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  1. Re:2 solutions on A Replacement for the i-Opener? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Damn Small Linux (wonderful distro) has a small shop selling ready-built diskless Mini-ITX systems - just add a USB key with DSL on it and you're good to go. Of course, at $281 for systems like this you could go buy the parts yourself and have a surplus amount of cash for Wasabi nuts, but meh, if you don't have the time...
    They even have a completely fanless computer.

    (I am in no way affiliated with the DSL team unless you count recurring donations)

  2. Re:replacement? on A Replacement for the i-Opener? · · Score: 1

    The exact reason I've sent my parents, my sister *and* my girlfriend out to buy Apple computers. I don't have time to be their computer technician, and they feel bad every time I have to help them save their computers from them.

  3. Re:JFK, not DFW on U.S. Arrests Online Gambling Company Chairman · · Score: 1

    Nah, it's been more than 22.3 years.

  4. Quotation on Enigma-Cracking Bombe Recreated · · Score: 1

    That is an awesome quote.

  5. Re:Better cross Denmark off that list! on You Have Been 'Randomly' Selected? · · Score: 1

    The way it is being reported in the Danish press is that the police have blown the case out of proportion; only two of the seven men were held by a judge at the first hearing.

    BUT I'll keep an eye on it.

  6. Re:TSA = wrongheadedness gone wild on You Have Been 'Randomly' Selected? · · Score: 1

    I was unsure about the Republic, otherwise I'd listed it as Eire. ;-)

  7. Re:TSA = wrongheadedness gone wild on You Have Been 'Randomly' Selected? · · Score: 1

    I think I know more about the Danish situation seeing as I live here. There has not been a terrorist attack on Danish soil. There has been trade sanctions imposed on Danish products, there have even been demonstrations, but as far as I can tell, nobody has been killed by Islamic fundamentalists over the drawing. Nor our radically un-islamic way of life, not even because of our Viking raids of middle-eastern countries.

  8. Re:TSA = wrongheadedness gone wild on You Have Been 'Randomly' Selected? · · Score: 1

    Minor detail about comparison link; the Turks are a bit more heavy-handed, but to be fair, they've probably learned from either the US or Sovjet.

  9. Re:TSA = wrongheadedness gone wild on You Have Been 'Randomly' Selected? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Think about the numbers for a few seconds; if 1.3 bn people really were warmongering neighbour-killing idiots, how the hell did there come to be so many of them?
    Consider for a moment Turkey; the major reason this moslem country is not a member of the EU is the type of disregard for human rights that is often seen around the world.

    Besides, they didn't become 1.3 bn people overnight - but overnight, they became enemies? That doesn't make any sense. Instead, the US lost an enemy to point at and found a new one. That can happen overnight.

  10. Re:TSA = wrongheadedness gone wild on You Have Been 'Randomly' Selected? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Lessee. Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Scotland*, Ireland*, Iceland, Finland, Germany, France, Portugal, Italy, Vatican State, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Belgium, Holland, Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Romania... There's one or two I'm not completely sure about, but what the hell. That's just the European countries off the top of my head... *: Doesn't count if you count England, Scotland and Ireland as one.

  11. Re:TSA = wrongheadedness gone wild on You Have Been 'Randomly' Selected? · · Score: 1

    Remember, the weapons smuggled into prisons are mostly used against other prisoners, thereby removing the jailor's main reason for stopping the weapons (their own safety). They usually don't care about the safety of the prisoners - especially if said prisoners are murderers, rapists, congressmen and child molesters.

  12. Re:CSS = ACID? on Internet Explorer 7 RC1 Released · · Score: 1

    Thank God I have Opera. =)

  13. Re:Breaks /. new discussion system on Internet Explorer 7 RC1 Released · · Score: 1

    Yeah, classic looks worse than ever on Vista. I hope they change that before the final release, as I will sooner or later be forced to use Vista (like I had to use XP).

    (This post was written from my extra computer with Vista build 5536 - without the goddamned Aero interface)

  14. Re:Breaks /. new discussion system on Internet Explorer 7 RC1 Released · · Score: 1

    It is there because you obviously need some sort of eyecandy. Doesn't matter that the eyecandy tastes like grabble, as long as it is eyecandy. Sheesh, don't you know anything?

    (This post was written from my extra computer with Vista build 5536 - without the goddamned Aero interface)

  15. Re:Obligatory joke on Internet Explorer 7 RC1 Released · · Score: 1

    Nonono. God uses NetBSD. God is everywhere, so his OS of choice can be deployed where he is.

  16. Re:...which leads me to believe this is a hoax. on Stolen Cell Phone Shares Thieves' Photos? · · Score: 2, Informative

    GSM phones are identified by their IMEI number to the provider. The providers usually have a black list of stolen phone IMEIs. Of course, not all providers block a zeroed IMEI (000000000000000), which is stupid because once you have equipment to change the cell phone, you can change the IMEI. (Then again, you could just change it to another random IMEI number)

  17. Re:That should read 450 million raysegs on Add Another Core for Faster Graphics · · Score: 1

    I was actually about to rant about the 30fps figure was without mention of resolution. Seriously, 30fps at 1mp is not very impressive.

  18. Custom defaults on Microsoft Changes Office 2007 Interface Again · · Score: 1

    AFAIR it's pretty easy to change the default to whatever you want. Factory setting is still .docx

  19. A fire axe on Mozilla Developers Invited to Redmond · · Score: 2, Funny

    "A fire axe - surely the weapon of a madman.
    Who else would attack fire with an axe?!"

  20. Conversation view is a mixed blessing on Why Google's New Products Need Not Succeed · · Score: 1

    No, actually conversation view just isn't practical for every use. I'm a huge fan of Gmail, but under certain conditions I wish I'd be able to turn the damn conversation view off.
    Of course, this would be easily remedied by using it as a POP3-service, but that takes away the practicality of having universal access whenever you go somewhere else than your own computer (or boot into another OS, for that matter)

  21. Question on Why Google's New Products Need Not Succeed · · Score: 1

    What does P/E mean?

  22. Re:Online Syndicate on Molyneux Talks Reviving Classic Games · · Score: 1

    That'd be Syndicate Plus...
    The missions included in that pack were mofo hard, seriously not for casual gaming.

  23. Dungeoun Keeper MMO? on Molyneux Talks Reviving Classic Games · · Score: 1

    How would you carve that? The structure of the original games only allowed a set time (or more specifically, a set number of actions) before a certain map became boring to continue. There's only so much land to carve out, and to expand you'd have to expunge other DKs - and losing their dungeon all the time would not be a god incentive for new players.

  24. Ctrl2Cap on War Declared on Caps Lock Key · · Score: 1

    It's Sysinternals and it's open source. Grab it while you can!

  25. Re:Not so much. on New 'No Military Use' GPL For GPU · · Score: 1

    I think QOTD is quite apt;

    When in doubt, use brute force. -- Ken Thompson