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  1. Re:Fungus is among us on Meteorite Causes Illness in Peru · · Score: 2, Informative

    You might be right about a fungus being released, but Anthrax is not a fungus. I expect better from /. to know the difference between a bacterium and a fungus ought to be trivial.

  2. So this makes me wonder if it's time on Thunderbird to Leave Mozilla Foundation · · Score: 1

    To hope that KDE developers do get the IMAP problems with Kmail sorted out and go back to Kontact and Kmail. I came back to T-bird for those issues. The spam filtering works nicely too. Kmail was too slow with IMAP and Spamassasin on my desktop and Spamassasin on the server.

  3. Re:Carbon neutral? on America's First Cellulosic Ethanol Plant · · Score: 1

    Side note to the topic at hand. The reason for rotation has much more behind it than just fertilizer. Mainly it cuts down on diseases, and other pests like insects or nematodes. You are correct though, rotating corn or wheat after soybeans does have the benefit of requiring less N.

  4. Re:Follow the money on Two US States Restrict Used CD Sales · · Score: 1

    I was waiting for that comment, wondering why such an "insightful" individual was modded up.

  5. Re:Vista on Dell to Sell Machines with Ubuntu Pre-Loaded · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'd agree with this statement.

    I built and installed Kubuntu on a computer for a relative who is self described as computer illiterate, very computer illiterate.

    The comment was, "This doesn't look that different (than Windows98)" which it replaced. They had no problems getting up and running with it.

    In that respect this is a good thing if the buyer has a reson to buy Linux preinstalled, maybe price, security, dislike of Windows but not enough computer know-how to install it?

  6. Re:question about the "other" Tolkien books ... on New Tolkien Book Released 'The Children of Hurin' · · Score: 1

    I felt the same way after I read it the first time.

    I now find myself reading it every year or two and finding a new stuff in it. I find it fascinating to read the "history", it gives new depth to "There and Back Again" and "LOTR".

    I'd have to agree with the movie assesment though, I was quite frustrated at times with the movies since I've read "The Silmarillion" several times.

  7. Re:stupid on Tricked-Out Cars Trickling Down · · Score: 1

    Interesting. I had two Aiwa's (don't laugh they were cheap and I wanted cheap) that had Aux inputs on the front. That was seven years ago. My Sansui in high school had two RCA jack inputs on the back, back in the mid-90s that offered a better sound than a tape adapter. The Clarion in my car now has RCA Aux in. Not that uncommon it would seem. Every aftermarket stereo I've had had them.

  8. Re:Linux is bad for it too on UK Greens Declare Vista Bad For Environment · · Score: 1

    Worry about semantics much?

  9. Re:Linux is bad for it too on UK Greens Declare Vista Bad For Environment · · Score: 1

    :shrug: Just quoting the Debian page... See http://goodbye-microsoft.com/more.html Typed on a laptop using Debian Etch. :p

  10. Re:Linux is bad for it too on UK Greens Declare Vista Bad For Environment · · Score: 4, Informative

    For Ubuntu try this:
    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/install.exe

    For Debian, the sister project of Ubuntu's project:
    http://goodbye-microsoft.com/index.html

    *disclaimer, I've not tried either one. Just thought they might be of use to you in this situation.

  11. Re:have to be student/alumnus to see profile on Facebook Opening Up For The Public · · Score: 1

    It can be locked down so that unless the employer finds a "friend" they can't see the profile. I don't see how everyone with a university e-mail address can see the profile if you set your permissions properly unless Facebook changes the rules. Which admittedly they could.

  12. Re:College Degrees:Worthless piece of expensive pa on Is Graduate School Useful in Today's World? · · Score: 1

    Memorize things in books? I musta missed that when I designed my own research project. That wasn't in a book for me to memorize.

    Sounds like someone has a chip on their shoulder since they didn't go to school. No, I'm not rich, my parents are a dairy farmer and a teacher. I'm paying my own way.

    Really irks me how many people have an attitude like you do. Just because I've decided to spend 30+ years in school isn't anything to you. I didn't do it so I'd be "better than you". I did it so I could do what I wanted to do. Without it, I can't, I'd be doing someone elses research.

