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  1. Re:A good start on Microsoft To Run Linux On Azure · · Score: 2

    you must be new here

  2. Re:Easy. on FDA Backtracks On Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Proposal · · Score: 1

    No need :)

  3. Re:Easy. on FDA Backtracks On Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Proposal · · Score: 1

    Exactly :)
    Raw organic fruits and a little bit of green veggies (oragnic, of course) is all you need.

  4. Re:Scroogle on Scroogle Has Been Blocked · · Score: 1

    Too bad ixquick's search results suck.
    Not as much as the other search engines but they're far away from google's.

    A plus to using ixquick compared to SEs like http://www.ecosia.org/ is that they are ssl capable so you can use https://www.ixquick.com/ so nobody but them sees your search queries.

  5. Depends where you're connecting from on Keep SSH Sessions Active, Or Reconnect? · · Score: 1

    If you're connecting with putty it implies starting of from a risky platform.

    Otherwise it wouldn't make a big difference.
    With enough resources session keys can probably be replayed either way.

  6. Re:Yes, but... on Reducing One Amino Acid Could Increase Lifespan · · Score: 1

    Why so negative? :)

  7. Re:How long can they make it last? on Iran Slows Internet Access Before Student Protests · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The problem is that it doesn't matter how it looks.

  8. Re:News to me on Wikileaks Publishes 500,000 9/11 Pager Messages · · Score: 1

    That rule is for people that are to dumb to think of not disturbing other people with their constant texting, beeping and ringtone picking.

    It's already bad enough when you're feeling good. Imagine how sick people must feel.

  9. Re:I've worked with offshore coders on Russia's New Official Holiday — Programmer's Day · · Score: 1

    Why is that?
    In my experience, Indians are already washing themselves twice a day.

  10. Re:Vendor B on How a Router's Missed Range Check Nearly Crashed the Internet · · Score: 1

    lol :) Thanks I needed that.

  11. Re:Yay! Let's trade speed for dumb. on CoreBoot (LinuxBIOS) Can Boot Windows 7 Beta · · Score: 2, Funny

    3 seconds should be enough for anyone.

  12. Re:Teleportation? on First Secure Quantum Crypto Network Up and Running · · Score: 1

    You must be new here.

  13. Re:Not MacBooks on Toxic Fumes From Mac Pros? · · Score: 1

    I had the same thing and initially thought it was VMWare fusion.
    Everytime I started it up it would hang and needed a hard reboot.
    After a while I figured it was bad RAM, had it replaced and no more lockups.

    More OT: no it doesn't smell weird.
    It's one of the first gens bought in August 2006.
    Although it gets hot and my battery is fscked it still is a good machine.

  14. Re:Well that doesn't explain... on The Tiger Effect and Internet DDoS · · Score: 1

    hmm
    6mbps down, 512k up 35 Euro/month ($US 50 or so). in Belgium
    EDPnet

    And we're supposed to be the most expensive in Europe.

  15. Re:Tracerouted on Help Slashdot Test Our New Data Center · · Score: 2, Informative

    try mtr

  16. Publicity on Multitouch Gesture Patents Could Prevent Standardization · · Score: 1

    Nothing to see here, move along.

  17. Re:Expensive notebook on a plane? on Mossberg Reviews the Lenovo X300 Vs. MacBook Air · · Score: 1

    The 2800 was inclusive of VAT.

    I don't need 8 Dell's. :)
    They look like my Powerbook I bought in 2000.

    What makes this one special?

    One package to rule them all:
    - big screen 17", nice wide
    - built-in webcam, you don't know how handy it is until you have it
    - built to make things intuitive, no pieces in the wrong places, no searching for a thing (port, button) where it should be
    - OS X; although proprietary software (that's my only gripe) a nice "alternative" for X on Unix, a consistent UI.
    - the usuals: quality hardware, firewire 800, firewire 400, backlit keyboard, scrolling mousepad (yes the whole thing), ...
    - magsafe adapter (magnetic connection for poweradapter, when you pull the wire it nicely lets go without pulling the computer on the floor)

    So basically the Apple User Interface, hard and software.

    I've used linux exclusively (on my personal computers) for the last 10 years until 2006.
    When I bought it I was happy to see that things just worked together. Drag and drop between your gui and a terminal, ... things like that.

    And when I stop liking it, I'll just install linux/freebsd on it and I have a power beast :)

  18. Re:Expensive notebook on a plane? on Mossberg Reviews the Lenovo X300 Vs. MacBook Air · · Score: 2, Insightful

    no you wouldn't :)

    I've spent 2800 (well minus taxes) Euro on my MacBook Pro. I fly economy class.
    Business class is ridiculously expensive.
    Also laptops last longer than a flying business 2 times.

  19. Re:well, not effortlessly on RTF Vs. OOXML · · Score: 1

    Just give him an RTF and name it .doc.

    That's what I have been doing whenever someone required an MS word doc for the last 10 years.

  20. Re:expect anything different? on LANCOR v. OLPC Case Continues In Nigerian Court · · Score: 1

    You are actually reading your spam?

    What has the world come to. :)

  21. Re:Low UID? on Slashdot 10-Year Anniversary Charity Auction for the EFF · · Score: 1

    damned, but 16 won already :)

  22. Re:Queue the outraged moderates.. on In the UK, Possession of the Anarchist's Cookbook Is Terrorism · · Score: 1

    Actually, vegetarians have more stamina than carnivores.

    At least that's what I heard. :P

  23. Re:College kids on Apple Now Selling Better Than One Laptop In Six · · Score: 3, Funny

    What's up with buying a windows licence??
    Who in his/her right mind does that?

    Go to your favorite torrent side and download it, if it's only for playing games, who gives a shit?

    Djeez.

    Disclaimer: I only pay for decent software after testing it.
    Most decent software is free anyway.

    I just quit smoking :)

  24. Re:Three things. on How Would You Refocus Linux Development? · · Score: 1

    What are you missing in "Terminal.app"?

  25. Re:Why can nnot simply the unused channels been sh on Sri Lankan Terrorists Hack Satellite · · Score: 1

    It's a bit risky to turn on and off equipment on a satellite.
    If it breaks they lose it.