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  1. What Gnome needs on GNOME 2.12 Released · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If the GUI could match the sheer attractivness of Tiger or Vista, there would be many more converts. Although it is billed as "an intuitive and attractive desktop for end-users" on GNOME's website, it still has a way to go. Say what you will about the other named OSes, but real progress is being made on the GUI front, and I'm afraid that GNOME is falling behind.

  2. Re:Way to go mods!! on Cost of Secrecy Continues to Increase · · Score: 1
    "If you actually look at the graph, you'll see that the situation was significantly better when Clinton was president than now that Bush is in office."

    How can you tell that the situation is better or worse from the provided data? If you read the first posts, you will notice that this data doesn't really mean very much. These posts haven't been modded flamebait for attacking Bush, they've been modded down for not making sense!

  3. Re:PayPal Is Like The Mob on PayPal Freezes Hurricane Relief Account · · Score: 1

    Because of PayPal's issues, I use money orders for online auctions. They are cheap and easy to get, and you can avoid PayPal.

  4. Re:The right decision IMO on Google Loses AdWords Case · · Score: 1
    Imagine how much more pleasant campaign season would be if political ads were prohibited from mentioning the competition? No more negative ads, no more mudslinging, a much improved s/n ratio.

    That sounds a lot like some third party ads from last year's elections. If memory serves me right, those were some of the most radical.

    Anyway, I wonder why employees of Geico were searching their own company's name on Google.

  5. Other industries on Summer Internships - The Good, and the Bad? · · Score: 1
    I am writing this from my summer internship at a pharmaceutical company. I write html for an internal employee portal and I prepare reports of possibly forged doctor signatures.

    There are some great opportunities outside of tech. companies.

  6. Re:I'm sure it'll end with a hug and a pink slip. on ZDNet UK Begs for Google's Forgiveness · · Score: 1

    If they had used say msn search (god forbid) then google would have nothing to say.

    If CNet had used Yahoo! or MSN, the article would have become utterly pointless. Also, I think that Google would have followed the same course of action regardless of the information provider.

  7. Re:I'm sure it'll end with a hug and a pink slip. on ZDNet UK Begs for Google's Forgiveness · · Score: 1

    Responsible journalism? What the hell is that?

  8. Already plans for world domination on Do We Really Need Space Weapons? · · Score: 1

    Step 1: take over space Step 2: ??? Step 3: Profit!!! I think /. already posted a story about the United States wanting to take control of certain key areas in space. Look where all of this "international cooporation" has gotten man's aspirations to go to space; nowhere! Compare this to the US v. USSR space race. I think that the US military should have the ability to wage war in space, though I doubt it will happen in this generation.

  9. Re:The FCC, unnecesarily restricting freedom? on FCC Considers Deregulation of DSL · · Score: 2, Interesting

    DSL services are already monopolies in many areas, partially due to the significant infrastructure needed to roll out the service.

  10. Clusters on Disney, DreamWorks, Pixar Go Linux · · Score: 3, Informative

    Studios use a lot of clusters, which are much better (in several ways) on Linux than on Windows.