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  1. Re:Fuck no... you should be paying *ME*. on Amazon Prime Will Knock $50 Off an Android Phone If You Watch Amazon's Lock-Screen Ads (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    Right. It's a $50 discount off the price of the phone ($75 if you buy it today). They ARE paying you to own it. $50. That's kind of the point.

  2. Re:Another bad decision by the pidgin folk on Pidgin Controversy Triggers Fork · · Score: 1

    Hmmm, you're right. I actually prefer the 2 icons, but it's definitely not the same behavior the app exhibited before. I'd forgotten that.

    And yes, the inability to resize did bug me, and I spent those first 10 seconds after upgrading trying to figure out how to resize the input box. It was annoying. I'm just one of those people who rolls with the changes, though, I suppose.

  3. Re:Another bad decision by the pidgin folk on Pidgin Controversy Triggers Fork · · Score: 1

    Sure, the protocol icons are hidden by default, but they're easy enough to enable now. Just check the option under the "Buddies/Show" menu. Don't you think this resize option will show up eventually, too?

    I found it mildly annoying that I couldn't resize the text input area... for about 10 seconds. Then I just said, "oh well, whatever" and continued on with my day...

  4. Re:Silly question on Linspire 5.0 Free For Limited Time · · Score: 3, Informative

    Links to that service are imbedded into practically every single menu you can find on the desktop, with no way to take them out.

    Actually, it's pretty easy to take them out:

    Start the CNR app (you don't need to subscribe), "Settings" menu, "Configure CNR", choose "CNR Warehouse" in the left pane, then uncheck "Add CNR More... options to the Launch Menu".

    Click OK and you're done.

    If you want to avoid CNR altogether, just right-click the "Launch" menu and choose "Menu Editor". Take the entries out that way, through the GUI.

    Either way, it isn't that hard to do.

  5. Re:The problem with Nintendo on Nintendo's Next Console Revolution Will Have WiFi · · Score: 4, Interesting

    For instance, the DS. The DS is simply a game boy with two screens, one you can touch. But they tought it as something that is gonna change gaming. How? How exactly is this so much different from past designs that people are gaming differently now?

    My son bought a DS, and if you actually play one for a while, you can see how it really IS a different form of gaming -- especially with titles that make full use of the touchscreen. It is definitely NOT just a "game boy with two screens," and the hype, in my opinion, is well-deserved.

  6. Re:Another option... on Turn Your GBA Into A Game Console · · Score: 1

    There is, however, a TV tuner with composite inputs for GBA available. Anyone have a link to the thing? It'd sure come in handy next time the power goes out.

    Here's the TV tuner that I know of. Not too expensive, but I haven't tried it to know how it works.

  7. Re:Buzzwords on Opengroupware · · Score: 1

    We have the same problem at work. If you need to log on using IE, enter "domain\username" instead of just your username.

    Mozilla works fine, but IE requires (at least for us) the user to enter the domain as well.

    Hope that helps...

  8. Re:This leaves RHCE's in the brown smelly stuff on Red Hat 9 To Be Released March 31 · · Score: 1

    Here's the reply I got:

    Ben,

    While evidence suggests that RHCEs who stay professionally involved can evolve their skills in pace with new releases of Red Hat Linux OS
    technology, it is important for Red Hat to maintain a policy for determining whether an RHCE or RHCT certificate can be considered current. Thus, verification services provided for all RHCEs at Certification Central have always included which version a certificate was earned on, and whether the certificate is considered current or no longer current.

    For Red Hat Linux 5.2 through 7.3, certification as RHCE remained current for the two (2) immediately subsequent major releases after the
    major release on which certification was earned. This worked out to an RHCE being considered "current" for approximately 2.5 to 3 years. Around the time of Red Hat Linux 7.3 Red Hat began the enterprise product release cycle with Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1, a more stable code base derived from the 7.2/7.3 tree. The RHCE training and certification program concentrates on job role tasks and competencies, and while the consumer release has been used in class as the educational OS, all the skills learned and tested apply to managing servers with the current Advanced Server release which is derived from the same codebase as the consumer release. Starting with Red Hat Linux 9 the numbering system for the consumer release will be stated only as an integer. The Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES/WS product line will retain traditional decimal release numbering.

    Therefore, all RHCEs earned on Red Hat Linux 7.3 or prior will be considered current until after the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    AS/ES/WS 4.x. All RHCEs and RHCTs earned on Red Hat Linux 8.0 and 9 will remain current until after the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x. Validity and current status of an RHCE certificate will continue to be verified at Certification Central.

    Thanks
    Jay

    --
    Jay Novello
    Red Hat Global Learning Services