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  1. Re:I think its infected my car. on Conficker Worm Strike Reports Start Rolling In · · Score: 1

    That was a bad try at April's fools for us Icelanders.

    The smallest Krone bill is 500ISK.
    100ISK is only like 80 cents USD :)

    But everything is better than OMG PONIES!!!

  2. Re:Unsafe is safe, war is peace... on Life Without Traffic Signs · · Score: 1

    Now you are just making up stuff you saw in Civilization! ;)

  3. Re:WAMP vs LAMP on OSS Web Stacks Outperformed by .Net? · · Score: 1

    You could just run the Ubuntu Server as a VMWare client on your Windows machine (or vice versa).
    I do that all the time for development and it works great if you have enough RAM.

  4. Debian Etch on Debian Etch to be Released in December · · Score: 1, Funny

    So is it Debian 3.11 for Workgroups or did they make the full leap to Debian 95?

    There was a comment on the article with Vista falling behind few days ago where someone said even Etch would be release before Vista... guess he was right! :)

  5. My take on this on Gnome 2.14 Review · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I've been using Ubuntu Dapper devel so I've been using the development versions of Gnome 2.14 for some time.
    The biggest change for me is probably how much better Epiphany is getting. I was getting tired of Firefox freezing for few seconds every now and then so I switched and love it! There are few issues with it but overall, very nice!
    There is an overview of Epiphany here: http://ploum.frimouvy.org/?2006/03/15/100-why-you- should-try-epiphany-as-your-default-browser-with-g nome-214
    and here: http://raphael.slinckx.net/blog/2006-03-15/epiphan y-is-hype-get-over-it

    I also love Deskbar integrated with Beagle! I've just stopped hunting down directories. I search for folders, documents, tomboy notes, web history, bookmarks, applications etc. with Deskbar.

    This plus Xgl and all the Mono stuff is making my desktop really good :)
    Windows Vista has a really good competitor when it comes out.

  6. Re:Sheer number of small servers on Windows Bumps Unix as Top Server OS · · Score: 1

    >one word: VMWare
    >two acronyms: ESX,GSX
    >that should start to get the numbers down.

    mind that you still would have to buy a windows licence for each instance of vmware running. you would only save on the hardware cost

  7. Re:Slow pain on Will AJAX Threaten Windows Desktop? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    AJAX is also good for intranet applications that need to access the companys database for example.

    It much easier to upgrade an AJAX application than a traditional application for 2000 employee computers.

    The IT staff probably loves this trend!

  8. Re:Yeah, that will work real well... on Full-Motion Ads Come to Videogames · · Score: 5, Insightful

    or:

    Game Narrator: "For watching this ad you get XXX gold added to your profile"

    and gamers will flock to watch ads

  9. Re:Well, I am using Hoary right now and.... on Ubuntu Preps Next Release · · Score: 1

    Synaptics says I have access to 16237 packages after I enable universe (and 3 reps with 10 or less packages)... so he's almost right :-)

    ps. Hoary is more stable than any other desktop distro I've used.

  10. Re:Ok, since we're breaking out the tinfoil hats.. on Why Did The FBI Retire Carnivore? · · Score: 1

    Maybe they figured out that the terrorists used encryption.

    But your tinfoil-hat-army probably thinks they have backdoors for them ;)

  11. Re:Actually quite useful. on Overclocking Calculators? · · Score: 1

    ... if you're running into the limits of TI-BASIC programming, you might be interested in learning assembler for the calculator...

    Or a laptop with Maple, Matlab or something equalent.

    I'm not trying to be a troll, just when something takes 5 minutes on your calculator you are using the wrong tool I would say.

  12. Jesusonic?! on Justin Frankel Reveals Life After Winamp · · Score: 3, Funny

    I bet you dont learn in marketing class to name you products "Jesusonic CrusFX 1000" and make it look like a cross!
    Never ever bind religion to something you dont have to, it just causes trouble!

    On the other hand, I would definitely want one! :)

  13. Re:Feature request! on KDE Plans 'Google-like' Search Capabilities · · Score: 3, Informative

    Gnome already has similar plans and looks good already
    http://www.gnome.org/projects/beagle/
    ht tp://www.nat.org/dashboard/

  14. Re:Last week called on Doom 3 Web Site Now Operational · · Score: 4, Funny

    1998 called, it wants it's joke back

  15. Arg... slashdotting!!! on OpenOffice.org, MS Office 2003 Compared, Evaluated · · Score: 4, Funny

    Okey... I'm home now and wanted to read few stories. Could everyone please not visit any articles for the next hour or so?

    Thanks in advance,
    Gunnar

  16. How about vmware? on A Network Attached Windows Box? · · Score: 1

    If you really want the windows box be on a separate computer I would use VNC but I run windows through vmware when I need to.
    Then both OS's are run at the same time on the same computer, Windows runs like every other app on Linux
    http://vmware.com

  17. Re:Burn! on Subdomains Part Of The Patent Frenzy · · Score: 1

    I'm sorry... but there is a prior art in patenting things... like 5 billions of them!

  18. Re:Low Saxon on KDE 3.2.1 Released · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey, stop making fun of our language!!! Icelandic is spoken by about 300.000 people... yeah ok, I get your point ;)

  19. Re:"Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex" on Comic Book Physics · · Score: 1

    Reminded me of one also:

    A very drunk man is in a bar on third floor when this annoying guy comes in.
    The drunk guy says:
    "Hey I have a great drink for you! You will feel very energized" and then tells the bartender to make two of this drink.
    The drunk man drinks first, his eyes pop out, he gets red in the face, shoots out the window, flies around the building one time and back in the window.

    The annoying guy is impressed and tries the drink. The same happens to him, his eyes pop out, he turns red and shoots out the window.... but straight on the sidewalk below.

    The bartender: "I hate it when you do this Clark Kent!"

  20. Re:Win32 port anyone? on WineConf 2004 Wrapup · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here Some Bill guy is working on it. It's not yet as stable as Wine but looks promising ;)

  21. Re:OT: Desktops (was Re:In other news...) on Groklaw Traces Contribution of ABIs back to SCO. · · Score: 1

    google it :-)

  22. Re:OT: you never been to iceland? on Groklaw Traces Contribution of ABIs back to SCO. · · Score: 1

    I just can't see what that is different from eating fish or meat.

    You come from one of the biggest fishing countries in the world (I'm guessing your from uk)

    It's not like they are anywhere close to exstinction and the whaling is very limited here in Iceland and their population is followed closely.

  23. Re:In other news... on Groklaw Traces Contribution of ABIs back to SCO. · · Score: 1

    you never been to iceland? ;)

  24. Re:I need to ask on The State Of The GTK+ File Selector · · Score: 1

    Good point. It's about freedom of choice.
    Gary has a choice to use Win or Linux or MacOS...
    Gary has a choice to use Gnome or KDE or...
    Gary has a choice to use the Enter key or not... ;)

    Gary... your post was haaaard to read ;)