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  1. Re:Not a fair comparison on HOW TO: Convert a Mac into an x86 · · Score: 1

    they dont _need_ to go the way of the shitter to try, but that is the only way i think we will find out. It is a big risk (if it doesn't take off they're pretty buggered).

  2. Re:What's next? on HOW TO: Convert a Mac into an x86 · · Score: 1

    the screws which connect the motherboard to the case are grounded. putting them on an antistatic bag would be better, not worse (presuming they grounded the antistatic bag).

  3. Re:Isn't it a PC? on HOW TO: Convert a Mac into an x86 · · Score: 1

    they wont let OSX run on a generic PC, so no, it wont be exactly (no bios)

  4. Re:Not a fair comparison on HOW TO: Convert a Mac into an x86 · · Score: 1

    if apple starts to go the way of the shitter, we might find out how well OSX would do on generic hardware.

    i personally think they could still sell the hardware to some people, and just the os to others. Apple hardware will probably be cheaper with intel processors and more generic mobo's.

  5. Re:Unlikely on HOW TO: Convert a Mac into an x86 · · Score: 1

    so what? just because OS2 failed using this strategy doesn't mean OSX would.

    didn't OS2 have a massive market share which they lost? this is the other way round and could also work the other way round.

  6. Re:Anti-Virus on McAfee, Macromedia Flirting With F/OSS Community · · Score: 4, Informative

    its also better than any scanner ive seen for windows in memory footprint and not hogging the screen during updates (usde freshclamd to update for you).

    Plus there's klamav (kde frontend) which is quite good.

  7. Re:Can we just tax copyright already? on Extending Pop Music Copyrights · · Score: 1

    then the tax could be based on the amount of money you make from it (1%? even 0.1%?), thats not all that much to anybody to own a copyright.

  8. Re:Yea D-Day has arrived! on Debian 3.1 (Sarge) Released · · Score: 1

    im using debian testing (im tracking testing, not sarge or etch) and i have xorg 6.8.2 and kde 3.4.1 with composite support thanks to a third party mirror

  9. Re:Thoughts on virtual thoughts on Effort to Create Virtual Brain Begins · · Score: 1

    i know thats not all they need, but if they only limitation to realtime when theyve finished is speed, its currently available but expensive (read the original post i replied to)

  10. Re:Best way to learn Linux on How to Build Your Own Linux Distribution · · Score: 1

    i did just that, with slackware (mandrake and redhat, which i tried before were too easy to learn anything other than what to click), i learned a lot from it too.

    im using debian now (used to use gentoo after slack) and i miss my rc.local :(

  11. Re:Gentoo Catalyst on How to Build Your Own Linux Distribution · · Score: 1
  12. Re:Thoughts on virtual thoughts on Effort to Create Virtual Brain Begins · · Score: 1

    but if all they need to make this real time is a faster processor, im sure they would get it (its not as if normal desktop computers are top of the line)

  13. Re:Tax increases on Japan Striving For Energy Efficiency · · Score: 1

    oh ye, but then you have to pay the fuckload extra in insurance ;)

  14. hmm on WIPO Wants Your Feedback · · Score: 1

    maybe somebody[*] with a good knowlege of software patents should have a gander and see what patents the wipo site is infinging on (if possible), such as a javascript for loop (that's patented isn't it?), etc

    [*] i dont really know much about software patents other than what i read on /., so i cant do it

  15. Re:No, it isn't. on Double Your Fun with DoubleSight · · Score: 1

    ok, sorry about that - i can't remember why i thought that was relevant

  16. Re:Two is the wrong number on Double Your Fun with DoubleSight · · Score: 1

    what about a monitor for those really cool flash games at miniclip?

    duh.

  17. Re:No, it isn't. on Double Your Fun with DoubleSight · · Score: 1

    totem uses xine-lib as does xine-ui. due to the separation of xine-lib and xine-ui, you can use xine with many different frontends. i use amarok's xine audio engine, xine-ui for vids although occasionally totem if for some strange reason i find myself browsing for video's in konqueror instead of konsole (never bothered to change the avi association to xine)

  18. Re:Tax increases on Japan Striving For Energy Efficiency · · Score: 1

    in the uk its about £5 for 20, so people who still want to smoke do, but are ripped off, i just get mine from abroad

  19. Re:Tax increases on Japan Striving For Energy Efficiency · · Score: 1

    thats how it works in the uk for road tax, £120 is the cheapest you can pay (iirc) and the less effiencient your car is, the more you pay

  20. Re:Pfffff... on Drilling to the Center of the Earth · · Score: 1

    if they dont put scelotape over the target before they pierce it, it might explode.

  21. Something useful on Who Should Help LinuxFund Distribute $126,155.29? · · Score: 1

    find something wrong with gnu or linux, (kernel, desktop, X, whatever), pay people to fix it.

    could be spent doing up X, KDE or Gnome, pay people to check security (and fix) in popular software such as openssh, linux kernel, etc.

    spend it on software development

  22. Re:I think it is a good idea not to update quickly on Debian 3.0r6 Released · · Score: 1

    unstable (sid) is bad, i think you mean testing (currently sarge, soon to be etch)

  23. Re:Or not... on Longhorn Drops 'My' Prefixes · · Score: 1

    call yourself a real man/geek? its:

    ~/images/porn/animal/oa-od/octopus/octopuspr0n.png

  24. Re:lemme get this straight... on Longhorn Drops 'My' Prefixes · · Score: 1

    use NFS provided by Microsoft Services For Unix

  25. Re:Starting the book now... on Debian Sarge Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    doesn't gcc 4 break backwards compatibility, if so, that would warrant debian 4.0 (etch-junior-junior-junior)