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  1. Re:Urk on Migrating Large Scale Applications from ASCII to Unicode? · · Score: 1


    > [...], check it out

    Direct link to the online sample pdf of Chapter 1

    ... and whilst I'd not go overboard on the beautiful tpyograpyh angle, it certainly looks an interesting read.
    [Note to self: get a life]

  2. Re:More importantly :how to pronounce J# ? on J# · · Score: 1


    > calling `#' the pound sign.

    which is really '£' blah, blah

    Am I the only one who goes for:

    C# == see hash
    Can anyone tell me where # == hash comes from?

  3. Re:Why so different on Where is Largest Linux Desktop Install? · · Score: 1


    If I had mod points I'd rate this funny.
    Whoever madded this down: laugh

  4. Re:Yes! Portugal Here I Come. on European Union Says No To Spam · · Score: 1


    You presumeably meant kow-towing - meaning servile deference - rather than cow-toeing which seems to bear rather more offbeat connotations.

  5. Re:Lots left out on File Sharing: Decentralizing, Open-Source Fasttrack · · Score: 2, Informative


    Lopster falls outside of the review's "must have a Win32 port" remit.

    But, yes Lopster is the best Linux OpenNap client.

  6. Re:It clearly is an MS SQL Server Error on Slashback: Debianism, Nukes, Discretion · · Score: 1

    There should also be a moderation option for '+1 Good sig' :)
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  7. Re:Why NOT Jedi? on Slashback: Things, Stuff, Items · · Score: 1


    Hmmn.... In _our_ (UK) recent census I could and did put Jedi simply because there was a specific exception for question ten from the legal requirements which apply to the other questions.

    Of course they'll mod my response down.

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  8. Re:Novel? on The Business · · Score: 1


    And such radical Communists as Texas Instruments:


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  9. Won't install if you're running Debian Unstable on Ximian's Red Carpet Released · · Score: 1


    Dependencies of course.

    For me: orbit dep liborbit0 (=0.5.3-helix1) but have 0.5.7-1

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  10. Re:Why some obvious ones weren't accepted... on ICANN Selects New Top Level Domains · · Score: 1

    Kind of a www.tautology.web thing eh?
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  11. Re: Why does debian not have kde on dselect on Formation of the KDE League · · Score: 1

    br> > Why does debian not have kde on dselect

    It does (see http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11 /)!

    It's just that it's in the unstable branch since KDE has only recently been packaged up for Debian, since until recently KDE was not Free enough for Debian's policies.

    So, down the line KDE will appear in Debian stable, but only after any emerging package issues are sorted.

    [It's always that one final preview you skip that bites you in the arse]
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  12. Re:Why does debian not have kde on dselect on Formation of the KDE League · · Score: 2


    > Why does debian not have kde on dselect

    It does (see http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11 /)!
    It's just that it's in the unstable branch since KDE has only recently been packaged up for Debian, since until recently KDE was not Free enough for Debian's policies.

    So, down the line KDE will appear in Debian stable, but only after any emerging package issues are sorted.

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  13. Re:THIS IS THE NEWS on Firewall On A PCI card · · Score: 1


    > [...] import shows like Friends or Seinfeld.

    Er, they're here already.

    > _That's_ comedy.

    Nope. _That's_ subjective opinion. Some UKians find some US comedy amusing/funny and vice versa. S'all.
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  14. Re:I wonder... on Medicine And Open Source? · · Score: 1


    Hmmn... two points:

    i) OS doesn't mean that every joe can hack on it, just that the source-code is made available with the product so that the customer has access and rights to it. If specifically medical applications (i.e. patient records s/w) was OSS, it would still be niche market, and hence in reality developed by companies selling the package.

    ii) Original article is about GNU/Linux and free s/w in general being useable by medical institutions. Stuff like Linux and StarOffice.

    Just my ha'pennth

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  15. Re:This is just talking about vanilla IT on Medicine And Open Source? · · Score: 1

    Did anyone read the article? Anyone?
    <joke>Hell no</joke>, and I'm the reader who posted the (somewhat overblown, but now trimmed down and non-attributed (harrumph)) submission.

    Shocking idea. Just where do you think you are, expecting people to read the original article. :)

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  16. Re:Enlightenment... and lets not forget olvwm on Xfce: Alternative to GNOME/KDE · · Score: 1

    17 + 21 may be overkill
    Nah, stuff that.

    I've two 21"ers at work (both Sony520GS - okay, but you can prob. buy better now), currently setup side-by-side but for different boxes.

    However, in a month or so I'll be moving two hundred miles away, working from home and hooking them up to my G400 dual-head and Cybex SwitchView, so I'll have both a humungous desktop and access to multiple boxes. <BFG>

    BTW, my G400 currently has a 21" and a 15" dangling off of it, which is okay under W98 and X, but W2K can't handle it. Matrox blame the HAL and we all have to hope for Whistler to get it right :(
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  17. Re:Rating the review on Revelation Space · · Score: 2
    Its like a food critic wrote a book review.

    Surely:

    It's like a food review ate a book critic.


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  18. Re:Get TweakUI on Windows Whistler Screenshots · · Score: 1

    Okay, should've checked that the NT5 settings had the same effect as on NT4. They don't. They're okay. Hrmph.
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  19. Re:Get TweakUI on Windows Whistler Screenshots · · Score: 1
    You can also set filename completion from TweakUI, so you can use tab to autocomplete, a la Bash.


    But not quite the same. It substitues the whole, absolute path rather than just completing the local, relative path.
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  20. Re:Why not build your own TiVo? on Thoughts On An Open TiVo · · Score: 1

    Don't know diddly about squat, but:

    http://www.cadsoft.de/people/kls/vdr/index.htm
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  21. Re:The RPG element on Hackers And Mysticism? · · Score: 1

    'sgot 't be:

    Perl Kreator

    -- I start work tuesdays and don't do /. w/e's --
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  22. Re:Proof on Using Fractals To Classify Music · · Score: 1

    Sorry, can't resist:

    Were your examples of 'crap' or 'gems' :)

    Eeep!
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  23. Re:Superstitian as an answer to science on Overcomming Programmer's Block? · · Score: 1

    An anti-religious take is still merely a take.

    More to the point: if you believe in a caring personal deity, prayer tends to have a calming, meditative thing going for it.

    This would tend to allow room for some perspective/distance to creep in.

    Eff-all use to an atheist? Maybe; unless the Divine chooses a bit of co-incidental revelation... {8{)}
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  24. Re:mobile MP3s - processor not required! on MP3/CD Players Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Cheers for the link. I've just spoken to them and Operator Daniel said that the previous call was also regarding the CDC-MP3. They get about 10 (?) calls a day.

    Anyhow, he also said that the problem is that they've not got enough service personel trained in repairing in-car MP3 players, but they would *probably* be prepared and release *later* in the year.

    Not holding my breath...

  25. Re:I'd have to disagree with your disageeal on Douglas Adams Answers (Finally) · · Score: 1

    If Yank sites discriminate against IP addresses outside the States (for enforcement of draconian crypto laws), the BBC could provide content free into the UK and chargeably elsewhere.