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  1. You'd think they'd point out on An 'Open Letter to Apple' · · Score: 2, Informative

    that SuperClock got rolled into system 7.1 or something, but Apple purchased the rights to it.

  2. Re:popups on X10 Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection · · Score: 1

    Two of the most important Mozilla/Firebird items from texturizer.net: Flash Click To View and Ad Blocking. The Ad Blocking stuff really works well.

  3. Re:Stallman declined to be interviewed ... on Wired Interview with Linus Torvalds · · Score: 2, Insightful
    I consider [...] to be hair splitting, since it is beyond the average computer user

    Dude, computers are beyond the average computer user.

  4. Re:Does the state dept. read /. ??? NO on Virus Knocks Out U.S. Visa Approval System · · Score: 1

    Forget Slashdot. They would get that message if they were reading the Microsoft Security Bulletins.

  5. Re:You can keep your Detroit News on HP Offers Linux Purchasers Indemnification · · Score: 0

    Come on, people, it's the same AP article on both sites? How did this get a +4 interesting?

  6. Re:Nice Philip K Dick reference on Site Remembers Forgotten Games For You, Wholesale · · Score: 1

    Now all this service needs is god commandeering a satellite to beam the name of the game straight into your head.

  7. Re:Please fix the directional pad! on PSP Controller Layout, New Details Revealed · · Score: 1

    My personal favorite thumb pad controller was for the Sega Master System. Joysticks would be a toss-up between the original Atari and the Epyx 500xj, but those broke rather easily.

  8. Re:A bad decision on Dutch Court Rules That Linking Is Legal In Scientology Case · · Score: 1
    While nobody's been brazen enough to claim a GPL'd work is their's after being caught

    Squiggleslash, this is SCO. SCO, Squiggleslash. I'll leave you two alone to talk for a bit. SCO here has an interesting story to tell you!

  9. Re:they forgot to mention on Increased Software Vulnerability, Gov't Regulation · · Score: 1
    Also, with Linux an interested user can decide by himself what stuff he wants to install.

    Not on any network I administer, you don't. What makes you think you'll have that opportunity with a Linux-based desktop?

  10. Re:So by extension... on Why Virus Writers are Useful · · Score: 1

    "Without evil there could be no good, so it must be good to be evil sometime"
    -- Satan, or somebody.

  11. Re:It Sounds Nice (OT) on What to Expect From Qt 4 · · Score: 1

    KDE is overriding your GTK preferences. Look in the KDE control center under Look&Feel/Style and deselect Apply fonts and colors to non-KDE apps, and then get rid of ~/.gtkrc-kde.

  12. Re:Yes, but... on VIA K8T800 Chipset Preview - Dual Opteron in Action · · Score: 1

    You fucking anti-Jaguar people :)

    You were just upset you plonked down the $699 for a 3DO :)

  13. Re:dselect on Debian Turning 10 · · Score: 1

    the tool you want is aptitude. It crashes occasionally, but it'll make you forget all about dselect :)

  14. Re:Directives on EU IP Enforcement Directive Criticized · · Score: 2
    Hmm, I thought the prime directives were:

    1. Serve The Public Trust
    2. Protect The Innocent
    3. Uphold The Law


    I like what you did with point #1 up there. It's a plausible and friendly opener. The rest of you list seems to have a few problems -- #2 seems to be missing a question mark or two and #3 definately does not say profit.

    Could you fix those last few things up for me and submit a new post? Thanks!
  15. Re:MAPI? on Opengroupware · · Score: 1

    The only free client so far is the web client. There is "experimental" support for viewing your calendar with Mozilla Calendar. Check out the User FAQ

  16. Re:APT is NOT the "big advantage" of Debian on Debian And The Rise of Linux · · Score: 1
    Respect for upstream software (like, Debian doesn't call Apache "httpd", they call it "apache")

    Hans Reiser would disagree with you, but then I'd disagree with him, so it would be even. Follow the thread, it's almost as much fun as de Raadt vs. Bernstein.

  17. Re:My biggest compliant with debian on Debian And The Rise of Linux · · Score: 2, Informative

    Look here, about halfway down the page for the line to add to your sources.list to install KDE 3.1.2 for Debian stable.

  18. Medical simulation? on Inside Dark Age of Camelot's Lair · · Score: 2, Funny
    "takes place in an outer space being colonized by the Roman Empire."

    An outer space being, colonized by the Roman Empire?

    I can hardly wait for Imperator Online: The Colon

  19. Re:About time on Novell Nterprise Linux Services Announced · · Score: 1
    With this, merge the strength of Linux's "no license fee" with Novell's admin/directory tools. I want to have a server I can throw 5, 500, 50000 users on and not worry about licensing - and I just pay Novell for the user interface and tools.

    Unfortunately, if licensing for NetWare 6 is any indication, that's not going to work:

    (from the NetWare 6 FAQ)

    Q. My customer has workstations in which more than one person shares across shifts. How many licenses will they need?
    A. Each person which accesses the software services must have a unique NDS user object created for them, and each of these objects need a licenses. So if three people share the same computer across shifts, each person must have a unique NDS user object, and three licenses are needed to cover them.

    Q. Will a person who has two or more different user objects assigned to them need multiple licenses?
    A. Yes. A person who has multiple unique user IDs assigned to them will need a license for each different ID.
    AFAICT, NetWare 6 (sans licenses) is essentially free. It's the user licenses that'll getcha.
  20. Re:Good. on Phish Moves To FLAC · · Score: 1

    Wah, and I can't swap floppies fast enough to listen to them on my Fat Mac running System 4.2!

  21. Re:Industry Name Identity Problem? on Microsoft Rolls Out Pocket PC 2003 · · Score: 1

    Anyone who had read the article through to the SECOND SENTENCE would have the same thoughts.

  22. Well done! on Flight Simulator 2002 With 13 Monitors And 9 PCs · · Score: 1

    Let me be the first to say that's an amazing piece of work.

    Of course, I wouldn't be, if he was running FlightGear on a beowulf cluster. People would be falling all over themselves to congratulate him then. But there you are.

  23. Re:No! Download the LInux kernel from them... on No Business Like SCO Business · · Score: 4, Informative

    ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Serv er/current/

    They seem to have their whole distro available.

  24. Re:maybe I'm just a half-full kinda guy... on Microsoft Acquires RAV Antivirus · · Score: 5, Funny

    So windows is emacs, then? :)

  25. Re:Remeber TGA/PCX/LBM on What Is The Future of PNG? · · Score: 1
    I think TIFF may be dead too.

    Yep, no one uses fax machines anymore.