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  1. Re:Kangaroos Embracing Penguins? on Australian NSW Government Making Way for Linux · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Well the Penguin exhibit at Canberra zoo is very close to the 'roos.

    Linus went to Canberra zoo once, they have this sign at the Penguin exhibit regarding the story behind Tux.

  2. Re:"Up to 8 months"? Pfft. on Aussie TV Networks Fight BitTorrent · · Score: 2, Informative
    You think one and a bit seasons is bad..

    Ch9 are still showing old Frasier, I bought the final season (s11) on DVD from Amazon, and downloaded s10 (its not available on DVD yet)

    Ch9 are still showing s9. Thats 2 and a bit seasons behind.

  3. Re:Commercials on Aussie TV Networks Fight BitTorrent · · Score: 2, Informative

    Of course they'll put ads in it. Just look at Cable - you pay for that, and they still put ads in.

  4. Re:Damn April Fools jokes. Not Funny. on Microsoft Porting SQL Server To New Platforms · · Score: 1
    You think you hate it? Its not even April 1st for me..

    Microsoft Porting SQL Server To New Platforms
    Posted by Zonk on Saturday April 02, @05:18AM
    from the mssql-on-the-road dept.

  5. Re:DVD on Battlestar Galactica Season 2 This Summer · · Score: 1
    Since the UK has already completed the series, some of the plotlines have been spoiled for those of us on the left side of the pond

    What I find really funny is the Americans bitching in the newsgroup about people not warning about spoilers.

    We've had to put up with this for years - as most shows are aired in the US before anywhere else. Now that this has been reversed, all they did was complain.

    All I have to say is - Now you know how it feels!

  6. Re:Funny. on BIOS-Approved PCI Cards For Laptops · · Score: 1
    since Isuzu is not a GM company. Can you provide the model and proof that the Chevy was in fact rebranded?

    Here in Australia, we have the Holden Rodeo, which is really an Isuzu. We also have the Holden Astra/Vectra/Barina as well as the locally built Commodore (the "Monaro" coupe version is sold as the Pontiac GTO in the USA).

  7. Re:Fedora on Red Hat Promises A More Vibrant Fedora · · Score: 1
    Fedora also has lots of features that RHEL doesn't have in the current version

    Whats in FC3 that isn't in RHEL4?

    I'm rather annoyed with FC3/RHEL4 - they dropped support for my old Netraid card. Apparently its a 2.6 thing, FreeBSD here I come.

  8. Re:G-Franchise on Google Donating Bandwidth and Servers to Wikipedia · · Score: 5, Funny
    They'll acquire PayPal first

    Gaypal? :-)

  9. Re:Yet another reason on Symantec Antivirus May Execute Virus Code · · Score: 1
    Symantec has excellent corporate support and management features

    No they don't. I called the corporate support number. While I was on hold, I found the download link in a slashdot comment. Slashdot was far more helpful than Symantec.

  10. Starter Cartridges on HP CEO Carly Fiorina to Step Down · · Score: 1
    ... and it's that model that's kept me from buying an ink-jet, expecialy with lasers under $150.00 Canadian.

    You know laser printers come with starter cartridges too?

  11. Re:You gotta be kidding me. on U.S. Plans to Tighten Nuclear Power Plant Security · · Score: 2, Funny
    After 9/11, some dumbshit appeared on TV and said "no one could've predicted this". Oh really? In one of Clancy's books, a terrorist flew a fully-fuelled 747 into the Capitol during a joint session of Congress. Sound familiar?

    Just wait for the Ebola outbreak!

  12. Re:Civ 3 issues on Take-Two to Publish Next Civilization Game · · Score: 1
    The rule is "the first civ you really get into is the best".

    I played Civ1 a LOT, never played Civ2.

    Civ3 is much better than Civ1 - in Civ1 I lost a battleship to a Phalanx! wtf!?

  13. Re:Buy a Postscript printer on HP to Region-code Cartridges · · Score: 1
    I've been having a lot of trouble with my Kyocera printers and Citrix...

    Very nice printer, the drivers are a bit buggy.. but the HP drivers also work :)

  14. Re:This kind of thing... on American Airlines Information Gathering · · Score: 1
    So it's a US thing? Please explain, then, why I had to fill out a form saying where I would be staying when I flew into London from the US?

    We live in Australia and had to fill in the address of where we were staying in NZ. I was on an AU passport, my wife on an NZ passport - yes the NZ citizen had to fill it in too!

  15. Re:Happy.. on Closed Digital Cameras - Does Anyone Care? · · Score: 1

    My Kodak DX4530 takes 2 AA's. I dont bother with the NiMH - I use CRV-3 Lithiums for $8 each, they last several hundred shots and dont go flat on the shelf.

  16. Re:IRC on Phishing In The Channel · · Score: 1
    I have port 80 redirected to squid. Lets me block all sorts of stuff (like msn messenger mime type).

    port 25 is also redirected to the mail filter, which will not relay for more of the lan.

  17. Re:Well... on Future of Internet News? · · Score: 1
    My local newspaper's web site has recently required registration (so they can "improve" their service..). They also increased their annoying popup ads after registration was required.

    I finally gave in and registered with them, as a 60+ year old from africa. I used the email address listed as the contact for any questions about the registration process, so it seems they dont verify the email addresses at all.

  18. Re:Kibbee on Sony and Sharp Backing LCD TVs Over Plasma? · · Score: 1

    I'm perfectly happy with my Philips 68cm (27") CRT TV. I might eventually get a projector to suppliment it.

  19. Re:Really warranted? on RIP Pentium II, 1997 - 2006 · · Score: 1
    I have a HP Netserver LH3 with a pair of P2-450's sitting under the desk. It runs better than the P4-1.4GHz system I also have.
    # cat /proc/cpuinfo
    processor : 0
    vendor_id : GenuineIntel
    cpu family : 6
    model : 5
    model name : Pentium II (Deschutes)
    stepping : 2
    cpu MHz : 449.241
    cache size : 512 KB
  20. Re:Only on broadband on Clean System to Zombie Bot in Four Minutes · · Score: 1
    I was going to tell you about MS's free security update CD..

    but its no longer available!

    wtf. who's smart idea was that?

  21. Re:On demand and via a process on Protecting Your Enterprise Network from Vendor App Servers? · · Score: 1

    A friend had a vendor request "chmod 777 /etc/shadow" to make their app work.

  22. Re:DIY Electric Chair on Electronics Projects for 12-Year-Olds? · · Score: 1
    like this guy?

    Police in Lithuania's second largest city Kaunas has found the body of a 74-year-old man, who committed suicide in an electric chair he made himself

    http://www.iafrica.com/news/worldnews/392799.htm

  23. Re:It wont really be any good... on CIA Researching Automated IRC Spying · · Score: 0, Redundant
    IRC is just a telnet hack, so everything's plaintext

    Some server support SSL. An ssl plugin for mIRC is here: http://www.bovine.net/~jlawson/coding/stuntour/

  24. Re:Attention Conspiracy Nuts! on Apollo 11 Photographs Unfrozen · · Score: 1

    I thought I saw stars... but it was just dust on my screen

  25. Re:Perhaps It Belongs in the OS on Microsoft Plans To Sell Anti-Virus Software · · Score: 1
    Office 2003, the latest version of Office, requires Windows XP to run.

    Then how am I running office2003 on this Windows 2000 PC? Office 2003 system requirements are here. It lists Win2ksp3 or higher, which is not unreasonable these days.