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Comment Re:My first question would be... (Score 1) 320

I, too, will bite.

The network is fine, since it has a lot of users. The application is a shining edifice of awful.

Or the above used to be the case. In the last year or two an awful lot more people have started using google talk (mostly on their gmail) so the network became unnecessary. The application itself got worse, it really is a polished turd now with all the Live crap.

And btw my uid yours.
You just lost that one :)

Comment Re:closed up (Score 1) 187

You're neglecting the fact that an awful lot of FOSS comes from Europe, where we can disable DRM, ignore software patents, etc.

Whether or not I've violated a software license also has no bearing on whether or not someone else has. Your English and logic make me cry.

Comment Re:marketshare (Score 2, Informative) 343

That looks like Malware. Stuff that people install voluntarily because of social engineering.

I could put:
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#!/bin/bash
sudo rm -rf /
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I remember reading that it's better practice to write that

sudo rm / -rf

since putting your switches at the end (especially on rm) makes it easier to catch stupid mistakes (like hitting return early).

Not that in your case it's a huge deal.

News

Large Hadron Collider Scientist Arrested For al-Qaeda Ties 245

mindbrane writes "A scientist working as a subcontractor on a peripheral LHC project has been arrested as a terrorist. The CBC is running a story outlining the arrest of a man on Thursday in south-east France for suspected al-Qaeda links: 'CERN officials said the man, whose name has not been revealed, was working under contract with an outside institute and said he had no contact with anything that could have been used for terrorism. He had been at CERN since 2003, officials said. ... The news that someone with terrorist connections might have worked at the facility is likely to cause concern because of both the high profile of the giant physics experiment and also the technology in use, which has made some members of the public nervous.'"

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