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  1. Re:glasspane on Cheap, Small LED or LCD Touch Sensitive Screens? · · Score: 1

    Is there any other?

  2. I don't believe the claim... on AT&T Forwarding All Internet Traffic to NSA? · · Score: 1
    ...is a threat to the Constitution itself."

    This is such an exaggeration that it's hard to take them serious.

    It reminds me of a "union" tactic: demand more than you want.

    Thankfully, the most I've had to deal with such shenanigans was while working as a Spanish teacher with the DISD: the union(s) were demanding healthcare as good as the governors. Yeah, right. Like any state could afford to treat all of their teachers as if they were the governor. It was utterly insulting to sensibility; especially since it was coming from people who are suppose to be sensible and fair (as teachers of students). Eran egoistas insensatos.

    Sigh.

  3. Re:WxWidgets on OSDL to Bridge GNOME and KDE · · Score: 1

    I suppose the bottom line for me is whether or not functionality and, to some extent, familiarity is compromised in using a mix or a substitute (concerning my preference/perspective) from what I know/experience in purely using KDE.

    The only compromise I like is using Fluxbox or even XFCE while running KDE apps.

    If WxWidgets does the trick, then Hot Dog!

  4. If it's no better... on OSDL to Bridge GNOME and KDE · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If it's no better than what Redhat did with their Frankenstein mix of Gnome and KDE, then I want nothing to do it.

    I'd rather one or the other. But, really the other: KDE.

  5. Re:Too late... on Netflix Suing Blockbuster for Patent Infringement · · Score: 1

    Forget Crichton and checkout these other sources via google.

    Note: go past the first few results.

  6. Too late... on Netflix Suing Blockbuster for Patent Infringement · · Score: 1

    The patenting of ideas is already up for the test of presidence in the courts.

  7. This is different... on Trapping Toxins Using Gold Nanoparticles · · Score: 1

    Apparently scientist have found a new way to spread the wealth.

  8. For years... on Want to Experience Zero G? Stay in Bed · · Score: 1

    The Pennington Biomedical Research Center, in Baton Rouge, has been running these very tests, usually for 6 weeks at a time.

    That was in the mid-to-late nineties.

  9. Re:Innovative? on It's Official Dell Acquired Alienware · · Score: 1

    Point taken.

    I still say "Boooo!"

    On the other hand, perhaps they'll be more affordable: not such a bad trade-off after all.

    *whisper* I still say: "Boooo!" *whispher*

  10. Booo! on It's Official Dell Acquired Alienware · · Score: 1

    Well, good for the original owners, but Boooo! for the rest of us>

    I just don't believe Alienware is going to stay as inovative.

  11. What about solar activity? on Rewriting Environmental Science · · Score: 1

    If it is true that the polar ice caps of Mars are shrinking, does that mean it too has "Global Warming"?

    More specifically: Does that mean man is responsible for "Global Warming" on Mars?

    If not, then the Sun is.

    That being said, if the preceeding is true, then neither is man responsible for any "Global Warming" here on Earth and it doesn't matter what this "imminent (sic) scientist" thinks or suggests concerning man's cause or solution thereto.

  12. To be cynical: on Rewriting Environmental Science · · Score: 1

    If only their heart were so pure.

  13. Sounds like... on Software for a One-Man IT Department? · · Score: 1

    With 100 PCs and 4 servers it sounds like you might need an installation of one or two of the two-legged kind of software.

  14. Slashdotted already is... on Windows Live Search goes Live · · Score: 1

    ...not a good sign.

  15. Re:Two hundred bucks? on Build a Homemade Media Center PC · · Score: 1

    What are the specs on that bad boy?

  16. Re:SCSI on SCSI vs. SATA In a File Server? · · Score: 1

    True, but the SCSI bus is capable of simultaneous read/writes while the IDE bus is no so. (IDE RAID sort of works around this limitation.)

  17. Just yesterday... on How Do You Job-Hunt If You Work Overtime? · · Score: 1

    Just yesterday I got notice of winning a very good Linux Admin position with an up and coming company. How did I get in touch with them? I didn't; they contacted me.

    I had a good (to fairly good) resume posted on monster.com. They found it, contacted me last week, and I officially start on Monday.

    About time off: you have to ask yourself if that "sacrifice" is worth a new job... at possibly a worse company.

    On the other hand, if you have a good grasp on what your talents are (very important) and are a go-getter, then go find out what company(s) you would like to work for and for how much and pursue them and let them know how much they a missing out by not hiring you yesterday!

    With that, you need to know what you know and be honest about what you don't know.

  18. Troll me, but... on Britons Unconvinced on Evolution · · Score: 1

    Q: Who is/was living in a bubble?

  19. The only counter to that... on Training - A Company or a Worker's Responsibility? · · Score: 1

    The only hedge against these rules is an ethical company.

    *waiting for laughter to die down*

    Yes, it's not just an urban legend and there are some companies out there that actually care enough about their customers to care even more about their employees; who happen to actually be the (only) face of the company to their customers and, thus, the key to reaching and keeping them. It's amazing how bosses and managers do not understand this concept: if the employee is happy, they will try to make your customers happy. Simple.

    Well, one thing can be said if this seems too simple: simple doesn't always equal easy.

  20. SCSI on SCSI vs. SATA In a File Server? · · Score: 1

    Unless price is that big of an issue. It's been my experience that SCSI will also give you better I/O performance (in part because it can read and write at the same time and that it can have rpms up to 15k).

    SATA would be a second choice only if I felt like worrying about when the first disk in the array was going to fail and (hopefully) be replaced.

    The short of it, even in hard drives, is: you get what you pay for.

  21. This, too, is my experience... on Equipment Suppliers You Can Trust? · · Score: 1

    If your mechanic tells you need 1 motor mount you had best find out if exactly how many the car/truck actually has, plus any kind of transmission mount that might/should be present. Because, if one of them breaks you can bet the others have been stressed and are not as strong as the use to be.

  22. Even when the ISP does 'backups' on Worst Web Hosting experience? · · Score: 1

    It's been my experience that anyone who hosts a website, particularly on someone else's equipment, that they should keep a current copy/backup of all of their data. This is especially true for those who rest confidently in their hosting provider doing backups for them.

    The reason I say this is multifold:

    • Your own restoration/uploading of your essential site files is almost always faster than the hosting providers restoration thereof.
    • Your ISP may not actually be doing the backups or not in the way you expect them to be doing them.

    Also, don't expect your emails to be backed up. And, you should have a fail over email host/provider: email service, to some companies, seems to be much more important than website content.

  23. Re:What are you worried about? on How To Enable Mom w/ Encrypted E-Mail? · · Score: 1

    I would be in more danger in just about any prison if accused of a crime against a child or a woman than a crime against the feds.

    But, again, I have an advocate stronger than any accuser.

  24. What are you worried about? on How To Enable Mom w/ Encrypted E-Mail? · · Score: 1

    While I'm not interested nor inviting anyone "spying" on me, there is one thing I do not worry about: the government spying on me.

    Why? I don't have anything to hide from them.

    Should I be falsely accused there are a few things I keep in mind:

    1. I wish to speak with my lawyer.
    2. I plead the 5th.
    3. I have an advocate that can set them straight.

  25. Cozying up... on Is the Dell/Microsoft Alliance Fracturing? · · Score: 1

    Perhaps Dell preping themselves to cozy-up or come-against Apple in providing hardware for OS X.

    Their gaming systems seem to be hardware enough for Apple specs. So, who knows?