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  1. silly magnets on Magnetic Space Launches · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm glad that maglev technology is finally being applied to something worthwhile. I'm getting really tired of seeing all the maglev rail transportation projects that never go anywhere (figuratively and literally)... :

  2. crass but useful on Gift Service Exchanges Online Gifts · · Score: 2, Funny
    Imagine, Uncle buys you a $20 widgit, yet, if you will put in $10 of your own money, you upgrade to a $30 widgit which only costs you $10, not $30...

    after this holiday, i think i might like to trade my family and $10 to upgrade to a new one. anybody interested?

  3. Re:Slow GUI Performance on Linux On the Desktop: 0.24 Percent? · · Score: 1
    "non-regular" windows=slow GUI performance=reduced representation in web stats

    umkay...

    perhaps the most popular windows is not the same as the best windows.

    or maybe you need more RAM...

  4. Re:Roughly half of Slashdotters... on Another Gaping Microsoft Security Hole Goes Unpatched · · Score: 1

    ...and that checking thing is a *big* problem, and one of the big reasons that OmniWeb doesn't play nice with a lot of my favorite sites, such as my webmail. and so, I use Netscape under OSX, or IE in a pinch.

  5. this seems a little inaccurate... on China Shuts Down 17,000 Internet Bars · · Score: 1
    Remember the Cultural Revolution? Well, probably not unless you're old, but these people chose this form of government. It is to be assumed that this is what they want

    I have no firsthand experience or memory of the Cultural Revolution, but I am confident that it had little popular support or basis. Indeed, you might do a little probing and discover that 'revolution' was in fact perpetrated by the government itself.

    Saying that event equates to the people's choice of government is tantamount to saying that Native Americans chose the system that they now live under.

    And I'm not sure that *I* would assume that the average Chinese wants to live under the current system. That seems like a big stretch...

  6. and while they're there on MS Sez Hailstorm To Play Nice With Others · · Score: 1

    i suspect they'll want to check your serial numbers and what browser you're using and what office suite you're using...

  7. Re: Dumb fuckwit's car on Inchworming Probe for Planetary Exploration · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wish my car would self-restore.

  8. Re:FUCK ALLAH on Attacks On US Continued Reports · · Score: 1
    now there's a post you can be proud of.

    troglodyte.

  9. Re:The plane is gonna crash on IPv4 vs IPv6: The Road Ahead · · Score: 1

    In my opinion the issue is a lot more like having 40 planes that currently handle the schedule, and needing to keep 39 of them in the air at all times...truly, the Internet was built as a distributed network, so the idea that it stands alone and needs to be repaired while all parts are in use is a little bit of a stretch, to me...

  10. I don't get it... on IPv4 vs IPv6: The Road Ahead · · Score: 1

    Most of the office-administered winboxen don't even have their own IP...why would my clothes dryer need one?
    This to me is somewhat like the continuing problem of new area codes...why not go with a main number and extensions for each individual device?
    while the phone infrastructure can't seem to handle this concept right now, Internet devices certainly can....router for the house, and a port for each device (stupid worms...send as many port 80s as you like...they all go to the commode!) ;)

  11. not surprising at all... on Microsoft Fakes Citizen Letters of Support · · Score: 1
    "There's been a political campaign waged against Microsoft for a number of years by well-funded, special-interest companies ..." said Microsoft spokesman Vivek Varma. "It's not surprising that companies and organizations that support Microsoft are mobilizing to counter that lobby."

    Nor is it surprising that, absent that support, microsoffet would fabricate it.

    But those companies say they haven't tried to drum up activism by the public.

    methinks that none of them has attempted to 'mine' the dead vote, either...

    sadly submitted from my MS box. ;)

  12. Re:Looks good :-) on Yellow Dog Linux 2.0 Review · · Score: 1

    yeah, I am suggesting you run right out and do that.

  13. Re:Looks good :-) on Yellow Dog Linux 2.0 Review · · Score: 1

    Ol beige PowerMacs run yellow dog really well (I run one). OSX is a bit of a hog on them, but linux is more than functional. You can get into one of those *cheap*.

  14. I want to be scared... on Microsoft To Assist Ximian In Producing Mono · · Score: 1

    but in principle this looks like a 'good thing.'

  15. Re:hahhaa on IBM's Dirty Ad Tactics Bother SF Officials · · Score: 1

    um, I think it's a gnu.