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  1. Popup notification on Gmail Cracks Down on Third-Party Notifiers · · Score: 1

    "doesn't have popup notification"

    Since I and many who have previously commented get pop-up notifications for our emails, we can only assume that you get no email except spam (which Gmail is filtering) and that is really your problem.

    As for the rest, go make your tinfoil hat and step aside.

  2. Work environment on Mike Melvill Chosen To Fly SpaceShipOne · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I loved looking at the couple of pictures on their site showing the ground crew preparing the vehicle for its next flight. Jeans in tennis shoes vs. NASA's pictures of everyone in clean-room get-up.

    Smooth flight guys. As someone said earlier, don't forget your towel!

  3. Re:At this point... on Bruce Sterling On Lovelock's Pro-Nuclear Stance · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Nuclear is to power what democracy is to political systems. Yes, it sucks. But sucks less than the alternatives.

    This was rated insightful?? Moderators must have been feeling particularly charitable this evening, or were celebrating too much.

  4. Re:I say.. on 64-Bit Rugrat Virus Emerges · · Score: 1

    You didn't finish! You forgot that you had to walk UP-hill 83 miles BACK from the sacred valley.

  5. Re:Got Evil? on Phatbot Author Arrested In Germany · · Score: 1

    Unless it's your *nix box that's been wiped out. Just because Windows is the most wide-spread os, doesn't mean it couldn't happen to yours. Will you be laughing then?

  6. Re:I Use X Windows on New Windows Worm on the Loose · · Score: 1

    I guess you don't know what FC1 is then.

  7. Re:I Use X Windows on New Windows Worm on the Loose · · Score: 1

    Nope, absolutely not! I've yet to see anything in Linux that is, except maybe "reboot". :)

  8. Re:I Use X Windows on New Windows Worm on the Loose · · Score: 1

    I'm using apt-get by Axel Thimm for my FC1 install running MythTV, not Debian. I'm not a big linux guy, so i appreciate all the work Axel does to keep it going.

  9. Re:I Use X Windows on New Windows Worm on the Loose · · Score: 5, Insightful

    oh yes:

    "emerge sync; emerge -uD --fetchonly world; emerge -uD world; etc-update"

    isn't kludgy in the least and very intuitive. I prefer "apt-get dist-upgrade" myself.

  10. Re:The way these scams work. on 419er Lost in Space · · Score: 1

    Remember the Wizard's First Rule: People are stupid.

  11. Re:email voice messages - linux on Design a Virtual Office with Open Source? · · Score: 1

    It's looks pretty interesting and powerful. It does show; however, that good programmers are not necessarily good UI designers... :)

  12. Re:T-Mobile is Reasonable on What's in Your Gadget Bag, Cory? · · Score: 1
    send email to simunlock@t-mobile.com

    Hmmm, i just tried it and received, "Unknown Recipient"
  13. Culture? on A Peek At Script Kiddie Culture · · Score: -1, Redundant

    ... or care to see?

  14. Re:MS Links Back to Slashdot on MSN Search Blocking Results For XFree86? · · Score: 1

    Or search for XFree86 Windows and the 1st choice is XFree86(TM): Home Page

  15. Re:This would be in America. right? on Cell-Phone Wars · · Score: 3, Informative

    To clarify, in most of America, there is signal, but not necessarily the signal you need. It might be the signal for a rival service provider that you can't get on. It's too fragmented to guarantee service for your phone everywhere.

  16. Re:Not such a big deal on Xbox 2 - The Price of Compatibility? · · Score: 1
    "...Connectix's VirtualPC technology..."


    Plus, since it's now "Microsoft's VirtualPC" technology, there's no licensing issues!
  17. Re:Electronic Textbooks on Ripoff 101: Gouging Students for Textbooks · · Score: 1

    And a degree mill is all I need. I have plenty of experience, a good job, but eventually will reach an artificial ceiling due to the lack of a piece of paper. So, I go to UoP, get my degree, and keep doing what I've been doing and maybe even pick up some few good business skills in the process. (Getting a buisness degree instead of IT). So, yes, UoP isn't great and their model has plenty of faults, but I'm 36, and I'm not in it to get a grand education.

    As far as worth a grain of salt; I suppose it matters who's doing the shaking.

    Cheers

  18. Re:A comment... on Recent Apt-Gettable Goodness From Ark, Conectiva · · Score: 1

    Done already. Copying M$ is copying Apple!

  19. Re:Occasional TV-Movie would be ideal on New Battlestar Galactica - Worth a Series? · · Score: 1

    I really loved the original, but I'm not a "purist" and kept and open mind. I really liked the new interpretation.

    I agree, a series of tv movies might be more feasible (and long lasting) than a mini-series. Sort of how they started "Crusade" after B5.

  20. Re:Insert some racist xenophibic comment here on China's Space Launch Near; Malaysia Wants One, Too · · Score: 1
    You're point is well taken, but I do take issue with one of your statements:

    • compared to the more messy NASA high tech experimentations that have gotten exactly nowhere
    That sure is assuming a lot. You are assuming that the researchers/scientists/whomever doesn't learn anything from failures. How would anyone get anywhere without trying and failing sometimes?
  21. Re:Huh? on When Word Processors Are Out: What's The Best Pen? · · Score: 1

    I knew someone out there didn't have a life. Count the word in the subject too.

  22. Re:Huh? on When Word Processors Are Out: What's The Best Pen? · · Score: 1

    You sure do infer a lot from his 9 words. Amazing!

  23. Re:A few things on VeriSign Shutting Down Site Finder · · Score: 1

    Dang. Well, at least it's $6 instead of $35. I'll have to think about switching to .org... I wish I had known that earlier!

  24. Re:A few things on VeriSign Shutting Down Site Finder · · Score: 2, Informative

    Forget that, transfer to GoDaddy.com for $7.75 and you get a one year extension. I've had no problem with them at all and have been only paying $9/year for my domains.

  25. Re:Posting on website wouldn't be enough on Dear Sir: Your Credit Card Number Has Been Owned · · Score: 1

    And if someone doesn't like reading the liberal press and ignores it? You're saying we should all rely on the wonderful press?