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  1. Re:Don't waste my money! on Quebec Govt Sued For Ignoring Free Software · · Score: 0

    Because unless you're there to learn about how other systems work, the computer is just a tool that is not directly related to what they're learning. When the specific choice of what tool is unimportant to what you are learning, you are better served using the tool you already understand or are comfortable with.

  2. Re:Stuff that matters? on Bottom of The Barrel Book Reviews-Confessions of a Recovering Preppie · · Score: 1

    Given that you couldn't tell the difference between an Idle article and a book review (I know that the green background is subtle) exactly how many dupe postings on Fark were you responsible for?

  3. Re:Interview questions on My Job Went To India · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You give the same answer you give to someone who asks "are you a god?"

  4. Re:Oh yes... on Warhammer Online Open Beta To Begin September 7th · · Score: 1

    You have to preorder to get into the 'open' beta.

  5. Amateurs on Air Force Suspends Cyber Command Program · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Air Force Suspends Cyber Command Program

    It's THEM. This is just what they WANT you to believe.

  6. Re:This is a review? on Linux Authentication Against Active Directory · · Score: 1

    I believe it's called PAM.

  7. Re:Interesting. on VIA Nano CPU Benchmarked, Beats Intel Atom · · Score: 1

    Not long ago I only knew VIA as a chipset maker and a maker of chips for some other devices/things that weren't really "brand name" items. But lately I see them getting more and more into the CPU business.

    Would you feel more comfortable with it if they went back to calling their CPU Cyrix?

  8. Re:Replying to myself on VMware ESXi Available For Free Starting Today · · Score: 1

    seems like VMware Server just became the red-headed stepchild

    Server supports things that ESX does not, such as local SCSI passthrough, USB devices and whatnot. It also doesn't care about the underlying storage system, so you can go ahead and use any SATA controller your host OS can use. Server still has it's place and we will be staying with it.

  9. Re:Space Madness! on Apollo 14 Moonwalker Claims Aliens Exist · · Score: 1

    That doesn't excuse space rudeness.

  10. Re:All for the next Zelda? on Nintendo Unveils Wii MotionPlus · · Score: 5, Insightful

    One word: Lightsaber.

  11. Re:5 features on 20 Features Windows 7 Should Include · · Score: 1

    or a ~1 GB minimal install with only the GUI and some programs

    That's all Windows is anyway.

  12. Re:big company r&d on The State of R&D At HP, IBM, and Microsoft · · Score: 1

    That's usually called product development, not R&D.

  13. That's pure, weapons grade ... on New Particle Found, the Bottom-Most Bottomonium · · Score: 5, Funny

    bullonium.

  14. Re:What I really want... on Seagate Announces First 1.5TB Desktop Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    RAID is not a substitute for backups!

    No, but it makes it so you don't have to go running to them in the event of a hardware failure as often.

  15. Re:Human Fertility on Ask Aubrey de Grey About Longevity Research · · Score: 1

    Since extending life span up until now has been a matter of removing things not related to age from killing us before age could, they are poor indicators as to how a human would biologically react to direct manipulation of the aging process.

  16. What hit you on the head ... on Ask Aubrey de Grey About Longevity Research · · Score: -1, Troll

    What hit you on the head, and how hard, to make you so nutty?

  17. Re:My first response is to call Bullshit on Massive, Coordinated Patch To the DNS Released · · Score: 1

    Is it even possible for a single vulnerability to affect EVERY OS EVERYWHERE at once?

    No, but it is possible for a single vulnerability to affect every poor DNS implementation. From there you would be able to deploy OS specific attacks.

  18. Re:I find the obsession with tech in the class bad on How Technology Changes Classrooms · · Score: 1

    And you had to learn Latin to understand and know how to apply those prefixes and suffixes right? Those are borrowed from Latin and were borrowed a long time ago; they are now a part of modern English, no Latin required.

  19. Re:Once good on AVG Fakes User Agent, Floods the Internet · · Score: 1

    If I remember correctly, the page that was linked in that popup notification took you to a page that listed the 3 edition choices, the first one being AVG Free. I could be wrong though, it was a month ago and not my computer.

  20. Re:Once good on AVG Fakes User Agent, Floods the Internet · · Score: 2, Informative

    As of June 25th, 2008, it seems that they no longer even offer a free product.

    Ok, no. As of June 25, they stopped supporting AVG Free 7 in order to get their free users on the Updated AVG Free 8. Incidentally, AVG 8 is the version with the problem this story is describing if you installed the IE toolbar. Anyway, 0.32 seconds for a Google search would show you the latest free version.

  21. Re:Apple on Apple Laptop Upgrades Costing 200% More Than Dells · · Score: 1

    Have you watched Apples ads? There is a difference between someone who is 'tech savvy' choosing to use a platform and marketing that platform to someone who is 'tech savvy.'

  22. Re:Neighborhood friendly computer geek on Apple Laptop Upgrades Costing 200% More Than Dells · · Score: 1

    God damnit, not again. Damn work and phpBB making me retarded.

  23. Re:Neighborhood friendly computer geek on Apple Laptop Upgrades Costing 200% More Than Dells · · Score: 1

    [quote]those Macs must run on fairy dust and Unicorn poop[/quote] Why, yes it does.

  24. Re:Just for giggles... on Power Consumption of a Typical PC While Gaming · · Score: 1

    Athlons are antiques?

  25. Re:Personally ... on Wine 1.0 — Uncorked After 15 Years · · Score: 1

    There's a wonderful word in the English language I used, 'either.' Maybe, if I needed hardware acceleration I would install Windows on the machine directly, in fact I know I would.

    Oh, and VMware does support hardware accelerated video.