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  1. Re:is there any way on Google Earth Flight Simulator · · Score: 1

    English US keyboard layout is the key, if you try eabling the shortcuts with other english keyboard layouts it fails

  2. IT IS USEFUL!!! on War Declared on Caps Lock Key · · Score: 1

    When used for keyboard layout and language switching, the only annoying thing is when you're in middle of issuing too many commands and you suddenly find yourself typing - (text removed by /.) instead of what you really meant.

  3. Re:The kids are the winners here. on Microsoft, Massachusetts, and IT · · Score: 1

    That's a failing of your school. It takes one, 30 seconds to explain what a spreedsheet in general is? That Word is just one of many word processors?

    OK that's what we try to do, but when you start having a whole generation of teachers breastfed by microsoft, they already dunno the difference

  4. Re:The kids are the winners here. on Microsoft, Massachusetts, and IT · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Oh yeah???
    And having kids with the knowledge that nothing exists in this world except M$ products, it's this way all over the world, here in Egypt M$ subsidizes school software to the extent that it offers windows+office packages in the equivalent of less than $3 to students, and in the end we get students who don't know what's a spreadsheet or word processor, they only know Excel and Word etc..
    Yet even in the US I recently read on a republican blogger's page someone comparing emacs (she called it emac) with M$ Word and dubbing emacs of being a word processor of lesser quality.

  5. Re:Why the hassle on Agent-based or Agent-less Network Monitoring · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And why there aren't products supporting v3? The obvious greedy vendors pressure.

  6. Why the hassle on Agent-based or Agent-less Network Monitoring · · Score: 1

    Inventing, reinventing and treinventing agents, paying for extra management tools then you discover they're broken or din't fulfill your needs (although otherwise advertised), and of course the cross platform headache; all this and we simply forget the standards, the keyword is SNMP.
    OK, it's not secure, but again what else is secure if we don't give it enough research and care, it can be simply implmented and it's integrated in most of the equipment that need monitoring, but hey we ignore it, as long we didn't pay zillions for it then it's ignorable.
    Don't you just hate it when vendors force you to think out of the open standard and cost you more for a lesser featured solution, people please wake up.

  7. Re:Isn't it already there? on Australian Science Makes the Regenerating Mouse · · Score: 0

    then the whole thing is misleading, some pointing to earholes dissapearing (tissue issue) and others point to mamoth, anyway the post is a big TROLL with spelling mistakes.

  8. Re:Seen in 1998! on Australian Science Makes the Regenerating Mouse · · Score: 1

    Error in the URL remove the trailing /

  9. Isn't it already there? on Australian Science Makes the Regenerating Mouse · · Score: 1

    I thought it was already there in humans, when you leave your ear pierced without use for long enough it starts to heal, or doesn't it? So accordingly the same could apply to other tissues, just give it enough time ranging from years to centuries.
    So it all depends on the complexity, if we can only accelerate this process, that would really produce a healing potion then maybe later there would be another advance where you can get an increase in your bank balance by killing pedestrians.

  10. Tapes??? on No Levy on iPods in Canada · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Why these people didn't suggest a levy on tapes while they were widely used, this is all greed...

  11. Another one in process on USB Disco Dance Floor · · Score: 3, Interesting

    We thought here of making something similar that even mimics the "Dance Dance Revolution" machine that you find in video arcades, haven't figured out how to sense the pressure though, any ideas?

  12. Re:Don't agree... on LinuxWorld Response to 'How to Kill Linux' · · Score: 1

    Please read what you say, it's a DELL laptop, not a standard configuration at all, these computers are well known for their inability to handle Linux, manufacturing equipment that is designed to run smoothly on only one operating system doesn't seem like a smart idea at all.
    Also don't complain about trying to run Debian 'untested', it clearly states that it is 'untested', so don't expect to run out of problems with this.

  13. Funny algorithm on Microsoft To Launch Homegrown Search Engine · · Score: 1

    Seemingly this new algorithmic search wants to play it smart, simply having the word SCO repeated several times in the top search result when I search for my name doesn't mean that this msn new search points directly to SCO.com when searching for my name.

  14. Re:American Voters European Voters (for US Prez) on Bush Website Blocked Outside N. America · · Score: 1

    And that's another reason for doubt, why would I be afraid of hactivism if I was convinced of what I'm doing, and I have the right people working for me.

  15. Re:American Voters European Voters (for US Prez) on Bush Website Blocked Outside N. America · · Score: 1

    And do you expect that much traffic coming from 'internatioal people' to consume any significant bandwidth for such a site, I doubt...

  16. Re:We now need one ...(Sharia correction) on The First-Ever Installfest in Egypt · · Score: 1

    they must cover their body from ankles to neck and wrists Men need only to cover from knees to waist

  17. Re:Arabs do not read on The First-Ever Installfest in Egypt · · Score: 1

    "The second phase he gets more power and uses it to raid, plunder and wage war" Can you please give me examples of cases of raid, plundering and wagging war during prophet Mohamed's life. And why do you post anonymously if you have something to say? I think we're getting off-topic here, so we'd rather PM it if you want

  18. Re:Arabs do not read on The First-Ever Installfest in Egypt · · Score: 1
    but it is about wasting time every second on the Koran

    Depends on how you spend these seconds, it's exactly like wasting time reading source code, while you could spend that same time compiling that code, told you, it's a matter of implementation.

  19. Re:Arabs do not read on The First-Ever Installfest in Egypt · · Score: 1

    I as a Muslim confess that it is my fault as well as other Muslims' fault, it's not to blame on Islam or Islamic culture itself, but it's the wrong implementation or even the absence of implementation of Islamic ideals that led us to this point. At one day in history culture was spread thoughout the world by Islam and Muslims.

  20. Wrong on The First-Ever Installfest in Egypt · · Score: 1

    Islamic culture encourages spread of knowledge specialy among the young generation. I wonder how you got the idea that this contradicts with the fact of children being dutiful and respect their elders.

  21. Re:/. 'ed on The First-Ever Installfest in Egypt · · Score: 1

    The website wasn't /.'ed yet (YET??), seems that ./'ers lost their charm, or is it that Egyptian webmasters are really good at it ;) Thanks to the mirrors

  22. Of course not.. on The First-Ever Installfest in Egypt · · Score: 2, Informative

    We were overwhwelmed by the amount of people interested to get the CD's to install it by themselves. We were surprised by the amount of people helping others installing after they got linux installed over their own PC's. We were happy to see this spirit spreading among people after understanding the concepts of free software.

  23. Re:Clothing on The First-Ever Installfest in Egypt · · Score: 1

    Well of course we had a bunch of these ready for the event, but when we noticed the amount of people coming only for Linux we said "hey, TUX will do fine, dismiss the girls", and so it was :)

  24. Re:How long... on The First-Ever Installfest in Egypt · · Score: 1

    In fact some SCO admins were seen there helping with the stuff ;)

  25. Re:Slashdot People can help - PLEASE MOD UP on The First-Ever Installfest in Egypt · · Score: 0

    DONE