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  1. Re:We call this discipline on How Do You Get Work Done? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sadly, no one, but we are eager to start again. No luck yet. Maybe John Carmack has ADD?? Some ritalin for JC might be good for gamers??

  2. Re:If you want an idea of how cheap... on Why Outsource When Workers are Willing to Telecommute? · · Score: 1

    In uruguay housing is cheap too. I am paying 130$ for a one bedroom with heating, small, but on the main street of the capital city. I make 500$ a month, live with my girlfriend, and have enough money to pay for healthcare, food and stuff for both, and some weekend fun. The average salary is around 150$. Engineers used to earn around 1500$, but there was a devaluation and now 800$ is a pretty good salary.

  3. Re:shortcomings on Fossil/Palm PDA Watch Reviewed · · Score: 1

    RTFA.
    Not little memory capacity.
    2Mb is quite large, for a watch.

    Anyway, thank you about the image of a hot girl asking me the time, I think I am going out today to make it a reality.

  4. Re:Wouldn't be needed if... on A Search Engine For The Slower Net · · Score: 1

    The internet is for information, not television!

    Television itself was intended for information.

  5. Re:Just blocks IPs on New Kazaa Lite Protects Identity · · Score: 1

    I am right now working on a tin foil cover for my 802.11 WiFi connection... just a little bit more..

    --PPP connection lost--

  6. Re:Bach humbug! on Marriage May Tame Genius · · Score: 1

    I think that was not a creative proof, but just the result of hard work by a very capable person.

  7. Re:I must be one of the smartest person on Earth on Marriage May Tame Genius · · Score: 1

    Watch out, protect your genius. I was in your exact same situation six months ago, and now I am moving with my girlfriend. Women strike fast. Be careful. They can make you very happy, but they can kill your genius, you choose.

  8. Re:*will* live up to the hype on Wi-Fi, Linux, And VoIP In Canada · · Score: 1

    I don't get it. Why do people still believe Linux suck as a desktop OS?


    It must suck, as it is not a desktop OS, it is a Unix-like Kernel. The Desktop is managed by KDE or Gnome, the Desktop Environments most used in conjunction with the Linux Kernel.
    Anyhow, KDE & Gnome have a long way to go.

  9. Re:For all tasks on Evolving the Wireless Robot · · Score: 1

    Do you really think its ok to tell everybody that you masterbate while reading /.? Thats pretty sad, don't you think?

    I think its flattering for us, thanks!

  10. Re:again? on Messaging Over IPv6 Headers · · Score: 1

    1. Cisco routers suck at IPv6.
    Who cares????????
    Just as long as there is one good provider, people can start buying, and others will improve or lose.

    2,3 & 4. There are too many addresses.

    There is not such thing as too many addresses. There is such thing as too few, and it is called IPv4. NAT is just plain ugly and a dirty hack.

    You cannot rely on routers translating packet headers, because networks tend to grow faster than processors.

    With IPv6 one of the policies is to improve latency on top of throughput, and it is very reasonable, considering that you can buy more throughput, but latency is fixed.

    I mean, those are not issues that need to be solved, they are part of the advantages of the protocol.

  11. Re:PC Anywhere and Windows 3.0... on X11 in ASCII · · Score: 1

    You do realize that the "without programming" part makes that PC Anywhere thing completely uninteresting and very far from l337, don't you?

  12. Re:And still on Toshiba Introduces A 17"-Screen Laptop · · Score: 1

    Some VAIOS have numeric keypads. I tried one, it is ok, but as I dont use the one on my regular keyboard, I didnt find much use for it.

  13. Re:"Bill Gates on Linux" on Bill Gates On Linux · · Score: 1

    That would be xbill!!

  14. Re:Something you should know on WiFi Exposes Sensitive Student Data · · Score: 1


    Pinoccio!!

  15. Re:i met my wife on match.com on WiFi Exposes Sensitive Student Data · · Score: -1, Troll

    I did too. Not as great between the sheets as you say she is. She charged me 50 bucks, though. Maybe she really likes you.

  16. Re:My mom... on Mom Meets Linux - A Lindows 4.0 Review · · Score: 1

    You cannot do it faster.

