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  1. Re:Case in point. on Wikipedia != Authoritative? · · Score: 1

    s/about they/about their

  2. Re:Case in point. on Wikipedia != Authoritative? · · Score: 1

    Wich may or may not have any effect, I better waste my time on /. then telling dinosaurs about they mistakes.

  3. Re:Wikipedia has its uses, like Slashdot on Wikipedia != Authoritative? · · Score: 1

    Choose either #6 or #7, both can't be correct.

  4. Re:Your sig on Wikipedia != Authoritative? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Atheism: An explicit lack of belief in the existence of any god or supernatural power.

  5. Re:Case in point. on Wikipedia != Authoritative? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    At least in Wikipedia errors can get fixed by everyone noticing them. Look at my sig (Linux Torvaldes) and say if you would like to be able to fix that page or not. Do you consider IBM to be authoritive?

  6. Re:You forgot to measure page hits.... on Wikipedia != Authoritative? · · Score: 1

    4) Galileo trowing weights from the Piza Tower.

  7. Re:Wikipedia Errors on Wikipedia != Authoritative? · · Score: 1

    s/read on the internet/read

  8. Re:Mother's Opinion on Body and Brains of Gamers Probed · · Score: 1
    (well, a gamer will occassionally yell out insults, a TV watcher won't)
    So I don't exist, right?
  9. Re:PDF and PANTONE on Scribus Cracks the Big Leagues in Print · · Score: 1
    Since I work in the digital printing business I have to love Linux because open source started with a printer driver.
    s/open source/Free Software
  10. Re:Never liked The GIMP on Scribus Cracks the Big Leagues in Print · · Score: 1

    You need the "advanced" straight line tutorial aka select path tool, click on one end, click on the other, stoke path.

  11. Re:we hereby state... on Automated DMCA Notices Still Full of Lies · · Score: 1

    In short: they can do it, you can't.

  12. Re:Why I didn't bother... on Last Words On Service Pack 2 · · Score: 1

    Google doesn't have much on Linux Torvaldos, but look what I got for Linux Torvaldes. That is .sig material.

  13. Re:How, indeed! on A Grep-like Utility That Works on More than Text? · · Score: 1
  14. Re:Record my... on Britain is the World's Surveillance Leader · · Score: 1
    Not a bear in sight. The Bear Patrol must be working like a charm. -- Homer
  15. Re:Smiley inventor on Internet Babylon · · Score: 1

    Who could it have been if not a Lisp hacker.

  16. Re:I agree... on Gnome 2.8 RC1 Released · · Score: 1

    You have multiple desktops, use them. Make use of the Window Selector in the corner.

  17. Re:Looks more like OSX on Gnome 2.8 RC1 Released · · Score: 1

    It's a WIMP interface, none of them is "completely original".

  18. Re:Beagle? Evolution vs. Thunderbird? on Gnome 2.8 RC1 Released · · Score: 1

    It uses the default Gnome browser, what esle do I need? :-D

  19. Why not? on Live Nightclub Hacking · · Score: 4, Funny

    What else would a geek do in a nightclub?

  20. Re:Beagle? Evolution vs. Thunderbird? on Gnome 2.8 RC1 Released · · Score: 1

    Evolution also integrates well with Gnome, wich is what all of this is about.

  21. Re:Looks more like OSX on Gnome 2.8 RC1 Released · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'd say it looks a lot like GNOME...

  22. Re:I agree... on Gnome 2.8 RC1 Released · · Score: 1
    Gnome doesn't even come with a quick launch
    But you can put your .desktop files anywhere on the panel.
  23. Re:Time to go find the dog on SETI Finds Interesting Signal · · Score: 1
    Proxima Centauri is roughly 4.22 light years from Earth (40 Pm), 270,000 times more distant than the Sun. -- Wikipedia
  24. Re:Digital artists are needed on Is Open Source An Advantage For Game Developers? · · Score: 1

    I have no problems with my Genius Easy Pen, then again, I would trade that for any Wacom, even if it would be problematic to set up.

  25. Re:How many on Is Open Source An Advantage For Game Developers? · · Score: 1

    Spacewar :-D