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  1. Re:Immune? on Macs May No Longer Be Immune to Viruses · · Score: 1

    Microsoft did release Outlook 2001 for MacOS 9, but either renamed it Entourage or replaced it with Entourage for OS X (maybe part of the reason for the new name was to leave some of the Outlook stigma behind).

  2. Re:patents? on RIM Rejects More Patent Infringement Allegations · · Score: 1

    That's ok, everyone's in a such a hurry they're practically running all the time now anyway.

    I hope it's not too late to patent running.

  3. WTF?! on RIM Rejects More Patent Infringement Allegations · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Under the law, which protects consumers from products that contain infringing technology, RIM should not be able to sell the BlackBerry system."

    Since when do patents do ANYTHING to protect consumers from anything?

  4. Re:write on your resume on IT Certification Less Important Now? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Real UNIX typically doesn't include BASH ;)

  5. Re:Immune? on Macs May No Longer Be Immune to Viruses · · Score: 1

    And the fact that Macs never had Outlook, the PC version of Internet Explorer, Active X, ports and services open all over the place, or piss poor priveledge seperation.

    Nice selective reading there. Outlook did exist, but it likely wasn't the mess of Outlook for Windows.

  6. Re:Firefox has the wrong focus on Places Feature Cut From Firefox 2 · · Score: 1

    Opera's stuck on that same treadmill. The recent beta of Opera 9 is pretty bad. Lots of new features, but fundamental things just don't work right.

    And none of that has to do with it being BETA?

  7. Re:"Platform?" on Azureus Inc. Moves Toward Commercialization · · Score: 1

    How is bandwidth burning a hole in Azureus' pocket? The only bandwidth hit they incur is when somebody downloads their client, and there are ways around that, even (sourceforge, download.com, etc).

  8. Re:"Platform?" on Azureus Inc. Moves Toward Commercialization · · Score: 1

    Personally, I like TorrentFlux. It's PHP-based, so I can access it from anywhere - handy when I stumble upon something while I'm at work.

  9. Re:Dell Recommendation on Dell Ships Gaming Systems Sans Bloat · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure Dell ships standard Windows discs now, rather than those lame restore discs they used to have.

  10. Re:Dell Recommendation on Dell Ships Gaming Systems Sans Bloat · · Score: 1

    Why not just format and reinstall the damn thing? It'd take less time than manually removing all that shit, and there's no risk of any of that crap being left behind by broken uninstallers.

  11. And wii! on Nintendo Revolution Renamed 'Wii' · · Score: 1

    Yo I went up to a thug gangster and he was like "Yo, motherfucker, wii!"

  12. Re:Shouldnt surprise anyone on EA Spouse Outed · · Score: 1

    Madden XXX? Say it ain't so!

  13. Re:Well yeah it's wrong... on Most Web Users Unable to Spot Spyware · · Score: 1

    And in real life I can scroll down to view the ENTIRE page, view the source code, I can mouse-over links to see that they might be pointing me to something suspicious, I could google for the site as you suggested, and I can avoid these sites entirely, because not one of them offered something I might be interested in.

    If they want to do a valid test, gather 10,000 people, set them up with a Windows box, and check back in a month, to see how badly they've mangled it. Hopefully they don't count replacing Windows with Linux, FreeBSD, or OS/2 Warp as "mangled" :)

  14. Re:Again? What? on Microsoft to Patch Problem Patch · · Score: 1

    Why exactly are you using Windows 2003 ENTERPRISE for your workstation? If you want to use the newer Windows 2003 codebase, you could use something like Web Server edition. Enterprise is loaded with cruft you don't need.

    Just curious... :)

  15. Re:one thing i've noticed on Planning Dapper +1, The Edgy Eft · · Score: 1

    Certainly not OS 9 (I don't think they were using the "Big Cat" names yet), but for the OS X releases they did. The general public probably didn't know, but I think some of the hardcore Mac users knew of and used the codenames. Just for fun, a list of the codenames follows :)

    10.0 Cheetah
    10.1 Puma
    10.2 Jaguar
    10.3 Panther
    10.4 Tiger
    10.5 Leopard

  16. Re:Wrong side of compiler on Torvalds Has Harsh Words For FreeBSD Devs · · Score: 1

    I might have missed someone else posting this, but then again, this should probably be a post with a score of 5 for visibility.

    Did you just claim your post should be modded +5? Now that's ballsy :)

  17. Re:If Madonna prices it, they will buy... on Music Downloads = Expensive Concerts? · · Score: 1

    Cliff may not've been well represented on the early albums, but Jason wasn't represented AT ALL on Justice.. :)

    As for fans of the old stuff not liking the new, I was fine with it until the abomination entitled St. Anger.. Now, I hardly ever find myself listening to Metallica anymore. Clutch has filled the void nicely, however.. :)

  18. Re:New Icon? on Planning Dapper +1, The Edgy Eft · · Score: 1

    Surely you mean this one. Or maybe this one, it's more like a logo, the first one (and the one you linked) are wallpapers, really :)

  19. Re:one thing i've noticed on Planning Dapper +1, The Edgy Eft · · Score: 1

    I think what happened with Apple is that the community started using the codenames for OS X, so Apple decided to start marketing them.

    I just checked my OS X 10.4 box, it does indeed say Tiger on the spine, and various other places (though the front is just black with a big grey X).

  20. Re:I actually agree with the CRIA on something.. on CRIA Falling Apart? · · Score: 1

    Speak for yourself, if you know where to look, you can find all kinds of great music online via Bittorrent.

    I'd rather keep the levy, and continue with my legal music downloading.

  21. Re:Incorrect title on Torvalds Creates Patch for Cross-Platform Virus · · Score: 1

    Technically, it appears to be a bug in GCC - Linus patched the kernel to work around the bug.

  22. Re:More than just root on Got Root - Should You Use It? · · Score: 1

    You will ALWAYS want to have individual logins for every administrator and TEACH your admin's howto use sudo correctly if they do not know already.

    You can teach your admins all day long HOW to use sudo correctly, but if they find it EASIER to simply run "sudo su" or "sudo bash", and you don't go through the trouble of limiting what they can do with sudo, they're going to do it.

  23. Re:Why is this even an issue? on Sanitizing Expression In Virtual Worlds · · Score: 1

    You mean walking talking cows and dragons aren't realistic?! You don't ride a flying gryphon to work every day? Man, I'm gonna quit right now, WoW's not realistic at all!

  24. Re:Mac for Life on Bunk Camp - Apple Gets It Wrong? · · Score: 1

    Is that available for home users though? No. The 5-user MacOS X license the GP referred to is a "family pack" - you can use it for up to 5 Mac's in your household. Microsoft's VLK editions are strictly for businesses.

  25. Re:Parallels virtualization on Bunk Camp - Apple Gets It Wrong? · · Score: 1

    And, honestly, as an I.T. person of over 15 years, VMWare is only good for testing configurations, software, etc. It's not really good enough for real work.

    I suspect you've only used VMWare Workstation then, because I support plenty of customers who're using VMWare (ESX and GSX Server) to do "real work".