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  1. Re:Absolutely! on ACM Urges Obama To Include CS In K-12 Core · · Score: 1

    And teach them also how to avoid the scorpions if they should fall into any pitfalls, and also the value of poorly drawn vines in passing pools of poorly rendered crocodiles.

  2. Re:configurable? on Shuttleworth Proposes Overhaul of Desktop Notifications · · Score: 1

    Pulseaudio has some issues, for sure.

    Something that I DO like about it is the way it handles networking of sound. I have a 5.1 surround system hooked up to my main box, and every machine in the home office (my dev box, my wife's Ubuntu box, and my little girl's Ubuntu box) can play audio through the surround system just as if the audio were being played on the main machine.

    The music files are served of a k6-500 Debian fileserver.

    It is nice being able to sit in the living room playing music using my wife's laptop, with the music being served by a different machine and played through the 5.1 surround system with no wires whatsoever being connected to the laptop.

    It is, IMO, well worth the occasional problems with Flash audio (which are the only hiccups I ever experience, literally.

  3. Re:Real title. on Space Is Just a Little Bit Closer Than Expected · · Score: 1

    Captain: Move 'Euclid'.
    Captain: For great justice.

  4. Re:If the advanced technology comes from China... on US Corps Want $1B From Gov't For Battery Factory · · Score: 1

    DO NOT EAT the Chinese batteries.

    They have melamine in them.

    This has been a public service announcement.

  5. Re:Oh Noes! on Microsoft Knew About Xbox 360 Damaging Discs · · Score: 2, Funny

    "XBox... yeah it is fun, but DOES IT BLEND?"

  6. Re:Asheron's Call already had this quest... on Torture in Games · · Score: 1

    Chaotic Neutral was always the best alignment IMO.

    Balance is more important than law.

  7. Re:Welcome to GPL/OSS on Is MySQL's Community Eating the Company? · · Score: 1

    Potato, potatoe.

  8. Re:Welcome to GPL/OSS on Is MySQL's Community Eating the Company? · · Score: 1

    It means that you have to work harder to justify your pay rate.

  9. Re:The test of good leadership on FCC Cancels Free Internet Vote · · Score: 1

    Hell yeah.

    The FCC needs to butt out.

    Web 3.0 - Government owned and sponsored, with (shoddy) filtered service provided by private companies. They could call it "Minimum Internet".

    Not I, said the sane man.

    Would much rather pay out the ass for private service.

  10. Re:Google aren't evil on Google's Mayer Says Personalization is Key To Future Search · · Score: 1

    I want to set up a spidering search engine of my own on a box here at home, using ADP or something similar. Any idea what the legal ramifications of this might be? The problem is that I am afraid that it might index something illegal. Would rather not have kid porn crap being accessed from the IP of my cable modem.

  11. Re:Obviously sign of jumping to conclusions on Followup To "When Teachers Are Obstacles To Linux" · · Score: 2, Funny

    That is why I bought a "Jumping To Conclusions Mat(tm)".

  12. Re:Oldest *surviving* human brain!? on Oldest-Known Human Brain Discovered · · Score: 1

    When I read the headline I thought this was some sort of McCain joke.

  13. Quick question: on UK Cops Want "Breathalyzers" For PCs · · Score: 1

    What is to keep someone from carrying a USB stick full of questionable porn and bomb recipes into the home or office of an enemy and copying same to the enemy's hard drive, and then diming them out from a payphone?

  14. Re:Database Sofware on Best Open Source Alternatives To Enterprise Apps · · Score: 1

    That combination made me puke a little bit in my mouth.

    Well played, sir.

  15. Re:This is why copyright laws are bad on FSF Files Suit Against Cisco For GPL Violations · · Score: 1

    That's what she said!

    Oh... uhhh, nevermind.

  16. Re:Database Sofware on Best Open Source Alternatives To Enterprise Apps · · Score: 1

    I have a 7 inch LAPP stack.

    As a LIMP stack, it is only about 3 inches.

  17. Re:the most cost effective applications on the mar on Best Open Source Alternatives To Enterprise Apps · · Score: 1

    phpBB? uh yeah...

    How about SMF instead?
    http://www.simplemachinesforum.com/

  18. Re:Was an OK game on Examining the Beginnings of the RTS Genre · · Score: 1

    ... multiplayer is more fun when you don't have to wait for the other player to finish his turn.

    True dat.

    Waiting on other players really kills Freeciv multiplayer :(

  19. Re:Just out of curiosity... on iPhone App Pricing Limits Developers · · Score: 1

    Yes.

  20. Re:Free advertising for DLC? on Activision Wants To Bring Guitar Hero To Arcades · · Score: 1

    After reading your post, I don't know whether to laugh...

    or cry...

    Oh wow.

  21. Re:effective at doing what? on FCC Commissioner Lauds DRM, ISP Filtering · · Score: 1

    Your ideas intrigue me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

  22. Re:Let's cut the conspiracy theory on When Teachers Are Obstacles To Linux In Education · · Score: 1

    The accurate term is normal parents.

    According to what I see every day, "normal" parents are on the creationism bandwagon.

    A better adjective for the boy's parents might be "worthwhile" or "active-minded".



    Disclaimer: I live in North Alabama, the ancestral birthplace of fake-churchy Bible-Belt NASCAR trash.

  23. Re:Anonymity on Maryland Court Weighs Internet Anonymity · · Score: 1

    How much info does some classified ads website like newszap.com actually have on the posters?

    Seriously.

    How many of you sign up for any public forum with your real personal info?

    I don't when I can avoid it, which is pretty much all the time.

    What happens when the website owners tell the court that the party in question appears to be

    Dicklick Shitballs
    12345 Hershey Hwy.
    ImAmIn, Uranus 54321"

    Couple that with an IP address from 2006 and ... ?

    Epic fail.

  24. Re:After five years of just about paying the bills on Freelance Web Developer Best Practices? · · Score: 1

    Good answer.

    Been relying on Joomla pretty heavily since 1.5 came out, might have to check out Drupal.

    Got any instructional Drupal URLs to recommend?



    (Note to all the "justgoogleit" folk: Google presents options, it does not give recommendations.)

  25. Re:After five years of just about paying the bills on Freelance Web Developer Best Practices? · · Score: 1

    Have you tried Joomla?

    What are the advantages of Drupal over Joomla?