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  1. Re:Hobbits do not need Microsoft... on New Zealand Rejects Office For Macs · · Score: 1
  2. Hobbits do not need Microsoft... on New Zealand Rejects Office For Macs · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ... who are the real dark Lords of Mordor after all!

  3. Re:Favourite tends to be what you grew up with on What is the Best Console Controller of All Time? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I agree Sega Megadrive, it was cool in black, hard wearing (you could have a relative step on it and survive) and the controls felt solid yet responsive.

  4. Re:Gallery on What LAMP-Based Gallery Software Would You Use? · · Score: 0

    Nothing, Gallery *version 2* can do that.

  5. Cool on Google Reader - Now for Wii! · · Score: 0, Redundant

    If you get bored with the ebook can you bat it away?

  6. Gallery on What LAMP-Based Gallery Software Would You Use? · · Score: 1, Troll

    I use Gallery v2 for my family, it is really good for home use on a small server or whatever. It has resizing (via ImageMagick) and a really nice Java based slideshow

    See http://gallery.menalto.com/

    For Business use I would perhaps use something else as it looks far too much fun!

  7. Re:Where are the perlheads? on After 9 Years, Bugzilla Moves Up to 3.0 · · Score: 1

    Seems that some of them want to port it to Ruby on Rails or similar. I do not do Perl or Ruby so I do not really care either way (I'm a Pythonista), other users of the software probably do not either, it is just a tool to get other (more interesting) things done. Bugzilla is of historical interest because it was the first major open source tracker, which then helped to create the notion of using an open online tracker; however these days there are lots of alternatives, as well as hosted canned services etc.

    Having said that, using a web framework is interesting, it would make it more flexible and you can then integrate it more with tools from that framework, however, it is also another whole chunk of things that people have to learn.

    Unlike some proprietary companies where the brand is more important than the code, Free/Open Source is not big on porting stuff for the sake of it, and instead are more likely to create a new bug tracker in Ruby or whatever and slowly migrate to it.

  8. Re:The Amazing Randi on Electronic Frontier Foundation Sues Uri Geller · · Score: 1

    Actually if you look at the time stamps, when I posted there were only about five comments anyway.

    In any case, when there are more comments, very few people have time to read every comment before they reply. I personally at least read until I find something to reply to, if that is near the top then so be it.

  9. The Amazing Randi on Electronic Frontier Foundation Sues Uri Geller · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I am not a lawyer but 10 seconds for the purpose of criticism is surely fair use?

  10. Anyone with photoshop/GIMP talent? on Surprise Arrest For Online Scientology Critic · · Score: 1

    How the hell, indeed, it is really sad that in 2007 a cult can put someone in prison. I personally cannot do much about it, but I can link to his site ( http://www.operatingthetan.com/ ), so I made a button:

    http://commandline.org.uk/images/icons/freekeithhe nson.png

    Pretty rubbish I know, is there anyone out there with photoshop/gimp skills that can do better?

  11. Source code and freedom of information? on California to Start Review of Voting Machines · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Anyone know what the rules for freedom of information apply here? Could these rules be used to examine the source code for flaws?

  12. Tenerife on Where to Go After a Lifetime in IT? · · Score: -1

    Sit back and relax mate.

  13. Looks like the FIC OpenMoko on Sun Debuts Java 'iPhone' · · Score: 1

    They seem to have the same case, which would make a lot of sense, it being a Linux based reference model.

  14. Also Jokosher on Linux as A Musician's OS? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Also Jokosher ( http://www.jokosher.org/ ) is on the verges of having a stable release, for people that use a Gnome based system and want something as simple and easy as Garageband then it could be just the thing if Ardour and some of the others are too much like Darth's Vador's bathroom.

    (BTW, I have no association with any of these projects).

  15. Let's play tag instead on THQ and Big Huge Games Team For RPG · · Score: -1, Troll

    >How is this newsworthy

    Yup, this is a very boring story.

    Shall we play tag? I'll start:

    09 F9

  16. No Great Surprise on Microsoft, Best Buy Face Racketeering Suit · · Score: 1

    It is Microsoft's business model to force you to buy crap you don't want and have no choice in, so business as usual.

  17. In space no one can hear you scream on NASA Tackles Ethics of Deep-Space Exploration · · Score: 1

    Better not go any further... er hex09f9...

  18. Re:Downloads on OpenBSD 4.1 Released · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    >I can't believe OpenBSD is still refusing to provide Official ISOs. Me neither, which is why they have no users. If you want to have to pay for an operating system before you even try it then you might as well run Windows. I tried once downloading the files via FTP was poorly documented (at least then), I got stuck with the editing the cylinder limit things and then I gave up and installed Linux.

  19. Re:who cares? on OpenBSD 4.1 Released · · Score: 1, Funny

    Why do we care, because now people can use the code hex09f91102... oh have we moved on already?

    No idea, they make a nice SSH program though.

  20. Re:P.S. Digg This on Digg.com Attempts To Suppress HD-DVD Revolt · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "The founders of Digg.com - which has been rocked by an unprecedented user revolt over the release of an HD-DVD decryption code - accepted sponsorship from the organization behind HD-DVD last year." hmmm

  21. Re:Credibility on Digg.com Attempts To Suppress HD-DVD Revolt · · Score: 1

    The MPAA were not claiming any, they were claiming a circumvention of a protection measure under the DMCA, which is something else altogether. The Digg people are idiots, this number is going to be on 100,000 websites by tomorrow. The MPAA will give up but Digg will still look like weeds.

  22. Re:I'd like to say... on Digg.com Attempts To Suppress HD-DVD Revolt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hello, I can fix it for you. At the back of the computer, there is a socket called the Ethernet socket, pull the wire out and go sit it a dark room. Everything will be fine.

  23. Re:Was this duped on purpose? on Digg.com Attempts To Suppress HD-DVD Revolt · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well it is about time, they went out of their way to say how much greater they were than Slashdot, and all the kids drank Kool-Aid. Now our team gets a goal :-)

    Yes I am English, and everything becomes a football analogy, your problem is?

    Can you hear the Diggities sing
    noooooooooo, noooooooooooo
    Can you hear the Diggities sing
    I CAN'T HEAR A 09 F9 11 THING!!!!!

  24. Re:Credibility on Digg.com Attempts To Suppress HD-DVD Revolt · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Our goal is always to maintain a purely democratic system for the submission and sharing of information" ... " the posting of the encryption key infringes their intellectual property rights. In order to respect these rights" ... "we have removed postings of the key that have been brought to our attention." - Digg

    '"intellectual property" - The distorting and confusing term did not arise by accident. Companies that gain from the confusion promoted it... eject the narrow perspectives and simplistic picture the term "intellectual property" suggests. Consider each of these issues separately, in its fullness, and you have a chance of considering them well.' -- RMS

  25. P.S. Digg This on Digg.com Attempts To Suppress HD-DVD Revolt · · Score: 1

    I do not have an account there and have no idea how it works, but those of you who pee in both ponds, Digg this thread :-)