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  1. comparison site?? on What is the Best Calendar? · · Score: 1

    Does anyone know if there exists a site which would provide a fairly comprehensive comparison of calendaring / groupware / collaboration software such as http://www.cmsmatrix.org/ provides for CMS solutions?

  2. I'd be happy to test this theory... on New Model Solves Grandfather Paradox · · Score: 1

    If only someone would finally get me a flux capacitor for Father's Day.

  3. Re:Privledged on Thunderbird 0.9 Released · · Score: 1

    File -> Compact Folders

  4. Re:Proof is in the Pudding on PC Magazine Reviews Firefox, Opera · · Score: 1
    [quote] [[/. should have an easy way to reference wikipedia articles]] [/quote]

    Actually, I do something that accomplishes pretty much the same thing. In my Firefox Bookmark Toolbar, I made a bookmark button that calls Wikipedia with this URL (all one line - blatantly stolen from Merriam Webster web site):

    javascript:Qr=document.getSelection();if(!Qr){vo id(Qr=prompt('Enter word to find in Wikipedia:',''))}if(Qr)location.href='http://en.wi kipedia.org/wiki/'+escape(Qr)+' '

    Then, when I spot something while reading something on the web, I highlight the word or phrase and click my Wikipedia button and am instantly transported to the correct Wikipedia page. It works really slick.

  5. Re:Further Testing on NVidia Releases Linux Drivers Supporting 4K Stacks · · Score: 1

    I'm the guy in the Fedora list who found the incompatibility with xawtv. There is a command line workaround but it's not ideal.

    xawtv -remote -noxv
    will allow xawtv to function but not in overlay mode. In other words, the screen can't be made full size and it also takes a bit more CPU horsepower to run.

    And I discovered that xawdecode suffers the same fate as xawtv.

  6. been there, done that on Building A Homebrew Robotic Lawnmower? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Just copy the technology behind this one:
    Robomow

  7. h.323 for all on Cross-Platform VoIP Software? · · Score: 2, Informative

    All of these will interoperate. They get tricky when used behind NAT. The best option I have found in that case is to use a gatekeeper.

    Gnomemeeting for Linux

    OphoneX for OS X

    Netmeeting for Windows

  8. insurance rates on Meteorite Crashes Through New Zealand Roof · · Score: 1

    I suppose the cost meteorite damage insurance will now go through the roof in NZ.

  9. Re:That's a change of pace... on Microsoft Backs Out Of Wi-Fi Equipment Market · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'm pretty sure that they left the Bob market some time ago.

  10. Fedora is pretty complete on First Ten Programs on New Install? · · Score: 1

    My latest favorite distro - Fedora - is pretty complete already meaning I don't have to install very many other apps. Of the ones missing, I'd say the most important to me are
    Synaptic
    Firefox
    Gkrellm
    Gentoo (file manager)
    Audacity
    Java and other plugins

  11. doubts on Linux's Achilles Heel Apparently Revealed · · Score: 1

    Ignore for a moment the obvious baiting in Langa's article. He's such a shill it's not even funny. Forget that he didn't even try a Redhat based distro for his experiment (Red Hat, Fedora, Mandrake, etc). Forget all that. Is it possible that there is such a mainstream sound card, embedded or not, that has such problems being recognized by Linux? I'm skeptical considering he didn't even name the card.

  12. lies, damn lies, statistics on The Full Outsourcing Discussion · · Score: 1

    I would like to know the source of his trade figures.

    I don't think he can go around spouting numbers without attribution any more that I can get away with saying that 83% of NYT columnists are liberal.

  13. Re:spelling? on Thyne Oldest Known Tech Manual · · Score: 1
    When I first read the intro I was thinking "Wow! What are the odds that there was a guy named Chauncer who lived in approximately the same era as Chaucer? And with the same first name, no less! Probably astronomical."

    And this Chauncer guy is just as difficult to read as his similarly named counterpart.

  14. Unlucky SOB on Ernie Ball - Model For Open-Source Transition? · · Score: 1

    OMG, what if Ernie Ball happens to be the guy SCO chooses to send a bill to? Poor guy will probably jump off a cliff...

  15. improving morale (DIY) on Improving Company Morale? · · Score: 1

    The book "Zapp! The Lightning of Empowerment" by William Byham might have benefitted me more during management training than any other single source especially as it relates to morale boosting.

  16. Re:What? on HDTV via GNU Radio · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh. Well, that certainly clears things up...

  17. Re:Hypertext was invented in 1945 on BT Pushing Hyperlink Patent · · Score: 1

    Interesting article. The example of patent lawyers participating in the concept of 'associative indexing' is more than a little ironic.