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  1. Re:Not surprising... on AOL To Be Purchased By T-Online? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Not just an ISP. The also own T-Mobile (cell carrier - biggest in Germany I think, and growing in the US). They are tied in with Bergelsmann group (not sure on that spelling). Unlike AOL, there is real money backing up T.

  2. Re:Our uni loves commercialware on How Would You Promote an O/S Education System? · · Score: 1

    And when he leaves?

  3. Re:Our uni loves commercialware on How Would You Promote an O/S Education System? · · Score: 1

    In a way, it seems that the bureaucracies prefer commercial stuff.

    Accountability. Who do you call and scream at when things break?

  4. Re:The Holy Wars Thread on Perens: Unite behind Debian, UserLinux · · Score: 1

    Company X already has a comprehensive software package repository, a structured filesystem layout, and a demoncratic multi-national internet based community that develops, tests, maintains, supports, and uses it.

    A blanket statement that could be used to describe just about anyone you want, including that 800lb gorilla over there...

  5. Re:let me spoil the article for you.... on 5 Reasons Not to Buy an iPod · · Score: 1
    You mean like this.

    The dimensions of the Neuros are 5.3" x 3.1" x 1.3", compared to the dimensions of the new iPod at 4.1" x 2.4"x 0.62". With regard to weight, the latest Apple sets the standard for a jukebox portable at a mere 5.6 ounces, shedding nearly an ounce from the original. The Neuros, on the other hand, weighs in at a heavy 9.4 ounces, more than even the Rio Riot (8.8 ounces) and the Archos Multimedia Jukebox (9 ounces).

    Svelte dimensions and low weight is what propelled the iPod portable to an over 25% share of the digital music market. The Neuros has features that could make it an iPod killer, but it falls short in the one area that may count most: size. It felt like a brick in our pocket, with squared, pointed edges that poked our legs. Overall, it's the most disappointing aspect of an otherwise impressive portable, but one that can be corrected. Since the faceplate of the Neuros alone is sufficiently small and light, one would have expected that Digital Innovations would have created a smaller backpack using the same Toshiba drive found in the iPod. We hope it's something they consider for upcoming models.
    Doesn't sound ultra portable, which the ipod is in the hdd based market (small with rounded edges). OGG and linux support don't amount to much market share (maybe a few thousand units per year). And we know what propels the sales people...
  6. Re:The worst thing about this... on Red Hat Linux Support To End · · Score: 1

    Why hasn't RH been able to do the same?

    Bandwidth charges. RH's are probably higher than all of your examples combined.

  7. workspaces on Mac OS X 10.3 vs. Linux · · Score: 1
  8. Re:Where are the Classic users clinging on? on Mac OS X 10.3 vs. Linux · · Score: 1

    Roughly 25% of pre-OS X users have switched. Major blame goes to Quark, and the lack of legacy support with OS X. It needs newer hardware (G3 and built-in USB for Panther), mainly lots of RAM (min 128MB) and a good video card (min 8MB).

  9. Re:MacOS on Mac OS X 10.3 vs. Linux · · Score: 1

    That's not what the guys at Virginia Tech seem to think.

  10. 10.1.x updates on Apple Forcing Panther Upgrade for Security Patch · · Score: 1

    To those that did not upgrade to the 10.2.x series, is Apple still offering security updates to the 10.1.x series? If not, I think we know what they will now that 10.2.x is no longer "new."

  11. Re:Really.. on Open Source Network Administration · · Score: 1

    irc, mail lists, google, etc, are hard to use when your network is down.

    man pages are often incomplete for someone needing the assistance of a book (such as myself). if you know what your doing, then yes, man pages are probably good enough. but some of us are still just learning...

  12. Re:G5's... on Microsoft Fires Mac Fan For Blog Photo · · Score: 1

    IE is no longer being updated for Mac OS.

    Dual 2.0 GHz machines, not just the procs.

    I see nothing wrong with M$ keeping abreast of the market. It is the smart thing to do.

