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  1. Re:In case it gets slashdotted on Windows 7 Beta Screenshots Leaked · · Score: 1

    Nah. She was just cheated on and is jealous.

  2. Re:Pointless on Windows 7 Beta Screenshots Leaked · · Score: 1

    Command-line is a more enriching language. Try doing something funny using GUI (especially in a batch, the pain), and it will explode on you. AppleScript is nice though.

  3. Re:Pointless on Windows 7 Beta Screenshots Leaked · · Score: 2, Informative

    Last I check, SFU is way outdated. The file case insensitive tweak will create more troubles for Windows than it worth, and the file system path is just plain incompatible, why can't they create a system that map say C:\ABC\DEF to the unix standard /mnt/c/abc/def?

    In the other word, if you expect to install Postfix etc... on Windows just because it has SFU, you will be very disappointed.

  4. Re:mockery of the education system on Jedi Knights Course Offered By Queen's University Belfast · · Score: 1

    Having a fifth year is nothing! I have been in university for six years, studying literatures, psychology, economics, biology, hydrology, and computer sciences (which has a lot of mathamtics).

    It isn't unusual to spend ten years in university for education. What's the meaning of having a degree if it meant the person is only good at that specific field?

  5. Re:mockery of the education system on Jedi Knights Course Offered By Queen's University Belfast · · Score: 1

    Hmm... Sounds like the anime Library Wars (Toshokan Sensou).

  6. Re:Religion on Has Superstition Evolved To Help Mankind Survive? · · Score: 1

    There are many form of superstition. Even for a religion like Christian, it isn't unusally to find people having different view on moral. Some take metaphor as if they are physical objects, some treat the symbols as metaphor, etc...

    Even freedom is definited differently for different people, some believe it is their right to do whatever they want as long as it doesn't harm others physically, some believe it is the compromise of living with others.

    But at any rate, I am a superstition person, I drink tea at certain time of day, and do things certain ways.

  7. Re:The solution: on 88% of IT Admins Would Steal Passwords If Laid Off · · Score: 1

    Only lay off the IT ladies?

  8. Re:Easy Linux upgrades on Quebec Govt Sued For Ignoring Free Software · · Score: 1

    Or use Puppet (http://reductivelabs.com/) if you are trying to manage hundred of machines.

  9. Re:That dog doesn't hunt... on If Linux Fails, Blame Jim Zemlin · · Score: 1

    You bet, it would be nice. I wonder if that will ever happens.

    Relying on others is wishful thinking in my opinion; which is why I never bother with asking others for help. People code because it will also benefit themselves. If we have some creative way to create incentives for people to create such list, it may happen.

  10. Re:That dog doesn't hunt... on If Linux Fails, Blame Jim Zemlin · · Score: 1

    You need to download the kernel source code and grep for it.

  11. Re:Strategy? on If Linux Fails, Blame Jim Zemlin · · Score: 1

    Well, http://www.kernel.org/ is a good place to start. If your wireless chipset is listed in the kernel's device driver, it is most likely supported.

    ralink is one of the most famous ones with Linux support.

    There is ndiswrapper, but I wouldn't touch it unless it is absolutely neccessary as it can get hairy and create kernel panic, which may corrupt your file system. The horror.

  12. Re:Has anyone looked at the sample test? on Are US Voters Informed Enough About Science? · · Score: 1

    But saying 'Human beings, as we know them today, developed from earlier species of animals' is just like saying 'Males are developed from an earlier gender, the females'!

    What I meant is, from what point, do we call ourselves human? Just what on earth is a species?

  13. Re:Has anyone looked at the sample test? on Are US Voters Informed Enough About Science? · · Score: 1

    You do know that Newton's theory of gravitation, general relativity, and quantum gravity are all theories, right?

  14. Re:Has anyone looked at the sample test? on Are US Voters Informed Enough About Science? · · Score: 1

    Just being able to match observation because it fits certain patterns doesn't make something a fact. If that's the case, I could prove a certain "race" is born stupid, or the men are born smarter than women in logics, or other craps like that.

    Big Bang is a theory. It would NOT be a scientific theory, if there are no observations that support it. Theory does not imply it is something made out of thin air without supporting evidences.

    Similarly, the "Human beings, as we know them today, developed from earlier species of animals." is also a theory. Evolution (genes changes over time) is a fact, but the above statement is a theory. I hope I am not confusing people. :P

  15. Re:Cue the rationalists.... on Watching China Turn Off the Pollution · · Score: 1

    Raising sea level is the least of the concern. It isn't like they all melted in one day, people have more than enough time to move off coast.

    The much bigger problem, is when global warming triggers another ice age.

  16. Re:Haha on Watching China Turn Off the Pollution · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There is a saying "Hate the sin, not the sinners".

    Hating a person is very different from hating their sins. Usually, people who hate the sinners have difficult times forgiving them despite what the sinners have tried to do to redeem themselves. There is only so much one can do in his/her lifetime.

  17. Re:Watching China on Watching China Turn Off the Pollution · · Score: 2, Informative

    They wore masks because they had a cold or flu, and didn't want to spread the germs to other people.

  18. Re:News? on The Effects of Exporting Used PCs To Africa · · Score: 1

    I agree that education to women is especially important, but when I said religions and traditions, I don't mean Christian only. It is a cultural expectation in China and India, where women are expected to delivers. There were significant prejudice against women who didn't want to give birth, which is presumed as the women sole duty in life. This was a tradition to ensure survival in ancient times, but really inappropriate in modern days.

    Btw, Maoists are merely political nutcases, not a religion. I have personally never even heard of or seen of a Maoist in China, but China is huge, so maybe in some remote uneducated area there are some? Just like I have never seen people murdering others in real life doesn't imply they don't exist.

  19. Re:News? on The Effects of Exporting Used PCs To Africa · · Score: 1

    There is a solution. Have settlers from first world country settle there, but as teachers, doctors, and leaders, not scammers!

  20. Re:News? on The Effects of Exporting Used PCs To Africa · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Overpopulation will not be a problem if not for religions/traditions, who demanded people to be fruitful at all costs. People wouldn't breed if they cannot even feed themselves; in fact, most malnutritioned women will likely remain sterile until they gained enough fat. Lack of education is the root of the problem, not population. Without labour, even with education there is only so much ones can do. More educated workers, scientists, businessmen/women will raise the living standards and technology of the third-world country, not degrade it. It is only a problem when you cannot even afford educations.

  21. Re:DVD is poor by comparison, but is "good enough" on New Study Finds Low Interest In Blu-ray · · Score: 1

    I believe what the poster meant is that for sport games, having bigger screen would help because you can track the players better. But for movie, do you watch movie for special effect or for stories? If you are the later, than maybe it makes sense. I personally don't even care if the movie is in black and white, as long as it has good plots, themes, and meanings. I still prefer the black and white tv shows over the modern craps we have these days.

  22. Re:For How Long? on Linux Pre-Installs In the UK Hit 2.8% · · Score: 1

    Because the Linux version is not available just like the poster has mentioned? Surely, you can read, no?

  23. Re:Awesome bar disable? on Firefox 3.1 Alpha "Shiretoko" Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    Use Internet Explorer!

  24. Re:Why latex at all ? on Modern LaTeX Replacement? · · Score: 1

    The alternative would be, of course, to write by hand. If computer is too complicated, then don't use it. You need to think outside of the box, people. XD

  25. Re:Hotmail incompatible with me.... on Hotmail Full Version Incompatible With Firefox 3 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I got my gmail account by invitation, and I don't believe it ever asked for my phone number. But who knows, it may be different now.