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  1. New Fedora Name Poll on Universities Dispute with Red Hat over 'Fedora' · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. Bowler
    2. Beanie
    3. Tinfoil
    4. Fez
    5. Toque
    6. Skullcap
    7. Helmet
    8. Cowboy Neal's AssHat

  2. Re:Wow what a subject!! on Nokia Taking Over Psion to Control Symbian? · · Score: 1

    Funny, I initially read it as 'Nokia to take poison.'

  3. Re:npr on Who Needs Radio? · · Score: 1

    I have to second this. After getting disgusted with commercial radio, I listen almost exclusively to NPR, with some time spent at 1190 AM as well. Good news on one hand and music I've never heard on the other. I actually meant to send a letter to Clearchannel thanking them for making radio so unpalatable that I had to change my listening habits.

  4. Re:What about budget systems? on Building A High-End Gaming Workstation · · Score: 2, Informative

    Try Sharky's Extreme.
    They do a monthly guide to building a value gaming rig.

    If you've got more cash to blow, they also do a high-end guide.

  5. Obligatory Michael Slam. on FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE Reviewed · · Score: 0, Troll

    There he goes again, posting another inflammatory, non-topical invitation to a flame war.

    Oh wait. This one's actually a valid article.

    Never mind.

  6. Wow, that's informative. on Using Macs In The Work Place · · Score: 1

    So I connected my Mac to the network, and it didn't work.

    But then it did, kind of.

    Then it didn't.

    Then by running Windows on my Mac, I could connect.

    Just the sort of in-depth, technical article we should expect here.

  7. Re:business plan... on Google Helps Offer Blogger Pro For Free · · Score: 2, Funny

    So this is only available in Soviet Russia?

  8. Re:Oh ho ho! on Spammer Hangout's Membership Roster Left Exposed · · Score: 1

    Another, more pragmatic reason, after some research, would be that online ordering for both Pizza Hut and Papa John's doesn't work for those zip codes.

  9. Re:Oh ho ho! on Spammer Hangout's Membership Roster Left Exposed · · Score: 1

    Why not click on over to Pizza Hut And order this nice guy a pizza?

  10. Re:Give Peace a Chance on The Diamond Age · · Score: 1

    I, for one, welcome the DeBeers hordes. Stocking up is usually spalled as "hoards".

  11. Obligatory Simpsons Reference. on Buying a New TV? · · Score: 1

    In that price range, you'll probably want to look for a Panaphonics, Magnetbox, or Sorny.

  12. It's called COLLAGE, dammit! on Dr. Dre to pay $1.5 mil for "Illegal Sample" · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Seems pretty cut-and-dried, but both the **AA and most comments here just don't f*cking get it.
    An artist working with paper can legally take a picture out of a magazine, photocopy the Mona Lisa, whatever, and add it to their own art. No laws are broken, and the artist ends up with a new piece of art uniquely their own, but added to by the inclusion of other imagery.
    For those who say anybody can do that/I could be a star by using other peoples' music/waahhh/(standard /. Bitch'N'Moan(tm), I say, quit trolling. That argument's been around for years about many things, but those who say that, about collage, music, whatever, never do what they say they could. Do you really think you could put music together the way an accomplished DJ act such as FatBoy Slim does? Can you do collage to the caliber of Braque?
    It's the same thing!

  13. Stupid Newbie Question... on Beyond Linux From Scratch 1.0 Released · · Score: 1

    LFS looks like an interesting way to learn Linux from the ground up, but the .pdf says you have to do it from an existing Linux box. Is there a way to go through these steps from a Windows machine? (Cygwin or something like that maybe?)

  14. What about Polaroids? on Digital Cameras for Use in Tough Conditions? · · Score: 1

    Skip the digital, just get Polaroids. The instant development saves you from wasting film, and they're not horribly expensive so if they break occasionally it shouldn't be a huge problem.

  15. The short version of a rebuttal. on "Time-Traveler" Busted For Insider Trading · · Score: 1

    From the Weekly World News. Surprised it wasn't Batboy making all this money.

  16. Re:Just one question... on Serial ATA Drives Mature and Get Faster · · Score: 1

    Makes sense. Still wish they'd gone for serial wiring of drives, though.

  17. Just one question... on Serial ATA Drives Mature and Get Faster · · Score: 1

    Why is it called serial? As far as I can tell, only one drive can be connected per port on the motherboard. Why not "single" ATA? When it's called serial, I envision something like SCSI, with the ability to daisy-chain multiple drives.

  18. But where are the... on Windows vs. Unix Revisited · · Score: 1

    ...Linux televangelists???

  19. Re:Ender's game on Open Source Code And War · · Score: 1

    You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the Frontier against Zur and the Ko-Dan Armada...

  20. Thanks FCC! on FCC Abandons Linesharing, Kills DSL Competition · · Score: 2, Informative

    Let's see: Qwest won't service my line for DSL, but Covad does. That's the only broadband I can get. Guess I'm screwed.