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  1. Not a good sign on Apple Announces 2 for 1 Stock Split · · Score: 4, Funny

    Obviously a mousebutton split is to follow. And Apple will never be the same. Mark my words.

  2. Re:"The only way not to get caught is to stop" on LokiTorrent Shut Down · · Score: 1
    - quote from their site.

    So does that mean if you have downloaded stuff, and you stop, they can't catch you? Does it imply an amnesty? Or is it just sloppy wording on their part?

    No, it's just sloppy logic on your part.

    They write not get caught ==> stop, and you read stop ==> not get caught.

  3. Re:One STeP Beyond on The NeXT-Best Thing: GNUSTEP 0.9.4 Live CD · · Score: 1
    As for my "Linux" joke, I think I really just mean "does it run on GNOME?", because I want to use the IDE without changing window managers. Or maybe run GNUstep in a GNOME window,

    Of course you can. Gnustep is not a desktop environment, nor does one come with it. Screenshots of Gnustep apps are most done under windowmaker, but even that is not a Gnustep app.

    it it can generate GTK+ code.

    Not sure what you mean. Have the Gnustep IDE/interface builder (gorm?) code to Gnome APIs rather than Gnustep's? Then no. The API is the point of Gnustep.

  4. Re:12" is still nVidia only... on Apple Updates PowerBooks · · Score: 1
    just so you know, nvidia has linux drivers on their webpage

    Not for ppc, do they? (That would be great news.)

  5. 12" is still nVidia only... on Apple Updates PowerBooks · · Score: 1
    ...which has no linux support AFAIK. Sigh...

    Looks more and more like the nice way to run Linux apps on those (and no, Fink hasn't ported *everything*) would be Linux-on-Mac -- does this exist yet?

  6. Grotesque on Mac mini to PC Hack · · Score: 1

    Less RW than a floppy. No wireless. Lame.

  7. Re:Finally on Federal Obscenity Rule Nixed In Internet Porn Case · · Score: 2, Funny
    The government has one job, and one only-ensuring that nobody's person or property is harmed without their consent.

    Good. Let's now dismantle NASA, public roads, the National Parks, etc., as all this was terror inflicted upon us by overreaching governments.

  8. Re:Motion to Dismiss: Anti-SLAPP, not CAN SPAM on Spammers Sue Spamee · · Score: 1
    This thread on the case answers you:
    Anti-SLAPP was shot down in NH
    :(
  9. Re:This solves only 1/2 of the problem on Google Cans Comment Spam · · Score: 1
    WordPress has a variety of different plugins for handling comment spam. The best one I've seen renders a series of characters graphically (a la TicketBastard) which the user (a human, of course) has to type

    Just this morning I noticed the same thing on pyblosxom (example at bottom).

  10. Choice Quote on Harvard Pres Says Females Naturally Bad at Math · · Score: 1
    Apparently this is the guy who also wrote:
    "I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable"
  11. Re:Wow, what sensationalism on Aqua OpenOffice.org v2.0 Cancelled · · Score: 1
    So calm down. This isn't an Apple conspiracy

    Who on earth said that? You're not replying to anyone.

    If anyone is to blame for the official OpenOffice.org Aqua port going by the wayside, frankly, it's a lot closer to Sun than anyone else.

    Huh? Sun should be blamed for not porting OOo to the Mac?!?

  12. Re:WTF?! on Aqua OpenOffice.org v2.0 Cancelled · · Score: 1
    It says nothing of the kind.

    Actually yes, it does. Basically they have made clear that there are no plans to Aquafy 2.0. See:

    there won't be much Aqua work (if any) going into the main OOo code line because the main OOo code is so far out of sync with NeoOffice/J.

    What it looks like is that they have recognised that NEOoffice is a valid port

    Yes, but that forked from OOo 1.x.

  13. Re:Because QT looks like ass on Mac on Aqua OpenOffice.org v2.0 Cancelled · · Score: 1
    I've got a Qt app I distribute for Mac. It looks native

    I looked it up (QT screenshot, QT/Aqua screenshot).

    It looks impressive, compared to Neooffice/J.

    But does that QT OOo actually build? on the Mac?

  14. Re:Bogus on Apple iWork Screenshots · · Score: 1
    Being able to communicate is critical in today's world.

    in the real world communication is key

    Your ideas intrigue me and I'd like to subscribe to your newsletter.

