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  1. Nice idea! on PC Case For Hamsters, EZ Bake Oven in a Drive Bay · · Score: 1

    w00t! No more runs to the kitchen for a quick snack! Technology is awesome!

  2. Re:Look on the bright side... on Hacker Indicted In France For Publishing Exploits · · Score: 1

    Maybe he'll be in communication with Adrian Lamo. I think the two should co-write some kind of novel dedicated to the Gray-Hats that get jailed.

    Seriously. Look out your fucking window. People rape, murder, and steal all in bad names -- even if breaking into computer systems IS a crime, at least they did it with good intentions. I hate how hackers are looked down upon. Come on. We're computer geniuses, not the creators of a genocide.

  3. Wal-Mart Linux Machines. w00t. on Wal-Mart Sells PCs Preloaded With Sun's Linux · · Score: 1

    Even though I don't know a lot about that OS, I think that it's really good for more computers to be shipped with Linux. Besides this, Wal-Mart also sells computers stocked with Lycoris. I've actually toyed around on those and they are pretty good -- I love the OS!

    Besides Wal-Mart computers, we of course have IBM's computers that come with their variant of Linux and UNIX and HP's new line of corporate computers shipping with MandrakeLinux. 2004 is the year to shine for good ol' Tux!

  4. Re:Good on MandrakeSoft Exits Bankruptcy · · Score: 1

    Exactly! Even if MandrakeLinux is a "looked down upon" distro of Linux, it's still Linux! Even though I don't run it, I love MandrakeLinux! It's very user-friendly -- a lot of my friends are starting to use it.

    And besides... MandrakeLinux+WineX > Windows.

    I'm glad they got out of it. It probably had something to do with new corporate HP computers using their software though! =)

  5. Re:Oh no. on Microsoft Cancels 2004 Xbox Sports Lineup · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Sports games are what keeps the Xbox sales up. But heh, I guess it took them awhile to learn that they need to start focusing on something else.

  6. Re:It's ironic... on PC In An XP Box · · Score: 1

    Especially if it's going to run Windows XP AND RedHat! Why not just install NetBSD on it? After all, it runs on EVERYTHING! =P

  7. Re:About Face! on Google Updates Its Face · · Score: 1

    Yeah, and Google is mainly just a search engine. Yahoo on the other thing is a lot more than that. I can understand how Google is still on top after awhile. Even with the launch of Microsoft's Search Engine, I still believe nothing will be able to take down Google.

  8. Re:evil cable companies on Congress To Force Cable a la Carte Plans · · Score: 1

    I was thinking something along the same lines. Maybe we should just let the lazy Americans decide which channels they want... separately. Then they can choose to get a large amount in a package, etc. OR they could just buy them all in one. I don't have a problem doing that...

  9. Do you... Google? on The New Yahoo!, Google, MSN Et Al. Battleground · · Score: 1

    Yahoo is a verb also. ;)

    I do believe that Google will continue to stay on top, even with the launch of their new interface (which is still simple). It just goes to show how simple things can help our lives.

    Yahoo's purchase will not be in vain though. Maybe they won't rise to beat Google in the search engine wars, but after all... they are a lot more than just that. Yahoo is a lot of things; searching the internet through them is just a plus.

  10. So? It's their's. on Apple Tries to Patent iPod User Interface · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Well, I mean, if you created something that helped a piece of hardware sell a lot, then you're going to want to make sure the world knows its yours.. and doesn't steal it also. Right?

  11. Re:Creativity? on Creativity, a Problem for the Gaming Industry? · · Score: 1

    Guts and resources basically. Oh, and a little of that ol' money management skills.

    Look at Fable. The hype is up and there is nothing behind it but a small team of unexperienced programmers and a good idea...

  12. w0wz0rz on Better Business Bureau Targets Apple's G5 Ads · · Score: 1

    Well, I don't see a problem with showing off the facts, if it's all true. And from what I've seen, through Apple's reports and such, it appears to be all true. Nonetheless though, the G5 is an amazing computer.

  13. Re:Admirable. on EV1Servers.Net's CEO Regrets SCO Deal · · Score: 1

    Admitting that he was wrong == Admitting that he made a mistake.

    Who said you have to apologize to tell the world that you made a bad choice? ;)

  14. Re:It would suck. on What Would The World Be Like Without Microsoft? · · Score: 1

    No, I am giving Microsoft just as much credit that they deserve. It's not that their shit is any good, it's the fact that the world likes it and it makes other companies work hard to beat that.

