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  1. I like GNOME 3 on Linux Mint 12 Released Today · · Score: 1

    I never liked having to track every individual window in the taskbar, awkwardly managing launchers and windows and virtual desktops. I find that GNOME 3 is a very usable and simple desktop environment that gets the work done. Much more so than Unity. I am the devil incarnate ?

  2. Re:I concur on Vista Runs Hot on Macbook Pro · · Score: 1

    No matter what you say, it's still lame. Do YOU have an idle process when you're not doing anything? Of course not--you're just not doing anything.

    Well, are human beings computers ?

  3. Re:Sexistdot on AOL CTO Shown the Door · · Score: 1

    You must be new here. Nobody read summaries these days : the title's is good enough !

  4. Re:The One-Point-Five Inches that Destroyed the Wo on War Declared on Caps Lock Key · · Score: 1

    I am amazed as well as shocked to see this was modded "informative". Some mods have been Touched by his Noodly Appendage, perhaps ?

  5. Re:No wonder the book is 1680 pages on A Technical History of Apple's Operating Systems · · Score: 1

    Of course, if you'd read TFA or the PDF, you'd have known that only 30% of this text is found in the final book ... the 30% concerning Mac OS X

  6. Re:France on Conquering the LaGrange Points? · · Score: 1

    Ever heard of the Ariane shuttles ? Alright, they haven't done manned spaceflight, but perhaps it would be useless with sufficient automation (although I doubt it).

  7. Of course ... on Fujitsu Bundling SUSE Linux · · Score: 1

    the submitter forgot to note that Fujitsu only offers Intel and SPARC servers ...

    And they also support SCO Unix. Har har har.

  8. It's made of dead trees on Where is the Killer Calendar? · · Score: 1

    They call it an agenda. yes, on paper !

  9. Re:Anyone sum up... on Open source Java? · · Score: 1

    Excepted that GPL is copyleft, whereas the Apache License 2.0 is not.

  10. Why ? on Funny non-IT Uses of UML? · · Score: 2, Funny

    I thought UML was meant as a punishment for misbehaving programmers - nobody it their right mind would use that for fun unless they're suits ... and even then ...

  11. Re:what is parrot? on Parrot 0.1.1 'Poicephalus' Released · · Score: 1

    Your sig is too much like mine : I'm suing you to oblivion and back.

  12. Re:More on sinks on Unexplained Leap In CO2 Levels · · Score: 1

    Constructing more nuclear plants is yet another short term solution. Alright, so maybe it'll help solve global warming - but our supply of fissile material *is* finite, whereas our supply of wind, sunrays or water is not (and most rivers that can accodomate a damn have one, so ...).

    And then there's the whole automobile issue ...

  13. Re:Painting Your Way to Safety on Asteroid 4179 Toutatis Will Miss Earth, This Time · · Score: 1

    At longer ranges, yes, I'd rather be shot by a shotgun than, say, a handgun (although a rifle would be a better comparison). Same thing for the asteroid.

  14. Re:First "zsh rules" post! on Bash 3.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Not really, Gnome often complains when it's not UTF-8. Plus, UTF-8's just plain better than ISO-8859-1 (which is what I'd use since I'm a native French speaker). It's very annoying when zsh chokes on utf-8 as it's otherwise a great shell.

  15. Re:Mod me down - but you gotta see this: on Gnome 2.6 Usability Review · · Score: 1

    Jim Morrison is truly dead.

  16. I'm sorry, but ... on Sun and Microsoft Make Nice · · Score: 1

    you must be new here.

  17. The usual. on Why Do Other Geeks Leave the House? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Beer, shows, beer, cinema, beer, D&D, beer, beer.

  18. Re:Finally!!! on Lord Of The Rings - Oscars, We Loves Them · · Score: 1

    And some say it's also *gasp* a book !

    No offence, right ? :)

  19. Re:So why... on NSA Releases Updated SELinux · · Score: 1

    or maybe it's just some stupid decision made by the powers that be.

  20. Why ... on Total Information Awareness, Disguised And Alive · · Score: 5, Insightful

    am I not even remotely surprised by this announcement ?

    Could anyone actually trust a government that passed the PATRIOT Act to actually can TIA ?

  21. Re: Moron about Mormons on MATRIX - A Dossier for Every Person in Utah · · Score: 2, Informative

    According to the Wikipedia :

    There are several religious organizations who practice religon derived from Mormonism most of these sects numbering as a few thousand, hundred or even less. By far the largest and most recognized organization is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Another notable organization is the Community of Christ. Among the small Mormon organizations, there are some usually isolated communities in Utah, Idaho, Arizona, and surrounding states who practice polygamy; however, these groups, and the current practice of polygamy, are rejected by most Mormons.

    So both of you are, in a sense, right.

  22. Re:Little used ? on freedesktop.org xlibs 1.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Uh, didn't you think it could have been sarcasm ?

  23. For King Crimson fans ... on Shatner to Record Another Album · · Score: 1

    According to his this website (scroll down to 11 December), Adrian Belew, best known for being the King Crimson frontman since 1981's Discipline, will play lead guitar on Shatner's new album.

    Over at the Adrian Belew website, we get word that the next William Shatner album is being recorded, and guess who has been asked to be on guitar?

    That's right, Adrian Belew is slated to play guitar on the next Shatner album, along with a bunch of other well regarded musicians.

    Sounds good to me !

  24. Works fine ... on MSN Messenger Kickbans Third-Party IM Clients · · Score: 1

    on Debian Unstable's Gaim (0.70) package

  25. Printer on What's the Oldest Hardware You are Still Using? · · Score: 1

    An Epson Stylus Color 400. Old, has a Centronics connector on it, but it bloody works.