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  1. Re:It's hardly a leak.... on Windows Vista Leaks ... Again! · · Score: 1

    Is there something that explains the presence of "russhorton@h o t m a i l . c o m" (with anti-spam added here) in the passport login box? Does MSDN's site track cookies across the web? Am I being delusional?

    Seriously, though. I don't know anyone named Russ Horton, nor does anyone by that name work at my company (much less use my computer) as far as I can tell. Methinks your link had a session ID or something of the ilk that set you up. If that's the case, do one of two things:

    1) Check your links
    2) Password please? I want the latest M$ crap so I can break it and tell them what to fix...

    My guess is that the first option is better.

  2. Re:That's nothing! on Archimedes Death Ray · · Score: 1

    You aren't, perchance, related to MacGyver, are you?

  3. Re:Where to Buy a Linux Box? on Dell Offering "Open" PC · · Score: 1

    A self-built box with a hodge podge of hardware even Windoze barfed at. (Sorry for the obscurity).

  4. Re:Where to Buy a Linux Box? on Dell Offering "Open" PC · · Score: 1

    Don't know much about RH, but for me, Ubuntu worked fine (and it worked with my wireless card right off. No configuration! I was happy) and none of my hardware has had a problem with the exception of getting ALSA to ru in 5.1 Surround, but that's a combination of Creative not releasing the driver source (AFAIK) for the Sound Blaster Live! cards and my not knowing how to use ALSA. P.S.: If anyone has anything on this, please let me know.

  5. Re:wtf on Dell Offering "Open" PC · · Score: 1

    Well, I must be the fool who proves the excpetion, then. YaST never made sense, and I'm much happier fighting with the configs. It's a hell of a lot easier for me. This may rise from my propensity to edit the Windows registry (I dual boot) to tweak rather than get some tweaking tool, but I'd doubt it. In my estmation, YaST is the black art.

  6. Re:Cheaper to build from scratch on Dell Offering "Open" PC · · Score: 1

    Amen, my brother, amen.

  7. Re:I can't be the only one to notice.... on Microsoft Invents A 'Play-Once Only' DVD · · Score: 1

    It would appear that Mr. Ballmer wants to "kill" his competition.

  8. Re:How to rid of RIAA's lawsuite: Evil Plan #549 on RIAA Suit Rejected With Prejudice · · Score: 1

    8) Profit!

  9. Re:Rack me up with the "hate to haters" on The Company Everyone Loves To Hate · · Score: 1

    In regard to the binary compiler bit, does exe2bin have "strings"? If so, what are they? (Not said to disprove your point, but merely said to glean knowledge.)

  10. Re:Wouldnt there be 8 now then? on Evidence of 6 Dimensions or More? · · Score: 1

    Or possibly only 7: L, W, H, time, dL, dW, dH (and leave dT as regular time)

  11. Re:Dithering on TI Calculators Play Movies · · Score: 1

    Down to 16 level grayscale, when programmed in assembly. Theoretically, you could hit 256 level, based on the contrast difference.

  12. Re:1.8-inch form factor on Toshiba 40GB Perpendicular Magnetic Record Drives · · Score: 1

    Ah. I stand corrected. I shall commence the Hanging of the Head in Shame.

  13. Re:1.8-inch form factor on Toshiba 40GB Perpendicular Magnetic Record Drives · · Score: 1

    Son, I don't know how to tell you this... SI is metric. It means "Systeme Internationale" which is French for "Zee metric seesteem! Oho!" </outrageous accent>

  14. Re:What's next? on Google to Offer Free Wi-Fi? · · Score: 1

    I love your sig.

  15. omfg. on Is It Wrong to Love Microsoft? · · Score: 1

    Is this guy on crack? Not to sound like a troll, but seriously consider the possibilities of heavy narcotics in this man's possession. He has some valid points, but seems to generalize against all things non-windows, and even points out that the major competition for WMP don't offer free full versions. I respond to that by saying that they don't have the software giants' backing to do that, and therefore cannot afford to offer a full version for free. Also, he seems to think anyone with coding knowledge wants to whack windows with a virus, and that just isn't true. I'm a programmer in ASP, Java, any form of BASIC you want and myriad scripting languages. I use XP pro, and that's because I'm too dense to figure out Linux, no matter how hard I try. I can use DSL from my pendrive, but that's about it. From his logic, I want to destroy my computer. Not so. Anyway, I'll get off my soapbox now, to avoid the karma hits. It was just a first reaction to his open letter.

  16. Re:Broken Link, Naming Contest. on Planet X Larger Than Pluto? · · Score: 1

    I agree.

  17. Re:The effects of 3 suns on Tatooine-like Planet Discovered · · Score: 1

    Eh, National Classical League members don't know where it originated, so I figure it's one of the two, and therefore, no worries. I take Latin, and my books say "of the moon", but whatever; it matters not.

  18. Re:The effects of 3 suns on Tatooine-like Planet Discovered · · Score: 1

    if(Greek.steal(idea.Roman)) {return "totally normal";}

    Sorry... I speak in code sometimes. It's really rather embarrassing.

  19. Re:The effects of 3 suns on Tatooine-like Planet Discovered · · Score: 1

    Where'd you pick all that up? That's really interesting... I have been humbled before all of /. for my notoriously-large, overly-confident mouth. I bow to you.

  20. Re:The effects of 3 suns on Tatooine-like Planet Discovered · · Score: 1

    Mibad. Good to know though...

  21. Re:The effects of 3 suns on Tatooine-like Planet Discovered · · Score: 1

    "Months" derives from "Menses", as does "Menstrual". Moon is from some non-Romantic language, because "Luna" is Latin for moon... "Selene" is Latin for "of the moon"... Ignore me.

  22. Re:Won't somebody please think of the ATM machines on IBM Officially Kills OS/2 · · Score: 1

    Then nobody in the world goes to an ATM machine; they all have a distinct lack in the Personal Identification Number number area. Same goes for Network Interface Card cards, just to snub that one while I'm going on about it.