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  1. Re:Those are pretty big changes on What to Expect from Linux 2.6.12 · · Score: 1

    Big changes used to be put into a devel branch, but they decided to screw with a good thing. Its up to distros to stablize the kernel now so I guess LFS people are out of luck.

  2. Re:Holding Out? on Branden Robinson Lays Down the Law at Debian · · Score: 1

    You must be behind on some kernel patches.

  3. Re:'highly anticipated'? on AOL to Replace AIM with Triton · · Score: 1

    I hate all that crap on the side. It makes it impossible to have a small chat window as you work.

  4. Re:Hmm.... on The Truth About Linux and Windows · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You make it sound like its shocking that they don't know what it runs, but most people running computers don't know what software its running.

  5. Re:vms on Petition To Get OS/2 Open Source · · Score: 1

    Then why is it that they couldnt't get it to work as well as VMS?

  6. Re:spreadsheets are insanely useful on $10B Annual Tab for Spreadsheet Errors? · · Score: 1

    I must be special since I can run perl and Excel on Windows.

    When was the last time your manager asked for best practices instead of dictating them?

  7. Re:And this time on The Space Shuttle Returns · · Score: 1

    "You win again gravity!"

  8. Re:Big Computers on 'Xtreme' Equipment That You Have Borrowed? · · Score: 1

    I believe power and heat issues are more of a problem with blade setups then they are for 1u and up servers in datacenters that weren't intended to house blades.

    So blades would not be a no brainer.

  9. Re:Unfortunately for me... on Reports from the MySQL Users Conference · · Score: 1

    I know it sucks. Seriously, when will every database ventor create a seprate product that was made for something completely different to act as a front end to a database? How can a database admin be expected to use SQL, or an application developer be expected to create an application to access and use the data.

  10. Re:Uh, no. on Lack of Testing Threatening the Stability of Linux · · Score: 1

    You don't have multiple arch's at home?

  11. Re:"Demanding More" is part of the problem on OSS Developers Provide A Glimmer of Hope · · Score: 1

    Clippy.

  12. Re:I'm not totally concerned about quality on OSS Developers Provide A Glimmer of Hope · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Windows 'became' stable because they switched from 9x to NT and Microsoft wanted to compete with the big boys, ie Real Unix. Windows was stable and usable for a large number of things before Linux was. Linux hasn't been a contender long enough to alter Windows. For Longhorn however, that will be a different thing.

  13. Re:Under canadian law they're shielded on Canadian ISP to Name Music Swappers · · Score: 1

    Your splitting a hair that doesn't exist.

    Definitions of upload on the Web:

    Transferring a file or files from the user's computer to a remote computer.
    www.education-world.com/help/glossary.shtml

    Sending a file from your computer to another device.
    www.shortcourses.com/choosing/glossary/19.htm

    To send a file to a network. See also download and crossload.
    www.netdictionary.com/u.html

    The process of sending a file from a user workstation to the server.
    board-web.lausd.k12.ca.us/help/glossary.htm

    To send a copy of a file from one computer to another using a modem.
    www.wda.org/Public/help/glossary.htm

    To transmit information to another computer over a network. The opposite of download.
    www.namesecure.com/en_US/index.jhtml

    Transferring data (usually a file) from a the computer you are using to another computer. The opposite of download.
    www.jahadesign.com/glossary.htm

    Transferring information from a computer to a web site.
    teachersnetwork.org/book/glossary.htm

    To copy a file from your computer to a remote server, the reverse process of download.
    www.idataexpress.com/support/glossary.htm

    sending a file from one computer to another
    its.guilford.k12.nc.us/resource/techinstruct/telvo cab.htm

    Uploaders and people signaling their willingness to upload a file are not protected by Canadain law.

  14. Re:Lo, How The Mighty Have Fallen... on A Comprehensive Look at Solaris 10 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Ya, look how much alteration and Irix knowhow that took. Do you really think a vanilla kernel from www.kernel.org will run on a 256 processor Altix? On the other hand, I can download Solaris 10 and run it on my Ultra10 then use that same install disk with no other changes and bring up an E15K. Linux can't do that.

  15. Re:Amazing. on Microsoft Abandons Gay Rights Bill · · Score: 1

    Since when have Islamic religious leaders been called priests?

  16. Re:LMAO on Microsoft to Support Linux in Virtual Server · · Score: 1

    Great, now I have to try this.

  17. Re:Linux needs a standard container on Why Aren't More Distros Becoming LSB Certified? · · Score: 1

    So KDE doesn't use cups? Thats news to me.

  18. Re:Useless... on iMac Beowulf Cluster Comes to Life · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Why would I give my systems away when I can find amusement with them?

  19. Re:AI on Turing's Original Test Played First Time Ever · · Score: 2, Informative

    Can a submarine swim?

    Swimming: To move through water by means of the limbs, fins, or tail.
    No it can't

    Swimming: To move as though gliding through water
    Yes it can.

  20. Re:Why do we need to harden distros ? on Bastille Adds Reporting, Grabs Fed Attention · · Score: 1

    OpenBSD is, yet the fact the admin has to go and install extra things and actually configure services to run causes more people to whine that OpenBSD is too hard to use. People, including the vast number of admins, don't want a 'secure by default' installation, they want a system that just runs without much thought. Using Linux for that lets them delude themselves into thinking its secure on the based on the fact that its open source and not Windows.

  21. Re:WTF? on Kernel Changes Draw Concern · · Score: 1

    VMWare can also use raw disk partitions. In fact if you do it right, you could even boot to that device, and then boot into your other OS and access it from VMWare.

  22. Re:Why shoud I have to sign... on We're Open enough, Says Microsoft · · Score: 1

    PL/SQL is not portable, nor would it require you to get an F.

  23. Re:Just Curious on Biological Activity on Mars · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why would it. Depending on what you believe, it was either written by some primitive people or given to people on this planet relating to things on this planet.

    That said, no, finding life on other planets would also not mean there is no God or that the bible is false. The ramifications for reasonable people would be very little, but there are plenty of nutcases, religious people and athiests, that will tell you otherwise.

  24. Re:Terraforming on Biological Activity on Mars · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe its something we can transplant.

  25. Re:impromptu poll on Apple and MS Battle For Desktop Search Supremacy · · Score: 1

    Stuff f

    I always liked that stylized f.