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  1. Re:Tab changes suck! on Firefox 2.0 RC2 Review · · Score: 1

    browser.tabs.tabMinWidth (in about:config) defaults to 100 (pixels); set it to a smaller value to allow the tabs to accumulate more before the scrollers appear.

  2. duh on Illinois to Pay for Unconstitutional Gaming Law · · Score: 1

    It's been 30 years since we had a Democrat as governor. Although he didn't go to jail till the 80s.

  3. Re:Illustrations on How Computers Work -- Circa 1979 · · Score: 1

    /me gets out measuring tape...

    it's approximately 50 cards to a centimeter.

    1704 m tall stack by 0.182 m long by 0.082 m wide is about 25.43 cubic meters (873 cubic feet). Fits nicely in a big U-Haul.


    Drive carefully.

  4. Re:National Debt on Mathematics of the Social Security "Crisis" · · Score: 1

    That's because of the interest accumulating on the debt. You'll note that the debt increased _less_ than the amount of interest for all the years you have listed, and it has increased _more_ than the amount of interest in 2002, 2003, and 2004.

    National debt to the penny

    Interest expense on the debt

  5. graphs in article are disproportionately scaled on InformationWeek On Windows-Linux Interoperability · · Score: 1

    For instance, none of the Linux concerns were held by more than 40% of the respondents, compared to about twice as many Windows worriers. A visual-only comparison is likely to mislead.
    Of course, by bringing up only the most pleasant correction, I'm doing the same thing. Hey, maybe we could get the PATRIOT act renamed the PHLEGM act.