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  1. This computer geek only uses old junk. on Consumer Vista Upgrades Moving at Snail's Pace · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I pride myself on keeping old machines happily doing the day-to-day work of my business. My OS choices;

    Linux (Debian)
    MacOS-X
    Windows 2000

    And I see zero reason to upgrade.

  2. EMT 377! on SCO Vs. Groklaw · · Score: 1

    Another old RSX-11 Hacker! Excellent!!!

  3. Re:Its assets? on Wikipedia On the Brink? Or Crying Wolf? · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I agree with that assessment.

  4. Orvis. on Dell Laptops Have Shocking New Problem · · Score: 1

    Ordered a chew-proof dog bed. Lifetime guarantee.

    Well, it wasn't totally chew proof, and I emailed them to ask for a replacement, cover and it was here in three days.

    Also Logitech. They replaced my marble mouse trackball twice when buttons failed.

  5. Re:My list. on French Kids Get OSS on USB Sticks · · Score: 1

    I'm assuming that whatever computer they are using already came with some form of Windows.

  6. My list. on French Kids Get OSS on USB Sticks · · Score: 2, Informative

    I would not force Linux on them, but there is a lot of Windows OSS;

    AbiWord first of all.

    Gnumeric spreadsheet

    VideoLAN Client (VLC)

    GAIM multi-protocol IM software

    GZIP file compression tool

    wxBASIC BASIC Interpeter or similar

    Games! This whole list; http://osswin.sourceforge.net/games.html

    I think this would about do it and still fit on a modest USB stick.

    What do you think?

  7. Scientlogy should be outlawed as seditious. on Scientology Critic Arrested After 6 Years · · Score: 1

    They are no more a religion than Al Queyda is.

    They are dangerous, and their assets should be frozen and their leaders arrested as terrorists.

  8. Mod -20 Troll on Vista - iPod Killer? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No words.

  9. Re:EVEN MORE SCARY it's 1 in 2 windows computers. on 25 Percent of All Computers in a Botnet? · · Score: 1

    Yes I meant Mac! OOOPS!

    Thats what happens when I post while also talking on the phone....

    >>blush

  10. Re:EVEN MORE SCARY it's 1 in 2 windows computers. on 25 Percent of All Computers in a Botnet? · · Score: 1

    I bet the Windows and Linux rate IS zero unless Word Macro Botnets exist.

  11. Re:No there arn't on Are There Images of the Lunar Landers from Orbit? · · Score: 1

    Not a boardwalk... A big plexiglass tube.

  12. I Just use Audio Hijack Pro on Apple To Play Fairer With FairPlay? · · Score: 1

    From http://www.rogueamoeba.com/ to convert directly to MP-3 without using up one of my CD burns. Then I can load my iTunes into my Creative RAVE-MP. I just never saw the need to carry ALL of my music with me all the time. Just what I want for the drive I am about to take.

  13. KDE runs just fine on Darwin/MacOS-X on Why are Free-Desktop Developers Wedded to Linux? · · Score: 1

    And I imagine on almost anything that implements the right libraries and hooks. I think it is up to the advocates of a particular OS to port in the desktop, not the desktop developers.

  14. Re:Only one IP for the whole country. on Wikipedia Blocks Qatar [Updated] · · Score: 1

    Nope! Only ONE IP address for the whole country.

  15. Looks like The Register has huge egg on its face.. on New iPod Owner Onslaught Overwhelms iTunes · · Score: 1

    ...they were talking of the FAILURE of iTunes just a month a go!

  16. I'll tell you EXACTLY why. OVERFISHING. on Penguins Disappearing From Southern Hemisphere · · Score: 1

    They eat the same sorts of fish we eat, and we have literally stripped the seas of all edible fish. And I mean that literally. We are maybe ten years away from the fishing fleets having to be kept in port because there is nothing anywhere worth the cost of running them to catch it.

    The toothed whales will disappear too for the same reason.

  17. Why on earth would RIM want you to do this? on RIM Crippling BlackBerry Bluetooth Speed? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You abuse their network with your modem software. They have a network designed for messaging, and you want to send huge files over it. I don't blame them for wanting to cripple a capability that they never wanted to sell you.

    You get what you pay for. Usually.

  18. The honest people have bought their old favorites on iTunes Sales 'Collapsing' · · Score: 1

    The Pirates, of course, buy nothing and screw the artists. (And yes, I know the artist's cut is tiny, but Pirates want it to be ZERO.)

    I buy about one CD a quarter through iTunes, but when it was new, I filled in my collection.

  19. A real person hurt by incompetent arson probe. on Arson Science Rewritten · · Score: 1
  20. Replacing an iPod battery is EASY. on iPod Alternatives for Mac OS X? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Try these folks; IPod Rescue who are the same as Powerbook Rescue and who fixed my clamshell iBook in 2002 and it has stayed fixed!

  21. You Tube without copyright content is WORTHLESS. on New Programs Fight GooTube Copyright Battle · · Score: 1

    I've said it before. The whole reason it is worthwhile is the ability to get clips of news shows and other similar things that I never watch and never record for myself. The amateur stuff on the site, with a few minor exceptions, that does not violate copyright also does not get me to look.

  22. Re:I asked for this page to be protected at Wikipe on Gracenote Founder Rewriting History At Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    My name is in my email address. Most people with above-room-temerature IQs noticed that...

  23. Re:OSTG is next. on Layoffs and CEO Resignation At OSDL · · Score: 1

    Seems to me that they get US to do most of the editing... ;-)

  24. Re:Ouch. on Layoffs and CEO Resignation At OSDL · · Score: 1

    Happened JUST that way with my former employer Ikadega; We all got pink slips just before Thanksgiving.

  25. Re:My one and only comment on Gracenote Founder Rewriting History At Wikipedia · · Score: 2, Interesting

    1. Free the patent. (It is a patent of prior art anyway.)

    2. Release the database of all CDs more than a year old.

    He'll still have a year's worth of proprietary data at any time, and open source programs would have a usable means of getting CD metadata.

    That is what I am asking him to do. Assuming that he really does want to make this right, of course.