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  1. Re:What's wrong with Old School? on Best To-Do List Software? · · Score: 1

    For another, I can't read my own hand writing!

  2. Re:Wrong question? on What Keeps You Off of Windows? · · Score: 1

    Sounds to me like you had incompatible hardware. I had issues with sound cards and modems not working on redhat. I'd buy some from their compatibility list and things went smooth. After redhat 9, it seemed like all my old incompatible hardware now was compatible. When redhat pulled the plug and went to Fedora, I couldn't get it to work right. Dang beta software. So I tried Mandrake 10. Installed without a hitch. Everything just works. It was just as easy as a windows install. Infact, I'll go as far as saying it was easier BECAUSE i didn't have to go looking for drivers. I don't spend time tweaking it, because it does everything i need it to. I spend most of my time looking for new applications to run, but I do that on Windows too.

  3. Re:A Rant on McDonald's and Sony Offer Music Downloads · · Score: 1

    Its not just their veggie burgers. Their hamburgers taste like shit too. lol

  4. Re:The secret of the special sauce, revealed! on McDonald's and Sony Offer Music Downloads · · Score: 1

    Isn't the ingredients to thousand island dressing like mayo, ketchup, mustand, and pickle? So its not really that weird on a burger

  5. Dear Clemons on Young Programmer, Stop Advocating Free Software! · · Score: 1

    Dang, your right! I here by remove the GPL from EVERYTHING! Everyone, if you want to continue to use your Linux distro, your apache server, MySQL Database...please make your checks out to me or else! That includes you too Clemons!

    Seriously though, I have been interested in open-source projects for a long time and want to use my programming skills to help the movement along. Recently, I started working on an open-source spam filter using open source technologies. If I had to pay for all the tools, i wouldn't bother building the thing. If people had to pay to use it, they wouldn't bother trying it out.

    I make money by doing customized work for a small business and think of my spam filter as a hobby, not as a business. I'd shamlessly provide a link to it, but there isn't anything worth looking at yet..lol

  6. Re:Geological Event on News from Mars · · Score: 1

    I agree with you, that they were flat plains eroded by water. just thought I'd point out that http://www.nps.gov/deto/geology.htm It would be cool to see volcanic activity on mars.

  7. Re:Grand Canyon pictures on News from Mars · · Score: 1

    That image is from two different camera angles... I first looked at it seeing a long dark canyon, then I noticed the craters looked the same. The dark actually seperates two pictures. The top is the original image, and the bottom is some computerized attempt to show what it'd look like from the horizen

  8. Re:$100,000.... on After The GNOME Bounties, It's Mozilla's Turn · · Score: 1

    When can I expect my $100,000?

  9. Re:$100,000.... on After The GNOME Bounties, It's Mozilla's Turn · · Score: 2, Informative

    There already is such a monster. http://www.mozilla.org/products/firebird/

  10. Re:God Damn Fundimentalists on Implanted RFID Tag To Replace Cash? · · Score: 1

    'Cause if they don't, they'll goto hell!

  11. Obligatory Simpsons Quote on How to Handle an Internet Outage · · Score: 1

    And Lord, we are especially thankful for nuclear power, the cleanest, safest energy source there is. Except for solar, which is just a pipe dream.

  12. Re:SPIM is NOT new on "Spim" is Latest Online Annoyance · · Score: 1

    SPIM may not be new, but the stupid name is.

  13. Re:Probably Not on Red Hat Linux Support To End · · Score: 1

    I disagree. In the company that I work for, the people with the money don't know the difference between Debian and Red Hat. As the resident expert, my opinion on which flavor of Linux to run is taken as the gospil truth. By the way, the hackers arn't sent out to replace toner in printers. Leave that to the A+ Cert'd college drop outs.

  14. Re:A sad day on Red Hat Linux Support To End · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Yes, very sad day. The free Red Hat Linux may not have been bringing in cash, but how well can enterprise do on its own? I mean, if all the redhat linux hackers out there switch to a different flavor, won't they bring that flavor to the workplace as well? Feel's like this is the death of redhat.

  15. Re:Legitimate purposes? on U.S. Supreme Court To Rule On Online Porn Law · · Score: 1

    Ever since I turned on Googles "Safe Search" (look in preferences) I havn't stumbled across anything accidently. Isn't the issue about kids stumbling across porn while doing an innocent search? Not about if a 13 year old boy wants to find porn, because he's going to find it.

    There's protection out there, parents just need to be educated and protect their kids.

  16. Re:Too Easy to Attack on Another Whack at Spam · · Score: 1

    I was thinking the same thing. Spammers/crackers retaliate and bring down the SMTP4All.com causing a worldwide e-mail outage.

    I for one, would rather let a few spams slip through my spam filter than pay for sending e-mail anyway. There's got to be a better approach than putting postage on e-mails. (However it would be nice to be the one who makes money on every email sent) And theres got to be a better way than baysian filtering.

    This may not solve the worlds problems, but I think that the FROM address should be required to be correct, NO MORE ANONYMOUS E-MAILS. Sure, you have the IP of the sender, but you can't reply back saying "Stop sending me this crap!" to an IP. You have to go through hastle to report it, which 99.9% of the people don't. I'd like to see a new SMTP be implemented, where the FROM address is authenticated by the ISP before sending.

  17. Re:why use P2P at all? on GIA to use P2P to Avoid Litigaton · · Score: 1

    What ever happened to freedom of speach? If you got something bad to say about a goverenment official, you have the right to do so.

  18. Re:Legally unjustifiable actions on RIAA Sues the Wrong Person · · Score: 1

    Back in the Napster/Metallica days, the word was that those who were caught with Metallica songs were charged around $3 per song. How in the heck did it jump from $3 to $150,000?

  19. Re:Obviously looking for people to hire on Google Code Jam 2003 Announced · · Score: 1

    No kidding. Why couldn't they do at least the initial round on a Saturday. Sunday's no good, football takes priority.

  20. Minority Report on Gentoo Package Accused of Violating DMCA · · Score: 1

    The movie Minority Report is all about that delima, except it predicts future crimes. By convicting people of crimes before they are committed you can drop the crime rate to 0%.

    Police Officer: You're under arrest for murder you havn't commited yet, but our machine says you were going to do it in about 3 hours!
    You: "WTF? Did it also predict I was gonna do this?"
    **You kick the Police Officer in the NUTZ**
    **Police Officer laughs**
    Police Officer:Yes! Thats why I wore a cup!

  21. A virus downloaded my MP3's! on Kiddie Porn - The Virus Did It · · Score: 1

    and my moviez and warez too!

  22. Re:cell phones on The Effect of Pirated CDs · · Score: 1

    In support of your cell phone theory, teeny boppers have to decide where that bi-weekly allowance money goes and I'd imagine that a cell phone bill would be a priority to them.

  23. Re:How is this different from fingerprinting? on Military DNA Registry Used in Criminal Case · · Score: 1

    gloves

  24. SPAM LIMERICK on Mojib Ribbon Game Promises Musical Spam · · Score: 1

    There once was a nigerian named Vishmay,
    Who's money was locked away.
    I tried to help out,
    I shared my bank account,
    And none of my money did stay.

  25. Re:It's true, Firebird is the best. on Browser Wars II: The Saga Continues · · Score: 1

    And block the pop-ups