User: dissonant7

HomePNA 2.0

On: Hardware Manufacturers that Actively Support Linux?

Here's a story for you...

I have a LinkSys USB Phoneline 10mbs (HomePNA 2.0) network adapter. When I discovered there were no linux drivers for it (first on their website, then through emailing them), I decided to find out what the chipset was. The chipset is a Broadcom 4400. There are linux drivers for the 4400, but they are proprietary (Broadcom developed and owns them) and when I asked Broadcom for a copy, I was told they are only given to OEMs, and then only on request. Linksys hasn't bothered to request them, and neither has any other OEM that uses the 4400.

sigh

Church of Satan

On: Apple Deals with Devil, Communists

Actually, the Church of Satan, so far as I know, actually *does* (or at least used to) run on Apples. They even used to proudly advertise the fact on their web site with a parody of Apple's "Think Different" campaign featuring Anton LaVey (the Church's founder).

Re:Theomathematics

On: Apple Deals with Devil, Communists

Actually, "theomathematics" have been around in numerous religions for millenia, though it's usually called arithmosophy.

Re:It's as much IE as OS X

On: Mac OS X Slow for Web Browsing?

It'll be called OS-XI, pronounced by the faithful as "Oh-Sexy" and the non believers as "gross-icky".

Hope that helps.

Transfer across devices

On: Windows 'Longhorn' Kicks Off (On Paper)

With new features like seamless content transfer across devices, it looks like Longhorn will not just be Windows XP SE."

So does this mean that all the forthcoming MS worms will now be "seemlessly transferred" to my handheld devices? -;