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  1. Re:In other news... on Coffee is Addictive · · Score: 1
    Bears also defecate in areas densely populated with trees.

    The pope still expected to believe in God.

  2. Re:um... I'd have a different perspective on Less Might Be More · · Score: 1
    Your not wrong.

    I have this abacus from the 19th century and it hasn't failed me yet.

  3. Re:But DON'T get into the habit of using reboot. on Windows Upgrade, FAA Error Cause LAX Shutdown · · Score: 1
    reboot on solaris can be passed arguments (reboot -- -r) will do a reconfigure boot for instance

    The thing with reboot rather than init 6 on Solaris is that /etc/inittab defines init to run scripts in /etc/rcX.d. Generally this is stop scripts on Solaris.

    reboot is passed directly to "uadmin" which doesn't cleanly run and /etc/rcX.d scripts.

  4. Re:Testing? what about patches and bug fixes on Microsoft's Chief Linux Strategist Interviewed · · Score: 5, Interesting
    I can say as someone who does Solaris/Linux stuff for a living, and runs a couple of OSX machines at home that patches from:-
    Sun
    Apple
    Red Hat
    Also have there fair share of issues

    The frequency of problems is the lowest on the Red Hat side, but the others are no better than Microsoft. Business practises are another matter, and the reason I won't touch their stuff with a barge-pole.

  5. Re:Firefox v. IE on Mozilla's Goodger on Firefox's Future · · Score: 1

    Now if Microsoft did that with IE would we all:- 1. Complain bitterly about it 2. Welcome anything MS could do to make reduce viruses etc. and therefore enhance the internet experience for all. I am guessing No. 1

  6. Re:Perhaps is the user base of those versions? on Windows Fails 8% of the Time · · Score: 1
    The IT dept. can't control the PC's that much or the users wouldn't be able to install stuff in the first place.

    Thats either a fault of the OS, or the fault of the administrators.

  7. Re:Go RedHat on Best Training in Linux Administration? · · Score: 1

    Well I passed so I am not so biased ! It is a very hard course and only the best get through :) The RHCE course now focuses more on Enterprise server stuff, rather than on how to get X working. Which is what you need in an enterprise environment. Also if you are going to use RHEE then learning Samba etc and configuring netdump would be of great use. It's all a bit horses-for-courses it depends on what you are going to do, and on what Distro. My own experiences on RHEE is Oracle RAC, Apache, NFS, MySQL, PHP, and a 300+ box PVM array. With enterprise layered products such as Autosys and Veritas stuff etc. Not stuff you are going to get involved in much with a Gentoo box at home (sadly)

  8. Re:You Don't Say?!? on Ballmer on Linux · · Score: 1

    Humously ? Whats a thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic; used especially as a dip for pita; originated in the Middle East got to do with it ?

  9. H.264 on Microsoft Codec Required For Blu-Ray Players · · Score: 1

    What about http://www.apple.com/macosx/tiger/h264.html this is supposed to be the next big thing ?

  10. Re:Apple's Mac OS X wins again... on Gates Explains Longhorn Delay, Diet · · Score: 1
    But unlike the Longhorn alpha/beta releases the release of Tiger that Apple gave out at the WWDC this June has Spotlight up and running and working fine.

    I am using it just fine thankyou.

  11. Re:Who gives a crap? on Half-Life 2 Going Gold on Monday? [updated] · · Score: 0, Troll

    Not to mention the orginal HL, and Mac scenario. Tossers.

  12. Re:Only 2 for a new OS release? on Latest SP2 News · · Score: 1

    Well two that have been identified and disclosed to the public in a week (betas not withstanding).

  13. Re:The reason I chose the PC over Apple... on Apple vs. Microsoft Myths Revisited · · Score: 1

    Well I got 10.3.5 today. Your point is ?

  14. Re:Look at the hardware they use to run it on Official Doom 3 Benchmarks Released · · Score: 1

    4gb of RAM means nothing on a 32bit Windows box as 2gb is a limit.

  15. Re:Prediction on iPod Generation 4 Released · · Score: 1

    Not really. Apple can pander to whom they choose. If there was real money in it they would do it and cover the R&D and engineering efforts.

  16. Re:iTunes DRM: Necessary? Good or evil? on iTMS Europe: 800,000 Tracks In A Week · · Score: 1

    Yes but a tad tricky to play on an iPod

  17. Re:Thunderbird Wishlist on Less is More: Thunderbird 0.7 Review · · Score: 1

    Regarding number 5

    These would not be cross platform. .pst input for example requires a DLL. Thats why Evolution etc. cannot access the data.

  18. Re:The last time i-River tried to do that... on iRiver Preps Linux-based Media Player · · Score: 1

    Steve Jobs cries into his wallet as the i-River dies the slow death

  19. Re:Liquid Cooling is, uh, cool on New PowerMac G5s: Up to 2.5Ghz, Liquid Cooled · · Score: 1

    Well it's because of ADC which Apple may well be dropping.

  20. Re:apple is overated on Apple Previewing New Power Mac? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    OS X is the best for what I do for a living (Solaris, RedHat admin) and personally - e-mail, web , games (not many but UT2004, and C&C Generals), MAME.

    Throw in the free dev tools, and iLife, Macromedia, and Adobe product suites.

    I don't need to go anywhere else thankyou.

  21. Re:That bogus list of his on Is Microsoft Money Crushing Microsoft? · · Score: 1

    .mac Apple kinda does this.

  22. Re:Locate foot. Aim. FIRE! on Microsoft Changes Tune Again On SP2 Installs · · Score: 1

    ll in all, I am somewhat surprised

    I am more suprised about how many column inches this service pack is generating.

    Anyone would think this is the second coming rather than a belated fix to something that IMHO shouldn't have got through the door in it's current state anyway.

    Will people be queueing outside stores to get their hands on this at midnight on release day ?

  23. Re:If I spend quite a bit of time, why not. on Gaming PC Makers Take Aim at Lucrative Niche · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well my G5, and indeed my pBook G4 runs MAME perfectly well. Which I find beats most current games out these days.

    This seems to be mostly about the graphics engines rather than gameplay.

  24. Re:That's 2 words. on Making Operating Systems Faster · · Score: 1

    But lets face it... On a desktop system, you boot it up, start a browser, word processor, do some work save it, shut the system down and switch it off at the end.

    Using OS X, I (hardly) ever shutdown my machine. I just put it to sleep.
    Not sure if the system cache remains but I suspect it does.

  25. Re:In other news on Microsoft Behind $12M Opera Settlement · · Score: 1

    Also
    Bears continue to defecate in areas densely populated with trees
    And sources close to the Pope continue to report that he is indeed a catholic.