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  1. Re:Wouldn't this require a time-portal thingy? on Could TNG Stunt Casting Save 'Enterprise'? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    DS9 finished good? Glad to hear it! I couldn't make myself watch past two seasons.

  2. Re:Most people I know dont have phone lines. on Louisiana Towns Going High-Tech · · Score: 1

    Wow! 10 years ago I had a phone in my dorm room. What campus were you at?

  3. Re:Will it work with wxwidgets? on GTK 2.6.0 Released · · Score: 1

    GTK+ on Windows suffers from a lack of developers and consistantly contains bugs that are *very* annoying. I doubt that WxWigets bound to GTK+ would sove anything. However, WxWidgets might make it easier to target "native" toolkits on several platforms (win32, GTK+, QT and OSX. Also, the last time I installed a GTK app, the WIMP theme could definitely be improved.

  4. Re:Chances for Jobs on Massive Layoffs At AOL · · Score: 1

    I would mod you up as informative if I could. Realistically, unless you're coming from somewhere near the metro (within 10 minutes), it's not going to be an easy commute. Maybe it wouldn't be to bad if you worked at the Pentagon. But if live out near Reston or something, and have to commute into the city, you have my sympathy.

    Not impossible, just not ideal.

  5. Re:Chances for Jobs on Massive Layoffs At AOL · · Score: 1

    Have fun commuting!

  6. Re:AdBlock on Firefox Users Bad For Advertisers · · Score: 1

    I could care less about destroying a business model. However, there's an implicit agreement between the provider and user. The provider will not charge you for content, but the content will include some ads. By removing the ads, you're not holding up your end of the bargain.

    There is no such agreement implicit or otherwise.

    but I don't want to see you crying when more and more sites move to subscription or simply shut down

    You won't!

  7. Re:Languages die for a reason on Delphi Renaissance · · Score: 1

    We also cut the size on our compiled files across the board with that one in our flagship product, sometimes as much as halving them compared to Visual C++ 6

    Is that including the .net runtime that you have to distribute in addition to your compiled files?

  8. Re:A step in the Right? direction? on Unifying Linux Package Management · · Score: 1

    Letting distributions handle their own package system sounds good... until you want to install something for which they have no package.

  9. Re:AdBlock is unethical on Worm Exploit Distributed by Advertising Network · · Score: 1

    Great. Fscking. Analogy.

    You Rock!

  10. Re:Time to open it up! on Winamp Down for the Count · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Oops, strike that last comment. Don't know where that came from... Maybe one too many Apple/Bonhead commercials have burned my brain.

  11. Re:Time to open it up! on Winamp Down for the Count · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Please explain to me why iTunes is one of the good guys? Is it because it's difficult to play iTunes files with other players and platforms?

  12. Re:Rank them by importance on What's Next For Mozilla? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Try this open source search tool.

  13. OT on Music Downloading not Entirely to Blame · · Score: 1

    Go Blue!

  14. No more Boomers on Music Downloading not Entirely to Blame · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I think that the biggest reason that music sales are declining is that the largest demographic in this contry has finally stopped buying lots of music. The boomers have finally repurchased all the music they have owned on vinyl, eight track and cassette. They are not interested in Ashlee Simpson, Usher, Coldplay or Creed. Most of their children have grown up, so they aren't spending a lot of money there either.

  15. Re:Hasn't Halloween passed its useful life? on Halloween Fun · · Score: 1

    You should give out tricks instead of treats.

  16. Re:Hasn't Halloween passed its useful life? on Halloween Fun · · Score: 1

    Why is 'the "veil between the worlds"' at it's thinnest? And who are you quoting?

    For the rest of the world October 31 means absolutely nothing with respect to the cycles of nature. Is it harvest time in the southern hemisphere? the equator? Passing ancestors can be invited back at anytime. Pagan spirituality? You make me laugh. Try celebrating the solstice or equinox instead.

  17. Similar question on engadget.com on Advice On Notebook Backpacks? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Here's a whole bunch of suggestions

  18. Re:So What? on The Browser Wars Are Back? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    So, why will people switch?

    Because they will ask me to clean the spyware/pr0n hompage off their computer and I will tell them that I'm going to install a browser that won't let that junk though.

  19. Re:FireFox on The Browser Wars Are Back? · · Score: 1

    IMO - To win the browser war is to have enough market share to make open web standards worthwhile

  20. Re:It's a bit sad... on Video Game Characters to Get Out the Vote · · Score: 0

    Most kids in high school shouldn't be voting.

  21. Re:to hazard a wild guess on A Selection From 'Running Money' · · Score: 1

    I know the post wasn't straight forward - But what it meant was that Andy Kessler has written at least 2 books. Slashdot has already reviewed a previous book and they will be reviewing his most recent book soon.

    The only tricky part is that the first book title is underlined, is that because it's a link, a title, or both?

  22. Re:What is still needed... on Desktop Apps Ripe Turf for Open Source · · Score: 2, Informative

    try Planner.

  23. Re:ID 10 T Problem on EWeek Details Linux to Windows Migration · · Score: 1

    Are you watching I love the 80's?

  24. Re:Just remember that on Google Confirms Chinese Censorship Claims · · Score: 1

    Google, as much as we love it, is a priviate company

    Umm... Didn't they IPO just a little while ago?

  25. Re:Im glad for one on Hotmail Begins to Upgrade Free Accounts · · Score: 2, Informative

    For middle clicking into a new tab: Get the Hotmail Tabs extension.