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  1. Re:That's because... on Why Web Pirates Can't Be Touched · · Score: 1

    Well, there are some online Ninjas...Like this one:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VBDcX-RpVA/
    Or this:
    http://www.wimp.com/purse/

  2. Google on Google Expands to 'Universal' Search · · Score: 1

    I use Google web services all the time. Lately, however, some of them are giving errors with "Please try again in 30 seconds" a lot.

  3. That's a lot of money on 40M Vista Licenses in 100 Days · · Score: 1

    Assuming $50 income after all the costs taken out, that is $2 Billion in 100 days. Double it if the income is $100 per license. Anyone has an idea how much MS makes per license of its OS sold?

  4. Re:Is Schwartz alluding to SCO and Microsoft.? on Through the Patent Looking Glass with Microsoft · · Score: 2, Informative

    RedHat could be the third one, according to this Register article.
    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/15/schwartz_b log_microsoft/

  5. Related news on Through the Patent Looking Glass with Microsoft · · Score: 1

    And in a related news, US companies were recently granted patents for some ancient Yoga postures from India.
    Shows how inefficient the patent granting process is. MS patents could be similar prior art.

  6. OpenOffice on Microsoft Details FOSS Patent Breaches · · Score: 1

    MS says OpenOffice violates its patents. Read somewhere today that Sun-Microsoft deal of 2004 took care that StarOffice, which is commercial OpenOffice distribution from Sun, won't get affected even if MS dares sue OpenOffice users. . No wonder Sun declined to comment.

  7. Re:7 Things My Boss Shouldn't Know ... on 7 Things the Boss Should Know About Telecommuting · · Score: 1

    same here except 3. which changes to:

    3. I haven't taken a bath
      saved electricity, water, soap and time

  8. It's scared on Microsoft Says Free Software Violates 235 Patents · · Score: 1

    Microsoft seems really scared of Open source softwares like OpenOffice and Linux to make such claims.

  9. citizenre on Selling Homeowners a Solar Dream · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I came to know about Citizenre through bestcashawards.com . BCA is a MLM scheme where you earn for attending marketing conferences if you manage to make 7 levels under you. Thereafter you get paid per person under you for each conference. I was initially quite interested in how they can help me make money but gave up after a few days in their internet conference. Citizenre was the first company giving a seminar under bestcashrewards. The sales guy offered me $5 for each customer I manage to get signed up with them. But when I asked him how would he track if the customer has been referred by me, he didn't have any idea; asked me to help him make a tracking software. I like the idea of harnessing Solar power, but not sure if citizenre can deliver. They count each person who fills up a form as a customer. Most of them attend the conference to make money and are hardly interested in buying anything. I think the 7000 count is just the people who have filled the form, not the real customers.

  10. Re:Pity it's only Linux - what about the alternati on Tamil Nadu (India) Shutting the Door On Microsoft · · Score: 1

    The tiger condition viz India is similar to Al Qaida and US. India too nurtured the tigers and trained them for its own interests but that move backfired in the form of the former PM's assassination.

  11. Re:Pity it's only Linux - what about the alternati on Tamil Nadu (India) Shutting the Door On Microsoft · · Score: 2, Informative

    It was a former Indian PM who got assassinated by LTTE.

  12. Re:Open source software is old news on Study Finds Linux 'Ready For Prime-time' · · Score: 1

    There is even a modern open source processor. Look at http://opensparc.net/

  13. Open source software is old news on Study Finds Linux 'Ready For Prime-time' · · Score: 1, Funny

    I predict 2007 will be big for open source hardware.

  14. Re:dream on on What Will Happen in IT in 2007? · · Score: 1

    Well, here is one company that use OpenSolaris in production. http://joyent.com/ . Read their blogs at http://joyeur.com/ And they say fsck you if you aren't using ZFS.

  15. It takes time on Now Is Not the Time for Vista · · Score: 1

    Even for a top of the line enterprise Unix , it takes a yr or so before big customers seriously upgrade. Windows is much more buggy and will take its time. If customers want to upgrade, that is. The outcome will be clear after a few months. Personally, I don't think many customers will jump to Vista from XP.

  16. BS on 10 Web Operating Systems Reviewed · · Score: 2, Funny

    The term "Browser System" or BS suits them better, I'd say.

  17. WebOS are cool on 10 Web Operating Systems Reviewed · · Score: 1

    They do everything a desktop can do but they they do it in a browser, do it slower and hog a lot more resources. Wow, how innovative!

  18. Another submerged city is ... on Inhabited Island Vanishes Forever Underwater · · Score: 1

    Believe it or not. According to this Wikipedia, the city of Dwarka has submerged many times. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarka/

  19. what for? on Send a Name to Mars for Christmas · · Score: 1

    I don't understand what one achieves by sending his name to Mars. Not that someone is going to read it. Rather, chances are some horny alien might come visiting you in the future.

  20. Penguins are weird birds on Penguins Disappearing From Southern Hemisphere · · Score: 1

    They can't fly but swim and seals easily catch 'em. Hardly mysterious. Seals are getting hungrier, it seems. A lesser reason for the disappearance could be the melting of ice there. Penguins go for a swim and by the time they return the ice has melted..so they drown.

  21. Funny on Google Reaches Second-Most Visited Site Status · · Score: 1

    It's funny if you think about it. Why would anyone visit Google's site? Yeah yeah, to see an almost blank page with just a Search button. Many people search the Internet using the Google toolbar, so that could as well be added to Google's numbers, as that's all Google has on it's homepage. In that case I have Google's homepage always open when I used the net. Maybe toolbar numbers also are included in the calculation.

  22. Re:Who has Microsoft actually sued on Microsoft Applies to Patent RSS in Vista · · Score: 1

    You forget. They sued Sun. Then they also sued Real. Now it maybe Viner boy. Oh, wait ...

  23. It crashed my browser on Discovery Lands in Florida · · Score: 1

    The video crashed my Firefox browser twice.

  24. Embedded? on Mac OS X May Go Embedded? · · Score: 1

    I am waiting for the announcement from Apple that they are switching their kernel to OpenSolaris. DTrace and ZFS ports are just a start.

  25. Linux ? on Microsoft Applies to Patent RSS in Vista · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Linus should patent both RSS and Atom in Linux before anyone else does.