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  1. Re:Obviously on Microsoft's Platform Strategist Speaks On Linux · · Score: 1

    Don't worry, 'tis understandable. Hopefully we can all learn from this. Maybe one day, we'll even laugh about this whole mixup!

  2. Re:Obviously on Microsoft's Platform Strategist Speaks On Linux · · Score: 1
    "compare the number of people eating at McDonald's compared to the number that eat at $nice_restaurant...draw your own conclusions about quality" my comment

    "Compare the quantity of Windows machines to linux boxen . . . draw your own conclusion about quality." - my comment's parent

    It was my way of pointing out the fallacy in the parent post.

    My conclusion is that you judge too quickly. Relax! life is too short to insult strangers.

    I apologize for the double post, the line breaks were omitted because it interpreted my post as HTML. I should have previewed it

  3. Re:Obviously on Microsoft's Platform Strategist Speaks On Linux · · Score: 1

    "compare the number of people eating at McDonald's compared to the number that eat at $nice_restaurant...draw your own conclusions about quality" my comment "Compare the quantity of Windows machines to linux boxen . . . draw your own conclusion about quality." - my comment's parent It was my way of pointing out the fallacy in the parent post. My conclusion is that you judge too quickly. Relax! life is too short to insult strangers.

  4. Re:Obviously on Microsoft's Platform Strategist Speaks On Linux · · Score: 1

    compare the number of people eating at McDonald's compared to the number that eat at $nice_restaurant...draw your own conclusions about quality

  5. Re:Bah. You Wussy on Learning Unix for Mac OS X Panther · · Score: 1

    ZZ, half the keystrokes

  6. Re:Caveat Emptor on Google's Bigger Index · · Score: 1

    Have you checked out the Wikipedia? When I'm looking for something serious and educational, I look there first.

  7. Re:license? on Mandrake Blocked By XFree86 4.4 License · · Score: 3, Informative

    freedesktop.org's code will be placed under free licenses that encourage wide use; most commonly, the LGPL for libraries, or an X-style license when appropriate.
    link

  8. Re:no dice on Diamond Age Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    Fake diamonds for the fake orgasm?

  9. Re:I've got one. on Trivial Barriers to Personal Linux Use? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Getting 2.6 to work with Gentoo is pretty easy. Just read the ewarn when you emerge it (it's got a few notes about what to make sure you enable in your kernel). The ebuild will autograb the new init-mod-utils also.

  10. ear plugs on Computers/Keyboards + Dorm Room = No Zzzzzz? · · Score: 1

    Go to your local drug store and pick up some ear plugs. They're cheap, effective, and will take care of noise from neighbors too. Also look into wearing a sleep mask. They look stupid, but the monitor glow won't bother you any more.

  11. Re:That's great on Configuring the 2.6 Linux Kernel · · Score: 1

    You can either follow the advice of the post above me, or just use genkernel (emerge genkernel) to make a generic kernel that'll work on just about any system (but will take a long time to compile and will have tons of useless modules). And I doubt anyone will look through someone else's kernel and tell them how to reconfigure it because if something isn't selected, how is someone supposed to know if the person actually did something unusual for a good reason? What I usually do, is just go with the current settings and just change the drivers, and for the most part, leave everything else alone unless there's an important reason why I should change something.

  12. Re:Konsole slow? on Review: KDE 3.2 · · Score: 1

    try out Multi-aterm, the site is down right now, but until it's back up you can check out the google cache Multi-aterm has transparency, and tabs, and is pretty fast.

  13. Re:Ugly choices on DARPA Funds Internet Tracking Scheme · · Score: 2, Insightful

    weren't these the same people who said "we want to know how to steer a plane, not land or take off"?

  14. Re:Language? on US Govt Makes Times New Roman 14 Official Font · · Score: 1
  15. Re:How does it spoof the address bar? on Microsoft Advises to Type in URLs Rather than Click · · Score: 2, Informative
  16. Re:Well..... on Athlon64 Motherboards And Chips Compared · · Score: 1

    You can run Linux on a G5 or an Athlon 64.

  17. contradiction on Arrest in Caridi FBI Investigation · · Score: 1

    'Caridi most recently appeared in the 2003 movie "Runaways", which has not yet been released' How is it a 2003 movie if it wasn't released in 2003?

  18. Re:Photography boards on Photoshop Fails At Counterfeit Prevention · · Score: 1

    I'm into digital photography, and I mostly use the GIMP and ImageMagick. I don't use Photoshop at all.

  19. Re:Now this is an evil idea! on Linux 2.6 Kernel Pool Results · · Score: 1

    You know the kernel is ready when there are very few patches needed...

  20. Re:DAMMIT! Cmd Taco and Cliff!! on Linux 2.6.0 Kernel Released · · Score: 1

    use the "vanilla" USE flag. For a description, run ufed.

  21. Re:As much as I would like to see... on Iraq's Open Source Possibilities · · Score: 2, Informative

    Linux doesn't have a kernel, Linux is a kernel.

  22. Re:Know Them By Their Injuries on Explaining The Windows/UNIX Cultural Divide · · Score: 1
  23. screenshots on KDE 3.2 beta 2 Released · · Score: 2, Interesting

    here not mine, found those linked in one of the links.

  24. Re:Interesting on Linux Localization And E-governance · · Score: 1

    Well, the US is still using the Imperial system of measurement...

  25. Re:Closing Jennicam? on JenniCam Closing After 7+ Years · · Score: 1

    Kevin!!! ps, I'm an SPFer