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  1. Department of Interior? on U.S. Interior Dept. Unplugged... Again · · Score: 2, Interesting

    And what exactly is a "Department of Interior"? Please enlighten this curious non-American. This is the first time I've ever seen the name Department of Interior...

  2. Re:But Will it Be Cheaper? on HP Starts Pushing Desktop Linux · · Score: 1

    ProDOS? Not much good unless you have an Apple II. =)

    You mean FreeDOS?

  3. Ultimate Edition? on Star Wars DVD Cover Art Leaked · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Everything I've seen indicates that the DVDs coming out this fall are just the Special Edition movies, and not the rumored "Ultimate Edition" I've heard about.

    I'm assuming the Ultimate Edition will come out after Ep.3. Anyone heard any different? This is the version I'm waiting to buy. If I feel the need to watch the Special Edition before then, I can just borrow my parent's video tapes. (And I've never seen the original versions, so I can't comment on the whole "The original is better than SE" thing...)

  4. Re:XP Hijacking on Microsoft Agrees to Stop Hijacking Music-Shopping · · Score: 1

    Works for me, on the XP box I'm using right now...

  5. Re:too bad that... on iPod's Two-Year Anniversary · · Score: 1

    Looked very hard to buy a 40GB and absolutely detest the 3G ones. 6+ hour battery life? Thats a joke isnt it.

    I don't know where you heard the "6+ hours" spec? Well, I guess 8 hours _does_ count as 6+ so you technically are correct... Got myself a 30GB 3G iPod a couple months back, and I've had no problem getting 8 hours out of it. Especially when I'm using a long playlist, so I'm not using power searching for albums to listen to every 40 minutes.

  6. Re:$800 iPod? on Microsoft Launches Portable Music Player · · Score: 1

    That is an Australian site, so those are likely correct in Australian dollars. I know my 30GB iPod cost me $720 Canadian a month ago.

  7. Re:Just in time on 10th Circuit Says FTC Can Enforce Do Not Call · · Score: 1

    I live in Canada, and guess how many telemarketing calls, surveys, or charities I've had call me in the past year and a half? Around three dozen tops.

    So go ahead and move to Canada!

  8. Re:Learn before you Graduate...again on Knoppix 3.3 Is Out · · Score: 1

    I don't completely know all the details, but I believe Linux has trouble safely writing to an NTFS formatted partition. But FAT or FAT32 partitions (which you likely have, if you use WinME) are fine.

  9. Re:P2P Power on (Solar) Power to the Masses · · Score: 1

    Actually, not if the power company was buying the power back. Then they're just missing out on spending money.

    When you think about it, you're cheating yourself out of money if you give your extra power away instead of selling it... =)

  10. Re:Wow! Canada is *outside* the US! on iTunes: Don't Leave Home With Them · · Score: 1

    Is there even such a thing as an 'American Accent'? Texans, New Yorkers, and Californians all have they're own distinct accents (all of which sound different than all Canadians I know, BTW)... Even here in Canada there's different accents. Just ask any Canadian to talk in a Newfie accent... =)

  11. Linux drivers are still there! on ATI's Radeon Linux drivers no longer supported? · · Score: 1

    Must have been a temporary glitch on ATI's web site. I can find all the Linux drivers easily.

    Yes, they do say they're unsupported, but that's always been ATI's stance - they make the drivers available but don't provide the same support you'd get with supported WinXP drivers, for example.

    Actually, I remember when there weren't even any drivers to download at all a while back. You had to rely on whatever the DRI people could put together. So having a released driver from ATI that's unsupported is better than none at all!

  12. Re:How? on RIAA To Sue Hundreds Of File Swappers · · Score: 1

    I imagine they could obtain the IP address, from which they can identify the ISP, who can then identify which of their customers was assigned that IP.

    But hopefully the ISPs will stand firm and not divulge that information!

  13. Sorry, no Scouring (SPOILER WARNING) on Extra Scenes in TTT Extended Edition DVD · · Score: 1

    I recall reading somewhere that in the movie Saruman dies, so there's no way the Scouring of the Shire chapter could happen unless his death scene was removed from the extended DVD.

  14. Must be a glitch in the Matrix... on Latest Animatrix Short Released · · Score: 1

    When I first went to the Animatrix site, the download links were exactly as posted in the article, which are for the Part 1 not Part 2. Checking in a half-hour later, the links on the site were what they should be.

  15. Want Anime Network on Your Cable System? on Want Anime Network on Your Cable System? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No, not really.

  16. NFS: Hot Pursuit 2 on Winex 3.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Anyone tried Hot Pursuit 2 (or any other Need For Speed games) with WineX 3.0 yet?

  17. Mozilla! on Japan Takes A Look At Open Source Software · · Score: 3, Funny

    Of course Japan like OSS software. With names like "Mozilla" who can blame them?

  18. Re:Don't forget Visual Basic on What's Keeping You On Windows? · · Score: 1

    Exactly. Using VB in MS Access at work, I'm able to easily throw together Access applications that simplify everyone else's work significantly.

    Why? Because Access & VBA do all the hard work for me of handling forms, dialog boxes, accessing DBs, etc. I just have to design some forms and queries, add some VB code behind the forms and voila - everyone else thinks I'm a miracle worker. =)

  19. Re:This reminds me of something I heard on the rad on Using Your Own Name May Be Infringement, Part 2 · · Score: 1

    I work with someone named Chris Farley. =)

  20. Ghost for BSD? on Ghost for Unix · · Score: 1

    With all the "*BSD is dead" comments I keep hearing, perhaps Ghost for *BSD would be more appropriate... ;)

  21. Re:Through floors?? on Logitech Bluetooth Cordless Presenter Review · · Score: 1

    If it works that well through the floors, then it should have an excellent range in a large open room. Presenters would pretty much be free to walk wherever they want, even if the presentation room is large.

  22. Re:Update text mistake on Slashback: Epson, AbiWord, Justification · · Score: 2, Funny

    We apologise for the duplicate "This is a duplicate" comments. Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked, have been sacked.

  23. Re:All three consoles? on New Starcraft: Ghost Trailers · · Score: 1

    Don't forget Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 (AKA NFS6). It's out for PS2, Gamecube, XBox, AND PC. =D

  24. Re:Looks like it would be faster with... on Water Computing · · Score: 2, Funny

    and a 133 litre per second FSB...

  25. Re:Imagine the size ... on Water Computing · · Score: 1

    Don't you mean two? The first one, that came up with 42, then Earth (sorry, can't remember it's "official name" ;), to determine the question?