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  1. Re:Sustainable? on Bamboo Bike A Reality · · Score: 1

    not that the stupid beast deserves a future in the ecosystem

    after watching a t.v. special about pandas and the difficulties they're having, I couldn't help but think of the screamapillar.

    "Without constant reassurance, it will die. It's sexually attracted to fire."

    Are you sure God doesn't want it dead?

  2. Re:Horay for Animation on Animated Tron Spoof Coming to UPN · · Score: 1

    Fox has a bunch of episodes that haven't aired yet due to being preempted by football. They slip in an episode every now and then, but the show has been cancelled. No new episodes will be made.

  3. Re:Enoch again? on 'Quicksilver' Website and Release Date · · Score: 1

    The secret is in the cigar box. (p.493-494,541)

  4. Re:Article text, here ya go. on When Profiling Goes Wrong · · Score: 1

    Ease up on the asshole gun. I was sarcastic, not rude. The parent was below my threshold, forgive me.
    Double up on those anger management classes while you're are it.

  5. Re:Article text, here ya go. on When Profiling Goes Wrong · · Score: 0, Troll

    You need to be introduced to two important concepts on this site. One is that text written in italics was NOT written by Taco, Hemos, michael, or any of the other editors. The description you refer to was written by the submitter, huskymo. Second, is the concept behind the comma. You see, the commas in the description are marking divisions in the sentence. The man thought to be Korean is not the man thought to be pregnant and gay.

  6. Re:Article text, here ya go. on When Profiling Goes Wrong · · Score: 1

    So for weeks, the site also recommended parenting books. He says it was as if Amazon.com decided he was "a pregnant gay man."

    Wow, that was REAL hard to find...

  7. Re:Radio Shack? Not if I can help it. on RadioShack Stops Being Nosy · · Score: 1

    Perhaps he's referring to the evil robot Ted played by John Ritter on an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

  8. Re:Do they mark down ok as well? on "L33T" Speak Invades Schools · · Score: 1

    You are wrong sir. O.K. (capital "o", dot, capital "K", dot) is an abbreviation. (oll korrect, Old Kinderhook, you decide). The spelling "okay" is some bastardization or onomatopoeia. Check your Webster's or OED.

  9. Re:Firefly vs. Lexx & damn you sci-fi channel! on Slashback: Segwait, Farscape, Leg-pulling · · Score: 1

    If Joss fucked up anything on Buffy, it's the fact that he's less involved now. Post-high school buffy is more Marti Noxon than Joss. Still better than most of the other crap on tv.

  10. Re:comment on reality, not what you believe it tru on No Pop-up Blocking in Netscape 7.0 · · Score: 1
    Terence Ross of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, the news publishers' attorney, even told me that he thinks Internet users who configure their browsers to disable graphics (a common tactic to boost the speed of Web surfing) are committing copyright infringement because they are interfering with Web publishers' exclusive right to control how their pages are displayed.


    Do you need the line number as well? Maybe a screenshot of the paragraph?
  11. Re:Mech designation on Build Your Own Battlemech · · Score: 1

    The editor didn't make that comment, Jodrell the submitter did. Notice the use of italics.

  12. Mozilla not supported, can't change pref on Microsoft Opts-In Hotmail Users · · Score: 1

    I stopped using my account long ago, but I decided to login, reactivate, and change those privacy settings. (Maybe I just shouldn't have reactivated, but I couldn't be sure.) Anyway, I get an error that my browser (Mozilla) is unsupported when I click on the Personal Profile. Swell...

  13. Re:We did digital puppets for Henson back in 1988 on Linux Powers Digital Muppets · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Hey, neat story, thanks for sharing. :)
    I've always been a big fan of Jim Henson and the Creature Shop. I still have fond memories of The Jim Henson Hour. I'd love to get my hands on copies of the episodes. The muppets, the storyteller, Jim himself, it was great. I have a copy of The Muppet Family Christmas that I watch every year and I get a lump in my throat every time I see him washing dishes at the end. It's a shame it didn't last long, just like Muppets Tonight. I'm afraid a bit of the Muppet magic died along with Jim Henson, but Brian and company have the talent to do great things with the Creature Shop. I take great pleasure knowing that my favorite show, Farscape, is a Jim Henson production. Whether it's with digital wizardry or a bit of green felt I'm happy to know Jim's legacy will go on.

