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  1. Where have all the moderators gone? on SCO Announces Plan to Increase Revenue · · Score: 1

    If only I had points I'd blow all 5 on the posts related to this article. Thanks for all the laughs.

  2. One on Google to Digitize National Archives Footage · · Score: 4, Funny

    One small step for google kind?

  3. Re:BS on Games Are Not Drugs · · Score: 1

    I'm not so sure. I remember in college when I was first exposed to Quake...man I could think of nothing else for weeks, when I wasn't playing it I was thinking about it. It was more addicting for me than alcohol, sex, or gambling.

  4. Check with Law Schools on Switching a College from Desktops to Laptops? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You might check with your local law school. Many of them mandate laptop ownership for all students.

  5. Re:Prostitutes? on Prostitutes Call for a Ban on GTA · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I would like to comment that there are "Pimp" missions in GTA: San Andreas where you come to the aid of your "ladies" and protect them from violent johns. Maybe this will teach our children that those who abuse prostitutes may themselves end up beaten/dead. Seems like a good counter balance to potential malfeasance. Plus some of the prostitutes carry knives and guns...another good lesson for our children.

  6. One's in office on Robot Piloted by a Slime Mold · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    No big deal...one's VP of the U.S. already.

  7. Re:1st post on Internet Suicide Pacts Surge in Japan · · Score: 1

    In Communist Russia 1st post has you.

  8. Re:So they know they were African... on Remains of First African Slaves Found · · Score: 1

    It does sound a lot like conjecture. I don't know much about that particular cemetery but I can't imagine why someone would bury their slave in a town cemetary. It sounds more like someone who was an indentured servant who completed service and died as a regular community member.

  9. Uranus? on Pluto Probe Delayed · · Score: 1

    Does this mean the probe for Uranus won't be ready in time, as well?

  10. Re:santa on UK Judge: Who needs software patents? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    For me the search is down, but I know someone filed a patent for an ass-kicking machine. The sketches were great. So that's pretty close to patenting your ass.

  11. Re:What did the student say? on Dental School Blogger Punishment Reduced · · Score: 1

    It could be libelous if there's only one professor in the dental school...or the professor's name is Cockmaster...or another professor by the name of Cockmaster was mistakenly identified as the target of the student's anger.

    It's also possible that it could be reasonably expected that a student/professor/administrator of that particular dental school could identify the professor in question based on the description. At my college there were a few professors you could identify by using a single word...maybe that's the case here.

  12. Re:What did the student say? on Dental School Blogger Punishment Reduced · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Marquette, as an institution of higher education, almost certainly receives federal funds. Those funds come with strings, I'm not sure if the 1st ammendment is one of those strings but it would be nice if it were.

  13. Re:My Theory of Keyboard Design on New Keyboard Has Just 53 Keys · · Score: 0

    I vote for Marklar...

    from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marklar

    "In South Park episode 311 (Starvin' Marvin in Space) much of the action involves the Marklars, who use the word "marklar" to represent the meaning of any noun, including proper nouns. (One of the Marklars says that on the planet Markar, every person, place, or thing is referred to as "Marklar.") For example, all Marklars are named Marklar, and everything on the planet Marklar (or the "marklar Marklar") is also called Marklar. This technique was previously used, to a greater extent, by the Smurfs, but they did it to verbs.

    For some reason, the variety of meanings of marklar was no problem for the Marklars; just as humans are able to understand homophones based on context, the Marklars seemed to understand their language fine. This was demonstrated when the Marklar leader, Marklar, simply said, "Hey, Marklar," and one particular Marklar stepped out of the crowd, knowing somehow that he was the one being referenced."

  14. Go for paranoid on Wireless/Wired Router Solutions for 2 Networks? · · Score: 0

    If I had $500 to blow

    For Your Connection
    Cable Modem (shared)
    to
    Router (shared)
    to
    Hardware Firewall (not shared)
    to
    Wireless Router (not shared)
    to
    Your Software Firewall on your computer (not shared)

    For your parents
    Cable Modem (shared)
    to
    Router (shared)
    to
    Hardware Firewall (not shared)
    to
    Their Software Firewall on their computer (not shared)

    For the hardware firewall I've used these and liked them: http://www.trendnet.com/products/TW100-BRV304.htm

    For the software firewall (on windows) I'm a big fan of an old version of Kerio Personal Firewall (version 2.15)
    http://www.dachboden-wg.de/dlm/download.php?id=2

    Under $300, no problem.

  15. Card that Works on 802.11 for Linux Non-Geeks? · · Score: 1, Informative

    You have to find the ARM firmware and put it in the right place, but some of these cards will work...

    http://www.netgear.com/products/details/WG511.php

    Buy it someplace where you can return it.

