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  1. Re:Would be nice for a change... on Unlock Internet or Risk Losing Staff? · · Score: 1

    Not everyone has a lack of savings and lives paycheck-to-paycheck out of stupidity.

  2. Re:This explains an email I got on GPLv3 - A Primer on Open Warfare in Open Source · · Score: 1

    Since GNOME expands to "GNU Network Object Model Environment," GNOME/GNU/Linux would be a little redundant...

  3. Re:Who will use it? on Stuart Cohen Predicts Office for Linux · · Score: 1

    If what he wants is a spreadsheet, Gnumeric is the best spreadsheet application I've seen anywhere, and that's including Excel.

  4. Re:Well let me join karma suicide on Apple Denies Wi-Fi Flaw, Researchers Confirm · · Score: 1

    Yes! Make them self-fulfilling prophecies!

  5. Inconceivable! on Microsoft Insists IE7 is Standards Compliant · · Score: 1

    "... I think it's very difficult, if not impossible, to have an analysis of exactly where we are as a number with supporting or complying with CSS..."

    Of course it's impossible. Because then you'd have to compare that number with other numbers provided for other browsers...

  6. Re:One problem solved, an infinite amount remains on Old Methods Used to Detect Liquid Explosives · · Score: 1

    The problem with this, and why the earlier poster was correct when he said technology will always fail to protect anyone from terror, is that the single most deadly weapon known to man is the human mind.

    Great, now they're going to prevent us from taking those on planes.

  7. Re:Not quite on Microsoft Bracing for Worm Attack · · Score: 2, Funny

    Where does he live?

  8. Re:.NET Compatibility on Next Generation Stack Computing · · Score: 1

    Nah, just some platform for http://www.mono-project.com/

  9. Re:plug on OpenCyc 1.0 Stutters Out of the Gates · · Score: 1

    You work for PeekYou.com, yet you were searching for your great uncle on Google?

  10. Re:You're not addicted... on 40 Percent of World of Warcraft Players Addicted · · Score: 1

    Sure, MMORPGs may be easier to become addicted to than say, brocolli

    I wish! At first I was OK with just a few bunches a week, but now I can't stop eating it - on the weekends I need to liquify it and inject it directly! There's no escape!

  11. Console games can't be downloaded? on Piracy Killing PC Gaming? · · Score: 1

    Hollenshead explained how this his the PC devs by explaining that retailers would rather give up their valuable shelf space to product that can't easily be downloaded elsewhere

    There are whole usenet groups, bittorrent sites, irc channels, and the like dedicated to the network distribution of console games. I would say, if anything, they're easier to download and use a copy of than PC games.

  12. Re:Mono on Is Open Source too Complex? · · Score: 1

    That has more to do with package repositories than with virtual machine architecture.

    Take a C program. If the machine has a configured connection to a repository, then install the libraries on which it depends, and the new software just runs. In short, a good package repository simplifies portability.

  13. Re:This will invite more unjust lawsuits on Google Warns Users About "Unsafe Sites" · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What attributes, exactly, define malware? Some people suggest that malware is anything and everything that can't be 100% uninstalled. But many of Microsoft's OS packages fit that description (as does the "Windows Genuine Advantage" program.)

    This is not a coincidence.

  14. Re:MS Grasping for Straws on OSS on Windows the Next Big Thing? · · Score: 1

    Bash is a shell. However, having it installed helps immensely with compiling Free Software, because the majority of it is distributed with a GNU Autotools ( ./configure && make ) build system. That's why Cygwin (or, in a pinch, Msys) is such a must-have for building Free Software on win32.

  15. Re:It could be worse... on Turning Network Free-Riders' Lives Upside Down · · Score: 1

    That's illegal in the US now.

  16. Re:just how much will each artist make? on Kazaa Agrees to Pay $100m to the Record Industry · · Score: 1

    There are plenty of musicians who make modest livings playing locally, self-promoting, doing small album releases, etc. It's not necessary to play the RIAA lottery to be a commercial musician.

  17. Re:SUV-bike collision? on The Hybrid Scooter · · Score: 1

    I just don't see how Americans can be so ignorant as to think that $3/gal is expensive gas. Most of Europe is, what, $8-9/gal converted?

    Yes, much of Europe is also covered by effective public transportation systems.

  18. Re:Another Get Firefox day coming soon... on IE7 to be Pushed to Users Via Windows Update · · Score: 1

    My current FireFox session is using 95M. I have 12 tabs open, and a large number of extensions loaded.

  19. Re:interesting theory on Proposal to Update the Electoral College · · Score: 1

    By this logic, Australia, whose citizens are also required to vote and fined if they don't, should also have a highly corrupt government.

  20. Re:All new 3D Shooters are missing one thing... on Prey Review · · Score: 1

    There's a well-done third-party Co-op mod for Doom 3 that really does breathe new life into the game. Additionally, it may very well get ported to other games on the same engine; there's already a live demo for Quake 4.

    http://www.d3opencoop.com/

  21. Re:Tomorrow on It's Official - AMD Buys ATI · · Score: 2

    Actually, the reason NVidia has always given for not releasing their driver source is that it would reveal too much about the architecture and design of their cards.

  22. Re:August 8? on PowerPoint 0-Day Points to Corporate Espionage · · Score: 4, Informative

    OpenOffice's code is a nightmare. That's why they still haven't released an x86-64 port.

    Probably more important is not to run it on top of an OS that blindly gives it access to kernel-level network service code.

  23. Re:There's your answer: on President Bush Blocks NSA Wireless Tapping Probe · · Score: 1

    The bigger problem is that the Democratic party has just been incredibly disorganized and suffered from a lot of infighting over the last 5-10 years. I am of the opinion that in 2004 the Democrats lost the election far more than the Republicans won it.

    No, the problem is that people see Democrats as the only alternative to Republicans, and Republicans as the only alternative to Democrats. Republicans, Democrats, if you're disgusted with the elected officials of one party, and the candidates of the other don't seem much better, vote Libertarian! Vote Green Party! Put your vote someplace that shows you're not just a mindless, party-line-voting drone, and that your party had better get its collective act together if it wants to retain your vote in the future.

  24. Opera doesn't show up on the radar on A Browser War Preview · · Score: 1

    ...because it has been, until recently, a niche browser.

    The backslash complains that the comments on TFA mainly degenerated into FireFox vs IE regardless of the fact that TFA included Opera as well. This is because Opera's still working to extricate itself from the tiny niche it crammed itself into for the first part of its life.

    1) Opera is not the standard browser for any major distribution of a popular desktop OS, including GNU/Linux, BSD variants, Mac OS X, and Windows. This means users have to specifically search it out and install it.
    2) Opera, until relatively recently, was adware. You had to either purchase it or browse with an ad bar. This basically killed any chance of it getting heavy use on corporate workstations, as well as alienating the majority of people who were using Free OSs and/or would consider using an alternative browser.
    3) Opera is not Free Software. This tends to make it less attractive than Free browsers such as FireFox and Konqueror to users of Free OSs. This has also been a major factor in preventing Opera from being the standard browser for any major distribution of a Free OS.

    Opera has rectified #2. It will probably need to rectify at least one of #1 and #3 in order to gain more market share outside its current niche.

  25. Re:BRAVO on RIAA Case Against Mother Dismissed · · Score: 1

    Time required to give legal advice: 15 min
    Time required to resolve typical IT-related issue: 8 hours ...