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  1. Re:ha ha suckers!!! on Windows Patch Leaves Many XP Users With Blue Screens · · Score: 1

    Sorry to hear that.

    Boot the computer with a Linux LiveCD and copy the files off to a usb drive or send them by email.

    I'm not looking forward to the next reboot, I can tell ya. Holding off on that. I went ahead and installed the recovery console, and put the instructions on c:\ as a preemptive measure.

  2. Re:Nice on Directed Energy Weapon Downs Mosquitos · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hallelujah!

    It's a shame it only seems to burn their wings off, I was hoping for complete flaming annihilation.

  3. Re:Apple??? WTF? on HP To Acquire 3com For $2.7 Billion · · Score: 1

    Not this time. Not with 30 billion cash in the bank.

  4. Re:Bye bye marvel... on Disney Buys Marvel For $4B · · Score: 1

    I think I finally understand the Disney corporation, thanks.

    Also, I'm hoping with the Pixar guys a the helm, we'll see higher quality product.

  5. Where can I get it? on Windows 7 Clean Install Only In Europe · · Score: 1

    I'd be interested in this euro Windows 7 with no trace of IE ... where can I get it?

  6. Captain or Admiral? on Tech Or Management Beyond Age 39? · · Score: 1

    Which do you want to be?

  7. Re:Seriously on Microsoft Puts C# and the CLI Under "Community Promise" · · Score: 1

    (honestly, without proper anonymous closures, I feel crippled as a programmer... as a tool for building clean, reusable, modular code, they're simply invaluable)

    Feel like elaborating on that? I've been doing programming on the side for years, with most of the common languages, and I don't even know what that means .... (/grin)

  8. Re:Use Qt.... on Harsh Words From Google On Linux Development · · Score: 1

    The file picker is not ugly per se ... rather I think you mean that it is a poor design. That may be true, but I suspect it has little to do with the underlying toolkit.

  9. Re:Python is available on Where's the "IronPerl" Project? · · Score: 1

    Other than some poor choices for string formatting, I don't find that python example particularly hard to follow.

    The perl above seems to be as streamlined as possible, nice to know it can be done.

  10. Re:Old Look? on Firefox 3 Hits Release Candidate 2 · · Score: 1

    Double-click the tab bar and get a new one ... that is the best way. Ctrl-T is the second. ;)

  11. Re:Style is money on 66% Apple Market Share For Sales of High-End PCs · · Score: 1

    $50?? Try $250+

  12. Re:One can only hope... on Apple Sued Over Fundamental iTunes Model · · Score: 1

    but where will the spammers toil?

  13. Re:whew, fewer syllables on Toshiba To Halt HD-DVD Production · · Score: 1

    Untrue ...

    It says exactly what it is, an optical disk read by blue laser.

    Only a basement-dwelling propeller-head could think HD-DVD was a better name. Try to say it five times, fast. ;)

  14. Sony TZ on Best Laptop for Going Around the World? · · Score: 1

    I took a precursor with me a few years back. Very light, with builtin webcam and dvd burner. Nothing else is even close at this size.

    Honorable mention: Mac air, but no optical drive!

  15. Re:Most important thing on GIMP 2.4 Released · · Score: 1

    I just pasted an image from gimp 2.4 to paint ...
      I don't know if it is a new feature because I've never tried it before!

  16. Re:Translation on Cisco Offices Raided, Execs Arrested In Brazil · · Score: 1

    Too bad? You mean thank god!

    Now, everyone go back to watching Turista!

  17. Re:Supply and Demand on Apple Legend Woz Blasts iPhone Price Drop · · Score: 1

    Sure, I just think Apple could have been smoother here ...

    They shoulda dropped the price $100 this time, then another $100 in November.

    This would have given them two news events for the price of one, and spread the pain a bit to make it easier for the most loyal customers to take.

  18. Re:Not a Gentoo user on Linus Torvalds Speaks Out on Future of Linux · · Score: 1

    Oh? Do tell. I had a big problem with expat libs lately in gentoo, what was the cause? do you have a link handy?

  19. Re:And they're going to lose.. on ACLU Protests Police Scanning License Plates · · Score: 1

    I don't think most people would object to the things you mention, they are pretty good actually. The problem comes where the police are tracking the movements of innocent people for no good reason.

    If they had said, "all non-matching data is dumped as it is cleared," I would feel differently.

  20. Re:Don't think so on Why Linux Has Failed on the Desktop · · Score: 0, Redundant
  21. Re:Don't think so on Why Linux Has Failed on the Desktop · · Score: 1
  22. Re:How more limited can you get? on Apple Plans Cheaper Nano-Based iPhone · · Score: 1

    The networking effects of the Wintel PC are much stronger and deeper than the consumer electronics markets. That's why a new PC platform won't be popular anytime soon--no matter how good it is.

    It was a smart move for Apple to shift its efforts to areas where its expertise can be better appreciated. All you have to do is check the price of AAPL over the last 5 years.

  23. Try VMWare on No iPhone For 64-Bit Windows · · Score: 1

    Try VMWare or similar.

  24. Re:ask them to hold, forever... on Shutting Down Annoying Recruiters? · · Score: 1

    which is?

  25. Re:Can we please get out the next OS first! on Second-gen iPhone Confirmed? · · Score: 1

    Whatchoo talkin'bout Willis? Apple is making money hand over fist and won't be going out of business even if the iphone is a total flop, which it wont be.