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  1. About WP:AUTO on Wikipedia Founder Edits Own Bio · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Actually, he didn't create the article, but has just edited it for factual information. This is perfectly kosher, even if it is a faux paus socially. Other notable WP contributors have edited pages about themselves, providing factual information only.

    Furthermore, it's his website, he can do whatever the hell he wants with it.

  2. Re:Binary Packages on Gaim 2.0.0beta1 Released · · Score: 1

    Well, ask and ye shall recieve. I'm setting up a delivery site where you can grab an Ubuntu Breezy .deb right now. And here it is.

  3. Re:The point of copyright is to encourage innovati on Warner Chappell Apology For PearLyrics · · Score: 1

    Well, some people believe in decorum. Others find using substitutes from 70's TV shows funny. Still others actually prefer the way the made-up word looks/sounds to the aesthetics of the real word.

    But this is Slashdot. If we weren't nerds, we wouldn't be here.

  4. Re:But the K! on What Do You Think of the COLEMAK Keyboard? · · Score: 1

    BeKause KDE uses K for every oKKuranKe of the third letter of the alphabet as we know it in English.

  5. Re:Been running this all night. on Gaim 2.0.0beta1 Released · · Score: 1

    I knew I should have blurred out that part of the image.

    But yeah, it is a great show. Hence the fact that it won the right to live on my hard drive.

  6. Re:Been running this all night. on Gaim 2.0.0beta1 Released · · Score: 1

    1. OH THANK GOD! I hate that aspect of MSN. In fact, I find it to be lacking as a service in general.

    2. Yeah, neat effect. However, I want GoogleTalk support/the Gaim-vv merge first.

    And because I can stick this in, I've got a screenshot gallery of the new version, as it regards changes.

  7. Re:Well. on Bill Gates, Time Magazine "Person of the Year" · · Score: 1

    Okay, I suggest a modification: every business transaction made in good faith makes both parties better off. The Enron execs were not dealing in good faith.

  8. Re:just another soft-diplomatic letter to me on The Letter That Won US Internet Control · · Score: 1

    But there would have been more typos in that case. Remember that the woman cannot spell or parse grammar properly.

  9. Re:What's next? on Edubuntu - Linux For Young Human Beings! · · Score: 1

    Okay, halal.

    Or Free.

  10. Re:*nix can be excellent for kids, but gnome is no on Edubuntu - Linux For Young Human Beings! · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Don't worry about the pr0n. They'll only start looking for it when they're ready. Until then, they will instinctively hit the back button, as they're not interested.

    I'd be more worried about their chat and IM access.

    However, middle click does nothing on the desktop in Gnome 2.12.1 (on Ubuntu proper, though I do have the Edubuntu packages installed, to ensure that it works the same way). Right click does not give me a terminal either.

  11. Re:What's next? on Edubuntu - Linux For Young Human Beings! · · Score: 1

    Then get with the MOTU and make the damn meta-packages. Make sure the porn you include by default is under a kosher license (CC Attribution Share-Alike should do the trick). It's not that hard to do. Just don't expect to get the porn packages into main.

  12. Re:*nix can be excellent for kids, but gnome is no on Edubuntu - Linux For Young Human Beings! · · Score: 1

    You can prevent that, you know, by restricting their access to gnome-terminal. Just set it so that your kids aren't in a group that can use it but you are. And for the love of GOD, make sure you teach them about logging in and out properly and do so yourself. And keep your pr0n stuff to when they're in bed.

  13. Re:Where is the killer app? on Edubuntu - Linux For Young Human Beings! · · Score: 1

    Y'know, that's not a bad idea! A free version of "Your oxen have died."

  14. Re:One more on Microsoft Bows to Eolas, Revamps IE · · Score: 1

    That would be the Windows disc.

  15. Re:I'd like to see this go to a jury. on First RIAA Lawsuit to Head to Trial · · Score: 1

    If they find her either guilty or innocent, it would be a first in Ammerican Jurisprudence. This is a civil court, for the umpteen billionth time. (Mod that part down redundant, plzkthx).

    However, your hypothesis does sound rather interesting. They're not making any money on these suits, that much is known. However, it would be interesting to get the facts of a settlement.

  16. Re:What about Tolkien? on Top 20 Geek Novels · · Score: 1

    Except that according to the story, the Quenta Silmarilion was actually told in Quena (with parts in Sindarin). Shakespeare never even heard of Klingon. And it's a fairly well-known quote--most of my friends, both male and female would get the reference.

  17. This sounds like a job for DVD Jon! on Playing InterActual DVDs Under Linux? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Really, what you need is the libdvdcss2 package, the piece of code that made DVD Jon famous. Install that, and you really should be able to play those DVDs in any player you want.

    The easiest way to get them, from my experience, is to download and compile MPlayer from source, but if you use Debian or Ubuntu, it's apt-gettable.

  18. Re:Exactly! on Vatican Rejects Intelligent Design? · · Score: 1

    Well, the was actually born the queen of Castille and Leon. It was her marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon that united Spain and gave her that title.

  19. Re:Attack the messenger (please) on Vatican Rejects Intelligent Design? · · Score: 1

    Comparing astrology to ID/Creationism is rather unfair: there's loads more science to astrology than there is to ID/Creationism. Of course, I say this in jest, but there at least is some underlying astronomy there.

  20. Re:Exactly! on Vatican Rejects Intelligent Design? · · Score: 1

    Okay, small pedantic history problem:

    Queen Elizabeth was either the English monarch from 1558 to 1603, and was an Anglican, or the monarch of the United Kingdom since 1953, and is also an Anglican.

    You're thinking of Queen Isabella of Castille and Leon, who ruled 1474 to 1504. She was "Isabel the Catholic".

    Of course, if you want to get really pedantic, Elizabeth is the English equivalent of Isobella, but she's known throughout the Anglophone world by her Spanish name, as to prevent confusion with the queens of England and the United Kingdom.

  21. Re:A mixed bag on Linspire CEO Offers S. Korea To Replace Windows · · Score: 1

    I will publically admit to playing Mario. He is still one of my personal heroes. Of course, I grew up in a day when Mario was still a cool game, so there's a bit of nostalgia to it, too.

  22. Re:A mixed bag on Linspire CEO Offers S. Korea To Replace Windows · · Score: 1

    That's why you don't give a n00b a copy of Debian. Besides, the 7 disc package might be a bit intimidating. Of course, I know that CD set contains everything in their repositories, and you may only need the first two discs for a working, graphical system, but the problem remains that Debian isn't a distro for those new to Linux. If you want to send them in that direction, complete with apt-get, it'd be wiser to consider one of the many Debian derivatives that are much easier to install. Not sure I'd go with Progeny, as Anaconda is a bit unwieldy for those unfamiliar with Linux, but MEPIS might be a good idea. And of course, Ubuntu shouldn't be scoffed at either, as their version of the Debian Installer is much more streamlined.

  23. Re:USPTO Broken on USPTO Issues Provisional Storyline Patent · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hmm...that has me thinking.

  24. Re:Clause in Longhorn EULA to come on Microsoft Threatens To Withdraw Windows in S.Korea · · Score: 1

    Yeah. I've got a line of 12 on S. Korea over N. Korea.

  25. Re:Usefulness? on AbiWord beats OpenOffice to a Grammar Checker · · Score: 1

    The answer is simple: no.

    But hey, at least he tried to resign.