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  1. Just Switched on Bloggers Assail Movable Type's New Pricing Scheme · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I just switched from Movable Type to Text Pattern and I couldn't be happier. It's more CMS like AND easier to use (granted MT was easy to use but Txp feels much smoother). It makes a good separation of content and display and has a few goodies that make this feel natural. It's got a few minor bugs that'll be fixed before release; but it's worked great for my blog.

    Oh, and it imports movable type files. Seriously, with the wide variety of free, quality, blogging software out there, Six Apart has their work cut out for them.

  2. PDF is open on Excel Clone for Linux Now in Beta · · Score: 1

    PDF is open with fully published specs. Anyone can write a PDF reader/writer.

  3. Re:Or maybe..... on Redesigned iConsole for Ford Explorer · · Score: 1

    I'd appreciate it if you didn't misdirect your hatred of SUVs (which I share) towards me. I simply wanted to say that maybe this guy had a legitimate use for an SUV. I've known some theater personel to drive them and use them regularly to haul equipment that didn't require as much space as a truck.

  4. Or maybe..... on Redesigned iConsole for Ford Explorer · · Score: 1

    This guy probably does need an SUV. He's got some theater job; looks like video production or costume design or something (both?). Stuff that requires moving shit. That being said, I live in LA and the number of SUVs is staggeringly unnecessary. All that being said, he's selling em for explorer sports only because htat's what his mold is for. Perfectly understandable.

  5. Why Counter-strike on AMD Sponsors Pro Gaming Team · · Score: 3, Funny

    What could counter-strike possibly showcase in hardware? A 400mhz PII can run that game perfectly smoothly!

  6. You do realize on EA Cranks Up Villainy For GoldenEye 'Sequel' · · Score: 1

    That this only annoys only an extreme minority. I'd say its mission accomplished for the marketing team.

    It isn't tricking anyone, although it is stupid. I really don't see how linking the names is a 'trick' myself.

  7. I graduated two years ago on Math And The Computer Science Major · · Score: 1

    Graph paper was ubiquitous 2 years ago at my school. Of course I was a forgetful bastard, always ran out, and ended up drawing in lines on line paper..........

  8. Not me at least on Previewing ATi's Radeon X800 XT & X800 Pro · · Score: 1

    My 3d card history goes as follows:

    1999: Voodoo3 AGP
    2001: GeForce 2 MX
    2003: GeForce FX 5200
    2004: ATI Radeon 9700 Pro

    Many I know follow the benchmarks and nothing more when buying. The only reason I used to be loyal to nVidia is becaues I used to run linux (ATI has shit linux drivers).

  9. Piano on On The Evolution Of Dance Dance Revolution · · Score: 1

    You've never seen anyone play a piano have you?

  10. MP3Pro on Super MP3 Will Feature User Tracking · · Score: 3, Funny

    I hope this will be as sucessful as MP3PRo.

  11. No on How Many Google Machines, Really? · · Score: 4, Informative

    It would not be a very distributed DDOS and that would stop any attack quite quickly. Quite simply google's bandwidth providers (or the providers above them) would just unplug them. They may be global, but they probably have less than 40 datacenters. It would not be distributed enough to sufficiently attack. If you could take over the same number of machines with the same amount of bandwidth, but distributed globally on various subnets (say a massive virus), *then* you'd have a DDOS machine. As is, google's DDOS would be shut down quite quickly.

  12. I would have assumed so on New Windows Worm on the Loose · · Score: 1

    But you got modded insightful. I guess I shouldn't have confused mod intent with poster intent.

  13. He was joking on New Windows Worm on the Loose · · Score: 1

    He was reffering to trojans/viruses spread in emails w/ executable attachments and titled with some fake security bulletin.

  14. Just try on Engaging Debate on Piracy and Videogaming · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Just try and backup the CDs only to realize that its physically impossible because of anti-piracy measures.

  15. Amen brother on On Digital Distribution For Games - Does It Work? · · Score: 1

    I started playing NC Soft's lineage 2. Which, admitedly is a pretty shitty game. I would have paid for about two months of play, $25, if it weren't for the fact that I'd have to buy a boxed version too. Besides, the way to trap customers is to make em build up a character and keep charging em. That way they HAVE to pay.

