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  1. Re:UK gasoline (petrol) currently approx $6.60 on Just One Out of 16 Hybrids Pays Back In Gas Savings · · Score: 1

    I miss my 5.0L V8 mind you. That 87 Ford LTD Crown Victoria was one of the best cars I've owned (possibly the best).

  2. Re:that's why on Just One Out of 16 Hybrids Pays Back In Gas Savings · · Score: 1

    They laugh at you, but it's a decent car. I bought a 95 Saturn SL1 in Feb for 400USD, got it on the road for 100 more. It gets ~32-36MPG, depending on driving conditions. People I know with a 93-95 Saturn with a 5-speed manual get up to 42MPG, depending on conditions. Not bad for a cheap 90's car.

  3. Re:LINUX rounds numbers fine on Microsoft Losing Big To Apple On Campus · · Score: 1

    I seem to have some 80's era Toshiba's that still work (for what they are able to do..., one has an 8088 and the other an 80486), and the one I bought before college in 2006 is still quite functional (although I have replaced the HDD and upgraded the RAM from 512MB to 2GB). I think Toshiba might be the wrong brand to pick on.

  4. Re:Stop calling them liars on Microsoft Losing Big To Apple On Campus · · Score: 1

    I don't know why people would buy half the software you've listed. I would possibly add either iWork or Office, but, I can do without both (I use OpenOffice at work with no trouble). The main reason I would buy a Mac (wish I could) would be because I like OS X much better then Windows (and better then Linux these days too).

  5. Re:The real question is... on PC Gamers Too Good For Consoles Gamers? · · Score: 1

    The Mustang. Oh, this isn't an 80's Ford commercial?

  6. Re:Games? on Wine 1.2 Released · · Score: 1

    But he is still right. WoW doesn't use the Source Engine.

  7. Re:Educated, not crazy and not afraid. on Unique ID In India Causes 'Fear of the Beast' · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Nor is it being Christian.

  8. Re:Do not want. on Firefox 4.0 Beta Candidate Available · · Score: 1

    I'm quite happy with the UI. The real changes that I can see are the ability to hide most toolbars, and the transparency (On Windows, haven't booted my laptop for the Linux test). I also have all the buttons. Maybe you have a conflict from an old theme?

  9. Re:Is it just me or is Slashdot totally broken tod on Might Shatner Boldly Lead Canada As Governor? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I've having the same issues.

  10. Re:Does it have a monitor and full-size keyboard? on Flight of the Desktops · · Score: 1

    I'd rather have a desktop then the performance penalty of a laptop.

  11. Re:Content still under copyright? on 80-Year-Old Edison Recording Resurrected · · Score: 1

    Disagree. Source

  12. Re:Content still under copyright? on 80-Year-Old Edison Recording Resurrected · · Score: 1

    Nope. Copyright was 28 years after the date of publication back then.

  13. Re:It sucks. on DTV Transition - One Year Later · · Score: 1

    Your TV shouldn't need one. My TV from 1992 picks up digital signals without issue.

  14. Re:WTF on MA High School Forces All Students To Buy MacBooks · · Score: 1

    Last time I checked Powerpoint was.

  15. Re:Negative. on Google Researcher Issues How-To On Attacking XP · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    "Ormandy admitted that he reported the vulnerability to Microsoft only five days ago -- on Saturday, June 5 -- but said he decided to go public because of its severity, and because he believed Microsoft would have otherwise dismissed his analysis."

  16. Re:My car is 40 years old... on FTC Bombs Massive Robocall Operation · · Score: 1

    I asked them where I should take my Studebaker (didn't really have one, but, it was a fun idea) for warranty service. No response.

  17. Re:Well on A Quick Look At KDE SC 4.5 Beta 1 · · Score: 1

    LXDE is well on its way to being a good DE.

  18. Re:OK, so extensions... on Safari 5 Released · · Score: 1

    Consider this (for a workplace) - have the hosts file redirect the blacklisted pages to an internal web server that just sends back a blank page.

  19. Re:OK, so extensions... on Safari 5 Released · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I've found that just blocking sites in my hosts file works much better.

  20. Re:Flamebait on Google Reportedly Ditching Windows · · Score: 1

    I work with a guy that used to be in marketing at Sun - he's not a techinical guy. Yet he complains how much better it was on Solaris then Windows (and Star Office > MS Office, etc)

  21. Re:Fake AVs on Three Indicted In Scareware Scam That Netted $100M · · Score: 3, Informative

    Have you tried recently? More recent versions disable safe mode, have no uninstaller, and can keep me busy for an entire day.

  22. Re:I try every new KDE4 release, but... on Sneak Preview For Coming KDE SC 4.5 · · Score: 1

    I never experienced the crashing with KDE 4.0 that everyone complained about. Maybe I was just lucky?

  23. Re:Dual monitors? on Sneak Preview For Coming KDE SC 4.5 · · Score: 1

    I don't remember ever having much luck with monitor configuration in KDE3. Last time I ran KDE 4.x on dual monitors (KDE 4.2.2 on Slackware 13 IIRC) it worked with out any hassle (only configuring I had to do was say which was left and right).

  24. Re:I try every new KDE4 release, but... on Sneak Preview For Coming KDE SC 4.5 · · Score: 1

    KDE 4.0 was stable. It lacked many features and programs that people wanted.

  25. Re:Sun software on Bill Joy On Sun, Microsoft, Open Source, and Creativity · · Score: 1

    My own benchmarking points to the Sun hardware doing just that.