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  1. sample screenshots on Adobe Releases New Openly Licensed Coding Font · · Score: 1

    Too big. Need to show how it renders in smaller sizes, as that's how it will be used for coding.

  2. Re:itty bitty moons on Curiosity Rover Sees Solar Eclipse On Mars · · Score: 1
  3. exponentially faster??! on Thin Mini-ITX Platform Enables DIY iMacs · · Score: 5, Insightful

    are growing exponentially faster than

    you keep using that expression... it does not mean what you think it does

  4. Re:Fantastic! on NASA Releases HiRISE Images of Curiosity's Descent · · Score: 1

    Is there a version without those ugly, unnecessary lines?

    For instance, to use the image as a desktop wallpaper.

  5. Re:But... on Microsoft Announces 'Surface' Tablet · · Score: 1

    So, it's not "full PC functionality".

    To me, a PC can run Linux, Window, *BSD, DOS, etc.

  6. Re:Perl's strength on Perl 5.16.0 Released · · Score: 2, Insightful

    sorry, I tried many times to copy/past these so called python code, and then never work.

    yes, relying on white space is a stupid idea.

  7. Re:No on Perl 5.16.0 Released · · Score: 2

    Right now I am (should be :) writing Perl code, and being paid for it.
    And it's a big and important project, not just some utility scripts.

    I also write one of my main pet projects in Perl.

  8. Re:Mint is nice, but... on LinuxMint13 RC Is Available For Testing · · Score: 1

    Of course it is implied that if you do any work outside of /home, you should save that too.

    Anyway, the proper way is to symlink your work from /home to /var/www.

  9. Re:Mint is nice, but... on LinuxMint13 RC Is Available For Testing · · Score: 1

    You don't need to backup.

    After booting from the installation CD, open a shell, mount your disk, rename /home to something else, then remove all other directories. (You may want to save /etc too if you changed something. Nowadays the average user don't need to edit /etc, as the defaults work fine, so it's fine to wipe it.)

    Then you choose to manually choose the partitions, specify the partition layout (just assign which is /, etc), and tell it to NOT format.

    After the installation, move back the contents of your old /home to the new one.

  10. Re:LaTeX on 12 Ways LibreOffice Writer Tops MS Word · · Score: 1

    a lot more work fighting with the document preparation than the actual writing

    Funny, I find it's exactly the opposite.

  11. Re:LaTeX on 12 Ways LibreOffice Writer Tops MS Word · · Score: 1

    Then, there are infinite more reasons why LaTeX is better.

    FTFY

  12. Re:LaTeX on 12 Ways LibreOffice Writer Tops MS Word · · Score: 2

    No, it will not. Lyx is a great tool to replace an "office" wysiwyg editor, but it won't get you "into" LaTeX, it'll just help a bit to break the wysiwyg paradigm.

  13. Re:Luxury on Hanging Out at Sun Studio, Where Rock and Roll Was Born (Video) · · Score: 1

    I meant, "to surpass the analog film".

    duh

  14. Re:Luxury on Hanging Out at Sun Studio, Where Rock and Roll Was Born (Video) · · Score: 1

    Nope.

    16bits is ok, but 44kHz is just not enough.
    For even a 2kHz sound, you get only 22 "pixels" to "draw" the sound wave.
    Result: high frequency sounds (treble) are poorly reproduced.
    Some people notice it more than others.

    Analog is superior in quality. At least compared to CD quality.
    When there is enough resolution, digital will be better.

    Just like with photography.
    Just now the (state of the art) digital photography is getting enough resolution to surpass the digital film.

  15. Re:Wha... on Instagram Debuts On Android · · Score: 1

    and cats.

  16. Re:First post on Humans Are Nicer Than We Think · · Score: 3, Informative
  17. Re:Everyone should do a LFS install at least once on Linux From Scratch 7.1 Published · · Score: 1

    Same with me.

    Did it once while in university, and it was ran as my desktop system for many months.
    Just gave up because it was hard to upgrade the system.

    But it was a rewarding experience.
    Glad I did it while I had some spare time, as I feel never in my life I'll be able to do it again.
    Or maybe when I'm retired?

  18. Re:What does it mean by joining the Linux Foundati on NVIDIA Is Joining the Linux Foundation · · Score: 1

    because it was the most reliable linux distro at the time (and maybe still is)?

  19. Re:What does football stadium sized entail? on What To Do About an Asteroid That Has a 1 In 625 Chance of Hitting Us In 2040? · · Score: 1

    there's an app for that.

    or a website: http://impact.ese.ic.ac.uk/ImpactEffects/

  20. Re:30 Years of VGA on VGA and DVI Ports To Be Phased Out Over Next 5 Years · · Score: 1

    no, mini is.

    micro is actually 10 times toughter than mini.

  21. Re:HAM Radio on German Hackers Propose Uncensorable Global Grid — With Satellites · · Score: 1

    this makes so much more sense.

    and also http://www.servalproject.org/

  22. Re:Practicality of mesh network ... on German Hackers Propose Uncensorable Global Grid — With Satellites · · Score: 1

    yes, it would.

    like http://www.servalproject.org/ (there's also an app)

  23. Re:SHOULD "Apps" Cost Something? on Why We Agonize Over Buying $1 Apps · · Score: 1

    I am paid to work on whatever my boss tell me, during my work hours.

    And I work on Free software for free, during my free time.

  24. Re:How's it compare to Meld? on Researchers Expanding Diff, Grep Unix Tools · · Score: 1

    Another nice multiplataform GUI diff, and also has 3-way: vimdiff / gvimdiff

  25. Re:Free market for the win on Will Firefox Lose Google Funding? · · Score: 2

    What holds me is Vimperator and Tree Style Tab.