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  1. Re:Bummer on The State of the Demon Address · · Score: 1

    People were reading the article before posting?? Say it ain't so!

  2. Re:SDF on Unix Shell Accounts? · · Score: 1

    You're right, it is $36. It's been a while since I joined. As far as editors are concerned, there's also vim, emacs, and nano. The information about membership levels can be found at http://sdf.lonestar.org/index.cgi?access

    I'm going to plug the shirts again because they're pretty cool, and a good way to help out SDF. Buying one might even be tax deductable, but I'm not sure.

  3. Re:SDF on Unix Shell Accounts? · · Score: 1

    Actually, with the ARPA account ($37 one-time fee) you get 100MB for your home directory, 100MB web space, and 100MB email. They also have cool shirts if you want to send them a little more money.

  4. Re:Even MSN's Slate magazine backs Mozilla.... on Mozilla Gains on Internet Explorer · · Score: 1

    The ability to open links as a tab within the current page is a true browser innovation for which there is no IE equivalent or patch.

    Tabbed browsing is't really a Mozilla innovation, since Opera had it first. But I do like Firefox a lot more than Opera. Either way, once you start using a tabbed browser, it's painful to use one without tabs.

  5. Re:How long will this go on? on The RIAA Sues 482 More People · · Score: 2, Insightful

    SCO isn't suing its consumers. It's suing companies that use a competing product that they claim infringes on their property.

    The parent shouldn't be modded insightful, just offtopic. I could see modding it funny maybe, but insightful? Not really.

  6. Re:Why? on New Largest Prime Found: Over 7 Million Digits · · Score: 1

    I don't think there's really much utility at all. Mathematicians just like this sort of thing; some people are interested in really big numbers with interesting properties. But even if there isn't a use for the number, maybe the techniques used to find and verify it are interesting.

  7. Re:Even primes on New Largest Prime Found: Over 7 Million Digits · · Score: 3, Funny

    You keep looking. I'll wait here.

  8. small correction on Math And The Computer Science Major · · Score: 1

    The article says the discrete math isn't on the UIUC schedule, but CS 173 and 273 are discrete math classes. Good classes, depending on the professor. Also, boolean algebra and logic circuits are covered in 231.

  9. Re:I use Greymatter... on Best Weblogs for Personal Websites? · · Score: 2, Informative

    I've also used Greymatter with good results. As far as I can tell it's the best (as in only) solution if you want commenting but don't have access to (or don't want to use) a database like MySQL.

  10. Re:Black boxes could be good on Automobile Black Box Sends Driver to Jail · · Score: 1

    The black boxes only store the last 4 seconds worth of data, so they are only useful in case of a collision. If they stored a year's worth of data, that would be a huge privacy concern. The way I look at it, my insurance company doesn't need to know what my driving habits are unless I cause an accident or get a couple tickets for speeding. If I drive 10 mph over the limit on a deserted highway, it's none of their business.

  11. Re:Probably not. on Fedora Prepares For Xorg Instead of XFree86 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...unless David Dawes pulls his head out of his ass and stops shooting himself in the foot.

    He must be flexible. And good at blind shooting.

  12. Re:Oh, gotta rant, gotta rant on this one... on Compensation for Bandwidth Costs is Extortion? · · Score: 1

    There is NO WAY in HELL that some podunk sheriff's office web site gets 3.5 million visitors per month.

    Until now.

  13. Re:Quick Question... on Judge Orders SCO, IBM To Produce Disputed Code · · Score: 1

    I used to say (or rather, read) it as S C O. However, since they are in the news so much now, I've started saying it as a single syllable, just because its faster. I never had much reason to to talk about SCO until about a year ago, so I never bothered to find out how everyone else pronounced it.

  14. Re:I disagree: on New Cast Information For 'Hitchhiker's' Movie · · Score: 1

    Seconded. He has double-head experience.

  15. Re:Incomplete information! on New Cast Information For 'Hitchhiker's' Movie · · Score: 1

    Probably the same person that plays the third arm.

  16. Mpbs? on Earthlink Invests In Broadband Over Power Lines · · Score: 5, Funny

    exceeding 10 Mpbs.

    For when you need 10 Million PBS stations.