Re:It's all in the US Constitution on Peter Wayner Interviews Lawrence Lessig · · Score: 2

    you don't have to break the laws when you can make them.

  25. Re:Lemme hear an "Amen!" on Peter Wayner Interviews Lawrence Lessig · · Score: 2

    Its cheaper to buy someone's opinion than earn their vote