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  1. Re:Bah! on Interview With Author of the First Spoof Language · · Score: 3, Funny

    The idea for this language was already mentioned five years earlier by Bjarne Stroustrup.

    Is there no end to his evil meddling

  2. Reference on The Interactive Linux Kernel Map · · Score: 1

    this and this is the real reference for the kernal.

  3. The important questions on Northrop Grumman To Develop Brain-Wave Binoculars · · Score: 1

    1.Can this help me if I am drunk, and am looking to ascertain if a lady will be a suitable partner.
    2.I am cross eyed! Will it effect its performance ?

  4. Re:I hope so on XP Deathwatch, T Minus 2 Weeks · · Score: 2, Interesting

    yeah I know but its still a market that Linux is very competitive in. XP cant be in that market segment for that long (they say 2011). What will Microsoft's new product for this market be?

  5. I hope so on XP Deathwatch, T Minus 2 Weeks · · Score: 2, Insightful

    With Liunx getting in to there market (with moblie PC, sub note books) this can only help.

  6. Some Terminology Definitions on The Truth About Last Year's Xbox 360 Recall · · Score: 1

    I remember when Microsoft kept saying ATI are our partners to everyone. It all ends the same way though (with Microsoft ending up with very similar technology and the partner relationship never being herd of again). They should never have got mixed up with Microsoft. How many companies have they done this to before
    P.S
    ASIC
    ASSP

  7. But seriously on Business Open Source Use Up 26% in One Year · · Score: 1

    With the new PC's from Dell and other PC manufactures, not to mention wall mart selling out of cheap Linux PCs could we be seeing a tipping point here. Microsoft has countered (temporally), Linux in the developing world. But what would there response to the $199 PC be, can they afford to put some sort of operating system and office application on it! Can they afford not to.

  8. Last I heard on How PALS Help Secure Nuclear Weapons · · Score: 0

    The British have to call the white house to launch, the system is inoperable otherwise. Our own systems developed in the 50s were to expensive for us to run, we could not compete with the superpowers of the day. We eventually gave the technology to the French, Ariane rockets come from this. Sorry no supporting documentation should be easy enough to verify.

  9. Re:The Arab World... on Science In Islamic Countries · · Score: 1

    This is false Arabia was a simple society before Islam (1400 years ago). The author states "Islam's magnificent Golden Age in the 9th-13th".

  10. jees on Microsoft Gives Xandros Users Patent Protection · · Score: 1

    jess dosn't this guy ever give it a break

  11. keep playing with this guy on Online Store to Sue Blogger Over Google Ranking? · · Score: 1
    I honestly don't know whether to just block his e-mails or keep playing with this guy

    keep playing with this guy!!! he's a bully and (although I am not a layer) he dost have a leg to stand on. The only way he can win is if you cave in, he will then make you feel even worse about it by saying "I told I was right, you should have listened to me and not been so silly"; or words to that effect. Use a lot of humour seeing as he got angry(jealous) that you ranked higher that will depress him if he thinks you are not affected. Lastly put his name on you blog, if you and the internet are laughing at him he will shut up. Dont get upset or angry.

  12. What is this chicken madness...... on Chicken and Egg Problem Solved · · Score: 1

    Chickiny thing gives birth to egg that dvelops into a real chicken. Poor chicken all alone in the world.
    I ummh chickiny creature, I bet it tastes good.

  13. Ask expericence! on Starting an Education in IT? · · Score: 1
    How to be a hacker Eric Raymond has written this how-to that covers some of what you want.


    http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/Also The Art of UNIX Programming this is an in depth programmers view of the UNIX operating system and related programming languages/utilities. If you don't like his style (He's a little to Guru for some)he also mentions other books/works that can give you help on related topics.

  14. Half an hour to read one post!!!!!! on Slashdot Bookmarks · · Score: 1

    Even more ways to waste my time, thank you Slashdot.!

  15. Re:you guys should be scared on Absentee Ballots by Email? · · Score: 1

    You know replies on slashdot are usably flames, but yours was quite informative. The problems you have mentioned however would not be as bad as well organized mass voting fraud.

  16. you guys should be scared on Absentee Ballots by Email? · · Score: 1

    after all the problems with diebold and e-voting, the powers that be are still very keen on e-voting.

