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  1. Re:Working in the Navy on Swearing at Work is Bleeping Good For You · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's not gay if it's underway was the rule I heard ;)

  2. Re:Amarok again on Syncing Music Players In Linux? · · Score: 1

    It shouldn't rescan every time you start it... try this:

    Settings -> Configure Amarok -> Collection -> [ ] Watch folders for changes.

    With that cleared it shouldn't try to rescan each time - if you do add/delete/change some songs, you can hit Tools -> Rescan Collection (which does take a while).

  3. Re:Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot. on Hilary Rosen Gripes About iPod, iTMS · · Score: 4, Funny

    I completely agree... and because simply laughing at it did not seem to do it proper justice, I actually went to the fridge and got a glass of milk, just to have something to snarf when I read it.

    Thank you Rei.

  4. Re:It wipes off too easily on Credit card signatures: Useless? · · Score: 1

    I use a Sharpie to sign mine. It lasts for at least a year.

  5. Re:I sometimes describe myself... on A Savant Explains His Abilities · · Score: 1

    Questions to test the "Slashvant":

    1) How many bowls of hot grits would it take to cover a naked, petrified Natalie Portman?
    2) How many free ipods in a beowulf cluster would it take to equal the same computing power as yourself?
    3) What comes before 3. Profit!!

  6. Re:I have always been curious on Decrypting Kryptos · · Score: 1

    Christmas should be capitalized.

    I didn't finish reading the rest of your post, I hope it got better after that.

  7. Re:/. article is a troll on Sun's COO Pretends Linux Belongs To Red Hat · · Score: 1
    Ah, excellent point... after some googling, I found this:

    At the same time, Kusnetzky notes that Apple is barely a blip in the operating system market, falling into the "other" category in a Unix segment that accounted for just 10.6% of overall server operating environments in 2003. Meanwhile, Windows held a 58% share, while paid shipments of Linux accounted for 23% of the worldwide market. Apple also is trying to compete in a 64-bit server market dominated by Sun, which has about 35% of the arena. IBM and HP are behind Sun, with about 12% market share, according to IDC.

    I also found some other numbers that indicate that Q3 2004, Apple shipped 13k Xserves, while Sun shipped 65k servers in Q2... Of course compared to HP/Dell/IBM who shipped 1,038,000 servers, that seems to indicate that while Sun shouldn't worry about Apple, the "Big 3" shouldn't worry about Sun.
  8. Re:/. article is a troll on Sun's COO Pretends Linux Belongs To Red Hat · · Score: 1

    Such as OSX Server running on an 1U dual G5? Yep, they make 'em. I've never played with it, but my Mac-geek friends tell me it's a pretty impressive setup.

  9. Re:What gives...? on Everquest 2 Launches · · Score: 2, Informative

    I think you have your games pretty seriously mixed up... Dragon Warrior is *not* EQ. EQ[12] is a massively multiplayer game, and has never run on anything other than a PC. There is a spinoff for the PS2... but thats another story.

  10. System Shock on Humor in Games? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The first one... the elevators played, well, elevator music. "The Girl from Ipanema" specifically.

  11. Re:I was wondering why it seemed down. on The Votemaster Is...Andrew Tanenbaum · · Score: 1
    From 12 Oct (my emphasis).
    The site has had technical problems repeatedly in the past several days and has been down several times. I didn't want to discuss this, but I don't want anyone to think the problem was an incompetent hosting service. Just the opposite. The site has been subjected to a full-scale, well-organized, massive attack with the clear intention to bring it down. The attackers have tried repeatedly to break in, but the server is a rock-solid Linux system which has stood up to everything they threw at it and hasn't crashed since I got it in May. While our troops are fighting and dying to bring freedom of speech to the Iraqi people, there are forces in America who find this concept no longer applicable to America. I don't know who is behind this attack yet (although we are working it), but it is too professional to be some teenager working from a home PC. Given that all the hate mail and threats I get come entirely from Republicans, I can make an educated guess which side is trying to silence me, but I won't say. And I won't surrender to cyberterrorists.
  12. Re:more dem agendas.... on Bush Website Blocked Outside N. America · · Score: 1

    How exactly is this a "dem agenda?"

