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  1. Acquiring security holes strategy on Microsoft Partners With Zend · · Score: 0

    Microsoft just wants to make sure that it has the most security holes per line of code.

  2. Re:If you want true Non DRM'd on DVD Jon's DoubleTwist Unlocks the iPod · · Score: 0

    AMEN brother; If you don't want to buy it then you can even go to your local library and check it out!!!!

  3. Alcoholism kills on Internet Addicts As Ill As Alcoholics? · · Score: 0

    Take 10 net addicts and put them in a locked room for 10 days without the net. In 10 days you will have 10 people
    Take 10 real alcoholics and put them in a locked room for 10 days without alcolhol. In 10 days you will have 9 people or less.

  4. Re:$$$ for Oracle on Intel Pledges 80 Core Processor in 5 Years · · Score: 0

    ditto... Oracle will run the same speed as it does on the dual core because its licensing won't allow it to scale. Someone who doesn't understand scaleability of CPU cores based on licenses will just assume that Oracle isn't worthwhile anymore. Then they will call in and Oracle will gleefully tell them price per core and they will soil their pants.

  5. Aye matey on Swedish Voters Keelhaul Pirate Party · · Score: 0

    Politically and economically, I'd rather be an American than a Swede. I wouldn't want to be under the tax burden that Swedes bear. I wouldn't want to live in a society that has official state sanctioned monopolies. From this perspective, I am glad that the pirate party went to Davy Jones locker. Do they have a delicacy called "American Meatballs" in Sweden?

  6. Captains log on The 40th Anniversary of Star Trek · · Score: 0

    My DVR is currently trained to record all Star Trek and STNG shows. It's a blast scrolling through them and picking one to watch. I was hooked in 1976.

  7. cute on New "Get a Mac" TV ads · · Score: 0

    cute advertisements When it comes to a P.C., just follow this one rule and you won't go wrong! 1. Use the machine that's right for you

  8. Re:Searching for SSN's?? on AOL Releases Search Logs of 657,427 Users · · Score: 0

    int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { for (int i = 0;i 1000;++i) for (int j = 0;j 100;++j) for (int k = 0;k 10000;++k) { int l = i - j - k; if (l == -966) printf("%d - %d - %d = %d\n",i,j,k,l); } return 0; }

  9. Blow Jobs (Steve that is) on Apple vs Microsoft- Who's the Copycat? · · Score: 0

    That's all I really wanted to say.

  10. Re:Skype on Tabletop Gaming Over the 'Net? · · Score: 0

    For the free version, skype won't support more than 4 player connections. Teamspeak will and will let you scale down or up your audio codec to maximize your user to bandwidth ratio. I use Teamspeak and I believe it to be the superior "party" line chatter out there. It does not do IM well at all but it is not supposed to either. Teamspeak has a public server search in which you can find vacant teamspeak servers out there and create and password protect your channels. You wouldn't believe how many of those give you admin rights of the bat. This is ideal for guys who don't want to manage or configure a teamspeak server. Others use Ventrilo voice server or RogerWilco. I started out on RogerWilco but I noticed that people hack your channels and become stand up comics. Some people swear by Ventrilo but I didn't care for it. It feels clandestine and does not feel as polished as Teamspeak.

  11. Free Music on Apple's DRM Is Bad For Consumers and Business · · Score: 0

    Step 1) Goto library
    Step 2) Check out CD's and DVD's
    Step 3) Rip
    Step 4) Return media to the library

  12. PHP will be stronger on Lead PHP Developer Quits · · Score: 1, Interesting

    When people leave with notes like that, it says one thing loud and clear "EGO EGO EGO". PHP will rebound and maybe they won't get someone as bright to take his place but they **will get someone**. As long as that person can play well with others and shares in the vision instead of wanting to rewrite the vision, then the whole project will continue and people will keep using that strange language that powers the ether between client and server.

  13. Re:champion of innovation on Ballmer Speaks on His Solo Act · · Score: 0

    Listen to this guy "I could allow Bill to be..." Where does he get of thinking any crapola like that. Someone throw a chair at him.

  14. Upload an XP screen on Leopard Fake Screenshot Contest Winners Announced · · Score: 0

    I would have loved to upload a vanilla, out of the box, XP desktop.

  15. Lower the lid / Flush on Writing on Standing Water · · Score: 0

    Who says it would be useful at theme parks. A Practical application is for the woman of a house to leave messages for the man on the surface of the toilet water.

  16. Re:Will make internet ads look good on TiVo to Measure Ad-Skipping · · Score: 0

    I have to remind my buddies that when they pause the TV program and go get a beer or a smoke that when they get back, hit play and hit the first commercial that they can fast forward through it. It took 50 years for the American society to get programmed with the idea that we have to watch commercials or we might miss something in our program. It will take some time to unlearn that habit.

