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  1. Re:Clarification about Mac alias robustness on Vista's Limited Symlinks · · Score: 1

    Just like hardlinks?

  2. Re:don't use NTFS on Vista's Limited Symlinks · · Score: 1

    Permissions would be a problem if you put all your data on an ext3 disk under Windows, too.
    The on-disk and network permissions are closely related, I think.

  3. Re:Crap, so now I have to choose on Patches For Pine Going Away · · Score: 1

    I consider Mutt the Pine replacement.

  4. Re:Exciting Applications on Physicist Trying To Send a Signal Back In Time · · Score: 1

    How could you trust the message being from you? Current encryption might be broken
    in the future, and someone could pretend to be you, telling you to kill off people.

  5. Re:Not at all surprised... on Linux Users Banned From World of Warcraft? · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't be surprised if the devs actually have an internal Linux client.
    They do have Sam Lantinga on board, the creator of SDL, and it's not unlikely that
    they use some variant of it for the Mac port already. Then there's the mysterious
    API function for checking if the system is running on Linux :)

  6. Re:Right, they do that already on Transec, a Secure Authentication Tag Library · · Score: 1

    It works if you have a little gadget that generates you a new PIN every time,
    like we do over here. But then getting random digits instead of the whole
    PIN makes no difference :)

  7. Re:people are becoming mute to it ... on Google Envisions Free Cell Phones For All · · Score: 1

    I don't have a purse, and someone phoning me won't show me any ads.
    Were you thinking of SMS spam? I think that's also illegal where I live :)

  8. Re:people are becoming mute to it ... on Google Envisions Free Cell Phones For All · · Score: 1

    Speak for yourself. When my phone rings, I look closely at the calling number before I
    *consider* picking it up. Time of day, mood, whether I'm in a noisy place or playing a
    game are all factors. Plus my hate for the caller, of course :)

  9. Re:F'ing idiots... on PS3 Lines Already Forming In America · · Score: 1

    Masturbation is more fun than waiting in line for days to get a piece of hardware.
    Thanks for the idea! I know what I'll do for the rest of the year!

  10. Re:DNF! on Nvidia Launches 8800 Series, First of the DirectX 10 Cards · · Score: 2, Funny

    You're half-right; it will be the oldest supported card.

  11. Re:Where have all the mods gone? on Former CA Boss Gets 12 Years, $8M Fine · · Score: 1

    I seem to get weekly modpoints. Be afraid..be very afraid!

  12. Re:How about Karbon? on Krita 1.6 — State of the Art · · Score: 1

    Xara Xtreme (formerly LX) is getting tons of features with each release. You could have a look at that for
    your vector drawing needs:
    http://www.xaraxtreme.org/

  13. Re:How the heck do I load a jpg? on Krita 1.6 — State of the Art · · Score: 1

    There must be a library missing or something in your OS. Krita opens any common format just
    fine here.

  14. Re:What can you trust? on New Windows Attack Can Disable Firewall · · Score: 1

    You can use Outpost (firewall+spyware protection)m or Norman (all that and good antivirus).

  15. Re:Imagine... on Make Linux "Gorgeous," Says Ubuntu Leader · · Score: 1

    Windows takes too long for me to bother measuring it, and Ubuntu takes about 20 seconds from power
    on to login, and another 5-10 seconds to desktop. This is on a harddrive that doesn't really want to go
    at its full UDMA speed.

  16. Re:Not such a bad idea... on Vista Licenses Limit OS Transfers, Ban VM Use · · Score: 1

    There are three degrees of nastiness in Windows XP. The regular home/pro editions will
    allow a lot of switching of hardware. The VLK versions might complain after some changes.
    The OEM versions are the most annoying; you buy a Dell, you're stuck with it. Adding a drive
    *might* slip through, but do it twice, and it's REPORT FOR RE-NEDUCATION!

  17. Re:I'm off to Sweden on First Swede Convicted For File-Sharing Now Cleared · · Score: 1

    Lots of IT businesses in Scandinavia have a large number of foreign workers
    that the written and spoken language at work IS English. The neighbouring
    country (Norway), where I'm stuck, is about the same in most things, but reportedly has
    lower taxes. We've got Opera as one example of a realtively big international
    business, and IT workers in general speak English fairly well.

    The tax thing in Sweden isn't too bad once you're on Swedish wages, anyway.
    Food's cheaper over there than here, which is why you see flocks of Norwegians
    hoarding food at the border cities :)
    Getting a place to live is much cheaper in Sweden than Norway, too. I know several
    Norwegians who've moved or are thinking of moving there.

  18. Re:Heh on First Swede Convicted For File-Sharing Now Cleared · · Score: 1

    America may be stupid, but most cops don't even pull their gun on a friggin'
    shoplifter (or a naked, drug-addled running man ;).

  19. Re:Disqualified from consecutive?? on Doctor Who Makes Guinness Book of World Records · · Score: 1

    At least four regular actors in SG-1 are the same as first season - three team
    members, and the guy who pushes the gate button :)

  20. Re:Here Here on Doctor Who Makes Guinness Book of World Records · · Score: 1

    Doctor Who has been the same continuity since the first episode, though.
    Star Trek has several shows with different characters.

  21. Re:It used to be your rights end where mine begin on Traveler Detained for Anti-TSA Message · · Score: 1

    The US isn't worth visiting. Fellow countrymen have been stopped from entering
    for no reason at all, other than not being American. People have had vacations ruined
    because someone at the airport decided "Norway is a terr'ist country", or something.

  22. Re:Um, Uh, Kid-Friendly on Wii Opera Browser is Free Until Next Year · · Score: 1

    >My version did not have lots of bookmarks to free pr0n sites or anything else that would
    >make finding it easier than using Google with any other browser.

    Opera has a bunch of neat shortcuts to go back and forth in galleries, intelligently guessing what
    the next image is, or so I've heard. I don't use it, since all my lesbian fetish porn is downloaded
    in movie form.

  23. Re:How long is a piece of string? on The Myth of the 40 Hour Game · · Score: 1

    23MB could be a lot of text, AI code and other goodness. Damn kids. They want graphics.
    Big textures. Complicated 3D models. Not a long-lasting gaming experience, because
    their attention spans can't handle it.

  24. Re:'Pod' not 'Podcasting' on Apple Goes After the Term 'Podcast' · · Score: 1

    >The problem comes in because 'pod' can be derived from both iPod and podcast.
    But both those words are derived from 'pod'. Who has the copyright on 'pod' alone?
    Don Siegel? (See http://imdb.com/name/nm0796923/)

  25. Re:About Time on Apple Goes After the Term 'Podcast' · · Score: 1

    >So if I read the magazine on the bus to work am I buscasting?
    If you read it out loud, yes.