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  1. Re:Patenting mistakes on Has Microsoft's Patent War Against Linux Begun? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Doesn't this seem like anticompetitive behavior? I think we're needing a new lawsuit.

  2. Re:The right answer to this on Has Microsoft's Patent War Against Linux Begun? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Software patents are illegal to begin with. Software is math.

  3. Re:The right answer to this on Has Microsoft's Patent War Against Linux Begun? · · Score: 1

    Very true.

  4. Re:neat idea. What do they do with the heat though on Optical Concentrator To Make Solar Power Cheaper · · Score: 1

    Or you could boil water and run it through a turbine and get more electricity!!!!!

  5. Re:lack of keyboard on Second Android-Based Phone Announced · · Score: 1

    Why would you bet that? The release candidate is already available for downloading.

  6. Re:NOOOOOOOOOO! on Firefox 3.2 Plans Include Natural Language, Themes · · Score: 1

    The great part about having an open source browsers is the rendering engine is also open source. Try using one of the other browsers that just use the Gecko rendering engine. Or hell use one that uses Webkit. Its more lightweight these days anyway.

    On an off note, I thought the original version was called Firebird, but they had to rename it because it conflicted with the Firebird RDBMS.

  7. Re:NOOOOOOOOOO! on Firefox 3.2 Plans Include Natural Language, Themes · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So, don't upgrade. Seriously, what is wrong with you people? Software adds on features over time. Thats how it works. What makes something bloated is if the features they add outstrip the progression of the average man's cpu/memory capacity. This is not the case with Ubiquity. I have used it. You will never notice its there.

  8. Re:Experts saw it coming nine years ago. on Why Windows Must (and Will) Go Open Source · · Score: 1

    Whereas proprietary software delivers what that company wants to better establish its monetary goal, regardless of if they are good or bad for the user.

  9. Re:There is too much money in Windows on Why Windows Must (and Will) Go Open Source · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You are retarded.

  10. Re:Nonsense on Why Windows Must (and Will) Go Open Source · · Score: 1

    It might be easier to bring up concepts whose popularity happened after the year of the internet (1992).

  11. Re:Nonsense on Why Windows Must (and Will) Go Open Source · · Score: 0

    But they might as well.

  12. Re:I don't get it on VMware Releases Open Source Virtualization Client · · Score: 1

    Mr. Burton

  13. Re:What about VMWare Player? on VMware Releases Open Source Virtualization Client · · Score: 1

    What does your last statement mean? What does Free as in OSS have to do with installing Windows? VirtualBox is free as in OSS and can install Windows.

  14. Re:Evolution plugin = good/bad architecture? on Exchange Comes To Linux As OpenChange · · Score: 1

    Alright, the server is Citadel (http://www.citadel.org/doku.php). The Evolution plugin is not quite up to snuff though. Get cracking.

  15. Re:Here we go again..... on Exchange Comes To Linux As OpenChange · · Score: 1

    So people will continue to buy your server product, duh!

  16. Re:Here we go again..... on Exchange Comes To Linux As OpenChange · · Score: 1

    Microsoft's last words will be "Windows 7 is our best Windows yet!"

  17. Why???!?? on Senate Passes Another Bill To Delay Digital TV Transition · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What the fuck is the point of this? That spectrum has a new use which is only getting delayed yet again because of this. Why are they delaying? Its not like TV is something that you can't live without. And if you still haven't figured out that you need to upgrade your TV then either you: A) don't have a brain B) are senile and will probably never get the point C) rarely use your TV so it doesn't matter anyway. If they do this stupid delay I hope they at least make the analog required to just display 24/7 a text message stating that they need a digital TV or converter box with audio of a person reading it it in English and Spanish. Maybe then the last of the morons might get it.

  18. Re:what happens if google folds on Google Unofficially Announces GDrive By Leaked Code · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Have a backup. Just like with any storage.

  19. Re:I hope they succeed. on India Will Show Its $10 Laptop Prototype · · Score: 1

    They did use Linux.

  20. Re:I have a vague memory of St. Helens on Alaskans Prepare For Volcanic Eruption · · Score: 1

    You breath through your beard?

  21. Re:I have a vague memory of St. Helens on Alaskans Prepare For Volcanic Eruption · · Score: 1

    9 mile high in this case.

  22. Re:Lock In on AMD Adds OpenGL 3.0 Support To Graphics Drivers · · Score: 1

    Of course that was running on Silicon Graphics hardware. Silicon Graphics being the primary pusher of OpenGL back then.

  23. Re:OTOH, a reason to trust on Universal Disk Encryption Spec Finalized · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Nah, the company would probably just make sure that the word doesn't get out. And if it does it would be seen as some whack job on Slashdot who thinks only F/OSS can be trusted. Just so there is no confusion here, I'm one of those whackjobs. Proprietary disk encryption is just a universally dumb idea.

  24. Re:Bust? Really? on Nintendo Brain Games Effectiveness Questioned · · Score: 2, Informative

    That and Brain Age has Sudoku as a game. So he is also not very observant.

  25. Re:Expected on Woman Claims Ubuntu Kept Her From Online Classes · · Score: 1

    Right, including Linux too.