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  1. Re:Lie about windows to get posted on slashdot on Some Users Say Win7 Wants To Remove iTunes, Google Toolbar · · Score: 2, Funny

    I agree, but I can't resist...

    content with his instillation of Windows 7 on a computer

    I wish I could figure out how to instill Windows into my computer. Maybe even infuse it with Windows.

  2. Re:Disney sells product that solves Disney's probl on Disney Close To Unveiling New "DVD Killer" · · Score: 1

    When was the last time you saw a good Disney movie

    The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe?

    Or does that not count either because it was a good, like the Pixar movies?

    When was the last time [insert any movie producing company here] produced a good movie ([insert all their good movies here] don't count)?

  3. Re:Can't Lock Linux Down on IBM's Answer To Windows 7 Is Ubuntu Linux · · Score: 1

    The only reason apps exist for windows to do this stuff is because of the incompetence of the average windows sysadmin.

    Believe me... there are plenty of incompetent Unix admins.

  4. Re:Only posers would scoff... on Apple Blurs the Server Line With Mac Mini Server · · Score: 1

    but if spending five hundred bucks saves your sysadmin a couple of hours tinkering around (it may or may not - I have very little experience with OS X Server and no experience as a sysadmin), it's paid for itself.

    I think that's why there are a lot of Windows Server boxes out there. It can be very easy to setup, configure, and deploy.

    And in my experience, isn't really all that bad if you are managing a lot of windows boxes with it.

  5. Re:Obviously it's time for... on Nationwide Shortage In Supply of Swine Flu Vaccine · · Score: 1

    or ... PANIC and Irrational fear!!! Support your senator's vote for health care reform!

    So that the people trying to incite panic and irrational fear so they can give you flu vaccines can simply entirely tell you what health care you can and cannot have. Yeah. Sounds like a great idea.

    I'm not sure if this is the point you were making or not. :)

  6. Re:Wow, amazing improvement. on Sneak Preview of New OpenOffice 3.2 · · Score: 1

    thanks. :)

  7. Re:Bring on the hate on MySQL Cofounder Says Oracle Should Sell Database To a Neutral 3d Party · · Score: 1

    Yes, I would love to only be legally allowed to run MySQL on Apple-approved hardware...

  8. Re:Wow, amazing improvement. on Sneak Preview of New OpenOffice 3.2 · · Score: 1

    I'm curious: what's HCI?

  9. Article is awful! on Sneak Preview of New OpenOffice 3.2 · · Score: 1

    Not just more easier... but the wiki is "no more installed" and "not installed any more." "This new feature make saving password..." I guess he's from a non-English speaking country, though.

  10. Wow, amazing improvement. on Sneak Preview of New OpenOffice 3.2 · · Score: 1

    People complained about Windows 7's GUI "tricks"/tweaks.

    Default button in password dialog now is "OK"

    That's the first entry under "more easier." Amazing. I bet it took a developer a long time to fix that, too. Probably weeks! ... ?? It doesn't even seem worth mentioning, really.

  11. Re:Netherlands was first on Windows 7 Released Early In UK · · Score: 1

    'Seven houses'

    That IS a small village...

  12. Re:The price matters on Google Takes On Amazon With Own E-Book Store · · Score: 1

    Hm. Maybe they discontinued them. They were usually at the front of the stores. They actually were "hardcover" but small... the size of a paperback novel, but with hard covers. I have two of them, at any rate - Ivanhoe and The Painting of Dorian Gray.

  13. Re:The price matters on Google Takes On Amazon With Own E-Book Store · · Score: 1

    Me neither... mostly old books, actually. Ever seen the $1.99 editions of classic (e.g., Ivanhoe, Hunchback of Notre Dame, etc) at Barnes and Noble?

  14. Re:more reason for the FCC's Internet neutrality r on Internet Traffic Shifting Away From Tier-1 Carriers · · Score: 3, Funny

    Plea$e u$e a few more $'$ in your po$t, it'$ make$ you $ound much more authoritative...

    Out of curiosity, who SHOULD regulate the internet? Also out of curiosity, who hosts the majority of the internet? They're the ones bearing the monetary burden. I suppose some people might think the internet is just sort of "out there," but I hope most on Slashdot understand that the internet boils down to actual physical machines (er, sorry... tubes) which cost money to build and keep running...

    Should the FCC? Not necessarily. On the other hand, I sure would rather have the FCC running it than, say, Iran. Or the UK. Or the UN, which can't seem to do anything except tell people what to do anyways - and they don't even do that very well, if you yell loud enough...

  15. Re:what does browser based mean? on Google Takes On Amazon With Own E-Book Store · · Score: 1

    That was my thought, too. This seems like the "perfect" use for Google Gears. Well, if you're Google. I'd rather be able to download it...

  16. Re:The price matters on Google Takes On Amazon With Own E-Book Store · · Score: 1

    Cheapest paperbacks are $8 plus tax? Maybe new for "hot" new books, but I know I've gotten paperbacks (not used) for less than $5, and used paperbacks for $0.99.

  17. Re:Free information on Scientists Use Quake 2 To Study the Brains of Mice · · Score: 1

    The economy is dying a slow, painful death (though the market might refute that this week), wouldn't the SOLUTION in The States be to repeal some copyright laws and let information flow freely so as to foster innovation like this?

    That kinda depends on what you mean, doesn't it? I'm not sure most software companies will be making too much money selling free software, which in turn won't help the market too much, I wouldn't think. Or maybe you meant to let "old" information flow freely, like Quake 2. That'd be different...

  18. Re:carpal tunnel? on 10/GUI — an Interface For Multi-Touch Input · · Score: 1

    If true, I could go with that. I wouldn't know though. :) My fingers and wrists definitely get more tired using a mouse than keyboard though.

  19. Isn't it talking about which manufacturers took advantage of the Intel solution?

  20. Re:This is news? on Road To Riches Doesn't Run Through the App Store · · Score: 2, Informative

    (are there really that many people who cannot calculate 15% of the total before tax?).

    Yes.

  21. Re:$32,000,000... on What Kind of Cloud Computing Project Costs $32M? · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'd my city council spend it on a Cloud Computing Centre.

    And schools to [intentionally left blank] how to use verbs in sentences.

  22. Re:3D laptop? on First Look At Acer's 3D Laptop · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Their marketing department already has. The issue is getting the engineers on board.

  23. Re:carpal tunnel? on 10/GUI — an Interface For Multi-Touch Input · · Score: 1

    And mice/keyboards don't?

  24. Re:So this is ... on Wikipedia In Your Pocket, $99 · · Score: 1

    Typically, that's what I use it for. For general information or curiosity's sake, I'm fine with it. For research, it can often point you to other works/references that actually ARE considered reliable.

  25. Re:Cool gift on Wikipedia In Your Pocket, $99 · · Score: 1

    Anyone who says it isn't good enough for an elementary or high school report

    I was always of the opinion that high school should probably not be held to too much lower of a standard than college. Not that we should dumb down college, but that high school has been dumbed down enough as it is. Making people work hard to get correct information seems like a good idea. Time consuming? Yup.