    For example, to do it in the command line would need
    Win-R
    command
    copy C:\mp3\*.mp3 a:\
    alt-F4
    that's 8 keystrokes to get the DOS box, 22 to do the stuff you need, then wait for confirmation and close.

    With the explorer, you need
    Win-E
    Seek C:
    Click C:
    Seek mp3
    Click mp3
    Seek View
    Click View
    Seek Details
    Click Details
    Seek first mp3
    Click first mp3
    Hold Shift
    Seek last mp3
    Click last mp3
    Release Shift
    Seek Copy button & click, or press Ctrl-C
    Seek A:
    Click A:
    Seek Paste
    Click Paste
    Wait for the action to complete
    Hit Alt-F4

    That is 20-21 actions, assuming you already know the easiest way to do it (Dragging the files is a harder task to learn than Copy&Paste is). The difference is that every "Seek" task takes at least two or three times the time it takes to press a key, and the Click task takes almost as much. Optimally, it would take at least twice the effort to accomplish the same task in MSExplorer.
    The fact that you already learned to do it with the Explorer doesnt mean that its easier, it just means that its more familiar to you. It would certainly be harder for someone that already is used to do it the most efficient way (command line).

  17. Re:Message ? on Incas Used Binary? · · Score: 5, Funny

    3) imagine a beowulf cluster of these things

    We have those.
    We call them sweaters.

  18. Re:Washer and Dryer on Technologies that Have Exceeded Their Expectations? · · Score: 3, Funny

    This watch was on my Daddy's wrist when he was shot down over Hanoi. He was captured and put in a Vietnamese prison camp. Now he knew if the gooks ever saw the watch it's be confiscated. The way my Daddy looked at it, that watch was my birthright. And he'd be damned if and slopeheads were gonna put their greasy yella hands on his boy's birthright. So he hid it in the one place he knew he could hide somethin'. His ass. Five long years, he wore this watch up his ass. Then when he died of dysentery, he gave a friend the watch. He hid with uncomfortable hunk of metal up my ass for two years. Then, after seven years, He was sent home to his family. And then he gave it to me (Butch).

    The watch went trhough all that and more, and it still works, but, of course, it doesnt smell nice.

  19. Re:my tips on Programs for Reading Text Files? · · Score: 1

    In fact, that is not correct, as you receive much more radiation while reading a well-lit sheet of paper, and your eyes might even like it.
    Eyes have towo major enemies in displays, low resolution and low refresh rates. If you need to pick only one, pick high refresh rates, like 75+ for a 17", and more for a bigger one, or get a non-flicker monitor like an LCD.

    Also, black on white is much clearer, it helps focusing, the only problem with black on white is that flicker could become more visible, and increase eye strain, but it is avoidable.

  20. Re:Advice for my 12 year old self on Advice You Would Give to Your 12 Year-Old Self? · · Score: 1

    Get a boyfriend, you obviously dont like pussy. Dont forget to get some of that jelly stuff, or you will end-up like the goatse.cx guy. In that case, you would probably regret it, but for a good reason.

  21. Re:When will it be useful? on Plex86 Lives, As Lightweight VM Technology · · Score: 1

    GNU/Knopplechs :)

  22. Re:How are public dollars supporting it? on Your Tax Dollars Buying Open Source Software · · Score: 1

    Would anyone think of the... users??
    The more you use free software in your projects, the more freedom you are giving to the user, even if your development is not free.

  23. Re:Liquid Mercury Cooling Systems on Water Cooled Power Supply · · Score: 1

    The biggest problem with freezing must be that water expands when it freezes breaking its container in many cases, but Mercury doesn't have that problem. At least, it wouldn't be worse.

  24. Re:Beowulf cluster on PC in a.... Sphere? · · Score: 1

    Congratulations!! You managed to use the "beowulf cluster of these" comment and pulled off a "(Score:3, Informative)". I look up to you.

  25. Re:Couple this with Dvorak... on Keyboarding Love Or Keyboarding Pain · · Score: 1

    I dont know why all that fuss about interchangeable keycaps in IBM keyboard. Most low-end keyboards let you interchange their keys, you just need to pull harder. About the microswitch thing, I find its noise very annoying, mostly when I am not the one using it.