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  1. Re:What's Hapening on New Theory Explains Periodic Mass Extinctions · · Score: 1

    We've got about 12 million dollars to the peak of the effect. We don't know when it would start, or increase enough to start having an effect.
    Dollars? :)

  2. Re:In other news, a team from.. on Möbius Strip Riddle Solved · · Score: 1

    Nolars? Are those neeth? :)

  3. Re:Check this out on Identify Galaxies Using Spare Wetware Cycles · · Score: 1

    The beginning of a collision between two spiral or MAYYYYYYBE elliptical galaxies. Very cool.

  4. In a word, on Congress Debating "No-Work" Database · · Score: 1

    No. No. No. No. No. Not a good idea. The potential for misuse is astounding, and the potential benefit is miniscule.

  5. Re:Fixed! -not! on Critical Security Hole in Linux Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    Also, current FC uses yumupdatesd. However, if you are running stock Fedora, you are not running MadWifi, as Fedora will not distribute it due to licensing issues, AFAIK. You only need MadWifi if you have an Atheros-based NIC (there's an exhaustive list at madwifi.org). If not, don't worry about it. Disclaimer: Fedora maintainer and madwifi user.

  6. Yes, but. . . on Is KDE 4.0 the Holy Grail of Desktops? · · Score: 4, Funny

    . . .does it run on Emacs?

  7. Re:It Won't Go Anywhere on Dresses Made from Wine · · Score: 1

    Oh, man, though. Two words: Argen tina. Some of the best red you'll ever have. Malbec. $6 a bottle. OMFG is it good with a nicely done steak.

  8. Re:In other news. . . on New Mexico Might Declare Pluto a Planet · · Score: 1

    No, no, not Heart, Earth, Wind and Fire! :)

  9. From the bottom of the page: on Marvin Minsky On AI · · Score: 1

    An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. -- Albert Camus

  10. Re:Real transformation on 12 Crackpot Ideas That Could Transform Tech · · Score: 1

    Remote graphical apps with no huge b/w hit? http://freenx.berlios.de/ http://www.nomachine.com/

  11. Re:contest to be the "John Dean" of 2008 on John Edwards' Campaign Enters Second Life · · Score: 1

    You mean Howard Dean. :) John Dean is someone else entirely. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dean

  12. Re:Obama is far to the right of the American peopl on Obama Announces for President, Boosts Broadband · · Score: 1

    I live in that district too. What town are you referring to?

  13. Re:I like it on Fedora Project to Help Revitalize RPM · · Score: 1

    Agreed. There's a minor segfault bug with the current FC6 rpm, but I expect it'll get worked out soo, and it only affects low-memory machines. Plus, yum makes running your own local repo dead simple. Given my bandwidth, and the fact that I run several machines, I really appreciate that.

  14. Re:Illinois on Democrats Take House, Senate Undecided · · Score: 1

    All he did was buy a 10-ft strip of a property adjacent to his new house to expand his yard. The seller happened to be an individual under indictment, but as I understand the price was near-market, so there's nothing untoward about the transaction. Still, he regrets it, which serves only to emphasize his integrity.

  15. Re:Actually it's 45.6 Mb on Firefox 2.0 Posted a Day Early · · Score: 1

    To split hairs, bits are not solely abstract. They are primarily so, to be sure, but they are physically measurable in all their forms. Disk? Patterns of magnetism. RAM? Transistor state. Network? Current state. Fiber? Photon patterns. Paper? ASCII text or images.
    As such, I think SI ought to apply.

  16. Re:Remember, Forbes is a business pub, not technic on Will Stallman Kill the "Linux Revolution?" · · Score: 1

    Or, try a current distro. On Fedora Core 5, running GnuCash is as complicated as "yum install gnucash". WINE requires mastery of "yum install wine". It's highly technical, so be sure to have a trained professional nearby in case you have problems. (rolls eyes)

  17. Re:Confusing title? on Google Gets Slack with Software Updates · · Score: 1

    I would have gone with something like Sensible Management Of Overhead Calms Headaches, or SMOOCH. ;)

  18. Confusing title? on Google Gets Slack with Software Updates · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm sure I'm not the only one who immediately thought of this, am I?
    I'd have chosen something else, even at the risk of it sounding ridiculous.
    Like one of my projects, for example.

  19. What about Fibonaci day? on The Next Three Days are the x86 Days · · Score: 1

    11:23:58 13/21/34? Oh, wait, that's unpossible.

  20. Re:ISP's and Open Ports on Sophos Reveals Latest Spam-Relaying Countries · · Score: 1

    Not going to work. Some people legitimately need to run an email server. That's why I use Speakeasy, because I have complete freedom. That said, pushing the freedom all the way to the end user also pushes the onus for security to the end user, but that's where it should be anyway. I'm not sacrificing freedom for "security". (sound familiar? :))

  21. Thong on Strange iPod Accessories · · Score: 0

    I dunno. . .it was *sorta* what I thought! ;)

  22. Cool! on GnuCash 2.0.0 Released · · Score: 1

    I'm curious to try it out. Anyone have screenshots of the new GTK2-y goodness?

  23. Re:Most schools use macs in MA on Microsoft, Massachusetts, and IT · · Score: 1
    n reality, with linux you can't simply set it up and leave it.

    Ahh, I see you've never actually *run* Linux.

  24. I advise a mixed approach on Agent-based or Agent-less Network Monitoring · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I use agents on the few where it's really critical that I be alerted to adverse conditions, say, low disk space, high load, etc. The rest I can jsut check TCP services and be done with it.

  25. Re:Here's a hint... on New Worm Starts Munching MSN Users · · Score: 1

    Doo DING dong DING! :)