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  1. Re:Pretty cool, actually on HP Releases New Netbook GUI For Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    Didn't you get the memo? To avoid confusion, there now the same.

  2. Re:Dear Iranian nation on Iran Has Put a Satellite Into Orbit · · Score: 1

    Are you saying the US can't?

  3. Re:I hope they succeed. on India Will Show Its $10 Laptop Prototype · · Score: 1

    Read my parent. I was correcting him.

  4. Re:Ignore IP licensing and engineering costs on India Will Show Its $10 Laptop Prototype · · Score: 1

    $10 x ~50 = Rs 500 is a lot of money in India. I think they would send it for repair.

  5. Re:I hope they succeed. on India Will Show Its $10 Laptop Prototype · · Score: 1

    Hello .. Japan?

  6. Re:I hope they succeed. on India Will Show Its $10 Laptop Prototype · · Score: 1

    Lol. Consider that a +5 Funny :)

  7. Re:I hope they succeed. on India Will Show Its $10 Laptop Prototype · · Score: 1

    I don't think it's the third world anymore. But the major hurdle for India is this: \n
    It has 3 times the population of US but has third of the land.

  8. Re:Incognito Episode 1 on New Open Source FPS Blood Frontier Shows Promise · · Score: 1

    No Linux? I was actually about to buy it.

  9. Re:Know what disgusts me ? on Microsoft Says H-1B Workers Among Those Losing Jobs · · Score: 1

    As such, neither they, nor their employer pay FICA or Social Security taxes.

    Before you post something please make sure that it's at least right.

  10. Mo mo mo mo mo .... on Monster.com Data Stolen, Won't Email Users · · Score: 1

    MONSTER KILL!!!

  11. Re:will the data be in open formats? on Obama Edicts Boost FOIA and .gov Websites · · Score: 1

    They will be in MS Word 95 doc.

  12. Re:Marketing MIA on Canonical Close To $30M Critical Mass; Should Microsoft Worry? · · Score: 1

    Translation: "It works on my machine DAMMIT"

  13. Re:Screw the statistics... on The Secret Lives of Ubuntu and Debian Users · · Score: 1

    Yeah .. if someone asks a 'newb' question on #debian, he/she would be ignored or asked to 'RTFM' or 'GTFO'. No wonder your screen doesn't fill up when on #debian.

  14. Re:Expected on Woman Claims Ubuntu Kept Her From Online Classes · · Score: 1

    Without access to the Internet, how are you supposed to know how to do this?

    The library?

  15. Re:Prosecute the parents on 6-Year-Old Says Grand Theft Auto Taught Him To Drive · · Score: 1

    Typical argument against gun control... Americans scare me.

  16. Re:The way I see it... on Pushing Linux Adoption Through Gaming · · Score: 1

    If you shutdown vista using system monitor, you'll get a better fps.

  17. Re:Build more bicycles.. on Can the Auto Industry Retool Itself To Build Rails? · · Score: 1

    I actually considered riding a bike to work when I was new to the US.

    There's no way you can ride a bike on these roads. It's so overrun with cars that it's not even funny. Share the road...yeah right!

  18. Re:Alternate heat sources on Man Invents Alternative To Cooking Gas · · Score: 1

    With previously burnt limestone and water, dumbass! DUHH!!

  19. Re:Windows 7 on Microsoft Extends XP To May 2009 For OEMs · · Score: 1

    umm linux?
    *ducks from the impending mod attack*

  20. Re:It could have saved a lot of lives, actually on NASA Draws On Open Source For Shuttle Bug-Tracking · · Score: 1

    hey .. you should play on WF server sometime ;)

  21. Re:All these lists are insane on Maryland Police Put Activists' Names On Terror List · · Score: 2, Informative

    Well .. I haven't read Atlas Shrugged and now I may want to.

  22. linux on Students Learn To Write Viruses · · Score: 1

    Do they target only windows or does their 'education' involve writing viruses for other platforms as well?

  23. Re:awesome! on How To Fix the Poor Usability of Free Software · · Score: 1

    Now that this problem has been addressed, what about a quick essay on how to fix the poor usability of non-Free software?

    If non-free software isn't usable, people don't buy it. End of story.

  24. Re:New design paradigm required on How To Fix the Poor Usability of Free Software · · Score: 1

    The only way out is FOSS software which is commercially backed up. Like Ubuntu or Redhat.

  25. ttestx01 - spoon feed on ubuntu on EFF Releases Tool For Testing ISP Interference · · Score: 1

    svn co https://switzerland.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/switzerland switzerland
    cd switzerland
    <run everything below as root>
    python setup.py install
    apt-get install python-scapy
    apt-get install python-psyco
    apt-get install ntp
    /etc/init.d/ntp stop
    ntpdate-debian
    reboot
    switzerland-client