  17. Re:Nice troll on Google Acquires Picasa, Improves Blogging Tools · · Score: 1

    That was a cleverly crafted anti-GPL troll. No it wasnt! Another slashdot story about blinkx had a comment from an other user about blinix (an other grate comercial free software product) and how he had pop ups adds when using firefox 9.2 using the mod adblock. Under these considerations my questions were well founded.

  18. I seen this on Google Acquires Picasa, Improves Blogging Tools · · Score: 1, Interesting

    .........and thought of downloading it, what stopped me was that i thought this company does not charge for there software, how do they make money. Are they making money buy selling info about what we are looking at on our hardrives. If this isn't the case then what motivated the purchase of this company, that doesn't haven't revenue streams that I can see of. Or are Google interested in the technology from this company.

  19. Hi on Schizophrenia Experiences and Suggestions? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I don't know if you'll see this so late in a post but I know three people who have had this disease, one of whom was my brother.
    Just from my own experience it changes a person character totally. My brother was always a sharp minded individual but the disease changed him so that he is now very vacant and uncommunicative. I also have a cousin whose personality has been altered. He was very quite; when I herd about him last he kept getting into fights and talked too much.
    Lastly a friend of mine, who was known for his tact, became the most irritating individuals you could have ever known.
    The disease from my experiences changes people, but many people recover (like my friend) and get back to normal, just don't expect it to be soon.

  20. see it walk on Toyota's Trumpet Playing Robot Showcased · · Score: 2, Informative

    See it walk here

  21. Re:One important thing on Seattle Times Reviews Desktop Linux Distros · · Score: 1

    Its not so distro-dependent. RPM has problems with dependencies and apt-get uses repositories of software that the distro maintainers produce. If you want to install software not in your distro repository, you then have the same sticky install problems.

  22. Re:One important thing on Seattle Times Reviews Desktop Linux Distros · · Score: 1

    Your right but apt-get is not the final answer. It means I have to rely on the distro guys to include the packages I want, question; what versions of gnome is woody or sarge Debian using?. What if need to install or upgrade an application that many other apps are dependant on. Besides it would make life easier for the distro producers if our installing/uninstalling process worked really well, we would not need them to produce a repository of software then.

  23. One important thing on Seattle Times Reviews Desktop Linux Distros · · Score: 5, Insightful

    In using linux I've noticed that we have real problems with installing and uninstalling software (just image uninstalling mozilla on many platforms). This would have to be sorted before Linux could be used by the general public.
    I hostly feel how ever that once this and other areas such as connecting devices have been delt with Microsoft have a big problem on there hands. Some projects that could sort the
    installation/uninstalltion problem include autopackage zero-install and A-A-P

  24. Imagine! on Mini-ITX Clustering · · Score: 0

    Imagine a beowulf cluster of these....it would gain consciousness and kill us all.

  25. A kindly request for help on Man Arrested in Australia Over Nigerian E-mail Scam · · Score: 5, Funny

    TO: Slashdot.org community

    Dear Sirs Madams
    "I am Mrs. Mariam Abacha, the widow of Gen. Sani Abacha, The Late Nigerian Military Head of State. I am presently in distress and under House arrest while my son Mohammed is undergoing trial in Sydney by bribed officials in Australia. He is presently detained in prison custody. The government has frozen all the family account and auctioned all our properties.
    To save the family from total bankruptcy and to save my son I have managed to ship to Europe and Asia through a Shipping company, the sum of US20, 000,000.00 respectively kept by my late husband."
    You assistance is requested as a non-Nigerian citizen to assist in countering this crime. I will pay large sums in order to pay these bribed officials of Australia, in order to free my son. You will be paid most handsomely to aid in the transfer of these monies. If the funds can be transferred to your name, in your United States account, then you can forward the funds as directed by my associates. In exchange for your accommodating services I would agree to allow you to retain 10%, or US$4 million of this amount.
    However, to be a legitimate transferee of these moneys according to Nigerian law, you must presently be a depositor of at least US$100,000 in a Nigerian bank which is regulated by the Central Bank of Nigeria.
    If it will be possible for you to assist us, we would be most grateful. We suggest that you meet with us in person in Lagos, and that during your visit I introduce you to the representatives of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, as well as with certain officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
    Please call me at your earliest convenience at [Phone Number]. Time is of the essence in this matter; very quickly the Nigerian Government will realize that the Central Bank is maintaining this amount on deposit, and attempt to levy certain depository taxes on it.