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  1. Re:Puppy linux? on Puppy Linux Lets You Run From, Save To The Same CD · · Score: 1

    Run along now and finish your homework. Big quiz in Health class tomorrow.

  2. Re:Puppy linux? on Puppy Linux Lets You Run From, Save To The Same CD · · Score: 1

    Don't you mean Mutlisession CDR Bootable/Saveable GNU/Linux? :)

  3. Re:Puppy linux? on Puppy Linux Lets You Run From, Save To The Same CD · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    They could have named it Anonymous Crowhead.

  4. Not quite there yet... on Puppy Linux Lets You Run From, Save To The Same CD · · Score: 3, Funny

    Early adopters of Puppy Linux have reported that they frequently need to take it out of the drive bay so it doesn't make a mess. Also, if they leave it alone for any legnth of time, it starts making whining noises and chewing up files.

  5. He sounds like Hilary Clinton on "Enemies of Linux" Trying to Undermine OS? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    and her "vast, right-wing conspiracy".

    For the love of Pete, grow a pair and name names. Otherwise, keep yer yap shut.

  6. Re:for fun... on Is Google Breaking Their Own Rules? · · Score: 1

    All the OP said was switch the word Google with MS. That was all. It didn't say anything about monopolies, or EULAs or anything else.

    Your response only emphasizes the point tht a lot of people here have a major hard-on for MS.

  7. Re:for fun... on Is Google Breaking Their Own Rules? · · Score: 1

    [sound of crickets]

    This is Slashdot.

    Microsoft: EVIL
    Apple: GOOD
    Google: "We are not worthy! We are not worthy!"

  8. What do you want to be when you grow up? on Best Degree to Pair w/ a B.Sc. in Computer Science? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That's what you should get a master's in. At this point in your career, I would offer to you that relevant experience in your field is going to do more to increase your marketability much more than a master's.

  9. What military purposes? on Microwires Can Replace The DVD-ROM · · Score: 4, Funny

    3 or 5 times thinner than a human hair, these fine threads were invented in the old Soviet Union for military purposes... Data wig? What?

  10. Re:Complain as much as you can! on Interview With The SpamAssassin · · Score: 1

    Not .cn emails. A lot of US-based spam is coming via Chinese ISPs.

  11. Re:Complain as much as you can! on Interview With The SpamAssassin · · Score: 1

    You start running out of countries with cufficient bandwidth pretty quick.

  12. Re:Your best choice on Interview With The SpamAssassin · · Score: 1

    As I said to an earlier poster, Google is doing an amazing job keeping things out of my gmail box even though my address is posted on /.

  13. Re:Complain as much as you can! on Interview With The SpamAssassin · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The US and other countries could put pressure on China to get them to clean up their ISPs. If you reduce the number of safe-spamming havens, you should reduce the smount of spam.

  14. Re:gmail has good spam protection on Interview With The SpamAssassin · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I agree that Google has good protection, Even with slutting my email address by publishing it on /., the amount of spam that makes it into my gmail box is surprisingly small.

  15. Non-competes non-enforceable in California on Microsoft Loses Key Engineer to Google · · Score: 4, Informative

    So that part is moot.

  16. Stop whining Vonage on Vonage's CEO Says VoIP Blocking Is 'Censorship' · · Score: 2, Interesting

    and get creative about masking your traffic. Sheesh.

  17. Re:How similar is it? on CentOs 4.0 Released · · Score: 1

    up2date works on CentOS 3.4. I haven't verified it yet on 4

  18. Re:More Phone Stuff! on Sony Ericsson Announces First Walkman Phone · · Score: 5, Funny

    You forgot phones that act as vibrators.

  19. I don't know about foolish... on When Should You Quit Your Job? · · Score: 1

    but I don't believe it was your best decision. I'll be blunt. Are you independently wealthy? So skilled as a programmer that people line up outside you house taking numbers for the chance to interview? If you answer no to both of these questions, you may be in for a bit of a shock when you discover the job market kind of sucks these days. The old adage of it being easier to find a job when you have a job is mostly true. What kind of recommendation do you think you're going to get from your former employer if you're labelled as quitting because he didn't like our development methodology? While your peers may admire and praise your decision, a potential hiring manager may look at you as difficult and wanting to do things your own way. There is litle possibility that quitting under the circumstances you describe can be career enhancing. Good luck with your job search.

  20. And in other news on Daily Grind Webcomic Challenge · · Score: -1, Troll

    The Linux on Small Rodents Project has announced that they have successfully booted a 2.6 kernel on mice.

  21. Re:editors please on Sun Storms Deplete Ozone, Too · · Score: 1

    Probably in a couple of years when the editors enter the 9th grade. :)

  22. 35.6% growth = 9% market share on Unix servers up 2.7%, Linux servers up 35.6% · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Clearly Linux is coming of age in the enterprise data center.

    For instance, all of Oracle's hosting for its ERP product is done on Linux. In my company, we run our PeopleSoft ERP system on Linux.

    I believe that we are still on the bottom of the S-curve and will easily see numbers in the 30% range in the next 3 years.

  23. Re:I don't think he is doing a good job. on Non-Technical Managers in a Technical Company? · · Score: 1
    The have a market cap of $112 billion and a P/E of 22. Telecom growth is nothing like it was 5 or 10 years ago, but, as the saying goes, it ain't chopped liver either. Oh did I mention revenues of $23.5 billion and 22.8% profit margins?

    Part of Cisco's secret has been a lack of competition for some very high-level products for which there was not good competition.

    Sounds like a great business strategy to me.

  24. Vibrate before ring. on Short History of Cellphone Ringtones · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I sometimes leave my phone in my office by mistake. I have selected the most annoying and unique ring I could find, so that I would hear it if I forgot to bring it with me (Sony Ericsson's "Digital Rain"). When it's with me, I always manage to deal with it before it starts to ring.

  25. You mean executive, not manager on Non-Technical Managers in a Technical Company? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    There's a big difference.

    The ideal executive has excellent leadership qualities. He/she can paint a picture of the where you are going and make the idea of going there sound very exciting. You cannot underestimate this. Salesmanship plays a big role as well. A CEO is forever "selling" his company, be it to customers, investors or employees.

    I don't think technical aptitude has much to do with it. In 1995, Cisco CEO John Chambers did not even have a PC on his desk, let alone use one. They seemed to do OK.