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  1. Re:Since when? on Why Debian Matters More Than Ever · · Score: 1

    I have to say that I don't really agree with a lot of what is in that link. Debian has no drivers: well... you could add contrib and non-free to your apt sources list. Although I agree that Debian should have this option when installing. The user should be able to decide if they want the non-free apt sources. It's the first thing I do when I install Debian. Adding those. Because it really enhances the debian-experience. Ubuntu is indeed getting a lot of attention from the media. That's fine. But Ubuntu is a very slow version of Debian... I don't think that people using Debian will switch to Ubuntu because it will mean that your system will get slower. A lot slower. Ignoring all the things we hate about windows.... Like having to enter your password every time you want to do something. I also am pretty sure that if Debian would die tomorrow, Ubuntu would die the day after. They have a lot of good devs, but not on a kernel and system level. Ubuntu to me is an application layer on top of Debian. Also calling Debian a distro for linux-fanatics is somewhat weird to me... Debian is one of the easiest to use distro's ever.... Hell, most other distro's have a variation of apt-get these days and with good reason. It's a good system! Neh, if Debian would allow users the choice of automating the adding of non-free and contrib to their apt.sources they might be the new Ubuntu. Ubuntu is nice btw, nothing wrong with it, but it's like driving a Ford when you had a Mercedes if you compare the two. Ubuntu has 1 thing good though. Ubuntu is made to make switching from windows over to linux easy and it's really good at that.

  2. I knew it. on Swedish ISPs To Thwart EU Data Retention Law · · Score: 2, Funny

    All that fresh air and clean water (and as much as I hate it, anti-alcohol-policy) had to be good for something. Little did I knew it would be common sense that would benefit. I'm not from Sweden but as soon as I can afford to be an alcoholic there I will immigrate to it!

  3. 'Combine Microsoft and HP and what do you have? on MicroHP — the New IT Giant? · · Score: 1

    Another company with shitty products and consumer lock-in?

  4. Yes you can walk out any time. on Russian Simulated Mars Mission Close To 'Landing' · · Score: 1, Redundant

    But we will shoot you...

  5. Re:Asian people on Experiment Shows Not Washing Jeans for 15 Months is Disgusting But Safe · · Score: 1

    I am afraid that if I would make a joke to that, I would get another troll mod ;)

  6. in other news on Ballmer Says 90% of Chinese Users Pirate Software · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    99% of Americans in Iraq are involved in stealing oil and illegal war... What is Ballmers opinion about that?

  7. Asian people on Experiment Shows Not Washing Jeans for 15 Months is Disgusting But Safe · · Score: -1, Troll

    They can be very smart, very cute, very hansom, very nice, very fuckable or... very strange.

  8. Re:Pentalobe... on The Case of Apple's Mystery Screw · · Score: 4, Informative
  9. Re: Is an app for landing commercial jets... on Electronics In Flight — Danger Or Distraction? · · Score: 1

    That all depends on the visibility level! And they use it especially in bad weather! If I am not mistaken on the more modern aircraft carriers it's even a demand. Make no mistake about this, autolanding is being used every day.

  10. Is an app for landing commercial jets... on Electronics In Flight — Danger Or Distraction? · · Score: 1

    It is in our past. It's called ILS and the big jets are outfitted to auto-land on it. The smaller planes just get brought on the right glidescope and at decision-height the pilot takes over.

  11. Re:Let me do it on UK ID Card Scheme Data Deleted For £400K · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's how I got rid of the first wife! No need to murder anyone, just put her in a box, stamp Fragile and Alaska on it and you're good.

  12. Kudos where they belong on Blizzard Won't Stop World of StarCraft Mod · · Score: 1

    @Blizz in this case. Someone made an error, it got corrected. The one involved gets invited to meet the real dev-team. Seems pretty nice to me.

  13. get rid of adds on PC Virus Turns 25 · · Score: 0

    http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm And you'll be fine with that link. Btw, what better way to celebrate virii than an add-infected site.

  14. Re:so naive on Google Releases Software To Iran · · Score: 1

    Do you have evidence of what you are stating? This is very easy: hi this is my personal believe, if you can't disprove it, it must be true. Are you a religious person by any chance?

  15. Re:Ummmm ... on Google Releases Software To Iran · · Score: 1

    Couldn't Iran just use a VPN to a server in the US to log into google earth? Come on... it's google earth... there is nothing on there that Iran (and any country for that matter) doesn't have already.

  16. Re:Change that into windows on UK To Offer PCs For £98, Subsidized Internet Connections · · Score: 2

    The target audience will not be moving to the mac.

  17. IBM on 30% More Patents Issued in 2010 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Let's hope they get the Patent-patent and lock it away forever. People believing that there is only 1 inventor of an idea don't know shit about history. It's very very rare for 1 person to come up with something really unique. Patents, especially on obvious things like math (software) or a 1 click-to-buy (amazon) aren't a big problem today for the average citizen, but it won't be long before those lobbies will get a law that will also let them target the end-users. Mark my words. Patents as they are implemented have absolutely nothing to do with protecting design, but everything with locking out fair competition and maximizing profits for often very obvious things that at least another million people thought about but just dind't file for it, for the simple reason: duhhh obvious.

  18. About the same amount of time on Embedded Linux 1-Second Cold Boot To QT · · Score: 1

    that it took to write this post? For a minute I was thinking this was twitter.

  19. Come on.... on Tunisian Gov't Spies On Facebook; Does the US? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    the US is the biggest spy in this age and has been for since wo2. Off course they fuck us. This question is truly naive. Hell, this one would be the one question that proofs that: 'there are no dumb questions' is just wrong. There are dumb questions. This is one.

  20. What? on Scientists Find Tears Are the Anti-Viagra · · Score: 5, Funny

    Man, I love it when they cry. All 7 of em. You know. Here in my basement. Brb, moms calling.

  21. Russian Teen Prepares To Penetrate Lake Vostok on Russian Team Prepares To Penetrate Lake Vostok · · Score: 2

    I am so utterly disappointed by the article.

  22. Yow Taco.... on Doctor Marries Doctor's Daughter, TARDIS Explodes · · Score: 1

    Pass on tha blunt man. I think you got some good stuf!

  23. Re:Realtime Trainwreck Analysis on Why BioWare's Star Wars MMO May Already Be Too Late · · Score: -1, Troll

    Sjezus Christ, are you a lawyer mate? Or do you enjoy writing comments that in the end say nothing?

  24. Let me be the first on Rushkoff Proposes We Fork the Internet · · Score: 1

    to register sex.fork and (just for the typo's I promise) sex.pork

  25. Of course not! on Does Windows Phone 7 Have a Data Transmission Bug? · · Score: 1

    But we do have a feature that does the same.