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  1. It's time for... on What's The Fastest Growing Linux Distro? · · Score: 2, Funny

    -insert token FreeBSD comment here-.

  2. I know this is not a popular opinion but... on Exploit Based On Leaked Windows Code Released · · Score: 1

    I am glad to see this happen and I hope that this allows not only a flood of bugs that need to be fixed, be fixed, but I also hope it encourages people to switch.

  3. Kropotkin and a book not directly related. on Animal Social Complexity - Intelligence and Culture · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If you are serious in studying this and other sociology/nature/behaviour styled stuff. Check out "Mutual Aid" by Kropotkin. It gives the anti-social darwinism view of nature and relationships in nature, supported by the ideas of Darwin himself.

  4. I say. on Mozilla Firebird gets .8 Release, and New Name · · Score: 1

    They should just rename the newly renamed Firefox to: Moz' Bizzy and Thunderbird to: Moz' Mizzy.

    Problem solved.

  5. Please, oh please. on Opera Browser Creators Planning IPO · · Score: 1

    Don't let the IPO kill Opera, so long as 7.5 delivers on it's alledged features I think I will finally be using a browser in FreeBSD that does everything I want... and fast.

  6. Re:This topic is just asking for it... on What Games Should I Get for My New G5? · · Score: 1

    I play Neverwinter Nights with no issues in FreeBSD 5.0-Release.

    If you can play it in linux you can play it in BSD if you take the time to get it right.

    Should we refrain from "Games for Linux?" questions as well?

  7. Rrrriiiggghhhtttt. on Bill Gates to be Knighted · · Score: 1

    Is that a typo? The only person I could imagine knighting Bill Gates is Sauron.

  8. I love FreeBSD. on Enhanced WiFi Security Patch For FreeBSD · · Score: 1

    I love FreeBSD, but I have a question. When on earth is anyone going to recognize the fact that there is a serious problem with the wi driver for dwl650 pcmcia cards? So many of us have them and yet the current driver for it, after a small amount of usage causes a full system lock up. Anyone have any info on that? I'd like to see the drivers for widely used software perfected before setting up default security for those who don't know how to on their access points.

    The question beg's to be asked, shouldn't someone capable of installing and using FreeBSD be knowledgeable enough to secure their wifi ap?

  9. Re:Money. on Mars Crater Theory Tries To Explain Missing Beagle · · Score: 1

    Did you actually believe my statement, considering it's content, would be topical?

  10. Money. on Mars Crater Theory Tries To Explain Missing Beagle · · Score: 0, Troll

    I think all space related failures should be blamed on the lack of funding NASA receives. Soldiers don't need guns. They need to be sent out weapon less and that extra money should go to the space program.

    I am not trolling I really believe this. Huzzah!

  11. Over at the website. on Second Life MMO Update Creates Virtual Eviction Notices · · Score: 1

    The article says, "Additionally, a new pricing option with no monthly fees allows you to join SecondLife for only $9.95.". Over at their website I see nothing indicating this at all. Anyone have any clue what this means and why it was in the article?

  12. Re:The truth everyone just wants to pretend is lie on Saddam Hussein Arrested · · Score: 1

    Only if according to JRR my race is supposed to be the manifestation of the idea of humans born without original sin.

  13. Re:The truth everyone just wants to pretend is lie on Saddam Hussein Arrested · · Score: 1

    I can fly as well.

  14. Re:The truth everyone just wants to pretend is lie on Saddam Hussein Arrested · · Score: 1

    You honestly believe Bin Laden honestly believes his own bullshit? I am saying what has been going on recently (years back) in the Middle East is the reason for what is going on now. Everything from Al Queda to the average Muslim who burns a flag in protest outside a US embassy. Believing that simply just the base in Saudi Arabia was Al Queda's soul reason for 9/11 or even a main reason is nonsense. Bin Laden can only have those followers if our actions for the last century take place. No simple base in Saudi Arabia can spur that kind of devotion to that moron.

  15. Re:The truth everyone just wants to pretend is lie on Saddam Hussein Arrested · · Score: 1

    That logic is a bit too simplistic. We are not "responsible for Saddam". That lies within' Iraq. We are responsible however for supporting him and supplying him with some of the weapons we are currently looking for. My point is that as a government ours regularly distorts the truth and spreads mis-information, specifically when it comes to interventions and relations with foreign nations.

    I would relate absolutely zero terrorist related activities to our "base" in Saudi Arabia or the first gulf war. Troops in Lebanon, attempts to assasinate the Syrian president, CIA coups in Iran and Saudi Arabia, are things that helped make 9/11 happen. That is the short list too. The amount of fucking around we have done in the Middle East, all to our own end, that has cost countless lives is the reason much of the Muslim world is disgusted by us.

