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  1. Re:Hunting on Worst Linux Annoyances? · · Score: 1
  2. Cf. on $50 Aerial Digital Photography from a Balloon · · Score: 2, Informative
  3. Lingo on JSP and Tag Libraries for Web Development · · Score: 1

    a book for JSP developers wanting to improve their 'skillset.'

    Why coding in Java is a bad idea:
    Makes you use terms like "skillset"

  4. Re:The less popular the better on AIM Meets Social Network Theory · · Score: 2, Informative
    But of course all the people who are saying that they would not want their screen name publicly available are clearly not reading anything on the site. All the screen names are jumbled up and the only way someone can see your actual screen name is if they are on you buddy list and/or you are on there's.

    n.b.: Privacy statement

  5. You might have seen this before... on 3D Visualization of Linux Kernel Development · · Score: 0, Redundant
  6. Re:PIN numbers? on Cracker Gains Access to 2.2 Million Credit Cards · · Score: 1

    PIN numbers?

    Person Identification Numbers...numbers...

  7. Uhm... on Buy a Moller SkyCar Prototype on eBay · · Score: 1
    Potential buyers are cautioned that this is a prototype model and considered an experimental aircraft

    If it is still a protype and experimental then why don't they just wait until it is far more developed rather than offering a mediocre imitation of what they promise which will probably make itself very apparent as such?

  8. Sense of entitlement on Rosen Floats ISP Fee Idea -- Charge Everybody! · · Score: 1

    What annoys me the most about the RIAA is their sense of entitlement. They are buddy buddy with record labels that mass produce mediocre, uninspired music (for the most part), subjugating quality for the promise of profit. And so they spend little time developing crap and then spend tons of money to promote the crap in order to secure that people know about it and like it enough to ensure that their advertising costs are covered. Then when profit comes in they channel it into making more crap that they will be over advertised and thus cost them a lot. It seems like a pyramid scheme. Then they get outraged because people want to hear something before they pony upfor 14 bucks or so. It's like, "Ok this hit single is kind of catchy but do I really want to buy the entire album? I'll check it out online...Oh, wow, this shit really fucking sucks and I am tired of that mediocre hit single now too. It really is kind of boring and formulaic when you hear it more than 10 times." Or something like all that. Then the RIAA freak out like the American public is collectively having a bukakke party all over the RIAA's grandmother.
    I fucking hate the RIAA. I am sure there are two sides to this coin or what have you but I always ask myself, "who do you think you are?" Clearly economists and not "artists". There is, of course, far more to address on this subject but my girlfriend is playing Sim City 4 and I'd like to look voer her shoulder and cup her breasts. She ripped the game from Kazaa!!! Ok, not really. None of it. Everything is a lie. The RIAA exasperates me.

  9. Ineffable on Linux Top Gun Hacker Contest Report · · Score: 3, Funny
    the DJ had a good stream of music, there were more women than you'd expect, and some in small metal bras

    All elements meant to distract you from the fact that there is nothing going on in the room and you wasted gas and money driving there.
    I'm heading off to a dog show now...

  10. This stuff is hot on Hyper-Threading Speeds Linux · · Score: 1

    I have two Hyper-Threading Xeons in my server and it compiles a kernel like I had typed 'ls'.

  11. Re:The Mac is Sexy but so are some PCs on Mac vs. PC Digital Photography Comparison · · Score: 1

    Did you actaully read my post or just skim it? I use the Sony as a desktop mostly, so the bigger the better. I don't give a shit what it weighs or how hot it gets or how long the batterie lasts because it usually doesn't go anywhere. I do, howerever, have the option to easily move it if I want to. It has a great screen (1600x1200) and all the hardware I need. Secondly, I run Debian so I don't give a shit what programming tools OS X comes with or how much Visual Studio .NET costs. OS X users are just apologists who need pretty GUIs with dancing buttons and don't want to actually learn how to use a computer while still attempting to get the credability and respect that Linux users do. Go play.

  12. Dumb LAN kids on World's Longest Wi-Fi Connection · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now there is just going to be stupid shit like LAN parties out in the middle of the desert.
    Or maybe people think that's cool

  13. Re:The Mac is Sexy but so are some PCs on Mac vs. PC Digital Photography Comparison · · Score: 1
    and that doesn't even get me started on how much cooler OS X is than XP

    No reason to think I am running XP on this...
    I have a totally stacked laptop that is pretty much double everything the powerbooks are which I use as a desktop, more or less. The Toshiba is for browsing and email and portability. With internal Wi-Fi it is great for GAIMing with friends whilst on the toilet or carrying under an arm on the way to the library. I am fortunate enough to have enough resources to have more than one laptop and I (*me* personally) am far happier with these two laptops running Debian and serving opposite functions than I would be using Mac hardware or software which is mostly bloated and just not configurable enough for my tastes.

  14. Re:The Mac is Sexy but so are some PCs on Mac vs. PC Digital Photography Comparison · · Score: 1
    You don't get that with your dell or toshiba

    There are actually very few things in this world that are sexier than the Toshiba Portege 2010

    Half an inch thick
    2.6 lbs
    2 inch 40GB hard drive
    and double your MHz

  15. Re:Serious add-on idea on Linux-Based Bar-Monkey · · Score: 1

    It could also signal to the next user that a user of gender x with BAC of y got a drink here z minutes ago...
    Or is that unethical?