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  1. Re:iTunes on Microsoft Creates Static With New Webcast Feature · · Score: 1

    No, not the last time I checked. However, you can use internet radio over iTunes.

  2. Re:Correction -- Version 0.2 on Mozilla's Sunbird Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Actually, if the quote is properly attributed, it's fair use. Doesn't matter about critique. Otherwise, we'd get in trouble for our movie quotes out here.

  3. Still won't use it on Windows Media Player 10 Reviewed · · Score: 1

    I've got principles, Linux, and an iPod. I don't want no stinkin' MS shit.

    Sadly, this sounds like the death knell of every other music store out there, except perhaps iTunes. With a store integrated into WMP, why should Napster 2 still sell WMA-P files?

  4. Re:You Don't Say?!? on Ballmer on Linux · · Score: 1

    But what would the comfy cushion be, exactly?

  5. Re:acitveX for moz on Microsoft Opens MSN Music Store · · Score: 1

    Gator e-Wallet? That's just asking for wiretapping and fraud. That's a known spyware company!

  6. Re:Not Even The Half Of It! on Mozilla.org Relaunched · · Score: 1

    Well, I did. Both of my computers, actually.

    Okay, so I still run the default OS on my TI-89 and I also run PalmOS on my m130, but aside from those, I run a combination of Fedora Core 1 and Debian/Knoppix (installed).

  7. Re:Not Even The Half Of It! on Mozilla.org Relaunched · · Score: 1

    I could just see them using the voice of Gilbert Godfried on that thing, much like they did when they were pushing Office XP...they said he wouldn't be there, and when I first started Word, there was Clippy again.

    I almost shoved my computer out the window after that one.

  8. Re:Reasonable security measures. on Surviving College With Gear And Sanity Intact? · · Score: 1

    Another tip: Run Linux and skip on the nVidia stuff.

  9. Re:ruff! on Surviving College With Gear And Sanity Intact? · · Score: 1

    I already asked. The answer was a resounding "no". So said Andy Blank.

  10. Re:Lock your dorm door = number 1 rule. on Surviving College With Gear And Sanity Intact? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Hell, I'd even say that if you can't eat it, wear it, or study out of it (textbooks!), you don't need it. Forget about fscking it or driving it. Gas is too expensive, and everything you could need should be in walking distance of campus.

    Besides, who has time to go fscking things in college?

  11. Re:Not so on UN Supports OSS/Free Software In Developing World · · Score: 1

    Totally OT, but as long as we're at it, I might as well provide my hypothesis that "Nobody" was in right field. Furthermore, Mr. Nobody (this is MLB, so there wouldn't be women) is left-handed...so not only does he play right field, Nobody hits to right field.

  12. Re:Not so on UN Supports OSS/Free Software In Developing World · · Score: 1

    In F/OSS, so is every subsequent hit.

  13. Whee! on 96 Processors Under Your Desktop · · Score: 4, Interesting

    96 processors running Fedora? I want one!

    Actually, I would be willing to bet that the university I'm at could use a few of these things. After all, we've got undergrads doing BLAST database work, just to teach them about it. Having been through that hell myself, it'd be a lot easier if you didn't have to have a cluster to do the work by computer. For those who don't know, BLAST is a genetic sequencing database that allows for comparison with an extracted gene (retrived through polymerase chain reaction) with a known, sequenced gene in their database.

  14. Faster and longer lasting hard drives? on New Lubricant Leads To Faster Hard Drives · · Score: 2, Funny

    How long do you think it'll be before I start getting "natural Viagra" spam for this technology? And how much longer will it take for the spammers to realize that they're talking about an actual computer component and not anything phallic?

  15. Tarballs on HP Linux Laptop Is A Winner · · Score: 1

    I think he's refering to tarballs...which can be daunting if you don't know what you're doing. Once you get the hang of it, it's actually kinda fun.

  16. Re:Not a negative choice on HP Linux Laptop Is A Winner · · Score: 1

    Well, Photoshop will work under WINE. Haven't tested Dreamweaver myself, yet, though.

  17. Re:E-slam? on "E-Jihad" Exaggerated by Russian Media Spin · · Score: 1

    Yes, it is.

    However, most me-slims regard the lesser e-jihad as frivolous, especially when they must still wager the increasingly difficult greater e-jihad within their own b0xen. After all, how can one rid others of the sins of Windows if one is still fighting the worms and viruses of one's own computer?

  18. Re:The RIAA *does* owe us on SCO Says 'Linux Doesn't Exist' · · Score: 1

    That would be funny!

    Dear American Music Lover:

    We, the Recording Industry Association of America would like to apologize to the nation's music fans for adhering to an antiquated business model and pumping out and pimping bad music in favor of decent, enjoyable music. We're sorry about Britney Spears, *NSYNC, Sting, and making Ruben Studdard do that song, "Sorry 2004".

    We would also like to apologize for handing out the stuff that didn't sell at our annual music yard sale to the schools and libraries of America. They deserved much better.

    So, we're refunding all of the money that we extorted from everyone and dissolving our business.

    Sincerely,

    The Recording Industry Association of America

  19. Nope...not interested on A Flying Leap for Cars? · · Score: 1

    To be completely honest, as long as it can do what a normal car can do, and as long as the normal car remains cheaper, I'm seeing no market for such a thing. Look at the Segway. Cool, yes, but too expensive to be practical.

    Yes, I'd love to see one, but I don't think I'd buy.

  20. Re:Microsoft's fault? More like the almighty buck' on HP Shelves Virus Throttler Program · · Score: 1

    Actually, in a cyberverse where such connection rates are possible, slowing down the exponential spread, even if it only buys two or three seconds to get the system offline, would be somewhat effective in containing a worm or DDoS attack attempt. Those involved with network administration have to be quick on their feet anyway to unplug machines doing such things.

    Of course, the problem is that these machines have been comprimised, and it's damn near impossible to unpwn a machine without formatting the hard drive. (Of course, if one must format the hard drive due to remote pwnership, one might as well switch to Linux or a BSD.)

  21. My eyes are messed up on Connecting Devices With Wireless Grids · · Score: -1

    Am I the only one who thought that the title read "Connecting devices with wireless girls"?

    I thought so. Must get my eyes checked.

  22. Re:too bad... on Yahoo! Not Protected From French Anti-Nazi Laws · · Score: 2, Funny

    Or perhaps they shall shout insults such as, "I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries!"

    Of course, then they have to start catapulting cows and other livestock at King Arthur Yahoo.

  23. Re:Your little sister will switch, too. (Re:Wha?) on How Google Could Overthrow AIM · · Score: 1

    Update to 0.81. That'll solve your problems. Seriously. They had to do some re-programming on the Y!M side because Yahoo changed its coding or something in order to lock out third party clients. 0.81 has taken care of the problem.

  24. Re:ICQ on How Google Could Overthrow AIM · · Score: 1

    Gaim does that much already. It even preserves the protocol smilies...and it's all free.

  25. Re:Bigger file formats? on Mark Cuban on the future of HD Media · · Score: 1

    I should have added something in there: make the information as compressed as possible. Don't just make huge compressible files, distribute it in a massive, albeit compressed manner.