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  1. Re:goodbye bank account on iPod Shuffle, Mac Mini, iLife '05, iWork · · Score: 1

    Mod parent up! I've been asking for the trackpad to be modular for years.

  2. Greasy Kids Stuff on In Korea, Email Is Only For Old People · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I can understand how IM appeals to kids (regardless of nationality), but I find IM incredibly distracting. I guess it's the natural evolution though. As telephones cut into the postal load, so are chat functions overtaking email.

  3. Re:Mixed up on ERP/CMS for Small Business IT consultants · · Score: 0

    Er, I should have said "CMS or ERP", since they are completely different animals.

  4. Mixed up on ERP/CMS for Small Business IT consultants · · Score: 0

    You want a CRM/SFA application, NOT a CMS/ERP.

  5. Crystal Radio? on Electronics Projects for 12-Year-Olds? · · Score: 1

    There is a guy on /. who peddles those things in his sig. Looked pretty cool for a kid's project. Cheap too - I think it was around $12.

  6. Re:Expensive? on World of Warcraft Launches · · Score: 0, Troll

    A long time, in this instance, means 30 days. Each time I pay, I get to play for 30 days. So if I still want to play after a couple of years, I'll have paid $360 for a game that is only good for 30 days.

  7. Re:No no, it's me also. on World of Warcraft Launches · · Score: 2, Informative
    ...I'd love to see a MMORPG client and server frameworkd developed under the GPL...

    It's coming, albeit slowly...

  8. Re:Keep yer conscience clean on World of Warcraft Launches · · Score: 1

    Thats beside the point. Parent is trying to ease the conscious burden of supporting Blizzard even though they are assholes.

  9. Re:Hosts File on Worm Exploit Distributed by Advertising Network · · Score: 1

    Unless, of course, you like the advertiser supported revenue model.

  10. Re:User 56! on WinAmp's Death Greatly Exaggerated · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I doubt it. He just paid $115 for it himself.

  11. Re:It's a little weird on Internet Hunting · · Score: 1

    Possible, I guess, but according to the live-shot.com website, the place is manned during operating hours. There are targets (or dead game), ammo, misfires and other issues to be dealt with.

  12. It's a little weird on Internet Hunting · · Score: 1

    But I wouldn't call it cruelty. It's still shooting wild animals, which is a damn sight better for the animal than living in a factory farm and being "harvested" with a hammer.

    I'm certain that the carcass will not be tossed out either. So why is this so bad?

  13. Try em yourself on Open Source Content Management Discussion? · · Score: 5, Informative
  14. Re:Where is the website? on Internet Hunting · · Score: 1

    Here.

  15. branding on Interview with Red Hat VP Michael Tiemann · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I still say it was a mistake to kill off RHL. It made the name "Red Hat" synonymous with Linux, at least to the casual observer. And people like to stick with what they know.

  16. use a disk performance monitor on Hardware RAID 5 Performance Configurations? · · Score: 1

    And learn what reads and writes are happening, and what is getting queued up now to create i/o bottlenecks. I haven't seen anyone comment on it, but understand that your primary LUN is just one part of the equation. At a minimum, you should be looking to separate your system files, your swap files, and your database partition onto separate arrays. For the first two, RAID1 is frequently the best choice.

  17. Re:Good Project Management software on What OSS Programs are Still Needed? · · Score: 1

    There are several in development. As usual, the closed file formats of the defacto standard are going to be an even bigger hurdle than usability in growing these apps.

  18. Re:Judge Jim Gray for 2008 on Libertarian Candidate Michael Badnarik Interview · · Score: 1

    It sounds as though you want the LP to become as centrist and indistinguishable as the two major parties. I think that would be a mistake. I'm no hard liner - I supported Harry Browne, and I want police and fire departments to remain publically funded. But I also don't want to stray far from the basic principles that set us apart.

  19. Re:wow, that's dumb on If You Had To Vote Based On Candidates' Web Pages · · Score: 1

    Sounds like it worked out well for you, but it could also mean that dentist needs more patients. Of course, if the practice is new, then it's not a problem.

    I went through my list once, looking for names that said "not currently accepting new patients", and called those offices until I found one that was.

    Not terribly scientific, but better than judging by last names.

  20. Re: Wife heard a good one on Al Franken's show... on Political Yard Sign Wars Wage as Election Nears · · Score: 1

    The mayor of berkeley does his own dirty work as well.

  21. doopdy doop on Free Software at the Local Library? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Choice of titles aside, this subject has been covered before.

  22. RTFA on Linux Advocacy in Ethiopia: A Traveller's Journal · · Score: 1
    First, Open Source Software being free of cost was no advantage, as most of the software in use is either provided by development aid or pirate copies.
  23. Re:"Libertarians" are dominant faction in GOP. on Magazine Eyeballs Its Subscribers · · Score: 1

    No, not technically. But it was his campaign supporters who founded the Libertarian Party.

  24. Re:Don't die on Simpsons Actors on Strike · · Score: 1

    Yes, but (crappy) shows like friends have the luxury of putting the bulk of their production budget into the casting. The Simpsons has huge costs in animation, which is outsourced to Korea to save money, but it's still a major part of the show's expense.

    The cast is already making lots of cash from syndication royalties. I don't feel a lot of sympathy for them. Wish I could find a part-time job that supported me so well.

  25. Re:Are you buying from an ev1 reseller? on Looking to Move from EV1? · · Score: 1

    Agreed.. It was more for windows users. The tip off was that I said to ping for the address, which any *nix user wouldn't need to be told.