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  1. Re:We have a free market of ideas in this country. on Fahrenheit 9/11 Discussion · · Score: 1
    You did not successfully counter-argue there.

    Moore holds up Clark as a hero, and blames Bush for letting bin Laden's family out of the country.

    Clark says he was the sole decision-maker.

    Therefore, Moore is either misinformed, or a liar.

    Given that he is already a proven liar, I'll lean towards the latter.

  2. Re:Does it matter if anyone listens to radio? on Labels Find New Method of Payola · · Score: 1

    How do you figure that? There are various rating systems in use in the radio industry (Arbitron is the best known).

  3. Re:Does anyone still listen to radio? on Labels Find New Method of Payola · · Score: 1

    Captain Pompousolous

    BTW, I will have to save this as one of the mor interesting names I've been called. ;-)

    And, FWIW, I used to work in commercial radio, so it's a bit personal to me to see how far it has fallen.

  4. Re:Does anyone still listen to radio? on Labels Find New Method of Payola · · Score: 1

    FYI...I'm too old and un-hip for "streaming indie og's on your 802.11g network to your home-built audio appliance."

    I listen to talk radio, some non-commercial stations (not NPR), or the occasional CD.

    I just happen to find most of what is on the radio, music-wise to be vapid and repetitive. Certainly including that which is to be heard on the so-called "alternative rock" stations.

  5. Does anyone still listen to radio? on Labels Find New Method of Payola · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Seriously...who listens to the rubbish that passes for (music) radio these days?

  6. It's economics, stupid. on The Only Way Microsoft Can Die is by Suicide · · Score: 1
    Ease-of-use is important, but only to the degree that it is "good enough."

    What it is going to boil down to is economics.

    As profit margins get tighter and tighter in the PC industry, PC makers will be forced to move to Linux, in order to stay competitive.

    It may still be some years off, but I can't see any way that Microsoft escapes the inevitable.

    Just as they beat Apple by undercutting them (with an inferior, but "good enough" operating system), so will they be undercut.

    IMO, of course.

  7. Re:Spatial Nautilus on Ars Technica Looks At GNOME 2.6 [updated] · · Score: 1
    Konqueror already does that.

    Window -> Show Terminal Emulator

    You just click the right corner of the term frame, and click the right corner of the browser frame, and they work together.

  8. Dumbest idea yet on SpamHaus Behind .mail Top-Level Domain · · Score: 1
    I seriously don't know which side I dislike more sometimes: the spammers, or the fanatical anti-spammers.

    I receive maybe 5 spams a day, which are almost all caught by spamassassin. It's not hard to keep it down to that, if you are careful about how you handle your email addresses.

    I'd much rather stick with the status quo, than have to pay $2000 for running a mail server.

  9. Re:No Frame for Linux on Adobe Kills FrameMaker for Mac · · Score: 1

    There is a open source, Qt-based program called Scribus available.

  10. Re:Don't give me the "Feed starving children" line on Manufacturing 1 PC Takes 1.8 Tons Of Raw Material · · Score: 1

    Even without including illegal immigration, the rate in the U.S. is higher.

  11. Re:Don't give me the "Feed starving children" line on Manufacturing 1 PC Takes 1.8 Tons Of Raw Material · · Score: 1
    Trouble is, of all developped countries, the US is the one that accepts the least immigration per capita.

    ROFL...where the heck have you been getting your information? That is completely opposite from the truth. The U.S. has one of the highest immigration rates in the world, definitely higher than Western Europe, especially when you consider illegal immigration.

  12. Re:Trying or Doing? on Rome Moving to Linux · · Score: 3, Funny
    Connection closed by foreign host.

    For some reason, that message seems more ominous in that context.

  13. A confusing name... on XForms Essentials · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Had the people who worked on this never heard of the XForms GUI library?

  14. Re:Commercial development requires payments. on UserLinux May Go Without KDE · · Score: 1

    You don't see the irony of people bitching about someone charging them a fee to use their toolkit, when they intend to do exactly the same thing with the software they are writing?

  15. KDE/Qt is more free on UserLinux May Go Without KDE · · Score: 2, Informative
    Yes. And the one that is more free is KDE/Qt, because it is under the GPL, which is more free than LGPL.

    Don't believe me? Ask Richard Stallman.

  16. Re:Commercial development requires payments. on UserLinux May Go Without KDE · · Score: 2, Insightful
    If you want to do commercial development with Qt, you have to pay a one time fee.

    I take it when you say "commercial," you actually mean "closed-source."

    If you want to develop closed-source software, based on someone else's toolkit, you should have to pay for the privilege.

    Another reason why GPL is the best license for these sorts of things.

  17. They should use KDE on UserLinux May Go Without KDE · · Score: 1
    ...and dump GNOME.

    KDE is a simpler, more familiar interface for average Joe end users to figure out.

    And, Qt has a better license: GPL.

  18. Exactly on States Push for Net Sales Taxes · · Score: 3, Informative
    I'm in Oregon.

    On the way to work, I saw state-contracted workers pressure washing the center divider.

    That's just one example that is repeated throughout government, as it becomes more and more of a jobs program.

  19. Java or GNOME on Java Desktop System Rivals XP, OSX in Usability · · Score: 1
    What the heck is this thing anyhow? It's called "Java Desktop," but it smells like GNOME.

    Are parts of it GPL?

    Is Sun compliant with all terms of the license?

  20. Re:The source? on Digitized Gutenberg Bible Available · · Score: 5, Informative

    No. Not Latin. It ("The source") would be Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic.

  21. FTC Complaint Form on SCO Preparing Linux Licensing Program · · Score: 1
    For anyone who wishes to file an FTC complaint against SCO (for, perhaps, unfair competition):

    FTC Complaint Form

  22. Shhh... on Apple Hardware VP Defends Benchmarks · · Score: 1

    You're not supposed to mention Opteron.

  23. Re:well... on Apple's G5 Speeds Challenged · · Score: 1

    How about a dual Opteron 244? Not even close.

  24. Yes on (When) Will Linux Pass Apple On The Desktop? · · Score: 1
    It's only a matter of time. Contrary to what many here are saying, Apple's hardware is still way overpriced.

    I could build a dual Opteron 244 today for less than their dual G5, and the Opteron smokes the G5.

  25. Obligitory Python reference on Honda Crash Detection System · · Score: 1

    "Here, that tomato just ejected itself."