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  1. Where are the controllers? on GaiKai Beta To Start In Europe "Later This Month" · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Where are the controllers? Keyboard access blows chunks.

  2. Re:Okay I'll bite on AMC Releasing a New "The Prisoner" In November · · Score: 1

    We don't get AMC in Minnetonka, MN. Only TCM (Turner Classic Movies), which is commercial free.

  3. Re:Are they going to tell anyone? on Hosting Data-Transfer Quotas Are Fading Out · · Score: 1

    Package Usage
    Usage
    Disk Space
    1025 MB of 120000 MB in use
    Transfer Volume unlimited
    File Usage
    11142 of 262144 files in use
    Basics
    E-mail 4 of 1200 mailboxes in use
    Domain 1 of 2 included domains have been registered
    Tools and Features
    WebsiteBuilder 0 of 2 projects in use
    max. 12 pages for each project
    DynamicSiteCreator 0 of 3 projects in use
    max. 12 pages for each project
    MySQL Databases 3 of 25 databases in use
    Scripts Supported Perl
    Python
    PHP

  4. Reading glasses! on Adjustable-Focus Glasses Can Replace Bifocals · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Reading glasses: $2 at Northern Tool. Regular prescription glasses: $40 from internet (china). Total cost: $42.

    VS.

    Trufocals: $895.

    Next topic!

  5. 51 years old. Can't write in cursive. on 26 Years Old and Can't Write In Cursive · · Score: 1

    51 years old. Can't write in cursive. Printing and keyboard only.

    Next subject...

  6. Evince vs. Acrobat on Adobe Chided For Insecure Acrobat Reader · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    evince linux: doesn't work with USPS "clik to ship" postage.
    acrobat 9 linux: works with "clik to ship".

    Sorry.

  7. Work Completed: Comcast Domain Helper Opt-Out Succ on Comcast DNS Redirection Launched In Trial Markets · · Score: 1

    We have completed the work to opt you out of the Comcast Domain Helper service.

    This change will take effect automatically when your cable modem renews its DHCP lease (generally within 5 days or less). However, you can easily make this take effect immediately via one of the following two methods:

          1. If your computer is directly connected to your cable modem, you will need to reboot your computer.
          2. If you have a router directly connected to your cable modem, you will need to (a) reboot your router and then (b) reboot your computer.

    Thank you,
    Comcast

  8. Change Password on Bozeman, MT Drops Password Info Requirement · · Score: 2, Insightful

    1. Fill out form, including password.
    2. Send it in
    3. Change password

    Sheesh.

  9. Amazon! on The Pirates Will Always Win, Says UK ISP · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Amazon has 89 cent downloads. And .99 to 3.99 albums (one per day). Pirates should check out Amazon!!!

    Here is what I've gotten (albums for less than $3.99) in 6 months:

    $ ls -d */* |cat
    Aerosmith/Big Ones
    Alanis Morissette/Flavors Of Entanglement
    Amy Grant/Heart In Motion
    Bob Marley/Live At The Lyceum
    Bon Jovi/Cross Road
    Boston/Boston
    Butch Walker/Sycamore Meadows
    Cary Brothers/Who You Are
    Creedence Clearwater Revival/Chronicle_ 20 Greatest Hits
    Creed/Greatest Hits
    David Bowie/Heroes
    Eagles/One Of These Nights
    Elvis Costello/My Aim Is True
    Forgive Durden/Forgive Durden Presents Razia's Shadow_ A Musical
    Heart/Make Me
    Inxs/Kick
    Jack's Mannequin/The Glass Passenger (Amazon Exclusive)
    Jackson Browne/The Pretender
    James Morrison/Songs For You, Truths For Me
    Jimi Hendrix/Electric Ladyland
    Joan Jett & The Blackhearts/I Love Rock N' Roll
    Joe Bonamassa/The Ballad Of John Henry
    Joshua Radin/Simple Times
    Kate Voegele/A Fine Mess
    Katy Perry/One Of The Boys
    Led Zeppelin/Led Zeppelin
    Madonna/Like A Virgin
    MC5/Kick Out The Jams
    Metric/Fantasies
    Mieka Pauley/Elijah Drop Your Gun
    Neil Diamond/Sweet Caroline
    No Doubt/The Singles Collection
    Pink Floyd/Animals
    Prince/Purple Rain [Explicit]
    Queen/News Of The World
    Robin Trower/Bridge Of Sighs
    Rod Stewart/The Definitive Rod Stewart
    Seether/Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces Spaces (Bonus Track Version) - [Explicit]
    Seth Walker/Leap Of Faith
    Shiny Toy Guns/Major Tom
    Soundgarden/Superunknown
    The Apples In Stereo/New Magnetic Wonder
    The Band/Greatest Hits
    The Benjy Davis Project/Dust
    The Go-Go's/Beauty And The Beat
    The Pussycat Dolls/Doll Domination
    The Weepies/Hideaway
    The White Tie Affair/Walk This Way
    The Who/Who Are You
    U2/No Line On The Horizon
    Van Halen/Van Halen
    Van Halen/Van Halen II
    Various Artists/Motown Number 1's Vol. 2
    Whitesnake/Whitesnake
    Yes/The Yes Album

