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  1. Re:I just hope on Yahoo To Update Mail Service · · Score: 1

    He has a good point. I often use Yahoo Mail through my home proxy no matter where I am so I have my normal IP, and the fact that it detects no Javascript and asks if I want to use the old plain HTML interface is really useful. Neither Gmail or Hotmail work through using this method because of their lack of "old interface" choice.

  2. Re:16 gigaBYTE, not gigaBIT on Samsung Develops 16Gb Flash Memory · · Score: 0, Troll

    I was going to point this out, but luckiy I RTFA first.

  3. Re:"... and Bluetooth"? on New Twist on Power Walking · · Score: 1

    Endlessly more useful would have been to tell me if it could power a laptop.

  4. Java applet doesn't need a plugin? on First Episode of NerdTV Released · · Score: 5, Funny

    Still in development but coming soon is a Mediaframe Open Source Java applet player, which will play NerdTV video right in your browser without any plug-ins.

    Incredible how that works - I usually need to use a Java plugin to view Java applets in my browser.

  5. Re:Typo? on Gentoo 2005.1, Experimental Live CD Released · · Score: 1

    Wrong.

    I can safely say as a user of Gentoo, that since I switched to it from using Fedora Core for several months, and then Ubuntu for a few weeks, I have learnt far more about Linux since using Gentoo.

    Sure you have to follow the instructions to the letter the first time, but that's how you learn. I can now do the install without reading the guide, which is evidence of an intimate knowledge of how Linux works that other distros couldn't give me.

  6. Re:Pretty good on Moody Non-Photo-Realistic Driving · · Score: 1

    The Esc key worked rather well here, as "ESC to quit, F1 for help" in large letters made clear.

  7. Ironic... on Using Technology to Protect Anonymous Sources? · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...how NY Times wants anonymous sources, but wants us to sign up to read the article about it.

  8. Re:you can 4.5 tera with just 9drives these days.. on Homebuilt 19" Mini-ITX Server Rack · · Score: 1

    Actually my maths was rather bad there, 9 * 4 != 28, but the point still stands.

  9. Re:you can 4.5 tera with just 9drives these days.. on Homebuilt 19" Mini-ITX Server Rack · · Score: 1

    But lets face it, your e-penis is going to be four times larger with 28 disks.

  10. Re:which came first? on Inventor of Proxy Firewall Blames Hackers · · Score: 1

    The hacker, of course.

    How would the firewall have been written without a hacker to write it?

    Oh, and the egg came first too.

  11. Re:Hypercorrection on Major Blow to Opponents of Software Patents in EU · · Score: 1

    If "we" is a "UK audience", then "we" use programme. Program is an Americanism.

  12. Re:On my PC? on Desktop Linux on x86 - Adapt or Die · · Score: 1

    It will indeed only run on Macs, a lot of this is mindless fear.

  13. Re:Slackware on Beginner's Guide to Linux Distros · · Score: 1

    A fair number actually. Many people get into Linux in the first place to run small servers.

  14. Re:Wine? on Initial Review of Microsoft's Acrylic BETA · · Score: 1

    The spec says it NEEDS XP SP2...so yeah it'll probably run on Wine with any problems at all ;)

  15. Re:"Real Use" != "Real Work" on Linux For Cell Processor Workstation · · Score: 1

    [i]I wouldn't say sleeping there counts as "work". (Or if it does, where can I sign up to get paid for it?)[/i] Night watchman. You can sleep, and get paid, and everyone thinks the world is a safer place!

  16. Re:Intel, it doesn't matter. on Intel Claims No DRM · · Score: 1

    As a Linux user, can I simply choose not to use the DRM but not compiling support for it into my kernel?

  17. Re:Stockpile! on Are CRTs History? · · Score: 1

    You're absolutely right, it's what I'm planning to do when the end (of CRTs) truly does get near.

    I was planning to do it with a few CPUs before DRM attemps to pillage my freedom, too.

  18. Re:linux? on Unlocking the GeForce 6800 · · Score: 1

    There is indeed a softmod for this available for Linux, I found it through the Gentoo Forums: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-310871.html

  19. Re:Talk about confusing on Loophole found in Internet Domain Naming · · Score: 1

    It states "user must have the 3rd level domain first". This means that the user must have foo.bar.pro before they can have bar.pro. The "3rd level" part of the domain is "foo."

  20. Re:aarrghhh! on EU Software Patent Directive Adopted · · Score: 1

    Seconded.