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  1. Re:Question Missing from the FAQ on Update on the Optimus Keyboard · · Score: 1

    How do you know a keyboard is owned by a newbie that has spoken to a Guru (way to much)?? easy the space bar has || ANY || on it and the following keys are also labeled [Crtl] = Kill {Alt} = +Windows [Del{ete}] = + NOW X2

  2. Re:Define irony on Bill Gates Swears Vow Against 'Son of iPod' · · Score: 1

    I think the AOL blackhole just formed root@universe.all >$ set MicroSoftMonoplystate =hostile DIVIDE BY ZERO ERROR CORE DUMPED

  3. Re:Cracking AOL on Desktop Linux Mass Migration · · Score: 1

    um upthread you will find that "The Operating System Formerly Known as Lindows" has 1 an AOL Dialer 2 Source code posted Yes AOL should have a blackHole named after it but for some folks they want AOL (have a aol screenname since 19?? and don't want to give it up) even though they could do PeoplePC and save loads

  4. Re:Not so bad on Desktop Linux Mass Migration · · Score: 1

    Do to Barnse-Oxley concerns (and SOP) everything that could be thought of as a Company Statement is normally only done via "Official Channels" and you as a person can't say anything more than NO COMMENT and this is the number of the person you need to talk to .. anything else is GROUNDS FOR TERMINATION

  5. Re:Bit of a waste, surely? on Got Spyware? Throw out the Computer! · · Score: 1

    the big problem with most "restore partions" is 1 the space is counted as part of the hard drive size but lost 2 80% of the time it is not hidden so it fails if the windows install does (now given that being able to pull the .gho file to a DVD-R(w) and the needed files to boot strap would work quite well this is about half the battle)

  6. Re:Don't get your hopes up... on Unsealed SCO Email Reveals Linux Code is Clean · · Score: 1

    actually what "we" want is 1 the sco V ibm case completes (the nazguls start feeding on the leftover bits) 2 The criminal case(s) begin (darl & co start new jobs @ McDonalds) 3 The Microsoft Case gets thrown out of court due to the sco case. 4 Software Patents in the EU Die in the Caldera that was made 5 The One True GNU OS has a Desktop at Last ( the now broke Bill G is given a computer with GNU preloaded)

  7. Re:Hello? on Best Setup for Mapping in Undeveloped Countries? · · Score: 1

    easy way to fix 1 Rechargeable batteries (have a few sets) 2 DC based charging unit or 2 Hand/foot crank based generator 3 local currency

  8. Re:it IS ready... on Asa Dotzler on Why Linux Isn't Ready for the Desktop · · Score: 1

    One of the things that Mandriva does is You have the option of saving the rpms from the cds and then doing the install from your hard drive (and this happens after you have the partions setup). If you have the drive space Grandma Dottie can then pull up Package Management > Add New Software and "go shopping" also if she hits certain triggers urpmi gets run automagically.

  9. Re:HttpException (0x80004005): Server Too Busy on Google Maps for Boingo -- And Any Page · · Score: 1

    So how does one find out you have a slashdotting in progress?? Can you scan logs or what?? How many server admins have a script to trigger a pager message with SLASHDOT SLASHDOT SLASHDOT !! when this kind of thing happens? 40what? is Server on Fire

  10. Re:Stop blaming companies on The Great Firewall of China, Continued · · Score: 1

    besides the folks that only partially stop smoking would end up smoking more total since they would be customers longer. (this of course assumes they don't completely quit down the road or ...) Every Vice ad that has the message of "Responsibilty in Use" hinges on this little detail. I wonder how hard it would be someday to make a wireless air dropable communications unit?

