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  1. Re:oh yeah firefox invented top right search uh hu on Windows Longhorn and Internet Explorer 7 · · Score: 1

    Yes, but Firefox popularized it. Opera is a good browser, but it isn't as popular as Firefox.

    Ben

  2. Re:how bout rapists and murders also on Tracking Sex Offenders via GPS for Life · · Score: 1

    I suspect a rapist counts as a sex offender.

  3. Dude, buy a bigger pen drive! on Easy Way for Sharing OpenOffice.org Documents? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dude, buy a bigger pen drive! :)

  4. Get a Masters on How Important is a Well-Known CS Degree? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Go ahead and finish your degree where you are. Then get your Masters at a more well known school.

  5. ~/tmp/ Directory on How To Manage Your Home Directory? · · Score: 1

    I put a tmp directory in my home directory. Anything I don't need to hang on to permanently goes in there. Every month or so I just wipe it out and create it again.

  6. Could we get the title right? on EA Predicted to Announce Madden, NHL Sales Drops · · Score: 3, Informative

    Come on guys, could we get it right? It's EA that will be announcing that their games are losing sales. ESPN is the one causing the loss in sales.

  7. At least he owned up to it... on 11,000 Words on the Star Wars Trilogy DVDs · · Score: 5, Insightful

    At least the submitter owned up to being one of the authors of the review. Others haven't been as scrupulous. :)

  8. Re:not so fast ... on The Linux Filesystem Challenge · · Score: 0
    Last I heard, Professor Tanenbaum was alive and well.

    http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/

  9. Re:Open Source compressor used: on New IE Malware Captures Passwords Ahead Of SSL · · Score: 0

    There have been a lot of viruses and worms over the years that haved used UPX.

  10. Just change the lexical analyzer on Non-English Programming Languages? · · Score: 0

    If a compiler was designed correctly you should be able to change the keywords just by changing the lexical analyzer. Everything else would stay the same.

  11. VRML on Universal 3D File Format In The Works · · Score: 0

    What's wrong with VRML. :)

  12. Windows NT?!? on Homeless to be Implanted with Subdermal RFID Tags · · Score: 0

    They're using Windows NT! Can you believe this? This is a travesty! We better start calling our congressmen.

  13. Similarities between Linux and Windows on Windows 2000 & Windows NT 4 Source Code Leaks · · Score: 0

    And SCO is reporting that they have found similarities between the leaked code and Linux. They will be lending their legal expertise to Microsoft for the upcoming lawsuit.

  14. Re:I hope this is fair use: on A Good Summer Read? · · Score: 0

    Actually Tolkien invented Middle Earth for his languages, not the other way around.

  15. Dave Ramsey on Personal Finance Book Suggestions? · · Score: 0

    I am a devotee of Dave Ramsey. He has several books out on personal finance and has a daily radio show you should be able to catch in most parts of the US. His web site is at http://www.daveramsey.com/.

  16. JRR Tolkien on What's on Your Summer 2002 Reading List? · · Score: 0

    Reading the Hobbit, LOTR Trilogy, Simarillion, and the other books by JRR Tolkien could easily keep you entertained all summer.

    Ben

  17. Random Text on Philip Zimmermann and 'Guilt' Over PGP · · Score: 0

    If the government did pass laws forbidding unescrowed strong cryptography, how could they tell the difference between PGP encrypted messages and random text? (Other than the headers of course.) Would they prosecute people for sending random text over e-mail?

  18. Re:How will this affect current systems? on SSH Claims Trademark Infringement by OpenSSH · · Score: 1

    Surely they can't stop sysadmins from making a sym-link to the new name. Ben

  19. Computer Literacy on Ask the Presidential Candidates · · Score: 1

    How computer literate do you consider yourself, and how important do you think it is for computer skills to be taught in our schools?

  20. The Booming Economy on Ask the Presidential Candidates · · Score: 1

    Who do you feel is responsible for the booming economy that the United States is currently experiencing?

  21. Hiring Workers on Ask Havenco's CTO Anything You'd Like · · Score: 1

    As your business gets larger, you will be forced to hire new workers. Will there be measures to insure that these workers aren't from the NSA or one of your client's competitors? Thanks! Ben Pharr