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  1. Re:Stop Watching TV on ReplayTV May Drop "Commercial Advance" · · Score: 1

    slashdot is a lot more mind numbing then TV. how often do you see a ascii goatse on TV?

  2. Re:Whose computers still crash? on Why Do Computers Still Crash? · · Score: 1

    Yes, linux has not gotten C2 certification, but windows NT was only able to do it without a network card.

  3. Re:This could make life easy for redhat users on Sun Announces New x86 Servers · · Score: 2, Informative

    two of those CDs are source.

  4. Re:Saw this on Google News a while back on OSI vs SCO · · Score: 1

    A few corrections:

    - AIX is not based on mach
    - OS/400 was ported to PowerPC, but it certainly not the same kernel as AIX.

  5. Re:What does it mean? on GCC 3.3 Released · · Score: 1

    Actually, it's great. The gentoo wankers who compile everything can test it while the users who get real work done can get a much more stable build later.

  6. Re:Give ME a break on Intel Reveals Itanium 2 Glitch · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Don't count on IBM abandoning their RISC chips yet, They power some of IBM's most profitable hardware (AS/400 and RS/6000) platforms.

  7. Re:Remember.. on Dot ComBack, Or More Of The Same? · · Score: 1

    Yes, he is a great guy. Truely an american icon.

  8. Re:My favorite... on Finding Decent Unix Server Hosting? · · Score: 1

    any box that is loaded like that can stay up forever.

  9. Re:I want cheap SMP, not more MHz on Intel's P4 3GHz w/ 800MHz Bus & Canterwood Chips · · Score: 1

    Too much memory? for DOS maybe.

  10. Re:windows programmers on Tech Jobs Projected to Double by 2010 · · Score: 1

    I think COBAL is dead, but COBOL is doing fine.

  11. Re:Remote X Sessions - Use Case on Keith Packard's Xfree86 Fork Officially Started · · Score: 1

    I've used terminal services, and I do agree it is pretty nice. However, there is no reason that X can't be adapted better to work over remote connections.

  12. Re:xwin- Quartz on Keith Packard's Xfree86 Fork Officially Started · · Score: 1

    Look at it from the other direction, just because you don't use it, it shouldn't be there? Some of us do use it quite a bit and consider it a nice feature.

  13. Re:Depends on Your Price Range on Shopping for a New Monitor? · · Score: 1

    Yes they do. Honestly, I have one at home and one at work, they are absolutely wonderful to look at.

    After a while, you don't even notice the lines.

  14. Re:ridiculous on Snag the Red Hat 9 ISOs, via Cash or BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    Gosh some of you folks are cheap. $5 month is really not that expensive.

  15. Re:XFree Obsolete? on The XFree86 Fork() Saga Continues · · Score: 1

    You reckon wrong. The local socket operation is basically a memcpy() operation.

  16. Re:Speaking on behalf of the common people..... on The XFree86 Fork() Saga Continues · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you can tell us how you use X. X has worked great for me on all the machines I've used it on. Anything from an p-133 PC, to a athlon xp 1600 to a RS/6000.

    Always fast.

  17. Re:DirectFB on The XFree86 Fork() Saga Continues · · Score: 1

    David Wexelblat also says that he no longer uses a UNIX system and no longer hacks code for the project.

  18. Re:I'd be more interested in units sold... on LCD Overtaking CRT · · Score: 1

    I use a 22 inch diamontron and a 19 inch trinitron both at 1600x1200 and love my text.

    A good video card and a good monitor = good text

    that being said, those LCD monitors sure are sexy.

  19. Re:Hammer! on Mandrake 9.0 for AMD 64-bit Technology · · Score: 1

    recently? NT 4.0 was the last windows release that supported it.

  20. Re:You'd be doing your students a disservice on A College Without Microsoft? · · Score: 1

    They probally want more then 5 or 6 computers.

  21. Re:I told you so. on Linus Comments on SCO v IBM · · Score: 1

    actually, your wrong.

    - Microsoft + SCO developed Xenix
    - Novell brought the UNIX ip from AT&T
    - SCO (Caldera) brought the UNIX ip from Novell

  22. Re:A better use for a billion. on SCO Sues IBM for Sharing Secrets with Unix and Linux · · Score: 1

    you haven't seen VA stock lately, have you?

  23. Re:Sheesh on Dr. Pepper Tries New Astroturf Method · · Score: 1

    at least the women on his commercial are hot.

  24. Re:So what? on SecurityFocus On MS Security "Hole" · · Score: 1

    Redhat 8.0 has an icon that tells you when you need updates.

  25. Re:CVS as prior art! on Interwoven Patents Code Versioning · · Score: 1

    and the ones that write hello world programs for a living?

    clearcase is where it's at.