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  1. Re:Ubuntu may be fast... on Benchmarks For Ubuntu vs. OpenSolaris vs. FreeBSD · · Score: 1

    Grub needs it's stage files and config file. Lilo however, lives entirely in MBR.

  2. Re:Warning: I is a n00b on Fedora 10 Released · · Score: 1

    Newer packages, so yes.

  3. Re:good in some games, bad in others on The Comparative Value of 2-D Vs. 3-D Graphics In Games · · Score: 2, Interesting

    There's nothing wrong in using 3D where 2D usually goes. The problem appears when you try to use the mechanics wrongly, as you note.

    Take star control. Render said ships in 3D, but keep the view mechanics the same... problem solved! And the game looks better now too!

  4. Re:Oh, you don't need cheats. on Multi Theft Auto - San Andreas Goes Open Source · · Score: 3, Funny

    What he doesn't tell you is that the taxi-seeing player had picked up an LSD powerup...

  5. Re:When will the toolbag enter the atmosphere? on Dropped Shuttle Toolbag Filmed From Earth · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yes. The ISS is in a decaying orbit (a non-decaying orbit would be way-the-fuck-up-there and at blistering velocity), which means the toolbag is too. The difference? The toolbag won't be getting an orbit boost from a spacecraft later.

  6. Re:Send the shuttle to retrieve it on Dropped Shuttle Toolbag Filmed From Earth · · Score: 1

    unless it's clearly going to smack into the ISS or Shuttle in an orbit or three....

    And, considering the relational velocity the toolbag had (if you watch the video, we are talking about a half a meter/second kind of velocity) said collision would be harmless. She herself was hitting the station harder just moving around.

  7. Re:NASA Bloopers Tape on Dropped Shuttle Toolbag Filmed From Earth · · Score: 1

    No, you all really are that stupid. People in general are stupid. Yes, it's an elitist thing to say, but it's true! People in general have repeatedly shown themselves to be complete idiots. Individuals may be bright, but intelligence seems to be inversely proportional to crowd size.

  8. Re:Floating corpses on Dropped Shuttle Toolbag Filmed From Earth · · Score: 1

    Have you seen those tethers? I want a pair of those steel-cutting scissors!

  9. Re:Filmed? Those look more like video to me. on Dropped Shuttle Toolbag Filmed From Earth · · Score: 1

    It's not hard to read. Just irritating.

    And it's far more time consuming and irritating to write it, I would bet.

  10. Re:Check out the sexism on the youtube video on Dropped Shuttle Toolbag Filmed From Earth · · Score: 1

    Because it was in the bag. She removed it from the bag without thinking, and couldn't reach it fast enough to prevent it from floating off.

    Why tether something that was still in the box? She was obviously focused on the grease all over the place, so that that 1-2 second lapse was all it took. That same lapse that allowed the bag to float off was the same that would have prevented tethering it, had there been a way to do so.

    And, looking at the tools closely, they seem to have tether attachments on all of them.

  11. Re:That's no moon! on Dropped Shuttle Toolbag Filmed From Earth · · Score: 2, Informative

    Because things we send up there really get that cold. They have to radiate the heat from the pre-launch to get that cold, and they won't - the ISS catches too much heat from the sun.

  12. Re:Will SCO do a clearance sale of Linux licenses? on Final Judgment — SCO Loses, Owes $3,506,526 · · Score: 1

    It's still $699, but now we don't call you a cock smoking teabagger when you buy it.

  13. Re:This is great news on Final Judgment — SCO Loses, Owes $3,506,526 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Isn't FUD supposed to spread... well, FUD? If that is their intention, they are failing. The only things they are spreading is irritation sympathetic embarrassment.

  14. Re:RIGHT :P on Final Judgment — SCO Loses, Owes $3,506,526 · · Score: 1

    Undefined operation.

  15. Re:So what was he *really* standing in front of? on AP Suspends DoD Over Altered US Army Photo · · Score: 1

    I would say the largest difference, is that the DoD invented the technology we see in CSI all the time! The altered photo seems at least triple the resolution! ...

  16. what? on Unix Dict/grep Solves Left-Side-of-Keyboard Puzzle · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This should be in idle... I don't see why it should be on the front page.

  17. Re:Well, now you've done it! on The Rainbow Nightmare · · Score: 1

    Silly rabbit, Trix are made of^W^W for kids!

  18. Re:I want an iPod touch on Apple DMCAs iPodHash Project · · Score: 1

    I don't want an MP3 player that does not present a filesystem.

  19. Re:Well, Not ALL of Them Really on Monty Python Banks On the Long Tail Via YouTube · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think this is what you meant:

    They are putting all their clips (including snips from their movies) up in a decent resolution ...

    Um, that's kind of misleading. There are 24 clips as of this posting. That's not to say there isn't more to come but the channel description clearly states:

    What's more, we're taking our most viewed clips and uploading brand new HQ versions.

    Their announcement video shows more video clips than they have up right now (man with a recorder up his nose from And Now for Something Completely Different, etc) so hopefully there's more to come. I'm a bit disappointed the general populace doesn't watch The Flying Circus more often ... it's a shame every time I see a banana at a corporate function I have the urge to hand it to someone while instructing them to "come at me with that banana like you really mean it!" And they just continue to treat me like I'm insane.

    And where's The Crimson Permanent Assurance (opening feature to The Meaning of Life)?! That single skit was probably more expensive than all other Python works combined--and a gold mine for office humor to send to your coworkers!

    At least it's a step in the right direction!

    Now really, was it necessary to quote that entire post when you added your nine words? Did it significantly enhance the quality of your own post? I contend that it did not, and that you and the community as a whole would benefit from you never doing that again.

    Yes

  20. Re:The world gets it? on Successful Stem Cell Replacement of Windpipe · · Score: 1

    Can I help? I'll distract them, you can drop the hammer from behind...

  21. Re:!embryonic on Successful Stem Cell Replacement of Windpipe · · Score: 1

    Yes. You didn't get the memo?

  22. Re:Nice on Debian Packages Screenshots Repository Launched · · Score: 1

    Yea, and you couldn't even be bothered to shop the date (1998).

    Fail.

  23. Re:A picture is NOT worth a thousand words... on Debian Packages Screenshots Repository Launched · · Score: 2, Informative

    Sorry, you have forever been marked as a troll.

  24. Re:A killer feature? on Debian Packages Screenshots Repository Launched · · Score: 1

    Ick, tag clouds are ugly, and don't really belong with this kind of information

    Why not just provide a hierarchical list like sf.net does it?

  25. Re:Great, but needs guidelines. on Debian Packages Screenshots Repository Launched · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Hard to enter information in on application that requires you to be examining the other application, if they arn't both on screen at once.

    Different kinds of work require different layouts.

    Also, just because you use your windows maximized, doesn't mean you can't dial that back to take a screenshot. If your widgets can't handle a resize, said application has some issues...