  13. Today is a good day... on Tennessee's Super-DMCA Rises From The Grave · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ...to be proud that I was born in Knoxville.

    I guess hicks don't like oppressive legislation, regardless of it's focus.

  14. Re:they admited to releasing the kernel under GPL on SCO Calls GPL Unenforceable, Void · · Score: 1

    replace "void" with "null" for a comment that makes sense... being /. and all.

  15. Re:burgers on 4 Tons Of Plants per Mile to Ride In Your Car · · Score: 1

    smug alert!

    satire doesn't wok so well online.... but i like to see the knee-jerks anyhow.

  16. Re:burgers on 4 Tons Of Plants per Mile to Ride In Your Car · · Score: 1

    Than that should have been the point referenced. Another article slamming SUV's for their inefficeincy is rather tired. The horse is dead, stop flogging it. Plans have been announced by 2 rather large auto makers (Toyota and Ford) that their SUV's will have hybrid power options available for no later than 2007 model year. Toyota plans on having 6 hybrid models by 2006 (including Camry and Highlander, as well as the Prius). Honda sells the Civic Hybrid (since 2003). Ford is due to release Escape Hybrid (1 size smaller than the Explorer) by the end of 2004.

    Too bad the adoption process is going so slowly. Then again, most American's are to self centered to care anyway.

  17. Do as others do on Take Back Your Time! · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Work hard, play hard. Americans need to get over being so god damned uptight about everything. We have forgotten how to kick back and have fun. Adults don't have to be stodgy.

    Stress is for work, laughter is for the rest of the time.

  18. Re:It is for me on Wall Street Journal On The Switch · · Score: 1

    Yeah... but some of us actually do it (iBook 800 G3 a little while ago).

  19. Re:How does this debunk anything on Ohio State SETI Wow Signal Revisited and Debunked · · Score: 1

    Exactly. Nothing like a little fluff before lunch...

  20. Re:USB 2.0 on Apple Updates iBook Line With G4 Processor · · Score: 1

    USB 1.1 not 1.0 if you want to be precise...

    Other than that, yes, you are correct.

    AFAIK, you can no longer buy a 1.1 chipset, they are all 2.0 now.

    Apple had to be dragged into the modern USB era... kinda funny considering they jumped on USB so much quicker than the average PC companies did.

  21. Re:WTF on Sci-Fi Channel Looks for LGM in NASA Files · · Score: 1

    Truth. But you can also say that Sci-Fi saved the show from cancellation. Showtime was no longer interested. Sci-Fi stepped in and made sure that the show could go on.

    As to the other reply re: Sliders... considering all the cast changes, it's no wonder nobody protested much when that show got axed. There was the violent minority (a la Farscape fans), but in the end that did not matter.

  22. Re:WTF on Sci-Fi Channel Looks for LGM in NASA Files · · Score: 1

    Funny... season 8 for next year was confirmed back on July 23, 2003. That probably has something to do with SG-1 being Sci-Fi's highest rated original series. Not to mention the spinoff series (Atlantis) that will be coming soon...

  23. Re:WTF on Sci-Fi Channel Looks for LGM in NASA Files · · Score: 1

    Stargate SG-1

    Nothing else is worth watching, IMO. Until Battlestar Galactica comes out....

  24. Re:nuclear power is cleaner.... on Toshiba Pushes Safe, Small Nuclear Reactor Design · · Score: 1

    You don't watch Alias, do you?

  25. Re:nuclear power is cleaner.... on Toshiba Pushes Safe, Small Nuclear Reactor Design · · Score: 1

    Assuming there is no improvements in delivery methods. This is a new style of low output plant. Low output due to low input. The lower the input the safer it gets (yes - zero input would equal zero risk - but that isn't the subject here).

    With a reactor the size of what was in the concept drawings, the entire facility could be buried several hundred feet underground. Access by humans is not a big priority, as the system is almost entirely self sufficient. Humans are the ones that bork the system when it is running anyway.