    What on earth are you talking about when you say "Did England, germany, and Japan, and all the other member's of the coaltition forces all own stock options in Haliburton?". When the world asks another nation for something, America being in some way involved, two things happen. First they decide whether they want to do whatever it is, is being requested. Then they weigh how greatly their decision is going to piss off America. If it is going to piss off America then they decide whether what they are doing is worth the cost of pissing off the US. England Germany and Japan all decided that the risk of taking their mouth's off the power cock at the time was too great so they complied. Not to say necessarily that their action in the original Gulf War was wrong.

  16. Re:***HUGE SPOILER ALERT*** on The Matrix Trailers, Reloaded and Re-Encoded · · Score: 1

    Well since the final movie is about faith, I think it becomes clear not that he is a mutant, or a psychic but rather that he is just simply "the one". What Neo is doing is fighting them in the other part of the dualism of our world. If that is immaterial you wouldn't be able to see it. He is Jesus-esque and this makes him able to do these things. Neo may not be the son of God but he is the savior and this is what enables him to do what he does. You are looking for a reason when just like the information given in the first film leaves you with no reason why Neo is "the one" other than the fact that there was someone before him who was "the one" who freed the initial group, so it makes no sense to look for a reason why Neo is what he is. Isn't that what faith is all about? Being a blind sheep that believes what it is you want to believe because of some innate emotional response to that belief?

  17. Re:***HUGE SPOILER ALERT*** on The Matrix Trailers, Reloaded and Re-Encoded · · Score: 1

    Uh, I don't think so.

    The world, according to The Matrix and how I understand it is dualistic. Meaning that their are material substances (our bodies) and immaterial substances (our souls). Neo when he becomes blind, transcends dualism and can then see through to what/who something/someone truly is. It basically makes him Jesus. Which was well illustrated with the final scene. Difference being Jesus didn't have to become blind to see both sides of our universal dualism, because Jesus was 1337.

  18. The Best. on Best and Worst Books of 2003? · · Score: 1

    The Watch by Dennis Danvers.

    I know, it was published in 2001 but the paperback came out this year!

    KROPOTKIN THROUGH TTTIIIMMMMEEEEE!!!!

    Ha ha.

  19. Re:Your loss on Message in a Battle · · Score: 1

    I think Sam as well as Faramir, in the books were rather unaffected by the ring. In fact I would say Faramir and more importantly Sam considering his proximity to the ring through the story was the most powerful when it comes to resisting it's effects.

  20. Re:bin laden.. on Saddam Hussein Arrested · · Score: 1

    Your absolutely right. I think this war is PERFECTLY LEGAL. The state makes the laws of this nation and consortium of states makes international laws for the planet, I am always surprised when an "illegal" war takes place considering the state, who is the perpetuator, of said war makes the laws which are supposed to govern that action. Just because the war is "legal" doesn't mean I have to respect Bush. I still want to see his capture and arrest. You better believe I am glad Saddam is caught too, hopefully soon he will be dead along with all of those who dominate over other human beings. Oh... and your point is so clever that I think I should be clever too. That useless bag of soulless shit named Ronald Reagan let Saddam suck the power cock dry, so please can we recognize that both the democrats and republicans are complete morons?

  21. Re:bin laden.. on Saddam Hussein Arrested · · Score: 1
    Your absolutely right. I think this war is PERFECTLY LEGAL. The state makes the laws of this nation and consortium of states makes international laws for the planet, I am always surprised when an "illegal" war takes place considering the state, who is the perpetuater, of said war makes the laws which are supposed to govern that action. Just because the war is "legal" doesn't mean I have to respect Bush. I still want to see
    • his
    capture and arrest. You better believe I am glad Saddam is caught too, hopefully soon he will be dead along with all of those who dominate over other human beings. Oh... and your point is so clever that I think I should be clever too. That useless bag of soulless shit named Ronald Regean let Saddam suck the power cock dry, so please can we recognize that both the democrats and republicans are complete morons?
  22. The truth everyone just wants to pretend is lies. on Saddam Hussein Arrested · · Score: 1

    Saddam was our friend and allowed to be a tyrannical lunatic under our watch because at the time he was doing as we said. It wasn't until he started doing things his way that he became "evil".

    September 11th was a result of our continual intervention in third world nations thanks to direct military action or CIA sponsored (funding/training) coups against leaders who won't tote the American line.

    3000... 5000... 10,000... 1,000,000 Add up the number of people killed by dictators our government installed. Compare that to the number of people killed on 9/11. Scratch that, just compare East Timor to 9/11. Shouldn't we as people be acting against these actions? Or is human life not really sacred? Is the only life that is sacred that of the average white Christian American?

  23. Re:Wrong Question on Sony Presentation Reveals Further PSP Details · · Score: 1

    I don't think "doing it right" by anyone's definition falls under, network with computer, download game image, play through the network. Less work than all the X-Box hacking going on.

  24. Ebay. on Finding Holiday Discounts on iPods? · · Score: 1

    Ebay is your best bet, still. Apple is not going to help you out and you shouldn't help them.

  25. Re:WARNING Tsarkon reports SLASHDOT TRACKS AC-IP-U on Video Headsets for the Vision Impaired? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The world is falling apart!!!! AAAAHHHH!