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  1. Re:FLOSS? on Large FLOSS Study Gets the Real Facts · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well. You know. Libre as in beer.

  2. Re:Great! on Magnetic Computing Takes a Step Forward · · Score: 1

    Well, I would say it is nice *not* to hear it. ;)

  3. Re:It always confuses me when; on Practical Method for Getting Oil from Oil Shale? · · Score: 1

    That was Friday. It costs 1.549 euro per liter now.

  4. Re:One little problem: MSN Messenger on Hotmail To Junk Non-Sender-ID Mail · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ah, the Google Alternative for Instant Messaging. The name finally makes sense! :)

  5. Re:Ahem.... Without MS applications? on Gates on Google · · Score: 1

    Picasa works nicely using Wine. As information; not at all to disprove your point.

  6. Vivisimo on Objectively Comparing Competing Search Engines? · · Score: 1

    I do use Google most of the time, but when a search-term just has to many meanings http://vivisimo.com/ has an interface that makes it a lot easier to find the right results quickly.

  7. Re:Useless on Nero Burning for Linux · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It adds a choice. And Linux is all about choices, is not it? I hope it is part of a trend. You do not have to use it. K3B is fine for me for example. But you could, if you want to.

  8. Re:This will validate the market to the masses on Windows Cluster Edition · · Score: 1

    Why would the 'masses' need clusters? Or to be more precise, why would they need to know about them?

  9. Re:Launched where? on 60 Years Later: The V2 And The Space Race · · Score: 1

    Ahum, the extra 'f' is wrong in more than one way here...

  10. Re:Launched where? on 60 Years Later: The V2 And The Space Race · · Score: 1

    Well it did. Off course. War has never been quite the same since...

  11. Re:I may be the only one....but..... on Internet-Enabled Thermostat · · Score: 1

    Actually, a thermostate would be one of the first 'appliances' I would like to see networked. Switch airco/heating of when you leave and switch it on using your cell-phone or whatever before you get home. Yes, I would use that!

  12. Re:Why no TLD? on North Korea Opens Official Website · · Score: 1

    Their ISO country code is 'kp' but IANA does not know about them yet. Of course creating your 'first' web-site is quite different from applying for and maintaining a ccTLD.

  13. Re:Well let me be the first of many to say... on ARM: The Non-Evil Monopolist · · Score: 1

    Hmmm, you are right. That does make a lot more sense indeed. Anyway: Switching the phone off and back on solved the problem, which was just a bit more irritating because I could not save the text-message I had just been typing ;)

  14. Re:Well let me be the first of many to say... on ARM: The Non-Evil Monopolist · · Score: 1

    Just yesterday my 6820 refused to save a text message because 'message memory' was full. It did still have well over 1MB free for applications and pictures. Which is (in my opinion) a weird setup. Also yesterday night the display showed the device as working properly (battery full, good connection to the network) yet refused to accept calls and text messages. A few years back my 9110 would do the same. The latter problem has happened to me before, but not quite often enough to be really irritating. Nokia does of course sometimes offer software update's, so this problem may very well be fixed in a newer version.

  15. Re:How long... on Online Plagiarist Sues University · · Score: 1

    Ah, you are talking about a Babelfish fork :)

  16. Re:What about linux distributions?? on Microsoft Facing European Sanctions · · Score: 1

    You do know XP has a search option do you? :P

  17. Re:What about linux distributions?? on Microsoft Facing European Sanctions · · Score: 1

    Hmm, I have recounted many times but can only find 2587! Could this be caused by a virus? ;)

  18. Re:Available in Netherlands for a long time on Qwest To Offer 'Naked DSL' · · Score: 1

    True, but you do pay extra for the line itself, which makes the 'naked' line only slightly cheaper than one with a cheap POTS subscription.

  19. Re:Looks neat, but on The Future PC as a Set of Pens? · · Score: 1

    True for a fixed place, either office or home. But I would just love one of these devices working properly with a PDA like device while on the road. The stylus thing just does not work for me. YMMV though...

  20. Re:Space elevator, here we come!! on New Microscope Shows Nano-Fibre Formation · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Are the costs really hideous? Given the potential it could be a viable business given a longer range business plan.

  21. Re:Call me blasphemous, perhaps on Lego Goes Back to the Basics: Building Blocks · · Score: 1

    Sorry: Quadro

  22. Re:Call me blasphemous, perhaps on Lego Goes Back to the Basics: Building Blocks · · Score: 2, Informative

    If size does matter: Try Quadro: http://www.quadro.de/englisch/index_e.htm

  23. Re:Sadly Enough on Microsoft Extends Win98/SE Support · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why do you think this is mainly owing to inertia??? Many SME's just have a setup that does the job. Why would they need to upgrade? One smalll company I do some consultancy work for has a custom database still running on Windows 98. Not a setup I would ever choose, but for them it works. As long as it sits well protected behind a good firewall, and the user 'administering' it knows what *not* to do security is not really a big issue. Even though I am very succesful in introducing OSS into other parts of the company I could not find a single reason for them to change this particular setup. Doing so would just cost them money. I see the same thing at many SME's that operate in a non technical market.

  24. Re:Why not an IP address? on Paul Mockapetris On The Future of DNS · · Score: 1

    The fact that something is listed in DNS does not really contradict having an IP adresss in any available scheme... I still prefer typing slashdot.org instead of it's IP(s).

  25. Re:What an irony! on Bangalore Beats Silicon Valley · · Score: 1

    Not sure about that... I was in Bangalore back in 1996, and at the time all large software companies had regular representives in Bangalore's booming night-life already... And no: They were not on holiday ;)