  15. News? He who sleeps, eats... on Sleep Less, Eat More? · · Score: 1

    is an actual proverb in French ( Qui dort dîne ).

  16. history+bookmarks on How to Build a Better Browser · · Score: 1
    a unified tool for history+bookmarks in a single list

    You mean like Safari?

  17. Re:Real Victim on PA Sues Online 'University' For Spamming · · Score: 1
    Do a google search on "Trinity Southern University" and "resume". See all the asshats who paid for their degree! Laugh at them!

    Or at those who hire them? Among the scariest results:

    Atlanta - Governor Sonny Perdue made appointments today to the Georgia Board of Industry, Trade and Tourism, State Board of Nursing Home Administrators, and the State Board of Dispensing Opticians.

    (...)

    State Board of Dispensing Opticians
    ***** *****, 54, Jonesboro, GA - ***** has been a licensing optician in Georgia since 1978. She is currently an optical industry consultant, lecturer, course developer, and author. *****'s prior positions include owning and operating a Pearle Vision Center franchise and an All About Eyes Vision Center. She was previously named Optician of the Year by the Opticians Association of Georgia. ***** has a bachelors of science degree from Trinity Southern University as well as extensive professional training.

  18. Re:For all you Europeans reading this... on Jon Bringing WMV9 to Linux · · Score: 1
    It is not your RIGHT to reverse the technology that makes it OS-specific

    Yes it is...

  19. Re:The USA probably tries to on EU Intent on Hosting International Fusion Reactor · · Score: 2, Insightful
    No offence but you have no idea what you are talking about.

    (1) http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/pro duct/enduse/imports/c0000.html
    (2) http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ us.html

    You might want to read this too...

  20. Re:White blouse? on eWeek Reviews Gnome 2.8 And KDE 3.3 · · Score: 1
    Maybe you meant a white lab coat?

    Yes, of course.

    (Like this.)

    My bad :-|

  21. A milestone on eWeek Reviews Gnome 2.8 And KDE 3.3 · · Score: -1, Troll
    Yéh, eWeek Labs!

    Finally someone gets it. We will not listen to anyone's opinion on random downloaded software unless they wear a white blouse.

  22. Re:Burden of proof on White House Lied About Iraq Nuclear Programs · · Score: 1
    Actually, you can prove a negative.

    +1, Insightful. Other example (since you asked), the proof that that there is no ruler-and-compass construction of a heptagon; that the circle can't be squared; etc.

    Oh and how would poor schifaw prove that "a negative statement cannot be proved", anyway? ;)

  23. Re:What will it take?! on Kodak Wins $1 Billion Java Lawsuit · · Score: 4, Insightful
    What is going to take for Bill Gates to wake up and say that suing OpenOffice developers isn't worth being able to lose $1.06B to a company that actually has the legal resources to wage a protracted war with Microsoft?
    Or: wake up and buy out Kodak so he'll be the one who does the suing? After all, Kodak themselves bought the patents from Wang.

    Note, how once patents are for sale, the whole game shifts from rewarding creators to rewarding businessmen. (Same with copyrights, where Vivendi makes its money selling Charlie Parker records. Other legal regimes make it impossible to sell authors' rights.)

    Kodak IMO are no different or better than the rogue states getting their own arsenals of nukes. Now the big boys are getting attacked so, what do they do?
    They do the same -- only in international affairs it's not called buying out but regime change ;)
  24. Re:18-35 #37 PERSONAL on Help Select Questions for Bush and Kerry · · Score: 1
    What are the three written works or political thinkers that have contributed the most to your philosophy of governance, and why?

    Please, please add "other than the Constitution and the Bible" -- or we won't know if they've even read 3 books.

  25. Re:OOo Reader App! on Star/OpenOffice XML Format To Become ISO Standard? · · Score: 2, Interesting
    show me one PDF reader that doesnt have an ugly interface or take nine years to proccess something like scrolling.

    I hated pdfs until Preview came about.

    PID COMMAND %CPU TIME #TH #PRTS #MREGS RPRVT RSHRD RSIZE VSIZE
    17033 Acrobat Re 0.0% 0:02.18 1 55 311 6.16M 24.6M 17.1M 140M
    17032 Preview 0.0% 0:00.32 1 54 113 968K 6.09M 4.21M 109M