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  1. I love CA*Net3 on Intenet2 Backbone Upgrades · · Score: 2, Informative

    My University is on it, and when I download from ftp.crc.ca (they mirror many things) I max out at 10Mbps.. Now if I could only get Acadia to upgrade to 100Mbps on the lan. *sigh*

  2. Steal my A paper! on The Culture of CD Burning · · Score: 2

    I'd be pretty darn brought if I found out that people were copying my A paper so they could get A's..

  3. Re:1.1 billion CD's doesn't mean 1.1 billion copie on The Culture of CD Burning · · Score: 2

    Ummm, I think he meant he'd only use 5 of them for music.

  4. Re:For only ... on Slashdot Subscription Update · · Score: 1

    Not a bad idea. I for one don't care if anybody copies my comments from /. as long as they don't misrepresent me.

  5. Re:For only ... on Slashdot Subscription Update · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Read the copyright notice on the bottom of the page.

    All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective owners. Comments are owned by the Poster. The Rest © 1997-2002 OSDN

  6. Re:Do you watch TV on your Computer? on Review: Creative Labs Video Blaster - Digital VCR · · Score: 1

    I watch TV on my computer, now if only I had a bigger monitor so that I could actually code and watch Enterprise at a decent size at the same time.

  7. Re:This is Quite Ridiculous on Microsoft's Guide to Accepting Donated PCs · · Score: 2

    I left feedback asking what law they are referring too "as I delete Windows of my new PC as I felt the license was too restrictive, and I do not wish to violate the law"

  8. Re:Difference between Transgaming and CodeWeavers? on WineX 2.0 · · Score: 1

    Yes you can install both, it works quite well actually.

  9. Re:Nowadays . . . on Rare Earth · · Score: 2

    It wasn't to count time, he used the distance they were thrown by the explosion to calculate the force of the explosion. First year physics my friend.

  10. Re:Installation Process Still Too Complicated on A Walk Through the Gentoo Linux Install Process · · Score: 1

    It's called Mandrake or Redhat, I personally don't like them, but it has been my experience that they are easier to install then Windows.

  11. Re:Hey, what the hell is this? on A Walk Through the Gentoo Linux Install Process · · Score: 2

    Of course the person you wrote submitted it to /.

  12. Re:My Experience on A Walk Through the Gentoo Linux Install Process · · Score: 2

    What I did was use /usr/lib/portage/pkglist to get a list of packages installed, stripped the version numbers from them and put it in my world file. Then I just did a emerge --update world

    My biggest gripe with Gentoo right now is the QA on ebuild's, one good example is the app-misc/xcircuit ebuild, as of yesterday it was still broken because of stupid typos, on the plus side ebuild's are very easy to write yourself

  13. Re:VNC? was Re:OS switch on Microsoft/Unisys Unix-bashing Site Runs FreeBSD · · Score: 2

    lol, that's a pitiful arguement, of course microsoft can violate they're own license since they are the copyright holders. On the other hand Mr. Bush is not the supreme ruler of all of America. (even if he does say it would be easier if he was)

  14. Not entirely true on Sun Files Suit Against Microsoft for Anti-Trust Violations · · Score: 5, Interesting
    The press releases says:
    Disclose and license proprietary interfaces, protocols and formats.
    This doesn't include the actually source code for IE. It might include the .DOC format though, now that could be intresting
  15. Re:Well, honestly, for once, he's right.... on More Mayhem From MSFT's Mundie · · Score: 1

    Redhat and Mandrake do sell GPL software along with support for that software. Who do you think Alan Cox works for?

  16. Re:What th--?! on The Price Of Doing Business · · Score: 2

    Well we are a independant member of the British Commonwealth. Yes the Queen is the head of state, but she has now power, and no new law passed in Britian applies to Canada without Canada consenting. More info here

  17. Re:SamMicheals, what will you do? on NOA to Sue for Flash Advance Linkers · · Score: 1

    According to this post he says he's just going to ignore them for now.

  18. Re:Who needs an IPO? on PayPal Goes Public · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Well if you are a power seller, or just have a large money transfer it could be a real hassle. Many of these stories involve people who have gotten a large payment, and then before PayPal will give them the money they freeze theyaccount.

    The people frozen accounts don't earn an intrest on this money, but PayPal does.

  19. Re:Prior Art on Immersion Sues Sony and Microsoft Over Force Feedback · · Score: 1

    BBC Micro you say.. Well I guess I'll have to cede my prior art claim to you. It's a shame, I was looking forward to being rich.

  20. Re:Interesting... on Immersion Sues Sony and Microsoft Over Force Feedback · · Score: 2, Informative

    I think they are suing over things like steering wheels and joysticks that do more then just rumble. Of course they could just being going after Sony/Microsoft since they feel that they are the bigger fish.

  21. Prior Art on Immersion Sues Sony and Microsoft Over Force Feedback · · Score: 5, Funny

    Clearly I have prior art claims, since when I was 11 or so my friends and I would take turns hitting each other while we played with our Atari.

  22. Re:I want hemp books! on What Kind of Books do You Want? · · Score: 1

    Well trees maybe renewable, but that's not very practical. Right now our demand for wood is much higher then how fast we can grow them, trees just take to long to grow before they are usable. This makes hemp even more valuable, not only does it take less land to make more raw material, but it always can be renewed in one growing season.

  23. Re:I want hemp books! on What Kind of Books do You Want? · · Score: 1

    Well personally I think it should be both ;)

    Seriously though hemp is an incredible versatile product. The only valid argument I've ever heard against is that people might try to grow marijuana along with the hemp, but I think with proper testing (testing for THC is cheap and easy) and harsh penalties would keep this at minimum.

    If anybody is interested in hemp growing a good place to start might be here, here in Nova Scotia (Canada in case you don't know) we have recently started to introduce hemp products back into the market, in fact there was a field right down the road from me, man that stuff smells nice on a dry day.

  24. I want hemp books! on What Kind of Books do You Want? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Personally I'd like to have hemp paper books. Hemp paper is of exceptional quality and a tonne of hemp will make much more paper then a tonne of dead trees.

    That and I'd love to see some idiot try to smoke a book.

  25. Re:A picture of the purchase on Electric Car Sighted on Highway - Who Makes It? · · Score: 1

    Incredible, I think it is the same guy. Wow.