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  1. Re:WindowMaker on History Of The NeXT Platform · · Score: 1

    Yeah after using Enlightenment, GNOME, KDE, Ion, went on a console only kick for a while I think I found a desktop I like. I saw OS X and was like this is pretty, saw the dock and was like isn't that nifty, discovered its NeXT origins, found Windowmaker and GNUstep. I realized that it wasn't the prettiness that attracted me to OS X (although that helps) it is the almighty Dock. All hail the Dock. The Dock and the up/down scroll buttons right next to each other. Why doesn't everyone do that?

  2. Re:Very sad on AOL Lays Off 50 Netscape Coders · · Score: 1

    ISPs who used Netscape used to put it on their install CD. The same could be done with IE. I mean AOL has enough CDs hanging about in the local Circuit City. Either that or have MS (not that I really like this idea) be forced to put both browsers on thje desktop or let OEMs decide which default browser to install. Its not that big of a problem actually.

  3. Re:If... on AOL Lays Off 50 Netscape Coders · · Score: 1

    Well the dropping IE part already happened...

  4. Re:the sims... on Game Makers Aren't Chasing Women · · Score: 1

    she also plays some sports games geared for little kids (I don't recall the title).

    Backyard Baseball / Football / $SPORT ?

  5. Re:Poking a few holes on How to Legally Infuriate the RIAA? · · Score: 1

    Because the cahce sites are paying the $0.07 per listener or whatever?

  6. Re:That is true. on Naming Your Character In RPGs? · · Score: 1

    Please don't feed the trolls.

  7. Re:Simple test on Repel Bugs With Your Cell Phone · · Score: 2, Funny

    You don't know many boy scouts do you?

  8. Re:Ragnar�k on Thailand Imposes Gamers Curfew · · Score: 1

    No actually, it's Ragnarok. Cause you see well, its a Korean MMORPG, and thats how they spell the name of their game.

  9. Re:Do you know what on Thailand Imposes Gamers Curfew · · Score: 1

    It reminds me of that new GB game that forces you to go outside to collect sunlight. You could have a game that required dosing with soapy water every 24 hours or something.

  10. Re:This is bad how? on Thailand Imposes Gamers Curfew · · Score: 1

    *Applause* That just barely skirts the line between troll / sarcasm / and insight. I love it. Go PhysicsGenius, go!

  11. Re:Are the subcontractors fully aware.. on Trustworthy Software For The NSA? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Isn't it time for the obSecurity through obscurity comment? Also, I don't think he's worried so much about a foreign developer getting a spontaneous urge to modify code because he just found out it was headed to the NSA, but rather foreign governments discovering where the software went and setting up spy developers to go mess with the code. (insert backdoors, whathave you).

  12. Re:What do you use python for? on Text Processing in Python · · Score: 1

    I would say the whole whitespace part of the syntax can be a weakness at times...but thats more of a stylistic thing then anything else.

  13. Re:Yay! on X11 in ASCII · · Score: 1

    it does work in a console window

  14. Re:Save the eye candy on Menu Shadows in GTK2 · · Score: 1

    Just one little piece, of info, you can have X-style focus models, if you install MS's tweakui control panel applet.

  15. Re:Yay! on X11 in ASCII · · Score: 1

    mplayer -vo aa

  16. Re:Excellent. on Government Information Awareness · · Score: 1

    I see the phonetic simularity, but as someone who has read both the stand and the eyes of the dragon, i'm having difficulty making the connection you're suggesting. could you maybe point out an example from either book so i know what you mean?

  17. Re:I'm just waiting on Modchip Designer Taunts Microsoft · · Score: 1

    I believe they called them "Dreamcasts". Can't play DVDs though.

  18. Re:Ironic... Give me a break folks. on Dreamworks, Sinbad & Linux · · Score: 1

    Huh? Will someone please mod that down.

  19. Re:Ironic... Give me a break folks. on Dreamworks, Sinbad & Linux · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Sadly, I think I would actually watch Channel 54.

  20. Re:aren't these just parodies on Tanya Grotter and the Magic Double Bass · · Score: 1

    Squaresoft might have something to say about that...

  21. Re:aren't these just parodies on Tanya Grotter and the Magic Double Bass · · Score: 1

    Well, I thought it was funny. If I had mod points...

  22. Re:aren't these just parodies on Tanya Grotter and the Magic Double Bass · · Score: 1

    Have fun transliterating "muggle" into the cyrillic alphabet.

  23. You still have to break out the solder on X-Box Hackers Trying to Blackmail Microsoft? · · Score: 1

    whupdee doo. This isn't any more frightening to MS than modchips I'm sure. As others have said before me, these guys are just digging their own graves. I mean if it was a pure software exploit, that didn't require any game, then great. But this is just slightly less effort (well maybe more effort) then a modchip and you still have to open the XBox.

  24. Re:Probably not the KVM, more likely it's X on Making Mouse Wheels Work w/ a KVM? · · Score: 1

    *sigh* did you actually read the question? He says that the wheel works fine when plugged directly into the box. This isn't some "I'm a newbie who doesn't know about ZAxisMapping" question, he obviously knows how to configure X.

  25. Re:ZyNot ? on Zynot Foundation Forks Gentoo · · Score: 1
    apt-get source package
    cd package
    dpkg-buildpackage
    dpkg -i package

    Admittedly, a couple more steps then emrege package but tits there if you really want it.