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  1. Re:What if you are privately gay? on Did We Lose the Privacy War? · · Score: 1

    Thank you for providing a concrete example. I agree with many here that living publicly is a great end goal, but some things must sometimes by private, and we need to have that means. I'm pretty out there in terms of what you can find out about me. But for a few things, you better crack my keys. :)

  2. Re:Has RTF been fixed? on OpenOffice 3.2 Released · · Score: 1

    Odd. My experience has been totally different. I've not had it mangle a document in about 7 years.

  3. Re:HTTP1.1 multipart/byteranges and off-port HTTP on FCC's Net Neutrality Plan Blocks BitTorrent · · Score: 2, Insightful

    FOSS can be for pay. See RHEL. The F in FOSS is Free as in Speech, as well as in Beer. Yes, ideally, we all want "as in beer" as well, but it's not required for it to be FOSS.

  4. Re:Ha! on Newsday Gets 35 Subscriptions To Pay Web Site · · Score: 1

    That's why I read Newsweek. It's slower than the tubes, but the writing, both in the big stories and the columnists, is top notch. I miss Anna Quindlen, though,

  5. Re:two possible futures now cut shorter.... on Universe Closer To Heat Death Than Once Thought · · Score: 1

    Moot.

  6. "Claims 132,000+"??? on SQL Injection Attack Claims 132,000+ · · Score: 1

    That makes it sound like people died of SQL injection. . .

  7. Re:Crossing the Streams on LHC Has First Collisions After Years of Waiting · · Score: 1

    I hope they don't go 3 wide into turn 4. That'd be a nightmare.

  8. Re:How was life possible without it? on OpenSSH Going Strong After 10 Years With Release of v5.3 · · Score: 1
  9. Re:Ah Good 'ol United States on Global Warming To Be Put On Trial? · · Score: 1

    Why is doing absolutely nothing better?

  10. Re:Heaven's Gate? on Avatar, Has Sci-fi Found Its Heaven's Gate? · · Score: 1

    I think that makes an important point about the 1980 movie. :)

  11. Re:A phone with X11 and apt? on Nokia Leaks Phone With Full GNU/Linux Distribution · · Score: 1

    Mr. Ballmer? Is that you?

  12. Re:More to the Story? on Verizon Sued After Tech Punches Customer In Face · · Score: 2, Funny

    That explains why I had to choose a login and password for the website, voicemail PIN, and safe word. . .

  13. Re:They wouldn't have arrested her on Woman With Police-Monitoring Blog Arrested · · Score: 1

    I think it was more that she's lucky that one cop didn't react poorly and shoot her, not that she's lucky the cops as a group didn't decide to "deal with her" by shooting her. I suspect it was more an indictment of human (male) psychology than of cops in general. This jibes with my experiences. Cops, in general, are wonderful. But there are occasional nutjobs, like in any profession, and cops carry guns. . .

  14. Re:Oh, the hypocrisy on EFF Says Burning Man Usurps Digital Rights · · Score: 1

    I hear this all the time. I don't give a crap what you say. I support your right to say it. I also reserve the right to disagree. This isn't really a free speech issue, as it's a private event. Museums and art galleries frequently ban photography. While the transfer of ownership is dubious at best, they do have the right to ban photography outright. Do I think it's a dumb idea to do so? Absolutely. Attendee pix are all I really know of BM, and from that I'd kinda like to go someday. If that goes away, so does tons of free advertising. BMO are being idiots.

  15. Re:Direct benefits, no; indirect, yes on NASA Wants To Fund Space Taxis · · Score: 1

    Full disclosure: I'm a computer engineer, from a family of engineers. I also went to Space Camp. Twice.

    Sooooooooo jealous. :)

  16. Re:False logic for fingering the "target" on Twitter, Facebook DDoS Attack Targeted One User · · Score: 1

    No, no, it's MyFaceTubes.

  17. Re:Who is hitting it that hard? on Twitter Offline Due To DDoS · · Score: 1

    Or possibly Dean Kamen?

  18. Re:Netbooks are not as powerful on Microsoft Acknowledges Linux Threat To Windows · · Score: 1

    The XFCE or LXDE Fedora spins would be perfect on a netbook.

  19. Re:Even the nerds hate sysadmins on 10th Annual System Administrator Appreciation Day · · Score: 1

    I can code *and* fix hardware and OS issues. What the hell am I supposed to be doing? :)

  20. Re:I was already worried about CentOS/RHEL on CentOS Project Administrator Goes AWOL · · Score: 1

    Um. . .sounds like Fedora would be right up your alley.

  21. Re:No No No! on Using Sound Waves For Outpatient Neurosurgery · · Score: 1

    Somebody mod this man up. Way up.

    Kudos and thanks for your unusually circumspect and long-term thinking, and for bringing it to /.. And best of luck in finding better treatment. I suffer from chronic pain myself, though not as bad (yet) and not for as long.

  22. Hmm on Huge Unidentified Organic Blob Floating Around Alaska · · Score: 1

    I wonder if a bog got trapped in a glacier, and then got thawed out or fell off in an iceberg. Can't wait to see the results.

  23. Re:Next step on Eye In the Sky For City Crime Fighting · · Score: 1

    I'm not unanimous means what you think it means.

  24. Re:Oh my... on Experimental Video Game Evolves Its Own Content · · Score: 1

    Hmm. So, basically, college? :)

  25. Re:Encryption on Fedora 11 Is Now Available · · Score: 1

    Yup, on F-10. Hassle-free, and I can even get into it with a Livecd if I hose the machine and know the passphrase.