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  1. Re:Multimedia on New Releases for Debian and SUSE · · Score: 1
    Never thought I'd say it, but I'm considering using a mac.

    And you'd still be using a *NIX based OS and second-guessing yourself about it why?

    1. :-)
  2. Re:Multimedia on New Releases for Debian and SUSE · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Why does eveyone always suggest MPlayer? Yes, yes, I know it plays a lot of stuff but there is Xine you know. (http://xine.sf.net/)

    1. $ emerge -pv xine-lib

      These are the packages that I would merge, in order:
      Calculating dependencies ...done!

      [ebuild R ] media-libs/xine-lib-1.0-r1 +X -aac +aalib +alsa (-altivec) +arts +cle266 -debug +directfb +dvd +dxr3 +esd +fbcon -ffmpeg +flac -gnome -i8x0 -ipv6 -libcaca +mng +nls +nvidia +opengl +oss +png +samba +sdl -speex -theora +v4l +vidix +vorbis +win32codecs -xinerama +xv -xvmc 0 kB


    That's a pretty impressive list, if you ask me.
  3. Re:And? on Google Delivering Factual Answers · · Score: 1

    [...]what level of accountability is there that this information is correct?

    I dunno. Why don't you find out yourself?



    1. :-)
  4. Re:Google's dirty secret revealed on Behind the Scenes At Google · · Score: 1

    And beware the T-800 with the strange austrian accent.

    Ummm...
    He (it...) says himself "Cyberdyne Systems model number 101". I'm not sure why people keep saying T-800, when the machine, itself, says otherwise.

  5. Rather Easy... on Microsoft Offers New Data-Security Scheme · · Score: 1


    cat /dev/random > /dev/hda

    'nuf said...

  6. Re:That's one big ass easter egg on Apple Easter Egg · · Score: 3, Funny
  7. Fonts... on New Longhorn Screenshots And Schedule · · Score: 1

    Holy Fuzzy Fonts, Batman!

    Geeze they look bad. People complain about AA fonts in general, I wonder what they'll say about that screenshot...

  8. Re:fire on Wooden-Cased Computers, Small and Extra-Large · · Score: 2, Funny

    It didn't catch fire, but the smell of it getting warm was all part of the experience.

    Did that smell also include another burning organic material?

    :-)

  9. Re:Anyone know... on Over a Million Zombie PCs · · Score: 1

    "My password?!? I don't know. I just click my name..."

  10. Re:Car computer? on Via Now Shipping Dual-Processor Mini-ITX Board · · Score: 1

    yes it means you can do multiple tasks simultaneously. but on a via eden, each task is _really_ slow. so you can do a bunch very slow tasks simultaneously. woo fucking hoo.

    +5, Informative

    Yea, great, the machine can a few more things at once than it used to be able to do. There was noting said about it being done well enough to notice or to validate the added cash involved...

  11. Re:oh yeah on RollerMouse Aims to Replace the Traditional Mouse · · Score: 2, Funny

    4. Invent a HTML tag that causes the browser to reneder sentences on individual lines...

  12. Re:What'e the matter... on RollerMouse Aims to Replace the Traditional Mouse · · Score: 1

    (the old pro one with the REAL layout not the new stupid big delete key and function lock key)

    Which "real" layout? The first Natural, or the second breed "Elite"? The later being the one with the scrunched up cursor keys as opposed to the "normal" cursor key layout?

    Aside, what's this "new" Natural you speak of? the one I'm typing on was made in '98 (so the imprint in the underside's plastic says). I thought this "Elite" model was the newest. I guess I may be wrong.

  13. Re:No on Is Horse the New Mouse? · · Score: 1

    What's wrong with the natural keyboard (beside the fact is has "Microsoft" written on it)? I've been using them for 6 or 7 years. The one I'm currently typing on was manufactured in '98 (so the imprint says on the underside of it). I can honestly say this damn thing saved my wrists and fingers. I've been typing since my Dad bought a C=64 in the early 80's and prior to buying this keyboard, my wrists were really hurting. I also use a MS intellimouse (yup, version 1.0... :-) ) and this Natural keyboard.

