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  1. Re:Here! on World's First True Blue Rose, Thanks to Biotech · · Score: 1

    that picture looks colorized after it was taken. I believe the current breed of blue roses aren't yet as bright in color as the red ones are. This picture is to be taken with a grain of salt.

  2. my girlfriend will love the sound of this article. on Doom Forecasted for World of Warcraft · · Score: 1

    I bought the game when it came out. And she's dying for me to quit it.

  3. Re:Obligatory on Modified Prius gets up to 180 Miles Per Gallon · · Score: 1

    all measures have been calculated at a 321K temperature.

  4. doesn't it suck when... on Tiger Woods Signs Deal To Be Apple Spokeperson · · Score: 4, Funny
    april fools jokes are written with more professionalism than real stories?

    I can't wait till we go back to dupes and typos again.

    I hate april 1st. Worst day of the year.

  5. Re:You can tell it's an April Fool's Joke... on Man Sells Baby to Pay for Gadgets · · Score: 1

    just wait a little. The story will be read off another site and the editors will have forgotten it was their joke, link it back here and we'll once again have a dupe.

  6. Re:I would buy a Mac... on Return of the Mac · · Score: 1
    do you have a weight problem in your family?

    Sorry...

  7. Re:for crying out loud!! on Gnome Removed From Slackware · · Score: 1

    so what's your point? Maybe you aren't familiar with Dropline-Gnome? It's a full fledged system. It installs Gnome and extras on top of Slack. I'm sure Pat doesn't "support" lots of software which runs just fine on slack. I don't get your point.

  8. for crying out loud!! on Gnome Removed From Slackware · · Score: 5, Informative
    This doesn't mean the end of Gnome on Slackware! Dropline Gnome is so popular on Slack that Pat doesn't see the need to support gnome anymore. Anyways if you look at other now very popular distros you'll see that many only support just one Desktop Environment. Why should Pat bother because his Gnome version was always overwritten by something more current anyways (see dropline-gnome).

    I don't see what the big deal is. If other distros can become so popular without supporting everything and build a very strong community around that streamlining concept I don't see what is wrong with Slack doing the same thing. Pat is making the right decision in only supporting one DE.

    PS: yes I know some religious Gnome fan boy will come and try to comment on my post and say that I'm just a KDE fan spewing his views. Except I'm a gnome fan too.

  9. I have a technical question. Kinda offtopic. on Comprehensive Guide to the Windows Paging File · · Score: 1

    I noticed that my swap was getting full even though I had ram available under Ubuntu. I tested "swapoff -a" then "swapon -a" and my ram got used up while my swap was empty. Anyone know of a better way to ask the kernel to use the ram instead of the disk? Or am I dumb to even try this in the first place?

  10. hard to say. on Making the Transition to University? · · Score: 1
    I took a 2 year course to be on the market in time for the dot-com period (I saw it coming) instead of going to university. I had the chance to travel through Europe (worked in Paris and Lyon and travelled all over Europe on my free time). I even travelled to Egypt. Mind you I was getting over paid at the time for my skill set and today it would be a different matter. Since the dot-crash I wouldn't do it because the money I would make wouldn't make it worthwhile and I couldn't travel as far and wide.

    Best experience of my life though. But unplanned things occured in my life and I'm finding it harder and harder to set myself to go back to studies. The more time goes by the harder it is to decide to go back.

    Did that help? If not, know that you'll most likely have this dilemna later on if you do go travel.

  11. this goes to show that MS is scared of OSS on Microsoft Partially Opens Proprietary XML Format · · Score: 2, Insightful

    specifically of GPLed software. They are putting loads of effort to get around that but GPL software is creeping up everywhere and they don't know how to stop it.

  12. what about battery time on these? on PSP Launch Coverage · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I can't seem to find any benchmark on this.

  13. Re:your sig on Adobe Acrobat Toolbar Worse than Malware? · · Score: 1

    the air force is only part of the military. Not the whole military. Go to http://www.army.mil to see what I mean.

  14. Re:No. on Ubuntu and UserLinux to Combine? · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure I understant that "rowing the boat together" methaphor. What is Ubuntu doing wrong exactly?

  15. Re:Why? on Debian Leaders: We Need to Release More Often · · Score: 1

    that actually makes sense. Debian sets out to be everything at once atm. But it would make sense to be the best base for specialized distributions by being "unstable", a sort of compendium of things which can/should be on linux. Then other distros can choose to snapshot, bugfix/add/repair and distribute to answer a specific "market" need. If you look at Ubuntu, it's what it did and this is the reason it is so popular. It used a great basis and built upon it.

  16. Re:Why, I've already seen my words in print! on Lessig Revises Book With Public Wiki · · Score: 1

    I think it only counts as print if you get frist post! :)

  17. What is flawed with CSS2? on CSS Support Could Be IE7's Weakest Link · · Score: 1

    Is it a technical flaw or just something which doesn't fit the current MS business model for IE?

  18. Re:Example of two factor authentication on MS to Trade Passwords for 2-Factor Authentication · · Score: 1
    you type in your username, your password, and a little device takes a snapshot of your face to make sure it is you.

    A password + snapshot or eye scan or DNA scan is a two factor authentication.

  19. Re:Pan wheel... on Apple Developing Two-Button Mouse · · Score: 1

    I thought he was referring to his computer when he used the term "girlfriend".

  20. To those shocked by the headline... on Torvalds Switches to a Mac · · Score: -1, Redundant

    FROM THE ARTICLE:

    Torvald's response came quickly and succinctly. "My main machine these days is a dual 2GHz G5 (aka PowerPC 970) - it's physically a regular Apple Mac, although it obviously only runs Linux, so I don't think you can call it a Mac any more ;)" he said.

  21. I believe emphasis shouldn't be on OSS but... on Open Source Advocacy The Right Way · · Score: 1

    on formats people use and the shackled they accept in their every day lives. If we show people that they are stuck paying expensive fees or pirating to use their computers they'll be more interested in hearing about alternatives.

  22. Re:Terrible list, almost nothing older than 20 yea on Top 100 Gadgets of All Time · · Score: 1

    it doesn't solve the problem. It just gets rid of it. A big difference.

  23. Re:Price not surprising at all. on 100,000 Domains Sold for $164 Million · · Score: 1

    if you are unhappy with whatismyip.com you can always use .org which is cleaner and simpler :)

  24. Re:Terrible list, almost nothing older than 20 yea on Top 100 Gadgets of All Time · · Score: 1

    you know society has a problem when the repeating rifle is considered an important gadget.

  25. Re:Funny... Microsoft must be paying for these on Review: Halo 2 And The MagicBox XFPS · · Score: 1

    well this wasn't just a small mention, it was a lengthy and in depth segment.