  13. Because it lets me do what I want to do on Is Graduate School Useful in Today's World? · · Score: 1

    Research that interests me.

    With just a BS I was or MS I would be stuck being someone's technician.

    With my PhD I'm able to do research that interests me. I'm still 2 years out from finishing. Not bad though considering I worked a full time job and finished my BS, then worked another job, then went back for a straight PhD program.

    I like academia, I'll probably end up at another university in an extension position, or working for the USDA in some position. Both of those appeal to me more and give me more lattitude than having a BS in Soil and Crop Management. That qualified me to drive a spray rig and do crop scouting. With a PhD the work gets much more interesting and rewarding.

  14. Re:Satellite radio fees on High Definition Radio and New Content Alternatives · · Score: 1

    Blech, I hate monthly bills. No cable, no satellite radio for me. I'm sure it's great and all but I can live without it.

  15. Re:The UNH Study on Bio-diesel Made from Sewage · · Score: 1

    Cold start problems? I had a VW diesel in Nebraska that would sit outside in the dead of winter that never failed to start at subzero temps. The problem will be/could be with the bioD itself. It likes to gel.

  16. Re:US needs to be more like Europe on How Great Cheap Phones Never Get to the U.S. · · Score: 1

    Nobody made me get a cell phone. I'd say that I'm still free to make that decision.

  17. Re:"Too complicated?" Must mean PPPoE or AOL on We Don't Need No Stinkin' Broadband · · Score: 1

    I wondered how it could be "more complicated". Seems pretty simple, plug this in here and that in there and go. Less hassle than my mom goes through with her dialup that won't connect 1/2 the time.

  18. Re:I know *exactly* what you mean. on GnuCash 1.9.0 Released · · Score: 1

    X3 Switched several years ago after not wanting to deal with all the dependancies of GNUCash, esp. on Slackware when it didn't support GTK1.

    KDE Cruft? That's alot easier to install kdelibs and then Kmymoney2 than all the junk with all the hoops you had to jump through for GNUCash.

    For me Kmymoney2 has been a MUCH better application. If you don't want KDE libs, etc. there's always qhacc

  19. Re:Flawed. on Switching to Windows, Not as Easy as You Think · · Score: 1

    I'd suggest you install SuSE 10 then and see. There is no need to partition, it does it automatically for you. As another individual stated, "With SuSE you click 'Next' a few times and you're done."

    That's it. No partitioning needed. So give the man his $100 back please.

  20. Re:Choo choo on Steam Hybrid Car from BMW · · Score: 1

    50 isn't badly tuned, it's quite common in the US at least with our diesel and the cars we can get. I got 55 only on looonnnngggg hiway drives in my '99 VW Golf. I averaged 45, that was a 90 mile one way commute with 90% being I80 across Nebraska to Lincoln and the rest driving in Lincoln.

  21. Re:Software firewalls?! on Zone Alarm Vs 180 Solutions: Zango hooks? · · Score: 1

    Guarddog is my preference. http://www.simonzone.com/software/guarddog/

  22. Re:Filterset? on KDE 3.5 Released · · Score: 4, Informative

    Export Firefox Adblock filters. Import in Konqueror.

  23. Re:$4 a person? on Curbing Energy Use In Appliances That Are Off · · Score: 1

    That's the type of spelling I expect from someone who went to school in the US.

  24. Re:The US caused this... on Too Many People in Nature's Way · · Score: 1

    Now that's a scientific point of view I expect from Slashdot. Not objective but a liberal left leaning slant. Nevermind that hurricanes run in 30 year cycles, or the last model I read about suggested that hurricanes would move north in the Atlantic, not increase in intensity. Grow up!

  25. Re:Fix the delusions on The Decline of Science and Technology in America · · Score: 1

    Funny that you'd decry materialism in a thread basically bashing Christians, who should be decidedly not materialistic. Not saying all Christians are. We all have our struggles. But that is one of the things that we're cautioned against frequently from the pulpit.