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  1. Immaculate Conception? on Immaculate Conception In a Boa Constrictor · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Immaculate Conception != Virgin birth

  2. Re:Oh the irony. on Wikipedia Is Not Amused By Entry For xkcd-Coined Word · · Score: 1

    The Comrade Ogilvy plot doesn't appear in Orwell's 1984. I made up the quote some time ago to make a point in some Usenet discussion. Interestingly, the quote got reposted a lot, and Ogilvy now even has his own Wikipedia article.

  3. Re:Don't forget the ShareAlike on Why the Photos On Wikipedia Are So Bad · · Score: 1

    I should qualify that statement by saying that aggregate works (called "collection" in the license text), such as text with the image separate, may be non-free. Cf. Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0

  4. Don't forget the ShareAlike on Why the Photos On Wikipedia Are So Bad · · Score: 1

    The CC by-sa license requires derived works to be free as well. If someone wants to include my image in a non-free product, she still has to pay me to use it.

    The equation commercial=evil doesn't work here, because commercially added value must be free.

  5. Bogus eMail addresses on ICANN Board Approves Wide Expansion of TLDs · · Score: 1

    When posting comments on blogs etc., I frequently use nonsense eMail addresses like spam@not.wanted or send.me@no.mail. Don't blame me for the spam they'll get. How shold I have known that they'd become real addresses some day?

  6. Albert Heijn should sue Apple on Apple, New York City In Legal Dispute Over Logo · · Score: 1

    The logo of the Dutch supermarket chain Albert Heijn looks as similar to Apple's as the GreeNYC one. They should sue Apple.

  7. Picture on Bill Gates Talk From 1989 Surfaces · · Score: 1

    Here's a picture from the interview:

    http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/5850/gates90ot0 .png

  8. Gates-Quotes from a 1990 interview on Bill Gates Talk From 1989 Surfaces · · Score: 4, Interesting

    From Chip Magazin 1/1990 (my re-translation from German):

    "I think about Handwriting recognition. In two or three years, we may have computers without keyboards. In five or six years this will change, and voice recognition will reduce the importance of graphics."

    "In five or six years, DOS [sales] will be overtaken by OS/2."

    The he said he is personally using "a Mac II, a Compaq and a IBM" computer, as well as a "NEC-Ultralite".

  9. Re:Conquery & Linkification on 20 Must-have Firefox Extensions · · Score: 1

    Linkification - converts plain text links to clickable links Just double click and then middle click the link. No extension needed!
  10. 800x600 is dead on Reviewing the Presidential Campaign Websites · · Score: 2, Interesting

    None of these sites looks good at 800x600. It's not very convenient to have lines of text that are longer than the screen. I don't want to use horizontal scrolling for every line of text, Mrs. Clinton.

  11. Blu-ray's big advantage on No Ceasefire in DVD Format Battle · · Score: 1

    The main advantage of Blu-ray is its cooler name. I honestly believe the name is an important factor.