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  1. Re:Real Window Managers on Preview of KDE 3.4 · · Score: 1

    Gentoo is capable of having optional dependencies. The only problem is sometimes the crack-smoking package maintainers make more things mandatory than they should.

  2. Re:Couples / Multiplayer Gaming. on Is There Something Wrong with Video Game Reviews? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Oh boo hoo. Heaven forbid that something might not actually cater to you smug married people. In this case, you are more of a fringe group than you care to admit. There may be a lot of married people who play games, but there aren't that many cases where both people in the marriage are into video games.

  3. Re:I'd be interested... on Lying Makes The Brain Work Harder · · Score: 1

    If he believes the story to be true, then he isn't lying- he is just incorrect. Clearly he would show a normal result under the test, and their isn't any test that would be able flag it as a lie. It isn't a method for getting fool-proof information, it just flags dishonesty. Conceivably you could get a situation where somebody believed something that was false, and in the process of lying, happened to state what was factually accurate. It would appear to be a lie, even though it was corrent information.

  4. Re:The last thing I want to do when I go home is.. on What Do People in the IT Field Do for Side Jobs? · · Score: 1

    Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair

  5. Re:Application it won't work for on Using Computers To Weed Out Art Fakes · · Score: 2, Funny

    > John Cage sucks.

    Yeah, I'd much rather use Raiden or Sub-Zero.

  6. Re:AI on POWER Processors, SMT and the True Origins of AI · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I think that was supposed to be AIX instead of AI.

  7. Re:Classic toy on Classic Toys For Christmas? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or a red rider bb gun with a compass in the stock. Don't shoot your eye out.

  8. Re:One step closer to on NASA to Attempt Mach 10 Flight Next Week · · Score: 2, Informative

    It is the same as plaid speed.

  9. Re:Might as well... on Winamp Down for the Count · · Score: 2, Informative

    According to dictionary.com, biannual can either mean semiannual (twice a year) or biennial (once every two year). English is such a fun language.

  10. Re:Please tell me on Firefox 1.0 Released · · Score: 2, Interesting

    At this point, I think my main reason for using Firefox is because it looks a little bit better. There are a few things that I find annoying. When typing in a URL, I liked the old Netscape style autocomplete, not this annoying drop down menu. There is not gui option to turn on the autocomplete - you have to edit a config variable, and as far as I know, there is no way to get rid of the annoying menu. The other thing that bugs me is you are stuck with the download manager instead of getting separate progress dialogs (I should check if there is a config vriable for this, but I doubt it).
    Early on, Firefox used to seem very light, but lately it hasn't seemed any lighter than regular Mozilla.

  11. Re:AP language? on 30th Anniversary of Pascal · · Score: 1

    Last I heard, they were switching to C, but I wouldn't be surprised if they had moved on to Java by now.

  12. Re:Too warm? on Warm Offices Boost Productivity · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I thought it was more interesting that they performed the test in Florida. People down there have a much different idea of cold than those of us up north. My brain shuts down when it gets to 77, but they seem to find it quite comfortable.

  13. Re:Yup on Study Says 4.1M Domestic Robots In Use By 2007 · · Score: 1

    Actually, the future in "Bact to the Future" was something like 2015 (it was 30 years ahead of whatever the year was in the 80s).

  14. Re:More info and not everybody like this... on Telescope Will Have Images 10X Sharper Than Hubble · · Score: 1

    You may joke about it, but when I first read it, I was wondering why the web-server people would care about a telescope.

  15. Re:Favorite Quote on Feather-based Jacobean Space Chariot · · Score: 1

    FYI, the "dangley bit" is called the uvula.

  16. Re:Hmm.. interesting, but with a number of gotchas on Doom 3 for Linux Released · · Score: 3, Informative

    The fglrx driver is the only driver which provides 3d support for anything newer than a radeon 9200. The specs for cards up to (and I beleive including) 9200 were released and there is 3d support using open source drivers.

    Yes, the ATI problem is a major issue, but at this point, we are used to getting the shaft from ATI.

  17. Re:It won't lure anyone from Office on Star/OpenOffice XML Format To Become ISO Standard? · · Score: 1

    It all depends on the company. I work for a fortune 500 company that has done some really stupid stuff that relied on .doc files. In order to make requests for certain types of things, you would download a particular .doc file which always contain wacky forms stuff like you would expect from a web page. You would then fill in the fields in the document and email it to your manager who would acknowledge approval by forwarding to the people who handled the request. At least they seem to be moving more towards web forms now.

  18. Re:What chip is that? on When Emulation Isn't Enough · · Score: 1

    In the text under the wiring diagram, it mentions that the chip is a PIC16C74

  19. Re:look at the reviews... on Made for TV Ewok Movies to be Released on DVD · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Technically, they wouldn't be cannibalistic unless they ate other Ewoks. The Ewok haters would probably love to see that.

  20. Re:Why is a complete registration required? on I-Neighbors, Not just another social network · · Score: 1

    It wouldn't matter if a preference option was added to hide registration-required articles, since the preferences have been broken for weeks (or at least they are for my account).

  21. Re: engineer on Apple iPod with Video and WiFi Capabilities? · · Score: 1

    They probably already have a team put together and just need to fill it out a bit more.

  22. Re:Some on purpose to promote free WiFi. on 80% of WiFi Networks are still Insecure, Kismet Author Says · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That is of course assuming that there is a spammer within range of your access point. For most people, spammers will be a non-issue. Especially for those of us who live in the middle of nowhere. The main reason I do not use encryption is because I cannot use it under BeOS, and don't have any BeOS compatible wired connection on my laptop. For normal people, leaving the connection unencrypted will hardly ever be a problem.

  23. Re:Ugly font rendering on KDE 3.3 Officially Released · · Score: 1

    I can't tell what you are talking about. I looked at the screenshot and it looks fine to me.

  24. Re:So what!? on RGB to become RGBCMY · · Score: 1

    So why don't you go do that, and stop wasting time posting annoying comments on /.

  25. Re:Cybernectics and sports on Gene Doping: Genetically Engineered Athletes · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There isn't much point in competition with regular athletes either. People find it entertaining. If people like watching enhanced athletes competing, what is the difference?