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  1. Re:Daniel Tammet's web site on A Savant Explains His Abilities · · Score: 1

    That's what I mean. When you use images that have a hard coded background colour like those round arrows on the left, you should also set your page background colour to fit, otherwise it's just sloppy :-)

  2. Re:Daniel Tammet's web site on A Savant Explains His Abilities · · Score: 1

    It would do if it had a background colour.

  3. Surprise! on Revenge for the Foil Apartment? · · Score: 1

    Well, there goes the surprise!

  4. Re:Meanwhile, back in reality... on Half Life 2 Retail Sales Hit 1.7 Million · · Score: 1

    Pirates.

  5. Nice Timing on Sun Releases Largest Radiation Storm in 15 Years · · Score: 5, Funny

    Posted by michael on 23:52 Friday 21 January 2005: "Look forward to varying degrees of radio & cell phone reception and some pretty cool aurora boreali until January 22". Wow, thanks. All of eight minutes to look forward to something and drive to a place with a nice clear sky.

  6. Re:Finally on PostgreSQL 8.0 Released · · Score: 1
    Can anyone say WAPP instead of LAMP?

    No.

  7. Re:From my super smart and beautiful girlfriend de on NASA Prepares to Launch Comet-Buster · · Score: 1

    Modded as funny, but it could equally be insightful.

  8. Re:Native Widgets? on OpenOffice 2.0 Preview Release · · Score: 1

    They should make it use the same file dialog windows as the desktop environment uses. HTF is an 'average' computer user supposed to know that the files on his floppy are in /mnt/floppy?

  9. Re:#define instructions on When Do You Read the Instructions? · · Score: 1

    "open source is like poker: would you trust a deck of card that you cannot see being shuffled, but you have to trust who said it was done?" Shouldn't that be closed source?

  10. PHBs on Red Hat, IBM Partner to Certify Apps for Linux · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I RTFA but it wasn't clear to me what this means in practical terms, so excuse if the following sounds like trolling.

    I can see a future where if a linux app isn't certified by this venture (or some other venture if not), then PHBs will refuse to have it on their systems, even though it may be perfectly good for the job, just like with the Red Hat Certification programme. A PHB will see that a potential job candidate is not Red Hat Certified and think that they know jack about Red Hat, or linux for that matter.

  11. geometrical frustration on How Negative Thermal Expansion Works · · Score: 1
    "geometrical frustration (which sounds a lot like what it is)"

    Maybe that's why it's called geometrical frustration.

    Walking up stairs (which sounds a lot like what it is)!

  12. Re:Take a lesson on Valve Takes the Offensive on Warez Users? · · Score: 1

    Would that more and more ISPs weren't capping people.

  13. Re:Average PC User on When Is A Good Time To Upgrade? · · Score: 1

    In that case, I can see them not wanting to set Firefox as the default browser.

  14. Re:WYSIWYG web design on What OSS Programs are Still Needed? · · Score: 2, Funny
    "I would sure like to see a web designer that will allow me to drag a picture anywhere inside a box, and build a table that positions it correctly relative to the other elements in the page"

    The '90s called. They want their table-based layouts back.

  15. Sigh on Firefox 1.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Why does 'File | Quit' not work for me? Using the Linux version.

  16. Re:Guide to Slashdot frontpage on Gentoo Ricer Comparison · · Score: 1

    You mean Slashdot posts user-submitted stories? Shock!

  17. Re:2.6.9 and Nvidia on Linux 2.6.9 Released · · Score: 1

    Video, network, or both?

  18. So on New Fee For Internet-Capable PCs In Germany · · Score: 1

    Will they in return receive the TV channels over the net from the authorities?

  19. No UK? on Your Favorite Political Weblogs? · · Score: 1

    Disappointed to see no UK nominations.

  20. Re:Is there a word... on Gates Explains Longhorn Delay, Diet · · Score: 1

    Search meta info.

  21. Irresponsible on Linux Kernel 2.6.8 Released. Oh wait, it's 2.6.8.1 · · Score: 1

    If you didn't change the format, nothing would break.

  22. Re:Not a chance on Pay To Have Your Phone Tapped · · Score: 1
    Police say they cannot - and should not - be forced to pay the often hefty costs involved in carrying out court-approved wiretaps and message searches, warning that investigations will suffer if they are expected to pick up the tab.

    Is this not policework anyway? Is it not like saying they shouldn't be forced to pay for the pencils and notepads they use?

  23. What is it with /. articles? on Scarface Videogame Gets First Screens, Details · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This article wasn't here half an hour ago. I mean there was nothing between 'IT: How Secure is Windows Firewall?' and 'Science: Todd Need[ed] a Liver'. Now all of a sudden this appears somewhere between the last articles that I already read, and I almost missed it. I've noticed this happen before. What's up?

  24. Re:A better review on X-Connect 500W Modular PSU · · Score: 0, Troll

    I didn't fall for that.

    :-(

  25. Re:Wrong quote on McBride Says No More Lawsuits From SCO · · Score: 1

    Build a campfire? Sing some songs?