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  1. Re:OpenXML Plug-In Exists for Novell's OO.o on Can a Small Business Migrate Smoothly To OpenOffice.org v3? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Do other alternatives like WordPerfect or WordStar handle MSoffice files better?

    About as well as Notepad.

  2. Why Canonical on Canonical Close To $30M Critical Mass; Should Microsoft Worry? · · Score: 1

    This whole 30 Million, if its true, could mean Linux is here to stay, at least for a while.

    And Red Hat/Novell's much larger/stable businesses mean....?
    Unless you mean Linux aimed at the desktop, since Red Hat and Novell are primarily server companies and Microsoft is...not.

  3. Re:Marketing MIA on Canonical Close To $30M Critical Mass; Should Microsoft Worry? · · Score: 1

    This is why. $166 billion market cap.

  4. Re:2 million people? on The Web Braces For Inauguration Traffic · · Score: 1

    Or expecting an assassination.

    Note humorless to mods: Not meant to be a troll.

  5. Re:There are many choices on Tech-Related Volunteer Gigs · · Score: 1

    Then which Lincoln's Birthday is that commemorated on February 14th?

  6. Re:Slow Justice is No Justice on EC Considering Removing Internet Explorer From Windows · · Score: 1

    For Safari, I don't know. For apt, though, you are removing the whole browser. It relies on wget (or something like it) to download the latest repository list.

  7. Re:Slow Justice is No Justice on EC Considering Removing Internet Explorer From Windows · · Score: 1

    Linux. Ubuntu (and most other distributions) does, but that would be Canonical's custom build of Linux, not the Linux Foundation's. Think about HP/Dell/etc's collections of "value-added" apps -- they don't have a choice about removing IE in favor of something else (although the quality is similar).

    Also, neither Linux nor Apple make an effort to integrate their browsers' into every little OS function to make a seamless removal difficult.

  8. Re:Slow Justice is No Justice on EC Considering Removing Internet Explorer From Windows · · Score: 1

    I would buy Windows N if I used Windows products at home.

  9. Re:If you're interested, there are on Tech-Related Volunteer Gigs · · Score: 1

    What I'd like to know is: How can I find out how to set up a CMS? It isn't exactly a part of my school's CompTIA courses.

  10. Re:There are many choices on Tech-Related Volunteer Gigs · · Score: 1

    Lincoln?

  11. Re:Why are we still discussing this?! on Single Drive Wipe Protects Data · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure why you'd want to steal that which you can get for free via bittorent.

    Don't people still shoplift CDs?

  12. Re:Answer is obvious? on US CTO Choice Down To a Two-Horse Race · · Score: 1

    Well if the answer wasn't perfectly obvious before, it is now.

  13. Re:15 minutes on Mars Desert Research Station Simulates Mars Base · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Welcome to Slashdot.

  14. Re:poor reasoning on Windows 7's Media Hype Having the Opposite Effect As Vista's · · Score: 2, Insightful

    if I can utilize a new tool to get my job done more effectively and easily, I can't see a reason not to use it.

    True, but RealityMaster's point is that he doesn't see any improvements for him, and HerculesMO wasn't offering any examples. You did so by mentioning the universal imaging.

  15. Re:And again. on Windows 7's Media Hype Having the Opposite Effect As Vista's · · Score: 1

    Except that Windows is a sucessfull platform because it's the only one that actually allows lots of random applications to be executed without much help from technicians.

    What? My Linux apps launch just as easily as Windows apps do.
    I take it you mean the ease of installing non-repository software?

    5. Move to INI files for apps instead of allowing them to edit the registry. If you really must keep the registry, keep it clean.

    I can't see how that avoids virus installs.

    I don't either, but it does simplify installing to the user's private directories. I can run whatever I want within my /home directory without compromising the rest of the system (FreeCol alpha and Minefield). A side effect of this is that most Linux apps ported to Windows run just fine from a flash drive or other portable media (BZFlag, Firefox, Blender, OpenOffice...), whereas many Windows app will not.

  16. Re:Well on Windows 7's Media Hype Having the Opposite Effect As Vista's · · Score: 1

    This message is encoded ROT0. Decoding is punishable by death under the DMCA.

    Are we allowed to copy the encrypted message as long as we don't decrypt it?

  17. Re:Well on Windows 7's Media Hype Having the Opposite Effect As Vista's · · Score: 1

    Antivirii don't play nice with each other.

  18. Re:Do not steal on RIAA Walks Away From Another "Discovery" Case · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But what about morally? That seems pretty clear-cut - taking someone else's work without paying for it, and without permission, is stealing.

    I am reminded of a proverb/quote/saying I heard once:
    If I have a penny and you have a penny and we exchange pennies, now you have a penny and I have a penny. But if I have an idea and you have an idea and we exchange ideas, now you have two ideas and I have two ideas.

  19. Re:A video from 1961 on Electronic Medical Records, the Story So Far · · Score: 1

    *whimper*

  20. Blindness on A Step Toward an Invisibility Cloak · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If visible light is being routed around the cloak, it could cause some serious navigation issues for the cloaked object. Maybe some objects (ships/aircraft) will only need a cloak that routes radar, leaving pilots to navigate by sight and dead reckoning (GPS uses radio frequencies, right?)

  21. Dead End? on Graphene Sheets Get Easier To Manufacture · · Score: 1

    These films are the closest we have come to superconductors at room temperature.

    Isn't it likely that further refinements will only marginally improve the effectiveness? Unless it is really close to being a room-temperature superconductor already, I don't see them achieving their goal with graphene.

  22. Not Samba? on Best FOSS Active Directory Alternative? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The main contenders for this purpose seem to be Fedora Directory Server, OpenDS, and Apache Directory Server

    Seeing as you don't even mention Samba, I assume you are trying to avoid drop-in replacements for AD?

  23. Re:So much for a tech savvy Whitehouse. on MS Silverlight To Stream Obama Inauguration Events · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Any chance of WikiMedia or someone else hosting an OGG for Firefox 3.1 and Opera users to enjoy the tag?

  24. Re:Solution on How Best To Deal With WiFi Interference? · · Score: 1
  25. Why? on China Makes Arrests To Stop Internet Porn · · Score: 1

    What morals or principles are the Chinese government claiming to enforce with this?