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  1. Re:I don't buy it. on Red Hat Support Continues To Flourish · · Score: 1

    I know plenty of people who pay for support from Red Hat, Novell, etc., but no one who uses that support.

  2. Linux t-shirt at 3:20 on The Monrovian Analog Blogger · · Score: 1

    At 3:20 in the video, there's a guy wearing a t-shirt with Tux on it.

  3. I for one on Barack Obama Sworn In As 44th President of the US · · Score: 1

    I, for one, welcome our new Obamalord.

  4. Re:Strange Complaints on Why Developers Are Switching To Macs · · Score: 1

    Turning on root squashing in the /etc/exports file fixes this. Any requests from UID 0 on the remote host are changed to 'nobody' on the server, thereby disallowing any special privileges even though a client is root.

  5. Ubuntu is "basically Debian-based" on Debian Cluster Replaces Supercomputer For Weather Forecasting · · Score: 1

    The article says that their preference on workstations is Ubuntu which is "basically Debian-based." Ubuntu isn't just Debian-based, it's entirely dependent upon Debian for it's continued development.

  6. Why do they call them disks? on Seagate to Offer Solid State Drives in 2008 · · Score: 1

    Dad, why do they call them disks?

  7. Only in Kenya on Google Setting Up a Presence In Kenya · · Score: 1

    May all of your days be ruined by repetitive music:
    http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/kenya/

  8. Re:Awesome on MacBook Pro Gets Santa Rosa Chipset, LED Screen · · Score: 1

    I'm dying to buy one of these babies. No, you're not. If you were, you'd realize that MacOS is designed around a single mouse button so you simply don't miss it. Using the single mouse button as a reason for not getting a Mac is a lame excuse at best.
  9. Google still gets your message on Encrypt and Sign Gmail messages with FireGPG · · Score: 1

    Thanks to the autosave feature, Google will still get the text of your message as you type it in.

  10. Content creators vs. indexers on Googlebot and Document.Write · · Score: 1

    Given that search-driven traffic is so important to sites indexers such as Google have a huge amount of power. If the search engines choose to not index Javascript-generated content (or other dynamic content), will content creators avoid putting real content within such elements?

  11. BitTorrent for commercial content distribution on Bram Cohen on BitTorrent's Future · · Score: 1

    I don't understand all they hype about using BitTorrent as a distribution method for commercial content. BitTorrent is a great protocol for distributing pirated material because no one person has to foot the bandwidth bill. If I pay for something, however, why should I have to further pay with my bandwidth?

  12. Splunk and SplunkBase on SplunkBase Brings IT Troubleshooting Wiki to the Masses · · Score: 2, Informative

    I think this needs to be summarized because I was thoroughly confused by reading the Slashdot blurb and the linked article didn't help much.

    Splunk is a log aggregation server that classifies and tags events found in your logs making it easy to grep through them.
    SplunkBase is an extension of Splunk, a web based service that you can lookup events (linked from the Splunk application) and (perhaps) get more information about them.

  13. Login for article on The Grinch Who Patented Christmas · · Score: 3, Informative

    Username: 67pnmoil
    Password: 67pnmoil

  14. locate on Google Launches Desktop Search Tool · · Score: 1

    I've been using this for years on Linux; it's called 'locate'.

  15. 802.11b is your answer on Wireless Dilemma at Newton's House? · · Score: 1

    I really think that 802.11b is the answer. Check out antennas at hyper link technologies; you can get simple stick antennae, or even better some flat patch antennae which are less intrusive. Obviously, it's prefferable that you place them on the outside of the buildings, but I think they would still work from inside as long as you use high gain ones and point them towards one another.

  16. On 7-Eleven cups on The Golden Age of Cup Manufacturing · · Score: 1

    Your forgot the 52oz Extreme Gulp, "the baldder buster". It takes a few hours to drink, and the rest of the day to get rid of. 82c to fill with your favorite fountain drink, or slurpee if you want to rip 'em off.

  17. PC's have been sold for a long time.... on Is Linux Dead? · · Score: 1

    apparently. One sentance in the article states: "With sales of new PCs in their worst slump in decades.....". The mass market of PCs has barely gone for two decades. I sincerely doubt that current sales are less than, or even close to those of 20 years ago. What a gross over-exaggeration.

  18. Re:Problem on The Computer as Microwave? · · Score: 1

    Doubtful. Look at your processor. Take the heatsink off. There are just a few mm of ceramic between you and the actual silicon wafer. Its the same way with all the other chips. The only shielding would be the heatsink, and that doesn't cover the entire processor, unless you encase your processors to ward off condensation.......