  16. Ok, let's can the bullshit troll on China Plans Surveillance System for Internet Cafes · · Score: 1

    None of your radical (as in radically lacking in substance) statements are qualified with citations so consider yourself lucky that I'm even honoring you with a reply.

    Your first claim that the left is against christian aid organizations is unqualified. I've known almost no lefties to bash christian aid groups. I work as an audio engineer at a church on sundays in fact. A church that of course gives amply to christian charities AND is left leaning (pro separation of church and state, pro-gay, and while the pastor likes to imbue a sense of neutrality in public he generally leans towards the left). I should also mention that I, a lefty atheist with a distaste for religion, have no qualms working for them or contributing to their letter writing campaigns when I feel that it's warranted. Plenty of religious aid groups do lots of good work. Now, if you're talking about whether these groups should recieve government funding then I'd say that they don't. These groups DO push religion, or at least endorse it, something that should be separated from the state.

    The straw man arguments you've put up are baseless. The fact of the matter is, I've never heard any prominent voice in the left, save the luanatic fringe, saw any of the things you have said. Put out or get out.

    Oh and don't come here with quotes about liberals resenting funding W's faith based initiatives. That kind of thing is blatantly in violation of the separation of church and state.

  17. You've never on Google's Gmail Goes Into Beta for Blogger Users · · Score: 1
    it woudnt work. i suppose you could write something that could automatically do that and then have something to recreate it on the other end.


    You've never been on usenet have you? Winrar or winace breaks files up very nicely and even allows you to recreate missing files or corrupted files via parity info. You can do that or use PAR files for the same purpose. Segmenting files is no problem whatsoever, and has a billion implementations.
  18. Pick me! on Localized Tech Support Outsourcing? · · Score: 1

    I personally speak a very poor strain of German.

  19. Yes on iPod Mini Hits The 'Sweet Spot'? · · Score: 1, Informative

    yes.

  20. RTFA on Secret Repairs Preceded TCP Flaw Release · · Score: 1

    maybe you should read the article.

    It addresses this. I promise you. :)

  21. Except on Shifting From P2P To Stream Ripping · · Score: 3, Informative

    If you're doing this your only viable option is to encode to wav and use up a lot of space. The point of stream ripping is that it preserves the original encoding. There's no way i'm reencoding a 128 kbps MP3 from /dev/dsp.

  22. Re:Home enforcement? on Florida Ponders Communication Tax on LANs · · Score: 1

    I live in LA, the roads here are perfectly fine, my taxes seem to keep them in order. Maybe you should be paying more taxes to fix your roads OR you could vote for some better bureaucrats if they're the ones mucking it up.

    Secondly, Income redistribution is something that needs to happen on a much wider scale in this country. Our increasingly regressive tax structure, is an abomination.

  23. What I did on How To Get Your Gaming PC Running Quietly? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    A quiet PC is pretty simple.

    The CPU:
    I run an OCed Barton 2600+ (OCed to 3000+ @ 200 FSB) with an SLK947-U and a quiet fan on the heatsink. Running the fan throttled to around 65 i get decent temps AND it overclocks flawlessly.

    The Disks:
    2 7200 RPM hard disks sitting on the bottom of my case on top of some foam. This keeps them from vibrating the case, which amplifies the noise considerably. The samsung SP80N ( i think) really is a quiet disc AND has a 3 yr warranty!

    The Graphics Card:
    Just a stock powercolor radeon 9700pro, I don't really have any sound problems with it.

    The Case:
    I just put some old T-Shirts on the sides of the inside of my case. I have good ventillation with 2 throttled fans, one intake (filtered) one outtake. They have a somewhat audible air moving noise, but the fan motors are pretty much silent (good quality fans). Wooshing air doesn't bother me, but I could easily get rid of that were I to have my computer in a room that doesn't seem to be hotter than the temperature outside.

  24. Ummmm on iPod Mini Custom Installation In A Ford Explorer · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The point isn't how much you listen to, but giving you how choice as to how much to listen to. I have 3000 songs in my library. I listen to several repeatedly over the course of the day. I skip over many of them too. Some people don't listen this way, but i'd rather have my whole library at my fingertips. I never know which song i'll want to listen to next.

  25. Any ideas? on Element Computer: ION Linux on Linux Hardware · · Score: 3, Interesting
    The distribution is Debian based, and built on top of another outstanding distribution which we are not a liberty to name just yet.


    Anyone have any i deas what distro this is most likely based on?