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  1. Re:eeebuntu on 900 on Which Distro For an Eee PC? · · Score: 1

    I am running Eeebuntu 2.0. Had to change the touchpad controller because the standard one couldn't disable tapping.

  2. eeebuntu on 900 on Which Distro For an Eee PC? · · Score: 1

    I run eeebuntu on an Eee PC 900. Most of it is ok, though I had to do a bunch of command-line and config-file magic to make wifi and the touchpad work.

    Wifi is now stable, but the touchpad forgets its settings every time I log out, so I have to reset it all the time. Rather annoying.

  3. Ideas cannot be stolen on Are My Ideas Being Stolen? If So, What Then? · · Score: 1

    Only copied.

  4. There is no "change" button on Obama Picks RIAA's Favorite Lawyer For Top DoJ Post · · Score: 1
  5. Outside on RIAA To Stop Prosecuting Individual File Sharers · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So, they're going to try running their extortions entirely outside the courts now? This'll be a good test of the ISPs.

  6. Piracy, the better choice on Valve's Gabe Newell On DRM · · Score: 1
  7. Re:God didn't on Barack Obama Wins US Presidency · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And if people were truely sick of being treated like shit, there would be 3rd party candidates in the house and senate, enough of them were up for election!

    There won't be any third parties in the US until they start having proportional elections.

    According to the latest numbers, Obama got 68% of the electors, but only 52% of the votes. That's a good marker of the error in the current Plurality voting system.

    It's in the House of Representatives we might see the first real change, if third parties gain enough votes to control the balance of power.

  8. except ... morals on Tech Giants In Human Rights Deal · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The "principles" they've signed can be disregarded if necessary to protect "national security or public order, or public health or morals".

    This is, of course, interpreted so broadly by those in power that the declaration becomes essentially useless.

  9. Re:I don't agree on Why the Kill Switch Makes Sense For Android · · Score: 1

    If Google uses the kill switch ONLY to remove malware, then it's okay.

    But even if it only applies to the Android Market apps, there is potential for abuse. We will see if our suspicions are validated.

  10. Re:Spaceships on Spore Expansion Announced, Another Coming In 2009 · · Score: 1

    But they must all be in the same fleet. So you can't send one ship to guard your homeworlds while another explores the galaxy.

  11. Spaceships on Spore Expansion Announced, Another Coming In 2009 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The space stage has one drawback, which makes it unplayable after a few hours: you have only one spaceship. As your empire grows, you're going to need more. And if you ever hope to conquer the entire galaxy, as the game is supposed to allow, you're going to need a LOT more.

  12. Re:Horsepucky. on Why Starting a Legal Online Music Vendor Is Tough · · Score: 1

    Ask yourself, would you, starving in the gutter, turn down a lifetime supply of Big Macs because you think the world "owes" you a home-cooked steak dinner?

    Knowing Super Size Me, starving might well be preferable to a lifetime supply of Big Macs.

  13. Re:about:% on Chrome Vs. IE 8 · · Score: 1

    Whoa, why'd it do that?

    Typing "about:%" into Chrome's addressbar promptly crashes it.

    It's likely related to the function printf().

  14. Re:Firefox lean?? on Chrome Vs. IE 8 · · Score: 1

    But you can always try for yourself -- there may still be some modern Seamonkey builds somewhere.

    There certainly are, right here!

  15. Re:Not reasonable on 88% of IT Admins Would Steal Passwords If Laid Off · · Score: 1

    Sounds like an unreasonable estimate to me. If people were that vindicative and dishonest then IT (and similar) systems wouldn't ever keep working.

    They don't!

  16. time capsule on Digital Storage To Survive a 25-Year Dirt Nap? · · Score: 1
    I think Strong Bad said it best:

    What could ever replace the durability of magnetic tape? Duct tape maybe.

  17. Only obfuscation on Browser Extension Defeats Internet Eavesdropping · · Score: 0

    So the MiTM attacks the notaries as well. I call Fail.

  18. Determinism is irrelevant for "free will" on Do Subatomic Particles Have Free Will? · · Score: 1

    It doesn't matter if atoms or subatomic particles behave predictably or not. Free will is the notion that something outside the laws of nature controls our actions. If will is the result of a set of rules, it is not free. If the portion of unpredictability in these rules are truly random, it doesn't affect the freedom of will.

  19. Re:Uh... on Russia Considers Banning Emo and Goth Music · · Score: 2, Funny

    That is one scary-looking dude... uh, chick... uh...

    creature.

  20. ISC BIND on OpenDNS As Quick-Fix To DNS Patch Dilemma · · Score: 1

    I'm still using my own BIND installation to bypass Sweden's insane filter system. I've applied the patch now.

  21. Owning data - no such thing on Reasonable Expectation of Privacy From Web Hosts? · · Score: 1

    You don't own data. Data is even more incorporeal than gas, and cannot be owned by anyone. You may have copyright to some of the data stored in your account, but if it wasn't created by you, you don't even have that.

    I don't know the proper term to describe such data, I only know that ownage is not it.

  22. Re:Don't Buy Foxconn... on MoBo Manufacturer Foxconn Refuses To Support Linux · · Score: 1

    No, this is Abuse. Stupid git.

    There, fixed that for you. :)

  23. Re:Homework on MoBo Manufacturer Foxconn Refuses To Support Linux · · Score: 1

    Looks like a part of the "Windows Logo'd Products List". The product is named "G33M-S by HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO.LTD".

  24. Re:If this is the computing model of the future on Inside Apple's iPhone SDK Gag Order · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It's a big, fat lie, of course.

    Not only is Symbian closed-source, bug-ridden and otherwise horribly hard to write for.

    All programs must also be digitally signed by Symbian Inc. to be installable on consumer phones. And if you use certain "protected" APIs, you'll have to shell out some 20 USD per signing.

    Yes, documentation is freely available, but it's so lacking in important details that it might as well not be.

    Furthermore, I think that the comment edit box should be enlarged.

  25. Good on USAF Counter-Terror Funds Buy "Comfort Capsules" · · Score: 1

    You know, considering how they're using the rest of their (counter-)terrorism funds, I think this is a relatively good idea. :)