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  1. Re:Why is this a problem, again? on Sandals and Ponytails Behind Slow Linux Adoption · · Score: 1

    Well it's obvious you don't know much 'bout the bitch. Attack program par excellance, self defending with deadly responses, well to win98 anyway:). Oh and it does chat too. What do you want to call something like that?

        PenGun
      Do What Now ??? ... Standards and Practices !

  2. Re:RMS is the best example... on Sandals and Ponytails Behind Slow Linux Adoption · · Score: 1

    As a long time slackware user, I take exception.

        PenGun
      Do What Now ??? ... Standards and Practices !

  3. Flax Seeds on Bring Home the Biotech Bacon · · Score: 1

    Flax seeds are an excellent source of omega 3. 25g ground up will give you about 10g of omega 3.

        PenGun
      Do Whta Now ??? ... Standards and Practices !

  4. Re:light has mass? on First Steps Toward Artificial Gravity · · Score: 1

    No it's simply that the escape velocity is greater than the speed of light.

        PenGun
      Do What Now ??? ... Standards and Practices !

  5. Re:CPUShare on Sun Grid Compute Utility · · Score: 1

    Well we have our seller interface. We are experimental for now but I expect that to change when the patents are in place.

        PenGun
      Do What Now ??? ... Standards and Practices !

  6. CPUShare on Sun Grid Compute Utility · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Oh please. We have cpu time for 10c an hour over at Andrea Arcangeli's CPUShare website:

    http://www.cpushare.com/

      Still experimental for now but soon ...

      I did some math and I will build a server farm if I can get a steady 10c/hr/processor.

          PenGun
        Do What Now

  7. Nice Box on GDC - Sony Keynote · · Score: 1

    It's enough that it has a cell processor, blu-ray drive, HDMI out, HD capable video, 60G hard drive and comes with Linux to be worth $500 - $600 to me.

      Damn cheap VDR platform.

    http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/ 22/1554210

        PenGun
      Do What Now ??? ... Standards and Practices !

  8. Re:Too many bullshit ads on The Mini-ITX Linux PVR Project · · Score: 1

    Adds ... I havn't seen one in a long time. I kinda forgot they exist, all I ever see is maybe "advertisment" where it's supposed to be. Go hunt an addblocker on da Google. The list pasted into userContent.css in your chrome dir seems to be most effective, mine's been good for years. If you don't have da fox this won't work BTW.

          PenGun
      Do What Now ??? ... Standards and Practices !

  9. VDR works but TV sucks on The Mini-ITX Linux PVR Project · · Score: 1

    For Linux it's hard to beat a sat card and the VDR, softcam etc setup.

      I am thinking of selling my hardware because two complete satellites, completely owned, with maybe 800 channels of PPV etc have nothing worth watching.

      My stuff I downloaded is better than anything presently on TV and the ability to laugh at FOX news is not really enough. I can grab Aqua Teens etc off the net.

      Boy talk about a vast wasteland, when Puppy Bowl 2 is the best thing on TV ...

            PenGun
        Do What Now ??? ... Standards and Practices !

  10. Sudo too much on Sudo vs. Root · · Score: 1

    I dunno, I just su when I need to be root anywhere at all vulnerable. Log in as user and su if you need to ;).

          PenGun
        Do What Now ??? ... Standards and Practices !

  11. Re:Considering on Is the Physical CD Still A Viable Market? · · Score: 1

    I really doubt that the beeb has trouble with it's vinyl. It is a very durable substance.

      No audiophile ever touches the surface of a record. Archieval sleeves and proper storage make damage very rare.

      Here is a tip: never play a record twice within a couple of hours. It takes that long for the vinyl to recover from the stylus pressure. A good 'ginsau knife' stylus will not hurt your record at all.

      I have recordings from the 50s that are pristine and sound brand new.

          PenGun
        Do What Now ??? ... Standards and Practices !

  12. Re:Considering on Is the Physical CD Still A Viable Market? · · Score: 1

    Vinyl stored properly, on edge, will last for centuries. As well as storing far more information that information is much more durable.

        PenGun
      Do What Now ??? ... Standards and Practices !

  13. What's in a name on Ekiga 2.0 Released · · Score: 1

    I dunno, how 'bout GnomePhone.

          PenGun
        Do What Now ??? ... Standards and Practices !

  14. Re:Historically huh? on Supermicro Announces Quad-Opteron 1U Motherboard · · Score: 1

    Nice board. Very similar in capability to my nForce4 but probably a bit higher grade. What processor(s) have you? I have my Opty 165 up now which was my original plan, not the 165 per se, but a dualy. You can go 4 cores ;).

