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  1. Two Reeves on Keanu Reeves as Superman · · Score: 1

    That would be both Steve from the early TV show, and Chris, from the movies. There was a similar stink, if I remember, about Chris being chosen for his last name, as well. I believe Steve committed suicide during Superman's television heyday

  2. Re:Mandrake and Gentoo on Interview With Gaël Duval of Mandrake Linux · · Score: 1

    Yeah, except that it F***ing broke itself yesterday on an emerge rsync, and now nothing works...

  3. Re:to quote Donkey... on MySQL 4 - Is it Stable? · · Score: 1

    That is f**kin' hilarious, man. Anyway, take a look at my sig and you will know what my current favorite movie is. From Thailand Dan

  4. Re:How about making education a priority. on Open Source in Government · · Score: 1

    I know a lot of guys that are doing just this, to massively drop long term costs. Minimize admin time. Keep the networks from being taken over. Do you mean that this same teacher who set up the RH DHCP server can't just go to download.com or whatever and do the same thing under Win9x?

  5. Re:to quote Donkey... on MySQL 4 - Is it Stable? · · Score: 1

    I think donkey is the one that says it stinks, and if you don't believe me you can check my sig!!
    Anyway, are you saying MySQL stinks or goes fast? I'm confused (but now on topic):)

  6. Re:Windows and the Hidden CLI on GUIs for Everyone · · Score: 1

    , dude,

  7. Re: Is Linux on the Desktop Dead? on Lycoris Desktop/LX update 2 Released · · Score: 1

    >Tap water (if they have a tap in the house) is undrinkable,
    >electricity is still spotty and paved roads are still years away.
    Hey, but the sign in front of the water department on Prachacheun Road (in Bangkok) says "Namprapagindai," or "You can drink the tap water." Of course no one does or seems to believe them, but that's another matter.
    From your analogy, does that mean that you could use Linux on the desktop, but no one believes that you can? I think so, and so do many others here in Thailand, which is why I'm taking the RH7.2 based Thai distro "Linux TLE" and merging it with the RH7.2 based thin client distro "K12LTSP." Maybe we can change the piracy rate in Thailand.

  8. Normal? on Research: File Traders And Music Purchasing · · Score: 1

    I want to know where the normal group is. What percentage of ALL 12-17 year olds have not purchased a CD in the last twelve months. Without knowing that, we can make no conclusions whatsoever. I know that I wetn almost my whole teen years without purchasing an album (and, yes, there were CDs back then).

  9. Re:Cult!! on Forbes on Linux · · Score: 1

    Since I looked at in Lynx, I didn't even see a graphic. That would have made it so much funnier.

  10. Great for teaching English on Using Video CDs For Education · · Score: 1

    This is why, for my English courses for primary aged children, set to open in October, all the students receive flashcard, an audio CD, a video CD, and a CD full of web applications, all for reinforcing the English taught in class. It seems to be hitting a nerve among parents.

  11. Cult? on Forbes on Linux · · Score: 1

    The title on that page says "Forbes: The Cult of Linux (2 of 6)" What does that say about it?

  12. Re:freedom of association on John Gilmore Sues Ashcroft et al. for Freedom to Travel · · Score: 1

    You know what? I think the airlines requiring this kind of thing is not new, and perfectly legit, but when it becomes a federal regulation, it MUST be questioned. The airlines have no choice in this: they CAN NOT choose to allow you to pass. The market can drive this bus, baby. The feds have the wheel.

  13. Expired Passport on John Gilmore Sues Ashcroft et al. for Freedom to Travel · · Score: 1

    You should have explained to him that a US Passport, even expired or cancelled, is valid identification for everything else in the US, including employment. Hell, I have three expired / cancelled / something else passports in addition to my valid one right now, as I am abroad and paranoid as hell about having it stolen or lost

  14. Re:regarding GPL'ing music on Results of the Commerce Dept's DRM Workshop · · Score: 1

    If there were no stealing of ideas, there would be no "Nymph's Reply to a Shepard," one the all time great poems.
    Dan

  15. Re:Too Bad... on The Importance of Being Debian · · Score: 1

    I've been trying to install Gentoo off a dialup connnection for the last week. I think it's just you. Every time some package along the way to KDE won't compile. Always a different one, though. At least it's interesting.

