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  1. So where's the real "a" ? Ah, at the liquor store on Shmoo Group Finds Exploit For non-IE Browsers · · Score: 1

    Not amazing, but a way to see what exactly the evil ukrainian(?) 'a' is.. paste the URL into a term or something that doesnt support those char's:

    p\u0430ypal.com

    Also, checking this out now on firefox on freebsd at home, it is indeed noticible to (me, a geek) however at the con on a mac osx laptop with (i think firefox, could have had safari open) it was not at all noticeable, unless you would copy and paste the URL into a term.

  2. Re:Don't tape your dorm. on Surviving College With Gear And Sanity Intact? · · Score: 1

    And hope they only steal the laptop, and not the nice server that motion is running on, that would be a pitty :)

  3. Re:Ooh! Bad comparisons... on Linux vs. Windows: What's The Difference? · · Score: 1

    Because Redhat and SuSE are the only distros of linux out there.
    Oh, and you do need to buy them from your local Best Buy, instead of downloading them off the internet at home, or from a local library or school with a high speed connection. How about the BSD's?

  4. Re:An important difference on Linux vs. Windows: What's The Difference? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    # your choice of how your desktop environment looks themes? Okay, windows themes- It's like repainting, or maybe residing and roofing your house, but the frame and structure is the same. *nix window managers- Its more like completely rebuilding the way your house looks and feels.. lego-style - you can change every aspect instead of just some colors and minute visual aspects.

  5. Re:An important difference on Linux vs. Windows: What's The Difference? · · Score: 1

    last time i checked.. cygwin was GNU, so how does that make windows prevail? using linux (essentially) within windows.. makes windows the winner? without linux, you wouldnt be able to run linux within windows... so windows loses this one...