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  1. sadly... on Mark Newport's Knitted Heroes · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sadly, my mother will use this to point out to me how knitting is making a come back, and how many young eligible women are knitters, and by picking it up myself, I would find a nice selection.

  2. now, more widely reported... on Yahoo and Microsoft to Merge Instant Messengers · · Score: 1

    http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=&ie=UTF-8&nc l=http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx %3Ftype%3DtechnologyNews%26storyID%3D2005-10-12T01 3551Z_01_MUN205613_RTRIDST_0_TECH-MICROSOFT-YAHOO- DC.XML

    Perhaps surprisingly, I've only really recently started using yahoo regularly, and I find that it's pretty nice. I would _really_ prefer a widespread jabber net, complete with client->server and client->client encryption, but that seems to be a pipe dream. I've used the transports and stability is somewhat lacking.

  3. because they are annoying on Why Do You Block Ads? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    flash, popup, anything to catch my attention, and I'll for sure try and block you, because I'm not an impulse shopper. I plan my purchases.

    I hate how some companies feel that making sure you have 10 windows open on your desktop isa good way to do business. Get in the way of what I'm doing on the web, and I'll certainly have a negative image of your company.

  4. Won't someone think of the children? on California Passes Violent Games Bill · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Like, the parents perhaps...

  5. For the metrically challenged on Nuna 3 wins World Solar Cup for the 3rd Time · · Score: 0, Redundant

    it went about 65mph. google "102.7kph in mph"

  6. Gotta wonder if the submitter read the article on Seattle Axes Monorail Project · · Score: 2, Informative

    1) The Seattle Monorail Project approved a measure to put a shortened monorail line out. I supposed that supports the word "axes".

    2) The city council agreed to advocate terminating the project.

    It's certainly not dead yet, but it's not looking good. It looks like the shortening was a last ditch effort to keep it alive.

    It's really sad too. Seattle badly needs a train system. They have busses, but a good train would help a lot. For myself, that's one reason I prefer to go to Portland if I have the choice (about the same either way for me) despite having friends in Seattle.

  7. Not one mention of networks on Computer Science Curriculum in College · · Score: 1

    well, some mention of common protocols, but seriously, that's it? I've found that to be one of the most useful things.

    I would recommend taking discrete math and linear algebra. Both are probably requires for you CS degree, but I can't count the number of times that familiarity with those concepts has helped me out.

    I've felt that my CS degree taught me how to learn, not how to do my job :)

  8. redhat satellite network on LinuxCare Resurfaces as Linux Device Vendor · · Score: 2, Informative

    seems really similar to RedHat's Satellite stuff. we use that where I work and it'll do pretty much all of that. It won't do it with Suse, of course, but the other functionality is there.

  9. The reason that we must not give up our freedoms on TSA Violated Privacy Act · · Score: 2, Insightful

    is because there are people behind all of this. People are ultimately flawed, and can't be completely trusted without auditing processes

  10. bandwidth cross borders? on 100Mbps Home Internet Service Next Year in Finland · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Anyone know what Finland has actually has for pipes into the country? 100Mbps is nice, but if you want international content, it might not be such a big deal

  11. I still await Exchange integration with iCal on Apple Making a Spreadsheet? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Ya, i know of GroupCal, but I was never particularly happy with how it worked. I would like to see iCal work with exchange over webdav at least. Not to be a conspiracy theorist, but it's so blatantly missing that one has to wonder if there wasn't a hidden deal somewhere. I suppose if i were Mr. Jobs, I might just buy Snerdware.

  12. I'm actually surprised on Britney is #1 Virus Celebrity · · Score: 1

    that it's not _more_ sex symbols. Is anyone really surprised that sex sells anymore?

  13. Re:Seriously though on Britney is #1 Virus Celebrity · · Score: -1, Troll
  14. Why do these pictures exist? on Oregon Woman Sues Yahoo for $3 Million · · Score: 1

    I've said it before, I'll say it again. You better have perfect trust in a person if you want to allow that stuff out there and you are going to get offended. It's just like Paris Hilton's video, or any of the countless other ones out there. I just can't believe that they don't think there is a risk of that. "oh, he won't release them"... bullshit.

    If you walk into the middle of traffic, you are relying on the good graces of drivers to not hit you.

  15. my bit of anecdotal evidence on Engineers Have More Sons, Nurses More Daughters · · Score: 2, Informative

    Interestingly, my team (about 20) is almost the exact opposite. On our unix admin team (maybe a dozen) we have a guy with 1 daughter, another with 2, another with 1, another with 3, etc. Interestingly, our female members have boys.

    What about those couples, like myself, who have an IT guy and a nurse (to be)?

  16. This sort of attitude is pretty common on Hyper-Threading, Linus Torvalds vs. Colin Percival · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's along the same lines of the "if all you got is a hammer" problem. If you've spent a lot of time working on something, it's obviously important to you. That doesn't mean that it's important to everyone else. This may well be a significant flaw from the crytographer's perspective, but then again, they study crypto a lot and have a vested interest in it.

    As someone pointed out, yay for linux being free. As one or two above pointed out, someone who does care with the knowledge will write a patch. It'll get implemented as an option in the code, and if shown to be unobtrusive enough, may even get turned on by default.

  17. Give it to your secretaries on OpenOffice vs. MS Office for Education? · · Score: 1

    If your secretaries can use it, then it should work. If it's for labs, then that's even easier.

  18. But.. but.. on North Pole Gets Wi-Fi Hotspot · · Score: 1

    Do they have hot mochas and hot chics? No? worthless hotspot :)

  19. Re:What version of GCC? on Mac OS X Tiger Goes Gold · · Score: 1

    there is precident for them shipping an alpha or beta... they were using betas of samba 3, then patched it up

  20. Promote Rose? on Dr. Who Series Star Quits · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Was there ever a female Doctor? That might be cool.

  21. I hope the get enough money... on More On Save Enterprise Donations · · Score: 5, Funny

    to keep the show, and not enough to keep the title song

  22. Re:SOG PowerLock on Best Leatherman-Style Multitool? · · Score: 1

    funny, my experience was the opposite. I snapped the philips head off my SOG.

  23. Re:Morphix-lightgui on Building a Linux Computer Lab for Schools? · · Score: 1

    When I did something similar, I used IceWM with an XP theme. That helped a great deal.

  24. Morphix-lightgui on Building a Linux Computer Lab for Schools? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Only 256 megs of ram, so I'd stay away from the heavy guis. I'd probably use the litght weight knoppix (runs with xfce) and limit the number of applications on it. The only thing I'd add is OpenOffice. then I'd install it to the drive.

    Either that or I'd run K-12 Linux terminal server project. which is a fine network absed distribution.

  25. Eminent? on Li-Ion With 300% More Power, Minutes to Recharge · · Score: 2, Interesting

    How come I cannot find anything on the two guys mentioned above? Very very little that doesn't relate directly to the press release. I found a little on Dr. Kerimidas at http://www.valence.com/BoardMembers.asp but hardly anything on the other. If they are so eminent, why aren't there any papers? Citation?