  16. Re:Slashdot censorship makes baby jesus cry on The Importance of Being Debian · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just checked my info for the first time in probably a month and have to ask, when was my karma changed from "16" to "positive?"

  17. Re:Explanation, sorta on Clockless Computing · · Score: 1

    I don't know ... MY motherboard runs at 220V 50MHz, but maybe my neighbor ... no, I'm pretty sure his does, too.

  18. Re:Tux's Witnesses? on The Age of Aggressive Linux Advocacy Is Upon Us? · · Score: 1

    Does that make Linus "The Son of Tux?"

  19. Re:you are paying for IE on The Age of Aggressive Linux Advocacy Is Upon Us? · · Score: 1

    I don't live in the US anymore, but when I did, McDs had another product called the All American Meal. It was a happy meal without the toy (becuse of senior citizens, I believe), and, yes, it cost less than the Happy meal.

  20. Re:So, what *UX flavors have good Norwegian suppor on Norwegian Government Expires Microsoft Contract · · Score: 1

    If the hardware MuUST change enventually, then why is it that I just bought 12 P133s for my computer lab? www.ltsp.org www.k12ltsp.org

  21. Re:apt-rpm on Ximian Desktop Installer, Red Carpet, and MonkeyTalk · · Score: 1

    The apt-get uprgrade from RH7.2 will be incomplete. Much of the material will actually be KDE2 with the kde2-compat module installed. I tried for a month to fake out apt-get so that I could install kdeedu for my school, but it had no success. If you are using RH7.3, the story might be different, but I ended up doing exactly what you always do -- upgrade the distro (this time to Gentoo)

  22. Re:Norton Blows on Slashback: OpenSSH, Bio, Timeliness · · Score: 1

    This, of course, assumes that you are not in Thailand at a university which openly supports installing the cracked version. Maybe I'm a dumbass, maybe not: care to come find out? I'll set you up with some fine women!

  23. Re:Norton Blows on Slashback: OpenSSH, Bio, Timeliness · · Score: 1

    Man, I just wrote a little bash script to parse the update homepage and wget. Took about 5 minutes. Cron job and, voila. No subscription needed.

  24. Re:Biblical "truth" on Evidence Found of Lake, Catastrophic Flood on Mars · · Score: 1

    I am not a Christian, so I am going to answer this as a linguist:
    >Well, you can't have it both ways.
    You can, however, present two possibilities, both of which meet the criteria you mentioned.
    >As it sits right now, the word ancient Greek word that has been translated as "day", meaning "a 24 hour period". Certainly that is the interpretation that is commonly accepted.
    The original language of genesis is ancient Hebrew, with no written vowels. That bears little resemblance to New Testament era Greek. Hebrew was a very concrete language and not precise, while Greek was the language of science (and still is, 2000 years later)
    In the same way, Christians who believe in the disciples' accounts, also believe that those original conversations occurred in Aramaic, and not Greek. This leads to a translation difficulty.
    Translation is much like quantum physics: you can either know velocity or location, but not both. In translation, you must always make the trade-off between literal meaning and global meaning. Words carry with them years of social context, which you cannot translate. So, you choose to translate word for word when the message may contain code or a specific play on words, and by sentence or paragraph or maybe even paraphrase when the general meaning is more important. Those trade-offs occurred when (if) taking Jesus' words in Aramaic and putting them into New Testament Greek. It is no suprise that, even if every account were true, the emphases were different during the translation.
    As you can probably tell, I find biblical translation very interesting. I would probably also find the translation process of the Koran or the teachings of Buddha equally interesting, but the amount of literature available in English (my first language) is not the same. It is an effort that people devote their whole lives to, painstakingly going over each word choice in committee, while I just translate a 150 page doctoral thesis in a couple of weeks.

  25. Re:And plenty of code space for more. on Evidence Found of Lake, Catastrophic Flood on Mars · · Score: 1

    I'm going to assume that you live in the US, because of the Portland reference. Freedom of speech is just that: it is not freedom to listen to what you want. No one has a right to come into your home and say whatever they want, but the traditional understanding of the right to free speech is specifically to air unpopular beliefs, be they political or religious. I know that the constitution is mangled to death every day in America (heck, try living in a monarchy), so please don't rebut me about current practices. Freedom of speech was given to ensure the free exchange of ideas, whether you want to hear them or not. You are also "free" to close your ears. In short, what you want to hear is not important to the constitution of the US