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  1. Bush does some things that are seemingly good on Microsoft WiX Code Released to SourceForge.Net · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ... but that doesn't make *him* any better, right?

    What is to be understood here is that MS has an interest in there being a lot of free/cheap easy-to-install programs for their OS. Now that they've released WiX, less companies will be willing to pay for, say, InstallShield(/whatever) and as there a more programs that will use WiX, the feel of the OS-operation will be that it is more harmonious. How many times have you installed programs that have crap-ass installers an didn't have proper uninstall features? Think of the poor saps who don't know shit about how Windows works, who've tried their luck with those?
    Less hassle for the end-consumer will mean that less people drop away from MS-products.

  2. No special treatment... on For sale: Eurotunnel Tunnel Boring Machine · · Score: 1

    Postage and Packing: See description above or contact the seller for more information
    Buyer pays for all postage costs
    Will arrange for local pickup only (no postage).


    Now I *know* I won't be discriminated against when trying to sell stuff there, just cos' it doesn't bring them any real cash...

  3. *off-topic* response... on For sale: Eurotunnel Tunnel Boring Machine · · Score: 1

    You dirty little perv! :P

  4. Re:Evil Uses Anyone? on For sale: Eurotunnel Tunnel Boring Machine · · Score: 1, Funny

    Nonono,
    5) Collect underpants
    6) . . . . .
    7) Profit!

  5. Step one: on Invulnerable, Waterproof PDA · · Score: 1

    Collect underpants!

  6. Try squinting on The Web Won't Topple Tyranny · · Score: 1

    There is fundamentally no difference between the old and the new government in Georgia. There is less difference between the current leader and the deposed leader than there is between the current President of the United States and his democrat rival.
    - but people believe what they see, and the people who now have the power were good enough friends with the press to make it look otherwise.

  7. I take that tset for granted... on People with real l337 speak names? · · Score: 1

    I tend to forget that the 'z' is pronounced differently in English - in my native language , Danish (which is very much related to German), it can be pronounced either 'tset' (like in German) or (more commonly) 'set'.
    That soft-mushy-gaylike pronounciation is something that turned up after seamen having had to many semen (puns are ALWAYS funny at 7 in the morning when you haven't slept for two days).

  8. Life on Why Do Other Geeks Leave the House? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Excercise, fresh air, sun.
    The ability to poke at my greens before paying for them.
    Oh yeah, and I have WLAN and my are is heavily saturated by unsecured networks.

  9. Re:Housing director at my college on People with real l337 speak names? · · Score: 3, Informative

    A written '3'-like symbol in german is actually a minor 'z'. The reason for this common misunderstanding is that the old type 'B' in recent grammatical reforms has been allowed to become 'ss', where it historically was 'sz' (i.e. tall 's', curved 'z').
    Incidentally, the 'B'-character is also referred to as 'the sharp s' as the 'z' requires a sharper pronounciation than double-s would.

    (Try having taken german from 6th grade up)

  10. They never learn on Modernizing the Save Icon? · · Score: 2, Funny

    I've come across dozens of people who seriously believe that the computer casing is the hard drive. Anything within the big box with the power button is the hard drive to them.
    What makes it much, much worse is that they NEVER LEARN. Ever! I've tried explaining it to some of them several times to no avail.

    (-1 Redundant)

  11. Exactly what I was thinking on The World's Safest Operating System · · Score: 2, Redundant

    I don't understand why anyone would publish a study that is so loosely and poorly substantiated; that would be like looking at a Syrian prison and count the number of syrians imprisoned, and then on that basis summise that "Syrians are more criminal than south africans, since there are hundreds of syrians and not a single south african." /Paven

  12. Too bad it isn't heading this way on Sun Produces Strongest Flare Ever Recorded · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I *still* havent seen any of the promised Aurora Borealis [space.com] from previous flares.
    It's been a decade since last I saw any.

  13. Pr0n on Atomic Scale Memory · · Score: 1

    At least they're using their time _building_ something... even if it _is_ a pr0n collection...

  14. Re:Haven't you heard? on The Future Of 3D · · Score: 1

    *looks perplexed*

    ...four-dee gaming?
    4D.
    Okay.
    I must admit, I never paid much attention in physics class, but wouldn't the 4th dimension be just a tad unimportant thing to emulate on a video card? I mean, the program doesn't really care about time except the time it takes to execute and how long it should take to do this and that...?

    /eeeeevil