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  1. Re:OK on Google Talk Available Early · · Score: 1

    Oh, you mean Red Hat, right?

    How many things has Google boutht and opened the code?

    Now ask the same question about Red Hat...

  2. Re:Google to Monopolize Web Applications? on Google's Turn To Be The Villain · · Score: 1

    Oh great, now Google is the next Wal-Mart.

    What your small start-ups need is a industry consortium to buy the comoddity items in bulk and distribute it among the members.

  3. Re:Since when... on Google's Turn To Be The Villain · · Score: 1

    I think you see it in many circles. From underground music to open source, if you "make it big," you lose your "street cred".

  4. Re:Nuclear vs. Nukular on Scientists Speed up Light · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    (I hate the term "ebonics," by the way; I don't know who invented it, but it sounds like a parody name for a language, not a serious one. Not that there's anything wrong with it!)

    Now if that doesn't sound like talking out of both sides of your mouth, I don't know what does!

  5. Re:Some other factors on Build Your Business With Open Source · · Score: 1

    And what you are using unmaintained software for?

    So asuming it is OSS, you can go to guru.com and find several programmers that can do the work for you.

  6. Re:competent developer on Build Your Business With Open Source · · Score: 1

    Oh, you mean this?

    Copyright (c) 1999-2004 Edwin Pratomo

    And since it has a copyright from 1999, I don't see why you couldn't have used it in any class project in the last few years.

  7. Re:bit by bit on Windows Vista May Degrade OpenGL · · Score: 1

    The worst case would be less video memory available to the game (assuming full screen gaming), and I see little reason why there wouldn't be a LRU for the video ram.

  8. Re:bit by bit on Windows Vista May Degrade OpenGL · · Score: 1

    All that needs to be done is preload the binaries that are used in the boot process. This can speed up the boot process greatly. Knoppix doesn't do this because it is a general purpose CD, and doesn't know what you are going to load before you do it (though that doesn't preclude them from speeding up the boot process though). Others are working on it, so improvements in debian will help knoppix also.

    And as fo the swap partition, there are several solutions to this. Version 2.0 of the FOSS Linux NTFS kernel driver support writing to files as long as you don't change their size. This allows for swap files, and a filesystem inside a file to be done easily. All it would have to do is scan the various filesystems for those files (which would be created by a small setup utility in windows) and you're set.

    That is with the current state of Linux boot cd and NTFS support. Better is possible with future versions.

  9. Re:It worked for autodesk on Indiana Schools May Purchase 300K Linux Computers · · Score: 1

    My guess is that the schools want something for their Intel systems instead of windows.

    Also, Linspire doesn't have a version for PowerPC AFAICT.

  10. Re:Wow.. step ahead? on Yahoo! Launches Audio Search Beta · · Score: 1

    I don't use Yahoo on principle

    And what principle is that?

  11. Re:no problem on Making Fire From Water · · Score: 1

    I guess everyone missed it.

    You take water, zap it with 220v, burn the hydrogen, and then add the oxygen to make pretty colors, and there is no liquid left and thusly no humidity.

  12. Re:WTF? on Retail Fraud on the Rise · · Score: 1

    I'd rat him out if he was stealing from individuals, not multi billion dollar corps who already price in such thefts.

    How many tracks and videos have you downloaded so I can rat you out to the RIAA and MPAA, respectively?

    Seriously, if you feel it is ok to cheat a large company, then you better not complain if they end up cheating you. One wrong does not justify another wrong.

    I hope they drop the full force of the law on you.
    And these days, there is no limit to the law, so good luck.

  13. One thing everyone missed... on Making Fire From Water · · Score: 1

    This will be the worst heater ever because

    It will be humid as hell inside with this @#$@#$ on!

  14. Re:Check the 220V circuit rating on Making Fire From Water · · Score: 1

    Reminds me of a processor....

    But no light!

  15. Re:Yeah, I can see it. on EFF Requests Help to Identify "Evil" Printers · · Score: 1

    Oh, so I'm a natzi now huh?

    Ok, just walk in this chamber now for your free iPod!

  16. Re:Arghh on Leo Laporte On UNIX As the Future · · Score: 1

    I like that one. Thanks.

  17. Re:Arghh on Leo Laporte On UNIX As the Future · · Score: 1

    That's funny, and I'm an American.

    But from my point of view, I just have to laugh whenever I hear the word "flat" when someone referrs to where someone lives.

  18. Re:Arghh on Leo Laporte On UNIX As the Future · · Score: 1

    These features are available, but do not belong in the kernel.

    Check out LibTrash that does just what you ask for, and sits between your apps and the kernel.

  19. Re:Talk about your pipe dreams... on Leo Laporte On UNIX As the Future · · Score: 1

    Well, guess what? I installed said HDD into a desktop system (after buyting a $15 adapter) and in 10 minutes had everything working fine. Sound, video, X Windows, KDE, the works.

    Other than a changed resolution, it's the same computer, and all my stuff is there. So, I spend a morning, and am 100% back up and running.

    Can Windows do this?!?!?!


    Yes.

    Newer windows do it better than the older ones, but they all add (and leave old) cruft to your registry each time there is a hardware change.

    That said, I find moving drives from one computer to another and expecting the software to work in the new system (after a few driver setting changes) much more reliable in Linux.

  20. Re:some third thing? on Leo Laporte On UNIX As the Future · · Score: 1

    . . . it seems to me that while a lot of those changes are minor, some are definitely not. Like the security system - there are similarities because they're both Unix, but beyond that the differences are significant. Furthermore, the BSD's don't use Mach.

    In the case of OSX, the Mach API is not exposed to userspace. The security system is standard BSD so I think you are adding a little too much congecture based on "it's based on Mach".

  21. Re:It's not on Leo Laporte On UNIX As the Future · · Score: 1

    Which OS family has been ported to three out of four of those platforms?

    Are you trying to refer to NetBSD or Linux?

  22. Re:Then go with Sprint... on Cable Wants to Cut the Cord · · Score: 1

    That's just for the wireless web to your phone.

    You can get a Cell PC Card to plug into your laptop that gives you unlimited access at a flat rate...

  23. Re:What I want: TV via Internet on Cable Wants to Cut the Cord · · Score: 1

    I'd rather get the ~10K per year they usually rent the land for a cell site.

  24. Re:Okay then on Firefox Downloads Reach 75 Million · · Score: 1

    Actually there is...

    but it's in the single quoted text. ;)

  25. Re:Bubble Spinners *Heart* Feint on Skype's Sale As Media Feint · · Score: 1

    And how does charging for connecting to PSTN fail to scale?