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  1. Shouldn't it read "stuart miles from pocket-lint" on New Ceramic Lensed Exilim Ex-S100 · · Score: 1

    Thinks he was first in posting a review.

    His review is dated: Review posted on October 12 2004 16:38 GMT by Stuart Miles

    Digicam Resource's review is dated: Originally posted: August 28, 2003

    Steves-Digicams review is dated: Review posted 10/1/2004

    It looks like stuart was third at best.

  2. Re:OO.o saved my client's behind on OpenOffice.org Is 4 Today · · Score: 1

    Have a look at this gpl pdf creator program for win32.

  3. Re:Christian Fundamentalists Fuck Off on Internet Censorship in Australia? · · Score: 1

    fascism: A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.

    Sounds like you.

  4. The big question is. on Europeans To Monitor American Voters · · Score: 1

    Will they be watching CNN or FOX.

  5. So those little vials of bacteria on New Clue for Life on Mars? · · Score: 1

    That we sent up there in the Mars Polar Seeder are doing well?

  6. Re:Funding on Bush vs. Kerry on Science · · Score: 1, Insightful

    The ones which provide results. Oh, that would be adult.

  7. Re:Funding on Bush vs. Kerry on Science · · Score: 1, Informative

    Embryonic stem cell research has been going on since the early 80's and has yet to deliver on the promises that have been made.

    Research "which is fully funded" that has been providing results has been using adult stem cells.

    Stem cells are stem cells. Fund the research that delivers.

  8. Re:Best AntiVirus? Help... on New Worm Installs Sniffer · · Score: 1

    Avast is very good. You may like the cost. Other than that Panda is the best. Mcafee/Norton are getting worse as they expand their product line.


    would you like to

  9. Not static photo enhancement on Sony Develops TVs That Zoom in for True Close-ups · · Score: 1

    This is ~30 frames per second enhancement. Think of it this way you have ~30 frames of data for each second. They may be using the informational differences between each frame to build the image.

    They may also be able to associate a now low resolution spot in the current frame with the large high resolution image x number of frames ago.

  10. Neat concept on Genesis Capsule Crashes; Chutes Blamed · · Score: 1

    The collector arrays were super pure metal, silicon and sapphire semiconductor wafers. A particle colliding with the material may get stuck or leave a trail. Each array itself was very fragile. It is most likely that 99% of the data collected was ruined due to exposure to our atmosphere or broke to a million pieces.

  11. Re:At this rate ... on Linux Market: Absolutes / Percentages / Trends · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you don't count the machines currently in the process of rebooting and therefore unusable, then it has already occurred

  12. Re:Surprised? No on Linux Market: Absolutes / Percentages / Trends · · Score: 1

    Targeting your market is correct, but not the way you think. This wasn't a way to offer a low cost version, this was a low cost version they could use to make people stop asking for low prices.

  13. Re:Wait for Longhorn on Linux Market: Absolutes / Percentages / Trends · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This would haunt Microsoft for a long time.
    Where I work 80,000+ employees, we naturally have separate server and desktop teams. Making Longhorn networking incompatible with current networking, will make it impossible for us to migrate to longhorn.

    Changing the required number of server and client systems to longhorn in order to have a working system would take at least five full weeks.

    What company wants to be out of business for five weeks.

  14. Re:Most notably: on Gnome 2.8 RC1 Released · · Score: 1

    The font rendering in gnome has been above great for some time now. IMHO the font rendering is actually better than in windows XP SP2. I use both daily.

  15. Re:Correction of the press release on Gates Explains Longhorn Delay, Diet · · Score: 2, Insightful

    No, Microsoft underestimates you.

    Shedloads of smart people usually can't do anything, because they work by consensus. The only way for anything to work is from Insightful leadership, and defined goals. These are the things that almost never result from a consensus.

  16. Does this mean? on Gates Explains Longhorn Delay, Diet · · Score: 2, Funny

    That Micro$oft will be making Windows XP OSR2, followed by Windows XP ME?

  17. Re:Forget the Windows/Tux key! Cater to everyone! on Cherry Announces Linux keyboard · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why LCD? Just give the buyer a bag of 10 keys with instructions on how to pop in the chosen keys.
    The 5 pairs of keys would be:
    Linux
    BSD
    Windows
    Apple
    Cherries

  18. How about a mozilla updater? on Mass Migration/Bughunt For Thunderbird Tuesday · · Score: 1

    New version means a new download, new uninstall and new install. I wish that Mozilla could check for updates and download just the applicable files.

  19. Linux or GNU? on Linux Violates 283 Patents, says Insurance Company · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Does he mean the kernel, which is linux or the rest which is Gnu?

  20. Simple Answer on What Will It Take For eBook Adoption? · · Score: 1

    It wont. Paper has way too many features:
    Low Power requirements
    long storage life
    Much easier for the novice
    Can be shared easily
    Great portability. I can mail a piece of paper for a very small amount.

    Plus studies show higher retention for information presented on paper, than that presented on a screen.

  21. Microsoft could probably open source Office, on How Microsoft Could Embrace Linux · · Score: 1

    and not suffer in the least.
    I bet you would have to kill a goat to get it to compile with gcc.

  22. The JFS clam is crap also on SCO Claims Linux Lifted ELF · · Score: 1

    IBM developed it on white paper, and patented it. It's use in AIX or Linux are simply implementations. It could also be implemented for windows or any other OS.

  23. Re:emerge karmawhore on Gentoo for Mac OS X Released · · Score: 2, Interesting

    How f..cked up is mandrake in order to install sdl-dev i have to install arts-dev wich of course needs kde-libs-dev etc.. etc..
    Now does sdl really need arts? Nope it was a packaging decision made for you by Mandrake. In order to feed the need of the unwashed masses that is what they have to do.

    Gentoo's strengths are many:
    1. Better optimizations
    2. USE statements allow you to fine tune your system libraries
    3. Upgrades to the latest version is as simple as using emerge.
    4. etc...

  24. Re:US Hypocrisy on Bobby Fischer Found · · Score: 1

    He is wanted for running from the law. If he had defended himself in a trial, he would of had a great chance of getting off.

  25. Run and burn on Bobby Fischer Found · · Score: 1

    If he hadn't ran, there was a good chance he would have gotten off.
    Run and you are:

    1. Giving up your ability to defend yourself.
    2. Committing the crime of running away, which is a serious crime.