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  1. Re:Wall Street = Sun City. And Big Iron. on Wall Street Becoming a Linux Stronghold · · Score: 1

    Theoretically it will come in the next Novell-branded OOo.

  2. Re:I submit on 2008 Underhanded C Contest Officially Open · · Score: 5, Funny

    When that chunk of the Win2K Pro source code hit the net I had to look... And where do you live again?

    --The IP Police
  3. Re:An API is useless on Microsoft Releases First Open XML SDK · · Score: 1

    And when the floppies/CDs/ISOs containing the old software has succumbed to bit rot?

  4. Re:Why do they call codes "codecs"? on Compressed VoIP Calls Vulnerable To Bugging · · Score: 1

    Because it isn't just simple encryption.
    compression/decompression
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codec

  5. Re:Wall Street = Sun City. And Big Iron. on Wall Street Becoming a Linux Stronghold · · Score: 1

    At the risk of being modded troll, OO Calc will probably never replace Excel - other than Suns and big iron, corporate america runs on Microsoft Excel (not necessarily a good thing, but still). If you are thinking of macros, OOo will support them soon.
  6. Re:What does speed have to do with life? on USB Flash Drive Life Varies Up To 10 Times · · Score: 3, Insightful

    While technically you are correct, you can assume that both will be affected by how good your engineers are. Well engineered drives will be both fast and have efficient wear-leveling. Poorly engineered drives will be slow and have terrible wear-leveling.

  7. Re:FS on USB Flash Drive Life Varies Up To 10 Times · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yes, there is. But those are designed for raw access to the flash medium. The drive's controller provides a facade of having a whatever you formatted it as.

  8. Re:Opera 9.5 released today on Firefox 3 Release On Tuesday · · Score: 1

    It's decent enough, but I can't seem to get over having the tabs above the address bar.

  9. Re:I have firefox 3.0 beta on Firefox 3 Release On Tuesday · · Score: 2, Informative

    Ubuntu hasn't updated to the RCs.

  10. Re:Food prices on SwiftFuel Alternative To Alternative Fuels · · Score: 1
  11. Re:Food prices on SwiftFuel Alternative To Alternative Fuels · · Score: 5, Informative
  12. Re:I'm so over Wow. on World of Warcraft Achievement System Rumored · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Knowing WoW doesn't pay as well.

  13. Re:Wrong Name for the Act. on New Opt-Out Clause Makes CAN-SPAM Worse · · Score: 1

    I-CAN-SPAM is more legible.

  14. Re:Insightful Troll. on EU Calls For Use of Open Standards · · Score: 1

    Well, how would you describe it (in layman's terms)? The only analogy I can think of that is better would be that it bears some strong resemblances to the highway system. And of course that one is so worn out with use.

  15. Re:Profit? Crime has not paid. on EU Calls For Use of Open Standards · · Score: 1

    Funny, a few years ago Apple was left for dead, developed a new OS, and is gaining market share as they're selling it. But they didn't write a new OS. They wrote a new interface on an old OS.
  16. Re:Correction on Apple Cracks Down On iPhone Unlockers · · Score: 1

    Nobody told there would be a test!

  17. Re:Conservative Fascism on TSA Bans Flight If You Refuse To Show ID · · Score: 1

    Sith Lords probably can listen in wirelessly whenever they want

  18. Re:2008 is the year on OEMs Looking to Ubuntu for Netbook Market · · Score: 1

    "Laptop" is almost a stretch, too.

  19. Re:YEEEEAH! on WWDC '08 Sees Slimmer, Improved, 3G iPhone · · Score: 1

    I was torn between the RAZR2 with its Linux OS and the only slightly more expensive iPhone. This settles the matter. Now I just need to get a job to pay for service.

  20. Re:Can hardly beat the prices on WWDC '08 Sees Slimmer, Improved, 3G iPhone · · Score: 1

    Is GPS function disabled if you don't nave service?

  21. Re:do spoons make us fat? on Is Google Making Us Stupid? · · Score: 1

    I'll tell you this, I know of a WHOLE LOT MORE skinny idiots than fat ones. In this country?
  22. Re:Build a big on What Shall We Do With the Moon Once We Get There? · · Score: 1, Interesting

    And carve the moon into the shape of a shark.

  23. Re:and the downgrade? on Face Recognition Goes Mainstream For Notebooks · · Score: 1

    But these pictures have to be taken more carefully. you can't just grab a portrait of them off the wall.

  24. Re:Bwa? on Microsoft Seeks Patent On Brain-Based Development · · Score: 2, Informative

    They patented managers.

  25. Re:The dog died. on Linux Cluster Supercomputer Performs Surgery on Dog · · Score: 2, Funny

    Look on the bright side: The cancer died too.