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  1. Re:Very Funny Ha-Ha on Macedonia Deploys 5,000 Ubuntu Desktops in Schools · · Score: 1

    And maybe Alexander the Great should conquer you for your insolence.

  2. Just a note on Time Warner To Be Split Into Four Parts? · · Score: 1

    Of course, AOL competes against Road Runner. Will Time Warner let AOL logo fall off a cliff?

  3. Re:Shit, that ain't the half of it. on CSI Takes On Grand Theft Auto · · Score: 1

    But at least Olivia Benson doesn't show so much breast while on duty. Don't get me wrong, Mariska Hagirtay is cute, but I do appreciate that she dresses professionally. Also, Law and Order has less soap opera than CSI, which I also appreciate.

  4. Re:They are NOT marmosets on CSI Takes On Grand Theft Auto · · Score: 1

    There was a man in a tigerskin? Maybe I shouldn't have been scoping Tanya Roberts out so much.

  5. Re:Worshiping Literature on Literature Teeters on the Edge of a 'Gr8 Fall' · · Score: 1

    No, I'm not an officer. I've never been in the military at all, but yes, I read the unabridged version. There doesn't seem to be much history in it. I agree that von Clausewitz's literary style is not the easiest to deal with (although I wonder how Germans find it). I have heard dissenting views on Vom Kriege, and I'll hear Keagan's (Keegan's? the author of The Mask of War?).
    Bring it on!

    As for his use of the term friction, what word would you have used? He uses the term to denote (among other things) the loss of motion in an army, as well as deviation from the ideal of the real. The former use is similar to the physical use of the term.

    As an aside, have you ever seen Heartbreak Ridge? It's a Clint Eastwood film about the Marine Corps, including the invasion of Grenada. anyway a lieutenant talks about how he studied von Clausewitz in his ROTC study group, which makes Eastwood's character (a sergeant) cringe.

  6. Re:Worshiping Literature on Literature Teeters on the Edge of a 'Gr8 Fall' · · Score: 1

    On War overrated? No way! Also it is not a work of military history, but of military theory. And yes, I have read it.

  7. Re:Depends on what you goal is on Literature Teeters on the Edge of a 'Gr8 Fall' · · Score: 1

    But what do you mean by "remedial"? Shouldn't remediation deal with helping students overcome their deficiencied, rather than working around them?

  8. Re:Linux technical drawback on Microsoft Claims Firms 'Hitting a Wall' With Linux · · Score: 1

    But can you open different CD players simultaneously in Windows? I have KsCD and GnomeCD up as I have two optical drives and like having a CD in each.

  9. Re:Why Own a Printer? on Fall 2005 Photo Printer Buyers Guide · · Score: 1

    And where can I print LaTeX documents? The places I know only do Microsoft Office files.

  10. Re:PS3? No thanks, Sony; you screwed the pooch on Bad Day To Be Sony · · Score: 1

    Does Nintendo make PS3?

  11. Re:On the topic of disclaimers on RetroCoder Threatens Security Vendors · · Score: 1

    In the US at least, if you receive unsolicited snail mail, it's yours. Do the same laws apply to email?

  12. Sorry, but what is RHPS? on Watching All Six Star Wars Movies Simultaneously · · Score: 1

    Sorry, but what is RHPS?

  13. Re:Talk about google infatuation on RISK The Game On Google Maps · · Score: 1

    What about the other Civilization board, by Hartland Trefoil (published in the US by Avalon Hill)?

  14. Re:School on RISK The Game On Google Maps · · Score: 1

    Except that neither Uzbekistan nor Iran are spaces in Risk, at least not on my board.

  15. Re:That's Friggin Brilliant... on RISK The Game On Google Maps · · Score: 1

    Diplomacy in Risk? I never engaged in diplomacy while playing Risk. I also rarely took risks while playing Diplomacy.

  16. Re:In other filings... on SCO Demands Linux 2.7 Information · · Score: 1

    "ten long horns"

    Each with a Vista of Hell

  17. Re:in other news on Open Source Not That Open? · · Score: 1

    That definition is correct for metric spaces, but not topological spaces in general.

  18. Re:Wikipedia article on this guy on New Discovery Disproves Quantum Theory? · · Score: 1

    Shouldn't they be called "effects" rather than "forces"?

  19. Re:Buzz Beer on Nestle Patents Coffee Beer · · Score: 1

    Call me crazy, but I'm pretty sure that the ratio of methylbutanol to methylbutanol is 1:1.

  20. Re:Graphical Object Relationship Modeller on GORM 1.0 Release to Take on GNOME/KDE? · · Score: 1

    Hmm. . . Maybe, but I'll pass on trying to write the Linux kernel in Fortran.

  21. Re:Maybe true, but not necessarily desirable on Windows and Linux User Interfaces · · Score: 1

    Would it be APT to mention RPM?

  22. Re:First to defend Gene Roddenberry on UK Female Sci-Fi Viewers Now Outnumber Males · · Score: 1

    There was an episode where Picard is wearing a "dress"? with tights while dining with Ambassador Troi (Deanna's mom).

  23. Re:Short Skirts on UK Female Sci-Fi Viewers Now Outnumber Males · · Score: 1

    Overladies? Dominatrices?

  24. Savage support? on Linux Kernel 2.6.14 Released · · Score: 1

    Does this that 3D acceleration will work?

  25. Re:this is easy on Why Do People Switch To Linux? · · Score: 1

    Why do I suspect that Microsoft Windows does not include xbill?