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  1. Re:Why not just give NEW pictures! on The Real Reason why Spirit Only Sees Red · · Score: 1
    I just reviewed the Spirit raw data

    It's funny what a person can get used to.

    It just occurred to me that your comment is amazing. I mean, that a random computer user -- probably not associated with NASA or any sort of scientific research organization -- can casually say that she just reviewed the raw data from a machine on another planet...that's just astounding, isn't it?

    ...Sorry, the No-Doz must be kicking in.

  2. Re:Really? on Outsourcing As A Source Of U.S. Jobs · · Score: 1

    I also never hear about the "underemployed", e.g. professional software developers pulling down $50,000 who are now delivering pizzas.

  3. Re:They don't get OSS on SkyOS Development Team Quizzed · · Score: 1

    I never mentioned racism. I said "civil rights", which includes, but isn't limited to, racism.

  4. Re:They don't get OSS on SkyOS Development Team Quizzed · · Score: 1

    Yeah, the Republicans aren't pushing hard to amend the fucking Constitution to prevent homosexual marriages. They're big civil rights advocates.

  5. Re:Minimize, Maximize & Close ? on SkyOS Development Team Quizzed · · Score: 1
    the tiny font display in Gecko (and other?) browsers

    FWIW, the text is tiny in IE6, as well.

  6. Re:They don't get OSS on SkyOS Development Team Quizzed · · Score: 1

    I go by what the parties are doing today, not by what (almost) entirely different people who used the same label were doing 40 or 100 years ago. For example, according to your post, Republicans have overwhelmingly reversed their stand on civil rights since 1964.

  7. Re:They don't get OSS on SkyOS Development Team Quizzed · · Score: 1

    How can an AC be a karma whore?

  8. Re:Water is responsible? on Danger Of Strong Electromagnetic Fields · · Score: 1

    Since you're dispelling fallacies (urban myths?), maybe you can answer this: Will the arcing from metal burn out a microwave oven PDQ?

  9. Re:Basic GUI guidelines ignored :-( on Gnome's Nice Little GUI Perks · · Score: 1

    Oh, I see. That makes more sense. Don't forget that KDE has guidelines, too, some of which are supported automatically by the API, rather than manually by the developer.

  10. Re:Basic GUI guidelines ignored :-( on Gnome's Nice Little GUI Perks · · Score: 1
    I like the "look and feel" of KDE better than GNome, but because Gnome boasts a commitment to usability, that has become my DE of coice

    You chose a desktop environment based on PR rather than your own preferences? I find that astounding.

  11. Re:File naming and other stuff on Gnome's Nice Little GUI Perks · · Score: 1
    point at the thing you want to manipulate. You learned that rule when you were about six months old

    Actually, no, I didn't. Unlike you, I wasn't blessed with telekinesis.

  12. Re:Huh? on Gnome's Nice Little GUI Perks · · Score: 1

    Adding options is verboten in Gnome/Nautilus.

    OTOH, I'm pretty sure the double-delay-click renaming thing is on by default in KDE/Konqueror. (I'm not at home, so I can't test it ATM.)

  13. Re:Thank you! on KDE 3.2.0 Released · · Score: 1

    ABSORBENT AND YELLOW AND POROUS IS HE!

    They ran a marathon not too long back. Gaargh.

  14. Re:PLEASE STOP WITH THE K-PREFIX CRAP on KDE 3.2.0 Released · · Score: 1
    One of my many pet peeves is people deliberately misspelling words

    Yeah, that's why I use googol.com as my search engine.

  15. Re:Let me also point out... on KDE 3.2.0 Released · · Score: 1
    pretty screenshots

    All I've seen so far is numerous different mockups, but then, it's been a couple of weeks since I've looked.

  16. Re:Is it worth upgrading? on KDE 3.2.0 Released · · Score: 1

    If you're happy with 3.1, don't bother. I upgraded to 3.2 (well, 3.1.95) simply because I wanted the (vastly) improved tabs in Konqueror. Unfortunately, I had to wipe my old configuration because 3.2 kept choking on it. 8-(

  17. Re:Trollish comment in the article on KDE 3.2.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Sounds like you didn't so much "choose" to buy Windows as you "had" to buy it.

  18. Re:Today, not tomorrow on KDE 3.2.0 Released · · Score: 1
    Installing Windows is extremely easy

    When I installed XP, the first thing the installer asked was how I wanted to partition the hard drive and which filesystem I wanted to use. "Joe Sixpack" would already be lost!

    (Don't even get me started on how it assigned arbitrary drive letters to the partitions and ended up putting the system on F: instead of C:. Funny how that HDD died soon after XP was put on it.)

  19. Re:changes to KHTML? on Apple Releases Safari 1.2 and Java 1.4.2 · · Score: 1

    I think that the LGPL means that Apple doesn't have to release their changes to the KHTML code. At least, that's what I've picked up from all of the Qt (GPL)/GTK (LGPL) flamewars. (And where better to learn about licenses than from a flamefest?)

  20. Re:Sun is just pissed on Sun and Eclipse Squabble · · Score: 1
    if you buy between December and January

    Was that a joke?

  21. Re:There are popups? [ on The 101 Dumbest Moments in Business · · Score: 1
    It might be the way you're specifying the site. For example, my banking site uses popups, but if I put "http://www.usbank.com" in the exceptions list, it doesn't work. Turns out I had to use "https://www4.usbank.com" instead, since that's where the secure session takes place.

    Just a thought.

  22. Re:Missing the point on Hejlsberg Talk About Generics in C# and Java · · Score: 1

    Ah, so they're unemployed. I can call them at home, then.

  23. Re:Why Generics? on Hejlsberg Talk About Generics in C# and Java · · Score: 1

    I'm a COBOL developer of 10 years and I'm unimpressed by Java. Local variables? Dynamic memory allocation? Bah! I don't need all those dirtying up my code. You should declare all of your variables globally and allocate memory statically for the lifetime of your program. If dynamic allocation is really important, I can create my own functions in assembly language.

  24. Re:Longhorn in C# on Hejlsberg Talk About Generics in C# and Java · · Score: 1

    I dunno. Lack of responsiveness was never an issue for any other MS OS release.

  25. Re:Performance of generics on Hejlsberg Talk About Generics in C# and Java · · Score: 1

    There are articles to read?! When did this start?