  17. Sounds like C++ on New Code Discovered in DNA? · · Score: 0

    The paraphrase sounds like it could be describing a C++ class with protected members and friend classes.

  18. Re:Mental focus on Integrate iPod with Car or Risk Death · · Score: 0

    The other day I wrecked my scooter (me and it are both alright). I was driving it home with a 52 ounce Quik Trip sweet tea in my left hand and my right hand doing the throttle, front brake and steering. lol, yeah, slamming on the breaks wasn't a good idea. Lost my tea!!!

  19. Re:So what's the next wild frontier? on How Washington Will Shape the Internet · · Score: 0

    deteriorated into a wretched hive of scum and villany

    Sounds like Obi-Wan describing Mos Eisley space port on Tattoine. Maybe the denizens of the internet need to go live on Alderaan. The politicians are closing in with their Death Star.

  20. Now with ozone guard on Lawsuits Fly Over Google Founders' Party Plane · · Score: 0

    Google is like the Sharper Image. At first you are very impressed with them. You go in the store and see all the fancy gizmos and gadgets. Walk around and play with some, watch others play with them, have a good time and then leave without buying anything. You comment about the cool factor but never intend on buying anything because it costs too much. Pretty soon they actually come out with a mainstream product and people soak it up. They keep hawking it over and over, trying to sell it because it is really all that they have got. Just be wary when that search engine advertises "Now with ozone guard" and the founders are on TV holding a baby during the commercial. That will really be the indicator of the stock going down.

    As far as flying and fitting out a party barge, that's just a good investment. They will be able to unload it on some other rich person or company when ever they want to. It will be like Elvis' Cadillacs; everyone will want it so selling it won't be an issue.

  21. better be using XSL for the XML to XML conversion on Microsoft to Support ODF via Plug-In · · Score: 0

    I hope they are smart and use XSL to convert from one XML format to another. Any enthusiast who understands XSL could improve upon it or mitigate any bugs.

  22. That's just well designed and implemented software on Skype Addresses Visibility Concerns · · Score: 0

    Interesting, since when is stealthy and private a cause for real concern. The engineers should just give it lip service but leave it alone.

  23. Re:Software freedom still matters more than featur on Internet Explorer 7 Beta 3 Reviewed · · Score: 0

    It is not likely that any one would be able to inspect the FF code and put their thumb down on a line of code and say it is not secure. Issues like memory leaks, resource misuse or performance bottlenecks should be largely accounted for by the time a RC exists. In one sense all browsers are essentially designed the same, HTTP data comes in on the port and it is rendered. Any flaw would be on how liberal the browsers pipe is with the input, what it allows through and what it does not. I am very impressed with software like Ethereal (I guess it is called something else now) and how it allows me to customize filters. I would like for the general argument that OSS is more secure to evolve. I would think that it is actually less secure for the same reason as an advocate says it is more secure. Being able to set a breakpoint in code is a powerful argument against the security of OSS. I can easily break into a spot of code, change the values on the stack, do whatever and observe the behavior. It should not be surprising to you or me that browser software is very complicated set of algorithms and implementations, hopefully all designed ahead of time, but maybe not/maybe so/maybe mixed design with fly-by-the-pants code as well. Software that acts like an information sieve is utterly impossible to test for all variations of the input. The average advocate of open source software, and probably the ones that are most vocal about it, are probably the ones who understand coding and software design the least. Though it is unfair to say that there are those in the minority who do inspect the code and can give an informed opinion. It is in this regard that I think a better way of comparing browsers, their security, and the OSS should come about. I'm not going to suggest anything magical because there are no magic bullets. Like most things in the world, the process of inspecting something for flaws or design issues is a tedious and boring job, better suited to the studios who design the products themselves, whether a collective group of individuals or a corporate entity. As long as this collective body communicates to me about the state of their software, doesn't try to lie to me and gives me a true accounting of issues both known and fixed, or known and not fixed, then I am armed with information that lets me better use the software and lets me increase my user experience. I don't need to demand the right to read the software, though that is nice to have but not essential, to benefit from this approach. Alas, not all entities are forthright with information, MS is one example, and I think it is safe to say the playing field of computer software tends to be centered around the ego. There is room to grow in software but their is also room to grow as a community of software end-users and developers.

  24. Re:What's with all the "ppeople"? on Windows Genuine Advantage Makes Few Friends · · Score: 0

    The scare tactic of disabling windows reminds me of the following garbage that usually comes in email. "If you don't send this note to 49 of your friends in the next 5 minutes then your machine will crash and MS won't send you a check for $5."

  25. Re:Stop criticising theChinese government! on Chinese Gamers Circumvent Anti-Obsession Measures · · Score: 0

    Are you afraid to walk in the city alone at night?
    If the stormtroopers are out enforcing that curfew buddy, then you should be afraid all the time!

    Every town has an exercise area like an outdoor gym and canteens in college and Secondary schools only serve healthy food
    Straight from the relocate to China brochure!