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  1. Re:Anecdote time on Five Reasons Not to Use Linux · · Score: 1

    During that same time stretch I was able to compile mysql on Gentoo! /zealot

  2. Re:Why is Linux so great? Please share your reason on 2.6.13 Linux Kernel Released · · Score: 1

    Troll all you want, but please don't insult my emerge! /gentoo zealot

  3. Re:Theme song for Rio's Funeral on Rio Brand Closes Doors · · Score: 1

    Thanks, that's going to be playing in my head for a week now... ...on my iPod. :D

  4. Network drives? on Google Releases GDS 2.0 · · Score: 1

    Does it support network drives?

    This was the big reason our department decided to go with Copernic instead. And even if GDS 2 does support network drives, Copernic is so good I don't see a compelling reason to switch back.

  5. Virtual Rape by a thousand Zerglings on Virtual Muggings in Lineage II · · Score: 1

    OMG ZERG RUSH

    kekekeke

  6. You mean R.O.B.? on NES Controller Laser Mouse · · Score: 1

    That plastic bastard was nothing but an expensive target for your little sister's stomping feet.

  7. Or maybe I was thinking of Corel suite... on Scottish Police Revert to Microsoft Office · · Score: 1

    ...God I really should just stop posting.

    #$%@#$NO CARRIER

  8. Re:Java? on Scottish Police Revert to Microsoft Office · · Score: 1

    I was thinking of the Java version of Lotus Smartsuite that Lotus put out in 1997. My memory is hazy when it comes to my OS/2 days.

    It didn't last long, from what I recall. I vividly remember it took forever for WordPro to come up.

  9. Re:Only 5% of users were using StarOffice on Scottish Police Revert to Microsoft Office · · Score: 1

    Technically it was StarDivision that first gave us StarOffice. I remember running the Java version on OS/2 many eons ago. Well, "running" isn't the best word to describe that experience, more like "waddling".

  10. MediaWiki 1.5betas introduce user groups on Wikipedia Announces Tighter Editorial Control · · Score: 1

    The 1.5 version of MediaWiki adds the ability to put users into group into which you can add varying degrees of article editing capabilities. This expands way beyond the already existing "White List" variable in LocalSettings.php.

    This is especially useful for people such as myself who have introduced MediaWiki into corporate enviroments (for documentation purposes) and which to keep all the n00bs in their cubes to not fiddle with the Howto articles (no matter how "hilarious" some of their suggestions are) but at the same time, allow all the team supervisors the ability to edit the documentation without having to hold four meetings and endless conference calls beforehand.

  11. Sprint Campus made irrelevant on FCC Approves Sprint-Nextel Merger · · Score: 1

    All the execs are moving to Nextel's Reston, VA location, making the massive, expensive Sprint campus a waste of time.

    Oh wait, sorry, it's still used for "operations".

  12. HP Store = Best Buy on HP and Apple Separate; Apple gets Custody · · Score: 1

    Seriously, as I walk through there I wonder what HP doesn't sell...

  13. YOU shouldn't pay for GPL'd software... on Review of Consumer-Friendly Linux Distro · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...because you know to install everything on your own without the handholding.

    This product is for people who do not have your knowledge, and would gladly pay for the software to install on its own.

    That is in the GPL you know.

  14. "Look and feel" isn't a throwaway trait on Firefox Downloads Reach 75 Million · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Many people make the mistake of thinking that "look and feel" of any product is just some shallow cosmetic thing that only ADD afflicted 14 year olds care about.

    The thing is, on average, something like the issue of a 15 hour battery and a 24 hour battery only affect the user once or twice in a long period of time, but a horrible interface affects end users every single time they use the product.

    I've seen people complain about how their "computer is broken and sucks", only to find out their trackball mouse is full of lint and needs to be cleaned. :D

  15. And Linux has CUPS! on Free Beer That's Free as in Speech · · Score: 1

    This is great.

  16. Power over Ethernet * Ethernet over Power = 1 on IP Telephony Drives in Power over Ethernet · · Score: 1

    But only if you have nonzero...ahem...only if you have power and you have ethernet.

  17. What a monumental, incredible waste of time/effort on User Group Urges IBM To Open OS/2 · · Score: 1

    And I say that as an old OS/2 user.

    Why in the world would anyone want an open-source derivative of an irrelevant PC OS?

    Save yourselves years of heartache and just make a window manager for Linux that improves upon the old Workplace Shell, and then move on to bigger and better things.

  18. MLB.com has Digital Download on iTunes Sells 500 Millionth Song · · Score: 1

    I know you're asking for TV shows, but interestingly enough I visited MLB.com this morning and noticed they have a Digital Download section. There I found for $3.50 I can purchase a full broadcast of any of their available baseball games, including the 2005 All Star Game or the 1965 ALCS. Pretty neat if you're a baseball fan.

    But then when I went to checkout I discovered that the download is a WMV file at 350k bit rate. BLECH, give me Quicktime or give me death.

  19. Switchers Postponed again on Video iPod May Arrive in September · · Score: 1

    Video iPods in September, Intel Macs in 2006... good thing I don't have the cash for anything but a Mac Mini right now.

  20. Maybe for your workplace... on Firefox Gains on IE Again in June · · Score: 1

    ...but in mine the whole company has come to find tabbed browsing a absolutely necessary productivity boost and replacement for having 12 windows of Internet Explorer wasting space on the task bar.

    The fact that it is able to block ads and flash popups via the AdBlock and FlashGot extensions is icing on the cake.

  21. And close it again with the Single Input Queue Key on IBM Officially Kills OS/2 · · Score: 1

    Is that bug still a showstopper? It was 10 years ago.

  22. OS/2 Warp 3 was my first non-Windows OS on IBM Officially Kills OS/2 · · Score: 1

    I remember that day I brought that box with 30-something floppy disks home from Wal-Mart. Yes kids, Wal-Mart sold OS/2 back in the olden days.

    I was a "beta tester" for Warp 4 "Merlin" just so I could get it on a CD and get it early.

    It was fun while it lasted, it was fun running it before the Windows users got their "pre-emptive multitasking" Windows 95.

    Then came along Windows NT and I finally retired OS/2.

    RIP OS/2, and thank you.

  23. uname reveals all on Unsealed SCO Email Reveals Linux Code is Clean · · Score: 1

    cboyd@mercury ~ $ uname -a
    Linux mercury 2.6.11-gentoo-r11 #1 SMP Sun Jun 26 13:44:28 CDT 2005 i686 Pentium II (Deschutes) GenuineIntel GNU/Linux (THE NON-SCO CODE VERSION)
    cboyd@mercury ~ $


    Looks like I'm ok.

  24. My case is too noisy on How to Keep Your Computer Cool · · Score: 1

    With 3 80mm fans and a 50mm active heatsink fan, it sounds like something out of Black Hawk Down.

    I'm sure with all that wind and dust blowing around in there I can take out some fans and still be fine as far as cooling goes. I don't think I've ever seen the system board or CPU temperatures get anywhere close to their limits.

  25. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR REPLIES! on Solar-Powered Cars Race fron Austin to Calgary · · Score: 1

    Interesting stuff.