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  1. Confused on Richard Stallman Says No To Mono · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Mono is a cleanroom implementation of the CLR as specified by EMCA and .Net libraries, right? What exactly do you risk by using it?

  2. nowhere on Emigrating To a Freer Country? · · Score: 1

    You can try Somalia, but if you want any kind of services - like a stable government - you have to deal with the government. This whole concept of freedom and privacy is relatively new and I don't think it will last.

  3. Re:Guided world tour on Smartphones Get "Reality Overlay" App · · Score: 1

    Keep looking, it's dreadful about 20% of the time. I do love it the other 80% to be fair.

  4. Re:WTF Slashdot? on The Simpsons Worth More Per Viewer On Hulu Than On Fox · · Score: 1

    The same reason it shits pieces of those horrible sliding controls (these don't work on touchscreens, if anyone who can do anything about this cares) and the friend/foe indicators all over comments pages.

  5. saklflkd on How To Get Out of Developer's Block? · · Score: 1

    I notice that pot is already tagged, but I'm not sure we need a mashup between your project and the Amazon bestsellers that come up for a search of "woah."

  6. Welp (this is a useless field, eh?) on Stuck Knob Causes Serious Window Damage To Atlantis · · Score: 1

    Windows? This has to be Microsoft's fault. Someone blame Balmer.

  7. Re:Innovate is the wrong word on Does the Linux Desktop Innovate Too Much? · · Score: 0, Troll

    No, if I called someone an overly pedantic assclown I would be dissing them.

    Consider yourself insulted.

  8. Re:Innovate is the wrong word on Does the Linux Desktop Innovate Too Much? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The basic gist of my comment was exactly what I wrote. Passion and pride are apparently not enough, you need to attract people who will do what's needed, and that isn't coding at the moment. I would suggest switching off of whatever medications you are currently using if you found what I said to be inflammatory or pejorative.

  9. Innovate is the wrong word on Does the Linux Desktop Innovate Too Much? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    UI and workflow design and project management aren't glamorous or interesting so they don't get done. Cowboy coding only gets you so far.

  10. Re:HTML5, with canvas, is fantastic on HTML 5 Takes Aim At Flash and Silverlight · · Score: 0

    They have a strange way of keeping things proprietary, contribuing code to the open source implementation of Silverlight.

  11. Re:fp do7l on The Fall and Rise of Motion Control For Games · · Score: 1

    O RLY?

  12. Re:Even worse than you can imagine on Linux To Be First OS To Support USB 3.0 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It was definitely Satan that was behind 667 MHz. Without a doubt. Or rounding 666.67 MHz up to 667 looked nicer. One or the other. But probably Satan. Also, I think you are probably the kid in class who ate too much paste.

  13. Re:Linux? on Firefox 3.5 Beta Boosts Open Video Standard · · Score: 1

    Shit, in Canada the money is the loony.

  14. Re:BD-ROM already? on Left 4 Dead 2 Announced For November · · Score: 1

    I'd suggest asking Valve, not some random guy on slashdot.

  15. Re:BD-ROM already? on Left 4 Dead 2 Announced For November · · Score: 1

    It's a Valve game, you don't even get prompted for the install media.

  16. Re:I think the bigger announcement... on Microsoft Debuts Full-Body Controller-less Gaming At E3 · · Score: 1

    Devastating? Seriously? "Sorry, I can't come in this week, Metal Gear Solid on the XBox is going to be shitty. I'll try, thanks for understanding."

    I guess I am not the target market for video games anymore, I just can't get that worked up.

  17. Re:Still a POS on Microsoft Kills 3-App Limit For Windows 7 Starter Edition · · Score: 1

    I just googled around for that one. MDAC. Ugh. After my last job I think I repressed all knowledge of that.

  18. Re:Not available in stores on Microsoft Kills 3-App Limit For Windows 7 Starter Edition · · Score: 1

    No reason other than application compatibility and a desire for what is familiar. Outside of the open sores community and the copyfighter collection of toolboxes, no one gives a goddamn about Linux on the desktop or free as in speech.

  19. Re:Windows 7 is a good release on Microsoft Kills 3-App Limit For Windows 7 Starter Edition · · Score: 1

    Are you retarded, trolling, or just clueless?

  20. Re:Still a POS on Microsoft Kills 3-App Limit For Windows 7 Starter Edition · · Score: 2, Informative

    XP Mode doesn't work on Home, either. It's a tool to support business apps that couldn't be bothered to follow best practices for the last 10 years, not goofy consumer software. They don't mention it, but you can't logon to a domain from Starter, either.

  21. Re:"even more attractive"... what? on Microsoft Kills 3-App Limit For Windows 7 Starter Edition · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yep, Linux is the only place in the world where crappy hardware support is acceptable or even desirable. When Vista broke driver compatibility and left peripherals out in the cold it was MS's fault.

  22. Re:Windows 7 is a good release on Microsoft Kills 3-App Limit For Windows 7 Starter Edition · · Score: 2, Informative

    You don't have enough RAM, plain and simple. Instead of $5 worth, you should go for $20 worth.

  23. Re:Windows 7 is a good release on Microsoft Kills 3-App Limit For Windows 7 Starter Edition · · Score: 1

    It is not a large speedup because Vista isn't all that slow compared to XP. Everyone is benchmarking it against a Vista that has been worked on to address its early problems.

  24. Re:"even more attractive"... what? on Microsoft Kills 3-App Limit For Windows 7 Starter Edition · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Installing isn't using. You also forgot step 8:

    Wonder how you are going to get to the docs about configuring your non-working wifi connection going. That was Ubuntu. Or rewrite my X.Config or whatever it's called now so I can use my widescreen monitor. That was Ubuntu, too. Seriously, I was writing Modelines in 1998, what the fuck?

  25. Re:Surprise, surprise.... on Microsoft Kills 3-App Limit For Windows 7 Starter Edition · · Score: 1

    Troll? That, sir, is an example of genuine internet gibberish.