  11. Re:Good viewing place for 'ya on T-43 Hours and Counting · · Score: 1

    /.'ers will be checking their watches to measure the delay from seeing engine ignition to when you hear it and the dividing by 5 to get the distance in miles! ;-) ----- after consulting How to Play In Traffic i found out it would be 3.7 miles and the Nasa version of Comedy timing would be 17.505 seconds HTH HAND

  12. Re:It's not DRM, nor would I buy it if it was. on Old-Fashioned DRM Protects Harry Potter Book · · Score: 1

    just think of the matter of a sale as a program. As each member of the class "human race" reaches a certain "point level" a sale is made. The factors boil down to 1 Need 2 Location 3 Merchant has item 5 buyer is aware of item existing 6 buyer releases funding 7 Sale This trick causes 5 to go way up many book stores will be doing Midnight Magic events

  13. Re:I for one do not welcome our advertising overlo on Don't Click on the Blue E · · Score: 1

    Speaking of "trade dress" the cover of the book looks like in about 5 seconds you won't be able to "click the blue E" due to it being inside the fox and in about 12 million tiny pieces! http://a1204.g.akamai.net/7/1204/1401/05040811011/ images.barnesandnoble.com/images/9350000/9354791.j pg

  14. Re:ALL major stories get duped on Florida Man Charged For Stealing Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    Can I recommend Strunk and White's 'Elements of Style'? Url or Torrent where?

  15. Re:Not secure at all. on Another Stab at Laptop Security · · Score: 2, Informative

    this joke is a network version of cutting off the limb of a tree YOU ARE CURRENTLY SITTING ON when you hit save/add you get cut off from the box you are working (remotely) on

  16. Re:pre sp1 on Windows Infected in 12 Minutes · · Score: 1

    not really but if you hit http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors.html you can download yourself a free set

  17. Okay so best/ linux way to fix?? on Windows Infected in 12 Minutes · · Score: 1

    Question for the Slashmind: What is the magic url to get ALL post sp2 patches for a stock Windows setup? http://what.microsoft.com/%5Bwhere%5D ?

  18. Re:IMHO, anyone who thinks this is a .... on Man Convicted For Hacking Xbox · · Score: 1

    this situation points out the difference between a short dude walking a field during a thunderstorm and a seven foot russian walking an iowa cornfield with a twenty foot flagpole (with russian flag) during a thunder storm bellowing the hym of the red october about 15 years ago (first case might make it the second ...)

  19. Re:Patent application abuse prevention on The Grinch Who Patented Christmas · · Score: 1

    Or how about about this on a scale determined by the number of patents you currently hold you would need to "ante up" a percent of them to file a patent. (this would be smaller number of patents held gets you a smaller ante) If your patent fails 1 you lose that patent (with a 30 day appeal) 2 you lose the patents you had as ante REGARDLESS OF MERIT and those ideas become public domain

  20. Re:We are held to different standards? on Bittorrent Creator A Digital Pirate? · · Score: 1

    risking a NSS! response but the [#item] [/#item] construction is sort of a escaped version of SGML tags that the reader is supposed to parse. One thing that thing that does not seem to be in the threads is he may have said the words in question in more or less in that order but the context seems to be the key.

  21. Re:Why spelling and grammar are important. on Hackers, Spelling, and Grammar? · · Score: 1

    Keeping this short to cut down errors. im not sure which members of the gecko family can use it but i have a spell check extension called SpellBound installed and using this (or similar applet) would cut down on some of the spelling errors. Me, most of the time i don't use it but i do have it when i need it.

  22. Re:Geek Squad on Home Networking Simplified · · Score: 1

    The worst part of it is if you know what you are doing (assumes my local BB is typical) you could count 3-5 serious to "deadly" errors in about 5 minutes of listening to them talk. That and i am certain that you need to be way to PC to actually solve the problems (and besides why would the door guard be wearing a GS shirt?)

  23. Re:Linksys is krap on Home Networking Simplified · · Score: 1

    Umm i hate to be a bother but I have a WUSB11 v2.8 and i am currently connecting to a Linksys router so i don't seem to have the problem you are having. (oh btw part of my job @ the CircleR is selling linksys most of the time it would be a service id =10T when the stuff comes back)

  24. Re:Too late on Google Wallet May Compete With Paypal · · Score: 1

    its like good news bad news Bad news: loose the gwallet.com domain good news: get the first public account with a load of Google cash in it!

  25. Re:Studio quality my ass on Simple Route To Linux On The iPod · · Score: 1

    If that's the case, why hasn't RadioShack run AKG, Neumann, and all the other high-end manufacturers ----- Market Forces and Not What They Want the only reason a pro would need a mic from RadioShack is because he is minutes away from a gig and needs a mic NOW (btw they are oemed by Shure). but yes "Weakest Link" rules apply here