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  1. Re:Yet another... on Linus Says 2004 is the Year for Desktop Linux · · Score: 1

    Is your sig a real quote from a Microsoft ad? That would be freaky if it was.

  2. Re:Hmmm...been done before on Xandros version 2 · · Score: 1

    The only reason I bought a copy of Xandros was for the integrated CrossOver office. Excellent Microsoft Office support (for those rare times when OpenOffice is not good enough).

  3. Re:Pamela Jones and Groklaw is a huge asset on More Damning SCO Evidence At Groklaw · · Score: 1

    I'd buy a T-Shirt with that on it! You should suggest it to ThinkGeek.

  4. Insightfull on Using the Real ntfs.sys Driver Under Linux · · Score: 1

    Wow what a great idea! It is a bit messy but totally effective. You should drop a line to the Knoppix guys with that idea.

  5. Re:Not even close on Galileo System To Include Jamming Capability · · Score: 1

    The AC left a space in the link, but the link is still a valid point...

    http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9903/27/nato.strik e.03/

  6. Re:This guy and his "box" on Ebay on Project Plex-Box · · Score: 1

    ...The problem they had (and I'm not saying I agree with it) is that you selling the costume takes the money they would make...

    Okay, I'm not saying that I aggree with the parent to your post but they allready made money the first time they sold the constume. They can't expect to "double dip" and get money every time that item changes hands until the end of the universe. :)

  7. Re:antisocial on Companies Move Away From Cubicle Culture · · Score: 1

    Get yourself a pair of those Bose headphones that sample the external noise levels constantly and produce perfect white noise so that you can get some silence.

  8. Re:Mail room on What's the Worst Job Posting You've Seen? · · Score: 1

    I can sympathize with your circumstances growing up as I was in a similar situation. I also think putting family first is a noble thing BUT:

    Don't get me started on Greenpeace. In my experience, most have no understanding of what it is they are protesting. How many anti-Globalization types (of which most Greenpeaces-types ascribe) actually truly know what globalization is?
    I agree that many people who protest against Globalization don't fully understand the issues involved, but Greenpeace does not hire idiots. They are almost all University graduates with years of real experience researching and explaining the issues they campaign on to others.

    Give those types some ambition to learn and have an informed opinion. They would do more good getting a job, working during their protesting time, and send their pay to feed starving people. But that wouldn't be as cool, I guess.
    Protesting time? That makes me laugh! Most of the public doesn't realize that most of the time spent by Greenpeace employees is spent trying to change public opinion via other means (Normally completely legal). Protests are nominally used to intensify or "put the cherry on the top" of a major campaign.
    As for "feed starving people" that's not the goal of Greenpeace (even though most people that work there are normally conscious of such things).
    Let's look at their name for a moment Green Peace, their primary goals? Protecting the environment and Promoting peace.

    Think before you slam an organization just because they don't share your world view.

  9. Re:How Funny on Building a Budget Storage Server · · Score: 1

    I agree, I am one of the IT people for a large not-for-profit organization and we have been running on a NetWare 3.12 server for about a decade.
    There is only 2gb available to users for their data - granted we have started to run into space problems but that is about all we really/I> need.
    We are upgrading to a RH7.3 at the moment (~170gb on RAID5) but it's not like that is going to be used up for quite some time.

  10. Re:I've got a GeForce4 Ti4300 on New NVidia Graphics Cards Reviewed · · Score: 1

    your Voodoo3 can't even display 32bpp, nor would it be able to pull even 10 fps at 1024x768 with 4x FSAA

    FYI: The Voodoo3 (all versions) has 16mb. BF1942 requires 32mb.
    And the Voodoo3 has no T&L engine and thus cannot work with BF1942 AT ALL.

    0 FPS. :)

  11. MOD PARENT UP on Bureau of Engraving and Printing Issues New US$20 · · Score: 1

    Totally true. We (Australia) produce currency for many countries in our region.
    I hate getting NZ change back from vending machines - if I try and spend it somewhere that requires a human to give change 5 times out of 10 they won't take it. Grrr.

  12. Re:Get a laser printer on Is the Internet Your Source of Knowledge? · · Score: 1

    ...preferably the kind that prints on both sides

    Umm, that would be Duplex.

  13. Re:Parents on Take-Two Interactive and Sony Sued Over GTA · · Score: 1

    Ultimately, I think all of us agree this is an inane lawsuit. The incident happened because the kids were stupid, and their parents failed to teach them that "shooting at innocent people is BAD."

    I think you could simplify that comment even more "shooting at people is BAD." full stop.

  14. Cookie on Computer Expectations of Today, and a Decade Hence? · · Score: 1

    Looks like he earned that cookie :)

  15. Re:Nah, Alpha Centauri is where it's at... on Call to Power 2 To Get Open Sourced? · · Score: 1

    Have you tried the native Linux port of AC? (done by Loki I believe before they went under).

  16. Re:Wow! on Half-Life 2 Interview Illuminates · · Score: 1

    450mzh was the fastest/final Intel PII.

  17. Re:Desktop Software on Scribus 1.0 Released · · Score: 1

    DPI IS NOT AN PROPERTY OF A PICTURE. OK? CLEAR? Yes? Well yes and no. It would best be described as an optional piece of information on a digital image. It only becomes useful when you want to print and it uses the DPI info as a "recommended" scaling of a picture when you go to print. Of course you could scale the pic to any dimensions - but that's not the point. And a "DPI" tag is required for many graphic formats, including TIFF, JPEG, and Photoshop (your graphics package may hide the setting that it is applying of course).

  18. Re:Press Release on SAPAC Unveils New Australian Supercomputer · · Score: 1

    And now for something completely different...