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  1. Re:No. on Can You Trust Anti-Virus Rankings? · · Score: 1

    Ok. Then what can we trust?

    Free open source anti-virus?

    ClamAV is nice.

  2. Re:They hate us for our freedom, that we gave them on Afghan Student Gets 20 Years For Blasphemy · · Score: 1

    Sure, let's free these people, and bring democracy to them.

    Just like we did with Iraq.

  3. Re:All he said was... on Afghan Student Gets 20 Years For Blasphemy · · Score: 1

    thanks for ruining the thread.

  4. Oh no! on Economic Crisis Will Eliminate Open Source · · Score: 3, Funny

    I had just installed this Ubuntu thing, and I was starting to like it. It even came complete with a office suite, vector and raster graphic editors, and even games.

    Now I guess I'll need to buy a copy of Windows Vista, Microsoft Office, the Adobe suite, anti-virus stuff, and more. Damn it!

  5. Re:Donations on Economic Crisis Will Eliminate Open Source · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The minority that gives is usually enough.

  6. Re:And the winner is... on XKCD Invited To New Yorker "Cartoon-Off" · · Score: 1

    Err.. I was talking about the greasemonkey script, that renders the alt text as real text, below the image.

    The tooltip thing always worked for me.

  7. Re:And the winner is... on XKCD Invited To New Yorker "Cartoon-Off" · · Score: 1

    No, it does not.

    I just tried it.

  8. Re:And the winner is... on XKCD Invited To New Yorker "Cartoon-Off" · · Score: 1

    cool.

    does it work within google reader too?

  9. Re:Fuel economy on Fuel Efficiency and Slow Driving? · · Score: 1

    Grandma.

    In my day to day commute, I brake my motorbike a lot. But that's because of the heavy traffic.

  10. Lower rotation rate = Better MPG for me on Fuel Efficiency and Slow Driving? · · Score: 1

    Low rotation is the key. The speed varies according to the vehicle. Your's is the speed you naturally (when driving smoothly, not when giving full power) shift to the highest gear. That's the rotation the engine "wants" to run at. Smoothly and gentle.

    In my first trips with my motorbike, I was still learning, and driving slowly, around that ideal cruising speed (80 Km/h or 50 mph). The tank was sufficient for 240Km (150 miles). Now, driving around 100 Km/h (62 mph), it's empty at 190Km (118 miles).

  11. Re:Fuel economy on Fuel Efficiency and Slow Driving? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Exactly.

    If you drive well, you don't use much the breaks. In fact, the ideal ride is one you don't use the breaks at all, save for full stops.

  12. Re:Fuel economy on Fuel Efficiency and Slow Driving? · · Score: 1

    Wow. Most misleading and downright _wrong_ advices evar!

    Holding the clutch wears it, just release to the neutral and let it go.

    Also, the brakes wear, and _way_ worse to break them than the clutch, so you don't wanna over-use them. Any half-modern engine with electronic injection will completely stop gas flow a short time after you release the pedal, making it eat LESS gas than if you put it on neutral.

  13. Re:Not in upcoming Debian on Linux 2.6.27 Out · · Score: 2, Informative

    If something is broken in Ubuntu, it will continue to be broken for 6 months.

    Wrong.
    The 6 months wait is for new features.
    Security updates and bug fixes are constantly released.

  14. Re:THE QUESTION IS... on Algorithms Can Make You Pretty · · Score: 1

    I really _didnt_ want to see that.

    and you clicked a link that explicitly mentioned it was goatse because?

  15. Re:maybe it would be easier on Researchers To Build Underwater Airplane · · Score: 1

    Or just:

    "We all live in a yellow bottle of gin
    A yellow bottle of gin
    A yellow bottle of gin"

  16. Re:Whiskey? on Ultrasound Machine Ages Wine · · Score: 3, Funny

    Like Earth is mostly harmless?

  17. Re:But will it be a WoW killer!?!?!? on Otherland MMO Announced · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wrong. The most important question is:

    "Will it run Linux?"

    Hmmmm.. no, sorry! It is:

    "Will it run in Linux?".

  18. Re:But does it look like Photoshop yet? on GIMP 2.6 Released · · Score: 1

    1. The obvious solution is to use the virtual workspaces, that virtually every Unix window manager provides, and any decent one will have a hot-key similar to Alt-Tab to switch between them.

    Apart from dealing with multi-window programs like GIMP, virtual desktops are great to separate the windows according to your work-flow. Just like some people do with multiple monitors. I, for one, find it easier to press a hot-key than to turn my neck around. And it's cheaper and greener too.

    2. There are some tabbed window managers around (I use Fluxbox) that allows you to group windows, with a differentiated hot-key (like Windows Ctrl-Tab or Ctrl-F6 for MDI) to switch between the tabs.

  19. optimism on GIMP 2.6 Released · · Score: 1

    I'm eagarly awaiting for 16bit (or float) per channel. The UFRaw process and produce result in 16bit, and then they are thrown away when passed to GIMP.

    Looks like this is not here yet (I'm feeling 2.6.x will do, or 2.8 tops), but they took the all-important first step, using GLEG.

    If they admit and address all the other issues too, maybe 3.0 will rock. someday..

  20. nice on Google Reveals Wireless Vision — Open Networks · · Score: 5, Funny

    Google is officially my preferred evil overlord.

  21. Re:Typical slashdot vaporware on Simple Device Claimed To Boost Fuel Efficiency By Up To 20% · · Score: 1

    And we'll are against doing things that will help us decades later.

  22. Re:Four words... on Man Attempts To Cross English Channel With Jet Wing · · Score: 2, Funny

    I also want one, but only after I fully digest the heavy lunch I just ate.

  23. Re:sad on EA Hit By Class-Action Suit Over Spore DRM · · Score: 1

    Yes, yes, but the problem is I wanted to buy Rage to support id, but I don't want to give EA my money.

    Guess I'll download a pirated version of Rage, and buy another id title to compensate.

  24. sad on EA Hit By Class-Action Suit Over Spore DRM · · Score: 2

    It's a pity that id will publish Rage with EA.

  25. Re:simply boycott them on EA Hit By Class-Action Suit Over Spore DRM · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why won't their parents teach them manners like they did back in my day.

    Now that is your generation fault.