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  1. Re:Torrent on TheOpenCD 1.4 Released · · Score: 2, Funny

    can we get a torrent of this torrent please.

    thanks you.

  2. running out of cats. on Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" Preview at WWDC · · Score: 0, Redundant

    when are they going to run out of cats to name their operating system after.

  3. Re:Interesting... on Red Hat Desktop Unveiled · · Score: 1

    meanwhile suse is using what.... Redhat Package Manager. oh! damn.

  4. pay it forward. on Mitnick Helps Bust Bomb Hoaxer · · Score: 2, Insightful

    reminds me of that movie "pay it forward" applied to criminal justice.

  5. Re:Time is money! on Websites For The Frugal? · · Score: 1

    I dont know what comparison site you have been using but at PriceGrabber you dont have to go site to site checking shipping costs, calculating taxes or any of that, they calculate all of that for you after you put in your zip... plus they have user ratings so you know if the retailer sucks.

  6. Re:switched to Debian on Red Hat Linux 9 Reaches End-of-Life · · Score: 1

    fedora is not "supported" at all even when it is first released, i believe this simply means if you have a problem with something, you can not call them on the phone or email them and expect any tech support. this doesnt mean they won't release any errata etc. so far as im concerned if you never called redhat or emailed them for support then you never needed that support in the first place.

    anyways, as far as the EOL you speak of, I guess we will find out for sure in a few short months when FC2 is released. but im willing to bet they still release errata for 18 months or so at which point im sure fedora legacy will carry the torch.

  7. Re:switched to Debian on Red Hat Linux 9 Reaches End-of-Life · · Score: 3, Informative

    redhats release schedule for the "free version" has always been about 6 months.

    July 1997
    Redhat 4.2

    December 1997
    Redhat 5.0

    May 1998
    Redhat 5.1

    November 1998
    Redhat 5.2

    April 1999
    Redhat 6.0

    October 1999
    Redhat6.1

    September 2000
    Redhat 7.0

    April 2001
    Redhat 7.1

    October 2001
    Redhat 7.2

    May 2002
    Redhat 7.3

    September 2002
    Redhat 8.0

    March 2003
    Redhat 9.0

  8. Re:Tinfoil Hat Not Required on Amazon's Search Engine Goes Live · · Score: 2, Interesting

    generic.a9.com still has a redirect link for all search results with what appears to be trackable information.

  9. Re:Four Patches for the Internal Revenue Code on No EZ Fix For The IRS · · Score: 0

    so long as people insist that #5 will never happen, it won't, we need people to believe in it, and insist on it, or else nobody will ever take it seriously. if everyone bitches enough and insists on the fair tax then maybe some day something will be done about it.

  10. Re:Sure there is... on No EZ Fix For The IRS · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I back the fair tax 100% and i am certainly not rich.

    why should someone have to pay a higher percentage of their total income simply because they have more money than I? I can gaurantee you that a rich person will spend more dollars total than I on taxable goods and will therefore spend more total dollars than I on sales tax, and they are entitled to no more services than I.

    poor people will benefit from the fair tax because they will not be taxed until they spend, therefore 100% of what they dont spend can be saved, and interest can be gained on what is saved as well as it can be invested in a business opportunity potentially carrying that poor person into the middle class, and then that interest will not be taxed until it too is spent, therefore you will be able to better control how much is spent in taxes.

    furthermore, everyone knows rich people are pretty keen on tax loopholes that are big enough to drive a hummer through. if we have a fair tax, it will be virtually impossible for people to skip out on taxes.

  11. Re:Ice Ice What the FUCK?! on SCO Changes Tune, Again: Linux Now Just a Riff on Unix · · Score: 0

    that is absolutely hilarious, now if we can get somebody to record it. i want the .ogg

  12. Re:Maybe they don't get it on Why PHBs Fear Linux · · Score: 0

    windows comes on 1 disc, linux comes usually on 3 or more disc's, maybe thats because openoffice etc is included.

  13. PHB? on Why PHBs Fear Linux · · Score: 0

    maybe im just stupid, but what the hell is a PHB?

  14. april fools on PDTP - The Best of Both FTP and BitTorrent? · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    blah!

  15. Re:Speaking of Google... on Google's Copernicus Center · · Score: 1

    they put all the policy info etc yesterday evening

  16. april fools on Google's Copernicus Center · · Score: 1

    so has google done two april fools jokes this year? or is gMail for real?

  17. Re:make us pay for relgious value! thanks! on WTO Wants USA to Gamble Online · · Score: 1

    offtopic, but i must comment on parent.

    the idea of seperation of church and state is false, the constitution says no such thing. this country and the bill of rights is based on religious value and the understanding that we have inalienable rights which we inherit from the creator (God) and that no man nor government has the right to take away those inalienable rights for if the government granted us rights rather than God then the government can take away those rights. it my inalienable right to life which trumps your right to do as you please and kill me, the issue of abortion is not an issue of womens rights but rather an issue of when life starts, does life magically start after the mother gives birth? or does it begin sometime before that? and if life starts before birth does this person not also have the right to life just as much as you and I? just so happens many religous people believe that life begins at conception rather than birth. its rather disgusting that in the case of laci peterson that pro abortion activists oppose scott being charged with the murder of not one person but two because that would recognize life before birth, every american and their family who have suffered such a tragedy recognize that a life was lost yet pro aborts whish to ignore that for the sake of womens rights.

    so please show me where in the constitution that is says there must be a seperation of church and state.

  18. what happens to the losers. on Florida and New Mexico Compete for X-Prize · · Score: 3, Funny

    do they die?

  19. work for home for half my pay on Replaced by Outsourcing -- What's a Geek to Do? · · Score: 1

    no thank you, i would not trade 50% of my income to work from home. i wouldnt trade 20% either. are you crazy?

  20. there is no price hike on Red Hat Announces Enterprise Linux · · Score: 1

    they just seem to have eliminated the "basic" version which was $600, the premium has always been $2500.00

  21. dag on Internships in the Post-DotCom Era? · · Score: 1

    good luck dude.

  22. Re:I'm not convinced. on Portable MP3 Player w/ Unix Support? · · Score: 1

    you should not be comparing a 192kbps mp3 to a 192kbps (quality 6) ogg file but rather compare a qality 2,3 or 4 quality ogg file to your 192kbps mp3. you should hopefully then hear a comparable quality sound at a reduced bitrate/file size.

    ogg is designed to be better quality at lower bitrates

  23. Re:Safari is your friend on Digitizing Your Dead Trees? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I subscribed to the safari club shortly after they announced it and I was not pleased.

    for starters, I could only have access to three books at any givin time, I decided to just choose 3 books right when i signed up and later decided i wanted to trade one of the books in for another which they allowed me to do just fine. However, I then decided I wanted to check out another book and it said, sorry, you can only switch a selection once per month.. oh, isnt that handy, so .. do you really have access to all the books no matter where you are? no, you only get access to a few. then I thought, it would be nice if I could save a local copy and then put it in a nice searchable databse. no way, they stopped me in my tracks for turning the pages too fast because they detected that I was a spider.

    thanks oreilly, I love your books but you can keep your safari club.

  24. Thank You Google on Google Relists Operation Clambake · · Score: 1

    I knew I could count on Google to do the right thing. Thank You Google.

  25. Re:Source Is Provided (for something) on MusicCity's Morpheus violating GPL · · Score: 1

    somebody on crack?