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  1. Re:How about... on 15 Mutations Resulted In Increased Brain Size · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh, was there an article?

  2. How about... on 15 Mutations Resulted In Increased Brain Size · · Score: 2, Funny

    a beowulf cluster of uber mice

  3. Re:Rochester Institute of Technology? on The Best Colleges for Network Engineering? · · Score: 1

    But you'll be able to eat at the best restaurant in the universe:
    Nick Tahou's!!

  4. Re:I think I have the solution on Alternatives to Icons and Start Menus? · · Score: 1

    AnotherLauncher looks great, I'll check it out...
    Wonder why it hasn't gotten the press that LaunchBar has.
    thanks!

  5. Re:I think I have the solution on Alternatives to Icons and Start Menus? · · Score: 2, Informative

    LaunchBar for Mac OSX comes pretty close to this, you just have to hit then type some part of the name and there it is. I can no longer work well without it. If anyone knows of a similar thing for Windows, let me know and I'll install it on my 'other' machine.

  6. Re:Right... on iCal 1.5.2 Released · · Score: 5, Informative
  7. Re:And how is this different from any other war ga on Vietnam-Based Shooters - A Suitable Topic? · · Score: 1

    IIRC, oriental referred to anything east of Rome, while occidental referred to everything west of Rome.

  8. Re:One of my favorite robots is on Robot Hall of Fame · · Score: 1

    You mean the one that looks like a magical pig with marital aids stuck all over it?

  9. Spectre was too easy to beat on Tiny RC Tanks That Fight · · Score: 1

    If you jacked up the speed of your tank, you could outrun pretty much anything and get enough spare tanks to never lose. I once playd a single game for 6 or 7 hours. I wouldn't even pause the game to piss or refill the coffee cup (or pipe...).
    Still a lot of fun, tho.

  10. Re:clones are bad on Beige Box Apple Clone? · · Score: 1

    Indeed! but how many IBM pcs are out there? If this was IBM's core biz, they'd be in trouble.

  11. Re:We rolled our own... on What Software Do You Use for Unix Backups? · · Score: 1

    > we tried rsync... didn't like what it did to load.
    This might help, it's one of my favorite things about rsync
    --bwlimit=KBPS limit I/O bandwidth, KBytes per second

  12. Re:Here's what you do.... on What Should I Do With My Life? · · Score: 1
  13. Re:MacOSX Inconsistencies? on Top Ten Mac OS X Tips for Unix Geeks · · Score: 1

    You can't really ln -s from the GUI. An Alias is something a little different, it will follow the original file if the original file is moved or renamed. If you spend your time in the command line, just use ln -s, the GUI will see them just fine. Hiding files via the .hidden file only effects the GUI (I don't use it). Here's how I approach it: The GUI is for mac things. the command line (and XDarwin/oroborosx) is for unix things. Seldom have I run into the problem of not having access to . files from the GUI, usually I already have a term open.

  14. Re:so? on Building the Ultimate Silent PC · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ask and ye shall receive!
    http://www.azkidsnet.com/JSknockjoke.htm
    http://www.scatty.com/jokes/knock/
    http://www.a hajokes.com/knock_knock_jokes.html
    Knock knock?
    who's there?
    Llama
    Llama who?
    Llama yankee doodle dandy!
    (I have a 5 year old)

  15. Re:Directors cut? on LOTR Director's Cut Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Highlander suffered from producers ignoring the tag line "There Can Be Only One".
    The first one was a visual masterpiece. The rest were tripe.

  16. Re:linux installs on Review of SuSE 8.1 Professional · · Score: 1

    Back in the old days, they were US West, which, if you were unlucky enough to be in their local service footprint, we called US Worst-usually due to their horrendous service. I guess it holds over still (their rep and the name).
    Hope this bit of irrellevant history clears up this extremely important dicussion.

  17. Re:GSM in America? on T-Mobile Sidekick Reviewed · · Score: 1

    TMobile (formerly Voicestream) is the largest GSM carrier in the US. I think there are carriers in all the metro areas.

  18. Re:Mac Laptops on Flirting With Mac OS X · · Score: 1

    This IS the great thing about X11. Which is why I have XDarwin on my OSX box. I can yast2 my SuSE, install Oracle on Solaris, admin Veritas... I've stopped using VNC, except to access Windows machines (pre 2K server, for that there's MS Remote Desktop Connection)

  19. Re:Napster II?? on Tivo Quadcard Promises Thousand-Hour PVR · · Score: 1

    >people are now able to make perfect, digital copies
    Actually, no. They're compressed and often have artifacts(at least on my DirecTiVo-which records the pre-compressed feed from the satellite).

  20. Re:What happens when you have a kid on David Brin on "Attack of the Clones" · · Score: 1

    Right on. I only saw AoTC becauase I was out of town and had some time to kill. If I had needed to find a sitter to free me for a couple of hours, I would've seen something much better: my wife.

  21. Re:A bit of history here on Egyptian Pyramid Rover Finds... Another Door · · Score: 1

    If your political leader is also your god/goddess, you are a slave.

  22. Re:Economies of scale on Toro iMow - A Robotic Mower that Works? · · Score: 1

    Do you eat Salmon? From the Northwest? Dams really mess up spawning for many food fish.

  23. Re:OT: Jen Connolly on De Niro Seeks Science-Oriented Film Scripts · · Score: 2, Funny

    Requium for a Dream.
    ass to ass, ass to ass, ass to ass, ass to ass

  24. Re:Farscape... on Slashback: Segwait, Farscape, Leg-pulling · · Score: 1

    Peter Weller is NOT Robocop. Well, he is, but he's really Buckaroo Bonzai.

  25. Re:"sport", eh? on Comedy Central Cancels BattleBots · · Score: 1

    What about thumb wrestling? That's a sport.