  10. Re:Close door on Why Programming Rituals Work · · Score: 2, Informative

    Wear Gun Muffs...

  11. 1999 for a book about Data Compression? on What Can I Do About Book Pirates? · · Score: 1

    Jeez. Next.

  12. Better and Prower on First Android-Based Netbook, Set-Top Box · · Score: 1

    Better and Prower ...from the website...

  13. Epcot Center... on Visualizing Data Inside the 30-ft Allosphere · · Score: 1

    Epcot Center has one of these...

  14. They werenâ(TM)t very experienced with the re on Agora Android Phone Delayed By Glitches · · Score: 1

    "I emailed the company about this charge and received confirmation that it was indeed not a scam and the device was going to be shipped in January. It looks like they did try hard to get a device out, but they werenâ(TM)t very experienced with the requirements and were designing a device that did not fit the minimum specs for an Android phone."

  15. Google Chrome for Linux! NOT! on Google Releases Chrome 2.0 Pre-Beta · · Score: 5, Funny

    Blogger Belzecue said on January 8, 2009 10:55 PM PDT:
    Johnny Effyew here, lead strategist at Google.

    Now, I hear a lot of complaints -- a helluva lot of complaints, actually -- about Google not supporting Linux, like how Google Chrome runs on Windows only. Sure, we're already up to version 2 of the Windows client with no Linux version in sight. That may be technically true, but I'm here to tell you, we built our entire company and fortune on the back of Linux and free, open-source software. So of course we support Linux just as much as we support Windows.

    That's why it's my pleasure today to announce we've committed to delivering a native Linux Chrome client by 2015 or by the time the Windows client reaches version 10 or when Linux gains greater than 50% of the desktop market. That's our promise to every Linux user out there. You can take that to the bank. We know we have a moral debt to give back to the Linux community what we took from them and turned into a billion-dollar business. We know that.

    But, as it turns out, writing software for Linux is kinda tough. We're still figuring it out. I mean, we all use Windows around the Google office, so it's not like we've got a bunch of internal people clamoring to use Chrome under Ubuntu or whatever.

    And yes, we know there are much smaller companies out there like Dropbox who easily manage to code and release their Windows and Linux clients simultaneously, which is kinda like having your cake and eating it too. We think that's really cool, and we especially like cake. So that's doubly cool.

    So hang in there, Linux community. Google Chrome for Linux is coming. In the meantime, just keep screwing around trying to run the Windows client under Wine. Good luck with that, hahahaha. Yeah, that should keep you nice and busy while we eat more cake and polish off version 3 of the Chrome Windows client. (Whoah, did I just say that out loud or think it? Pfffft, like those Linux fanboys will notice anyway.)

    Folks, in closing let me say again: Google is committed to Linux the same way a tapeworm's committed to your lower intestine. From now on, when you think of Google and Linux I want you to think of me, Johnny. Think "Effyew, Linux! Effyew, Google!"

  16. Fedora 9: libedit.so is needed by cryptol-academic on Cryptol, Language of Cryptography, Now Available To the Public · · Score: 1

    $ root yum install libedit
    Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
    Setting up Install Process
    Parsing package install arguments
    Package libedit-2.11-1.20080712cvs.fc9.i386 already installed and latest version
    Nothing to do

    $ root rpm -i cryptol-academic-1.8.1-0.i386.rpm
    error: Failed dependencies:
                    libedit.so is needed by cryptol-academic-1.8.1-0.i386

    $ cat /etc/issue
    Fedora release 9 (Sulphur)
    Kernel \r on an \m (\l)

    Next...

