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  1. author is confused on 18 Live Linux CDs -- In A Row · · Score: 1
    "* Knoppix/Kanotix/Mepis. All good choices, but Mepis feels more home user oriented."

    Then he lists Kanotix and Knoppix in the section of distros he doesn't recommend.

  2. Re:We use Skype for international conferences on Businesses Discover Skype · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I call NZ all the time and the regular phonelines are useless compared to Skype. Also just got a lingo.com phone at home, $20/month unlimited calls the US, Canada and most of Western Europe.

  3. Latest corporate directives on Just How Paranoid Are You? · · Score: 3, Funny
    "Please install these Kensington laptop locks and use them at all times." said the memo to all laptop users.
    I google for 2 minutes and find a great instructional video on how to open said laptop lock with a piece of paper and some tape.

    A few days go by, a new directive: "Please keep your laptop locked away in a drawer when you leave for the day."

  4. Re:Michael Powell is the son of Colin Powell on Michael Powell to Leave FCC · · Score: 2, Funny
    I wonder if Colin Powell's exodus is not unrelated to this.

    No, I don't find it unbelievable.

  5. Re:Supernodes? on An Analysis of the Skype Protocol · · Score: 1
    What is the deal with supernodes?

    Is Jerry Seinfeld posting on slashdot now?

  6. Re:I hate Bollywood on Bollywood New Releases Available via Video-On-Demand · · Score: 1

    You should have doubled the initial price, then let them haggle you down to the actual price. Works out for everyone, they get to haggle, you make a sale, you get high commission check to take out rich girl from higher caste to fancy restaurant, everyone dances.
    Roll credits.

  7. Re:Great. on Spam and Spyware Too Much for Some Users · · Score: 1

    and AOL's revenues declining...

  8. Re:Science numbers? What about business numbers? on Newsy Numbers · · Score: 1
    Yeah, but this post. Which is using 6 sentences. Compared to only 3 for yours.

    Is it twice as productive? Or half as efficient?

    I don't know.

  9. public funds well spent on NASA Details Earthquake Effects on the Earth · · Score: 3, Funny
    NASA scientists, using data from the Indonesian earthquake calculated it affected Earth's rotation, decreased the length of day, slightly changed the planet's shape, and shifted the North Pole by centimeters. The earthquake that created the huge tsunami also changed the Earth's rotation."

    What about the effects on the earth's rotation, didn't NASA scientists find anything on that? And I also read that the earth's rotation was affected, as well as the rotation of the earth.

  10. Re:what a coincedence on True Stories of Knoppix Rescues · · Score: 1

    Last time I bought a PC I didn't get any installation discs. I used Knoppix to move some data off the PC before doing a system restore. Turned out it didn't lose any data, but better safe than sorry.

  11. Re:Good job Rational on Rational Atlantic Eclipse Based Solutions · · Score: 1

    I don't see the synergy.

  12. Re:Crossing Over on Bob Cringely's Predictions For 2005 · · Score: 1

    I caught that one day and she was explaining that someone's pet bat was jealous. I found it amusing in the same way I enjoy Benny Hinn.

  13. Re:WJR 760 on Wired Interviews Bram Cohen, Creator of BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    Too bad that this site is getting publicity, I've used it for a while to get Swedish stuff over in the US. A bit worried that it'll get pressured out of existence after this writeup.

  14. Re:NetMeeting? on Producing a Quiz Show from Multiple Locations? · · Score: 1
    Windows not an option?

    What's more likely?
    A. The three computers he has available run windows.
    B. They don't.

  15. Re:skype on How Do You Make International Calls? · · Score: 1

    Looks like OneSuite does it, nermind me. I'm just talking to myself. Save lots on long distance that way.

  16. Re:skype on How Do You Make International Calls? · · Score: 1

    I love skype for home but when I'm on my cellphone I want something like bigzoo that lets me dial a local number.

  17. Re:Why Worry? on The Coming Atlantic Mega-Tsunami · · Score: 1
    There's smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors (digital - we've got parrots...

    That's a funny way to justify having something that would save your life.

  18. Re:Early warning on The Coming Atlantic Mega-Tsunami · · Score: 1

    Just as a reference a marathon is just over 42 km, if you can do it in just over 2 hours you'd make the Olympic team of any country including Kenya.

  19. Re:Oh Damn! on The Coming Atlantic Mega-Tsunami · · Score: 1

    Good, that saves us from having to move all of you to the new reservations by force.

  20. Re:People hate DRM on Windows Media Center Edition vs. The World · · Score: 1
    OK thanks, still pretty reasonable pricing to say the least.

    I did some googling on them and there were some complaints about mutiple credit card charges (not them directly but the third party paypal wannabe they use) and slow site performance.

  21. Re:People hate DRM on Windows Media Center Edition vs. The World · · Score: 1
    Have you used the allofmp3 site? A little hesitant to send money off to some Russian site I know nothing about.

    Region encoding on dvds drives me nuts, as a European living in the USA I basically have to break the law to watch movies that are never released here.

  22. Re:Given that the "old" ones weren't used responsi on Green Security Clearance Laser Pistol Available · · Score: 4, Funny
    Someone told me that they were at a Liverpool match once and one of the goalkeepers had about 8 red dots all over his body when he made a save.

    So that's the excuse they're going with now at Anfield.

  23. Re:Perhaps they should have played Wolf3D! on Whippersnappers Bad-Mouth Old Games · · Score: 1
    EGM: Now imagine you've reached the 10th stage, and you're on your last life. Once you die and you put another quarter in, you don't just continue from there--you start all over.

    Parker: Are you serious?

    EGM: Yep. When you lose all your lives, you have to start over. You don't keep going.

    Parker: And you guys back then were OK with this?

  24. Re:Step 2 on Tiny Aircraft Feeds Itself With Dead Flies · · Score: 1
  25. Re:Okay... Mars Colony? on 2004 MN4 Asteroid Odds Inching Up Again · · Score: 1
    Attach a rocket and push it gently aside, like you're pushing a car.

    You push your car with a rocket? Cool.

    I shot bottle rockets at cars once, does that count for anything?