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  1. Re:Power to the people on Google Considering Merger With Microsoft · · Score: 1

    A replacement Google is not going to JUST pop up.

  2. and? on Slashback: Diebold, Cluster, Radiation · · Score: 3, Insightful
    has moved to a Polish host to escape the tyrannies of the new EU-style DMCAism has moved to a Polish host to escape the tyrannies of the new EU-style DMCAism



    What happens when Poland joins the EU in 6 months?

  3. Re:Flaimbait on The Linux Documentation Project Turns 10 · · Score: 1

    Ahh the answer to everything when it comes to saying bad things about Linux.

  4. Re:freenet on China Detains Internet Essayist for Subversion · · Score: 1

    He was.

  5. Damn dude... on New Optical Chip Claims 8 Trillion Operations/sec. · · Score: 1
    in 1985 I was a Jet Propulsion laboratory.



    How come I never get the cool jobs. Was it painful? Were you able to switch back and forth at will?

  6. Re:Here's the deal on FreeBSD, Linux Kernel Source Cross Reference · · Score: 1, Insightful
    Copyright covers work of an author, not ideas. So as long as they only borrow ideas, they'll be fine.



    But how many ways can you code "hello world" in C?

  7. Impact of what???? on Fugitive Hunter's Bin Laden Fistfight Shenanigans · · Score: 1

    Are you suggesting some sort of right wing conspiracy here?

  8. Re:iPod on Christmas Bonuses? · · Score: 1

    MMM yeah, hardware rocks.

  9. Re:In other news.... on Mac OS X 10.3 Defrags Automatically · · Score: 1

    What about ReiserFS?

  10. Re:WOTW Audio on Mars Attacked, 65 Years Ago Today · · Score: 1

    of course it's not the best fidelity, it was done 65 years ago.

  11. Re:good news for voting too on Debian Can Now Amend Social Contract, DFSG · · Score: 1

    Just change the Constitution and there ya go.....

  12. A bonus? on Christmas Bonuses? · · Score: 1

    Right now I'd settle for a full time job.

  13. 500 is not enough.... on Christmas Bonuses? · · Score: 1

    That will come out to like 175 dollars after taxes.

  14. Re:You're not going to like this reference on Linux in Movies? · · Score: 1

    I thought that the way the Earthlink thing worked was by caching sites you visit a lot? Yeah that helps with loading the Ebay logo but how does it make the connection to the db server at Ebay any faster?

    And when the guy that lost refreshed his screen why did all the graphics load again? Those should have been in the local cache.

  15. Re:You're not going to like this reference on Linux in Movies? · · Score: 1

    I just saw that commercial, and I find that Earthlink claiming that they can speed up pages so that you don't lose an auction is ridiculous.

  16. Re:Does v1.10 work with WineX? on Diablo II 1.10 Patch Finally Released · · Score: 1

    I think heard that you'll need Windows 2000 or higher to get it to work.

  17. Why Series 90? on Symbian OS & Series 90 · · Score: 1

    Why not Series 2004!

  18. You own the disc. on Librarian of Congress Posts DMCA Exemptions · · Score: 1, Insightful

    You license the content.

  19. Re:so i guess we'll.... on Court Upholds FCC's 2007 Deadline For Digital TV · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why would we? So the TV makers can snub the FCC? Won't work, if a consumer wants a 45 inch TV, a glut of 12.9 inch TVs won't change his mind.

  20. Re:What about quality control? on Napster Pre-Paid Cards · · Score: 1

    The new Napster is not a file swapping service.

  21. Re:not that far fetched on White House Website Limits Iraq-Related Crawling · · Score: 1

    But but wait. Aren't you just now, reporting that soldiers are dying in Iraq? And I just heard onthe news, that 2 more Service members died.

    Maybe you need new media.

  22. Re:Hell's frozen over, folks. on MIT's New Music Sharing Network · · Score: 1

    Maurice Minnifield of Northern Exposure Fame, loved showtunes and was not gay.

  23. Re:sigh... Americans... on NSA Turns To Commercial Software For Encryption · · Score: 1

    proved it how?

  24. Re:Buy Canadian on NSA Turns To Commercial Software For Encryption · · Score: 1

    When was the last time Chretien bombed his own people or invaded his neighbor for oil?

  25. Re:good move - their whole patch system is whacked on Cygwin/XFree86 Leaving XFree86.org · · Score: 1

    It's called RFE.