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  1. Re:Bye, bye. on Murdoch Says, "We'll Charge For All Our Sites" · · Score: 1

    There's no network access down in the tunnels so the paper provides a good snapshot to read...

    Back in the day, we had something better for that use case... it was called AvantGo. I guess some people today might use Plucker, but it's just not the same.

  2. 23 starts much faster, for me anyway... on Emacs Hits Version 23 · · Score: 1

    Because of the daemon feature being added in this release, I was more surprised than I otherwise would have been: when I finally managed to compile emacs 23 for Solaris 10, it started much faster than 22.1. It really is almost instantaneous now even though I do have plenty of customization going on.

  3. Re:Get a Cheap Used Palm Tungsten C on Best Wi-Fi Portable Browsing Device? · · Score: 1

    Hard to beat the price as you've laid it out, but the web browsing experience on the T|C is not very satisfying by today's standards. The combination of 320x320, 802.11b (not g) and PalmOS makes me normally prefer to cross the house to use a desktop PC. Though it is convenient for ssh access to try to restart gdm or cleanly reboot a machine whose screen and keyboard has locked up for some reason.

  4. Re:No Fire on the Sabbath? on Israelis Sue Government For Laser Cannons · · Score: 1

    I don't think the rabbis would let them use it one day out of the week.

    Saving lives overrides the Sabbath. Although there are debates about how much of a threat there must be, I would be surprised if someone would claim that an incoming rocket doesn't qualify. Also, if the system is fully automated then I don't think leaving it on would pose a problem in any case.

  5. not sync, SiteBar on Laptop/Server Data Synchronization? · · Score: 1

    You don't want a sync tool: You want an online bookmark manager. Head to sitebar.org. You can keep your bookmarks on their server, or run your own server if you prefer.

    (just a mostly happy user)

  6. Re:Turbo Tax: Pain in the rear on Turbo Tax Melts Down on Tax Day · · Score: 1

    I use the online version of TurboTax, which works fine in Linux (though it complains a bit), and for federal-only it cost about $20 total with efile. I do the state ones on paper because I don't feel like paying $60 extra for two states.

  7. Re: rubbermaid on Dell Laptops Have Shocking New Problem · · Score: 1

    Sounds great. Unfortunately they also license their name to third-party companies who don't respond to forwarded complaints about merchandise that falls apart.

  8. Re:Motorola is already doing it on S Korea & China Mandate Common Chargers, Data Cables · · Score: 1

    Docs for my V190 said roughly the same thing... imagine my surprise when I plugged a 3rd-party cable into the phone and a laptop running Ubuntu dapper, and the phone said "charging..."

  9. Re:So unlock cellphones... on Consumer Reports: Cingular, Sprint Bad Performers · · Score: 1

    Maybe so... but then once I have stuck it out for two years (six actually, but most recent 2-yr agreeement just ended), let me keep my existing phone at a reduced rate. That was never suggested when I complained to VZ that their plans were too expensive for my usage patterns, so I jumped ship. I would have switched to VZ prepaid if they didn't have that silly $1/day charge, since I already had the phones.

  10. Re: last ones standing on Telcos Propose 2-Tier Internet · · Score: 1
    So the last ones standing are AT&T and SBC

    I seem to recall something about some other baby bell, can't remember right now but its name started with V?

  11. Re:lol no this is not a virus on New Worm Chats with Users on AIM · · Score: 1
    You think that's bad, wait until the next one.

    bot: lol yes im a virus
    luser: no way
    bot: way
    luser no way. if u r a virus then wheres the download link?
    bot: right here
    luser: I still don't believe you. I'll just click right here... see, nothing happened.
    (bot goes away, download kicks in later.)

  12. Re:Here we go again... on Equal Time For Creationism · · Score: 1
    As a matter of fact, the math was done decades ago, and it turns out that evolution works

    Can you back that up with a reference?

  13. Re:Google vs FireFox on Google Takes Top Spot From Time Warner · · Score: 1

    I hate the separate search box... it's the #1 reason I'm still using seamonkey. I have grown quite accustomed to only having one location bar to click and start typing in.

  14. Re:This dpesn't seem likely on Open Source Tax Products? · · Score: 1

    But the return check more than made up for it.

    Spoken as if it wasn't already your own money.

  15. audio API on Sony Exits US Handheld Market · · Score: 1

    The fans have figured it out for them. (Haven't tried it myself.)

  16. no need to handwave on Turn Your PC into a 'Moblogger' · · Score: 1

    Mandrake contribs since 9.2 contain a package called camdump. It's a very simple program that copies all the new pictures from a gphoto2-supported camera to a predetermined directory. It includes and uses SWIG-generated Perl bindings for libgphoto2.

  17. Re:Y's installed (who's on first?) on Y Window System Project Started · · Score: 5, Funny

    A Y's guy, eh?

  18. Re:Why complicate? on USB Menorah · · Score: 2, Informative

    He is using the computer's clock. But that's not quite enough. This year Chanuka began on the evening of December 19. Next year it will begin on the night of December 7. Computing the phases of the moon doesn't seem to be built into my BIOS, is it in yours?

  19. Mod parent up! on GnuCash - A Call For Help · · Score: 1

    I almost never touch the category pane... they auto-fill. I type He[tab] and GC fills in Hess / Auto:Gas / and the amount of my last transaction, selected so I can change it.

  20. Re:maybe 100 years.... on Will Humanoid Robots Take All the Jobs by 2050? · · Score: 1
    Everyone said the same thing when ATMs came around, "Oh no, they're going to replace actual tellers!" But it didn't, banks still hire quite frequently for bank tellers.

    It's good that there's choice. On the other hand, in the last five years the only time I actually spoke with a bank teller was to ask if the broken ATM in the front of the building was the only one they had.

  21. Re:Sony Clie for me. on Palm to Buy Handspring · · Score: 1

    Plucker! www.plkr.org

  22. oh no! on Contactless Credit Cards · · Score: 1

    The security card I use for work functions while it's still in my wallet. That's not a feature I want for my credit cards.

  23. Re:TRIPLE TRAXATION???? on MA Requires Internet Tax for 2002 Tax Season · · Score: 1

    There's a credit for taxes you paid to other states, if those states have similar credits for taxes their residents paid to MA.

  24. Re:Linux and Jewish Law on Ask Moshe Bar about [your choice here] · · Score: 1
    So the boss (let's say a small ISP/ASP owner) calls up the sysadmin in panic (or rather knocks into his house if answering the phone isn't allowed either), saying the server/database/RAS/whatever has to be back up right now, and the sysadmin answers "Sorry, no can do, we're in the Sabbath"????


    If the sysadmin answers the phone, don't buy it. I won't answer the phone or touch my computers on the Sabbath, so I won't be a 24/7 sysadmin. Probably some people make arrangements to have others cover for them.

  25. Re:Quicken/Wine on Personal Finance Software for Unix? · · Score: 1

    I have been using this setup too. The Wine from Mandrake 8 worked fine... the ones shipped with Mandrake 8.1 and 8.2 were broken, but the one I grabbed from cooker a month ago works well with Quicken 2001 except for the net functionality, which I don't use anyway.