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  1. Re:Very stupid thinking... on IBM Dropping Laptop Linux Support · · Score: 3, Funny

    yeah, and the admins of THOSE servers are exactly the kind of people who are gonna want to run (*)*n*x on their laptop. i mean, if IBM gave you 10 linux preloaded Thinkpads with every million-dollar installation what do you think the average serverfarm sysadmin would feel about a preferred supplier?

  2. Re:ThinkPad Schminkpad on IBM Dropping Laptop Linux Support · · Score: 1

    get yourself a PS2, and you need never use Windows again!

  3. Re:Your ISP on LindowsOS Softens Microsoft-Compatibility Claim · · Score: 1

    I'm not, actually - I'm on an E-1 directly into Globix, we get superb network performance as a general rule, but I have no idea what proxies - if any - I'm using here.

  4. Re:Australia on "Living robot" Escapes Lab, Makes It To...Parking Lot · · Score: 1

    science? we bloody invented it, mate.

  5. Re:Run away Car on "Living robot" Escapes Lab, Makes It To...Parking Lot · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    WORST POST EVER

  6. Re:Your ISP on LindowsOS Softens Microsoft-Compatibility Claim · · Score: 1

    that's the kind of performance enhancement I can do without - I'll be getting yesterdays BBC news pages next

  7. Re:OT: Sig on LindowsOS Softens Microsoft-Compatibility Claim · · Score: 1

    only the most powerful scanners actually make your head explode. Jesus, everyone knows that!

  8. Re:Refresh on LindowsOS Softens Microsoft-Compatibility Claim · · Score: 1

    ...actually worked - I REALLY WAS looking at an old page - Christ knows where it was coming from, as I'd never been to Wal Mart before. I'd only just linked to the site from desktoplinux.com 5minutes before seeing the Slashdot story. Very strange. My apologies, the story seems to be true, most of the COMMENTS OTOH are bollocks as usual.

  9. no, it hasn't on LindowsOS Softens Microsoft-Compatibility Claim · · Score: 0, Troll

    I justlooked at the Wal Mart page and the phrase in question was still there. Therefore this story is bollocks.

  10. Re:Update changes your homepage... on MSIE 5.2 for Mac OS X Released · · Score: 1

    does no-one else use Netscape 6? I use browsers under OSX in the following oreder of preference:- Omniweb 4.1, Netscape 6.2.2, Chimera 0.3, Opera, IE. Netscape 6.2 is really a pretty solid browser for OSX, I rarely find a perverted-code site it can't deal with.

  11. THREE NIL on 3D TV For The Masses? · · Score: 1

    nuff said

  12. Re:You've got the right vision... on How Yoda Became an Action Star · · Score: 1

    Oh, I can fill you in about Mr. Partridge easily. Alan Gordon Partridge was born in 1594 in King's Lynn. His first break came with hospital radio, but he left after arguments with patients. He is a leading campaigner against the pedestrianisation of Norwich city centre.

    After five years on radio Norwich as drive-time's Traffic buster, he became resident sports reporter on "The Day Today", but left. In 1994 he launched a new dimension in chat with "Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge" which transferred to TV the following year. the show received massive critical acclaim from Bella magazine. Alan challenged the 'Chatus Quo' by accidentally shooting a man dead, live on air.

    Alan has the 4:30-7:30am slot on Radio Norwich 106.5 FM and recently presented a promotional video for Hamilton's Waterbreaks directed by Steve Bennet.

  13. Re:Lucas, Lucas... on How Yoda Became an Action Star · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    what you're failing to see is that anyone with a wig as ludicrous a Lucas sports MUST be a complete arsehole. He's admitted to clinicing his film for Christ's sake! Do you think the Cohen brothers clinic their films? What a wanker!

  14. Re:You've got the right vision... on How Yoda Became an Action Star · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    come on then, explain your position on the apostrophe to me - I can't possibly imagine what your sig means and it's finally worn me down

  15. Re:British perspective on UK Government Expands Spying Powers · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    are you actually sleepwalking right this instant? Sleep-posting to Slashdot? Wow!

  16. Re:If you think this applies to you on UK Government Expands Spying Powers · · Score: 1

    do you honestly think that they follow even THEIR OWN rules? A trifle naiive, no?

  17. Re:British perspective on UK Government Expands Spying Powers · · Score: 1

    the Bill of Rights didn't stop Bush STEALING the presidency in full view of the world's media did it? Money talks, bills of "rights" aren't worth much.

  18. Re:hm, good idea... on PC Users Switch to Apple · · Score: 1

    it might work for Linux, but who's gonna pay the advertising bill? open source developers gonna club together the pocket money that their parents give them? Or maybe they'll wash Dad's car or even mow next door's lawn... :-]

  19. Re:I have to say... on PC Users Switch to Apple · · Score: 2

    that's just not true - you definitely get more CPU power for your money if you build yourself a PC. I'm a big Apple fan, but I also have homebuilt PCs that can really make a dent in some big jobs while I carry on using my main Mac.

  20. Re:Hammer's final name on First Benchmarks of AMD Hammer Prototype · · Score: 1

    cultural imperialism?

  21. Re:But what kind of data connection do they get 25 on Garage Tinkerers Claim Wireless Last-Mile Solution · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Your dancing should be classed as an offensive weapon. I think it's given me post traumatic stress disorder.

  22. Re:So the real questions now... on Garage Tinkerers Claim Wireless Last-Mile Solution · · Score: 1

    If she's hot, she'll probably be much more interested in a new air conditioner than wireless internet access.

  23. Re:Idiotic numbering scheme on AMD Introduces the Athlon XP 2200+ · · Score: 2, Informative

    You're wrong about that. AMD made it quite clear when they introduced the PR figure that it related to the performance/Mhz of their previous generation Athlon (the Thunderbird) rather than any Intel CPU. Therefore an Athlon XP 2200 should perform equivalently to an Athlon T'Bird @ 2200Mhz - which would not have been possible seeing as the T'Bird 1400 cranked out even more heat than an XP 2100 (1733Mhz). It's still a dumb system, but at least it has a consistent INTERNAL logic.

  24. Re:Killer handwriting recognition? The Simpsons sa on Ideal PDA Feature Wishlist? · · Score: 1

    very funny (as usual) but not reminiscent of my experience with a Newton MP 2100. Not perfect, but pretty fucking amazingly good. I've got that little Simpsons clip as a QT movie along with another with another where Bart says to Milhouse "whaddya doin' Milhouse, just puttin' it in your newton?" Groenig MUST have had one

  25. Re:PDA features on Ideal PDA Feature Wishlist? · · Score: 1

    moof!