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  1. Cause we've been there? on Matter Discovered Traveling at Near Light Speed · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    We know this because we've sent starships out to observe it up close...no wait, we haven't.

    I really wish we were doing more in the area of manned space exploration.

  2. Vonage on Location-Based Search Was Patented In 1999 · · Score: 1

    Ok, if your Vonage here's what you do:

    1. Get some more venture capital
    2. Purchase Geomas
    3. Back in business!

  3. Re:Publicity stunt on Vista Trademark Holder Sues Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Its not about them being competitors. Its about consumers being confused.

  4. Re:I'm very impressed with Ubuntu on After Ubuntu, Windows Looks Increasingly Bad · · Score: 1

    You might want to look into meebo.com

  5. Blame on Navy Now Mandated To Consider FOSS As an Option · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Its Bush's fault!!

  6. Re:Just read up on all of it a few hours ago... on Microsoft Slaps Its Most Valuable Professional · · Score: 1

    "How does it compare to, say, people hacking OSX around to make it work on regular PCs ?"

    Depends. Is there anything in the OSX EULA about working around limitations?

  7. Share on Alternatives To Adobe's Creative Suite? · · Score: 1

    Well, you could buy one license and setup a machine with it. Then, anyone who needs to do graphic work would use that one machine. You may have to setup some system to decide who gets it when.

    If you need to setup a bunch of machines to teach a class (and the class is less than 30 days) you might be able to use demo versions. (Not sure about the license on that though).

    Does everyone need the CMYK? Could some get by with just a copy of Photoshop Elements?

  8. I've been saying this for years... on DVR Viewers Push Ad Ratings Higher · · Score: 2, Informative

    ...if the show comes on while I'm at work, I _can't_ watch it. Unless I can record it and play it back later. Then there's a chance I'll watch the commercials. If I can't time shift, I don't even have a chance at watching the commercials!

  9. Oxymoron? on FSF Releases Fourth and Final Draft of GPLv3 · · Score: 1

    How can it be a "Final Draft"? Doesn't "Draft" imply that changes could still be made to it?

  10. Is he in education? on Doctor Who To Be Axed, Again · · Score: 1

    "nine months a year of 16-hour days"

    That sound like what we usually hear from teachers.

  11. Re:How is this "exploiting" exactly? on Fan Fiction Writers Balk at FanLib.com · · Score: 1

    Yeah, it wouldn't really be a MySpace clone if it didn't have a lot of overzealous advertising.

  12. I never did... on 8 Reasons Not To Use MySQL (And 5 To Adopt It) · · Score: 1

    ...understand the part about having to buy a commerical license if you distributed MySQL with your program. Can anyone explain that?

  13. obit on Top 10 Dead (or Dying) Computer Skills · · Score: 1

    The C language was declared dead today by report Mary Brandel. C is survived by it's children and grandchildren:

    C++
    C#
    JavaScript
    PowerBuilder
    Java
    D
    Objective-C
    PHP
    and many more.

    C was used for everything from writing operating systems to programming game consoles like the PlayStation and GameBoy Advance. His death was unexpected. No one is sure yet who his inheritance will go to.

  14. Dual Boot on Dell Ships Ubuntu 7.04 PCs Today · · Score: 1

    I wish they would offer a dual boot option (Ubuntu/XP) but Microsoft doesn't allow that.

  15. Is this wise? on Microsoft Buys Ad Firm for $6 Billion · · Score: 1

    Is this a good business decision on Microsoft's part? Or are they just trying to keep up with the Jones'?

  16. no subject on Strange Alien World Made of "Hot Ice" · · Score: 1

    "scorching hot ice"

    This is just scientists making educated guesses with little information. I say we start sending probes out to get detailed information about what's there.

  17. Disney....Disney..... on Disney - Blu-ray's Fair Weather Friend · · Score: 1

    Wasn't Disney also behind the original Divx? (Not the codec, the failed DVD wannabe)

  18. All in how you look at it on Battlestar Galactica To Continue After All · · Score: 1

    "rather than the reported 13 episode order."

    So maybe the first 13 will be called "Season 4" and the last 9 will be dubbed "Season 5" and then it will end.

  19. Re:Make it readable on Does Wikipedia Suck on Science Stories? · · Score: 1

    I so agree. I'm not a math person and I've tried to look up math topics I was interested in learning more about (like Calculus) on Wikipedia and found that I couldn't even understand the description of the subject!

  20. Re:In a way, it makes sense... on Final Season of Battlestar Galactica Confirmed · · Score: 1

    "how much story is there left to tell after that point?"

    Well, they could go in a whole new direction. They could find Earth and find that it is even more advanced than the other colonies were. With Earth's help, the two sides could be evenly matched and wind up in an epic battle for control of known space. (Maybe they find Earth by first making contact with an colony in another solar system that was founded by people from Earth.)

  21. Re:It's there, and it works on The State of Open Source 3D Modeling · · Score: 1

    "he main problem with blender for most users is that it takes a while to learn, but once it's learnt, it has a very effective workflow."

    That is so true. It takes a little while to get used to the interface, but when you do, you're like "Why can't other programs work like this?"

  22. Their reply on Congress Asks Universities To Curb Piracy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dear Congress,

        As requested by the MPAA we are currently doing everything we can to ban the numbers 0, 9, 11, 2, 9, 74, 5, 8, 41, 56, 5, 63, 56, 88 and the letters f, d, e, b, and c from our campus. The math and english departments are giving us some resistance, but we should have them under control soon.

    --The University

  23. Depends on which CC license on Obama Requests Creative Commons for Presidential Debates · · Score: 0

    I'm all for this things being freely available. But I worry about them being edited to take people's statements out of context.

  24. Simple on Would You Install Pirated Software at Work? · · Score: 1

    Report them to the BSA. Collect $10,000. Simple. :-)

  25. Make the installer work first on Microsoft Drops Hints on IE8 · · Score: 2, Informative

    How about making the installer work first. I just spent an hour trying to install IE 7 on my dad's computer. It still isn't installed.

    Hmmm...maybe his anti-virus program really does work that well...