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  1. Redundant mods dying - Hope it is soon! on Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.1 Cancelled · · Score: 1

    Soviet Russia, Beowulf, 1-2-3 Profit, and "insensitive clod" posts will be modded Redundant. Be original.

    Havent you heard? Redundant mods are dying! One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered "Redundant" community when IDC confirmed that the number of "Redundant" mods have dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction of 1 percent of all moderations.
    "Redundant" moderators have proven to be redundant.

  2. Re:Complete history on StarOffice 7, GNOME-Office 1.0 Released · · Score: 1

    ENOENT remarked
    "StarOffice is based on OpenOffice.org, which is based on StarOffice.
    Around and around we go!"


    rampant mac reacted:
    "StarOffice is based on OpenOffice which is based on StarOffice ...
    I'm confused."


    Confused? You wont be after this episode of Geek Soap.

    The software programm suites -Star Office (version 6 and after); -StarSuite; -OpenOffice.org
    are all based upon the OpenOffice.org source code (open source),
    based upon the StarOffice 5(.2) code,
    which was "open sourced" by SUN Microsystems,
    after Sun acquired Star Division, the (german) maker(s) of StarOffice.

  3. Re:How about an MS Access alternative? on IBM To Publish Java Office Suite · · Score: 1

    IBM already has a Pure Java database in Cloudscape (www.cloudscape.com).

    However when checking the page, i was informed:

    Please bookmark this page.
    ( http://www-3.ibm.com/software/data/cloudscape/ )
    The automatic redirect from www.cloudscape.com will end on December 31, 2002.

  4. Re:What's the plural of virus? on Bugbear Windows Virus Making the Rounds · · Score: 1

    As BugDruid "Now, I'm not even a native English speaker, but ..."

    Dirtside claimed:
    "... overgeneralizing word construction is a common geek thing to do with language (cf. box/boxen, ... Unix/Unices ... or my favorite, mongoose/polygoose)"

    So, doesnt everyone know that the english plural of mongoose should be mongeese ?

  5. Re:WordPerfect on New OpenOffice.org-Based Office Suite · · Score: 1

    mstyne, in your first reaction "Re:WordPerfect",
    you wrote:
    I'm going to look into both this and the original Open Office, as my Star Office 6.0 Beta is slated to expire in June.

    After i responded, you wrote:
    Actually, the StarOffice 6.0 Beta DID expire about a month ago. ... I had to download a patch to extend it a couple months. Also, Sun plans on charging for Star Office 6.0, so I could care less when they release it, I won't be buying it.

    Can i seem some contradictions here?

    In fact it was clearly announced that the beta version would expire after March 31.
    For me that was reason, 15 days before the expiration date, to uninstall StarOffice and install OpenOffice (641B or 641C then). A day later i heared that Sun had released the "patch".

  6. Re:WordPerfect on New OpenOffice.org-Based Office Suite · · Score: 1

    I'm going to look into ... this ... as my Star Office 6.0 Beta is slated to expire in June.

    They wont just let StarOffice 6.0 beta die before the release of StarOffice 6.0.
    (and, anyway, OpenOffice.org 1.0 will be released before that time.)

    I'm going to look into both this and the original Open Office ...

    I do think that (if you are not finnish) Sod Office will not deliver you more than the plain OpenOffice.org (1.0 due to be released in may??). If you would try another variety of OpenOffice/StarOffice, I would suggest you to look into Beonex ( http://www.beonex.com/ and http://www.beonex.org/ ).
    Beonex is completely open source (which seems not to be so for StarOffice and for SOD Office).

  7. remote kill ? on Wireless, GPS-Loaded 'Bait Car' Traps Thieves · · Score: 1

    "captainClassLoader writes:
    ... car, loaded with wireless surveillance gear, a remote kill switch and GPS ... as 'bait' for car thieves.
    ... they've just made their first bust with the vehicle.
    "

    So, are the thieves killed or are they arrested ?

  8. Re:I demand to see the source! on KDE 3.0 Beta 2 is out · · Score: 1

    ... Galian or Mozzila, Opera, ...

    I think you must mean:
    ... Gallian, Mozzila, Oppirra ...

  9. Re:aluminum ? on Aluminum Server Case Review · · Score: 1

    > some childhood trauma ... sesame street?

    Well, I wouldnt be surprised anymore.
    I recently read that one of the lieutenants of Bin Laden, one Evil Bert,
    is also one of the stars in Sesame Street.

  10. review of 4 Al-cases on Aluminum Server Case Review · · Score: 2, Informative

    There is a review of 4 cases
    - Coolermaster ATC-200, Coolermaster ATC-201-SX, Lian Li PC-60, Lian Li PC-61 -
    in dutch and in english at:
    http://www.mcdos.nl/consumenten/paginas/nieuws/c oo lerkasten.htm
    (from: GamePC, 21 April, 2001).

    one quote:
    "The ATC-200 still stands as one of the best aluminium cases on the market,
    despite being more than a year old."
    So, by now, it is at least one and a half year old allready!

  11. Re:Overheating indicator on Aluminum Server Case Review · · Score: 1

    > Can you imagine that baby burning? .....
    > Sid: What's that white fire in your room? .....
    > Boom

    Isnt that with Kalium (Potassium, K)?
    now that would be interesting .....

  12. aluminum ? on Aluminum Server Case Review · · Score: 1

    I know what aluminium is, and i guess everyone kmows. But what the hell is "aluminum"?