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  1. Re:Andre Norton on Ask Slashdot: Best Science-Fiction/Fantasy For Kids? · · Score: 1

    Since noone has bothered to mention her juveniles. Time Traders, first three or four novels, Witch World, most, if not all of them Almost any of the stories that mention the Dipple, though you'll probably have to explain that part to him (or might have to have someone explain it to you, if you're young enough for an 8-year-old son still). Not sure whether her post atomic war stories (Stars Are Ours, Star Man's Son, etc) would fit within his worldview (it's been a very long time since that was a big concern), but the stories are reasonably entertaining, usually involving a teenage boy as protagonist....

    I have many fond memories of reading every single Andre Norton book I could find as a pre-teen and younger teenager. I still enjoy re-reading some of those from time to time. Great suggestion.

  2. Asimov's Norby Series on Ask Slashdot: Best Science-Fiction/Fantasy For Kids? · · Score: 1

    I'm surprised no one has recommended the Norby series by Janet and Isaac Asimov. They are targeted to pre-teens and I enjoyed them very much as a kid.

  3. Re:Results on Tom's Hardware Pits Newest Firefox, Opera and Chrome Against Each Other · · Score: 1

    Umm, actually, no. It's 1) Firefox 7 2) Chrome 14 3 )Opera 4) IE 9 5) Safari. Might look like IE>Opera if you only glance at the results. Read closer.

    You got me. Thanks for correcting my sloppy reading.

  4. Results on Tom's Hardware Pits Newest Firefox, Opera and Chrome Against Each Other · · Score: 1, Troll

    Here are the results which TFS failed to mention: 1) Firefox 7 2) Chrome 14 3) IE 9 4) Opera 5) Safari

  5. VitrtuaBox on Recommendations For Home Virtualization? · · Score: 5, Informative

    I have used VirtualBox quite a bit and I find it completely satisfactory. I have run both Win XP on Ubuntu hosts and Ubunutu on Win XP hosts and it has always worked very well. http://www.virtualbox.org/ I think it would do everything you want.

  6. Re:And? on UK's Two Biggest ISPs Rip Up Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    As a business whose sole existence is to make money and pay their shareholders, is anyone surprised at this?

    Just a reminder that any business that does not have profit as their sole purpose will not stay in business very long. That doesn't mean that business = evil, but it's good to remember that the purpose of a business is to make a profit. Nothing else. Overall I agree with your point though. I'm generally against more regualtions, but this is a good example of why they are probably needed in this case.