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  1. Re:OT:Moderation on San Francisco DA Discloses City's Passwords · · Score: 1

    Yeah, do we really need the redundant moderation anyways?

  2. Re:hidden extensions on Worm Transcodes MP3s To Infect PCs · · Score: 1

    I always felt there should be an OS install or user account setup option of "User is not an idiot".

    That's called the "GNU/Linux" OS install.

  3. Re:I'll buy a few... on O'Reilly To Release DRM-free Ebooks In July · · Score: 1

    I've never read an O'Reilly book before, but I plan on downloading a few!

  4. Re:What will interest me is on Wine 1.0 — Uncorked After 15 Years · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I read your sig, is that enough?

  5. Re:Take it step by step on Wine 1.0 — Uncorked After 15 Years · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Wine Is Not an Emulator.

  6. Re:WUBI, office Windows Ubuntu Installer on Ubuntu 8.04 Released · · Score: 1

    Just be careful with Wubi. It's running a file system inside a file system, so hard reboots are a system killer.

  7. Now I don't get it! on Largest Black Hole Measured · · Score: 1
    From Wikipedia:

    At the singularity itself, effects are unknown; a theory of quantum gravity is needed to accurately describe events near it. Regardless, as soon as an object passes within the hole's event horizon, it is lost to the outside universe. An observer far from the hole simply sees the hole's mass, charge, and angular momentum change slightly, to reflect the addition of the infalling object's matter. After the event horizon all is unknown. Anything that passes this point cannot be retrieved to study.

    Now, I don't get it. Couldn't someone past the event horizon create gravitational in space time to communicate to outsiders?
  8. Re:You should just follow the Canadian example on First Image Taken With an Ultra Low Field MRI · · Score: 1

    Ha! Here in Canada, the waiting list for an MRI is over 3 months! It's not uncommon for people to go to the United States and outright pay for one instead of waiting. And our government does not pay for these out-of-country tests.

  9. Re:This is the year of Linux on the desktop .. on Linux on the Desktop Doubles in 2007 · · Score: 1

    I totally agree! The strongest drawing force of ANY product is entertainment! You want someone to like your product? Get them to enjoy it!
    Imagine how brilliant it would be if game companies regularly supported Linux. You could get a decent gaming computer for the cost of a console, easily.

  10. Re:Confused; instead of donkeys per forthnite etc on Powerful Blast Confuses Astronomers · · Score: 2, Funny

    One, but it'll take 3 billion years.

  11. Re:$100+$100 = $399? on OLPC Announces Buy-2-Get-1 XO Laptop Sale · · Score: 1

    The Canadian dollar is ON PAR with the American dollar, thank you very much!

  12. Re:Not really a quote on Canadian Bureaucrats Don't "Think Different" · · Score: 2, Funny

    They wouldn't have to repair the sidewalk. They would simply put "No Parking" signs where the meters were.

    And it is unlikely that they will move the meters to somewhere else. It is more likely that they would keep them in storage for a construction company to use in future sidewalk development.

  13. Re:Lynx? on Name Your Favorite Bloat-Free Software · · Score: 1

    Yes, Opera Mini is the way to go. Everything is displayed the way the grandparent was describing.

  14. Re:How long until.. on Sony Debuts Razor-Thin Flexible Display · · Score: 1

    Kilo is thousand, so it's 0.58 kilorazers.

  15. Re:How long until.. on Sony Debuts Razor-Thin Flexible Display · · Score: 2, Funny

    Top that?! Try my 584 razors-thin CRT, bitches!

  16. Re:Yay, Yet Another Social Network on Facebook Opens Pages to Outside Developers · · Score: 1

    Okay. It's the address for any user's phone book.

    Next time, I should put an explanation.

  17. Re:Yay, Yet Another Social Network on Facebook Opens Pages to Outside Developers · · Score: 1
  18. Re:It will come up sooner or later... on What's the Worst Technical Feature You've Used? · · Score: 1

    I once had that error. It happened when I forgot to plug in the keyboard. I simply plug in a keyboard, then press F1. I don't see why that's a dumb feature.

  19. Re:Intel can quit development now on Intel Launches New Chipset · · Score: 1

    I'd get a better feeling overclocking my pentium 2's ram to the same speed.

  20. Re:Delete Key on OS X Vs. Vista — In Spandex · · Score: 1

    Haha, GNOME does the exact same thing as XP, dummy!

  21. 100 GB? Try the whole internet! on 6G iPod & Apple's Future · · Score: 1

    What people seem to forget is that it is a royal PAIN to upload music to MP3 players! Sure, it only takes literally a few seconds to transfer a song to a device, but it requires booting up a computer, finding the cables, ripping/buying/*cough*other , and then actually transferring the music over with all the right tags. To me, I find it a pain. And I think because it is the only really viable method of getting the music you want, people stick with it. - There was a revolution in music when people got the tape cassette. People everywhere could record music! Suddenly much more music was available to them. - There was a revolution in music when people got the Walkman. People could listen to music everywhere! - There was a revolution in music with the invention of the MP3 player. Suddenly everyone could listen to their music from anywhere without the hassle of exchanging tapes or external media! There was a demand for space. And it was exponential. Why? Because people can NEVER get enough media! The way I see it, the future is not with the massive disk space, or the super long battery, or the short range wi-fi. I would love to be able to subscribe to something like Rhapsody and listen to ALL the music I wanted, no downloading to devices required, no stupid tagging, no CDs. A set up similar to satellite radio, but where I don't just chose stations, but I can MAKE stations, similar to Pandora or last.fm, and chose the songs I love. How can this be possible? Simple! EDGE networks! EV-DO! Cellular technology has plenty of bandwidth available! Having a device like an Ipod with some limited storage space for buffer/saved tracks and a cellular data connection would be fucking unbelievable. IMHO this seems like not only the next logical step, but the final step in the digital music industry.

  22. Re:Bah! on Celebrating the HP-35 Calculator With a New Model · · Score: 1

    Yeeeahh! Titaniums! Go factoring! Passing Calc without work! *sigh* I love being in highschool.

  23. Re:Can't Wait on New Tools Help Create Cellphone-Friendly Web Sites · · Score: 1

    Psh! i currently am on my RAZR and in a car as i type this already! im using opera mini.

  24. Re:Powered USB has a short shelf life on Why Powered USB Is Going to Fail · · Score: 1

    Well, actually...

  25. Re:Obligatory Bill Gates quote on Yahoo to Offer Unlimited Email Storage · · Score: 1

    I don't think that really applies, since email doesn't really (normally, and of course you can make the exception, up to 14 mb) get any larger than a few kilobytes. The "640k" comment was directed at data as a whole, while email is... well, only designed for email.