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  1. Re:The question is though on 10 Panel LCD Displays · · Score: 1

    True. I don't think I could honestly use a 10 screen setup. I'd have to turn around too often to use most of it, so I'd probably end up using 3 screens all the time, or maybe 3 with another 3 screens above them.

  2. Re:what's the use? on Multiple Monitors Increase Productivity · · Score: 1

    Not to mention the aspect ration of 2 17"s compared to a 21" or whatnot. I can make a lot more use of the extra real estate being wide instead of tall.

  3. Re:That silly on Company Files Motion to Stop IE Distribution · · Score: 1

    Or maybe they're just targeting the one that a) has money and b) they hate. You could patent something, and only sue Microsoft even if all web browsers infringed on it.

  4. Re:Finally... on Apple Sets Oct. 24th Release For Mac OS X 10.3 · · Score: 1

    I'm running 7B85 on my 500 MHz TiBook now (512 MB ram), its certainly good enough for me. Mind you, FinalCut still can't work properly, but that because of drive speed more than anything else

  5. Re:Don't Forget the Educational Discount... on Apple Sets Oct. 24th Release For Mac OS X 10.3 · · Score: 4, Informative

    And $64.50 for a Government discount (which applies to employees of Fed, state, and local governments).

  6. Re:Am I Stating the Obvious here? on Living Life in Fast-Forward · · Score: 1

    And how'd you get good at using the principles? Practice. Which is the sane way of doing repetition in math. Its not repetition of the exact same thing, but it is repetition.

  7. Re:Am I Stating the Obvious here? on Living Life in Fast-Forward · · Score: 1

    As was put by my one of my high school history teachers:

    Repetition is the mother of learning.
    Repetition is the mother of learning.
    Repetition is the mother of learning.
    Repetition is the mother of learning.
    Repetition is the mother of learning.

    Getting the concept in lecture is one thing, but actually rememerbing it when you leave is another.

  8. Re:free speech has a cost on Geer Comments On Firing From @Stake · · Score: 1

    Making a decision out of fear of reprisal isn't illegal on either parties part. Its only when some action takes place there's a problem.

    its sort of like giving your wallet to the big scary guy on the corner because you think he might threaten you. Its illegal for him to threaten you, but just by looking menacing he hasn't done anything wrong.

  9. Re:free speech has a cost on Geer Comments On Firing From @Stake · · Score: 1

    Its a free speech issue, sure, but not a constitutionally relevant one. Free speech can be restricted by private contracts to a very large degree. Just think NDAs. There are usually consequences for speaking your mind, just not legal ones.

  10. Re:Of course. on Electricity Apocalypse Soon? · · Score: 1

    which owns the local electric monopoly

    I think this has more to do with the problem then the free market. When you have only one company, there's little incentive for the company to provide better services to its customers.

  11. Re:Not true... on MacFixIt Details Mac OS X 10.2.8 Bugs · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually, there's 2 different 10.2.7s. You have "10.2.7", G5 owners have "10.2.7 (G5)".

  12. Re:Storage... on The Borg MegaCube · · Score: 3, Interesting

    True, but most people don't like to deal with dual sided dvds. Easier to damage when there's data on both sides instead of a label on one, plus they just seem cheaper.

  13. Re:This looks great and all... on 2.6 Ton Pinball Machine · · Score: 3, Funny

    Or do weight training.

  14. Re:Economics != Socionomics on Socionomics: the Science of History and Social Prediction · · Score: 1

    Also you get to throw in Value Theory, where people make choices based on what they find important, which isn't always self interest. Else its the warm fuzzies they get for doing things that seem to not be self interest.

  15. Re:Who said it? on Socionomics: the Science of History and Social Prediction · · Score: 1

    Funny, being an Econ major who's reading slashdot, I'd like to refute that point.

  16. Re:Why? on The Oldest Mouse Contest · · Score: 1

    Who says I didn't mean it that way?

  17. Re:command line software update - why?? on Mac OS X 10.2.8 Available · · Score: 1

    Other way around. I'm at home and want to update my work machine.

  18. Re:Why? on The Oldest Mouse Contest · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Having a grandfather who spent 4 years in a home after a stroke and a heart attack, I know exactly what you mean. I do wonder if thats not a very good representative sample though. There are hoards of elderly people that are just fine out in the world. I wonder if being treated as an invalid as most people in a home are is more a cause of dementia than a symptom.

  19. Re:Why? on The Oldest Mouse Contest · · Score: 1

    On the other hand, one of my favorite quotes is "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines."

  20. Re:Why expect reason in this case? on Drooling Over VA Tech's 1100-Node G5 Cluster · · Score: 1

    Look at the heat sinks in the g5's. I doubt they'll be getting that into a 1U anytime soon. I'm betting on a 2U Xserve for the g5s.

    Apple just probably didn't want it all rolled out at the same time. They'd have nothing to show off for a couple months.

  21. Re:Havoc Pennington? on Interview with Havoc Pennington of Red Hat · · Score: 0

    Or else he's going to run around with the X-Men.

  22. Re:The ends justify the means? on Dave Barry Strikes Back Against Telemarketers · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Interfered with somebody's ability to make a living? Since when is that a right? If I've got a business model of strangling small children (or something legal thats equally offensive), other people have a right hinder me in anyway they legally can.

    Profit is not its own justification. Thats the sort of thinking that arms dealers and the RIAA use (like how I tied those together?).

  23. Re:Set up? on RIAA Sues 12-Year Old Girl · · Score: 1

    Basic Literacy:

    "after they count 51% of that total for any one candidate."

    Which means if anytime during the counting, one candidate gets 51% of the vote, they can stop counting.

  24. Re:hope this doesn't mean... on Apple Wins VT in Cost. vs. Performance · · Score: 2, Informative

    What did you think last weeks announcement was???

  25. Re:Clarification: Not all of them have BT & Wi on New iMacs (and iPods) · · Score: 1

    The reason that it was worth noting was the 15" before this had the old rev motherboard, so it only supported BlueTooth with a USB adaptor, and regular AirPort, not Airport Extreme.