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  1. Well on Gentoo Announces 'Seeds' · · Score: 1

    There's hope. Technically, at least.

  2. Re:Resellers on GoDaddy.com Dumps Linux for Microsoft · · Score: 1

    You should let the mods know about your link spam ahead of time. Then maybe you wouldn't be modded up.

  3. Re:100M on GDC - Sony Keynote · · Score: 1

    You mean not every PS2 owner has 1000 games?

  4. One problem.... on Dvorak Says MS Should Buy Opera · · Score: 5, Funny

    Opera can be uninstalled.

  5. Re:What hurts... on Microsoft Set To Be Fined $2.4M a Day · · Score: 1

    No offense, but I suspect you should learn the difference between revenue and income before making posts about them on Slashdot.

  6. Re:OK on Prepping For The 360 · · Score: 3, Informative
    There already is.

    Play Xbox 360 online without Xbox Live.

  7. Re:Finally! on Google Forays into Print Advertising · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually, they are also addressing the second part.

    All phone numbers in the ads are actually Google toll-free numbers that are redirected to the advertisers phone number -- click-throughs via phone.

  8. Re:So what on Vonage Testing Mobile VoIP Service Routers · · Score: 1

    An extra $40 in your wallet each month that you don't have to spend for those services.

  9. Re:Change insurance! on 230mph Electric Car · · Score: 1

    It's called renting an SUV when you need one.

    It blows my mind that people don't even consider the rental maarket when purchasing an SUV or truck for the one time a year they might need it on vacation or or haul something.

    That solves your insurance problems without the plate swapping and without the electric car.

  10. Re:Honesty on Hotmail Loses Customer Files · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "The scariest part of the article, however, is when a spokesman for iBackup, an Internet-based backup company, disclaims,'We do not provide a 100 percent guarantee that the backup will take place' of customers' data being stored with them for a fee."

    Scary? No, that's plain honesty. Which should be respected.

    Respected? No way! If it said "we can't provide a 100% guarantee that we can recover the data that we make two different off-site backups for," then I can understand. Or even, "we can only guarantee that 95% of your nighty backups will be successful" is OK.

    But the quote says they won't even guarantee it gets backed up at all! They don't even need to attempt it. It's like providing an email service and not guaranteeing that your SMTP server isn't pointing to /dev/null.
  11. Re:GarageBand on Rumors of iPod mini, 100 Million Songs, Xserve G5 All True · · Score: 1

    But he was saying he was using Acid Pro before, which last I checked, was a $400 product.

  12. Well, obviously.......... on Blockbuster Chief: End DVD Region Codes · · Score: 2, Interesting

    So Blockbuster can buy movies in Hong Kong for $2/per and rent them in the U.S. for $4/night? Right, like the industry is going to listen to this guy.

  13. Re:You note the cost. Interesting point... on Hybrid/Electric Vehicles: Should I Buy? · · Score: 1

    It should be interesting to note that while Honda sells these for about 20,000$, Honda manufactures them at 30,000$ (according to a salesperson at Herson's Honda in Rockville, MD).

    Hahahaha. According to my salesperson, I need a new car.

  14. Re:shutdown /a on Win32 Blaster Worm is on the Rise · · Score: 3, Funny
    "Thought it was just Windows XP being retarded"

    It is Windows XP being retarded. Don't second-guess yourself!

  15. Woooweee! on Open Source Microsoft Exchange Replacements? · · Score: 1

    With over 75 Exchange boxes...

    HahahaHArLoLHEEHEEWhooooah! HahahahahaBlarDeeHar... Hahahahaaaahaaaahaaa RDRR

    Please don't tell me I'm the only one that laughed out loud when I finally made it to the end.

  16. Re:NIMBY on A Mighty Wind · · Score: 1

    Then we could post a big target on the roof and invite anyone with the being and gall to wipe out power to the most powerful country in the world. No thanks.

  17. /. Mishap again on Justin Frankel Resigns From Nullsoft · · Score: 5, Informative

    Justin has not resigned as /. has prematurely concluded. The NY Times article only says he plans to, which we could all come to the same conclusion by reading the blog. There is no additional information in the NY Times article and both parties have declined to comment. There is no indication that the NY Times had access to anything further than what we already knew.

    Yes, it is probably inevitable, but this writeup is wrong as so many others have because some /. rogue reads something, draws a different conclusion, and the /. editors don't pick up on it.

  18. Re:Desktop Ready on Enterprise Level is REAL! on KDE Success in the Enterprise · · Score: 1
    Both your links are cooked, here they are updated and linkyfied:


    Zdnet
    NewsForge

  19. Re:How different from Gentoo? on Beyond Linux From Scratch 1.0 Released · · Score: 1

    While I agree with your conclusion, your points are inaccurate. Gentoo allows you to change flags that will determine whether certain things get compiled into the binary. They are controlled by USE flags in the make.conf. Not as flexible since not every option is available on every port, but there are quite a few.

    Also, Gentoo's portage system also allows you to statically link as well so you can recover if your libraries get hosed.

    That said, you do have more flexibility doing it yourself, but portage isn't that far behind.

  20. Re:Linus too Harsh on Linus Has Harsh Words For Itanium · · Score: 1

    I'm still doing fine with my 640k.

    I'll pass, thank you.

  21. Bias? on IBM PowerPC 970 Architecture · · Score: 1

    Your lack of references and examples force me to believe you have a bias believing that Ars has a bias!

    Please, let's keep up the trolling standard that /. readers have built from nothing. (Or would that comment require me to post examples?)

  22. Anonymous? Bah.... on Million-Dollar Donation To Fight Abusive Copyrights · · Score: 0

    He just wanted front-row basketball season tickets and asked for his name to be kept in secret so all his buddies wouldn't bother him for a seat....

  23. Copyright for $.37 on Million-Dollar Donation To Fight Abusive Copyrights · · Score: 2, Informative

    Blah, print out a copy and mail it to yourself. The Post Office's stamp is all the proof you need (assuming you don't open it and seal it well). I heard it referred to as the "starving musician's copyright."

  24. Prior Art on Paging Eliza: Patenting IM Bots · · Score: 1
    Here's the prior art using AIM you guys have been looking for. I remember seeing it somewhere on /.

    The first conversation documented with this AIM bot is August 15th, 2000. The patent's date is August 22nd, 2000.

    We have a weiner.

  25. Re:must...avoid...reality tv... on The Sims Survivor · · Score: 1
    I'm proud to say I've seen only 1/2 an episode of survivor and no other reality tv shows for one simple reason...they suck.

    I'm proud to say that you make no sense. They suck yet you've never watched them.... Hmmm....