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  1. This is bunk on Cellphone Drivers Drive Like Drunks · · Score: 1

    How is a hands free set any different from actually have a ocnversation with say your wife, or the kids in the back? Is speaking to be banned altogether?

  2. Re:Misleading link on MSN Search Has Arrived · · Score: 1

    Actually I'm not routing for any one company/engine.

    As I've said elsewhere already, competition is good. Anyone that relies on a single source for their information gathering is risking seeing only one side of the story. This applies to Google et al as much as it does to Fox.

  3. Re:I like it on MSN Search Has Arrived · · Score: 1

    I like your debating style. To the point and backed up with rational insight. Fool.

  4. I like it on MSN Search Has Arrived · · Score: 1

    Mod me down as far as you like, but I'm liking what I've seen so far. Microsoft have at least so far, providied us with a largly clean, working search engine as a rival to Google and a lesser extent Yahoo. Competition is good; they should be applauded.

  5. SuSe all the way baby on Which Linux for Professional Admins? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    We run SuSe over a cluster of several hundred servers. Extremely easy to deploy, very secure out of the box and it supports auto-updates which saves us a world of admin time.

    Base install w/apache, mysql and mod_backhand takes about thirty minutes to online.

  6. Try MediaFrame for Mpeg-4 on Video Formats for non-Windows Users? · · Score: 2, Informative

    MediaFrame is an open source Java player that doesn't require plugins ad supports Mpeg-1 and Mepg-4. Fucking cool technology and free to air to boot.

  7. Re:This is simply not enough on Gates Pledges $750M to Vaccinate Children · · Score: 1

    Fair comment. The 40 billion is his cash in hand though. Including stock we're looking at more like 80-100. Besides which, how much does one man reasonabley need to live on?

  8. This is simply not enough on Gates Pledges $750M to Vaccinate Children · · Score: 1

    At this level Gates is simply paying lip service to charity. He has over 40 *billion* in the bank. That's enough to end povery the world over... twice!

    It's a start and believe me, I'd never lok a gift hors eint he mouth, but this is akin to me pledging £4.50. Everything is relative.

  9. Interesting & nifty, but little else on Google Suggest Dissected · · Score: 3, Insightful

    While I'm very impressed with the javascipting behind this and indeed the speed of return from Google's network, I really don't see why it is being treated as revolutionary.

    It could potentually save a user some time, but could equally slow down their search by confusing with a multitude of options.

  10. Re:Total value... on PeopleSoft Goes To Oracle · · Score: 1

    Of course they don't; they hope to make several thousand out of 5% of the total people on earth and several hundred thousand out of .2$ of the total people on earth.

  11. Re:Easy! on Dutch Gov't Doubles Back On Open-Source Goals · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's a mix of water and insoluble particles, usually cow poo, that is spread on fields to keep them fertile.

  12. Easy! on Dutch Gov't Doubles Back On Open-Source Goals · · Score: 1
  13. Re:Female hackers on Tim Bray's Top Twenty Software People in the World · · Score: 1

    How many females do you knwo that like to sit in their garage on a sunday and tincker with a car? The same theory applies to software by and large; it's all about boys and toys.

  14. Re:Leapster etc., this is Java's missed opportunit on Flash Makes Splash in Gadgets · · Score: 1

    Have you seen Processing? Or MediaFrame?

  15. Solution: on Is RSS Doomed by Popularity? · · Score: 1

    Very simple solution: combine an RSS client with BitTorrent.

  16. bed fellows... on Lone Activist Group Submits 99.8% of FCC Complaints · · Score: 1

    www.cleanup.tv is hosted on the same server.

  17. And the transfer costs? on GMail Drive Shell Extension · · Score: 1

    There are lot of comments about the relative cost of hard disks (i.e. not much), but nothing on the cost of bandwidth. This is where applications such as this will hit Google hard.

  18. Nice, but doomed on GMail Drive Shell Extension · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This won't last long. One of the reaosns Google and others can offer so much space is that they're confident that it won't be used.

  19. Re:Don't Forget Bandwidth on What's The Actual Cost of A Virus? · · Score: 1

    Most bandwidth is paid for monthly in advance for a fixed rate. You're only hurt on this front if you pay by the gig.

  20. Re:3mbps is still better on Cable Companies Reject Tiered Pricing Model · · Score: 1

    V. true. Mind you, 25/month for a 512 is better value than $1500/month for a T1. Even with the exchange rate where it is!

  21. Re:Game boy Advanced... on Tech Industry Warns Of Memory / LCD Shortage · · Score: 1

    ...and on. how stupid? Pokemon isn't a more advanced model - it's a game. Game Boy is the biggest selling cosole of all time. It's 15 years old. Game boy advanced is the newest system update. Facts mean prizes gentlemen...