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  1. Re:question, on Gentoo 2005.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Good, I don't need much, was shooting for a media player for my garage, xfce and xmms a simple browser and maybe gaim and I'll be happy.
    I mainly want to listen to a stream in my garage coming from another machine in the house.

    I've already got DSL up and doing it but thought I would torture myself just for shits, grins and giggles..

    Maybe I'll try the PIII stage 3 install instead of the suicidal stage 1...

  2. question, on Gentoo 2005.0 Released · · Score: 1

    can it be installed on a PIII with 256mb ram and an 8gb hdd?

    I tried this an 8gb drive once before but it never worked because it was a few years ago, the docs were flawed with bad directions and the pc was a PI/133, after about a week of compiling it just crapped out and I gave up and installed Damn Small Linux..

  3. BOHICA.... on VoIP Wiretapping · · Score: 2, Funny

    We welcome our new Soviet Cheka/KGB overloards..

  4. guns on BitTorrent Inherently Illegal? · · Score: 1

    are legal. (mostly)

    You can use a good for good, you can use the same gun for evil.

    It's illegal to kill someone with a gun.
    It's legal to kill an animal with the same gun, provided you have the proper permits and follow the law. And you have the legal right to use that gun to defend your own life, with deadly force when threatened.

    Just because you CAN use a legal device to do an illegal thing does not mean the device should be made illegal.

    I can take bit torrent and download the latest episode of the Sopranos. That's illegal.
    I can use the same program to download the latest release of Knoppix. That's 100% legal and no one can tell me otherwise or prevent me from doing so. If anyone tries to prevent me from doing a legal thing, THEY are breaking the law by infringing on MY RIGHTS...

  5. Re:Sorry, no banana on Adobe Reader 7.0 Coming to Linux · · Score: 1

    troll? Are you smoking something?
    It was a comment on the usability and value of the product.

    I have Acroread 5.0 installed on my Suse 9.2/3.4 box and it sucks. No mouse wheel for one thing, and the GUI sucks, in the worst way you can imagine. It's freaking horrible. It looks like it was ported from Windows 3.1...

    If the new Acroread has a GUI that's in step with the times, then yeah, I might use it.
    But I stand by what I said, the alternative apps pretty much fill *my* needs, in MOST cases..

    I still would like to have a full Adobe package for Linux. I had one at work (4.1) once on a M$ machine and it was nice to be able to create and edit PDF inside one simple package. It was nice, but not nice enough for me to switch back to windows and drop the $$$ again for the package..

  6. Sorry, no banana on Adobe Reader 7.0 Coming to Linux · · Score: 1, Troll

    KPDF and KGhostview cover anything I need to do.
    What I would really like is a full PDF creator/editor.... That would impress me..

  7. uh oh.. on Apple Settles with Tiger Leaker · · Score: 1

    nuts. vise. vengence.

  8. Damn! on The World's Most Devious Alarm Clock · · Score: 1

    MIT almost on it's knees from a /.ing !

    Now that's power baby!

  9. Re:But how? on Scientists Find Soft Tissue in T-Rex Fossil · · Score: 1

    Dude. It's all a trick.
    The world is only 5,765 years old.
    These "bones" are all planted by Satan to deceive men into believing all that "science" crap..

  10. Stupid is as stupid does. God is dead. on Imax Theaters Demur On Controversial Science Films · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Christianity (and all other religions) are superstitions that enslave people by keeping them wallowing in ignorance.

    Until religion can eradicated, mankind will continue to wallow in ignorance.

    Dubya and his retard neo-con republicrat lemmings are perfect examples of the stupidity of mankind in general.

    God died. Get over it. Grow up..

  11. Re:Maybe this time... on Lucas To Redo Star Wars In 3-D · · Score: 1

    No, no, no......

    Uma will drop down from the ceiling of the booth and lop Greedo's f*cking head off with her Hatori Hanzo......

  12. I really, really hope on Tracking GPL Violators · · Score: 4, Insightful

    that they had the sense to serve on SCO..

    Please tell me they did..

  13. Re:Call the po - lice on World's First Fuel-Cell Motorcycle · · Score: 1

    Well, in theory and in some places that may work.
    But I live in a regular house in a regular middle income neighborhood. If you call the cops, they take 45 minutes to show up at the least, that is unless the rich people in the multi-million dollar homes around the corner call, then they are there in 4-5 minutes.

    Since they opened the cul-de-sac up and made it a through street (so the rich people would have a shorter drive to the store) all the snotty rich kids drive through our street to get home and blast their hellish noise along the way.
    The cops can't catch them unless they catch them red-handed. And they don't hang around waiting for noisy kids, they patrol the rich neighborhoods, keeping the bogeyman and noisy kids under control.

    So the rich people get their peace and quiet but not the little people. Oh yeah, another thing they get away with is speeding on our street. There are a number of families with children and one day someone is going to hit a kid. I've already seen several dogs and cats get killed and the kids just drive on like nothing happened, I doubt they even noticed with all that thumping crap they make.

    And for litter, yeah, they do that too. Beer bottles and stinking, ugly cigarette butts everywhere. They have no respect for other people's property or right to peace and quiet.

