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  1. Hmm... on Human-Powered Internet Archive Book Project · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ... hey guys, I think I heard that some people were doing this already. Maybe even another group too. I think I heard it on slashdot.

  2. WTF? on Rubik's Cube World Championships · · Score: 1

    How the hell do you solve blindfolded??? Braille?

  3. Re:Pixel Shadier? on Cedega 5.0 Released · · Score: 1

    I think then you mean "Pixel Black" or "Pixel not so Shady" to shake things up.

  4. Re:The answer is easy on SCO Demands Linux 2.7 Information · · Score: 1

    I'm rooting for the bell and whistle. And a theme song like OpenBSD. Something along the lines of the gay lumberjack song in Monty Python's "And Now for Something Completely Different"

  5. Re:SCO's retort on SCO Demands Linux 2.7 Information · · Score: 1

    Remember to use the Future Semiconditionally Modified Subinverted Plagal Past Subjunctive Intentional when speaking of matters as such.

    Shamelessly taken from the 2nd book in that series, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

  6. Re:Religions don't even back ID on Kansas Board of Ed. Adopts Intelligent Design · · Score: 1

    oops. I did mention 'average' didn't I? We can have exceptions can't we? ::sweats, craps pants::

  7. Re:On PC, though... on Gavin Carter Discusses Elder Scrolls · · Score: 1

    PC all the way. I lost so many days to Morrowind and the expansions, and I have been to the TES site almost everyday since it was announced. TESCS is definitely one thing that makes the game, and they just released it to see what would happen, not as a serious thing. Now, we are getting a refined tool, the one they made the game in. The 360 version will be nice, but games of this scale and detail deserve a PC.

    BTW - Nords all the way!!! ::Die Fetcher!!!::

  8. Re:Religions don't even back ID on Kansas Board of Ed. Adopts Intelligent Design · · Score: 1

    I have said this before, but I am a Southern Baptist and many of my friends are Catholic, all practicing regularly. We. Are. Evolutionists. So are most of my church friends. Many people are even taught that God could use whatever tools he wanted too, and Genesis is vague enough to allow room for interpretation even if you do see it as literal. And they say Cobb County Gerogia is one of the most ignorant places in the US.

    On a side note, we have phenomenal bancs that rank nationally, and our test scores are always well above national averages, even though everyone, not just those that want too, are made to take standardized tests.

  9. Re:Open(mini-)letter to FreeBSD:You're frking idio on FreeBSD Logo Contest Winner Announced · · Score: 1

    As a Christian and personally, I and everyone I know would seriously laugh at anyone who took Chuck as an anti-Christian or anti-religious image. I like Chuck, he's not going anywhere. Finally, I like the new logo. Way to go!

  10. Re:No Suprise Here on 1 Million Windows to Mac Converts So Far in 2005 · · Score: 1

    BSD!one!1!

    Actually, I'm in the process of migrating from linux (I still keep a Windows partition for games) And I love FreeBSD! This may seem like mindless fanboyism, and maybe it is, but the BSD license and process just seem more well thought out to me.

  11. Re:Best KDE-centric distro now? on Novell to Standardize on GNOME · · Score: 1

    Personally I prefer deb over RPM, (I actually like Gentoo's portage the best for linux, and I'm in the process of migrating to FreeBSD) but I imagine there are some that like RPM better. I wasn't saying that it was Debian based as a bad thing, but for reference in the case that someone did prefer RPM.

  12. Re:Eric Lerner on Alternative to Tokamak Fusion Reactor · · Score: 1

    Even if so, that is an ad hominem argument, and irrelevant.

    PS - I am studying argumentation, and that identification made me proud of myself lol.

  13. Re:Best KDE-centric distro now? on Novell to Standardize on GNOME · · Score: 1

    Maybe Kubuntu, I tried it and liked what I saw, very clean and lightweight. However, it uses .debs instead of RPM, so if RPM's your thing, I dont know what. I agree that KDE is better, but GNOME's not too bad. At least they aren't using that GORM thing mentioned earlier this week. (Sorry, no link =D)

  14. Re:Hmmmm.... on Microsoft Calls for National Privacy Law · · Score: 1

    Well, if that is the case, I've become something of a sell out I guess, and they have secured my Windows partition on my hard drive. You have to admit, if they are trying to buy it, it'sone hell of an offer. I'd like to look on it as earning our respect though.

