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  1. Re:Two Words: Colorado Bulldog on The Open Source Cookbook? · · Score: 1

    This is a very *very* good White Russian spinoff. :)

  2. Re:Speaking of capacitors... on Harvesting Capacitors for Backyard Munitions · · Score: 1

    As long as we're in the business of getting technical, 120F = 120 microfarads.
    picofarad is signified by pF

  3. Re:Is Jeeves Gay? on Easter Eggs in Web Sites? · · Score: 1

    Just curious, does your sig refer to tape loading on a TI-99/4A supercomputer? :) ahh, the memories

  4. Payola is alive and well, reincarnated on Homogenized Music · · Score: 1

    Want to know why radio still sucks? Pay for play hasn't gone away.

    Check out this article

  5. It's spelled 'satellite' on Iridium May Have To Reinvent Itself Again · · Score: 3, Informative

    I saw it spelled two different ways in the threads here, but this is the correct spelling.

  6. Re:Well. . . . on Blizzard/Vivendi Files Suit Against Bnetd Project · · Score: 1

    Ahhhh, the refreshingly sweet smell of satire. :)

  7. Re:Why smartcard security sucks on Vivendi Universal vs. News Corporation · · Score: 1

    On a related note, NDS is the company that provides conditional access smart card technologies to DirecTV.

  8. Re:Taco m'man... you're making headlines on Kathleen Fent Read This Story · · Score: 1

    Not to mention they just had Rob and Kathleen on The Screen Savers on Tech TV. (well, live on the phone) :)

    Congrats guys.

  9. Re:15KB... on Slashback: Bandwidth, Animation, Gruvin' · · Score: 1

    Poor guy,

    I really feel for you. "All you can get" is DSL.

    There are some of us still incapable of getting modems to train at 56k because our lines are so shitty.

  10. Re:MHO.net on Earthlink Launches Fixed Wireless ISP Service · · Score: 1

    Poor 80122.. No DSL, No Cable, no MHO coverage.

    It is still a sad day.

  11. Turbinium Reactor on 3D Images Of Valles Marineris · · Score: 1

    These pictures are pretty good. However, staying on track.. they still haven't located that Turbinium reactor yet to give Mars an atmosphere... much less the Pyramid Mines.

  12. Re:Slackware? What's that? on Is Slackware Fading Away? · · Score: 1

    Again, comments like this only spew ignorance.

    Just because Slackware chooses to go with a console based install and makes you pick our packages individually, does not make it an "Admin's" OS. Every bit of Red Hat is just as configurable and comes with a variety of Administrattion tools to make the life of the Administrator easier.

    Some people actually *prefer* these tools to assist them in their day to day administration of a server.

  13. Re:Slackware? What's that? on Is Slackware Fading Away? · · Score: 1

    Ignorance is bliss?

    rpm --nodeps

  14. Re:ReiserFS is better. on Which Partition Types Are Superior? · · Score: 1

    1) Nice try on the English, don't worry.. you'll get there!
    2) Just because RedHat doesn't implement ReiserFS "natively" does NOT mean you cannot use it, nor does it mean that RH "decided" not to support it. They simply chose a different journaling FS which, imho, works pretty well.

    Are there any other distributions that implement Reiser as default?

  15. Re:Don't by pre-built computers on Do Manufacturers Adequately Support Their Products? · · Score: 1

    Desktop computers that come already put together with software installed are only for sale to the masses.

    Ahhh, the simple joy of ignorant bliss. One day, you will wake up and realize how painful it is to have some crappy OEM part fail in a computer you've "built". Only then to understand why the part was so cheap to begin with, and why YOU must pay to ship it back for replacement.

    Sure, it is fun to bulid your own computer to spec, and have the satisfaction of knowing it is unique to you. But soon it will occur to you that workstation class computers totally rock... That "prebuilt" IBM Intellistations and HP Kayaks actually have some kick ass components in them. Your days of cheap IDE drives holding your operating system will be behind you, and you will be enlightened.

  16. Re:Same problem from other direction: bad buyers. on What Can You Do When Defrauded on eBay? · · Score: 1

    So, basically what's happining here is A, you are trying to troll for a dozen people who will happily waste their time explaining sniping to you, or you do not fully understand the technique of sniping.

  17. Re:Cat and mouse games on The America Online Protocol Revealed · · Score: 1

    Stupid Dave and his cryptic USW patchy updates! Grrrr.

  18. Re:Also done by on Copyright Claimed on Telephone Tones · · Score: 1

    I would hope most young folks who hear the Less Than Jake version actually realize that it's a cover. How can you *not* have heard the original at some point in your life? :)

    The LTJ cover is pretty sweet

  19. Re:About Exodus and why its Chapter 11 time. on Exodus Files For Chapter 11 Protection · · Score: 1

    Let's not forget. Last time I visited one of the facilities, there were hundreds of empty desks; all of them stocked with Aeron chairs.

    Ooops, I just violated the Exodus NDA. Sorry.

  20. Re:POLLS ARE WRONG! on Poll Says Most Americans Favor Crypto Backdoors · · Score: 1

    That was completely insightful, and it makes so much sense..

  21. Re:I got this email also on Egghead Customer? Your Data Goes To Fry's · · Score: 1

    Given that CC numbers must follow a specifical algorithm, and assuming a person generating a card number is starting with a specific digit (4 for visa, as an example), the ratio is greatly reduced, and this situation is entirely feasable. No, not all randomly generating 16 digit numbers matches a credit credit.. there is an algorithm.

  22. Re:Manufacturing Consent on You Cannot Turn it Off: News Addiction · · Score: 1

    Yes, yes and yes. People have the taste of revenge in their mouths and they feel the need to attack... well, something. I'm guessing 50% of the people who voted yes don't even know what Kabul is...

  23. Re:Shocking on HP Buys Compaq · · Score: 1

    Once again, an uninformed user who thinks the low end Presario is the only computer Compaq makes. People buy this crap because it saves them about 10-30% on the PC. Yes, the cutbacks show. Yes, whomever purchased this sorry machine was just trying to save a buck at the cost of quality.

  24. Re:No need to write to Trident on Trident Micro Changes Policy Toward XFree86 · · Score: 1

    Nothing worse than consumer line laptops and PCs. They're pretty much all to be avoided. :)

    For reasons you've mentioned above, plus those strange problems that usually arise in them. I don't work for IBM, but I think their mid to high end laptops and Intellistation workstations are awesome.

    Especially the Intellistation M Pro and Thinkpad T & A series. All are VERY documented on the IBM site and supported well.

  25. Re:No need to write to Trident on Trident Micro Changes Policy Toward XFree86 · · Score: 1

    Since when did this article mention Linux? XFree isn't a Linux-Only X-server.. In fact, isn't it the default with *BSD systems?