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  1. I was planning to go... on HOPE Conference Gets Wozniak, Mitnick, Biafra · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ...but the US Government scaring me, and the cost involved prevents me from doing it.

    I hope to see people from HOPE/2600 out in Germany at Christmas though.

  2. Re:Anecdotes are not statistics on iTMS Europe: 800,000 Tracks In A Week · · Score: 0

    Most of the people I know can't install iTunes; many others won't.

    Of the ones I know that will, far more own PCs than Macs, but a fair amount own Macs... heck, my crazy uncle has a friend still using an Amiga.

    People I know are a fairly good cross section of society, I think.

  3. I'd be interested to see the Windows/Mac breakdown on iTMS Europe: 800,000 Tracks In A Week · · Score: 5, Interesting

    A lot of people on here were doubting that the UK has much of a Macintosh userbase.

    Of the people I know who've used iTMS AND BOUGHT SOMETHING, about half are Mac users and half aren't.

    I know a lot more Windows users who've installed it though.

  4. In other news... on Amorphous Steel · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Apple announced the new Amorphous PowerBook G5 19", with 1Gb RAM and 100Gb HD.

  5. What is the best Free Software CMS? on RFP For OSCOM.4 With ApacheTracks · · Score: 1

    That can actually be used by non-tech users, easily?

    I've played with most of them from opensourcecms.com and I've not liked them much. Plone seems alright, and Wordpress is perhaps the finest blogging tool in the world, but what else is there?

    It must be able to produce XHTML that validates.

  6. My rules of online-gaming on Koster's Laws Of Online Gaming Revisited · · Score: 0, Troll

    a) At any one time, you'll be playing against at least three, and likely five stinking thirteen year old kids, who talk in l33tsp33k and haven't seen the outside for a while.

    2) No matter what speed your connection, the game will be slow and laggy and therefore, annoying.

    d) All the real games players are playing LAN games anyway.

  7. perhaps what we need... on When Think Tanks Attack · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ...is some Free Software using Institutes to come out against Windows and proprietary software.

    I'm sure funding for this could be had from IBM, HP, Red Hat, etc...

  8. Re:This will sound bad on Call For A New Default Theme For Mozilla Sunbird · · Score: 1

    Couldn't agree more. I think "Mozilla" is a well known name now... why not Mozilla Browser: The Firefox, Mozilla Calendar: The Sunbird, Mozilla Mail: The Thunderbird, etc?

  9. From the article... on Wild 2 Comet Analyzed · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...it has left astronomers at JPL astounded at an object that has no known peers in the solar system

    I keep saying, it's the giant bird that Rick Moranis has launched onto the world, but whenever I post about it, it gets modded down. It's a conspiracy I tell you.

  10. Re:what a stupid article on The Mythical Man-Month Revisited · · Score: 1

    Er.. we're all controlled by computers. Haven't you seen that documentary? The Matrix!

  11. Re:Am I the only one... on The Mythical Man-Month Revisited · · Score: 1

    That's what I need... a decent synopsis of the book.

    Barnes and Noble's website couldn't offer that as far as I could see...

    Thanks

  12. Re:Switch to the metric month! on The Mythical Man-Month Revisited · · Score: 1

    "I stand corrected" - said the man in the orthapedic shoes.

  13. Re:Am I the only one... on The Mythical Man-Month Revisited · · Score: 1

    Must just be me then. :(

  14. Re:My Thoughts on The Mythical Man-Month Revisited · · Score: 1

    Didn't Microsoft say that C++ was still the best way to develop for Windows?

    I'm doing C# mostly now.

  15. Re:Switch to the metric month! on The Mythical Man-Month Revisited · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now, if only Swatch would come out with a metric time piece.

    Psh. Real geeks use binary.

  16. Am I the only one... on The Mythical Man-Month Revisited · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ...who'd never heard of this book?

    Maybe I'm just uneducated, or maybe it's an American thing... here in England, we probably have dozens of books that are unknown anywhere else.

  17. Re:Breaking News on Surfing on a Surfboard · · Score: 3, Funny

    Shortly followed by Google Toolbar for Surfboards..

    mmm, imagine a beowulf cluster of those. ;)

  18. Re:The Truth About Hotmail on Slashback: Munich, Harlan, Alacrity · · Score: 1

    I'll give away any invites I get too: macboy@gmail.com

  19. Ultimate Insensitive Clod! on Spammer Apologizes · · Score: 2, Funny

    He never apologised to me.

    In Soviet Russia, Canada Spams YOU!

  20. Re:Since this is an Apple product on iTunes Europe Goes Live · · Score: 3, Informative

    To be fair, you can buy a new Mac for 550UKP

  21. Re:Exchange Rates on iTunes Europe Goes Live · · Score: 1

    He's also a former chat show host, who was fired from the BBC earlier this year for making anti-Arab comments in a Sunday taboid newspaper.

    His show was well known for starting with two bizarre and often unrelated questions, and you can create your own questions on the joke site http://www.robertkilroysilk.com/

  22. Re:Gggrrrrrrr!!!!! on iTunes Europe Goes Live · · Score: 1
  23. Re:oh well on iTunes Europe Goes Live · · Score: 1

    Anybody know what's going on with DNS today??

    Rick Moranis has launched a bird to destroy humanity. It ate DNS.

  24. Re:No OS9 support on iTunes Europe Goes Live · · Score: 1

    How come you're not on OS X yet? You've had years.

  25. Re:Windows 98 + iTunes on iTunes Europe Goes Live · · Score: 1

    Latest version of QuickTime runs on 98, so I bet there's some significant reason why.