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  1. Re:why does it happen more often in IT? on Why Smart People Defend Bad Ideas · · Score: 1

    yes

  2. Re:Killing the revenue stream... on Using Computer Stores to Spread Open Source? · · Score: 1

    Exactly, I install free SW on all the PCs I fix, but that is because I don't like fixing crap all the time and don't need this type of repeat customers. A computer shop however has different motivations.

  3. Spelling - it is w00t, dumbass! on w00t is 3rd Favorite Non-Dictionary Word · · Score: 1

    They are a dictionary and they can't even spell w00t - sad, really sad.

  4. Confoxed, not Confuzzled... on w00t is 3rd Favorite Non-Dictionary Word · · Score: 1

    Never heard confuzzled, confoxed, yes.

  5. Re:monitor driver on Windows Nearly Ready For Desktop Use · · Score: 1

    "my power supply will need a driver?"

    Yup, try to install a UPS on Windoze...

  6. Re:Makes me sick.. on The Future of Linux on Laptops · · Score: 1

    Uhmmm, Dell sells machines with Linux preloaded. They will even sell machines with Your Own disk image preloaded. I would think they are a major vendor...

  7. Re:What about BSD? on The Future of Linux on Laptops · · Score: 1

    You mean: http://www.apple.com/ ???

  8. Re:So... on 2-Year OpenOffice High School Case Study · · Score: 1

    Free - you mean like free copies of IE6 and Outlook Express?

  9. Re:Fair use on Decriminalizing File Swapping · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "could make the production of digital entertainment significantly less profitable"
    Well, I fail to understand why musicians and film actors must all necessarily become multi-billionaires. The entertainment industry currently is a rip-off industry. At some point the pendulum is bound to swing back.

  10. Its my ball on McVoy Strikes Back · · Score: 1

    I'm gonna keep it and I'm not coming back to play again - not ever!

  11. Re:Distributed webhosting on Official BitTorrent Search Opens · · Score: 1

    That is what Squid-cache is for.

  12. 5 hours of video... on BBS Documentary Now Shipping · · Score: 1

    Hot damn, how long will that take to download with kermit at 75 baud over an acoustic coupler on a phone handset?

  13. Re:NSA could break PGP? on PGP Ruled as Relevant For Criminal Case · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You can safely assume that the NSA can break anything. They do not 'play fair' when they try to break things - they 'play dirty' and look for weaknesses in the implementation. They use enormous lookup tables and dictionaries. They use special hardware. If they know something is on a PC, then they could read all data off the hard disk and try every word or phrase ever typed on it as a key. Of course, you need to be pretty friggen important before they will waste their time on you...

  14. SSL... on PGP Ruled as Relevant For Criminal Case · · Score: 1

    I guess SSL could also be used to pay for stolen goods on Ebay...

  15. Re:Announces?! on Samsung Announces Flash-Based Disk Drive · · Score: 1

    Hmm, well, then you better get up. These things have been around for many years. They are getting bigger all the time - that is the only news in this announcement - the large size.

  16. Re:This the same EU? on Deadline Looming for Microsoft in Antitrust Case · · Score: 1

    "The EU is not a country, it is a conglomeration of countries."

    The EU is a loose federation, a little bit looser than Canada.

    It is interesting that the US constitution was specifically crafted to limit federal power, but over the centuries, the federal power increased enormously.

    The Canadian constitution was crafted to maintain federal power, while over the century, the federal power decreased enormously, to the point where most people in Canada don't give a hoot about the central government and the central government's budget is smaller than that of some provinces.

  17. Earth moon and satellite viewers on MSN Virtual Earth to Take on Google · · Score: 2, Interesting

    See these cool sites:
    http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/

    and this:
    http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/satellite.html

    Lots of fun playing with that that, hope the MS stuff is even better.

  18. Re:LP's on George Dantzig, 1914-2005 · · Score: 3, Informative

    LP is commonly used in the design of electronic circuits and filters - so it affected the development of just about anything with a battery or a power cord.

  19. Why NASA? on New NASA Budget Woes · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Honest question: Why does the US have NASA? The US Army, Arforce and Navy all have their own space programs, so what is the point of NASA?

  20. Re:Tariffs are an answer. on The Problem with DHS's Plan to 'Buy American' · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Tarrifs is not the answer. The US dollar is overvalued. Devalue your currency by 75% to its real worth and all industry and jobs will come back...

  21. Oil on The Problem with DHS's Plan to 'Buy American' · · Score: 4, Funny

    Guess they'll go cold this winter - no oil and gas from Canada for Homeland Security...

  22. Re:This can't be good. on Liquid Metal Cooling in New ATI Video Card · · Score: 4, Informative

    Both liquid and solid: Recrystalizing state.

  23. Re:Impressive - but... on Push a Button, Land on a Carrier · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    We can't improve the lives of people in the third world. They have to do it themselves and most lack the motivation, that is why it is still underdeveloped, despite having been inhabited by humans, millions of years longer than any other continent...

  24. Military is finally catching up on Push a Button, Land on a Carrier · · Score: 1

    to commercial aircraft. Commercial craft has been auto landing for 30 years.

  25. Re:"the other" browser on Completing BitTorrent Decentralization · · Score: 1

    Excellent joke, but only Konqueror users will get it!