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  1. Pity on Game Tunnel's Indie Games of the Year 2006 · · Score: 1

    I can't play any of them on my Linux desktop, some of them seem interesting.

  2. This seems counterproductive on China Heralds Year of the Fluorescent Green Pig · · Score: 1

    While I'm sure multiple trials of such things help at least in terms of adding to the data pool. But things like this sure do not win them any points in terms of public perception. I'm all for this research for medical benefits, but I'm not looking forward to the inevitable mutant animals.

  3. Why do you care? on Is Vista the New OS/2? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Unless you stand to make money of Vista, as opposed to no Vista. I really don't see why you care. If you're still using Windows, chances are Windows XP does all you need. If Windows XP doesn't have all you need, now may be a good time to dual boot with Linux, or switch to a Mac.

    I've seen Vista in use, and all I can says is "looks like KDE". Of course the reason for this is that many KDE themes have long since copied many aspects of the Aero theme.

    All these Vista articles are getting to be annoying, and there seems to be no way to turn them off.

  4. Re:Suggested Solution on The Battle for Wireless Network Drivers · · Score: 1

    They don't for you?

  5. Re:Suggested Solution on The Battle for Wireless Network Drivers · · Score: 1

    And this I have recently learned. As such, I am looking for a new manufacturer for an upcoming project which requires a good sound card. Any suggestions?

  6. Suggested Solution on The Battle for Wireless Network Drivers · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Openly promote hardware companies that have fully functioning PCI, PCMCIA, and USB wifi cards in Linux. I will gladly spend my money with them regardless of wether I'm purchasing the hardware for myself or a friend, or for a Windows machine or a Linux machine. In the same way that HP printers almost always "just work" and Creative sounds almost always "just work", and I seek those brands out... I am willing to, and would do the same for other types of hardware. Of course for now, my purchasing quantities are quite small. But who's to say that they won't grow at some later point.

  7. Re:No deer involved on Robotic Deer to Fight Illegal Hunting · · Score: 1

    Because they thought they were, and intended to shoot a real dear.

  8. Please explain if you know... on GNUstep Project Gets New Chief Maintainer · · Score: 1

    what is useful about GNUstep? I read throw the Wikipedia article on it, and I got the impression that it is yet another GUI toolkit. So I am curious as to what makes it more useful in which situations: ie. where does it shine?

  9. Gotta teach them when they're young on Using Cellphones to Track Your Kids · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That there every move should, will, and is being recorded. So that when they grow up, they can each have a GPS chip implanted into their arm and feel perfectly okay with it.

  10. Re:It's too late to close the barn door on Red Hat CEO on Microsoft-Novell Deal · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Well in all fairness, some people went to Linux purely on its tech. strong points. I for sure may have never discovered Linux were it not for the extreme suckness of Windows which drove me to look for something better.

  11. Re:Counterpoint on Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection · · Score: 1

    I don't think it is legally possible to make a 100% windows clone....nevermind that those with the skills to do it would not want to.

  12. Re:What?! on Wii's Opera Browser Now Downloadable · · Score: 1

    Please leave you Geek card and Slashdot access card at the door.

  13. Who would have thought on Clipboard Data Theft Now Optional With IE7 · · Score: 1

    I am by no means fond of Microsoft, but darn . . . never would I have guessed that they had ever implemented such a feature. I mean . . . I have been working with the assumption that MS has really smart guys, but the higher ups are just total scumbags. But how could anyone willfully implement such a thing into a publicly consumed product? This for me is a new low.

  14. Re:...in the place VISA and MC have offices. on RIAA Members Sue Allofmp3.com Over Infringement · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I hope you at least see how wrong that is.

  15. Re:Bullshit on MS Fights Gmail With 2-GB Exchange Mailboxes · · Score: 1

    The thing is though, some "IT" people who manage these Exchange servers act as if 50MB is a tech limit instead of just a policy.

  16. Re:This is not for AT&T on FCC Kills Build-out Requirements for Telecoms · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You seem to imply that they will lower their prices or something. I don't see why they would. In which case they make larger profits.

  17. Re:Why? on Sony BMG Settles Over CD DRM · · Score: 1

    No offense dude. But that's a dumb qestion. The lawsuit was being headed by the regular corruptable people - Sony, a company very likely full of corrupted people, just passed the infection along. And so they got a small fine. Just enough to say that "something" was done.

  18. Re:Websites?! Try Operating Systems! on Bad Web Sites Can Cause "Mouse Rage" · · Score: 4, Funny

    You tell the truth. I have considered bagging myself a few IE and Windows devs myself...but the whole killing is a crime thing works against that.

  19. Why do people suddenly care? on BBC Uses Skype Links In Murder Hunt · · Score: 1, Insightful

    This women have been suffering for ages now. And have been killed by all sorts of people before. Why do people suddenly care about them? Society is very wierd. I personally think these women needed help long before one dude started taking them out.

  20. Re:Einstein was right... on Is the Universe a Hall of Mirrors? · · Score: 1

    It's called football - you kick it with your foot.

  21. Overboard on U.S. Safety Commision 'Keeping an Eye' on the Wii · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think people are _really_ going overboard with this entire things now. It's not as if the controllers are launching themselves. As nice/good as it is of Nintendo to replace the straps. This is just settings the bar lower for common sense. If your hand is sweaty, please dry it off for the sake of people around you. I'm curious as to how much tension the straps takes before breaking myself, and also how the replacement straps fair in that metric. But really, the controllers aren't supposed to be flying (or are games somehow requiring this?). Has anyone been able to actually damage the remote itself? It seems as if it is near indistructable.

  22. Re:Some observations on The 10 Most Dangerous Toys of All Time · · Score: 1

    As dangerous as the motorcycle one is, it was really funny to picture.

  23. Re:ohhhhhhh myyyyy Goddddd! on The 10 Most Dangerous Toys of All Time · · Score: 1

    You greatly overestimate the radiation levels.

  24. Re:So Much For "Do No Evil" on Google Releases Customized IE 7 · · Score: 1

    So what?

  25. Re:Come again on that one? on Fedora Project to Help Revitalize RPM · · Score: 1

    Yes, that was a mistake and miscommunication on my part.