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  1. Re:Great, if only... on SBC Fights RIAA Over DMCA Subpoenas · · Score: 1

    Just to clear something up, SBC is a hell of a lot bigger than the recording industry. SBC alone can throw enough lawyers at the recording industry to frighten them.

  2. Re:Don't need a chance on SBC Fights RIAA Over DMCA Subpoenas · · Score: 1
    If you like trading music and are about to get broadband, which company would *you* sign up with?
    Roadrunner. It's not like I have options :(
  3. Re:There's more than one way to do it? on Exegesis 6 (Perl 6 Subroutines) Released · · Score: 1
    Perl 6 looks really cool but overwhelming.... I don't even want to know what the parser code looks like...
    Well, you don't want to know what the parser code looks like in Perl 5 either.

    Anyway, they're adding a bunch of weird stuff, but I'm fine as long as I can still use normal syntax.
  4. Re:Try this. on Blocking MSN Messenger? · · Score: 1

    I filed a bug on the accounts.xml file.

  5. Re:Should have used Lindows on The Failures Of Desktop Linux · · Score: 1

    I don't think Lindows the OS expects users to run as root all the time. Lindows the company may. Anyway I think Lindows should ask users if they want to create a non-root account, saying "using a non-root account for everyday use is more secure, but slightly less convenient for installing applications".

  6. Re: Any OTHER OS browsers? on Mozilla Thunderbird 0.1 Released · · Score: 1

    Well, Mozilla and Mozilla Firebird both use Gecko and neither is trampling the other.

  7. Re:Should have used Lindows on The Failures Of Desktop Linux · · Score: 1

    Nothing. The parent mentioned Lindows runs in root as default. I mentioned that is not unique to Lindows--a more geek-oriented Linux distro, Gentoo, also does that. To complain about Lindows being in root by default and not caring about Gentoo doing the same is hypocrisy.

    And it has nothing to do with Debian.

  8. Re:Cost two million jobs... on Telemarketers Sue Over "Do Not Call" List · · Score: 1

    Seinfeld: Sorry I'm kinda busy right now but how about you give me your home phone number and I'll call you sometime more convenient for me, like 3 A.M.?
    [telemarketer's response is not heard by audience]
    Seinfeld: Oh, you don't like being called at home. Now you know how I feel. [slams down phone]

    And then there's another:

    Telemarketer: Would you be interested in a subscription to the New York Times?
    Seinfeld: Yes. [slams down phone}

  9. Re:Should have used Lindows on The Failures Of Desktop Linux · · Score: 1

    Libranet is another Debian that "just works".

  10. Re:Should have used Lindows on The Failures Of Desktop Linux · · Score: 1

    Well, Gentoo doesn't prompt you to create a user account during installation either.

  11. Re: Any OTHER OS browsers? on Mozilla Thunderbird 0.1 Released · · Score: 2, Informative
    It doesn't seem like there's another game in town for Windows. KHTML is limited to *nix and OS X (AFAIK), and I don't know of any open source HTML rendering engines other than Gecko and KHTML.
    Of course, it looks crappy, too.
    I believe this is a moot point. The default theme is horrid, I agree, but there are a variety of themes to choose from at http://themes.mozdev.org. <personal_preference>Orbit 3+1 rules!</personal_preference>. And I don't notice Mozilla's speed problems, but I have a top-of-the-line computer, and understand that not everybody else does, and I understand it's something the Mozilla team needs to work on.
  12. Re:I have the pleasure to use this. on Mozilla Thunderbird 0.1 Released · · Score: 1

    Well, I simply dislike Evolution. There are a few features Thunderbird has and Evolution does not (delete messages from remote mailbox when message is moved from inbox, junk mail controls, etc.), and I'm not willing to give up those features. And 'mozilla -mail' is not a good option since I prefer Galeon to Mozilla for browsing.

  13. Re:Missing? on Why SCO UNIX Is A Bad Idea · · Score: 1

    SCO UNIX is targetted as an enterprise solution, and most of the comparisons made in the article refer to things that wouldn't matter to nearly every end user. Frankly, I don't care how well my PC's operating system would scale if I stuck in 31 more processors. OS X is great for home use, but I don't think it's the choice for an enterprise solution.

    Anyway, OS X is built on top of one of the *BSDs (IIRC), and they are mentioned.

  14. Re:Great idea on Lindows Webstation · · Score: 1

    Umm...wrong story. Look here.

  15. Hey! on China Building Linux-Based 10 Teraflop Supercomputer · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Imagine a Beowulf...nevermind.

  16. Re:They've had a lot of trouble. on Galeon Developers Interview · · Score: 1

    I'm not complaining. If I see a reason to, I will buy the Qt license for Windows (that's doubtful, because I mainly develop for *nix and prefer Gtk to Qt (just personal preference--I don't mean to start a flamewar)). I was merely pointing out that Qt isn't fully GPL'd.

  17. Re:They've had a lot of trouble. on Galeon Developers Interview · · Score: 1

    It's not a big deal to me. I'm just pointing out to the parent of my post that Qt isn't fully GPL'd.

  18. Re:They've had a lot of trouble. on Galeon Developers Interview · · Score: 1

    Qt isn't GPL'd for Windows.

  19. Re:RTFA on Obtaining Archives of USENET? · · Score: 1

    But at least he'd have an answer, which is more than he has now.

  20. Re:RTFA on Obtaining Archives of USENET? · · Score: 1

    That implies that he emailed them. Contacting via phone sort of forces an answer.

  21. Google on Obtaining Archives of USENET? · · Score: 3, Informative

    You can't automate a search of Google Groups through the web, but you might be able to work out a deal with Google's corporate offices. There can't be many other people with the data to talk with.

  22. Re:one word: my.mp3.com on Cringely Proposes a Music Sharing Alternative · · Score: 1

    The legislators can't take away fair use. They added it to law in 1976 (IIRC), but it had existed years before under the courts.

  23. science.slashdot.org on Online Scientific Information Portals? · · Score: 1

    Seriously though, you have the biggest list of these indexes that I've ever seen.

  24. Re:Star Wars on Slashback: Railing, Blocking, Scoffing · · Score: -1, Redundant
    Justified or not, Ghyslain Raza--better known as the Star Wars Kid--is suing the four students who posted his homemade video of himself doing acrobatic "sword-fighting stunts" on the Internet for $250,000.
    Link please.
  25. Re:Smithsonian Air & Space Museum on A Geek's Tour Of North America? · · Score: 1

    And if you're in Dayton, check these out.