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  1. Re:And the winner is... on Comparison of Bayesian POP3 Spam Filters · · Score: 1

    Eudora 6.0 which is currently in beta has bayesian filtering build in. I tried it and it looked quite nice. for more details see www.eudora.com (under beta software)

  2. Re:14-year old computer books.... hmmmmm on O'Reilly Pushing Founder's Copyright System · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Don't just think about subjects such as "how to use windows 3.1". There are books about CS theory which don't become outdated so quickly.
    For example, I am not sure how old "the Art of Programming" is but I am sure that it will still be quite usefull in 14 more years.

  3. Firebird on MySQL A Threat to Bigwigs? · · Score: 1

    Firebird should do what you want. It came from interbase so although Firebird 1.5 is still in beta it was allready a fully featured RDMS at the start. Big advantages for me are that it is completely free (beer&speech) and also supports windows as a server platform (which some of my clients prefer)

  4. Re:What does it offer over downloads? on Apple and CompUSA Working on 'Software on Demand' · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Well it might make it easier for people to get legal software without having to transmit their creditcard info over the internet. Not everyone seems to be happy to do that (and not everyone has a credit card)

  5. Douglas Adams on Can Science Journalism Be Entertaining and Responsible? · · Score: 1

    Well it's not about the scientific method but Douglas Adams wrote some interesting things about endangered species (Last Chance to See and some articles which can be found in The Salmon of Doubt)
    Very accesible/entertaining but also informative. And learning about endangered species also helps to educate people about things such as eco systems and evolution.

  6. best line on Microsoft PR Rep is the Switcher · · Score: 2, Funny

    "A spokeswoman from Apple Computer would not comment"

    the mental image I get is from someone laughing so hard she CAN not comment.

  7. Re:The problem on AOL's new Linux PC · · Score: 1

    Well the lite version of icq seems to work quite nicely without a lot of bloat. It's not perfect but it's a lot better then the full version imho.

  8. Re:First Developers Post on Ballmer: "We'll Outsmart Open Source" · · Score: 1

    you forgot to add "loop till heart attack"

  9. some sites/mailling lists on Cognitive Science Daily News? · · Score: 3
    try Moving Webword, it's a news site for usability.

    The ACM also has some mailling lists about AI, usability and education.

    These sites aren't about the entire field of cognitive science but it's a start.

  10. Re:What's with the cover illustration? on The Truth · · Score: 1

    Well I agree that Kirby's illustrations aren't true to the actual characters in the stories. If you want illustrations that are "correct" you should check out Paul Kidby. But I still prefer the Kirby illustrations to what I have seen of the US covers :) and it's not just british people who can handle inconsintencies, dutch people seem to be able to handle those as well. :)

  11. What's with the cover illustration? on The Truth · · Score: 1

    I am curious why the american editions of Pratchett's books never have the original covers by Josh Kirby. The Kirby covers are imho a lot nicer. So I would suggest that people wanting to read Pratchett try ordering the original, british, edition. (you can check out the covers at Amazon.co.uk )