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  1. Re:For those who don't want to subscribe - the tex on Consumer Electronics Industry: Linux is the Future · · Score: 2, Informative

    Or you could click on the Reuters link instead of the NYTimes one.

  2. Re:Spell checker on Mozilla 1.5 Beta Released · · Score: 1

    Yeah that's one of the things I really like about Safari.

  3. Re:42 == Tea for two on How About A Cup Of The Answer To Everything? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hmm... earl grey tea. Maybe that's how an old bald guy can kick the borg's collective ass.

  4. Re:If you don't comply with Big Blue... on SCO Says IBM is Beating Up on Them · · Score: 2, Informative

    I think BeOS and even hobby OS projects like AtheOS can count their user bases at least over a thousand.

  5. Re:Debian not recommended on RMS on SCO, Distributions, DRM · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Wow, I didn't know RMS posted on Slashdot.

  6. Re:That's nice, but... on XFree86 Fork Gets a Name, Website · · Score: 1

    Do you really want your windowing system to end up like Slashdot?

  7. Re:Python on Guido van Rossum Interviewed · · Score: 1

    To just start learning, python's website is a good starting point. it has a lot of good beinner resources.

  8. Re:Recommending Apple on Recommend Apple, Lose Your Job? · · Score: 1

    Just recomend G5s and mention that IBM makes the CPU.

  9. Re:Time out! on Gentoo 1.4 Final Released · · Score: 1

    Is it not possible to start a thread on any issue without including 150 posts bashing SCO?

    No.

  10. Re:MIcrosoft Linux on Microsoft Deploys Linux, Open Software in Test Lab · · Score: 1

    They could base it on OpenBSD. Combining the most inscure OS with the most secure OS. The result could tear apart the fabric the universe.

  11. Re:Beginners MUST learn C on Python 2.3 Final Released · · Score: 1

    At my school the CS majors started with Java, but us computer engineering majors started with C++.

  12. Re:Why Python is good at our university on Python 2.3 Final Released · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It could be worse, people could be learning Basic instead of Pascal and Java. At least they are slightly similar to C. I start programming with Basic and it's haunted me ever since.

  13. Re:Why Python is good at our university on Python 2.3 Final Released · · Score: 1

    At several schools Java is the language you start with in CS.

  14. Re:I've yet to install it on my G4 on Neverwinter Nights Mac Client Gone Gold · · Score: 1

    I remember going into a Mac retailer and playing Quake III and Return to Castle Wolfenstien, and my 15" iMac has sucked even more ever since.

  15. Re:Dragons on Chinese "Dragon" Chip On Sale · · Score: 1

    Speaking of overclocking. I wonder how fast these chips really are?

  16. Re:Ironic quote from Aladdin Systems on PKWare Files a Patent Application for Secure .zip · · Score: 1

    It looks like .sit archives are in decline while people are using disk images more.

  17. Re:When did we get crash reports? on Gates Provides Windows Crash Statistic · · Score: 1

    If those 5% of users are running Win95... then no one is really surprised.
    I would be more surprised that only 5% of Win95 boxes crash.

  18. Re:C'mon guys on iTunes: Don't Leave Home With Them · · Score: 5, Funny

    I bought a CD on Half.com that was originally distributed in Canada, but it still works in the US. I hope an RIAA swat team doesn't break down my front door and take my CD.

  19. Re:Betrayal on Will Munich's Linux Desktops Be Running Windows? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I wonder if they are going to a least try WINE(or Crossover Office) first?

  20. Re:For gods sake, PLEASE, someone on The Most Compatible DVD Format: DVD-R · · Score: 1

    I know you used the sarcasm tag, but isn't this at least a little bit true?

  21. Re:WoW on The Star Wars Alphabet Project · · Score: 1

    Don't worry, your streetdancing as a 23 year old man is still seen as a weird hobby.

  22. Re:Exposure on Ogg Vorbis decoder chip a reality · · Score: 1

    I think they've chosen AAC as their better format. Ogg's rise may be tied to the rise of Linux. Windows will have MP3, Macs will have AAC, and Linux will use Ogg.

  23. Re:Additional Information on Lycoris Announces Desktop/LX Tablet Edition · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yeah, it reboots as quick as you can shake it a couple times.

  24. Re:Browser Wars? Again? on Browser Wars II: The Saga Continues · · Score: 1

    Replace Galeon with Konqueror and you've got a winner.

  25. RTS on UnrealSpeed Mod Goes Racing · · Score: 1

    Lets mod Quake III into an RTS. Should we call it Quakecraft or Command and Quake?