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  1. Re:IE on Unix no longer supported on Mozilla Rising ... As A Platform · · Score: 1

    Interesting. I wonder if they fired Randy Chapman and others who were working on it?
    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO -8859 -1&q=randy+chapman+internet+explorer+microsoft

  2. Re:Hmmm... on Larry Wall On Perl, Religion, and... · · Score: 1

    "This whole concept can all be traced back to free will, not just that of humans, but that of natural processes."

    So tornadoes are some form of..Evil Clouds?

  3. Re:Hmmm... on Larry Wall On Perl, Religion, and... · · Score: 1

    It's nice God wants to be friends. But He's got a mean streak a mile wide (see below). I want him to get some counseling (or Prozac prescription) before I get serious. I just can't see much of a joyfilled relationship in this:
    Exodus 32

    And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.

    28 And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.

  4. KDE on a 486? on Wireless Pedal Power Computing in Laos · · Score: 1

    "The team in Rochester is hard at work localising Linux and the KDE environment for the Lao language"

    I like using KDE, but I don't think it would be useable on a 486...good luck to them regardless.

  5. Re:Cool stuff on Arcade Meets LAN party · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I thought Biggie was from the East Coast? Didn't he get killed in revenge for Tupac's getting killed? Help me out..I would look on google, but I'm too lazy at the moment.

  6. huzzah for DDR on A Beginner's Guide to the Dance Dance Phenomena · · Score: 1

    Anything that gets peoples' fat asses out of their chairs is to be applauded. My only concern is noise; don't want to disturb my downstairs neighbors. Does anyone know of a good way to dampen the stomping?

  7. Re:Warning on Medicine for a Sick Linux Box · · Score: 1

    Consult physician if dizziness occurs.

  8. Re:infrastructure on Did MS Lobbying Stop NSA Work On SELinux? · · Score: 1
    >First off, that's inaccurate. Quote your source.

    your parent post is correct..

    Prisoners in US : 1,585,401 (number one in the world; USA, USA! woo!)


    Prisoners in China : 1,236,534


    (note that China has about FOUR TIMES as big a population).

    >Even if it were true, it tells me nothing about
    >human rights. What it tells me is that we have
    >lots of violent criminals in the US.

    First off, that's inaccurate. Quote your source. What it tells me is that we have a lot of nonviolent drug offenders in the US.

  9. Re:To serve and protect whom? on Did MS Lobbying Stop NSA Work On SELinux? · · Score: 1

    So Microsoft has to compete with the NSA. Tough. Please, show me where in the Constitution it says that private corporations enjoy the right not to be competed against by government.

  10. Re:Yup, more pork barrel spending. on A Maglev Train System for Florida? · · Score: 1

    Yes, and the MORE LANES that you ADDED will FILL UP again in another year.

  11. Re:dimpled chad on A Maglev Train System for Florida? · · Score: 1

    Pretty funny, but if they're into Satan and God and keeping Mexicans off the lawn, wouldn't they vote...Republican?

  12. Re:Read Microsoft's page ... on Ballmer Admits 'Linux Changed Our Game' · · Score: 1

    1. take hard drive out.
    2. bang forcefully against table edge repeatedly.
    3. reinstall.
    4. hopefully you will see NIS and NFS in network neighbourhood.

    hope this helps!!

  13. Re:WWF! on Will Earth Expire By 2050? · · Score: 3, Funny

    WWF has now confirmed : Earth Is Dying

    Yet another crippling bombshell hit the beleaguered Earth community when the WWF confirmed that the Earth will be uninhabitable by 2050. Coming on the heels of a recent National Academy of Sciences report that the average temperature has risen yet again, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. The Earth is collapsing in complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by failing dead last in the recent Galaxy-Wide species diversity test.

    You don't need to be a Kreskin [amdest.com] to predict Earth's future. The hand writing is on the wall: Earth faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for Earth because Earth is dying. Things are looking very bad for Earth. As many of us are already aware, Earth continues to lose species. Extinction flows like a river of blood.

    The rainforest habitats are the most endangered of them all, having lost 93% of their area. The sudden and unpleasant departures of long time species black rhino and tiger only serve to underscore the point more clearly. There can no longer be any doubt: Earth is dying.

    Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers.

    Earth leader Bush states that there are 7000 species left. How many mammals are there? Let's see. The number of mammal versus amphibian posts on Usenet is roughly in ratio of 5 to 1. Therefore there are about 7000/5 = 1400 mammal species. Rainforest reptile posts on Usenet are about half of the volume of amphibian posts. Therefore there are about 700 rainforest reptiles. A recent article put mammals at about 80 percent of the species market. Therefore there are (7000+1400+700)*4 = 36400 mammal species. This is consistent with the number of mammal Usenet posts.

    Due to the troubles of the rainforests, abysmal slash and burn agriculture, the drug war and so on, Columbian rainforests went out of business and was taken over by Brazilian rainforests who sell another troubled rainforests to international logging interests. Now Thai forests are also dead, its corpse turned over to yet another charnel house.

    All major surveys show that Earth has steadily declined in wilderness and species. Earth is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If Earth is to survive at all it will be among human dilettante dabblers. Earth continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, Earth is dead.

