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  1. Re:timbuk2, done and done. on Recommendations For A Good Laptop Bag? · · Score: 1

    No, PAC bags are the best.

  2. Re:Timbuk2 all the way!! on Recommendations For A Good Laptop Bag? · · Score: 1

    Timbuk2 bags are one step up from a GAP messenger bag and its ilk. Crappy padding, so-so materials and no internal suspension. Carry anything heavy for any length of time and you will have severe shoulder/back/collarbone problems. If you want a real messenger bag, check out PAC Designs. Super padding, an array of straps to keep everything where it should be and nearly indestructable (and waterproof) materials make one kickass bag.
    Mine survived seven years of messengering in lovely tropical Toronto, three years at university and a year and half in Ecuador. It is still going strong. And you can fit a two-four in it :).
    I have a huge model, but you can get something the right size for whatever you need. And I am sure if you emailed her, Pat would make one to your custom specifications.

  3. Re:nope, I had not tried that. on GTK+ TTY Port · · Score: 1

    stable!?! has gnome2 even made it in there yet ;)? the version i have (2.1.5) is in unstable. maybe you are using the gnome1.4 version? anyway here is a screenshot of what i am talking about. i believe there are several other operations you can perform in batch mode as well.

  4. Re:Perspective and help. on GTK+ TTY Port · · Score: 1

    hmm, have you tried gthumb? you can do all this without mucking about with scripts. select files you want to rotate (from the nice thumbnail view). click the "rotate" button. click "apply to all" in the rotate dialog that pops up. click ok. not too hard ;).
    gthumb homepage
    i use it all the time, i love it, it is much better than eye of gnome.

  5. Re:Save Money and have fun. on Prisimq MediaServer Support For Linux · · Score: 1

    Well, I'd rather buy thinkgeek "crud" than microsoft "crud".....

  6. Re:PDF? on Linux on the Desktop · · Score: 1

    how about gpdf?

  7. Re:Huzzah! on JWZ Reviews Video on Linux · · Score: 1

    This is the only half-decent point of jwz's rant (not review). xine, mplayer and xmms skins are generally hard to read (much like jwz's site) and do not integrate with the desktop very well. you can use sinek for xine, which is the gtk interface.
    or you can use totem, which is a gnome2 movie player. it uses the xine libs and kicks ass. looks very nice and plays almost anything.
    here is a screenshot
    and
    here is the url
    i think "hissy fit" is the word jwz is looking for rather than rant. if this guy is such a mad coder, why doesn't he do something instead of crying about it? i am sure he could whip an all-singing all-dancing media player in no time at all. lol, right....

  8. Re:Ask Slashdot? Other great sci-fi/cyberpunk auth on William Gibson's Latest Novel · · Score: 2, Interesting

    greg egan. every book of his i have read has made my brain hurt severely. which is a good thing ;-). he usually starts of with one mindblowing idea and just when you kinda get a grip on that, he smacks you upside the head with another. a couple of my favourites are "permutation city" and "diaspora". you can check out some of his short stories (and cool applets he has written to demonstrate the concepts from his books) here: greg egan
    awesome writer

  9. Re:_My_ Review... on Review: Solaris · · Score: 1

    'event horizon' good? lol, has to be one of the worst movies (not just sf movies) of all time. non-sensical plot, excessive gore (shoulda spent that money on a good writer), lame set design and a total lack of "science".

    worst movie ever!

  10. Re:Galeon and Opera being my favs on Linux Web Browsers Compared · · Score: 1

    apt-get update; apt-get upgrade

    yes, i have apt-get on the brain ;)

  11. galeon difficult to install? on Linux Web Browsers Compared · · Score: 2, Insightful

    apt-get install galeon :)

  12. Re:Support transgaming. on Loki Games Closing? · · Score: 1

    how many times are you going to write this? do you work for them or what?

  13. Re:This release won't be. on RTCW Single Player Demo & Linux Binaries · · Score: 1

    the reason that the sp was released later than the mp is that;
    a) the two were developed by two different companies (nerve and grey matter).
    b) there is only 1 person (ttimo) working on the linux port and multiplayer was the priority.

    id really had nothing to do with the process except develop the engine. to say rtcw is an id game is incorrect.

  14. Re:My complaint. on Review of Sorcerer GNU Linux · · Score: 1

    you don't want to leave anything out of the kernel? select "y" for every option ;).

  15. Re:1 hr???? on Iron Chef USA debuts Friday · · Score: 1

    the chefs are given a list of five ingredient a week before the show. one of these is the 'secret' ingredient. they can then prepare accordingly.

  16. what is this guy's problem? (off zdnet talkback) on Melissa Creator tracked using MS's ID numbers? · · Score: 1

    "If they find the writer of this virus,
    I think the writer of this virus should be fined
    the cost that it takes to remove the virus
    from all infected computers, plus the associated
    cost for lost work, plus they should be jailed
    for life."

    i think this guy has a bit of a chip on his shoulder.
    of course people wouldn't be having these problems if they were running linux:)

  17. validation on Wired on Kipling · · Score: 1


    if only i had one of those bags, then i could truly consider myself a hacker.