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  1. unmod on The New 'One Microsoft' Is Finally Poised For the Future · · Score: 1

    Posting to undo accidental mod.

  2. Re:Bet I can guess some of the top ten on EU Proposal Would Encourage Web Users To Flag Suspicious Web Pages · · Score: 2

    Probably referring to the IWF.

    Almost all of the UK ISPs use their block list, although when I last checked the UK Free Software Network don't.

  3. Re:Wrong. on UK ISPs To Begin Censorship of Porn Websites · · Score: 1

    Almost all UK ISPs censor sites on the Internet Watch Foundation's list (using the usual child pornography excuse).

  4. Re:Ok... on Windows Phones Getting Buried At Carriers' Stores · · Score: 1

    In the UK, 3 already make Skype available on all of there phones and has free skype-skype calls as one of their selling points.

  5. Re:bloat ware on KDE SC 4.7 May Use OpenGL 3 For Compositing · · Score: 1

    It seems to be off by default in the KDE distributions I've tried. If not, it's just a matter of unchecking 'enable desktop effects' from the system settings.

  6. Re:Feels like cheating on Another Contender For the Land Speed Record · · Score: 2, Informative

    Formula 1 hasn't had traction control for the past couple of years, although they've gone back to slick tyres in an attempt to bring back overtaking.

  7. Re:Microsot on Microsoft Patches "Google Hack" Flaw In IE · · Score: 1

    In other words, Microsoft can't cope with having a near monopoly, so we need users to switch to Linux/BSD/Solaris in order to make malware creation more difficult?

  8. Re:Didn't see Avatar... on Avatar Soars Into $1-Billion Territory · · Score: 1

    As far as I can remember, it was only called that twice by the same character. It's possible that its got a suitably complicated name that only the scientists use.

  9. Re:Online petition on Alan Turing Gets an Apology From Prime Minister Brown · · Score: 1

    Except the response to most of the petitions on that site is "What do you think this is? A democracy?" or a generic statement about something unrelated.

  10. Re:good to see it as a mechanic on Achron — an RTS With Time Travel · · Score: 1

    That's assuming that you'll be able to go back in time to whenever you want. It's also possible that you can't go back before whatever you're using for time travel existed.

  11. Re:Microsoft using Linux? on Network Adapter Keeps Talking While a PC Is Asleep · · Score: 1

    It just goes to show that 2009 is not the year of Windows on the embedded computer.

  12. Re:Oh noes! on Secret EU Open Source Migration Study Leaked · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Although most of those are just the same versions of Windows that have been crippled to different extents.

  13. Re:Oh noes! on Secret EU Open Source Migration Study Leaked · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That's why we need (and have) several different distributions aimed at different demographics. The Windows 'one size fits all' system doesn't work.

  14. Re:I hope they fix a couple of things on Firefox Beta Touts Advanced Engine, Solves 8 Flaws · · Score: 1

    I often have this problem on my eee 701, I thought it was because of the low resolution. I tend to use Epiphany quite a bit instead of Firefox now, since it uses slightly less memory.

  15. Re:In what should be pointing out the obvious on How Web Advertising May Go · · Score: 1

    I don't mind them as long as they don't get in the way of the site's content. The problem I have is having 'waiting for ad.doubleclick.net' in the status bar for 5 minutes before anything appears on the page, and adverts which float over the rest of the page or hijack your soundcard as soon as you visit it.

    The epilepsy-inducing 'free ipod' ones just get tuned out.

  16. Re:Plot/Series Branching on Canadians Miss Out On Doctor Who Season Finale · · Score: 1

    Jay Leno wrote a column on it a while ago, he was asked but turned it down. Partly because he didn't have time, and also because he expected it to be not as good as the UK version.

    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/features/article3638037.ece

  17. Re:At last! on Creative GPLs X-Fi Sound Card Driver Code · · Score: 1

    Using the kernel from http://www.array.org/ubuntu/ gives you wireless on eeePCs.

  18. Re:Fools! on Why the LHC Won't Destroy the World · · Score: 1

    I don't think Black Hole is an SI unit...

  19. Re:PLEAESE STOP SPAELLING IT LIKE AE FAEGGOT!! on UK Proposes Banning Computer Generated Abuse · · Score: 1

    Except the article is about the UK, where we can cope with 2 vowels being next to each other in a word.

  20. Re:Well, lets get real. on Russia To Build an Orbital Construction Plant · · Score: 1

    Hasn't China been talking about financially backing Russian space projects recently?

  21. Re:grep? on HP Launches FOSSology Open Source Tracking Tool · · Score: 1

    At least their printers seem to be well supported under Linux (I've had no problems with them, anyway).

  22. Re:If m$ is too pricey on Microsoft Cracking Down On Indian Retailers · · Score: 1

    You could even stick with the 64bit Linux installation and either install a 32bit version of Firefox or the 32bit version of Flash with the aid of a wrapper.

  23. Re:Succeeded? on Star Trek Legacy Review · · Score: 1

    Was it Star trek invasion?

  24. Re:Free? on Windows Media Player 11 Released · · Score: 1

    Isn't 'Libre' used in this sort of case?

  25. Re:Does it support WPA-PSK out of the box? on Fedora Core 6 Review · · Score: 1

    You don't have to use the command line, you could always use one of the graphical package managers.