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  1. wvWare on YA Microsoft Linux Screed · · Score: 3

    translates Word .DOCs. Has saved me from microsoft using coworkers many times. Check it out at http://www.wvware.com/.

  2. Criminal Applications? on Paper Phones · · Score: 1

    Wow. It seems to me that this'd really be a huge boon to people whose phones are monitored (ie, drug lords, mafiosos, etc) -- they just have to buy one of these suckers, then toss it away in a few hours.

  3. I have sex with goats on Transforming Robots: Smart Blocks · · Score: 1

    hoot

  4. I dumped LinuxPPC for Debian on Dumping LinuxPPC For MacOS X? · · Score: 1

    It's much more well designed and now comes in ppc. Hooray for Debian!

  5. This just begs for a Simpsons quote, sorry on Lunar Landing Historical Site? · · Score: 1

    The Moon belongs to America, and anxiously awaits the arrival of our astro-men. Will you be among them? -- 4F21, The Secret War of Lisa Simpson

    sand ... sand ... SAND!

  6. Re:Try this one! on Distribute Stuff: Cosm Project's CS-SDK · · Score: 1

    I tried to build it and I get an error running the configure script:

    ./configure: line 1928: syntax error near unexpected token `;'
    ./configure: line 1928: ` for ac_config_dir in ; do'


    Has anyone figured out how to fix this?

  7. Re:nothing is real. on Real-time Video Disinformation · · Score: 2

    The only real weapons against lies are philosophy and logic. It always helps to be informed to the best of your ability, but it's never been a substitute for moral contemplation. Know thyself -- the unexamined life is not worth living.

  8. What a liar on The New Linux Myth Dispeller · · Score: 2

    From www.eruditum.org/index.html:
    we don't do windows

    lynx --head http://www.eruditum.org | grep Server
    Server: Microsoft-IIS/4.0


    Liar.

  9. Re:Flashback to Groening in the Middle East... on Groening Says The Simpsons Movie Planned · · Score: 3

    Shopkeeper: But it comes with a free frogurt!

    Matt: That's good!

    Shopkeeper: The frogurt is also cursed.

    Matt: That's bad.

    Shopkeeper: But you get your choice of toppings!

    Matt: That's good!

    Shopkeeper: The topping contains Sodium Benzoate.

    Matt: ... ?

    Shopkeeper: That's bad.

    Matt: Can I go sell out now?

  10. Re:Eat up martha? on Eliminating Notebook Keyboards · · Score: 1

    from 2F05, Lisa on Ice

  11. Re:Was illegal in California ten years ago on ABC Ads Target Answering Machines? · · Score: 1

    Greetings, friends. Do you wish to look as happy as me? Well, you've got the power inside you right now. So, use it, and send one dollar to Happy Dude, 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield. Don't delay, eternal happiness is just a dollar away.

    [4F01] Lisa's Date with Destiny

  12. Re:plant infestation on How Many Frequency Bands Are There? · · Score: 1

    As far as I have been able to observe, humans have values, and lichens do not. Most humans I know place a high value on natural beauty, more so than reliable cell phone recption. Remember, your apparently narrow definition of progress is just a value, not a natural law, no matter what the lichen-voices in your head may say.

  13. Re:Education and corporate sponsorship on Intel tells Harvard, 'Cover that Mac!' · · Score: 1

    My school (UMASS at Amherst) is a good example of the effects of corporate sponsorship of education. A "generous" donation from Nike or Coca-Cola comes with a heavy price: the corporation expects and demands broad control over University policy and culture. In the last year:
    - Nike has promised to withdraw all funding since we (students) convinced the administration to join the Workers Rights Coalition (an anti-sweatshop group).
    - Coca-Cola and Starbucks have demanded and enforced expensive monopolies on all beverages sold on campus. The administration has also harassed students gathering signatures for the Ecopledge, a pledge not to work for a list of socially irresponsible companies which includes Coca-Cola.
    - The administration has ignored the protests of students and professors by letting the Folett Group of Chicago skim profits from the Universities bookstores in return for undefined increases in "efficiency" (layoffs). Protesters against Folett must apply for a permit and gather in a confined space far from the bookstore or the Chancellor's residence.
    Corporations who give to educational institutions don't just want recognition. They openly seek to stifle the free speech and progressive activism that make colleges more than short sighted training camps for career skills.