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  1. Re:For god sake, how conservative can you get? on Farewell to PDAs, Hello to Smart Phones · · Score: 1

    Seriously. Chicks don't dig a guy that looks like he has 5 dialisis machines hanging from his belt.

  2. Re:surname? neal? on Trend Micro Quarantines Letter P · · Score: 0

    Not exactally. A surname is a last name. A given name also refers to a surname, but a Christian name usually refers to a first name.

    Either way this is a dumb discussion.

  3. Re:Touchy subject on Why Do Computers Still Crash? · · Score: 1

    Try playing Morrowind on an XBox. I swear to God, that thing crashed every 10 minuites when you get to the higher levels.

  4. Re:Mac OS X version is pretty zippy on Mozilla Firebird Soars Into View · · Score: 1

    Not sure I follow you on tthe whole slow/SSL thing. I don't find either Camino or Safari slow at all, and haven't run accorss any problems with SSL (self signed or auth-ed) on either. I haven't gotten Firebird yet though.

  5. Re:Millions and Millions served Weekly on Apple Sells Two Million Songs in 16 Days · · Score: 1

    You'll note however, that this is a lexury item, not a necessity. I'm possitve I call Coke or a Big Mac "necessities," but they're a lot closer than music files.

  6. Re:age difference on The Perfect Formula For Box Office Success · · Score: 1

    The other way to look at it is simply that Hollywood doesn't like older women. They like uy young and old, and thye like women young. Old women simply don't do as well.

  7. Re:iPod on 60G Nomad Zen vs. The iPod · · Score: 3, Informative

    You know that the AAC files that the iPod playes don't have to have DRM in them, right? Just because the file format supports it doesn't mean you need to use it on files you create.

  8. Re:iPod on 60G Nomad Zen vs. The iPod · · Score: 1

    Dude, if you've payed for 1200 cds, just buy a second mp3 player.

  9. Re:AND the AAC files are locked to YOUR Macs on Apple Sells A Million Songs in Debut Week · · Score: 1

    I don't have a link, but first hand knowldge. When you try to autherize the song you've bought, it already knows the email address you used when you bought it. I't would be trivial for Apple to look up your name vs your account if its not in their to beigin with.

    That said, that's not a watermark. When you toss your AACs to a cd and bring them back as an MP3, I don't know if you've got name/email watermarks there.

  10. Just wait on Where Indie Artists Get Everything · · Score: 1

    Thats all well and good, but just wait until the indie artists start having someone press thier cds for them.

  11. Re:Tape will be with us for a while yet... on Hard Drives Instead of Tapes? · · Score: 1

    To be fair, you aren't gonna get to many Mac users who are going to rail against Solaris or other comerical Unix. We tend to either know our shit, aand use macs accordingly when its appropriate, or else we admit to not knowing unix, and leave it to those who do.

  12. Re:I don't know if that is a good idea on Hard Drives Instead of Tapes? · · Score: 1

    Nope, backed up in real time means that when random crap gets put in a drive, or somebody gets hacked (or a VP deletes an important file), thats toast. Gotta be real time plus alternation.

  13. Re:Easy on Too Much Free Software · · Score: 1

    Sure does, but AutoCad tears up Pro/E in others, even with all the various packages. Its jstu not designed to do some thngs the way AutoCad is.

  14. Re:Remote Installation on Apple Remote Desktop 1.2 Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    Asr has some limitations for tthis sort of thing. Most notably, it doesn't install, it only copies. Asr is the best thing under the sun when you want to toss an image on a new drive (usuualy about an hour faster than ccc), but no so good when you want to update quicktime on all the machines.

  15. Re:So um... on Major Strike on Iraq Underway · · Score: 1

    Never said it wasn't. Just wanted to make sure your history was right.

  16. Re:So um... on Major Strike on Iraq Underway · · Score: 1

    Bah! Geroge III wasn't a tyrant. Our political differnces were far more subtle than that.
    We rebelled because we din't feel we were being represented by british parliment. Our view was we should have representatives from america representing our interests. The British system at the time was to have members of the house of commons elected from within England proper to represent all the citizens of the British empire, regardless of location. They thought we were foolish for not understanding how the system works.

  17. Re:Sanity checks.. on U.S. May Reduce Non-Military GPS Accuracy · · Score: 1

    No, but you might use GPS for locational data for your other data collections. Most people who use GIS's use GPS data in one way or another. For instance, census collectors made heavy use of GPS durring the last set of door-knockings.

  18. Army's stuff on U.S. May Reduce Non-Military GPS Accuracy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Don't like it, but it's the army's stuff. They can degrade it that far if they want to. Don't like it? Send up your own GPS satalites.

  19. Re:doesn't work like that (for me) on Family Tech Support · · Score: 1

    Sorry, but I'm not willing to give them a $1000 investment after the horrible failures that I've witnessed with them. To late.

  20. Hmm, reporting bias? on Debunking Linux-Windows Market Share Myths · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Just like to remind evreybody that this is from LinuxWorld. Not exactally a bastion of unbiased reporting when it comes to operating systems.

  21. Re:A Fair Evaluation on Problems in Computer Conservation · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Old data is not the same as worthless. Say they did census work on punch cards back in the 60's. Just because its old does not make data worthless. The equipment may be, but its the data you care about.

  22. Re:A Humble Suggestion on Problems in Computer Conservation · · Score: 1

    And you've got a good transition stregy to get things out of punch cards?

  23. Re:Flexibility on Making a House That Will Last for Centuries? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Right, but the heat at which steel looses its stability is far above and beyond what wood burns at.

  24. Re:This legitimizes the downloads on Apple and CompUSA Working on 'Software on Demand' · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Not to mention plenty of software comes on 2 or 3 cds.

  25. Re:Isn't an internship at MS a career killer? on The Internship That Students Drool Over · · Score: 1

    Please. if working for NSA isn't a career killer, working for Microsoft can't be.