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  1. Re:But still can only install to C: drive... on Google Pack Adds StarOffice · · Score: 1

    You can solve that problem with NTFS mount points. One of Microsoft's more retarded moves is insisting that Documents and Settings and Program Files goes on c:. You can't mount a different physical drive there, because by the time you get a desktop, Administrator already has a folder and you can only make and NTFS mount point in an empty folder. It gets quite interesting after a while, when you have it spread over a few drives, and one of them fails... Of course, reinstalling Windows is never far off anyway, but it makes for an interesting evening.
  2. Re:StarOffice is blog aware on Google Pack Adds StarOffice · · Score: 1

    Backed by Sun funding. Lazy first-relevant-hit-on-Google-sourcing: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/sun_microsyste ms_engineering_joins_porting

  3. Re:$69.95 U.S. on Google Pack Adds StarOffice · · Score: 1

    Unlike Norten, Staroffice isn't a name that has been raped into submission, painted with lead-containing makeup and sat in a window with red lighting.

    I mean, come on, poor Peter Norton must feel his name is being sullied in a way that even political candidates would be disdain from.

    I remember the good old days, back when Norton Utilities was something you had to have. I remember using their Batch Extender (or whatchumightcallit) to make simple menus for users, I remember roaming the raw disk data with Disk Editor and twiddling around with FAT-entries just after LFS was implemented...

    Now I tell people to duck and cover if they see the Norton brand.

  4. As much as I hate to say this on Google Pack Adds StarOffice · · Score: 1

    He's right, you know. I'm a bit annoyed by the "Genuine"/"Activation" requirement, but apart from that, it's nice to have a place where you know you can find stuff for a tigh spot.

  5. Re:$69.95 U.S. on Google Pack Adds StarOffice · · Score: 1

    Kudos! I haven't smiled for hours, and suddenly, there it was! :-)

  6. Re:Google Docs Backend for StarOffice on Google Pack Adds StarOffice · · Score: 1

    Yes, it does.

    Granted, the reason for buying a Mac is the OS, but it ain't impossible to get running.
    (The above-linked text is to a blog entry about some crazy guy doing this on a PPC-Mac - today, it is much easier with Boot Camp & rEFIt).

    Hell, if they make it any easier, I'll install a third OS on my Mac, just for kicks! :-P

  7. Re:About time someone did this on Class Action Initiated Against RIAA · · Score: 1

    If he's a foreign national residing outside the US, they can go blow themselves. I know that the US terror list is longer than the EU one, so he might just be able to not give a crap.

  8. Re:Hm... on A Campaign to Block Firefox Users? · · Score: 1

    Lousy gatekeeper then, since all you have to do is just switch browser. Seriously though, they are obviously providers of information. It's not an attempt of gatekeeping information, but to maximize the revenue. So... if I only have Firefox installed...?
  9. Re:Huh... on A Campaign to Block Firefox Users? · · Score: 1

    In newspapers, the ads are the main content. The articles are filler content.

  10. Re:The other advantages of using Firefox on A Campaign to Block Firefox Users? · · Score: 1

    Websites that depend on highly invasive pop-ups, pop-unders, and any number of 'tricky' ads are generally considered slimy and kept away from. That is one end of the spectrum that almost no one argues is 'good behavior'. The real question will be, is blocking entire browsers 'good behavior' or 'scummy tactic'.
    TICKLE
    TEST YOUR IQ TODAY!

    Ergh.
  11. Re:And I question their claims. on A Campaign to Block Firefox Users? · · Score: 5, Funny

    (This bit was copied for the purposes of critique under the fair use doctrine.) Thief! Hiding behind legal mumbo-jumbo doesn't change that you thievingly stole their article text!
  12. Ooh! Offensive is my hobby! on Why is Microsoft Patching XP? · · Score: 1

    Oooh! I'm Danish, so I feel I need to contribute here...
    http://perkypants.org.nyud.net:8090/blog/wp-conten t/uploads/2006/03/bill-gates.jpg
    http://www.wayodd.com.nyud.net:8090/funny-pictures 2/funny-pictures-the-bill-gates-empire-xFw.jpg

    My internet connection is acting up, so I'm afraid you'll have yo imagine further insults to Gates, the eater of souls.

  13. Re:well... on Why is Microsoft Patching XP? · · Score: 1

    http://www.nliteos.com/ is your friend for slipstreaming - they also have links to patch rollups (of course, you'll have to take their word that they don't shaft you on that)

  14. Re:Blasphemer! on Why is Microsoft Patching XP? · · Score: 1

    There is only one MCP.

  15. Re:No need for alarm! on Cambridge Researcher Breaks OpenBSD Systrace · · Score: 1

    Hehehe... Jeg bor lige ovre på den anden side af Øresund; jeg skal dog på ferie i den sydlige ende af landet (Møn, hvis du kender til Dansk geografi).
    En hel uge hvor jeg ikke skal tænke på systemoppetid :-D

  16. Re:Is that all they're offering? on Google Rolls Out Online Storage Services · · Score: 1

    I vaguely remember in my youth that the dollar was actually something you could invest in...

  17. [offtopic] Sonic recently turned 16 on Google Rolls Out Online Storage Services · · Score: 0, Offtopic
  18. Re:More on SCO Loses · · Score: 1

    What was the case grounds?

    Btw, living north of Germany makes me afraid. Not because of them wars (hell, they almost strengthened the Danish economy), it's the love of the Hoff'.

  19. Re:Kicking their own asses... on SCO Loses · · Score: 1

    IANAL (duh), but I think it'd be tricky. They sold the software and the service. If someone else holds the rights, maybe they can sue for damages?

  20. Re:Kicking their own asses... on SCO Loses · · Score: 1

    Why bother? Why not instead rejoice in the fact that another victory has been made? :)

  21. Re:HA! on SCO Loses · · Score: 1

    Isn't there also some sort of option to "bet" on a stock losing value? I remember reading it somewhere and being appalled.

  22. Re:No need for alarm! on Cambridge Researcher Breaks OpenBSD Systrace · · Score: 1

    (btw, your home page seems to be dead)

  23. Re:No need for alarm! on Cambridge Researcher Breaks OpenBSD Systrace · · Score: 1

    Just for your kindness of replying to me, I'll give it a shot next time I'm at the office.
    My vacation started today though, and I'll be pretty disconnected. (Betcha ten bucks I'll abuse any internet connection I can get near to browse /.)

  24. Re:Openness! on Sun Lowers Barriers to Open-Source Java · · Score: 1

    G3s... weren't those the "original" iMacs? If 10.4 works on those, I think I need to raid my mother's basement... :-p

    (btw, you probably meant threw (past tense of throw), not through )

  25. Re:No need for alarm! on Cambridge Researcher Breaks OpenBSD Systrace · · Score: 1

    And you could always let it use the whole disk if you want to. So it could actually work without a swap partition? (Swap on a DHCP-server?... Not really needed)