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  1. Re:Still don't understand the fixation on Debating the Linux Process Scheduler · · Score: 1

    No, that was Con Kolivas. The new guy this time around seems to have appeared out of nowhere claiming to have some far better scheduler implementation than the CFS one that's been in development for months, but is being a complete dick to everyone else.

  2. Re:Oh, that's easy... on Photonic Laser Thruster Promises Earth to Mars in a Week · · Score: 1

    Or they could just push the debris out of the way with a laser...

  3. Re:I don't get it on Compiz Gets Thumbs-Up for Gutsy Gibbon · · Score: 1

    I agree that most of it is throwaway flashiness, but there's a few good things. IMO it's worth it just for the arbitrary key/mouse/screen-corner bindings.
    My main problem with it is that it kills all the 2D acceleration on my old Radeon. I tried turning on the EXA stuff but that only made it _worse_!

  4. sigh on Time Running Out for Public Key Encryption · · Score: 4, Funny

    I finally went and figured out gpg just this week and it's already about to be obsoleted...

  5. Um... on FCC Says Analog TV Lives Until 2012 · · Score: 1

    Why do they have to keep transmitting analogue signals just because of the television type? What's wrong with just giving people digital set-top boxes like they do in the UK?

  6. Under what licence? on QNX "Opens" Source Code · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I had a look on the linked site and I don't see any mention of what they've released this under. I tried to see if it was in a file in the source tree, but... I get a "permission denied" message going there.

  7. Not a snowball's chance in hell it will. on Does 802.11n Spell the 'End of Ethernet'? · · Score: 1

    As with the other forms of 802.11, it'll only be useful if you use/emulate a toy OS or go hunting for very specific hardware.

  8. Message to arrogant spammers: on The Morality of Web Advertisement Blocking · · Score: 1

    You owe *ME* money, for all the bandwidth-reduction service I'm providing to you.

  9. Something I've never understood... on Turned Off iPhone Gets $4800 Bill from AT&T · · Score: 1

    Why does the cost of using a phone seem to increase exponentially with distance?

  10. Re:its all about the addons on Opera 9.5 Beats Firefox and IE7 As Fastest Browser · · Score: 1

    So where's Opera's equivalent of Firebug?

  11. Re:I'm fed up with the anti-Opera crap here... on Opera 9.5 Beats Firefox and IE7 As Fastest Browser · · Score: 1

    Lynx has stdout, stdin and /usr/bin/*. No GUI browser has anywhere near that much extensibility.

  12. Re:Translating the Judge's Statement on Judge Strikes Down Part of Patriot Act · · Score: 2, Funny

    WTF kind of translation is that? English to AOL?

  13. Re:those switches are for gnu only! on Nmap From an Ethical Hacker's Point of View · · Score: 1

    Would you prefer the short version?

    netstat -nltp

    There. Still doesn't work on your system, but now you have no idea what the hell it's doing because it's no longer self-documenting. You're welcome.

  14. Re:Correct me if I'm wrong (seriously) on Xbox Live Disallows Linux, Unix As Keywords · · Score: 1

    Geez, one month and he's already going back on my front page block list. Guess he's still as gullible/ignorant/whichever-derogatory-statement-t hat-applies as 12 months ago.

  15. Re:Why do you say that? on Comcast Forging Packets To Filter Torrents · · Score: 3, Funny

    More like buying a car with a speedometer that goes up to 120 only to find out that your tyres have been slashed by the car dealer a week later because he doesn't approve of the roads you drive home from work on as he stalks you every night.

  16. Am I right in assuming... on Green Cars You Can't Buy · · Score: 1

    That this retarded restriction only applies within the US's jurisdiction?

  17. Wrong solution. on Programmer's Language-Aware Spell Checker? · · Score: 1

    I want a spell checker that knows that void *functionSigniture(char *myRoutine) contains one spelling error. What you want here is something that realises the function is only referenced in either one definition or one call because of the typo and flags it as an error. Most interpreters/compilers can already do this.
    If you mean you've made the same typo everywhere, either it wasn't noticeable enough to matter or you can just do a global find/replace on it.
  18. If they can do this from earth... on Sharpest Images With "Lucky" Telescope · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ...can the same be applied in space telescopes to get rid of the interference of the gas clouds they're looking at?

  19. Re:More 'rich informing' alternative? on Nmap From an Ethical Hacker's Point of View · · Score: 4, Informative

    >>Is there a more rich informed alternative that would say something like '9090/tcp open zeus-admin/transmission/appX/appY'?

    Yes:

    # netstat --numeric-hosts --listening --tcp --programs
    Active Internet connections (only servers)
    Proto Local Address       Foreign Address         State       PID/Program name
    tcp   0.0.0.0:svn         0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      1678/xinetd
    tcp   0.0.0.0:netbios-ssn 0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      1703/smbd
    tcp   0.0.0.0:sunrpc      0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      1531/portmap
    tcp   0.0.0.0:http        0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      2580/lighttpd
    etc.

  20. Re:I have no sympathy for Lundis Energi on Vista Bug Costs Users In Swedish Town Their Internet · · Score: 2, Insightful

    how in the hell is Lundis Energi so sure it's not a bug on their software? Easy. It's not their software. It's an off-the-shelf industry standard program.
  21. Time to update the old corollary? on Google Earth Flight Simulator · · Score: 5, Funny

    All programs expand indefinitely until they include a flight simulator. And email.

  22. Re:Typical negro action on Wikileaks Breaks $3 Billion Corruption Story · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's nothing to do with race, it's a third-world country. Cry "politically correct" all you want, I counter with "America".

  23. Re:Mark Your History Books on New Failsafe Graphics Mode For Ubuntu · · Score: 0, Troll

    You mean when can _Windows_ expect a unified program installation method. Linux has had package managers for decades, even GUI ones for simpletons.

  24. Re:This is the sort of thing OS needs to focus on on New Failsafe Graphics Mode For Ubuntu · · Score: 2, Funny

    The real problem is that you're ignorant and think the Stupid And Long Way is the only way to get it to work.
    sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf && startx

  25. Re:iframes... on Hacked Bank of India Site Labeled Trustworthy · · Score: 1

    You could try sticking something in the user CSS to make iframes stand out. Not too hard to force them all to have a big red border.