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  1. Single sign-on to what ? on Pitfalls and Options For Business-Desktop Linux · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Why not single-sign-on to OpenLdap ?

    Feel ready to own one or many Tux Stickers ?

  2. Re:Sorry, your product is banned here. on The Swiss Army Knife of USB Drives · · Score: 2, Interesting
    What would be the point of having a swiss knife without a knife ?

    Until what we all know, we could bring that kind of knife on a plane. A swiss knife is very useful in all sort of situations, especially when you are travelling and just taking a piece of bread and some paté instead of eating a burger ;-)

    Stick to Tux, get your own TuxSticker !

  3. Happy hacking keyboard ? on Cherry Announces Linux keyboard · · Score: 5, Informative
    Personaly, I'm using the happy hacking keyboard, which is maybe not "specially designed for" linux, but works very well. And there is an "diamond" key that makes the menu pop-up, which is fine for the windows-like-button fans.

    Stick to Tux, buy a tuxsticker !

  4. Too many mod points ? on How 8 Pixels Cost Microsoft Millions · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mabye some moderatos have too many mod points, posting dupes can help them lower their bank ... :-)

  5. Re:A beta on Mandrakesoft Releases 10.1 Beta1 · · Score: 2, Funny
    Even if you are just discovering that it is a french distro (which is the case since it started couple of years ago), I think it is not (included. the garlic).

    For the fun of it, it would be better if there was a bottle of red wine included.

  6. Nice review, another one... on The PHP Anthology - Volume I, 'Foundations' · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Another of the hundreds (thousands ? whoa ! are you sure ?) of books on php/mysql... If I bought all of them, I'd be broke since a long time :-)

  7. Rules for use of surveillance cameras on Downtown Baltimore To Get Massive Surveillance Network · · Score: 2, Interesting
    In the province of Quebec (canada), the Information Access Commission just released some rules (that just applie to Quebec, of course) for the use of video surveillance cameras.

    http://cai.gouv.qc.ca/06_documentation/01_pdf/new_ rules_2004.pdf

    Maybe interesting to read regarding this subject...

  8. Does history really matter ? on Was Zuse's Z3 the First Programmable Computer? · · Score: 1
    That seems to be the question for you, does history really matter ?

    Ok, maybe the exact fact or date does not matter much, but knowing what lead them to build that computer, why they were doing it, etc is kind of important for history.

    As long as history matter, I think we should care...

  9. Everything is bad those days on Is Your Computer Leaking Toxic Dust? · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Well, I think benzene is one of the chemical that causes one of the biggest health threat.

    If I recon correctly, gasoline fumes contains beneze. Have we stopped using gas ? I think not.

    Everything is a question of risk. Just going outside is a health risk. Let's stop panicking for a while. We all gotta die of something.

  10. Send me a dollar on Virtual Real Estate Boom Draws Real Dollars · · Score: 3, Insightful
    It's like those people who sent some one dollar bills to a remote adress just because the guy was asking people on his website to do so.

    See that bridge, why don't you go on it and jump off ?

    yeah, right...

  11. Or evolve ? on Dealing with the Unix Copy and Paste Paradigm? · · Score: 1
    or evolve ?

    Isn't that what Darwin would have said ? ;-)

    In this case, hard to say what's evolution or not...

  12. Re:Cooking is an art on The Thermochemical Joy of Cooking · · Score: 2, Interesting
    and mixing things together isn't science ?

    hmmm, have you ever did a titration ? Just adding drops of an acid substance into a solution which contains an indicator can make the solution turn let's say red with ONLY ONE DROP.

    That looks like magic to me ;-) And this kind of thing happens a lot (not magic, science, my drop thing) in cooking...

  13. reminds me of union negociation... on California Senate Passes Preemptive Strike Against Gmail · · Score: 2, Funny
    It reminds me of some union negociation.

    You put pressure on the boss now, making a strike to "prepare the negociations" even if they are not started yet.

    *sigh*

  14. The fog (FUD) technique, or howto change subject on Worst Explanation From Tech Support? · · Score: 2, Interesting
    We installed a new linux server for a portal server in an all-windows-environement.

    First thing the tech support said when those win file server had a problem:

    "It's Linux's fault".

    Well, what a convincing explanation, a nice big cloudy fog, sorry, FUD.... :-)

  15. Re:Actually not used EVERYWHERE on The Logic Behind Metric Paper Sizes · · Score: 1
    Dunno if it is really the cause for this, but Mexico, the US and Canada are part of a free trade treaty, this may be actually normal that you (and we) use letter sized paper.

    In Canada, even if we use metric system everywhere, you often have to go back to the old imperial system, especially in paper, construction, food (everything that we have a tight bond with the US for). Not that it's logical, it's simply not legal for trade. But when you go to buy a piece of wood, you have to ask for a 2' X 4' X 8' .... sadly, because when you look at it, measuring with millimeters is fairly more precise than with inches (of course, you can use 1/16th of an inch, but it gets confusing rapidly).

  16. software needs to be installed... on Mandrakelinux 10 Official Released · · Score: 3, Informative

    hmmm... did you just try to install the packages first ? There is no such thing as a "desktop" distro or a "server" distro for Mandrake...

    Ok, you need to check the group of packages saying "Databases" to have the databases (like postgres) installed, it may not install MySQL by default, but if you go in your Mandrake Control Center, you can actually install that software (it even tells you which cd to install).

    By the way, software works better if installed... ;-)

    And I'm using a Mdk 10.0 Community to tell you this (yes, I have mysql, apache, .... all installed).

  17. we all are.... on Space Burial · · Score: 1

    buried here, or sent in space, we're all star dust anyway...

  18. oil change too ? :-) on Hack Your Car · · Score: 1

    is it the same warranty voiding that the car company once said you could cause when you don't make your oil change at the dealer ? can't expect those companies to like doing less money :-)