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  1. Re:Are you serious? on Is The U.S. No Longer The Choice For Freedom? · · Score: 1

    He said Southern point, not southern-most point. All that which you wrote is somewhat pointless, since it is merely picking at nits and semantics. It has nothing to do with logic. Certainly, Middle Island, and even Niagra falls are further south than International falls. Then again, there are parts of the USA further south than IF that experience colder temperatures. While it's true that this is a cold spot, it is more due to the arctic jet stream that spends a great deal of time hovering over this area.

  2. Re:I can't stand Jabber... on Instant Messaging On Linux · · Score: 1

    I don't know about that save for one thing: Jabber is supposedly even better as a communication framework, since it's XML based and flexible. One of the folks on the wearhard list uses it for a variety of purposes with his java-based wearable.

  3. Re:Question on Instant Messaging On Linux · · Score: 1

    If you want an open platform for messaging, try Jabber out. It supposedly supports ICQ, AIM, Yahoo, MSN, IRC, and SMTP through an XML framework. From what I've heard from the wear-hard list, it's pretty much maleable to anything you need to do..

  4. Re:Thanks for this post... on Reviews: "O Brother" And Others · · Score: 1

    Try on J. Michael Straczynski's "Rising Stars" or "Midnight Nation" on top of the AC's suggestion of "Watchmen" and "Sandman" .. You'll no doubt see parallels between Gaiman and Straczynski's writing. They are both top notch, and the have worked together in the past, too.

  5. Re:Crouching Tiger on Reviews: "O Brother" And Others · · Score: 1

    I don't get it, isn't Kabuki Japanese, and the movie from Hong Kong? I thought they had dis-similar cultures?

  6. Re:Lionhead on Neverwinter Nights Will Go On Win/Mac/Linux/Be · · Score: 1

    I know Peter Molyneux's work well in populous :) You don't get my point. They may be major but they'll likely never be mayor

  7. Re:On Christmas. on Largest ISP In Philippines: The Catholic Church · · Score: 1

    I've looked into newadvent in the past and find them to be revisionist in their history of the church. Big Brother is real, you know. He's known by many names, just like the devil. The word the Cathars used for hell on earth (the center of the secular empire) was Roma. Coincidence?

  8. Re:BeOS games on Neverwinter Nights Will Go On Win/Mac/Linux/Be · · Score: 1

    I don't think that Lionhead is a mayor game company. They are in an entirely different class than mayor companies.

  9. Re:Not a sequel... on Neverwinter Nights Will Go On Win/Mac/Linux/Be · · Score: 1

    I can see it:

    d00d, send mee dungeon to!

    *shudders*

  10. Re:Oh Hey...Did You Notice This? on Largest ISP In Philippines: The Catholic Church · · Score: 1

    I don't know If I'd want dirty pics of American Shaftoe. Stephenson didn't seem to paint too great picture of her.

  11. Re:It's a strange world... on Largest ISP In Philippines: The Catholic Church · · Score: 1

    When is the truth stooping? I can never understand it when people put things this way. It is a silent, epidemic problem across all denominations.

  12. Re:Gee, the Church censoring? What a suprise. on Largest ISP In Philippines: The Catholic Church · · Score: 1

    I wonder if they block websites that support heliocentricity?

    Why? Christianity is heliocentric itself. It's no coincidence that Christmas falls on the same day as Sol Invictus' day and other "pagan" holidays. Try This article out, it's an interesting read.

  13. Re:Homeschoolers are bizarre on Grade School And High School, School Free · · Score: 1

    I suppose I'd keep my kids at home and teach them from a purely secular humanist and scientific perspective. It's better to tell your children truth than myths. Then again my mythology lessons would include most world religions, since they are no better or worse at teaching strong moral lessons..

  14. Re:Licensing on RPM Package Manager · · Score: 1

    Spidermonkey. It's currently the only apt-get choice.