    With these noisy exhaust and stereo systems they make these days, the sub-sonics can not be blocked by anything, it penetrates everything on earth. A car can be two blocks away and I can feel it long before I hear it.

    I want to get a lawn chair and a stack of bricks and sit out front and start trashing windshields as these inconsiderate little bastards blast through. They deserve it.

  14. Sweet silence! on World's First Fuel-Cell Motorcycle · · Score: 1

    The engine is completely silent, which might not go well with many motorcycle lovers.

    Too friggen bad.....

    Why does everyone have to make so much friggin noise?

    Punks blast up and down my street with 200,000 watt bongomaster systems and no mufflers.
    The sound pressure levels of these things are so high that they cause physical pain in my head.

    I have a right to peace and quiet. These people invade my home with their offensive "music" and excessive noise.

    It's the "my dick is bigger than your dick" syndrome. Whoever can make the most noise is king.

    Why does everyone think that you aren't living unless you are living a life of excess?
    Bling-bling, trashy appearances, extreme noise, fast driving, burning rubber, instant gratification, etc....

    I think they should outlaw all noisy machinery.
    I live near a bunch of refineries and the scream of high speed turbines is ever present, 24 hours a day, plus all the loud idiots with their loud cars and trucks. You can't even sit in the back yard and listen to the wind blow through the trees, or hear the birds chirping or crickets.

    Slow down people. Quiet down. Learn to enjoy the peace and quiet, it's a wonderful thing, when you can find it..

  15. Re:Good LORD it's got some useless stuff! on KDE 3.4 Released · · Score: 1

    Who in the hell needs a dynamic MOON PHASE display???

    Guys who never get outdoors because they spend all their time watching KDE compile.....

  16. Re:Screenshots! on GCC 4.0 Preview · · Score: 1
  17. Re:Good! on Apple Wins Against Bloggers · · Score: 1

    "The Economic Espionage Act of 1996 makes it a federal crime to obtain trade secrets--that is, any data of economic value which a company takes "reasonable measures" to protect--via theft or fraud."

    http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/eea.html

  18. Good! on Apple Wins Against Bloggers · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The employees stole and disclosed company trade secrets. The broke the law and are criminals, they should be treated as criminals.

    The people that published this material are accessories to a crime and should also be treated as criminals.

    This isn't about free speech, this is about a crime.

  19. phpnuke and mediawiki ?? on The Wikipedians Who Make it Happen · · Score: 1

    Does anyone know how to incorporate MediaWiki into PhpNuke as a module or block so that it ends up integrated into phpnuke?

    I've tried all the variant wikis and none of them fit the ticket. My customer is dead set on MediaWiki. I've googled and can't find anyone talking about doing such a thing.

    I'm new to both but I can and have made both systems work independent of one another, it's getting them integrated that's busting my hump..

  20. Re:Just so you appreciate what you are doing, on Build Your Own PBX · · Score: 1

    Dunno, that belongs to my dad. I assume you mean the '38 Buick? If you mean the 65 Dodge, that's mine and it ain't for sale.

  21. Re:Just so you appreciate what you are doing, on Build Your Own PBX · · Score: 1

    Upstarts in third world countries.
    With all the offshored support centers, this is rocket science to Pakistan or India.

    Other uses, there are still a lot of these in use in universities around the world. Anyone that wants to keep an existing system limping along for a few more years could use it.

    There's a lot of uses for it. It's T1/T3 ready as it sits..

  22. Just so you appreciate what you are doing, on Build Your Own PBX · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Here's a REAL PBX that is my personal property.
    It's a Rolm CBX II 9000 that is configured to handle 10,000 lines. (Yes, it's operational) It was purchased for $3,000,000 when it was brand new. It's had additional upgrades installed, it's net value was over $5,000,000 at one point in the very recent past.

    It fills an entire building. So, compare that with this new tech and you'll all the more appreciate what you have in front of you...

  23. Windows, lans and stuffed animals? on Microsoft Research Showcase Explored · · Score: 2, Funny

    "The project isn't fully developed, but the ultimate vision is to have the stuffed animal interact with a child, doing such things as playing games and reading stories. Because the bear is on a network, a parent could also use it to interact with a child remotely -- communicating or even taking snapshots through an embedded camera."

    Can you say "Chucky"?????

    I can't envision a more terrifying concept...

  24. Two words on Short History of Cellphone Ringtones · · Score: 1

    'I spent three days of productive work time listening to polyphonic ringtone versions of speed metal, trying to find exactly the ringtone that expressed my personality with enough irony and enough coolness that I could live with it going off ten times a day. In a quiet room, in a meeting, this phone's gonna go off'

    YOU'RE FIRED.....

  25. Re:I would hope to see very few if any on Gaming With a Headmouse? · · Score: 1

    Well, I am disabled, recovering from spinal fusion surgery, I broke my back and was fortunate to not have been paralyzed. I spent some time layed up in the hospital, unable to move and it was terrifying. I can't imagine being permanently paralyzed.

    I'm sorry but I can find no humor in being disabled.