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  1. Re:Sorely needed on MySQL Official GUI Interface · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Uh, multi-table update in EM? Uh, not only is that a difficult task to accomplish, it's unnecessary. DBA's use Query Analyzer for that sorta stuff. Use EM for schema changes, not ad-hoc queries. EM's good for building tables, mediocre for stored procs, fantastic for building views, constraints, triggers, indexes, etc. The right tool for the right job. If you use EM to run ad-hoc queries, you're using the wrong tool buddy. The MySQL tool looks pretty darn swanky though.

  2. Re:you tools on FreeBSD 5.2-RELEASE Review · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ROFLMAO it's now to the point where the FreeBSD camp makes fun of the stupid comments made elsewhere. FreeBSD is not dying, and anyone in Slashdot who says it is is probably just making fun of those who've said that.

  3. Re:Looks fine to me! on NetBSD Announces Logo Design Competition · · Score: 0

    My Goodness! The dad from My Big Fat Greek Wedding (Kosta) is posting on Slashdot! Wholly! Tell me a word... Any Word... I bet you it come from Greek!

  4. Re:Hmmmm.... Patterns.... on First High-Res Color Photos from Mars · · Score: 0

    WTF Troll??? I was making fun of the accusations during the 1960's!

  5. Re:Challenge them. on How Much Broadband Usage is Too Much? · · Score: 0

    That's silly. the contract you sign likely has a clause that states that they have the right to modify the AUP as they see fit from time to time.

    Nice eh, a contract with variable terms. I wonder if they can write into the contract that they have the right to come into your home any time they see fit to examine your cable connection under that premise.

    In vancouver where I'm at, our cable ISP seems to only target its customers in areas where DSL isn't present. I happen to live in one of those areas. Gotta love monopolies!

  6. Re:Sound advice... but what about part II? on Feds Thwart Extortion Plot Against Best Buy · · Score: 0

    International Bank accounts. Same as the Nigerians use in Taipei.

  7. Re:Hmmmm.... Patterns.... on First High-Res Color Photos from Mars · · Score: 0, Troll

    We all know these are a fake pictures, probably taken in the grand canyon. That way NASA can get increased government funding without having to send a craft to mars. It's all a scam people! Don't believe it! Man never walked on the moon, and we've never sent a craft to Mars! It's all a scam!!! =D

  8. Re:Maybe Yahoo is changing for a reason on Yahoo to Dump Google · · Score: 1

    Yeah. Great idea. That way you'll get links to epinions, a dozen epinions clones, amazon. Maybe by the second page you'll find an actually useful review.

  9. X10 Ads Killed Yahoo Search on Yahoo to Dump Google · · Score: 1

    I stopped using Yahoo search around the time the X10 pop-ups started. Granted their model was pretty hot though.... Out of principle alone, I'll never use Yahoo again. I'd bet that's really what drove most users away. Who really cares what search engine they use? Most ppl use google anyway.

  10. Re:Knowing Microsoft on Windows XP SP2 Beta Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Unless your running Linux in a VM or something, I really don't think you have much to fear about Microsoft blocking Linux somehow, unless they fart around with the MBR, or alter the NTFS standard or update the SMB protocol to make it lack backwards compatibility. In which of the last two cases, I'm sure there would be a patch provided withing hours anyway within the open source community.

  11. Re:Pop-Up Blocker? on Windows XP SP2 Beta Reviewed · · Score: 1
    Any XP user that needs a firewall should be on 2000
    You need to do your homework on xp's built-in firewall abilities then. Down with the zealots!
  12. Re:Other variations on the Nigerian Scam on Nigerian Scammers Claim Another Victim · · Score: 1

    IANAL, but I don't see anything here, but how is this an advanced fee scheme? I mean, in order for it to be an advanced fee scheme, you need to pay them, not them paying you Doesn't sound like the same thing at all. Don't know about where you're from, but in Vancouver, BC, small claims court has a $10,000 limit. Looks like "The People's Court" has a $3,000 limit. Still gets you most of your money.

  13. Re:More like son-of-BSD on FreeBSD 5.2 RC2 Now Available · · Score: 1

    That's absurd. It's like saying Linux is dead when Linus Torvalds stops development on the it...

  14. Re:Pre-emptive troll Strike! on FreeBSD 5.2 RC2 Now Available · · Score: 1

    Now if only they could get the ports working in 5.2 so we can actually USE it....