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  1. Re:I would have had the first post... on Open-Source 2D, 3D Drivers For ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series · · Score: 2, Funny

    So was everyone else, apparently.

  2. Why: on The Sun's 'Quiet Period' Explained · · Score: 0

    Solar physicists may have discovered why the Sun recently experienced a prolonged period of weak activity.

    Conclusion: It's gonna blow! EVERYBODY RUN!

  3. Re:Ubuntu this and Ubuntu that on Happy 17th Birthday, Debian! · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ...if Debian dies?

    Then many of the Debian-originated tools (apt) get spun off as independent projects. Ubuntu becomes a standalone distro (and probably chokes for a release or two). Due to the sudden influx of Debian users and developers, Ubuntu would also probably start that permanently-unstable Grumpy Groundhog idea (basically an Ubuntu sid) that they've been considering.

  4. Re:Relation? on 1979 Apple Graphics Tablet vs. the iPad · · Score: 1

    The Apple brand. Or maybe not. Wasn't it Apple Computers back then?

  5. Poor comparison on 1979 Apple Graphics Tablet vs. the iPad · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why compare the AGT to the iPad? Pretty much the only things they have in common is a touch sensitive surface. It's closer in function to a Wacom.

  6. Re:GPL on The Risks of Entering Programming Contests · · Score: 1

    What about Public Domaining it? They can still use it, but so can everyone else.

  7. Re:PS/3 on Video Quality Matters Less If You Enjoy the Show · · Score: 1

    But there are plateaus where differences in media quality are lost beyond a threshold of human perception (and in the case of audio, we have passed dog perception but not bats.)

    The number I seem most cited is ~300 dpi, though I don't know the relevant stats that accompany that figure (viewer's visual acuity, distance from screen, etc).

  8. Re:Vacation on Data Disasters More Likely To Strike In Summer · · Score: 1

    But even then, doesn't half of the Earth (roughly or exactly depending on your tendency for accuracy) share the same summer, and the other half shares the other summer? ;) !

    Their summer months occur at the same time, but it's not the same summer.

  9. Re:Does it still require you to install a RDBMS? on KDE 4.5 Released · · Score: 1

    Which is...?

  10. Re:KDE is great on KDE 4.5 Released · · Score: 1

    That makes sense. I got sick of it on unstable (mainly due to akondi, nepomuk, and the notifications), so I switched to e17.

  11. Re:Without any evidence? on Online Forum Speeding Boast Leads To Conviction · · Score: 1

    No, but you wouldn't even if you told it to the Nobel committees. Tell a cop you were speeding, on the other hand...

  12. Re:Is this going to be the new trend? on BBC Builds Smartphone Malware For Testing Purposes · · Score: 1

    On a computer you have can a firewall - you can't on a phone.

    Why not?

  13. Re:Lots of uses for this technology... on New Toshiba Drives Wipe Data When Turned Off · · Score: 1

    When the UPS is down to its last few seconds, yeah.

  14. Re:Sleep on The Brain's Secret For Sleeping Like a Log · · Score: 1

    East Coast, then?

  15. Re:Sleep on The Brain's Secret For Sleeping Like a Log · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yet, this doesn't explain why I can't sleep at 11:30pm when the house is dead quiet. {sigh}

    Let me know when 1:00 becomes a problem and we'll talk.

  16. Still here? on Gene Mutation Caused 2009 H1N1 Virus Spread · · Score: 0

    The World Health Organization's director general said H1N1 is likely to lose its status as a pandemic very soon.

    It's not gone yet?

  17. Re:evidence? on The 'Net Generation' Isn't · · Score: 1

    Anecdotal evidence is anecdotal. Having said that, I know of few dozen preteen/youngteens who did exactly what he said: facebook is the net, they are aghast I don't use facebook, they migrated from myspace for various reasons, and their email is just for signing up to things. They express no interest in 'the old ways'. The stuff they use are just tools to use, not something to learn he ins and outs of or find non-standard uses for.

    Which is a real pain for those of us that want to keep in touch with the people we know but don't care for social sites. These people just don't use email anymore! I don't find out about anyone's plans if I don't use Facebook.

  18. Re:Privacy on Google Testing an Airborne Camera Drone · · Score: 1

    It is a fact that they are constantly taking pictures of my property (along with billions of others).

    It's not a "fact" until we establish the law's definition of "constantly". Once a week? Monthly? Biannually? Annually? The imagery near my house was very out of date until recently (now it's only out of date by several months). The Street View is even older.

  19. Re:Really? on Like Google's Chrome, Mozilla To Silently Update Firefox 4 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Who exactly is running their web browser with the privileges required to install an update?

    Virtually everyone.

  20. Re:silent, or totally invisible on Like Google's Chrome, Mozilla To Silently Update Firefox 4 · · Score: 1

    All the family gatherings are elsewhere?

  21. Re:Debian? on Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" Frozen · · Score: 3, Funny

    The man pages are a much more effective resource.

  22. Re:Debian? on Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" Frozen · · Score: 1

    XP leaves it up to you and the third party updaters to keep your software current.

  23. Re:Debian? on Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" Frozen · · Score: 1

    Well, in unstable, Firefox^WIceweasel is on 3.5.11. 3.6.x is in experimental. The 4.0 betas aren't on the radar yet.

  24. AMD on Intel's Superchilled Test Rig · · Score: 1

    Any AMD stats for comparison?

  25. Re:False assumption on Sentence Spacing — 1 Space or 2? · · Score: 1

    I use kate with a four-space tab.