User: stevenrieder

Spelling error: Endeavour instead of Endeavor

On: NASA Decides No Fix Needed for Endeavor's Tiles

The shuttle's name is Endeavour, spelled in the British way, instead of Endeavor. The shuttle is named after HM Bark Endeavour, the ship commanded by James Cook, and the name also honors the Command Module of Apollo 15, which was also called Endeavour.

thingy!

On: UK Government to Tax Linux?

Obligatory Monty Python sketch:

Third Official: "Well most things we do for pleasure nowadays are taxed, except one."
Politician: "What do you mean?"
Third Official: "Well, er, smoking's been taxed, drinking's been taxed but not ... thingy."
Politician: "Good Lord, you're not suggesting we should tax... thingy?"
First Official: "Poo poo's?"
Third Official: "No."
First Official: "Thank God for that. Excuse me for a moment." (leaves)
Third Official: "No, no, no - thingy."
Second Official: "Number ones?"
Third Official: "No, thingy."
Politician: "Thingy!"
Second Official: "Ah, thingy. Well it'll certainly make chartered accountancy a much more interesting job."

Re:already been done before.

On: Announcing Cooperative Linux

Cygwin can't directly run linux apps. Sure, you can port apps to cygwin, but it's not the same.

Re:Rootless?

On: Announcing Cooperative Linux

You probably can use a normal Windows X-server for that, X is network transparent. So yes, it's probably possible.

5600rpm?

On: Miniature 5400 and 7200 RPM HDDs Reviewed

I believe that's 5400 rpm...