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  1. Re:Ways to get Thinkpads for cheap on Apple-Quality Intel Laptops? · · Score: 1

    That should be pamplet mentioned above.

  2. Re:Ways to get Thinkpads for cheap on Apple-Quality Intel Laptops? · · Score: 1

    I get the pamphlet mentioned about. Since I am an employee I just recycle it and use the employee friends and family store. I looked through my stuff to see if I have an old one and can't find one. I also looked on both the internal and external websites and couldn't find any info. Several family members have purchased laptops through the friends and family store and were very happy with the deals they got. I also have no idea how much stock you have to own to get a discount. Sorry I am not bunches of help.

  3. Re:Ways to get Thinkpads for cheap on Apple-Quality Intel Laptops? · · Score: 1

    While I agree with you, and encourage everyone to buy Thinkpads at retail price, the person asking the question seemed to think that they were too expensive. I think they are willing to jump through hoops.

  4. Timothy, I forgive you for the repeat on Fiber-Optic Map: A Classified Dissertation? · · Score: 1

    At least the write-up made sense this time. The previous time this story was posted should go into the HOF for its poor description of what the article was about.

  5. Ways to get Thinkpads for cheap on Apple-Quality Intel Laptops? · · Score: 5, Informative
    1. Find an IBM employee. They can give you access to the "friends and family" store. Sometimes the discounts are amazing.

    2. Become a stockholder. Stockholders also get access to discounts.

    3. eBay. The IBM store on eBay has some sweet deals.

    If you save enough money you can go out and buy a cheap iBook as well. Have the best of both worlds.

  6. Mountain Bikes on Sports Technology? · · Score: 1

    Technology has allowed me to go mountain biking with my wife. When riding uphill my wife rides my Litespeed titanium hardtail, since it climbs easily. When we get to the top we switch and she rides her full-suspension monster downhill because it is stable as can be and soaks up all the bumps. I'll leave it as an "exercise" for the reader to determine which bike get to ride uphill and which one I ride on the way down.

  7. Re:Linux is unaffected? on Linux vs. SCO: The Decision Matrix · · Score: 1

    What if they choose to attack the GPL? Everyone has been waiting for the courts to weigh in on it, maybe this will be the case in which it happens.

  8. Public Domain != Open Source on Open Source Law · · Score: 0, Troll
    If it were, RMS could insist that we call the Constitution the GNU/Constitution instead.

    It seems odd that /.ers get so mad about intellectual property law and then abuse terms relating to it so badly. At least rant intelligently!

  9. Linux is unaffected? on Linux vs. SCO: The Decision Matrix · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Though "Linux is unaffected" is listed as the outcome of every possible scenario, this conclusion hinges on the argument that SCO continued to distribute Linux after the lawsuit. This would have the effect of causing the offending code to be placed under the GPL and thus the problem is solved.

    I think this logic is a simplification of the legal situation, and is being used as an ace-in-the-hole by author. The author is making the assumption that the court will agree with this catch all and so none of the other aspects of the case matter.

    He should write another matrix with the assumption that the "donated to the GPL" argument has failed. That would be more interesting.

    I don't think the SCO has a case, but I can at least imagine a scenario in which Linux would be affected.

  10. Re:A private website? on Harry Potter in German, not Czech · · Score: 1

    It was supposed to be funny. Maybe it wasn't. Note that I mentioned I would not hit preview for it. Since this is the "next" post, I will hit preview for this one.

  11. Re:A private website? on Harry Potter in German, not Czech · · Score: 1

    What is "now external links"? Should be "no external links". Next time I will hit preview. But not this time.

  12. A private website? on Harry Potter in German, not Czech · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What is a private website? One with now external links to it? An intranet? While the auther seems to be implying that since it was "private" nobody should care, wasn't it on the "public" internet?

  13. Re:Now that I've read the article on Nobel Prize Winners on Sci-Fi Flicks · · Score: 1
    As the review says, you always know who is infected so there is no uncertainty.

    You must have missed the last third of the movie. While the army guys weren't technically infected, they provided plenty of uncertainty. Of course, that was also the worst part of the movie.

    I thought it was interesting to read what a real expert thought of the movie. His thoughts caused me to wonder if a pathogen that causes the human body to produce a "rage drug" wouldn't be more plausible. The quick onset after infection could be due to the buildup of drug in the carrier's blood, and then the pathogen would cause the newly infected person to eventually produce the drug themselves. A scenario such as that could explain the way in which the infection seems to be transmitted so quickly and completely.

  14. Re:Set up a sandbox. on To Allow or Not Allow E-Mail Attachments? · · Score: 1

    Aren't you supposed to be on vacation? btw, face-finding took about 1/2 a day to implement. My first guess at blue detection works fine on a variety of blues, including the one screen we use.

  15. Re:NASA Verifies Apple Benchmarks? on NASA Benchmarks the New G5 Powermac · · Score: 2, Informative
  16. Re:You neglected to mention from what... on Which Organizations Have Standardized on Mozilla? · · Score: 1

    Are you using the TEA tool from Konq? It didn't work from Mozilla last time I tried it.

  17. Re:You neglected to mention from what... on Which Organizations Have Standardized on Mozilla? · · Score: 1

    Please show me a reference where the w3 apps will be standardized on Mozilla. I would love to see it. I keep a copy of NS 4.7 around just for the internal stuff.

  18. Re:Actually...I find it quite appropriate... on 10th Anniversary Of Supreme Court's Daubert Ruling · · Score: 1

    Radio Shack sells a Honeywell version that costs less. Mine was $99 and I am impressed with how much crap it has collected and how easy it is to clean.

  19. Buy it when you get there on Shipping Hardware Cross-Country? · · Score: 1
    You will even get a nice educational discount. It isn't even out yet, and might not be out when classes start depending on the schedule of your school and whether there are delays.

    Oh and one final thing: buy a laptop instead.

  20. Re:Safari on Windows on Microsoft Kills Off Mac IE, Blames Safari · · Score: 1

    I agree that it isn't happening. You would think that pop-up blocking alone would be enough to get people to switch, and then when they discover tabbed browsing...

  21. Re:All this talk of the best keyboards ... on A Condensed History Of The Keyboard · · Score: 1
    I nominate my Speak 'n Spell and the Atari 400 that my 5th grade class had.

    I have an M, and I like it. I am considering purchasing one without the numberic keypad so that the reach of the mouse is shorter.

  22. Re:A real keyboard on A Condensed History Of The Keyboard · · Score: 1

    I think I broke more than one C64 trying to hit the Reset hard enough to get it to work.

  23. Re:Safari on Windows on Microsoft Kills Off Mac IE, Blames Safari · · Score: 1

    Actually, widespread awareness of Mozilla would do the trick as well.

  24. Chileans - smarter than the Oregon Highway Patrol on Deep Sea Monster Baffles Scientists · · Score: 5, Funny

    At least they didn't put a cache of explosives under it and try to get rid of it by detonating it.

  25. Has anyone tried reading the article? on Ostrich Lessons In Oregon? · · Score: 4, Funny

    It reads like a bad babblefish translation. I expected better from Linux Journal. While one of the headings in the article asks, "Can You Explain the Oregon Legislature?" I would ask of Linux Journal, "Can You Explain Who Edits This Stuff?"