  16. Re:google motherfucker on Datalogging Using Open Source? · · Score: 0, Troll

    Absolutely nothing on dataloggers:
    http://www.google.com/search?q=motherfucker

  17. Uh-huh on Does OSS Make The FCC Irrelevant? · · Score: 1

    Sure there's no signal interference. Tell that to my wireless router when the neighbor's microwave turns on.

  18. Father on Father of Wiki Quits MS, Moves to Eclipse · · Score: 3, Funny

    Boy how I'd like to father a wiki.

  19. Something doesn't make sense on A Guide to Farmers In World of Warcraft · · Score: 0, Troll

    Game: activity engaged in for diversion or amusement

    Being a farmer in an online program sounds a whole lot like not-fun. Sounds like work. That gives me an idea, I have this great game where you can come to my parent's farm and clean up after the pigs...I'll only charge you $5 per month for the "game".

  20. Re:Safety? on China Going Up and Coming Down · · Score: 2, Funny

    [U.S.-centric ignorance]30 degree heat? Wouldn't those poor people be hypothermic and not hot?[/U.S.-centric ignorance]

  21. Rumor Mill on HP Recalls 135,000 Laptop Batteries · · Score: 3, Informative

    According to someone on a compaq/linux list to which I subscribe:

    "Since there have been at least 16 incidences of batteries catching fire, HP
    will replace batteries with serial numbers beginning with GC, IA, L0 or L1.
    These include many batteries shipped with the HP/Compaq R3000, zv5000 and
    nx9105 models (my nx9105 had an 8 cell battery with a serial number starting
    with GC).

    http://www.hp.com/support/BatteryReplacement

    This again confirms that the batteries truly suck, at least the 8 cell ones.
    At least I'll get a new one."

  22. Goodnight on Pillows Dangerous for Your Health · · Score: 5, Funny

    Goodnight Timmy and don't let the fungal spores cause you respiratory distress.

  23. Re:That fucking whore/scientologist on Linux Trademark Protection In Australia · · Score: 1

    So what exactly makes this post (Score:5, Informative)? Do you just post links and paste the content to sites that aren't necesarily relevant?

    Well, in that case:

    http://www.silicon.com/networks/webwatch/0,3902466 7,39117865,00.htm

    snippet:
    ---&---&---
    Aussie man encodes his last will onto a digital watch

    People have been known to hide their wills in some pretty unusual locations, but concealing one in digital form inside a watch may take some beating.

    Australian technology lawyer and open-source advocate Jeremy Malcolm is testing the validity of digital wills in Australia by placing his last will and testament, complete with digital signatures from himself and two witnesses, on a DUGI watch that includes a 128MB USB memory key.

    While government agencies have made increasing efforts to promote digital signatures as a valid means of transacting business, those efforts haven't yet extended to divvying up your worldly goods amongst the squabbling relatives.

    Malcolm said: "There is no explicit recognition of digital signatures as a way of signing your will."

    So will the will be valid?

    The short answer is 'probably'. The longer answer, as Malcolm explained, is: "It relies on section 34 of the Western Australian Wills Act which says: 'A document purporting to embody the testamentary intentions of a deceased person is a will of that person, notwithstanding that it has not been executed in accordance with section 8, if the Supreme Court is satisfied that the deceased intended the document to constitute his will'."

    "Basically, it means that you can get by with a will that isn't executed properly if you can prove that you did intend it as your will," he added.

    A longstanding supporter of open-source software, Malcolm used GnuPG to encrypt the digital signatures.

    "In the event of my being run over by a bus, my will and the three detached digital signatures will be available on my watch," Malcolm wrote on his blog. "That is unless the bus ran over my wrist, in which case all bets are off."
    ---&---&---

    Malcolm sound like an attention-grubbing water-head.

    Boy that felt good to get out.

  24. Re:A soon to be shotty OS? on Novell To Open Source SUSE · · Score: 1

    First, I wasn't trolling and second, I should have been a little more clear when I made my initial post, but it was well clarified in a proceeding post:

    I like SUSE because it is more up to date than Novell's enterprise desktop BUT it is also stable. Sure it isn't bleeding edge, but it's close enough for me while still providing a wide array of packages that I know will almost always work. I also like that it provides better support for new laptops than many distributions (especially enterprise desktops).

    This has not been my impression of FC4 and I wouldn't be surprised if Novell wastes what it now has in SUSE. Oh, and how hard is it for Novell to just install NLD over the old version of SUSE and let the employees install whatever developer tools that NLD doesn't provide?

  25. A soon to be shotty OS? on Novell To Open Source SUSE · · Score: 1, Troll

    Does this mean SUSE Pro's going to end up like so many distros...a half baked OS with errors, for which no corporation is responsible?

    I gladly paid (and would continue to pay) for SUSE regularly because I knew I would get one of the most compatible, well tested and fairly up to date distributions that wasn't enterprise grade. Where will I go for solid release if OpenSUSE goes the way of Fedora Core 4?