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  1. Any project can be bungled on Custom Software vs. COTS Products · · Score: 1

    whether it is Free, Open, Taxpayer funded, Private, Public, whatever. The FBI could not even do a document handling program right and Microsoft Windows is still full of bugs... ;-)

  2. Re:.88%? on Firefox Continues Gains against IE · · Score: 1

    My Apache logs also show 22% for the Gecko engine. This is quite consistent over various types of sites. Things suddenly changed since December last year.

  3. Re:Need more buzzwords? on Scalable Enterprise Buzzword Solutions · · Score: 1

    Hmm, I got this one from the Dogbert generator: "Organised zero administration hit-squad"

  4. Re:NASA's already found some... on Phoenix Mars Polar Lander Website Launched · · Score: 1

    Whoa man, I bow to our bacteria overlords...

  5. Re:Life on Mars - from Earth on Phoenix Mars Polar Lander Website Launched · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'd like to see the micro-organisms that can survive a year or more in space. The probes are as sterile as they can possibly be, by the time they get there. That big yellow thing up there in the sky is a nuclear reaction...

  6. Police Investigative Security Software on Carnivore No More · · Score: 1

    would be a much better name...

  7. Re:negatives of the review on Firefox Reviewed in the Globe and Mail · · Score: 1
    I simply tell people that there are millions of web sites. The few that won't work with Firefox are usually so riddled with crapware, that they are best avoided anyway.

    BTW, my own site statistics show that 22% of visitors use Gecko and 77% use IE. The IE tsunami is turning...

  8. Trained Crooks... on Who Needs Harvard? · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Could it be that many people are pissed off at the highly trained crooks that ran Nortel, MCI/Worldcom, Enron, Tyco and many other companies into the ground?

    Plainly, Harvard and others, did not spend enough time teaching ethics. Aristotle is forgotten...

  9. Re:Linux doesn't need any more distros on Overclockix 3.7 Released · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why? Why whould having one distro be better? Would you like to run my cell-phone version of embedded Linux on your desktop? Would you like to run a mainframe version of Linux on your PDA? Would you prefer to run a Linksys SOHO firewall version on your Notebook? Do you really need to edit documents on your MP3 player?

  10. Re:He should have sprayed Roundup first on Plant a Seed, Get Sued? · · Score: 1

    fire - hmmm, not yet, no....

  11. He should have sprayed Roundup first on Plant a Seed, Get Sued? · · Score: 1

    So what is one supposed to use to kill these Monsanto weeds, once they have infested your property?

  12. Re:How silly on Windows Longhorn to make Graphics Cards more Important · · Score: 1, Insightful
    and 640kB memory should be enough...

    It is called 'progress' and it is not necessarily bad. You can keep your green on black Hercules graphics adaptor, but I'll go for the modern colour, thanks.

  13. Re:8bit revolution on simPC - Your Grandparents' New Computer? · · Score: 1

    Sounds more like a Sinclair ZX Spectrum. The Comodore is too advanced.

  14. Re:Misses the point on simPC - Your Grandparents' New Computer? · · Score: 1

    Max OSX isn't proprietary? What happens if Apple goes bust?

  15. Re:Wimp on Laptops, Headless Servers and KVMs? · · Score: 1

    Yup - if you need to wet your finger, then it isn't 220V...

  16. Re:GPS jammer on No Warrant Needed For GPS Tracking By Police · · Score: 1

    Hmmmmm - lemme get my tin-foil sombrero - that'll cover the whole car...

  17. Smart guns don't kill people on Smart Guns are Coming · · Score: 1

    Dumb people kill people...

  18. Re:What happened... on Smart Guns are Coming · · Score: 1

    Hmm, I grew up in a country where a gun HAD to be concealed. You were not allowed to carry an unconcealed gun. That makes more sense actually - if the thing is so big that you can't conceal it, then you may not carry it...

  19. Re:What happens when... on Smart Guns are Coming · · Score: 1

    One word: rain...

  20. Cool! Another opportunity on Smart Guns are Coming · · Score: 1
    Now I can make money from taking these electronic gizmos OFF the guns.

    Geek Gun Smith Co.: Virus, Spam, Spyware and Gun Lock removal - $60...

  21. Re:Peak Oil on Hydrogen Buses In Iceland · · Score: 1

    Yeah well, we are ALWAYS 50 years away from running out - simply because it is uneconomical to spend more money on searching for oil if you know that there is 30 to 50 years of supply left.

  22. Why stop now, on Climate Change Doubles Drought Stricken Area · · Score: 1
    just when I'm hating it?

    Climate arguments are like war in the Middle East. The people can't live happily without it.

  23. Thirty Years Ago - Newsweek Article on Climate Change Doubles Drought Stricken Area · · Score: 1
    In the seventies, it was all about Global Cooling: http://www.globalclimate.org/Newsweek.htm

    Pretty soon, it will be back in vogue again...

  24. Human Copyright Infringement on Biggest Identity Thief Ever Gets Put Away · · Score: 1

    There, feel better now?

  25. Re:Where to go? on Biggest Identity Thief Ever Gets Put Away · · Score: 1

    Here you go: http://www.anewidentity.com/