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  1. Re:Linux is the only option. - real cost here on USA Today says "Linux waddles from obscurity" · · Score: 1

    "Well, you could check the link. Futureshop is the same as your Best Buy in the US."
    FutureShop is 100% owned by BestBuy. The proof is on my paystub.

  2. Re:You guys must be rich. on Wireless Internet In An Off-Grid House · · Score: 1

    Get a job with a computer retailer, that has a good staff purchase plan... Ethernet cables are almost free using this system, and as an added bonus the will even give you a cheque, from time to time.

  3. Re:Joke on DIY BMW Computer Chair · · Score: 1

    An hour or two on the Autobahn is all it took to convince me I needed a BMW.

  4. Re:No because... on Digital Dark Ages? · · Score: 1

    "I'd better work on creating a large archive of this for future archeologists!"
    Way ahead of you there buddy.

  5. Re:Of course it's not positive on Two Lackluster Reviews For LindowsOS on Wal-Mart PCs · · Score: 1

    Heres a question for you... WTF does a server need with a GUI?

  6. Re:doubting all space programs. on Long-Term Effects of Weightlessness · · Score: 1

    Off the top of my head... How about ICs, and Velcro..

  7. Re:doubting all space programs. on Long-Term Effects of Weightlessness · · Score: 1

    I can almost hear my father in the mid to late 1960s saying "But really, what on earth is going to the Moon gonna do for mankind?"

    Does that put it in perspective for you?

  8. Re:Um, thats not now it works... on Circuit City Phases Out VHS · · Score: 1

    As it happens the BlockBuster near my house just switched to a 50/50 split between DVD and VHS.. When I commented to the (cute) girl behind the counter on the change, I was told that within 2 years VHS will be just a small area in the back corner..

  9. Re:Linux for the masses on Walmart Ships PCs with Lindows OS · · Score: 1

    I don't know about the other 2 but Yahoo Messenger is available for Linux.

    Yahoo Messenger for Linux and FreeBSD

  10. Re:silly on Is it Wrong to Accept an Employment Counter-Offer? · · Score: 1

    Where do you work, and are they hireing? The last person who let management, where I work, know that he was concidering looking for work, found himself unemployed a week later.

  11. Re:Natalie Portman May Be Completely Hot on George Lucas May Be Completely Evil · · Score: 1

    At least I am not alone in thinking that N.P. is nothing to write home about.

  12. Re:Some psychological FACTS on Manned Mars Mission Some Way Off · · Score: 1

    Am I nuts or is he suggesting an all gay male crew?

    I know a few people who would want to sign up for that.

  13. Re:And all this time... on XP Service Pack Does the Impossible · · Score: 1

    The above is the most frightening thing I have ever read.

  14. Re:Obvious on Passwords May Be Weakest Link · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Not very secure anymore are they?

    Off to destroy your karma if thos passwords work. :)

  15. Re:unfortunately .. you dont on Migrating Your Office from Windows to Linux? · · Score: 1

    "Yes GNOME looks nice - but its nowhere near as polished as Windows..""

    Am I the only one who thinks Windze is Ugly?

  16. Re:I don't know... on Buy a Russian Space Shuttle · · Score: 1

    I would have to take it out for a spin or two around the planet to see how she runns... Think they would let me?

  17. Re:why pay the microsoft tax? on Jornada Killed, iPaq To Live On · · Score: 1

    You must be new here. Heres how SlashDot works..

    Bitch about MS... Then buy products with MS stuff installed.

    Bitch about MPAA... Then go see the new Spider-Man movie.

    Bitch about RIAA... Go buy some CDs.

    I hope this helps.

  18. Re:GPL on Debug your Code, or Else! · · Score: 1

    Fortunately I don't have to worry about that... My code is too bad to ever be used by anyone for anything... :)

  19. Re:Pornographic attachments from priests? on Klez, The Virus that Keeps on Giving · · Score: 0, Troll

    "How many wars has science caused?"

    How many wars has science ended, is probably a much more interesting question.

  20. Re:BSA on Linux "is not piracy" Says Microsoft Lawyer · · Score: 1

    Here is a question that has been on my mind for quite a while.

    What is BSAs authority to demand a software audit?

    What I mean is. If the send you a letter and you reply "Get stuffed!" What can they do about it?

  21. Re:Damn. on Employees Are The Biggest Security Threat · · Score: 1

    I better bring the network down in a hurry, before my PHB sees your post...

  22. Re:Car Mods, Real Power versus Silly Stickers on Hack Your Ignition (Before Someone Else Does) · · Score: 1

    "Of course, speed is moot in such chases - no matter how fast your car, unless it can make over 3E8m/sec, you cannot outrun the radio."

    Can't do it yet... Maybe after I add the supercharger to my 1979 BMW 320i. :)

  23. Re:Have they fixed the fonts? on KDE 3.0 is Out · · Score: 1

    Ya, shutoff AntiAliased fonts..

  24. Re:My favorite algorythm on Deep Algorithms? · · Score: 1

    Well, that is one to my personal favorites.. Although I use "x" instead of "a"...

    Classy. :)

  25. Re:Why so paranoid? on Pay Dirt in Scanned Driver's Licenses · · Score: 1

    Finaly a voice of reason, and on /. of all places.