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  1. Re:I Use X Windows on New Windows Worm on the Loose · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No, you're not:

    "The X Consortium requests that the following names be used when referring to this software:

    X
    X Window System
    X Version 11
    X Window System, Version 11
    X11

    X Window System is a trademark of X Consortium, Inc. "

  2. Re:Just what we need. on Sun Mulling GPL for Solaris · · Score: 1

    Um, no, he wont do that. Not unless they also replace most of their userspace with GNU tools

  3. If you're such a nerd... on Earthlings: Ugly Bags of Mostly Water · · Score: 2, Funny

    how come you can't spell qa'pla.

  4. That's for amateurs on Delorean Time Machine Replica Up For Auction · · Score: 1

    True geeks get the original from Buckaroo Banzai.

  5. Re:Well... on IT Workers Not Eligible for Overtime in New Rules · · Score: 1

    What you should do is to get in contact with a union with experience in trying to get a foot in at new places, and organizes people from all lines of work, like the IWW.

    (Being from Sweden I don't know much about US unions, but it's a start)

  6. Firefly reference? on Review Of Serenity Virtual Station · · Score: 3, Funny

    Apart from the obvious reference to the village I live in (Svista), is this some Firefly reference going on right under our noses?

  7. Re:I didn't see it in the changelog... on X.Org Foundation Releases X11R6.7 X Window System · · Score: 1

    Why would it? Not everybody uses scroll wheels, you know...

  8. In The Economist? on Chaotic Computing In Practice · · Score: 1

    I can see how this would be useful in economics.

  9. Re:Wohoo! choice! on XPde 0.5 - A Linux Desktop for Windows Users · · Score: 1

    That comment assumes that the goal of Linux (or open source in general) is to win over some other software paradigm.

    That's not how I see it. I like Un*x (NetBSD in my case) because it lets me choose.

  10. Re:Load of junk on HP Experiments with 'Always On' Camera · · Score: 1

    Yeah, they should make glasses like those in Transmetropolitan. They trigger on signals from the brain, and take pictures of stuff that seems interesting.

  11. Re:Old growth lumber on Chainsaw-wielding Robotic Submarine · · Score: 5, Funny

    Also, they are a must-have for any Bond villain.

  12. Re:No more imagination.. on War of the Worlds Remake · · Score: 1

    The Anniversial Extra Special Edition Now With More Ewoks, you mean...

  13. Re:Worst idea since spell checkers on Fault Tolerant Shell · · Score: 1

    Ever since people started relying on these, their spelling has gone way downhill

    I find that hard to believe. Rather, I'd say my impression is that spelling has never been as standardised as it is today. What did you get that from?

  14. And now, everybody read on The Command Line - Best Newbie Interface? · · Score: 3, Informative

    In the Beginning was the Command Line, by Neal Stephenson. It's available in text form from http://cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html.

  15. Re:Proper feel? on Peter Jackson Says "Hobbit" Movie In The Works · · Score: 1

    I agree, and I know we're not the only ones.

  16. Re:Wasn't this done sort of already on Digital 'Ghosts' To Guide Students On Campus · · Score: 1

    Yeah, and in Avalon.

  17. ...and hopefully with scalability. on Toward a New Kind of Linux Distribution · · Score: 1

    Is it only I that have noticed that portage is getting horribly slow as new packages are added. Unless someone (not me) rewrites that whole thing reasonably optimized, I'm switching (so I'm probably switching. NetBSD here I come (back).

  18. Re:This article is just wrong on FCC: VoIP Providers Must Provide 911 Services · · Score: 1

    You mean they don't have that in the US? That's insane. Here in Sweden, you are even guaranteed to be able to call 911 (or 112, as it actually is), even without a card in your cellphone.

  19. Bad science on Two Spam Filters 10 Times As Accurate As Humans · · Score: 1

    What kind of stats is this? I would guess that the selection of what mails to receive he user makes would be the definition of accuracy here.

  20. Re:Try branching out.. on Singularity Sky · · Score: 1

    I would say that the fact that a majority of everything sucks is key here.

  21. Innovation? on Google's Bigger Index · · Score: 2, Funny

    Since when is making something bigger innovation?

    I'm just going to go innovate some more tea into my mug.

  22. Re:No explicit license == default copyright on Source of Amiga Video Toaster Software Released · · Score: 1

    Well, in most civilized countries it would still be legal to reverse engineer anything interesting you find in there for your own project.

    I have no idea, however, about how interesting that would be for this particular project. I would guess not much, since there are a few high quality 3D type thingies in the free realm already.

    OTOH, they should have been even more inclined to write optimal algorithms back then, which could be reused nowadays through reverse engineering.

  23. Re:Reproduction in space on 'Mouse-Tronaughts' to Test Low-Gravity in Space · · Score: 1

    Let's just make a lot of sparkling soda. It's probably a great way to make that crappy recycled water a bit more festive.

  24. Re:Ah-ha! on SCO Complaint Filed -- Including Code Samples · · Score: 1

    Maybe there is a misunderstanding. Are they numbering empty lines?

  25. Re:Nonsense. on BBC Argues Games Don't Cause Violence · · Score: 1

    Yeah, they should make a toolmaking simulation game for assassins/thiefs. Especially those smoke bombs will be a hit with the kids. Now they can make them without bothering their neighbours etc.