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  1. Re:The gaul wars were a mixed bag on Superguns Helped Defeat the Spanish Armada · · Score: 1

    The Helvetii were in a migration, even Caesar says so actually. They had to pass through the territory of a tribe under rome's protection, but again, Caesar kind of overruled regional politics in the area to get his way (he was, after all, reputedly jealous of Alexander being a great conqueror by his 30s).

  2. Re:All or nothing i'm afraid. on How To Be A Geek Goddess · · Score: 1

    I know a few, no I won't name them (esp. considering some are close friends) - but hell, even at rather high positions for some linux distros.

  3. Re:Well, duh. on How To Be A Geek Goddess · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Getting married is not a biological function, having children is. Did you somehow fail biology AND english?

  4. Re:Stupid on The Hard Upgrade Path From XP To Vista To Win 7 · · Score: 1

    How much older: geode-powered, sure. c3 if there's such a beast. The Celery on the first gen eeepc, the C7 in the old hp mini-note... I sincerely doubt it, I've run kde+bling much less painfully than I've done, say, XP on an old, slightly better specced desktop.

  5. Re:That's great... on Microsoft Unveils "Elevate America" · · Score: 1

    Historical political dominance - I'd suspect most, the Raj, unlike the Khanate, had the unfortunate luck to live at a time when universal elementary education in a "national" language (aka, the language the ruling elite speaks) had taken hold.