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  1. Re:Can I take your computesr? on AMD Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Intel · · Score: 1

    I did no such thing. Simply saying that Israel did something they did isn't being insulting. It is being factual.

  2. Re:Can I take your computesr? on AMD Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Intel · · Score: 1

    Why do you think I am anti-semetic?

  3. Re:Can I take your computesr [sic]? on AMD Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Intel · · Score: 1

    How, with out the use of force, do you get people to follow your system?

  4. Re:What users would really need for desktop linux. on Xorg and Desktop Eyecandy · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#oth_me mcache [mozilla.org]

    This MAY help

    Specify the memory cache usage

    Normally, Firefox determines the memory cache usage dynamically based on the amount of available memory. To specify a specific amount of memory cache, add the following code to your user.js file: // Specify the amount of memory cache: // -1 = determine dynamically (default), 0 = none, n = memory capacity in kilobytes
    user_pref("browser.cache.memory.capacit y", 4096);

    To disable the memory cache completely, add the following code: // Disable memory cache:
    user_pref("browser.cache.memory.enable", false);

    --
    The GPL isn't the only definition of Freedom or Free.

  5. Re:What users would really need for desktop linux. on Xorg and Desktop Eyecandy · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#oth_me mcache

    This MAY help

    Specify the memory cache usage

    Normally, Firefox determines the memory cache usage dynamically based on the amount of available memory. To specify a specific amount of memory cache, add the following code to your user.js file: // Specify the amount of memory cache: // -1 = determine dynamically (default), 0 = none, n = memory capacity in kilobytes
    user_pref("browser.cache.memory.capacit y", 4096);

    To disable the memory cache completely, add the following code: // Disable memory cache:
    user_pref("browser.cache.memory.enable", false);

  6. Can I take your computesr? on AMD Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Intel · · Score: 2, Funny

    "The basic philosophy of libertarian socialism is summed up in the name: management of the common good (socialism) in a manner that maximizes individual liberty and minimizes concentration of power or authority (libertarianism). Libertarian socialism denies the legitimacy of private property, since private property, in the form of capital, leads to the exploitation of others with less economic means and thus infringes on the exploited class's individual freedoms."

    Since you do not believe in private property please provide your address so I can come pickup the computers you are using.

  7. Re:Slick + full mirror on Weather Radar Case Mod · · Score: 1

    I wish I had 'corporate masters' at Sun. If I did I would be able to get an Ultra 20 for next to nothing. :)

  8. Re:Read the "fine" article, please on Java: One Step Closer To Open Source · · Score: 1

    Why?

  9. Re:Slick + full mirror on Weather Radar Case Mod · · Score: 1

    When /. first started it used such methods to get people to come to /.

    Why don't you just mark him as a foe so you don't have to see his posts?

  10. Re:Slick + full mirror on Weather Radar Case Mod · · Score: 1

    /. has next to no original content and runs ads. Why not bitch about /. too?

  11. Re:Slick + full mirror on Weather Radar Case Mod · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Why in the hell does it matter?

  12. Re:Read the "fine" article, please on Java: One Step Closer To Open Source · · Score: 1

    Please explain why you feel that way.

  13. Re:Read the "fine" article, please on Java: One Step Closer To Open Source · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The GPL isn't the only definition of Freedom or Free.

  14. Re:Read the "fine" article, please on Java: One Step Closer To Open Source · · Score: 1

    And what is wrong with the OpenSolaris license?

  15. Re:Worldy Wisdom on The Virtual Planet Explorer · · Score: 2, Insightful

    IF they did that they would not be able to charge 12,000 USD per copy.

  16. Damn, I was wrong. on Low-Hanging Moon Explained · · Score: 2, Interesting

    In March 1999, Sky and Telescope magazine published an article about Blue Moons by Philip Hiscock, who has studied the folklore and history of the expression. In that article, Hiscock traced the many meanings of the expression over the centuries, but noted that the "two Full moons in a single month" meaning couldn't be explained satisfactorily.

    In the May 1999 issue of Sky and Telescope, there appeared a follow-up article which proved that Sky and Telescope had in fact created the current meaning by mistake in an article published in March 1946. The author of the 1946 article had misinterpreted a page of the 1937 Maine Farmers' Almanac.

    By studying copies of the Maine Farmers' Almanac dating as far back as 1819, the authors of the May 1999 article showed that the compilers of the Almanac used the term to label the third Full Moon in a season which has four.

    We have calculated the dates of this type of Blue Moon for the 20th and 21st centuries and put them in a list for you to browse.

    It's a delightful irony that Sky and Telescope, in publishing an article in March 1999 on the history and folklore of Blue Moons, should turn out to be celebrating a "tradition" which it inadvertently created in an article 53 years before!

    So which definition is "correct"? The authors of the May 1999 article admit,

    With two decades of popular usage behind it, the second-full-Moon-in-a-month (mis)interpretation is like a genie that can't be forced back into its bottle.

    And Charles A. Federer, Jr., the founder of Sky and Telescope magazine, adds,

    Even if the calendrical meaning is new, I don't see any harm in it. It's something fun to talk about, and it helps attract people to astronomy.

    http://www.obliquity.com/astro/seasonal.html

  17. What a blue moon is. on Low-Hanging Moon Explained · · Score: 1

    Once in a Blue Moon ... is a common way of saying not very often, but what exactly is a Blue Moon?

    According to the popular definition, it is the second Full Moon to occur in a single calendar month.

    The average interval between Full Moons is about 29.5 days, whilst the length of an average month is roughly 30.5 days. This makes it very unlikely that any given month will contain two Full Moons, though it does sometimes happen.

    On average, there will be 41 months that have two Full Moons in every century, so you could say that once in a Blue Moon actually means once every two-and-a-half years.

  18. Re:Why Should... on Looking at FreeBSD 6 and Beyond · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Has the quality of /. users sunk so low that questions like the above are marked as trolls?

  19. Why Should... on Looking at FreeBSD 6 and Beyond · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Why should I use FreeBSD over Solaris 10?

  20. Re:Performance margin hardly worth it on GeForce 7800 GTX Review · · Score: 1

    NVidia has also released Solaris 10 x86 & AMD64 drivers with full OpenGL support.

    Rather cool.

  21. Re:I can't wait... on Netflix CFO Sees No Future for Amazon Rentals · · Score: 2, Funny

    Political types and whores already have the entire field of screwing people over patented. :)

  22. Been in dev for some time. on Open Solaris Derivative Available · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Thursday, March 24, 2005
    Pure OpenSolaris boots on x86
    Today, I have been able to boot from a disk that was empty before I did install a self compiled OpenSolaris on it.

    So we now reached a certain limit that makes it possible to start with creating a OpenSolaris based x86 distribution at BerliOS.

  23. What took so long? on Security Breach Exposes 40M Credit Cards · · Score: 1

    Why did it take /. so long to cover this story? I mean the political sites had this story 12 hours ago.

    What has happened to /.?

  24. Re:Pay outs on Hackers, Meet Microsoft · · Score: 1
  25. Re:Pay outs on Hackers, Meet Microsoft · · Score: 1

    It appears that I was wrong in regards to the tax rate on the MSFT dividends.

    Please ignore it.