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  1. Re:Linux vs Windows on Microsoft Continues Anti-OSS Strategy · · Score: 1

    And if you don't like one Linux distro, you can buy a different one next time.

  2. Re:What distro is he using? on Microsoft Continues Anti-OSS Strategy · · Score: 1

    The computer was built to serve the user?

    What computer was built to serve which user?

  3. Re:What distro is he using? on Microsoft Continues Anti-OSS Strategy · · Score: 1

    Hmm. . . So you don't believe in source RPMs?

  4. Re:The summary forgot to mention on Full Debian ARM for Under $200 · · Score: 1

    Who uses a serial port nowadays?

    Also, you can use a USB to serial adapter.

  5. Re:Why the IAFC is against the change on One Step Away from Changing Daylight Savings Time · · Score: 1

    Like the US? Sacajawea is on the one-dollar coin. Before her, we had Susn B. Anthony on it.

  6. Re:My own mnemonic ditty on Revamping The Periodic Table? · · Score: 1

    Shouldn't the "f" in "for" be capitalized? Otherwise, you're missing fluorine.

  7. Re:Ignorance only lasts a little while on Linux Desktops in New Zealand Schools · · Score: 1

    The Japanese don't expect computing equipment to meet spec?

  8. Re:I was considering majoring in CS, but... on Gates On Future of CS Education · · Score: 1

    Well, I don't have any children. When young people see CEOs and athletes making the big bucks, don't be surprised when they don't flock to teaching and CS.

  9. Re:About your tagline: on The Changing Face of Computer Science · · Score: 1

    The poster of the greatgrandparent is Marxist Hacker, which may be why the grandfather post asked that question.

  10. Re:Offtopic: sig on The Changing Face of Computer Science · · Score: 1

    The comma is in the original.

  11. Re:this is what gates thinks about education: on Gates On Future of CS Education · · Score: 1

    On Rule 5, how does he expect graduates to pay off their student loans by flipping burgers?

  12. Re:I was considering majoring in CS, but... on Gates On Future of CS Education · · Score: 1

    Except that other professionals don't have to settle for studio apartments and little cars. And if people want to have children?

  13. Re:Thank you, Mr. Hume on Meet Web Hypochondriacs · · Score: 1

    I've finished it. And I have read some Kant, although Critique of Pure Reason is a bit of a slog.

  14. Re:Funny but sadly insightful on Meet Web Hypochondriacs · · Score: 1

    I object to calling scientific medicine "traditional", as it has only been a "tradition" for two or three centuries.

  15. Re:Ah-Hahahahaahah! on What is Mainframe Culture? · · Score: 1

    Oh yes, it's Bill!

  16. Re:ObQuirk! on Spyware Removal: Drop PC in Dumpster · · Score: 1

    When was this? I bought an Averatec laptop in March of 2004, and it came with a Windows XP recovery CD.

  17. Re:Let me spell it out for you on Desktop Linux Mass Migration · · Score: 1

    Do you post in Plain Old Text, or do you post in HTML Formatted? In the latter case, of course the CRs aren't recognized, as they aren't recognized in HTML.

  18. Re:Idiot! on Desktop Linux Mass Migration · · Score: 1

    The issue isn't if the product is supported; the issue is if the product will allow one to connect via AOL. Time Warner doesn't support Linux on Road Runner, but somehow I managed to read your post.

  19. Re:Minor Problem... on How Episode IV Should Have Ended · · Score: 1

    But its gravitational hold on the moon would be weaker.

  20. Re:I've had this exact same discussion! on How Episode IV Should Have Ended · · Score: 1

    Would bits of former spaceship hitting your hull sound like an explosion?

  21. Re:Yuk on U.N. To Govern Internet? · · Score: 1

    Oops, didn't see that!

    <apology voice="litella">

    Never mind!

    </apology>

  22. Re:OS2? on IBM Officially Kills OS/2 · · Score: 1

    And how is virtual memory different from swap? Guess I'm missing some more stuff!

  23. Re:and in 3 years. on Microsoft's 10-year-old Certified Professional · · Score: 1

    There is an open source implementations of java (gcj).

  24. Re:Get them young huh? on Microsoft's 10-year-old Certified Professional · · Score: 1

    There's always ucblogo, which runs natively on Linux.

  25. Re:More users != more secure on Linux and Windows Security Neck and Neck · · Score: 1

    In the short run perhaps. But if Linux could get increased funding for such software, it might attract more people to the field.

    Also, maybe Linux firms could afford to higher talent from other firms, thus not only strengthening Linux, but weakening its competitors.