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  1. Re:Data Corruption on NIST Releases Study Of CD/DVD Longevity · · Score: 1

    After 2000 years, endless translations mixed with the glory of power and wealth plus some old fashioned nationalism, Christ's message is well encrypted.

  2. Re:HD on NIST Releases Study Of CD/DVD Longevity · · Score: 1

    Email me. I have 4 Gmail invites I want to get rid of.

  3. Re:HD on NIST Releases Study Of CD/DVD Longevity · · Score: 1

    USB flash drives work well for smaller files. Hell, with the right compression, Gmail makes a great backup center.

  4. Re:Warranty? on Walmart Expands Low-End Linux Notebook Offerings · · Score: 1

    My Dell notebook has a sticker that says Made in Malaysia. Figure that. Offshoring does work......:(

  5. Re:What kind of MBA retards are in charge of the on Walmart Expands Low-End Linux Notebook Offerings · · Score: 1

    Name one company that didn't have 128MB as standard for WinXP when more is required?

  6. Re:fp on Walmart Expands Low-End Linux Notebook Offerings · · Score: 2, Informative

    Change KDE to Blackbox or any other *box and it'll be fine. Turn off unneeded services as well.

  7. Re:What's a computer? on National PC Recycling Plan Proposed, Again · · Score: 1
    If it's cheaper let somebody collect it and sell it at a profit. Why involve yet another layer of gov't bureaucracy to screw things?

    Best to leave it to the private sector. Gov admin costs might create more debt.

  8. Re:WINDOWS DOESN'T SUCK! on Why Does Windows Still Suck? · · Score: 1
    I can put up a picture of my cats!!

    Cats? Everyone knows that cats prefer Linux, dogs prefer BSD, and the only animal the likes Windows is the Republician.

  9. Re:Cute? on Why Does Windows Still Suck? · · Score: 1

    SO is Ballmer's sweaty armpits.

  10. Re:Common sense, for the love of Pete... on Why Does Windows Still Suck? · · Score: 1

    In order to update Windows, anti-virus, spyware removers, and firewall, he had to connect to the Net first. SInce the above weren't updated/patched, viruses, etc would get through to the OS.

  11. Re:More taxes on National PC Recycling Plan Proposed, Again · · Score: 1
    50% of my income just isn't enough.

    As an owner of a failed business, I dread tax season. Most money I made is now gone. Why? Greed. Not from our gov mostly but from this fact: The government has $150 hammers to buy. Corporations that sell stuff to the American gov charge far more than the market value of the item. It's like they're pushing for communism of capitial. What we should ask our "representitives" to do is pass a law that demands all merchants price their items on the basis of the current market and not their greedy demands for hand outs.

  12. Screw it all on National PC Recycling Plan Proposed, Again · · Score: 1

    I'd like to see parts being biodegradable but that's be expensive. I'd like to see non-toxic materials in hardware but that would be expensive. I'd like to see companies buy the hardware, remove what they can use, melt it down and use it again but thats expensive as well. Overall, best thing to do is take old PCs, take out the working hardware, reassemble PCs and sell them with Linux to poor people and 3rd world nations so our gov can make a profit and pay the national debt but that is expensive and financially moral. Overall, we're screwed.

  13. Re:Yeah... on National PC Recycling Plan Proposed, Again · · Score: 2, Interesting

    We could have PC makers buy our old stuff so they can polish it and resell it to us as "refurbished".

  14. Re:What's a computer? on National PC Recycling Plan Proposed, Again · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Oil or no, recycling material is a good idea. It makes things cheaper by not having to mine for it. Why dig for silicon if it's already in PCs put out to the curb? As a resident of Earth, I'd like to see some Earth friendly plans just as you would if a nuclear waste company moved next to your house.

  15. Re:As per instructions on the error page... on Six Laws of the New Software · · Score: 1

    That article did have some good points of new software development. My main point is to test said software before release.

  16. Re:Here's another law to add on Six Laws of the New Software · · Score: 1

    XPDF works fine. Low overhead and no fancy, liberal UI.

  17. Re:If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. on TCPA Support in Linux · · Score: 1

    You're lost? Windows has always been trusted. I trust it will automaticly install virual and malware through ActiveX or by running attachments through Outlook. It's trusted to have more security holes than the Whore of Babylon and cost more as well.

  18. Re:Aged 83 pope john paul dies! on TCPA Support in Linux · · Score: 1

    I, for one, welcome our new Tibetan Buddhist overlords!

  19. Re:As sad as it is on TCPA Support in Linux · · Score: 2, Interesting
    We can't but we can fight to have it optional.

    It's like what Aragorn said to the soldiers outside of the Black Gates, "I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. There will be a day when the courage of men fail, we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day! An hour of wolves and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down, but it is not this day! On this day we fight! By all that you hold down on this good earth, I bid you stand, men of the West."

  20. Re:Amazon is evil on Amazon Offers 2-Day Shipping For $79/Year · · Score: 1

    If your a university student, you'd realize your broke from tutions, book prices, beer, and hookers. Grants and loans help but not always.

  21. Re:Free shipping is the way to go on big ticket it on Amazon Offers 2-Day Shipping For $79/Year · · Score: 1

    You don't happen to work at Amazon.com do you?

  22. Hope again on 4 Linux Distros Compared To Win XP, Mac OS X · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If Linux distros could enhance their drivers, use a standard package installer (like apt), make it easy for gandma yet her geek grandson could use it as a PHPBB server for a weekend, and advertise it on TV so people will know that it exists, we'd have more converts from the Darkness of Microsoft.

  23. Re:Please find me a liveCD on 18 Live Linux CDs -- In A Row · · Score: 1

    Install Debian with whatever apps and files you need. Apt-get install bootcd then run it. Instant Debian live CD as you want.

  24. Re:So which one... on 18 Live Linux CDs -- In A Row · · Score: 1

    Mmmmm....semi-nude folks. What is the big deal? Don't like it,chnag eit or change distros. Problem solved.

  25. Re:Inevitable comment, but valid point.. on 18 Live Linux CDs -- In A Row · · Score: 2

    That is why Linus should help make a distro as the "unofficial" distro of Linus and promote that to newbies. The others can compete with more advanced option or tech-support.