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  1. Re:Still no adsl-only service on Canada Splits Local Phone, DSL Services · · Score: 1

    Hmm, should be easy: Order the phone service from somebody else, then close the account after you got ADSL?

  2. Re:If you can't do the time.... on DirecTV Sues Anyone Who Bought Smartcard Reader? · · Score: 1

    Heh? There is a lot of good uses for cocaine - imagine going to the dentist for a root canal without getting a shot of cocaine. A problem with the drug business is that just like the RIAA, the big companies want to control the whole chain of production and they don't tollerate upstarts...

  3. Re:Huh? on Ogg Vorbis decoder chip a reality · · Score: 1

    Ogg Vorbis was a character in a shootemup game, now the name of a superior audio compression scheme, which happens to be the standard used for my whole music collection. I use and old IBM Thinkpad running Linux to play it and has it connected to a 600W stereo amplifier - woohoo!

  4. Re:Some solutions. on OpenOffice.org Resource Kit · · Score: 2, Insightful

    At last, a post by somebody with a clue!

  5. Re:Problem on OpenOffice.org Resource Kit · · Score: 1

    What - you must be joking??? You can even configure OOo to read/write in MS Office formats By Default. This is ideal in a situation where the MS Word users outnumber the OOo users.

  6. Re:OpenOffice writer is not ready on OpenOffice.org Resource Kit · · Score: 1

    Well, you must have a really old version of something, either OOo, Windows or Linux. Get the latest release and have peace.

  7. Re:tumbling on X Prize Race Heats Up · · Score: 1

    No, they are not going to a great speed. They only need to reach 100km or so. This is a far cry from going into orbit.

  8. Define a Minimum System on "Quick 'n Dirty" vs. "Correct and Proper"? · · Score: 1

    and a Full System. Then at the end of the Minimum System, people know what they got.

  9. Re:huzzah! on Opengroupware · · Score: 1

    A simpler solution is WebCal from the UNiversity of Texas. Is uses Apache with ModPerl and works like a charm. Shared calendars acessable between bosses and their secretaries, apointments and meeting scheduling, address book etc: math.utexas.edu

  10. Re:compatabilty on Opengroupware · · Score: 1

    Uhhh, ever heard of Hylafax???

  11. Spoofing/Jamming? on RFID Industry Confidential Memos · · Score: 5, Interesting

    How hard would it be to build a RFID spoofing tool that emits gazillions of random RFID numbers whenever it is polled?

  12. Re:Fake Windows messages on Gator-style Overlay Ads Are Legal, Says Court · · Score: 1

    Hmm, I have one client who point blank refuse to use Mozilla, so I make a ton of money uninstalling all the shit that Internet Exploder accumulates on regular intervals.

    Gator and Alexy are *good* for business...

  13. Re:Irony? on VoIP Booming in Africa · · Score: 1

    Hmmm ROT13? I double decrypted your message just fine with DES...

  14. Re:About time! on Lexmark DMCA Case Winds On · · Score: 1

    Not true, because the new HP printers are sold with half empty cartridges. So, the new printer actually costs a little more than the replacement ink. So, HP gotcha again...

  15. Re:Little off topic... on Business Software Needs A Revolution · · Score: 1

    Well, so if the commercial version doesn't do what you want and is buggy also, then by all means use the free version...

  16. Close your eyes on EFF Supporting Home DVD Editing · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is a movie edited when you close your eyes or ears?

    Cutting pieces form the movie is similar.

  17. Re:weird on Win4Lin 5.0 Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Yes, WP8 runs on Linux, but it doesn't work well. OpenOffice.org should also have filters some time soon - well, it has been sometime soon for a year or more already, but development filters are now available, just very hard to install still.

  18. Re:weird on Win4Lin 5.0 Reviewed · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Well, just to give you some simple examples why Win4Lin is needed: WordPerfect only works on windoze. Most lawyers use WordPerfect. If you have 50,000 files in WordPerfect format, there is no practical way to change to another word processor, so the only solution is win4lin, with WinME and it works beautifully that way.

    Another example is accounting. If you have your whole business history in some special accounting package, which is required by a regulating body, changing to something else is not an option.

  19. Re:Speed? on Win4Lin 5.0 Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Yup, I've seen the same thing. WinME is perfectly stable and runs significantly faster on Win4Lin, than natively. Unfortunately there always will be business programs that only work on Windoze. Having WinME run in an X-window solves that problem beautifully.

  20. Spam? What Spam? on Microsoft Files 15 Lawsuits Against Spammers · · Score: 1

    I use SpamProbe: spamprobe.sourceforge.net

    and peace returned to the land of e-mail...

  21. Re:Great but... on Microsoft Files 15 Lawsuits Against Spammers · · Score: 1

    For law enforcement, it is very easy to find a spammer. Just go to the owner of the product that is spamvertized and ask who sent it.

  22. 'Natural' drugs on Working with ADHD? · · Score: 1

    do of course include Cocaine and Heroin too...

    For ADD, you need to use a stimulant, so copious amounts of Coffee will probably help a lot.

    BTW, Cocaine will help too, being a very strong stimulant, but it will probably get you into more trouble than you can handle. Good old Aspirin or an Anti-histamine common cold remedy will probably work too.

    So, maybe you should try a combination of 6 or more cups of coffee and one 'baby' Aspirin 80mg tablet a day with an occational hay-fever antihistamine...

  23. Re:One 'o' tooo many on EU Moves Towards Single European Patent Standard · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Pity that no American will get your joke, since they do not learn spelling and grammar at school...

  24. Re:Yeah. on More Incompatible DVDs and CDs Coming Your Way · · Score: 1

    So, just spray paint the damn thing with transparent laquer, or make a copy.

    Anyhoo, floppy disks is a self destructing medium that has been around for decades, so many people are still used to having to make a backup of a new purchase.

  25. This will make Ripping more prevalent on More Incompatible DVDs and CDs Coming Your Way · · Score: 1

    since everybody and his dog will copy the discs immediately after purchase, in order make a copy that will actually be useable without the hassle and that won't self erase.

    So, the main point of this is probably to improve blank CDR sales...