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  1. Re:Globalization ... on The Corporate Lame Name Game · · Score: 1
    Did you even read that page? It addresses that concern ;).

    Alex Bischoff
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  2. Re:Exxon and the Lame Name Game on The Corporate Lame Name Game · · Score: 1
    The Coca-Cola-in-Chinese story is just an urban legend.

    Alex Bischoff
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  3. Re:Internationally Unfriendly Names on The Corporate Lame Name Game · · Score: 1
    The "Bite the Wax Tadpole" story is actually an urban legend.

    Alex Bischoff
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  4. Re:NOVA on The Corporate Lame Name Game · · Score: 1
    The "Nova = = doesn't go" story is actually an urban legend.

    Alex Bischoff
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  5. Re:Reminds me of The Fountainhead on The Corporate Lame Name Game · · Score: 1
    The "Nova = = no go" story is actually an urban legend.

    Alex Bischoff
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  6. Re:Globalization ... on The Corporate Lame Name Game · · Score: 1
    The "Nova = = no-go" story is actually an urban legend.

    Alex Bischoff
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  7. Re:Car names on The Corporate Lame Name Game · · Score: 1
    The "Nova = = no go" story is actually an urban legend.

    Alex Bischoff
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  8. Re:6.3 is pretty good on SuSE 6.3 Released Today · · Score: 1
    >I think the new graphical installer still has some flaws.

    BTW, does anyone have any screenshots of the new GUI installer?

    Alex Bischoff
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  9. Other windowmanagers and KDE support? on Interview: Ask the KDE Developers · · Score: 2
    Out of curiosity, how interested have the developers of other windowmanagers been in adding KDE support? And, what kind of assistance do you generally give them -- just access to the KDE specs, or more than that?

    PS The two links I included are just examples; I don't mean to single those two out ;).

    Alex Bischoff
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  10. KMail progress? on Interview: Ask the KDE Developers · · Score: 1
    KMail seems to be progressing along nicely. Along with Spruce and others, KMail seems to be one of the better mailers for Linux. However, from using Windows, I still look for a mailer similar to Eudora. Yes, I know there's XFMail, but its interface is kinda dated :(.

    So, are there any plans to add a Eudora-like mode to KMail, or to create a Eudora-like mailer for KDE?

    Alex Bischoff
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  11. Re:slashdotted on How To Write Unmaintainable Code · · Score: 1
    Ditto that... It's full :(. Ironically, I'd consider mirroring it myself, but I can't get in ;).

    Alex Bischoff
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  12. Does it beat the stationwagon? on Fiber Optic World Records Broken · · Score: 1
    So, does this beat the proverbial stationwagon barreling down the highway, full of data tapes, in terms of "bandwidth"?

    For those of you unaware, it's often been said (though I'm not sure how true it is now) that current data transfer methods may seem fast, but they still don't beat the "data transfer rates" of simply filling a stationwagon full of data tapes, and driving it yourself to the destination ;).

    Alex Bischoff
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  13. I hope SDRAM prices fall.. on Rambus Production Capacity Switched to Make SDRAM · · Score: 0
    I sure hope that SDRAM prices fall; I mean, they can't get much higher :(. They've got to be over 100% more costly than just a few months ago...

    Alex Bischoff
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  14. Re: Mountain Dew alternatives? on I Am Not a Student, I Am a Number · · Score: 1
    >I've never found a decent Dew clone. Anyone have suggestions?

    Give Jolt Citrux Climax a try. From Jolt's webpage:

    • A crisp beverage that is both sweet and tart. It is exhilarating, refreshing and great tasting; and it is a quality alternative to Mountain Dew. In fact, Jolt Citrus Climax has 40% greater caffeine that its nearest competitor.
    Alex Bischoff
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  15. Re:Students need Palms. on More details on the Visor/Handspring (Update) · · Score: 1
    >particularly with the GoType, which lets me type notes in class

    FWIW, you can get the GoType keyboard here.

    Alex Bischoff
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  16. What's new? on GNUstep 0.6.0 · · Score: 1
    So, what's new in this version? Is there a changelog or changes-summary somewhere?

    Alex Bischoff
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  17. Windowmaker fully KDE compliant? on Enlightenment now KDE compliant · · Score: 1
    Windowmaker is fully KDE compliant? It was my understanding that it's somewhat compliant.. At what point did they get to 100%?

    BTW, does Afterstep have any plans to be Gnome/KDE compliant?

    Alex Bischoff
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  18. Re:Sounds like a personal problem on XFree86 3.3.5 released · · Score: 1
    > Install one of the available TrueType font servers (Or wait for 4.0 which will, barring patent lawsuits, incorporate TrueType support) and some decent TrueType fonts and you'll immediately notice a HUGE increase in your X font quality.

    Since MS's TrueType fonts aren't free, does anyone know where I can get free/gpl versions of the common TrueType fonts (arial, times new roman, etc) ?

    Alex Bischoff
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  19. Re: Crypto in France on Ask Slashdot: Privacy in the Workplace · · Score: 1
    > (encryption is banned)

    Though that used to be the case, France has recently loosened its crypto restrictions. IIRC, they now allow up to 128 bit private key crypto.

    Alex Bischoff
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  20. CNN's take on Hotmail Cracked Badly · · Score: 1
    Here's CNN's take on this.

    Alex Bischoff
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  21. Re:jelly donuts on Babelfish Mutations · · Score: 1
    The "jelly donut" story is actually not true...

    Alex Bischoff
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  22. Re:The *Marketing* Director? on IF bugs, THEN marketing director eats insects · · Score: 1
    > (who ate fried crickets all the time in SE Asia, and quite nice they were too)

    You should send that recipe to the dude, so that he dooesn't have to suffer too much (if there is a bug)..

    Alex Bischoff
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  23. What features, though? on Asus release of Athlon(K7) M/B · · Score: 1
    All the article seems to say is that the motherboard will exist... But, does anyone know what features it'll have? I could certainly do with an abundance of PCI slots :).

    Alex Bischoff
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  24. Screenshots? on Install Linux in 4 Minutes · · Score: 1
    Are there any screenshots of the WholeLinux installer in action? The only screenshot I can find is after the install is finished (with KDE running, etc)...

    Alex Bischoff
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  25. Other distros? on Caldera Releasing Lizard Source · · Score: 1
    Have any other distros announced intentions to use Lizard, or even consider it? And, how similar is Lizard to Stormix's installer? Is that going to be freely released too, btw?

    On a side note, I have a gripe about OpenLinux... When I installed it, it neither modified my MBR, nor offered to create a boot disk :(. So, as soon as I rebooted, I was "locked out" of Linux. I dunno if it made a difference, but I had planned to dual boot with NT (nt4 sp5 was already installed when I installed OpenLinux).. Has this happened to anyone else with OpenLinux?

    Alex Bischoff
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