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  1. Re:I disagree on New Zealand's First Land Mammal Discovered · · Score: 1

    The best thing I can come up with is that the fossil is that of a species that started to evolve but didn't get off the ground, possibly due to overcrowding, similar to the horse in North America.

    First, lots and lots of mice (overcrowded) imply lots and lots of fossils.

    Hmm, I interpreted that to mean, overcrowding of the air, so the mice couldn't get up there.

    Which, to me, sounds just as absurd anyway..
  2. Re:Why I think Nina Reiser is dead on Hans Reiser in Court Today · · Score: 1

    What, you mean you disagree?

    (Tongue firmly stapled in cheek)

  3. Re:Microsoft.Windows.Vista.Local.Activation.Server on Activating Vista Enterprise Using a Spoofed Server · · Score: 1

    Check the versions.

    This is talking about business and enterprise versions... virtual box restrictions were only for home versions, weren't they?

  4. I ping google, so... on How Microsoft Fights Off 100,000 Attacks A Month · · Score: 1

    Perhaps it's something to do with the search engine they usually use?

  5. Re:and the crackers are dancing in the streets on Vista's 'Next Gen' TCP/IP Stack · · Score: 1

    May I comment on the shocking quality of the previous stack?

    Not meaning to be flamebait, but, I have always had issues with Windows and networking. Others might find it fine, but, well.... I've always been able to ping someone from a windows box. Oftentimes, sadly, this is the only thing I can do. Ping works, then I go to share a file, and they can't see me... or even better, they can see me, but all of a sudden "Permission denied", when I am running as admin user, and sharing in the standard way.

    I just hope that this newly re-written stack makes a difference in this field; Not that it will affect me within the next few years, but just for the sake of ones like me whom.... Windows networking is allergic to.

  6. Re:ATI? on Linux Overclocking Software · · Score: 1

    What about them? Second page of the article speaks of ATI.

  7. Stupidity on a whole new level. on Universal Wants a Slice of Apple's iPod Pie · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Are they trying to encourage piracy? I mean, if I pay a 'pirate tax' on my mp3 player, I might aswell get my money's worth, right?

  8. Re:New distro on Mark Shuttleworth Tries To Lure OpenSUSE Devs · · Score: 2, Funny

    Mod parent up!

    +1 ~ missed joke completely.

  9. Re:Boxen Is Not A Word on Free Geek Robbed · · Score: 1

    badger badger badger....

  10. Re:sooo special on Icebergs Sailing Past New Zealand · · Score: 1

    Bah. You're obviously new here.

    ....I mean, to New Zealand. Rugby is the biggest national religion.

  11. Re:OK, microsoft is shilling GPLv3 now? on Red Hat Rejects Microsoft Patent Deal Overtures · · Score: 1

    I was thinking something more along the lines of Flowers, as with loveable Jack

    =)

  12. Re:It is so obvious what is going to be announced on Bungie Promises "Big News" Next Week · · Score: 1

    I thought they were releasing Halo 3 on PS3 launch day?

  13. Re:The death penalty is wrong on Saddam Hussein Sentenced to Death · · Score: 1

    And how exactly does killing him not achieve justice?

  14. Re:Why not would be the better question. on Saddam Hussein Sentenced to Death · · Score: 1

    There is also a financial factor; Killing someone is cheaper than spending money to keep him/her in prison for the rest of his/her life.

    Don't get me wrong, I'd be against the death penalty too, but why spend extra money keeping this guy alive when he's going to have about as much use to anyone alive or dead? The thing I would fear for is if he becomes a martyr.

  15. Re:No probs for me. on Upgrading to Ubuntu Edgy Eft a "Nightmare" · · Score: 1

    Here's the point: The "unstable" knot releases of ubuntu were STABLE. When they "released" edgy eft, BANG! Big problems.

    Sounds weird, but this seems to be the fact; I updated to the knot releases fine on one computer, and to the actual release on another computer. knot was fine. stable was... and still is... a nightmare.

  16. Re:Heheh. on Upgrading to Ubuntu Edgy Eft a "Nightmare" · · Score: 1

    Did I mention that my old box was Xubuntu, which apparently has the most problems, and yet it was bug-free.... As opposed to my newer box with kubuntu, which /was/ a nightmare?

  17. Heheh. on Upgrading to Ubuntu Edgy Eft a "Nightmare" · · Score: 1

    Well, my experience was this:

    I upgraded my old box to edgy eft (unstable) a couple of weeks ago, before "stable" release... upgrade was fine.

    I upgraded my newer (needs-to-be-stable) box to edgy eft "stable", and big problems.

    I just updated from edgy eft-unstable (from two weeks ago) to edgy eft-stable (release), and no problems there.

    What have canonical gone and done, to screw up only the release?

  18. Re:Vista costs on How Much Does a Vista Upgrade Cost? · · Score: 1

    ....Not buying Vista at all: Priceless.

    :D

  19. Re:Hell...... on If Not America, Then Where? · · Score: 1

    Which hell are you talking about?

    I mean, for Hell, Michigan or Hell, California (in Riverside County), you're still not moving from the U.S.A...
    ...or do you mean Hell, Norway? I'm sure that's a nice place to be.

    Actually.... Could I interest you in "Hell Hole Gorge National Park", a park in Queensland, Australia?

    See Hell @ Wikipedia

  20. Depends who's chasing you out.... on If Not America, Then Where? · · Score: 1

    If the RIAA or MPAA are after you, try Sweden. They like pirates there.

  21. Re:The Netherlands on If Not America, Then Where? · · Score: 1

    Well, depends which drugs that this "war on drugs" is aimed at, no?

  22. Re:Let's not jump the gun on A First Look At Gaim 2.0 · · Score: 1

    I agree - What's up with a beta showing up on slashdot? Slow news day?

    Was the K/Ubuntu release candidate not big enough news to also post? Or is it because they don't expect another gaim release for another 6 months?

  23. Re:No bias here... on Tainted "Piracy" Statistics · · Score: 1

    Well, like I said in reply to my own post, to clarify, I don't know how the media is in the U.S.A., and was hoping for the question to sound more inquisitive and less like a statement.

  24. Re:Media Cartels vs. Drug lords & Smugglers on Tainted "Piracy" Statistics · · Score: 1

    I was originally going to poke fun of this idea, as it was the first to come to my mind, but sadly I couldn't find a way to put it in words and sound funny ;-)

  25. Re:No bias here... on Tainted "Piracy" Statistics · · Score: 1

    Actually, let me clarify; I hear more from the U.S.A about media piracy than drug busts. Hopefully the above question will come across more in a curious, "please answer" way, from those who actually live there. Locally, however, I don't believe there is any move from the music/movie industries to sue people who pirate these products, and I do hear about drug busts, so it rather reverses the situation. But there's obvious reasons for this - No Hollywood in NZ, and every man and his dog knows where to get dope or P.