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  1. production? on World's Largest Telescope Begins Production · · Score: 1

    now it's a production box, I hope they've disabled error messages, or they could expose secure information.

  2. Evince? on Why I Hate the Apache Web Server · · Score: 1

    Evince came with FC4. It's much faster than xpdf for me, and has a cuter name.

  3. Turn them off! on Driven to Distraction by Technology · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Unplug your phone. Log out of your IM. Close your mail client. It's so easy. Free yourself.

  4. Battlefield 2? on Review: Battlefield 2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Isn't 1940 versions prior to Battlefield 1942?

    Still better name than

  5. But not if... on MS Urging Developers To Prep For IE 7 · · Score: 1

    >even a few percent are still using old browsers, your complaints department will be swamped by annoyed users
    Not if you're contact page isn't accessible either.

  6. To the BBC... on BBC Open Source launched · · Score: 1

    Yeah, Yeah, Yeah.

    BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four, BBC Five, BBC Six, BBC Seven, BBC Heaven!

    BBC, please!

    (Listen to austin power soundstrack)

  7. Debian Haiku on New Debian-based Enterprise Linux? · · Score: 1

    Is there a Haiku localisation (en-HK) to translate my OS?

  8. GPL software only on Fedora Core 4 Reviewer Finds It Bloated · · Score: 1

    FC4 aims to be a working, out-the-box easy to use, free distro good for newbies. It is, but still for me as with FC3 I was frustrated I couldn't play .mp3 out the box.

  9. The Mighty Mighty Boosh on Slashdot? on BBC Comedy Show to Debut Online · · Score: 1

    Wow. My fave comedy program. Pretty Obscure. On Slashdot. I'm amazed.

    I have to say here though, however sexy Noel Fielding and her hair is, the Boosh was better on the radio. So much more surreal.

  10. take the power back! on EU Software Patent Directive Getting Hot · · Score: 1

    *matt quietly hums some rage, before it gets to me and then proceeds to kick out TAKE THE POWER BACK!*

    The present curriculum
    I put my fist in 'em
    Eurocentric every last one of 'em
    See right through the red, white and blue disguise
    With lecture I puncture the structure of lies
    Installed in our minds and attempting
    To hold us back
    We've got to take it back
    Holes in our spirit causin' tears and fears
    One-sided stories for years and years and years
    I'm inferior? Who's inferior?
    Yeah, we need to check the interior
    Of the system that cares about only one culture
    And that is why
    We gotta take the power back

    The teacher stands in front of the class
    But the lesson plan he can't recall
    The student's eyes don't perceive the lies
    Bouning off every fucking wall
    His composure is well kept
    I guess he fears playing the fool
    The complacent students sit and listen to some of that
    Bullshit that he learned in school

    The circle of hatred continues unless we react
    We gotta take the power back

  11. Mirror it on BBC to Cull the Cult TV Repository · · Score: 1

    I don't think we can trust the inaccurately-named 'internet archive'. There are two things we need to do 1) Petition. Hard. 2) Save all the content of the site, else the BBC will let it mould.

  12. Mac too on We Don't Need the GPL Anymore · · Score: 1

    Mac OS uses a BSD kernel too, right?

  13. National Geographic coverage on Grizzly-sized Catfish Caught in Thailand · · Score: 1

    If site linked is down, there is story and 4 larger photos at http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/06/ph otogalleries/giantcatfish/index.html

  14. Trillian displaying Wikipedia articles on Wikimedia and KDE Cooperation Announced · · Score: 1
    Yeah, is great fun, enables you to bluff your way through any conversation.

    Tom: Have ever heard any Dream Theater? (At this point,I hover my cursor over the highlighted phrase and it displays the first few paragraphs of the wikipedia article in a tooltip)
    Matt: Yeah, prog rock right? I borrowed their Train of Thought album once.

    Much quicker than switching to Firefox and searching Wikipedia.

  15. Artists on RIAA Supporting Commercial P2P · · Score: 1, Informative

    If the artists aren't going to get any royalties from this, then this is the RIAA committing piracy.

  16. Death! on Aussie Spammer Faces Millions in Fines · · Score: 1

    Anyone know if there's a death penalty in Australia?

    Please list suitable tortures for spammers.

  17. pirate software... on Software Piracy Seen as Normal · · Score: 1

    ...because who would actually pay $150 for Windows XP Home?

  18. PSP 1.5? on Swapless PSP Exploit Released · · Score: 1

    Paint Shop Pro 1.5, right?

  19. secure security? on AT&T Plans CNN-style Security Channel · · Score: 1

    Can't wait to see this channel hacked, before they start 'educating' us about online security.

  20. couldn't read article on DoubleClick Warns Against Ad-Blocking Browsers · · Score: 1

    I went to doubleclick.com to read their press release, but I couldn't without first subscribing. Damn!

  21. Respond likewise on Hotmail To Junk Non-Sender-ID Mail · · Score: 1

    All email users wishing to protect the internet from underhand moves to force in opressive standards like these, take a stand against Microsoft like this...

    Configure your email client to add to the junk score of any emails coming from hotmail.com or with an X-Mailer tag of Outlook or Outlook Express. This is beneficial to results anyway. Conversely, whitelist any emails sent from Thunderbird, Evolution, KMail and [insert fave OSS mail client here]. Spammers haven't caught onto this yet technique yet, but for now, I know any email from users I respect will get to me, at the risk of losing the occasion "OMG u open source fag, windows is t3h r0x0rr0r0r!"

    I don't answer my phone often. It removes me from my work and then I have to answer questions as if I was under interrogation. If someone really wants to talk to me, let them come to my door, and then we'll speak on my terms.

  22. odeon.co.uk on 10 Percent of UK Sites Incompatible with Firefox · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Even when I still used IE and Windows, I always went straight for the "text-only film times" page on the Odeon site. So much quicker to load, and I don't have to select where my cinema on a map, just scroll down to O(xford). I don't care about pretty pictures. 90% of the content I want should be found in one click. Oh yeah, and in the words of the W3C tips, don't say click, cos not everyone will be clicking. I use lynx when I get sick of the web.

  23. geek can't get laid... on Inventor of Proxy Firewall Blames Hackers · · Score: 1

    geek can't get laid, blames women.

  24. Light-weight browsers - standards on Nokia And Apple Collaborate On Open Source Browser · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The biggest problem for light-weight browsers intended for lo-res devices is the many sites that don't comply with standards (need much more complicated rendering engine (XHTML intended to be simply to interpret than HTLML)), require images (esp large colour ones), and worse still flash.

    Now check http://www.nokia.com/
    That's never going to display on one of their phones!

  25. better toast on Nokia And Apple Collaborate On Open Source Browser · · Score: 1

    >This morning, I found a new, better way to butter my toast. It's so revolutionary that it may be part of the anti-margerine ecosystem. Please share, preferably under the GPL.