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  1. Better question is "why not"... on Why Run Linux On Macs? · · Score: 1

    I had a 6220 back in the day and ran LinuxPPC on it for many years. I got used to Linux. Since OS X came about the need for Linux isn't as much but I still keep it in VMWare.

  2. Re:Extinct species survived on Extinct Species of Early Human Survived On Grass Bulbs, Not Meat · · Score: 1, Insightful

    It seems like part of the (vegan) scientific community is desperate to show early man were herbivores, to tell us we must return to your roots...

  3. Re:Because IT Deptartments are Conservative on Microsoft Trying To Woo Businesses To Windows 8 · · Score: 2

    The company I work for is just moving from XP to WIn7 this summer as they roll out new hardware. So I feel fairly certain I will never see 8 on my company computer.

  4. Re:The Solicitor General is full of Shit on US Gov't Sides Against Microsoft In i4i Patent Case · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's a brave new world.

  5. Re:General answer on Ask Matt Asay About Ubuntu and Canonical · · Score: 3, Funny

    This should be modded up as insightful.

  6. Re:Bribery on Mark Cuban's Plan To Kill Google · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I would be willing to happily accept $1M in cash to never use Google again. It may be a bribe but I would be willing to suffer your scorn.

  7. Praises to Obama on Obama Makes a Push To Add Time To the School Year · · Score: 0, Troll

    See if those little brats keep singing the praises to Obama after they find out about this...

  8. Re:Summary doesn't make it clear... on Arizona Judge Tells Sheriff "Reveal Password Or Face Contempt" · · Score: 4, Insightful

    He is also extremely popular with his constituents, who fully support the way he operates his office. The US Justice Department now has him as a target (since the Obama Administration came to power) due to his enforcement of Immigration laws. In Arizona he polls 11 points higher than Obama so he is popular statewide.

  9. Re:This is a good idea on Army Asks Its Personnel to Wikify Field Manuals · · Score: 4, Informative

    I would point out that when Charlie Rangel and some other politicians started denigrating the volunteer soldiers as a bunch of lower class, uneducated people with no prospects, as study found that they were generally middle class and better educated than the citizenry as a whole. http://www.heritage.org/research/nationalsecurity/cda05-08.cfm

  10. Re:Well, now we'll know. on Sunspots Return · · Score: 4, Funny

    You guys with your wacky theories that the Sun may affect our temperatures..

  11. Prayer for Vista? on Carnivorous Clock Eats Bugs · · Score: 2, Funny

    Any chance of Microsoft getting a version that would eat the bugs in VIsta? okay someone was going to say it...

  12. Re:News Flash! Civil Servants Corrupt! News @ 11:0 on EPA Quashed Report Skeptical of Global Warming · · Score: 4, Insightful

    But he did give a speech last year to the media where he told them that it was past time to allow dissenting voices to be heard as they only confused people. He said the debate was over and those few voices from the other side were outliars (intentional misspelling) and must be ignored One wonders how many millions of dollars he has made as he flies about the world in his private jet, travels in his SUVs and lives in his massive mansions.

  13. US Educational System on China Dominates In NSA-Backed Coding Contest · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who knew that teaching kids that 1+1 can equal 3 as long as they feel good about themselves would turn out bad for us...

  14. Not Hackers? on Students Learn To Write Viruses · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Not sure why the author phrased it that way. It should have read they are not criminals. They very well may be hackers. There is a difference.

  15. Re:Accountability on ICANN Wants To End Commerce Dept. Oversight In 2009 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Ah yes the UN. Wonder what nations they will put on the committee to oversee this area, China, Saudi Arabia, Iran... Maybe the same group they put on the Human Rights Committee a few years back, Syria, Lybia, etc. Yeah, this will work really well.

  16. Re:You guys can tryy and twist the issue but... on The Copyright Crusade a Lost Cause? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I think most people understand that. But the more the RIAA tries to argue that I can't take my CD, rip it to my computer to put it on my iPod, the more likely people are to say, screw them and their stupid rules. Most of the analogies they try to make comparing someone building a shack in my backyard to someone downloading a song is not going to make much sense to most of us non-intellectuals. The squatter is depriving me of the use of part of my land.

  17. Re:It is not all bad on Yahoo Bid shows Microsoft on the Ropes · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I still have a Yahoo! home page that I visit on a daily basis. If Microsoft buys them, I will quickly delete that bookmark and will never visit it again. I would highly doubt that I would be alone in that either. Google and Mozilla haven't alienated large groups of people (Google seems to be working on it at times) the way Microsoft have. So I don't think this is going to turn out to be such a great thing for them. Kind of like AOL. Look how valuable that looked to TW, how did that turn out?

  18. Re:Useless Article... on Microsoft Claims Patent On Elements of Embedded Linux? · · Score: 1, Troll

    Gil, Babe... are you a /. poster or not. Just make up any facts that you need to post an opinion ;-)

  19. Re:Not really an issue on US Control of Internet Remains an Issue · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You must not get out much. America bashing is always one of the more popular sports in much of the world. We know how China would run it, the Saudis just gave some woman 200 lashes for being raped (I know you are going to say it is more complicated than that) so I can imagine their idea on the free flow of ideas. But still the Yanks are the worst you know.

  20. Re:Privacy? on World of Warcraft's Brand New Rootkit · · Score: 1

    Why does this all sound familiar though... give up any expectation of privacy to be safer... but they assure us not to worry, they are only looking out for us.... we can trust them...

  21. Re:Or... on The Dying PC Market · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But this was the year that everyone was supposed to buy a new PC so that they could start using the great new OS from Microsoft, Vista. It didn't happen so I think that a lot of manufacturers are concerned. Their projections to Wall Street probably included a spike that hasn't happened. Now they have some splainin' to do.

  22. Re:Nice to see a company admit it's mistake on First US GPL Lawsuit Heads For Quick Settlement · · Score: 1

    Even then, there would be a some meaning for precedence sake but not much. To have significant meaning they would need to appeal the decision to an appellate court for review and lose there also. Then you would have precedent that would have meaning within that appellate court's jurisdiction and may even be referred to by other appellate courts when they would consider the matter.

  23. Re:hmm on Google Unveils Flash Ads · · Score: 1

    To get all of this relevant content to the user, how far away can the spyware be. It's just to be benefit us the user after all.

  24. Re:From-the-WTF-Dept. on Green Cars You Can't Buy · · Score: 1

    From RFTA: "So in states where there are no regulations to force their hand". So it looks like you might not be able to blame Bush for this one. I know it is a great disappointment to you. Just like fuel blends. The ones in California are cleaner than the rest of the country. It is state mandated, not federal. Sorry.

  25. Re:Google knows all on Wikileaks Breaks $3 Billion Corruption Story · · Score: 1

    It's the new era. We used to love every dictator out there that wasn't on the side of the Soviets. They were looked upon as being on our side, so we would "overlook" their indiscretions. Now it is about Islamo-terrorism. If you help us (or at least say you are), then you are once again embraced regardless of other baggage that may come along. Remember the Bush doctrine, you are either with us or against us.