  17. Re:Troff was used by W. Richard Stevens on Tools & Surprises For a Tech Book Author? · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://www.troff.org/pubs.html * Advanced C: Tips and Techniques * Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment * The AWK Programming Language * The Complete FreeBSD, 4th Edition * The C Programming Language * The C Programming Language, 2nd Ed. * C Traps and Pitfalls * Collins English Dictionary & Thesaurus, 2nd Ed. * Collins German Dictionary, 4th Ed. * Compiler Design in C, 2nd Ed. * Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools * Computer Networks, 3rd Ed. * Computer Networks And Internets, 3rd Ed. * The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System * Effective TCP/IP Programming * The Elements of Programming Style, 2nd Ed. * Hands-on Networking with Internet Applications * The Internet Book: Everything you need to know about computer networking and how the Internet works, 3rd Ed. * Internetworking With TCP/IP Volume I: Principles Protocols, and Architecture, 4th Ed. * Internetworking With TCP/IP Volume II: Design, Implementation, and Internals, 3rd Ed. * Internetworking With TCP/IP Volume III: Client-Server Programming and Applications, AT&T TLI Version * Internetworking With TCP/IP Volume III: Client-Server Programming and Applications, BSD Socket Version, 2nd Ed. * Internetworking With TCP/IP Volume III: Client-Server Programming and Applications, Linux/POSIX Socket Version * Internetworking With TCP/IP Volume III: Client-Server Programming and Applications, Window Sockets Version * Internetworking With TCP/IP Volume III: Client-Server Programming and Applications, Window Sockets Version, International Ed. * Learning XML (Guide to) Creating Self-Describing Data * More Programming Pearls * Network Systems Design Using Network Processors * Network Systems Design Using Network Processors, Agere version * Network Systems Design Using Network Processors, Intel 2xxx version * Operating System Design - The XINU Approach * Operating System Design Volume 1: The XINU Approach, Macintosh version * Operating System Design Volume 1: The XINU Approach, PC version * Operating System Design Volume 2: Internetworking with XINU * PONS GroÃYwÃrterbuch für Experten und UniversitÃt, Englisch-Deutsch/Deutsch-Englisch, m. Daumenregister u. Beiheft * Porting UNIX Software * The Practice of Programming * Real World Linux Security, 2nd Ed. * Software Tools * TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols * TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 2: The Implementation * TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 3: TCP for Transactions, HTTP, NNTP, and the UNIX Domain Protocols * UNIX in a Nutshell: System V Edition * Unix Network Programming * UNIX Network Programming, Volume 1, Second Edition: Networking APIs: Sockets and XTI * UNIX Network Programming, Volume 2, Second Edition: Interprocess Communications * UNIX Power Tools, 2nd Ed. * The UNIX Programming Environment * The Unix Text Processing System * VPNs Illustrated: Tunnels, VPNs, and IPsec * Programming in C++, 2nd Ed.

  18. Re:Troff was used by W. Richard Stevens on Tools & Surprises For a Tech Book Author? · · Score: 1
  19. Troff was used by W. Richard Stevens on Tools & Surprises For a Tech Book Author? · · Score: 2, Interesting
    "The last line of a right hand page should not end with a hyphen. This has been a style rule for many years, yet it is amazing that most word processors do not do this! I just smile when I pick up a book produced with something like Frame and you immediately find these errors. Needless to say, troff does this correctly, and has for 20+ years. A friend commented to me that normal evolution would have gone Word to Frame to troff, but instead, the computer industry has gone the other way!"

    -W. Richard Stevens, author of 7 popular technical books. [R.I.P.]

  20. Cryptonomicon was bad, too. on Anathem · · Score: 1

    Cryptonomicon was bad, too. Didn't read the others. Sigh...

  21. Philosophy: Logic on Philosophy and Computer Science Revisited · · Score: 1

    When I was in college (Computer Engineering), I needed 3 courses to finish my humanties electives.

    I took Logic, Advanced Logic, and Philosophy and Logic. All thru the Philosophy Dept. They were cross-listed using Math and Computer Science, too.

    But as a Philosophy course, well, you get my drift!

  22. Banjo-Kazooie on UK Opens National Video Game Archive · · Score: 1

    UK company: Banjo-Kazooie for the Nintendo 64. Before they got bought out by Microsoft. R.I.P.

  23. Battery: 3 weeks !!! on "BlueTrack" Mouse More Advanced Than Laser, Optical · · Score: 2, Informative

    Pass.

  24. Re: STWA, Inc. and Temple University Announce Resu on Simple Device Claimed To Boost Fuel Efficiency By Up To 20% · · Score: 1
  25. Re: STWA, Inc. and Temple University Announce Resu on Simple Device Claimed To Boost Fuel Efficiency By Up To 20% · · Score: 1

    Save The World Air, Inc. ("STWA") (OTCBB: ZERO)

    Stock Price: 29 cents, down 3 cents. High was $1 in March.

    Snake oil.