  15. Re:Licensing on RPM Package Manager · · Score: 1

    Well, if HelixCode charges, they better upgrade their pipe.. It's actually slower than the main us debian servers, if that were possible! (note: of course, thise depends on time of day, release schedule, etc. Your mileage may vary)

  16. Re:No one in their right mind would answer this... on Ask An Ordinary Teenage Slashdot User · · Score: 1

    Wow, I read that too. My comment still stands. It did approach one.

  17. Re:No one in their right mind would answer this... on Ask An Ordinary Teenage Slashdot User · · Score: 1

    Aaah run away! Godwin's rule, Godwin's rule!

  18. Re:Egads! More memorization?! on Non-Traditional Keyboard Reviews · · Score: 1

    :) That killed me too. I think the jkl; keys in vi were a bit arbitrary anyhoo. how's about lrud? they are not in a row together, but they are at least by word.. I'm ok with vi in both qty and dvk keyboards. I don't see a problem.. like you sad, memorization is possible on both keyboards..

  19. Re:Before it gets started yet again... on Non-Traditional Keyboard Reviews · · Score: 1

    For anyone who is sick of trying to find the most common order of letters in the english language (Letter frequency) they are: "etrinoasdchfupmygwvbxkqlz", most of which dvorak falls either on home row or strong fingers.

    Note on a dvorak layout, l and z are the only "letters" that lay on the right pinky off of home row. This is a position that I consider to be nauseating. If any of you took typing class, you may have noticed a tingling feeling after typing drills on your pinkys. I don't know, 'bout you, but that always made me nauseous.

    Anyway, enough about nausea, the point is that the two least used keys are on weak fingers just like in qwerty. However, the most important are on strong fingers, or one row above home, an easier position to reach than one row below..

  20. Re:Half Keyboard inventor reads /. on Non-Traditional Keyboard Reviews · · Score: 1

    That's odd, my Kinesis ergo stops at T too.. I still have a problem typing 5 instead of 6 due to some left index dominance from learning qwerty.. I have my board set on Dvorak mode. It's one of the most efficient keyboards, and I rarely feel fatigued from typing for extended periods of time.

  21. ONCE again, STFU on Longitude · · Score: 1

    Just kidding. I daresay that "catholic" and "Catholic" are the same thing, just as "liberal" and "conservative" don't mean the same things they did 50 years ago. Besides, it's relative to the times, is it not?

    The Catholic church derived its name from the word catholic, meaning universal as you said. However, the church has had 1800 years to change that into a brand name
  22. Re:Eh? on Longitude · · Score: 1

    Another Nit:

    The clause police should have caught that one. 'Like A, unlike X, Y, and Z, B was not a catholic inventor?' What the hell does that mean? And what does that have to do with time? are you saying that Gutenberg was not catholic, or that Franklin, Edison and Tesla were catholic? There is a serious contradiction in that sentence. I suppose you meant "Like Tesla, et. al., and unlike Gutenberg (who seems irrelevant as far as comparisons go) John Harrison was not a Catholic inventor, which the parent to this points out is a seemingly irrelevent tidbit of information to lead with.

  23. Re:Massive fraud on FCC Considering 10-Digit Dialing [UPDATED] · · Score: 1

    If you had a pervasive 10 digit number of any sort that is used everywhere, you would have the same problem, tied to ssn or not.

  24. Re:3-d OS on Voodoo5 6000 Preview · · Score: 2

    Monks in the dark ages replaced the non-dimensional human memory "interface" with a concept known as a memory palace. They used mnemonics to find their memories in a (presumably) three dimensional palace of dreams and thoughts. Location is one of the things we naturally key on. Consider if you will, our ability to follow driving directions. Would it be easier to say "Turn left on Abernathy terrace, right at Cleighton, and head north on Sunbury" or Turn left at the McDonalds, right at the water tower, and head towards Ender park"? I think linking to knowns would probably be a better interface to find things. YMMV, of course.

  25. Re:Cooling on Voodoo5 6000 Preview · · Score: 1

    Which is more absurd, the fact that the cooling is pathetically weak, or the fact that the chips are on the "down" side in a tower case? Oops, I suppose.