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  1. Re:Malware on Yahoo CAPTCHA Hacked · · Score: 1

    Thunderstruck? I'd go with 'Highway to Hell' when jumping without a cord (seems more fitting...), but of course that's a personal choice.

  2. Re:discredit global warming theories? no way on Solar Cycle 24 Has Started · · Score: 5, Informative

    Actually, 'climate change' is preferred instead of 'global warming' since it's very much possible that, while the average worldwide temperature is expected to increase, the temperature could decrease in some locations (Example: Gulf stream slowing down causing Europe to become colder)

  3. Re:Sunbird on Quality Open Source Calendaring / Scheduling? · · Score: 1

    Sunbird slows down terribly when you have a lot of events in your calendar (I have about 500, which isn't really that much), so you might have some problems with it.

    I intend to check with a profiler to find the source of the slowness, but I haven't got round to it yet.

  4. Re:Is it? on IBM Challenges Microsoft with Free Office Suite · · Score: 1

    ODF is an ISO standard (this page is supposed to show it, but it's apparently down): http://www.iso.org/iso/en/CatalogueDetailPage.CatalogueDetail?CSNUMBER=43485
    It's been an ISO standard since November 2006.

  5. Re:Prediction on Can Apple Find a European iPhone Partner? · · Score: 1

    It will definitely be a flop in my little country (Belgium): locked phones aren't even allowed in here!

  6. Re:This is well and good but.. on Dell PCs with Ubuntu Are A Little Less Expensive · · Score: 1

    If you select either laptops or desktops for home usage on the frontpage, you'll go to a regular product page.
    In the drop-down menu for desktops or laptops, you can find a tab 'open source PC's'.

    Sure it's not too obvious, but it's not hidden away either :-)

  7. Re:Summary of the Facts on GPL Code Found In OpenBSD Wireless Driver · · Score: 1

    "Nobody disputes that GPL code was committed to OpenBSD CVS."

    That IS a relevant fact. It was committed to a PUBLIC CVS. So it should be brought in public. Others might have already used the conflicting code, so yes, this should be known.

  8. Re:FrostWire on Alan Cox Files Patent For DRM · · Score: 1

    Or you could use Limewire to download Limewire Pro...

  9. Re:Weight on How Can We Convert the US to the Metric System? · · Score: 1

    Ah, my apologies.

    There goes my geek-card :-(

  10. Weight on How Can We Convert the US to the Metric System? · · Score: 1

    Just tell them they'll weigh less in kilograms than in pounds!

  11. Re:What bubble? on Has the Desktop Linux Bubble Burst? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Strange. I remember people saying that about the 'browser wars'.

  12. Re:Blue Frog, where are you? on Deconstructing a Pump-and-Dump Spam Botnet · · Score: 1

    Sadly, there's not much going on anymore.

    It's the Okopipi project, btw.

  13. Blue Frog on Deconstructing a Pump-and-Dump Spam Botnet · · Score: 1

    Too bad it died...

  14. Guess it's fine then on Report Blasts "Peak Oil" Theory · · Score: 1
    We won't run out of oil? Good, then let's keep polluting!

    Let's hope these guys manage to grab a large part of the car market by 2020.

  15. Next up by Broadcom... on Broadcom's Treaty In the Blu-Ray/HD-DVD War · · Score: 1

    Wireless drivers for Linux!

    Coming in 2020.

  16. Re:Depends on your needs? on Should Developers Switch to GPLv3? · · Score: 1

    Indeed, that's what I intend to do ;-)

  17. Depends on your needs? on Should Developers Switch to GPLv3? · · Score: 1

    It depends on what you prefer.

    I haven't released any projects yet (I've only been programming for a short time), but I don't intend to release them under the GPL.

    Why? Because I think people should be able to link to my projects, without forcing their software to become GPL.

  18. Correct, but bad reason. on SIP vs. Skype, Making the "Open" Choice · · Score: 1

    The guys's right about SIP being better, but his reason is wrong.

    SIP is better, because it allows more interoperability (open standard, duh!).

  19. Really? on AOL 9.0 Called Badware · · Score: 1

    I, for one, am shocked!

  20. Re:Feature Creep... on OLPC Gets a New Name, New Features · · Score: 1

    There is no rise in price! The computer was going to be $140 at first, then (as more countries bought them), it would fall down to $100.

  21. Re:are u serious? on Vista Speech Recognition Goes Awry · · Score: 1

    *points*
    Look, ma, no humour!

    Speech recognition version:
    Cook your aunt in liquor!

  22. Re:Heresy! on OSS on Windows the Next Big Thing? · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, not the comfy chair!
    Oh, and please don't use the soft cushions!

  23. Re:Bloatware on Damn Small Linux Not So Small · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ah, that's nothing!

    In my days, we didn't have those fancy 'computer' thingies.

    We only had good old Turing Machines!

    Me and my 27 brothers would sit along an infinite line of paper for 27 hours a day, and we'd constantly move the pointer, change 1's into spaces and the other way around.
    Then, we barely had time to go home, get a spanking from hour father, rape our oldest sister and run back to work, where we had to arrive the day before!

    Ah yes, those Turing Machines. They don't make 'em like they used to!

  24. Quantum joke? on Another Microsoft Exec Steps Down · · Score: 0

    Is this how quantum jokes work?

  25. Re:It's not like that on Browsers Fighting to Keep up with the Web · · Score: 0

    Actually, a Ubuntu CD (when loaded in Windows) will prompt a nice little screen, allowing you to install Firefox, Thunderbird, Gaim and OpenOffice (at least, if I remember correctly).