        PenGun
      Do What Now ??? ... Standards and Practices !

  15. No Thanks I like My Way. on What Would Be Your Ideal Futuristic Home? · · Score: 1

    I'll keep my 5th wheel in the bush thanks. I can see no other humans and very little evidence that they exist.

      Idylic really, and very low overhead. So I don't have to make more than about $500 a month to live quite well. Now I can make a lot more if I apply myself so it's really how I feel about what I need that drives my non-amusement effort. I don't like to spend more than about 45 min a day on non amusement things so I stay pretty poor most of the time, it suits me. My amusement mostly involves hacking computers so I don't need much.

      Oh yeah, my Opty 165 box with all da fixings does give me pretty well everything I need. DSL helps and I will prolly sell my satellite dish and card setup as 800+ channels of free TV leaves me pretty well cold.

      I'm 60 this year, can just curl a 45# dumbell and I have several girlfriends. The best revenge is to live well.

          PenGun
        Do What Now ??? ... Standards and Practices !

  16. Re:Intel too expensive on The Near Future of Intel · · Score: 1

    Ah yes but my $365 Opty 165 does 2.6G easy. A poor man FX 60 as it were. I've backed it off to 2.5G so 99% processor(s) is just under 50C. I like to crunch video quite a bit.

        PenGun
      Do What Now ??? ... Standards and Practices !

  17. Re:Hard Choices...Questionable Price Model on Apple to Offer Monthly iTunes TV Subscriptions · · Score: 1

    Oh come on. I'm watching the Colbert Report now, well on the next window to the right ;).

      You need a DVB-S card, Twinhan 102 recommended, a dish and LNB as low as $150 for both. You need VDR and Linux and a little ingenuity.

      TV ... oh ghod ... TV.

        PenGun
      Do What Now ??? ... Standards and Practices !

  18. Tivo - Schivo I like VDR on TiVo to Let Users Record Shows Via Cellphone · · Score: 1

    VDR is very cool and I can shh to my box and bring up an x session to program a recording, should I so desire, for free ... well almost.

      I guess since the windose crowd owns the place now this kind of information is useful for the ... network challenged ;).

        PenGun
      Do What Now ??? ... Standards and Practices !

  19. Re:In Canada, don't deposit more than $10K at once on Financial Responsibility == Terrorism? · · Score: 0

    Uh it's a grand dood. $1000 is the trip point which gets you on the list that gets sent in.

          PenGun
        Do What Now ??? ... Standards and Practices !

  20. Re:Paper Ballots? on OSS Election Systems Desired, but Not Ready · · Score: 3, Informative

    The method used in Canada scales very well. What you have is this.

      Each voting district has an elections officer who assembles the hardware. Then groups composed of all parties do the actual work of taking the vote and counting the results. All the parties involved are at the count and it's pretty well impossible to spin the result.
      As this happens at an individual poll level it will scale effortlessly. We get our hand counted results about 3 -4 hours after the polls close.

      It'll never catch on in da USA as it makes it pretty well impossible to cheat.

          PenGun
        Do What Now ??? ... Standards and Practices !

  21. Re:Not a problem for me, on Canada's CD Tax Out of Hand? · · Score: 0

    Any Canadian who shops at WalMart is a fucking traitor, quaint term but it fits here.

      Supporting WalMart is just as, if not more, fucked as supporting the record companies.

        I guess Bush will be visiting a shrine to Ghandi, you will fit right in.

        PenGun
      Do What Now ??? ... Standards and Practices !

  22. Re:Jesus Christ on Why Vista Won't Suck · · Score: 0

    First visit to this oaisis of reason I'd guess ...

        PenGun
      Do What Now ??? ... Standards and Practices !

  23. Re:Is it just me... on Why Vista Won't Suck · · Score: 0

    It's likely bullshit. Come on, MS is gonna write a better stack than the one they lifted from FreeBSD ... sure.

        PenGun
      Do What Now ??? ... Standards and Practices !

  24. ExtremeDumb on Why Vista Won't Suck · · Score: 0

    These people are clueless ... really:

      "DX10 will use much faster dynamic link libraries (DLLs)"

      Oh yeah, I did read that far, I'm slipping ...

          PenGun
        Do What Now ??? ... Standards and Practices !

  25. MP3 hurts my ears on Apple Announces Wonderful Toys · · Score: 0

    How do you people listen to MP3s? You must have really shitty sound equipment, that's the only reason that makes sense to me.

      I have a nice stereo and that crap hurts my ears and I'm old, 60 this year.

        PenGun
      Do What Now ??? ... Standards and Practices !