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  1. Re:iBook on Larger iPod Touch In Apple's Future? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    even a 3.8" vga screen is already useful for reading ebooks. pdf sucks as ebook format, though.

  2. Re:I heard a song about this once... on Microsoft Zunes Committing Mass Suicide · · Score: 1

    yes, it is very fitting to a lonely new year's eve when the girlfriend promised to call but never did.

    "goodbye, crue world, it's over. walk on by."

  3. Re:flabbergasted?! on Terry Pratchett Knighted · · Score: 4, Informative

    it was actually a reference to witches abroad

    "'Der flabberghast,' muttered Nanny. 'What's that?' said Magrat. 'It's foreign for bat.'"

  4. flabbergasted?! on Terry Pratchett Knighted · · Score: 0, Troll

    he became a vampire?

  5. Re:Totally opposite experience on Why LEDs Don't Beat CFLs Even Though They Should · · Score: 1

    don't buy crappy cheap ones. better invest a couple of euros more and get a good full spectrum cfl. then you'll have the best daylight colour (you might have to get used to, but then you'll see that everything just looks better without the yellowish cast of incandescent bulbs) without any buzz.

    you'll probably get the best ones in photography shops sold for studio lights.

    i've got a couple of these but in the european 230V version. they are great.

  6. Re:Interesting conversation... on The Fight Over NASA's Future · · Score: 1

    taxes aren't stealing, they are cost for doing business at the time, place and society. look at it as the rent for your office. if the rent is too high for you, move somewhere else, where the rent is lower, but don't expect as many and as spendable customers as before.

    a society works best when everyone has got a shelter and a full stomach.

  7. Re:am I missing something? on The Best Keyboards For Every Occasion · · Score: 1

    if they don't want them they don't have to use them. all those extra keys are above the f-keys and don't interfere with standard keyboard usage at all. don't confuse natural ergonomics 4000 and comfort curve 2000 with the god-awful natural multimedia keyboard. they are 100% standard layout.

    and sometimes even those extra keys come in handy (play and pause winamp or start the calculator).

  8. Re:am I missing something? on The Best Keyboards For Every Occasion · · Score: 1

    they both are very good, comfort curve 2000 and natural ergonomics 4000. they are maybe the only microsoft products that don't suck (except microsoft also produced some vacuum cleaners i am not aware of).

  9. Re:Changing mice also worth looking at on The Best Keyboards For Every Occasion · · Score: 1

    hear hear.

    since i switched from a mouse to a tablet, any ergonomic keyboard was enough to make rsi go away almost completely. i also recommend wacom tablets because their pens are working without any battery. pens with batteries are usually thick, heavy and not very comfortable.

    also, playing guitar a bit helps, too.

  10. Re:How sweet of them! on First Look At Windows 7 Beta 1 · · Score: 1

    i wish that kde or any other linux desktop had as good fonts and font rendering, as vista has.

  11. Re:Disgusting on Bush's Electronic Archives Threaten To Swamp National Archives · · Score: 1

    rather "write books"

  12. Re:SUVs on Can the Auto Industry Retool Itself To Build Rails? · · Score: 1

    i suppose the australians don't have to compensate for anything.

  13. Re:you wrongly assume a careful/active driver on Can the Auto Industry Retool Itself To Build Rails? · · Score: 1

    bullshit. you wouldn't want to crash in a tank. and you would want to be very careful applying full brakes in a tank. because it wouldn't hurt the tank at all but your body would be smeared on the instruments.

  14. Re:Available in Gaza on Man Invents Alternative To Cooking Gas · · Score: 1

    dude, the protocols of the zion elders is a fake made in russia more than 100 years ago. but there are always crazy people who believe in crazy conspiracies.

  15. Re:Available in Gaza on Man Invents Alternative To Cooking Gas · · Score: 1

    afair hamas was elected by 98% of gaza population, although they knew that hamas would rather buy weapons than food.

  16. Re:Users read? on Shuttleworth Proposes Overhaul of Desktop Notifications · · Score: 1

    You do your job so others can do theirs.

    exactly. and they hinder him doing his job without any reason. a coworker who willingly hinders you at doing your job for no reason whatsoever deserves a written warning from his manager.

  17. Re:RDP on Citrix To Bring Millions of Windows Apps To iPhone · · Score: 1

    never had any problems with rdp on my htc himalaya, htc universal or toshiba e800 (windows mobile 2003, 2003se, 5, 6 and 6.1).
    using rdp on my universal is especially fun because of the vga screen and full keyboard - firefox through rdp is faster than opera mobile.

  18. Re:A Christmas bonus? on As Christmas Bonus, Google Hands Out "Dogfood" · · Score: 1

    i usially did, a months pay every december. it is in the contract. i would have to pay the sum back, though, if i wouldn't stay employed there for the next 4 months after the christmas bonus.

    i am currently unemployed, though.

  19. Re:Check the calendar on Blood From Mosquito Traps Car Thief · · Score: 1

    mosquitos are a real pest in finland. don't go hiking in finnish forrests without lots of repellent or they suck you dry.

  20. Re:It's like you work at an ice cream store on Chrome Complicates Mozilla/Google Love-In · · Score: 1

    well, since netcraft confirms that the car industry goes the way of bsd, car analogies aren't considered politically correct speech anymore.

  21. Re:Sounds like... on Octopuses Have No Personalities and Enjoy HDTV · · Score: 1

    even some fishes like gouramis and bettas have pretty distinct personalities (other kinds not very much so).

  22. Re:I did it on Is Finding Part Time Work In IT Unrealistic? · · Score: 1

    i don't think so. you have to get up and to shower anyway.

  23. Re:I did it on Is Finding Part Time Work In IT Unrealistic? · · Score: 1

    that is exactly the wrong way. better do 5 four hour days, then you are at the office the whole week and still have plenty free time left.

  24. Re:Maybe it depends on where you are on Is Finding Part Time Work In IT Unrealistic? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    that is the main difference between the european and the american attitudes.
    americans prefer to work hard, europeans prefer to get things done.

  25. Re:Concerns: on Scientist Patents New Method To Fight Global Warming · · Score: 1

    no, but the plants use much less co2 if they don't get sufficient light.