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  1. ^H^H on An Insider's View of Software Patents · · Score: 5, Informative

    Er, it's control-H (^M) not control-D (^D) that erases. Control-D is eof. Get outa your GUI!

  2. Re:Use Samba as a reference on ANSI C89 and POSIX portability? · · Score: 1

    Sendmail is NOT a good guide for elegance!

  3. Re:I Wonder if Anybody Does It on Automated Software QA/Testing? · · Score: 1

    You need to slowly begin rewriting it into something more sane. Like Java.

  4. Re:We need an Open Source Skype on Skype 1.0 For Windows Released, Updated Linux Beta · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That would be nice but what about the POTS interconnect?

  5. Re:LSB on Wrap-up On The Ottawa Linux Symposium · · Score: 1

    Any can't the programs just go in C:\Program Files ;-)

  6. Re:Microsoft Sell Something ? on Microsoft Looking to Sell Slate Magazine · · Score: 1

    Didn't they buy, then sell SoftImage?

  7. Military Research - yuck on Aerial Robotics Competition · · Score: 1

    Its sad to me that sooo much research military-related. Yes, the Internet was done by [D]ARPA. I wish we could focus that energy into something besides ways of snooping on people then shooting hellfire missles at them. How about an X-Prize for vaccuming robots instead.

  8. extra quotes on Why You Should Use XHTML · · Score: 2, Funny

    Regular HTML:

    <img src=logo.gif width=10 height=10>

    XHTML:

    <img src="logo.gif" width="10" height="10">

    I hate those extra quotes. Why is this progress!?

  9. Re:ABM on History of the Automatic Teller · · Score: 1

    For example:
    ScotiaBank ABM locator

  10. ABM on History of the Automatic Teller · · Score: 1

    In Canada they have always been called ABMs (Automatic Banking Machines) as they are not actually tellers. Or maybe its so they don't piss of the tellers (and their unions?).

  11. I live inToronto on More on Toronto's Linux-only Computer Store · · Score: 1

    And I am definitely going to check out this store.
    Just too bad its isn't on the College St. computer store ghetto.

  12. screenshots? on Apache Maven 1.0 Released · · Score: 0, Redundant

    If it's a visualization tool... where are the screenshots?!

  13. Re:Hey, Canadians are Americans too... on Why Offshore When Canada's Next Door? · · Score: 1

    Then you can say "The States" but there's this country called "The United States Of Mexico"
    (Estados Unidos Mexicanos).

  14. UN says Canada is a better place to live on Why Offshore When Canada's Next Door? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    According to a recent U.N. report Canada is the 4th best place to live, above the USA.

  15. Re:Linux is catching up on Ars Technica Tours Mono · · Score: 1

    There are better filesystems than ext3:
    XFS, JFS, ReiserFS.

    Don't just complain --- write something.

  16. Re:blech! on Ars Technica Tours Mono · · Score: 1

    gconf == regedit

  17. Re:workaround for poor design on AOL-Yahoo-MSN Messaging Unified... in the Workplace Only · · Score: 1

    Fer sure. I company can use say: all IM should use XMPP and our server. Problem solved.

  18. Re:I tought everybody knew... on AOL-Yahoo-MSN Messaging Unified... in the Workplace Only · · Score: 2, Informative

    I agree. Jabber is a terrific protocol and server.
    Miranda is the best Jabber client I have used (for Windows), GAIM for Linux.

  19. How can they accurately measure it? on BitTorrent Beats Kazaa In Traffic Numbers · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I file trading is peer-to-peer (decentralized) how can some central "authority" know what's going on?

  20. Redhat system-config on Top Ten Linux Configuration Tools? · · Score: 1

    I am surprised nobody mentioned the RedHat system-config-* programs.

    system-config-authentication
    system-config-date
    system-config-display
    system-config-keyboard
    s ystem-config-language
    system-config-mouse
    system -config-network
    system-config-network-cmd
    system -config-network-druid
    system-config-rootpassword
    system-config-samba
    system-config-services
    syst em-config-soundcard
    system-config-time
    system-co nfig-users

    They are nice and easy and work on the real
    config files -- usually.
    Formerly redhat-config-*

  21. Re:Fun stats on the BT tracker on Fedora Core 3 Test 1 Released · · Score: 1

    Well all know GiB is correct but -- really.
    Why can't we just agree that GB means GiB.

  22. Re:uhm, what's the point on AMD64 Windows vs. Fedora vs. SuSE benchmarks · · Score: 1

    Hey, you never know.
    Maybe the 32bit code is slower on a 64bit system... it would be good to know.

  23. Re:MS News? on Microsoft's Midlife Crisis · · Score: 1

    > The interview Bush wouldn't like you to hear [indymedia.org]

    Well, I listened to the interview.
    Its nothing special... just dum-dum and trying (poorly) to justify his stupid policies.

  24. webmail, personal home page on Jumping From Computer To Computer · · Score: 1

    Webmail services (like mail.yahoo.com) are like this in a way. I also have a website setup for myself that I can only access (password protected). I store some commonly used files, etc.

  25. PNG vs. JPEG on GIF Slips Away From Unisys; Your Move, IBM · · Score: 3, Interesting

    A while ago a told a colleague that PNG was the best format for loss-less graphics (not photos) and we should use PNG for an application.
    After all that the textbook line.
    But then he sent me a JPEG with the quality turn to max and it looked perfect and was way smaller than PNG. Do the textbooks have it all wrong?