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  1. Re:Wiki, wiki, wiki (shut up) on ISO Says No To Microsoft's OOXML Standard · · Score: 1

    Sometimes people just want to get the data, and manipulate the
    date in their own personal copy. Neither PDF or a wiki fills
    the needed open office document standards. Nobody likes being
    tethered to the web, and nobody like being tied to one program.

    An open document format lets people work with data in their favorite
    programs, and still share with others in a meaningful way. Neither a
    PDF or wiki accomplishes this.

  2. Re:What about global warming... on Pink, Blue, and Bad Science · · Score: 1

    What ?, I'm being serious.

    Global warming does not sound like a problem that needs attention.

    Global warming, is just one symptom of catastrophic climate change.

    Catastrophic climate change is just one symptom of exceeding the
    earth's ability to support our current lifestyle.

  3. Re:DSL on Bulletproof Tool For Golden Age Browsing? · · Score: 1

    Yes. I wasn't suggesting that the machine need to be limited in any way.

    Good idea using the people who get it as tech support aides.

  4. Re:What about global warming... on Pink, Blue, and Bad Science · · Score: 1

    seriously.

    I wish society would drop the term global warming and use "Catastrophic Global Climate Change"
    or something similar.

    Global Warming sounds so nice and pleasant.

  5. Re:Misleading Title on Rick Rubin Discloses Sony Rootkit Called Home · · Score: 1

    Honestly, I don't understand that point of view.

    To me, if they want to use SONY in their name,
    then they inherit every thing associated with
    that name.

    Reputation is a double edged sword.
    It takes time to build a good one, and but a
    moment to destroy it. I'm over the walk man,
    what has SONY done for me lately ?

    And sure, these SONY companies are different
    people, but they are all trying to get your
    attention by using the SONY name. I think
    marketing types call this brand recognition
    or something. People bond with brand names,
    and people learn to avoid brand names too.

    Because the good SONY companies can't be bothered
    to separate themselves from the bad SONY, neither
    shall I bother. If it is labeled SONY, I will
    assume it comes from the SONY that supports and uses
    invasive and limiting DRM technologies.

  6. Re:Fair enough on ISO Says No To Microsoft's OOXML Standard · · Score: 1

    PDF, really ?

    How does that work with people who want to use and manipulate your data, as opposed to just view it ?

    I think PDF is great, for viewing, but is a crappy format for collaborating with others.

  7. DSL on Bulletproof Tool For Golden Age Browsing? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Get a Damn Small Linux CD.

    Boot off CD, to RAM if possible, and enjoy the internet.

    100% worry free computer usage.

    If they want the computer to do more than just the internet, tell
    them the instructions are available, on the internet. Have fun.

  8. Re:It doesn't make any sence... on Chinese Military Hacked Into Pentagon · · Score: 1

    interesting. I think it was too easy, suspiciously so, even with the third assumption. (3) The pentagon is staffed by the most competent people, and not, um, anything else.

  9. Re:Many amateurs already do this on Sharpest Images With "Lucky" Telescope · · Score: 1

    nice work, some incredible shots in that collection.

  10. life on Water Vapor Seen 'Raining' Onto Young Star System · · Score: 1

    I wonder if this high energy, water rich, dust rich, environment
    could provide an environment where basic building blocks of life like
    amino acids, lipids, and such could form.

    Then these blocks could get frozen into the water vapor,as comets, and sent roaming.

  11. a good bargain on SCO Wants Summary Ruling, Wants To Appeal Unix Ownership Decision · · Score: 1

    $0.46 a share !!!

    It's time to start framing the certificates and moving
    them on eBay for $10 each !

  12. Re:I'm on lunch break, as you can tell. on Artificial Life May Be Possible Within Ten Years · · Score: 1

    I think they will start out with the minimum gene set required to have a self propagating life form.

    Artificial chromosomes will be introduced to this life form to create protein factories.

  13. Re:If it's from Real I won't use it. on RealPlayer 11 Is a Real Rip Contender · · Score: 2, Insightful

    me too. I don't use applications that are on version 11, and tout not taking over all my multimedia files as a feature. Give me a break, VERSION 11 !. This company deserves no love or sympathy. They already demonstrated how much respect they have for their users with the previous slew of shitty releases.

  14. Re:Yea but if history tells me anything on RealPlayer 11 Is a Real Rip Contender · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Oh cool, "not fucking up my computer" is a new feature in
    VERSION 11 !

    I think it is great that you can give people second chances,
    and third, and fourth, and fifth, and sixth, and seventh, and eighth
    and ninth and tenth chances too . . .
    but really don't you see the pattern here ?

    Real's reputation is horrible, and they deserve to
    have a horrible reputation. They have been a shitty
    company.

    I don't do business with shitty companies like Adaptec, SONY, and Real.

  15. Re:College kids on Apple Now Selling Better Than One Laptop In Six · · Score: 1

    I know a lot of programmers who have apple notebooks.

    Perhaps that whole, geeks can use their unixy ways,
    open and save the boss's prefered file formats, and
    still have visual appeal is paying off.

  16. Re:Wow on Going to Yosemite? Get Your Passport Ready! · · Score: 1

    Is there a greater terror than having government that ignores its constitution, and breaks its treaties ?

  17. Re:Burying the lede. on FISA Court Sides With ACLU Against Administration · · Score: 1

    Yes, I would rather it be difficult to attain because of requirements other than family name and status.

    I can't tell if you are giving me the correct English for what I meant, or if I said something
    different and you are clarifying for me.

  18. Re:Burying the lede. on FISA Court Sides With ACLU Against Administration · · Score: 1

    The Presidency is a position more easily critiqued than attained.
    Too bad it isn't difficult to attain because of requirements other than family name and status.

  19. Re:of course on Failing Our Geniuses · · Score: 1

    might as well be called 'no child left a mind'.

    First they lower the standards. Then they design
    a standardized test. Finally they claim "improvement
    in students test scores" as though that means an
    improvement in education, while ignoring that
    the scores are only improved because the test is
    easier.

  20. Re:Faster than a speeding bullet? on NASA Finds Star With a Tail · · Score: 1

    I think they used the term supersonic because one of the engineers had that dope-ass photo of the speeding bullet. And the star, when viewed in UV, has a similar bow shock, and other characteristics. I think that photo makes a good case for this object being the galactic scale analog of supersonic.

    I have no idea where they get the speed measurement from, maybe the cameras perspective ?

  21. Re:Funny on Manhattan 1984 · · Score: 1

    Government can only be checked if it can be trusted to honor its agreements, laws, and treaties.

  22. Re:Funny on Manhattan 1984 · · Score: 1

    Being observed by your fellow citizens IS NOT the same thing as being recorded by your government.

  23. cron + rsync on Backing Up Laptops In a Small Business? · · Score: 1

    I set up all my labs laptops with cron jobs that run scripts that track when the drive was last synced, and handles things appropriately using rsync + SSH.

    To make things even easier for users to protect data they see as important, I have an icon they can click to sync to the server at any time.

  24. Re:While we're at it on Pico-ITX, Because Size Matters · · Score: 1

    Add on a BT humor detector for wireless notification of missed jokes

  25. Re:Just Democrats on Vote Swapping Ruled Legal · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'd go farther than to say the repulicans are not conservative,
    I would say they represent a conquering foreign government.

    They have destroyed our public education system,
    they have halted our intellectual progress,
    they have weakened the infrastructure of our society,
    they have concentrated the wealth in the hands
    of their supporters, and they have broken treaties
    we had agreed to as a nation.

    Captcha : suffrage