  15. Re:Large areas required on Floating Wind Turbine Platform · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yeah ... And less would be needed in some cases as the winds over open water dont have to deal with the land getting in the way and dissipating its force. (sounds silly but it happens) But sometimes land features can cause wind to bottleneck and concentrate in a certain area. This doesnt increase the energy, actually it decreases it as much is dissipated by the land but the energy left can be harnessed much more efficiently by a fewer number of turbines

  16. Re:No, they are not on MS To Launch Internet Versions of Office And Windows · · Score: 1

    Have you ever used .net? Have you ever used c#? Have you seen those '3 or 4 new features' and advantages, speed and openness of the standard to name a few?

  17. No, they are not on MS To Launch Internet Versions of Office And Windows · · Score: 0, Troll

    I already said in another post that I want coexistence, not a monopoly on any side. I said specifically that MS has made many mistakes. Can you not pound it into your thick, bigoted, "Linux is GOD, Open Source is GOD, proprietary stuff is evil", head that Windows can be good??? Ever heard of .net? MS technology, but developers love it, even OSS developers, hence Mono and dotGnu. But, then again, MS came up with it so it must be bad. There is no point in arguing this further.

  18. Re:That can't be Microsoft on MS To Launch Internet Versions of Office And Windows · · Score: 1

    1) I think the Borg Gates icon is rather humorous. So are jokes referring to him ass herr Gates or the fuhrer or depicting him as a Nazi.

    2)I use Linux. I also use Windows and OS X. All have their own vices and virtues, some more than others.

    My point is that nobody deserves to be depicted by the other side as evil. I like a product that proves itself as better instead of stating or proving that a competitor is worse. I don't want product A to dominate the market. I want them all to coexist. That's right, you heard me. I said, on /., that I think Windows should peacefully and cooperatively coexist wit Linux/OS X/whatever. Proprietary alongside open as well. There is no absolute right here, onlyimprovement.

  19. Re:That can't be Microsoft on MS To Launch Internet Versions of Office And Windows · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Despite what you and almost every other /.er would love to think, MS isn't inherenty bad. They have just made more mistakes than others, but that can change. Did you ever stop to think that they might just want to do something right? That they might want to experiment with new technologies? That this is actually pretty cool? No? Didn't think so.

  20. Re:MS SQL Server 2005 Express on Oracle To Offer A Free Database · · Score: 1

    I know I'll probably get flamed for this, but here goes.
     
    My dad uses Oracle at work, and says that it is an outstanding database. He also says, however, that Oracle support staff is a bunch of very arrogant people, overly proud of an already noteworthy product. His company is moving to MS SQL server and they say that it has passed all obstacles with flying colors. He says it is stable, scalable, and an overall good product. MS Can do stuff right and, as of late, they have been doing more and more things right.

  21. Re:Nifty but... on Can Your Mouth Become Multilingual? · · Score: 1

    True, but what I meant was to convey the point that most spoken languages are unreasonably complex to be equated with programming languages, as the human brain is analog whereas a computer is digital. Also, a person can generally pick the meaning out of misspelled or mispronounced words or phrases. You know what J. Immigrant is saying when he asks "Where I am for to go to the bathroom yes?" English is a total mess, archaic even. You might even go so far as to say it is a hindrance to education as it is an undue source of frustration and complication. When I started learning Spanish, I immediately thought "Wow, this is so much simpler than English" (aside from feminine/masculine, that is)

  22. Re:Nifty but... on Can Your Mouth Become Multilingual? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    That's very different. It may seem complex, but the only reason your native tngue seems natural is that you have been exposed to it since you were born. Perl is very structured and strict as compared to a spoken language. I know it was a joke, but it is useful to note this point.

  23. Re:What ID is actually about on Using Copyrights To Fight Intelligent Design · · Score: 1

    As another Christian, I can see where you are coming from. However, I believe that ID has no place in a science class, as it is not science , which is, by definition, falsifiable, which ID is not. It is a subject that belongs in a place such as a philosophy class, not science.

  24. Re:Bland ambition? on Microsoft Takes Aim At Google · · Score: 1

    True, everything is bigger in Texas!

  25. Re:Bland ambition? on Microsoft Takes Aim At Google · · Score: 1

    Yarr!!! (vim actually, so does that make me like Blackbeard?)