    Is it true that GeorgeWBush.com rejects foriegn ips?

    Yes.

    I hardly think that the Democrats made this happen. And to quote, well, you, "yknow, maybe some things really are what they appear to be..."

  13. Re:5 Hours? on XM Portable Satellite Radio Receiver with Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    Don't forget there is a terrestrial signal too... my XMPCR works fine inside my office. YMMV of course; I don't know where all the ground stations are, and you may not be near one.

  14. Re:On the other hand... on Would John Kerry Defang the DMCA? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Bush is at least being honest about the situation when he says that he doesn't know if there will be an end to terrorist acts. Kerry just throws out a blanket statement that he's going to end terrorism.

    You're giving your best shot, long hours, all your brainpower, to win a war that we're going to win. President Bush - Speech to CIA

    We will win this war. President Bush - State of the Union Address

    Today at the Legion I said, "We're winning the war on terror, and we will win the war on terror." There's no doubt in my mind, so long as this country stays resolved and strong and determined. President Bush - Interview with Rush Limbaugh

  15. Re:It's all been done before...(not a complete dup on XM Radio Hacked by Car Computer Hobbyists · · Score: 3, Informative

    Not a dupe.

    The other stories you linked to are regarding the xmpcr which is no longer available.

    This story is about an interface hack that allows you to use XM radio units originally intended for use in a car on your computer.

  16. To those who say that Nvidia is the answer... on ATI Updates Linux Drivers · · Score: 1

    For the most part, you are correct. However, check here to read about people that have the same issues with nvidia as most do with ati. Nvidia works great on 2 of 3 of my machines, but on the third, it doesn't work at all, and nvidia won't respond to bug reports, nor say, "Yes, there is a problem with some chipsets, we are working on it." Yeah, I'll still buy an nvidia card next time around, just because it will *probably* work better.

  17. Re:I don't get this on Secret Service Seeks Indymedia Logs · · Score: 1

    Actually "wronged" is the wrong word here, sorry. Maybe "who thinks they are being wronged" would be more correct.

  18. Re:I don't get this on Secret Service Seeks Indymedia Logs · · Score: 1

    The you don't get the ACLU. The ACLU really doesn't care who is being wronged. They even defend the KKK as free speech is free speech no matter what anyone is saying.

  19. Re:Think minimalistically on Surviving College With Gear And Sanity Intact? · · Score: 1

    Right... that way two people can steal everything you own in one trip.

    Actually it would work if you ran a cable lock thru the inside of the foot locker, and around something quasi-permanant in the room.

  20. Re:I am Sick Of 'Instant' Messanging on How Google Could Overthrow AIM · · Score: 1

    Can you show me what one of these messages would look like? Just to prove the concept.

    Thanks!

  21. Re:The size of Boulder... on Two New Saturnian Moons · · Score: 1

    No, look more closely... those are turtles.

  22. Re:This is wrong on Todd Need[ed] a Liver · · Score: 1

    Um... because he was going to die. I don't think he gave a shit about the owner of the advertising medium.

  23. Could not be reached... on Hackers, Public Differ Greatly On E-voting · · Score: 1

    83% of the experts said e-voting is less or much less secure against election tampering than paper ballots ...

    The 17 employees of Diebold who attended DEFCON and Black Hat could not be reached for comment.

  24. Re:It gets a little overboard too on Tour De France Showcases Multitude Of Tech · · Score: 1

    You've never lived in a dorm, have you?

  25. Re:Aren't they non-profit already?? on Gentoo Officially Not-For-Profit · · Score: 1

    Sorry, any other typo I can take... but Guinness has two 'n's, and in the context above, that misspelling could be considered blasphemy.