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  1. Re:You could have said it more politely on Patrick Volkerding Battles Mystery Illness · · Score: 1

    Is drunk driving immoral?

    I's say yes, and so is self prescribing antibiotics, particullarly as he pointed out- modern antibiotics are in effective.

  2. Re:why $49.99? on Half-Life 2 Finally Activated · · Score: 1

    You really don't know how to shop. Just flipping through the Sunday flyers and it is easy to find DVD+/-R's for about $0.50 each in bulk.

  3. Re:Just wait on Half-Life 2 Finally Activated · · Score: 1

    You know, that is one of the things that make playing games in Linux most enjoyable. No stupid use of CDROMs as dongles. Doom3- don't need the CDs after installing. NeverwinterNights- again don't need the CD. All the Loki games- don't need the CD. Then there is a number of games that don't even have cds.

  4. Re:More than one story that fits? on Atlantis Found. Again. · · Score: 1

    You forgot Middle Eastern myth such as Tiamat and some Arabian myths on dragons. Egypt also had some dragon myths and finally there are some lesser known African myths of large Serpents or Lizards.

  5. Re:Best Friend! on Warezed SoundForge Files In Windows Media Player · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Sony owns SoundForge now. Better believe that MS is going to get bent over.

  6. Re:Focus on functionality. on United Linux: Two Years Later · · Score: 1

    RPM also has Encryption signing though I think even the Windows Installer supports that if you pay MS for the priviledge.

    Point is that RPM did it first and still does it better.

  7. Re:Firefox vs. IE, missing features 2.0... on Microsoft Says Firefox Not a Threat to IE · · Score: 1

    Most of these things are direct options in the Mozilla suite or are buried int he about:config.

    Many are also address by the myriad extensions that Firefox has.

  8. Re:The real reason it's not a threat on Microsoft Says Firefox Not a Threat to IE · · Score: 1

    In Linux i prefer not to use a pager so having tabs can be a convience.

    On Windows, the paging system is moronic. Open a couple of browser windows interspersed with other programs and your task bar is a mess.

  9. Re:The real reason it's not a threat on Microsoft Says Firefox Not a Threat to IE · · Score: 1

    I've had even more retarded ones that will require IE5 or Netscape6 but refuse Firefox or Mozilla.

  10. Re:Game Quality on EA Games: The Human Story · · Score: 1

    You pretty much hit the nail on the head.

  11. Re:Contribute to ridiclulous levels of spam on Defending Harsh Sentences for Spammers · · Score: 1

    It is not non-aggression, but passive aggression.

  12. Re:It's successor? on Winamp Down for the Count · · Score: 1

    NO. It is illegal not to have a long term profitability plan. One can plan to lose money for a quarter if in the long term there is a plan to make money.

  13. Re:Goodbye screenscrapers on Gmail Adds POP3 To Email Accounts · · Score: 1

    Judging from the settings help, it seems to be your choice.

  14. Re:I am the parent poster and I agree on Ekush: A CherryOS For the Windows World? · · Score: 1
    I certainly do not read it as meaning that if you distribute the binary and source seperately, then anyone in the world can demand the source from you. Of course, IANAL, yadda yadda.


    But the net effect is that.
  15. Re:Open source != gpl. Let the license wars begin! on Ekush: A CherryOS For the Windows World? · · Score: 1

    In other words, it functions like software in the Public Domain.

    Can I take PD software and incorporate into a Closed source product? Yes.

    Can I do the same with BSD? Yes.

  16. Re:Contribute to ridiclulous levels of spam on Defending Harsh Sentences for Spammers · · Score: 1

    Drugs kill. Sell drugs and you are knowingly furthering a destructive addiction that ruins lives (both the life of the addicted and thier friends and family) and potentially kills them. What backwards view point do you have that you think this is OK?

    The death penalty is not too harsh. Given a choice, I would say kill them all.

  17. Re:And Microsoft's incentive would be what, exactl on What's Next For Mozilla? · · Score: 1

    It would only reduce support calls if it was made the default browser.

    Many OEMs already include Netscape but it is not default so most do not use it.

  18. Re:Ashcroft on U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft Resigns · · Score: 1

    What outlining did Bush do? Everything I saw was just a bunch of fearmongering.

  19. Re:New Here's posting record is fanastic on Firefox 1.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Then you probably are not asking others to come over and fix your computer.

    Of course I give them a choice: Use a Mozilla based browser or don't call me for computer help.

  20. Re:Not Credible Sources on Halo 2 Reviews · · Score: 1

    You forgot, dual wield is not even new to bungie. Those that remember Marathon, are sure to remember the great fun when you get to dual wield pistols.

  21. Re:HDTV Cable and Satellite still a no go? on pcHDTV Card Available, Legal for Now · · Score: 3, Informative

    The HD3000 does support HD cable but only unencrypted channels.

  22. Re:Linux support? Uhhh... RTFM? on Creative Zen Micro Ships Today · · Score: 1

    Most things do not officially support Linux, but OSS developers often write thier own support. Additionally, Muvo and Zen jukebox already has Linux support so this is either supported already or would be shortly. Previous comments in other threads have said this already.

    So yes, you are a troll.

  23. Re:Alas, no Windows... on Xen 2.0 Virtual Machine Monitor Released · · Score: 1

    VirtualPC runs Linux like crap. The sound doesn't work and is less than stable.

  24. Re:so little HTTP bandwidth? on BitTorrent Accounts for 35% of Traffic · · Score: 1

    Games. I'm sure all the game traffick dwarfs the telnet traffick.

  25. Re:Major security issues on The Future of PC-Audio: Interview With Keith Kowal · · Score: 1

    I forget which movie it was, but I remember seeing one where a usb thumb drive was hidden in the base of a stainless steel coffee mug and used to smuggle data out of the CIA.

    There have been cases of employees in the company I work for; the employees used a coworkers computer and emailed a hotmail acount some confidential documents. Sure it got flagged, but the information was at the hotmail account, which was subsequntly forwarded on. The person whose computer was used got questioned, but he was in the clear as he was having lunch with his manager at the time. The actual culprit was caught doing other stuff and eventually confessed to this as well.