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  1. Re:You can do this yourself. on Earthlink Deploying Challenge-Response Anti-Spam System · · Score: 1

    Only if you can add the entire domain to your address book. It would be rather unusual to do all correspondence with a prospective employer at a single e-mail address.

  2. Re:the drivers need to work. period. on Linux Audio Development · · Score: 1

    Windows makes you restart the whole OS for hardware configuration changes.

    Not anymore. It's rare to have to reboot XP for any sort of hardware change. In fact, most of the 3rd-party drivers that tell the user they must reboot are wrong (or maybe covering their asses); simply click 'no' and you can continue working.

  3. Re:CineFX will flop for a while on NVIDIA's Latest CineFX Card Under Linux · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Somehow I suspect we would end up with ATI-style drivers, NVIDIA-style hardware, and MS-style monopoly pricing to boot.

  4. Re:Metadata benefits on A Better Finder? · · Score: 1

    Interesting; thanks for the info. Unless I'm mistaken though, there's no built-in way to launch files in different apps based on the extended file properties.

    So what do you consider to be an alternative? Up until my first install of FreeBSD a few days ago I'd always used MS products, so I'm not really aware of how such things work in *nix. I just know that almost anything would be better than how Windows handles it right now.

  5. Expectations on A Better Finder? · · Score: 1

    I think it is definitely because of the fact that Apple is known for/touts the UI in its products. More specifically though, people pay a high premium to get the Mac UI, and are therefore less forgiving of its faults.

  6. Metadata benefits on A Better Finder? · · Score: 1

    I for one understand it, and I can't wait until a version of NTFS comes out that steals the idea. :) Well, either that or an x86 port of Jaguar.

  7. Actually... on Apple and Linux Beneficial to Each Other? · · Score: 1

    The .doc format hasn't changed since Office 97. Though I agree with the general point about MS changing formats so no one can make an effective clone.

  8. Re:Time to build that distributed.net "super clien on Single-Chip Linux Computer · · Score: 1

    Wonder how many would be needed to get an equivelant score of 2.5MKeys/sec though...

    If you use the RIAA definition of "equivalent"... probably about 5.

  9. Re:What about fuel on Mechanical Butterflies? · · Score: 1

    Simply fly in as far as the power source will allow then either recover the device later or hope the images you have are worth the cost of losing it.

    I think the neighbor girl might notice.