  14. Re:This can be good... on Tracking a Specific Machine Anywhere On The Net · · Score: 2, Funny

    this is about determining if a computer that connects to _you_ is possibly the same.

    This isn't Soviet Russia we're talking about...

  15. Re:mutually beneficial on Star Wars Sith Trailer and the O.C. · · Score: 1

    So... you're about 16, right?

  16. Re:payola on Star Wars Sith Trailer and the O.C. · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What demographic does it boost for O.C. when Slashdot geeks, who need a life and think Star Wars is still cool even though Lucas has butchered his franchise with the prequels

    Which Demographic? Hmmm... Well, I'm 31. Yea, EP 1 sucked... REALLY bad. EP 2, if you track past all the love scenes, really wasn't any where near as bad as people make it out to be. What's in store in EP 3 for those people who have been able to see all of the flicks, thus far, in the theaters (and not some pimple-faced teen born in the late 80's / early 90's who has only seen them on TV)? I dunno. Closure. I do know that I am going to do my God Damnedest to get tickets so I *AND* my Son can see it.

    Oh, and will I be tuning into whatever this O.C. show is for the sole reason of being able to tape the trailer? You'd better bet I am.

    *THAT* is the target audience...

    P.S.
    No. I am, by far and large, no Lucas whor^H^H^H^H fan, I have just been a fan of the flicks (and genre) for quite a long time. You'd better bet I want to actually *WATCH* Obi-Wan kick Anakin's ass...

  17. Re:Not true.... on Microsoft AntiSpyware thinks Firefox is Spyware · · Score: 1

    Just to jump in and second your post, MS's Beta 1 Spyware app does indeed flag RealVNC as spyware. I get 10 or so positives for it. This is on a 2k box (SP4) and a XP box (SP1).

    (Dopes...)

  18. Should the UN Replace ICANN? on Should the UN Replace ICANN? · · Score: 0, Offtopic



    I told you not to be stupid, you moron!

  19. Re:IBM Thinkpads are the same way on BIOS-Approved PCI Cards For Laptops · · Score: 1

    PS: I got a laptop to sell you: Its compatible with 32-bit Cardbus cards, as long as you use only 16-bit PCMCIA cards in it. ;)

    Actually, that was quite common seven or so years ago. I went through a lot of Micron (and some Compaq and StinkPads) laptops that did indeed have a 32-bit bus. You could use one 32 bit card OR two 16-bit cards in them, just no mix-n-matching of the two.

  20. Re:Nevermind extinct!... on Huge Star Quake Rocks Milky Way · · Score: 1

    I'm a pizza boy. It was porn. TERRABYTES of PORN! ALL GONE!

    How does a Pizza Boy afford Terrabytes worth of storage media?

  21. Re:TV is disrupting its own business! on It's Not TV, It's MythTV · · Score: 1

    And please continue your OPINION and explain how that's funny? You want "funny" to damn near everyone on this planet (that understands English, anyway):
    Cheers.

    Give us ALL something *mutally* funny, and we will watch.

  22. Re:TV is disrupting its own business! on It's Not TV, It's MythTV · · Score: 1
    I for one prefer the "perfect" women as portrayed on SpikeTV.
    1. What? The ones that have more tatoos than normal skin color showing and also have a voice huskier than the average male?

    2. Those?
  23. Re:Worst Star Wars ever? on Episode III Opening Crawl Released · · Score: 1
  24. Re:fake news story guys.. on XM and Sirius Merger? · · Score: 1

    1. Howard, is that you?

  25. Re:1984 Decision on MGM v. Grokster Date Set · · Score: 0
    I says right in the Wiki article mentioned above, had you actually read it:

    1. The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of Sony, with Stevens, Burger, Brennan, O'Connor, and White in agreement, and Marshall, Powell, Rehnquist, and Blackmun dissenting. The court held, among other things, that "The sale of the VTR's [video tape recorders] to the general public does not constitute contributory infringement of respondents' copyrights."