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  1. We hardly knew you... on Does the End of KOffice Mean the End of KDE? · · Score: 1

    It is official; Netcraft now confirms; KDE is dying

  2. Re:No on Creative Documentation · · Score: 2, Funny

    How did you get here? Are you lost?

  3. Will the iPod ever die... on Will the iPod Ever Die? · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's battery does... :(

  4. keep hearing it in my head... on How Much Respect Do You Get? · · Score: 1

    ...Nick Burns, your company computer guy....

  5. the future of Linux? on Steve Jobs Demos NeXTSTEP 3.0 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Wow, hopefully Linux will be this good one day!

    -bbh

  6. Sucker! on Build Your Own Apollo Guidance Computer · · Score: 5, Funny

    With that kinda money you could rebuild the sound stage they faked the first trip to the moon on!

    -bbh

  7. bc on Open Source Math Software For Education? · · Score: 4, Funny

    bc

  8. Re:back when i went to college... on Duke University Students Receive iPods · · Score: 1

    I got all that, a magnet and a keychain. Clearly I went to a better state school :P

    bbh

  9. Re:Still haven't tried these newfangled RSS reader on When RSS Traffic Looks Like a DDoS · · Score: 2, Informative

    I'm using Liferea version 0.5.1 under Linux right now. Compiles from source fine on Fedora Core 2 and has worked great for me so far.

    bbh

  10. Re:Pseudocode for accomplishing this on Apple Releases Rendezvous for Linux, Java, Windows · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sweet! Where do I get a pseudocode compiler! :P

    bbh

  11. Re:Right, thanks for pointing out the origin of a on Andy Tanenbaum on 'Who Wrote Linux' · · Score: 2, Informative

    It means of his two claims, half (%50) of them are correct. The two claims are that Brown interviewed Tanenbaum (true) and that Linus Torvalds didn't write Linux (false).

    bbh

  12. ugghhh.. :( on Tubby: When Custom Cases Meet Frosty Cold Beer · · Score: 1

    Tubby may not have to get up to get a beer, but he might need to get up and pull the network cable out the back of his unresponsive web server :(

    bbh

  13. Please Bruce, only include Emacs!!!! on UserLinux Continues Debate Over GUI · · Score: 1

    That would be really impressive. It is the only thing I can think of that would annoy the Linux community even further! Do it!

  14. Re:Wired list from 2000 on Nominations for 2003 Vaporware Awards · · Score: 1

    >>Meanwhile, back at the ranch, we're still waiting to see if Team Fortress 2 will ever see the light of day.

    Well, Half-Life 2 sorta made the light of day, just not the part of it that Valve had hoped... :P

    bbh

  15. Re:LEADING EDGE MODEL D on Top 10 Personal Computers · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yep, oh the memories... 512K, dual floppy. I had no concept of a hard drive at that time. A mouse was something that scurried on four legs. I still have boxes of 5 1/4 floppy disks I'll never have need for again. Ugghhh... ohh... the memories....

    bbh

  16. we are more like sheep.... on Are Linux Zealots Terrorists? · · Score: 1

    When a piece of flamebait like this appears we blindly click on it fullfilling the dreams of the person who posted it, only hoping to generate clicks and keep their job another week...

  17. Re:What about people who don't live in the US? on The RIAA's Hit List Named · · Score: 2, Informative

    Wired has an article actually about an RIAA equivalent in Spain that is planning to try to go after users in Spain.

    Spanish Firms Target File Traders

    bbh

  18. Re:What's next on a slow news day? on X11 in ASCII · · Score: 1

    Nope, thats the long awaited E17 :(

    bbh

  19. a little too easy? on Could E-Voting Cure Voter Apathy? · · Score: 1

    You mean I don't even have to get off my butt to go vote anymore? I can just vote between rounds of Counterstrike? I wonder, do I need to know who the people are I'm voting for? Maybe someone will paypal me to vote for one of the people?

    bbh

  20. 25 years.... on First OpenVMS Boot On IA64 · · Score: 1

    This could make VMS the longest living computer viral lifeform...

    bbh

  21. Re:Services For Unix on LinuxWorld Exhibitors' Responses to Slashdot Questions · · Score: 4, Funny

    After 5 years in development, we're proud to announce we've developed echo and discard for Windows XP.... This shows we wish to bridge the gap between UNIX and the Windows Environment. Quote Of The Day (QOTD) is currently in development but should be ready for Windows 2003. We hope to have further earth shattering announcements at next years LinuxWorld! Maybe a quote expansion pack for the 2004 LinuxWorld!

    bbh

  22. Re:DNS queries are for lamers on 98% of DNS Queries at the Root Level are Unnecessary · · Score: 3, Funny

    I just decided to put the entire Internet into my hosts file.

    bbh

  23. Re:well... on William Gibson's Latest Novel · · Score: 2

    Its release I believe is meant to occur about the time Duke Nukem Whenever appears...

    bbh

  24. Re:Who would you pick on Ask William Shatner · · Score: 1

    Wil Wheaton of course...

  25. Re:Reputation? on Lucky Green vs. Palladium · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, they've always been known for their truth in advertising... oh wait, nevermind....

    bbh