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  1. Re:It's extremely good. on Ubuntu 10.10, Maverick Meerkat, Now Available · · Score: 1

    I'm a tinkering systems administrator. I am using apt all the time.

  2. Re:It's extremely good. on Ubuntu 10.10, Maverick Meerkat, Now Available · · Score: 1

    Yeah, sorry, still bogus. I'm from Australia too and haven't had a botched install from the Aust mirrors in 5 years. I started using ubuntu 5 years ago. What I'm saying is that in all my use - and I use it all day every day - I have never had a failed install from repositories.

  3. Re:Efficient on Against Apple, Ballmer Floats Microsoft Merger With Adobe · · Score: 1

    Then we can all make jokes about the size of their programmers genitalia.

  4. Re:Scriptkiddies these days on Linux Kernel Exploit Busily Rooting 64-Bit Machines · · Score: 4, Funny

    Guys, come look, its Abraham!

  5. Re:Scriptkiddies these days on Linux Kernel Exploit Busily Rooting 64-Bit Machines · · Score: 2, Funny

    Speaking from the grave I see, Mr. 979059. =D

  6. Re:Advertising? on On the Web, Children Face Intensive Tracking · · Score: 1

    Classical music. Favorites include Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Bach. I do like some of Hanz Zimmer's stuff too.

  7. Re:Scriptkiddies these days on Linux Kernel Exploit Busily Rooting 64-Bit Machines · · Score: 1

    Excuse me, Mr. ID 1591027, but your day hasn't even begun yet. =)

  8. Re:virus scanner on Linux Kernel Exploit Busily Rooting 64-Bit Machines · · Score: 2, Insightful

    A virus scanner isn't going to do much against a rootkit.

  9. Re:Ubuntu users have more problems on Shuttleworth Answers Ubuntu Linux's Critics · · Score: 2, Informative

    User-installed Linux != manufacturer-installed Windows. Not what you were saying - directly - but its worth pointing out.

    I have installed Ubuntu Linux on a number of clients computers, and I've done it properly. All set up to do common tasks (DVD movies, music, flash, WINE, etc) with proper remote support. These same clients have spread the word to the point where people from all over my continent are shipping me their laptops and desktops to have it installed with Ubuntu 'properly'. Kind of overwhelming actually.

    My point is, vanilla Ubuntu needs some minor tweaks (software installed) before its completely ready for Joe Blogs, but once done - they love it.

  10. Re:You hide in crowds not underpopulated countries on Social Media Can Help You Fake Your Own Death · · Score: 1

    NZ does have one of the 7 bases of Echelon, but apart from that, their intelligence agencies suck.

  11. Re:Well... on Software (and Appropriate Input Device) For a Toddler? · · Score: 1

    That has to be one of the funnies things I've read this month.

  12. Re:Almost there.... on Los Angeles Unveils $578 Million Public School · · Score: 1

    Are you trying to make me choose between the general safety of my children or the fact that they could be awesome super soldiers with mind-bending capabilities??

    ..... I'm torn.

  13. Re:Does It Have on Los Angeles Unveils $578 Million Public School · · Score: 1, Troll

    Mosque you bring that up again? I'm getting jolly sick of this, sunni.

  14. Re:News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters. on Los Angeles Unveils $578 Million Public School · · Score: 3, Funny

    Cause the government wants it there. There is a code buried in the summary. All you need is the algorithm.

  15. Almost there.... on Los Angeles Unveils $578 Million Public School · · Score: 1

    I can't wait for my kids to be schooling like they were in Serenity. Nice green, luscious gardens with open sitting areas and touch screens with cool GUI effects.

  16. Re:So Hell Pizza requires Facebook/Twitter UID? on Pizza Lovers Suffer Data Breach From Hell · · Score: 1

    Shutup. We claimed Russell.

  17. Re:What I don't understand... on Pizza Lovers Suffer Data Breach From Hell · · Score: 1

    Likewise, any venue that tries to take my fingerprints or iris scan.

    Ah, my friend, these days they just digitally map your face using the 10s to 100s of cameras that film you every day. We know who you are, citizen.

  18. Re:Klingon Tour on Australian Cave Offers Klingon Audio Tour · · Score: 1

    Vegemite is absolutely delicious. I enjoy a thick coat of it on well-buttered toast every morning.

  19. Re:Hrm on Users Report Foul Play In App Store Rankings, Purchases · · Score: 1

    Cause it was an Adobe Flash exploit, not an evil ad campaign. Although, the end result of the former was the latter. =)

  20. Re:To be fair... on Apple Censors Consumer Report iPhone4 Discussions · · Score: 1

    ...serious problem on their hands...

    I see what you did there...

  21. Re:Hey Apple fanboys... on Apple Censors Consumer Report iPhone4 Discussions · · Score: 1

    This has been standard operating procedure for Apple for a long time...Apple still generally rates higher in customer service than everyone else.

    I don't think you're connecting the dots...

  22. Re:Triangulation? on Retrieving a Stolen Laptop By IP Address Alone? · · Score: 1

    There is too many variables for this to be an accurate triangulation. Easy example is to try it on your own IP. At best you're going to get a suburb sized area. Nothing better than what you've currently got.

  23. Re:Post the IP address on Retrieving a Stolen Laptop By IP Address Alone? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This is actually a good idea. Having a Visa Debit / MasterCard debit account with only a few bucks in it is all it take for them to slip up. Once they've done that, you're home free.

  24. Re:The sound of a million traceroutes on Retrieving a Stolen Laptop By IP Address Alone? · · Score: 1

    That made my day - thanks.

  25. Re:Post the IP address on Retrieving a Stolen Laptop By IP Address Alone? · · Score: 1

    Reverse SSH tunnel as a service FTW. Works every time.