  14. Re:Still no KDE3 debs on KDEvelopers on KDE Users · · Score: 0

    gentoo's had kde3 for months now.

  15. Re:Hence they've been in a recession for 20 years. on Why Japan Gets the Cool Stuff · · Score: 0

    "Laying off workers allows them to bee freed up for more productive work."

    They were always free to leave to do more productive work. They didn't need to be laid off to be "allowed" to do that. Maybe instead of an unemployment rate we should have a "freed up" rate. Yay, the freed up rate is high!

  16. toshiba sells linux on their laptops, too on Why Japan Gets the Cool Stuff · · Score: 0

    He forgot to mention that Toshiba will sell you a dual-boot Linux and Windows laptop.

    Just another way that technology is ahead in Japan.

  17. Re:Hence they've been in a recession for 20 years. on Why Japan Gets the Cool Stuff · · Score: 0

    Haha, that's funny. "A whole nation of Enrons". As if Enron was the *only* big American company that self-destructed. I wonder if these American consultants teach accounting over in Japan (shudder!)

  18. Re:Where are you going with it? on Options for Adults with Renewed Interest in Math? · · Score: 0

    this is a good answer from Belloc...
    -Euclid, Appolonius, Descartes..I like the Dover Editions the best...

  19. Re:It's LAWYER. on Does Drawing on Experience Infringe on Other's IP? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wow, is this elementary school?

    Say a few other words slowly...
    "ought"...hear the g?
    "know"...hear the k?

  20. Re:RPM haters need to get a life on Is RPM Doomed? · · Score: 1
    I grew to hate RPM's after a while. My normal mode of installation became installing Redhat or Mandrake, choosing Workstation, and then installing source in the normal way (./configure && make && make install). It wasn't ideal, but it was better than fighting with RPM. Then I discovered Gentoo. No more need to hate or even care about RPM.

    Yeah, I could have gotten a life, but why, when we have Gentoo?

  21. Re:First post on IMSAI Series Two · · Score: 1
    Marxism has now confirmed: Capitalism is dying.


    Yet another crippling bombshell hit the beleaguered bourgeoisie when
    Das Kapital confirmed that the rate of profit tends to fall
    leading to crisis, war and the ultimate destruction of the capitalism
    system. Coming on the heels of the latest economic data showing that
    the US is entering a deep recession, this news serves to reinforce
    what we've know all along. Capitalism is collapsing in complete disarray,
    as further exemplified by failing dead last in the recent Economist comprehensive survey.


    You don't need to be a Lenin to predict capitalism's future. The hand
    writing is on the wall: capitalism faces a bleak future. In fact there
    won't be any future at for capitalism because capitalism is dying. Things
    are looking very bad for capitalism. As many of us are already aware
    surplus value (S) is redistributed among individual capitals by
    competition leading to an average rate of profit (r) relative to the
    organic composition of capital. In order to improve their position
    individual capitalism must increase their production of surplus value;
    either by increasing the length of working day, but this has
    physiological limits or by increasing the constant capital used but
    this leads to a fall in the average rate of profit.

    Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers.
    Capitalist leader George W Bush states that there 7000 capitalists.
    How about members of the proletariat are there? Let's see. The number
    of proletariats in America is roughly 200 million. Therefore
    there are about 100000 workers which for each person with an
    interest in capitalism. A recent article put the petty bourgeoisie at
    a rapidly declining proportion of the population. This is consistent
    with the predictions of the communist manifesto.
    Due to the troubles of British imperialism, two world wars and so on,
    European capitalism went out of business and was taken over by Yankee
    imperialism who were also in trouble. Now US imperialism is also dead,
    its venality and corruption exposed by its own creation, radical
    Islam.


    All major surveys show that capitalism has steadily declined in credibility.
    Capitalism is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very
    dim. If capitalism is to survive at all it will be as a fascist
    dictatorship. Capitalism continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could
    save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, capitalism is
    dead.


    Fact : Capitalism is dying.

  22. Re:Java is not unlike C++ on Java Meets XP: Two Reviews · · Score: 1

    What's deterministic scope-based destruction? Something to do with interaction with exceptions?

    I like your very subtle sarcasm there, btw...(since C++ has all of those, and Java has none of them, AFAIK..)

  23. Re:What about Counter-Counter offers? on Is it Wrong to Accept an Employment Counter-Offer? · · Score: 1

    Cool, one of those solar/methane hybrids I've heard so much about. What's your Miles Per Bean Burrito?

  24. Re:About atheism on Moshe Bar on Programming, Society, and Religion · · Score: 1

    why did he lay me off then?

    it wasn't just you. God needed to reassure His investors that he was 1) reducing his burn rate, 2) focusing on profitable markets. Unfortunately, your position was not serving one of those markets. I hear Shiva and Odin are hiring, though!

  25. Re:this is a MSXSL tutorial, not a XSLT tutorial on XML Namespaces and How They Affect XPath and XSLT · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the link. I had no idea that Xalan was embedding javascript too. Still seems wrong to me, to embed a complicated full-blown language (Javascript or VBScript) into a simple language (XSLT).