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  1. Re:Fast and clean on What Do You Want On Future Browsers? · · Score: 1

    "Fast and clean"

    Guess what ideal webbrowser and ideal hookers have in common.

    Also, relative leanness and cross-platform compatibility are nice. But the user interface is the most important element of all.

  2. Re:File under "So what?" on Firefox 3 Already Rules the Roost · · Score: 1

    Besides, without extra competition, I would be afraid the development/innovation of FF would stagnate. At least with IE, there is a given baseline.

  3. Re:Get Rich on Google Sued for $1B Over Outlook Migration Tool · · Score: 1

    Yeah, like you trust any untrained yahoo to do your installs for you. What about us die hard DIY types?

  4. Re:Long, long past due. on The Beginnings of a TLD Free-For-All? · · Score: 1

    And for people with domain names that already have a .COM, .ORG, and .NET in place?

    (I took a .ORG fully intending it in its proper sense, NOT because the others were taken.)

  5. Re:They should make it a reflection of .com on The Beginnings of a TLD Free-For-All? · · Score: 1

    Then there's another problem. I am a .ORG. However, there is a prominent British libertarian site at .NET and also a redirect to a Canadian SciFi site at .COM.

    Which one of us gets the domain as .TLD? Is it a run for the money? Oldest domain first, and the rest of us get hosed? Richest first? None of us?

  6. Re:DIBS!!!! round 2 on The Beginnings of a TLD Free-For-All? · · Score: 1

    .ftw is mine, mine I tell you!

    BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhackhackwheezecough...

  7. Re:My case on 1 In 3 Sysadmins Snoop On Colleagues · · Score: 1

    My outlook is that if I don't make the fact I don't snoop, and don't CARE to snoop, blithering clear to all and sundry, then it could be very, very bad for me down the line, either as an accomplice or a suspect.

    The less I know the better...

  8. Re:No Ethics on 1 In 3 Sysadmins Snoop On Colleagues · · Score: 1

    About the only time I have looked is when profile/home backups seem to take too long. And, even then, I check directories for the usual suspects (like mail store size) first.

  9. Re:Do what my grandparents do on Compressed VoIP Calls Vulnerable To Bugging · · Score: 2, Funny

    I worked for a set of commodity trader brothers back in the 80's. One of them, who worked as their corporate attorney, was in a Club Fed for tax issues.

    I saw more than one threat from the Bureau of Prisions warning them to stop using Latvian (their native tongue) during phone calls to the incarcerated.

  10. Re:LULZ on Yahoo Ends Talks With Microsoft, Embraces Google Instead · · Score: 3, Funny

    (to a familiar banjo tune)

    YaHOOOOOOOOOgle...

  11. Re:a solutions to hack attacks .. on China Says It Lacks Skills To Hack US Systems · · Score: 1

    Ummm, that is sandwich artist ...

  12. Re:qcrack on A History of Copy Protection · · Score: 1

    Yeah, well, id ended up sending me a free copy of Quake, as their distribution tech ended up nuking my Windows install at the time. Then I went a little obsessive looking for satisfaction (after fixing Windows, BTW). You would NOT believe what I had to go through to talk to a bloody human.

  13. Re:I have no issues with copy protection if... on A History of Copy Protection · · Score: 1

    One of the reasons I did buy Sins was due to Stardock's copy protection stance. Vote with your wallet.

    Of course, I also bought PA Adventures Episode 1, because it was

    A] Reasonably priced
    B] Windows, Linux, and OS X versions available
    and
    C] (a little shaky here, but better than nothing) the DRM scheme allowed for installation on up to three machines before running into issues.

    At least the protection was reasonable. (Didn't hurt I found the game truly laugh out loud funny in several places, either...)

  14. Re:What about Opera? on Google Releases Desktop Gadgets For Linux · · Score: 1

    Don't forget it runs on Blackberries too.

  15. Re:I lost faith in the current system on Super-Sensitive Spray-On Explosive Detector · · Score: 1

    That's okay. I got stopped, frisked and all after they said my CPAP machine triggered their explosives detector.

    And, after the frisking I got from the muscular, tall, mustachio's guard, I am surprised he didn't either ask me out for dinner and drinks, or tell me that it was great and that he'd call me tomorrow...

  16. Re:The reason is marketing on Line Forms At Apple's Always-Open Manhattan Cube · · Score: 1

    Nope. We had a line here at AT&T for iPhones. I have pictures.

  17. Re:WoW's peaked. on Age of Conan's "Kinda" Launch and Massive Pre-Orders · · Score: 1

    I have to agree. I just restarted playing again, just to be able to play with my two housemates.

  18. Re:complete BS on Early Review Calls New Indiana Jones Film Dreadful · · Score: 1

    I like Ebert too, but specifically because I know how to read him as he applies to my opinion of movies. I have a very clear picture of what he and I disagree on.

    I, however, pay no attention to any of his opposable digits.

  19. Re:It makes sense on War Brewing on the Inexpensive Laptop Front · · Score: 1

    Largely why I want one. A small packet sniffer if need be, and something easily portable for talking to the Cisco...

  20. Re:news.. on Some 12% of Consumers 'Borrow' Unsecured Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    Of course, we could not POSSIBLY request people take responsibility for their own possessions and actions.

    Where would we be then?

  21. Re:news.. on Some 12% of Consumers 'Borrow' Unsecured Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    But here's my question...

    If you do not secure it, how am I to know you DON'T want to share it?

    There's no simple and feasible way for me to determine where the connection is coming from and no real way for me to tell it was not intended for public access.

    If it is secured, then it's a pretty easy guess that it is not meant for public access.

  22. Re:I think AMD has a better plan on Nvidia CEO "Not Afraid" of CPU-GPU Hybrids · · Score: 1

    Okay, how's this then?

    The Via Unichrome Pro in my laptop sucks. Do a little research for Linux and Unichromes and you'll see the issues with them are legion.

    Hey, I'm going to move that window over...And there goes the entire desktop again....

    So there. Your long time is over.

    (Mind you, I wouldn't be averse to Compiz/Beryl, but a useful desktop is my high priority now).

  23. Re:Alternatives? on Network Solutions Advertises On Your Sub-Domains · · Score: 1

    Thirding.

    They work.

    Plus, when the Public Interest Registry issue was going on, Dotster provided funding and lobbying to keep it in public hands.

  24. Re:Yes. on Neal Stephenson Returns with "Anathem" · · Score: 1

    Amazon finally gave up on the books I had co-ordered along with the new Martin book and shipped them anyway, thus ruining my plans for a literary orgy come October.

  25. Re:Firefox = Money for kid that can't program on Is There Room For a Secure Web Browser? · · Score: 1

    Tell me about FF3B4 being unstable....

    It will not even load on my OS X 10.4.11 PPC box. Launching it takes me right to an error reporting box. After 6 or 7 rounds of error reporting while trying to locally debug, I finally gave up.