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  1. Re:Everyone loves Gimp! :) on Apple's Aperture Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Could you tell me the name of the command-line conversion program?

    thank you.

  2. On the Mactel, repartition the drive or on Mac mini, Apple DVR? · · Score: 1

    on a separate drive, put your Windows OS and/or Linux. That way you will have the connectivity you desire and the stability and security of OSX and Linux.

  3. So How many of you will want to on Vista Could Ship Earlier Than Expected · · Score: 1

    remove your hacked version of OSX/Intel to try your pirated version of Vista?

  4. An old rotary dial phone on Get Out of Voice Menu Pergatory · · Score: 1

    is a good solution. I haven't used on for a while for voice mail hell, but it seems to expedite connection.

  5. It's about time Apple went head to head with on Intel PowerBook Rumor Mill · · Score: 1

    Dell. Apple's fortunes are rising, and Dell is fading. Kick em while their down.

    Dell has done a good job in many ways, but for some reason it couldn't excite people like Apple. They just couldn't make their computers sexy, they couldn't make people talk endlessly about what Jobs and Apple would do next.

    Job's move to Intel is such a wicked move. It removes one big reason for Dell users to stay with Dell: Windows compatibility.

  6. MacAddict show how on 200gb Hack for iPod Nano · · Score: 1

    this month. Check it out.

  7. We used to call Hammers on Behind The Development Of The iPod nano · · Score: 1

    Magic Wands. Vice Grips were an Italian speed wrench, and Beer was breakfast.

  8. People should have figured that when scientists on Evidence Dinosaurs Are Like Giant Chicks · · Score: 1

    started finding gizzard stones and wishbones in dinosaur remains.

    It you want to know what a T Rex was like, watch a crow walk across your lawn. Or look at a picture of a Cassowary.

  9. Re:marketing 101, my friend on More Mac OS X on Plain Old x86 Boxes · · Score: 1

    But any marketing will ultimately fail if the product is crap. Word will get out.

    Apple has been able to deliver a product that lives up to the hype in most cases. That's why they are still in business.

  10. Re:Playing both sides... on More Mac OS X on Plain Old x86 Boxes · · Score: 2, Informative

    Apple's second biggest product is buzz.

    Let's face it, nobody works the media like Apple. I love it.

  11. Re:No the invasion was a horrible failure. on Do We Really Need Space Weapons? · · Score: 1

    We got sucked into fighting the type of war they wanted us to fight.

    Ever wonder why they put up little resistance? First they knew they couldn't match us in open, face to face warfare. Second, they knew they had a good chance of beating us if they engage us in an urban guerrilla war.

    Before the invasion Saddam came right out and told his people to clean and ready their guns for urban warfare.

    They outsmarted us.

  12. Re:The PNAC's "Rebuilding America's Defenses" on Do We Really Need Space Weapons? · · Score: 4, Informative

    spells it out nicely. Members/contributors of the PNAC include Paul Wolfowitz, Jeb Bush, Karl Rove, David Wurmer, and Scooter Libby.

    The above document spells out the blueprint for world dominance, starting with seizing the oil in Iraq. It goes on and pushes for space warfare. Ugly document written by ugly people.

  13. Re:Apple v. Dell? on Speculation on Real Reasons Behind Apple Switch · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I think a combination of non computer items like the iPod, prospects of rapid market share growth, customer loyalty, and mindshare could give Apple leverage when it come to price per unit.

    Let's face it, Intel would love to be associated with a company that seems to have a touch of genius in marketing and design.

  14. Re:Mandatory Python quote on 60% Of U.S. Believe Life Exists On Other Planets · · Score: 1

    It really doesn't matter if you think about it.

    Always look on the bright side of life

  15. Re:Why Bother with the Courts? on Bush Wants Right to ISP Customer Data · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's not just "homeland security" where they have locked us out of the decision making, environmental laws are being trashed without any input.

    Any lawmaker that wants government to be more like business prefers dictatorship over democracy.

  16. Bush said he wanted to be the dictator on Bush Wants Right to ISP Customer Data · · Score: 1, Informative

    Back in Dec 2000 he declared his desire to be The Dictator

  17. Re:Diebold Errors on Does Voting Technology Affect Election Outcomes? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The Urosevich brothers wrote the code for the ES&S and Diebold machines. Both are well known among ultra right wing and theocratic groups. Their association with the Christian Reconstructionists worry me. They are staunch supporters of bush and other ultra right wing politicians.

    80% of the votes cast in the US is counted on machines they coded.

  18. Re:Does the MacMini figure into this? on iTunes Music Store Sells Videos · · Score: 1

    Will the Mini be the device of choice for video content, and the iPod will make video portable. Download it at home, transfer to an iPod, take it with you and play it at a friend's home.

    We already know that LOTR used the iPod in a similar fashion.

  19. Bingo!!! on Copy-and-Paste Reveals Classified U.S. Documents · · Score: 5, Interesting

    bush is even having things classified even after they have been testified to before congress, or been discussed on 60 minutes.
    Of course he hasn't gone as far as Reagan who wanted to prosecute them for their testimony before congress even though the info was not classified at the time of the testimony.

    The bush administration has leaked classified info when it serves their purposes. Remember Valerie Plame? She was setting up a sting to bust nuclear weapon smugglers.

    Sometimes it is in the national interest to leak. Remember when Reagan classified the reports of fraud and waste? Those leaks were in our national interest whereas keeping it classified was not. He made a public show of fighting waste and fraud, but behind the scenes he was not, but at least the issue was before the public eye.

    Edmunds is now fighting to have her info heard before congress. Her info points to complacency before and after 9-11. they have classified her info so much she can't even tell congress.

    I was an Army spook, I know the arguments. Not everything should be declassified, but waste, fraud, treason should be declassified. The Valerie Plame leak was treason in my opinion.

    This is not the first time they have made this type of mistake. Embarrassing them in this way can only make them be more security conscious. Security is about the small things.

  20. Re:Arnold took part in the planning of the scam on White House: No Kerry Supporters at IATC Meeting · · Score: 1

    they pulled on California.

    Remember Newt Gingrich warned companies that they will be punished if they gave to the Dems. It didn't even matter if they also gave to the Republicans.

    This administration forced lobbying firms to fire all Democrats or be shut out of the Capitol.

  21. Well good for them, but if they do not address on Microsoft to Launch 64-bit Windows on Monday · · Score: 1

    the security problems that have dogged them for years, the good press from "innovation" will be overshadowed by the latest exploit.

    64 bits will mean nothing to the small business owner who's data has been stolen by some kid in Romania.

  22. Re:Further indicators the future on MP3 Market Approaching Critical Mass · · Score: 1

    Just wait, Jobs is going to do to the movie industry what he did to the music industry. The Mac Mini will be a part of this new venture.

  23. this is where the Shuffle comes in. on MP3 Market Approaching Critical Mass · · Score: 1

    It is made for the runner. It is solid state, has near perfect sound reproduction, and is under $100.

  24. Mac Mini - Install Fink on Free Software on a Cheap Computer · · Score: 1

    and get all the free software you desire.
    I have Scribus, Inkscape,, Xephem in my Fink installation.
    I have also GIMP, Links, and NeoOfficej.

    Why do I need Linux?

    FINK

  25. Read "Rebuilding America's Defenses" By the PNAC on NASA Schedules Robotic Spacecraft Launch · · Score: 0, Troll

    you will see bush and the neo cons want to use space to gain and control the world militarily. they not only want to use space for surveillance, but for a platform for attack on other nations and organizations that bush sees as potential competitors.

    Read the above document.