  15. Re:Admirable. on EV1Servers.Net's CEO Regrets SCO Deal · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Eh, still he should have looked over what he did before he did it. More mistakes lead to company failure, but at least he admitted it though. Takes a real man to do that.

  16. Re:It would suck. on What Would The World Be Like Without Microsoft? · · Score: 1

    None. If Microsoft went down, do you think Bungie would still be around...?

  17. Handheld only maybe? on N-Gage 2 Announced · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Why don't they just make an all out handheld console? They already have enough phones... no one wants to play games on their cellphone. And if they do, why not just port games to the cellphone?

    Anyhow, they aren't going to win with Nintendo even if they make a handheld console, shaped like a phone, that plays games...

  18. It would suck. on What Would The World Be Like Without Microsoft? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I was actually thinking about this a lot last week.

    To make a long answer short: The world would suck without Microsoft. We see all of these Linux fans (me, included) bash Microsoft and its products all of the time, but it's rare to see one of us actually want Microsoft taken away. Without Microsoft, we wouldn't have had motivation for more than half of the stuff we have here today. Also, our gaming would be nowhere near as good as it is -- Take at Direct X for example.

    Through the good times and the bad times, Microsoft has given us all something that we like, at least. Whether it be Microsoft Windows, Office, Direct X, Dungeon Siege, The Xbox, Halo, or whatever, the world would not be the same without Microsoft.

    Oh, and you think Mac OS and Linux would be as good as it today without competition from Microsoft Windows? Hell no.

    I'm not a Microsoft fan at all. I just know how to pay my dues and respects well.

  19. Microsoft? No. on Why You Should Choose MS Office Over OO.org · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Hold on. One of the reasons is to "protect" people from getting viruses? Um, that's sorta a given fact if they use ANY Microsoft product. Rare, but there. With Open-Office though, you will be a hell of a lot safe. Besides, which is more popular? MS Office of course and that's another reason why it's more of a target.

    And of course Microsoft will be saying that their product is better. They DO try to say that Windows is better than Linux after all...

  20. Re:Poor DOJ... on DOJ Calls EU Microsoft Decision "Unfortunate" · · Score: 1

    No. I mean they said that because THEY could not land a successful lawsuit in the pass. The EU did though, and I was saying that it made them jealous, so to speak. They were defending their pride. Ha.

  21. Re:he hosted today? on Comcast Signs Deal To Acquire TechTV · · Score: 2, Interesting

    When they stop people from hosting, they let them finish everything they have planned first -- they just don't yank them off air. His time will probably be up in a few days to a week.

  22. Poor DOJ... on DOJ Calls EU Microsoft Decision "Unfortunate" · · Score: 1

    The DOJ is just jealous because they couldn't land such a successful attack on Microsoft.

    They should have one coming up though! With Microsoft's intentions on buying AOL... they had better get in the way. If not, I think they should reconsider letting Oracle buy PeopleSoft.

  23. We must bound together on U.S. Students Shun Computer Science, Engineering · · Score: 1

    If we're going to keep the jobs what we already have here in America, then we don't need to see any of that. It's cowardly moves like that that sends our jobs off in the first place -- why not work hard to keep what we already have, here in the first place?

    They are not taking classes because our jobs are offshoring... well, I wonder why?

  24. Fall of Windows; rise of Linux on HP to Globally Launch Linux-Based PCs · · Score: 2, Interesting

    As we all know, IBM and HP was the start of the Windows hype... and now, neither one are even using that operating system. Since HP/Compaq have now chosen to use Linux, what do you think that means for the rest of the computing world? The same thing.

    Do you think Dell, eMachines, and anyone else will be able to stand alone on their own selling Windows based computers? Nope. People aren't really going to notice a difference when their new HP's operating system has changed, but is still easy to use and flexible towards all of their hardware. Yes, this is the beginning of the rise of Linux and the fall of Windows.

    Even if Windows gets Longhorn done in time, I think it'll be too late... unless they just want a rematch to rebattle over the mainstream OS that is...

  25. I must wake up... on SCO Seeks Licenses Down Under · · Score: 1

    I just... don't.. get it. How the hell can SCO just keep going after these random people? And what are they trying to do? Threaten them into buying licenses to shit they don't own? That's the only way they are going to be making money anyhow.

    Let's see... who all is on SCO's list. IBM, Redhat, Novell, AT&T, BellSouth, Daimler-Chrysler, AutoZone, The Feds, Jesus, and who else did I forget? I don't see where SCO is getting the money for all of this. Wait, nevermind, yes I do. Microsoft.