  14. Re:They never stopped? on Transformers On the Move Again · · Score: 1

    I checked out that transformers.com...what are they thinking? Galvatron a bat? Grimlock a backhoe? What kind of insanity is this?
    I really hope they release some based on the original designs (even if they don't use metal :).

  15. Re:Disincentive to using Galeon on Galeon 1.0 Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    You don't need the source, you can use the precompiled tarball or the rpms. What you do need however, is the header files, but instead of getting the source tarball, I just get mozilla-devel-0.9.6-0.i386.rpm. That contains all the header files you'll need.

  16. Re:Why? on Linux 2.4.15 is out; Linux 2.5.0 has also begun. · · Score: 2

    The changes aren't so much for you the user, as they are for the developers and maintainers. The current system is a bit of a tangled mess and considered a hack. "make dep" is practically broken, configuration, compiling, pretty much everything takes longer than it should.

    But the user should see some changes as well. The configuration will be streamlined, and some level of automatic configuration will be available. According to Eric the new system will make it impossible to create invalid configurations. Also, a single "make" will compile everything you need, including modules and dependencies. Parallel builds will be improved and it will be possible to build individual sections instead of recompiling the whole kernel if need be.
    However, there is a big gripe some have with CML2; it's (currently) implemented in python.

  17. Re:Galeon can't compete for long on Galeon At A Glance · · Score: 1

    Um, Galeon uses Flash just fine, and any other plugin Mozilla can.

  18. Re:Only thing stopping me from switching to Mozill on Mozilla 0.9 Out · · Score: 1

    Galeon, a mozilla based browser, uses tabbed browsing. I use it as my primary browser and have no major complaints. You might have to wait a bit until a mozilla.9 compatible version is available however.
    galeon.sourceforge.net

  19. Re:This kernel numbering is confusing on Kernel 2.4.2 Released · · Score: 1

    I hope you're not being serious.
    How is following a path of clicks and right clicks any more "intuitive" than using 'uname'? That's ludicrous.

  20. "Messenger", not "Messanger" on Yahoo releases their Messenger for Linux/FreeBSD · · Score: 1

    Sorry, but I'm a tad anal when it comes to proper spelling.

  21. The Tipping Point @ Amazon on Bezos Responds to Tim O'Reilly's Open Letter · · Score: 1
    I stopped by Amazon to find out what this 1-click shopping thing actually was, and noticed that in their list of top picks ("What we're reading") was The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell.

    Just thought it was an interesting "coincidence".

  22. Re:Pentium III PPGA on News on Pentium IV · · Score: 1

    Yup, they already exist. Well, I don't actually know how far along production is but there are chips being shipped around to OEMs and such. Some sites have had pictures (it's a chip, surprise surprise) and ArsTechnica has already gotten info on it. Like the fact that it won't work on current PPGA mobos for one. (There's rumours of converters in the works though.)
    What I _haven't_ heard about yet though, are the 'lower-end' Athlons I've heard AMD is supposed to be making.
    And then of course there's whatever little gem Transmeta is cooking up.
    Ah, I'm tired of playing the waiting game.

  23. Re:or try 64k intros from 1995 on Revolution in Graphics? · · Score: 1

    A friend got me interested in the demo scene a few years back. Man, those little buggers pack in some serious eye candy. As for the POS nervana thing, not even close.

    Also, I believe www.hornet.org can hook you up with some demos.

  24. Spinoffs? on Scully to leave X-Files as well · · Score: 1

    There's been a couple of shows that have focused primarily on the Lone Gunmen and they seem to be able to handle center stage pretty well. If they got some good storylines I think they could make a very entertaining spinoff. I also think Krycek might be able to fare well in a spinoff. He seems to have a lot of sides to his personality, he's had quite a few adventures. The more I think about it, the more I think they could really do something with that character.

  25. GeekWorld Contest on redhat.com Site Redesigned · · Score: 1

    Whatever happened with that Geeks on the Beach contest?