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  1. Re:Proof of Infection? Clean Reinstall on How Can I Tell If My Computer Is Part of a Botnet? · · Score: 1

    Let me add to your list of cleaning tools. http://www.malwarebytes.org/
    And please! For the love of Linux, remove Symantec products from your list.

    Format and reinstall, if is the only way to be sure.

  2. And yet I still want one. on Apple Balks, Finally Relents, At Possible User Queries of Dictionary App · · Score: 1

    Even with all the stories about how this or that app has been banned by Apple's app store, I still want an iPhone. Ahhh, the power of It Just Works.

  3. Re:Honestly: be honest, and stick together as a te on Navigating a Geek Marriage? · · Score: 1

    "Of course they should tell you the sex should be improved,just you know ... timing is everything."
    No, delivery is everything. (No pun intended.) Tell her what you liked, followed with "We should do more of that." As time goes on you can do more of the good things and drop the less enjoyable activities. With that said, a marriage is about far more than sex. A few things to remember are:
    Always remember that you can hack on your Linux box anytime.
    If you ignore your hobby/passion for two years it will still be there.
    If you ignore your partner for two years they will not still be there.
    Sometimes it is OK to go do your own thing, but plan it. (IE: Tuesday is do your own thing day.)
    Always stop what you are doing when your partner speaks to you.
    Sometimes you will have to do what your partner wants to do, and sometimes they have to do what you want to do.

    Lastly go out and buy a copy of "How to Win Friends and Influence People." read it at least three times. Then at least once a year for the rest of your life.

  4. Re:More and more powerful... on 11.6" Netbooks Face Off · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I am with you. 11.6" is just too big.
    Lets get back to the 7" and 8" models please.

  5. Re:Linus on Alan Cox Quits As Linux TTY Maintainer — "I've Had Enough" · · Score: 1

    Don't let your head swell so much you can't get through the door.
    We all have these moments, I call them moron moments, where we will do truly stupid things.
    Using myself as an example: I have a (Tested) IQ of 151, and just this morning, I found myself pulling on a door clearly marked Push.

  6. Re:Who wants to be the first asshat. . . on First MS Retail Stores Will be In Scottsdale, AZ and Mission Viejo, CA · · Score: 1

    My "asshat" plan includes burning off a few Knoppix disks, then visiting the M$ store with them.

  7. Really on Dishwasher Safe Keyboard · · Score: 3, Informative

    I have run many keyboards through the dishwasher. The only ones I have ever had not work after were a couple of $10 specials. If you wash your keyboard, let it dry for a few days after you wash it.

  8. Re:The perfect way to minimize our carbon footprin on Northern Sea Route Through Arctic Becomes a Reality · · Score: 1

    It is a common misconception, because little is known about the equatorial ice caps.
    In fact so little is known I couldn't even find a wikipedia entry about them.

  9. Re:Games of my youth! on Which Game Series Would You Reboot? · · Score: 1

    I still have me Star Flight II logbook. It shows every planet I visited, what resources are there, and many other useful things like a source of infinite free fuel.
    Yes, I know there is a SF3 game, but the development seems stalled, and I am no developer.
    http://www.starflight3.org/

  10. So, in other words on Verizon FiOS/DSL Customers Get Free Wi-Fi Across US · · Score: 1

    it is completely useless.

  11. Re:DEFINE: Subjectivity on Are Women Getting More Beautiful? · · Score: 1

    No rationalization. I have always liked bigger women.

  12. Re:Screw TRON on Tron Legacy Exposed · · Score: -1

    There was NO CGI in Tron.

  13. Re:Disney... on Tron Legacy Exposed · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I see the other 10% of their revenue coming from the new game "LightCycles 3D"
    Which I sadly will probably buy a copy of.

  14. Re:I'm dubious on Are Women Getting More Beautiful? · · Score: 1

    Hey! I love the 80's big hair hairstyles.

  15. Re:DEFINE: Subjectivity on Are Women Getting More Beautiful? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I am with you. The two most beautiful women I have ever seen each weighed about 250Lbs. They were both also quite tall (5'10") and lucky me, I dated both of them. I don't notice those skinny little stick figure women anymore.

  16. An "open" letter to Richard Stallman on Stallman Says Pirate Party Hurts Free Software · · Score: 1

    Dear Richard,

    Thank you for all your good work on free software.
    Now please, for the love of God, shut the fuck up!

    Signed, a Linux user.

    PS: No, I will not call it "GNULinux"!

  17. Re:What about the fishies? on Electricity From Salty Water · · Score: 0

    PETA does not stand for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. It stands for People Eating Tasty Animals. They are just trying to keep all the tasty animals for themselves! I am going out to eat a steak before they finish all the cows.

  18. Re:This needs to be fought on Researchers Outline Targeted Content Poisoning For P2P Data · · Score: 1

    "have you seen how hard it is to split a boat in the case of a divorce?"
    It is pretty easy if you have a chainsaw and a plasma cutter.
    Go ahead, ask me how I know. :)

  19. Let me be the first to blaspheme on Ubuntu Christian Edition 5.0 Beta · · Score: 1

    O.M.F.G!!!

  20. Re:don't believe it on Artificial Brain '10 Years Away' · · Score: 1

    "Do you understand how to design and build an airplane? Including the turbojet engines? How about the comm and Nav gear? Mix the rubber and mold it for the tires, gaskets, seat cushions?"
    Yes. Can't you?

  21. Re:don't believe it on Artificial Brain '10 Years Away' · · Score: 1
    Quick, somebody port dd to my brain. Then I can type:

    sudo dd if=/dev/mybrain of=/dev/bluebrain
    Then there will be two of me... Oops, I just found the flaw in the plan.

  22. Re:Generational Ship on White House Panel Seeks Input On Spaceflight Plans · · Score: 3, Funny

    "The bad ones just make it too easy to pick on the group as a whole."
    As someone once said "98% of lawyers give the rest a bad name."

  23. Re:Learn to Braid on Cable Management To Defeat Clutter? · · Score: 1

    Yes, but this is a self correcting problem.
    It is a good thing I do not have kids. :)

  24. Re:PC Repair Scams on Undercover Cameras Catch PC Repair Scams, Privacy Violations · · Score: 1

    Perhaps I am a bastard, but if a family member needs work on a computer used for business I charge my family rate of $35/hour. If it is a personal machine, they can feed me.
    My philosophy on this has always been, if you are going to make money using the computer I fixed, you are going to pay me.

  25. Re:God help me on Best Tools For Network Inventory Management? · · Score: 1

    I'll send you a copy. That way there will be two of us using it and that is enough people to start a support group.
    The first step is to admit you have a problem.
    I forget steps 2 through 11, but I am sure:
    12. Profit.