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  1. Re:Windows Backward Compat? on The Importance of OS Backwards Compatibility · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Wow, memories.

    It seems to come up on Linux under Wine, (wineconsole), but seems to run very slowly and doesn't work beyond getting the initial screen up. Of course, I haven't spent too much time trying to get it to work...

  2. Hit counter on Slashdot Posting Bug Infuriates Haggard Admins · · Score: 1

    On a side note, I noticed the /. hit counter (in the stats) recently rolled over 2^32 hits with no problem (i.e. more than 4294967296).

  3. Re:Obvious mappings on Telemarketers Use Emotionally Intelligent Software · · Score: 1

    I think there was a bug in your code... if (true) { return CUSTOMER_PISSED_OFF; }

  4. Re:Let's "have a chat" with these guys next electi on Lawmakers Trying to Head Off Massive Taxation · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Who do I vote out of office? Give me a f-ing ballot. Who do I vote out of office? Gimme a name. Gimme a name!
    I know this is off topic, but I think the voting system should be changed so that you can cast negative votes. Basically, you don't care who gets elected as long as it's not X, so you cast your negative vote for X.
  5. Missing features on Sony Blu-ray Media Center · · Score: 3, Funny

    Blu-Ray, USB2.0, CompactFlash, firewire. But where's the betamax slot?

  6. I'm imune! on The Dopamine - Impulse Buy link · · Score: 1

    My browser automatically deletes fresh cookies.

  7. Re:Wine? on Can Linux Pick Up Users Abandoning Win98? · · Score: 1

    My kids were able to install an old game (SimTown I think) using Wine. It runs, and only crashes every hour or so. It didn't install under XP at all. So, IMO, Wine has better compatibility with 98 than XP does.

  8. Re:marshmallow on A Puffed-Up Extrasolar Planet · · Score: 1
    Obligatory Homer:

    Mmmm.... Marshmallow

  9. Re:Separate GPG files encrypted to lists of users on Suggestions for Company Wide Password Vault? · · Score: 2, Informative
    And as a handy way of editing these files, you can of course set up your .vimrc to include:

    http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/exampl es/_vimrc

    which will automatically encode/decode .gpg files. If you're daring that is.

  10. Re:Revised on Amazon Unbox Video Store Launches · · Score: 1

    I'll give my $0.02.

  11. Other Debian distro's? on HP Announces Support for Debian Linux · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Does that include support for other Debian distributions (like Ubuntu)? What about testing and unstable? The article is pretty light on what's actually covered.

    Still, good for HP.

  12. Re:What is the deal with 64 bit? on Merom in MacBook and MacBook Pros in September? · · Score: 1
    But since when has the "average consumer" needed more than 4GB of RAM, let alone 1GB or 2GB's?
    They'll need 64 bits on Jan 19th, 2038 at 3:14:07 (or round about then). At this time 32 bit time overflows (for Unix at least). And by then, I'm hoping the "average consumer" will be on some kind of Unix.
  13. Re:The Love of Money on Michigan Enforces Do-Not-Email Registry Law · · Score: 1
    Free speech? I do not see them slapping fines on people for unsolicited snail mail. And trust me, you can get a lot of that crap and getting addresses is really damn easy.
    http://attorneygeneral.utah.gov/pornography/unsoli cmail.htm has a nice description of what to do if you're getting unsolicited snail mail with pornographic content. Quoted from the page:
    You do not have to receive an offensive mailing before you have the right to tell adult businesses that you do not want to receive their advertisements. Federal law 39 U.S.C. 3010 specifically gives you the right to prevent all unsolicited sexually oriented mailings from being sent to you and to your children that are under 19 years of age and living in your home.
    But I don't know how that relates to snail-spam delivered from outside the US. It also doesn't cut down on the non-porn snail-spam.

    For me, unsolicited mail that I get at home goes straight to recycling. Unsolicited e-mail that I get goes straight to my Bayesian filters. It would save a lot of trees if I didn't get unsolicited snail mail. It would save a lot of bandwidth if I didn't get spam.
  14. Re:hmmm, some generic info about CEO Dell's home P on Dell Reflects on 25 Years of PCs · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Many years ago, orders came down from management that we needed to keep track of system resource usage. My boss at the time set up a complex series of scripts to track system load using uptime, etc. He was able to get a nice accurate model of system usage.


    Of course, management came down heavy on him. "Why is your department only using 15% of their machines capabilities! Every other department has 100% utilization of their resources". The other managers had just filled out 100% in the weekly reports.

  15. Nooooo!!! on Mozilla Partners with Real Networks · · Score: 0
    For all that is good and true in this world, please let this be a lie.

    To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics as well as morals. -- William Penn.

    P.S. It's not like installing the real player is that difficult, it doesn't need to be bundled!

  16. Re:Tough call... on UK Hackers Face Antisocial Behaviour Orders · · Score: 1
    Indeed. Does that mean they can't have a phone? What about an iPod? What about a programmable calculator...

  17. Re:Does it matter where open source is based? on Does It Matter Where Open Source is Based? · · Score: 2, Interesting
    No, As long as it stays away from Redmond.

    I'd be ok if companies in Redmond open sourced some of their software. If they did, I might consider using their software on occassion.

    But it's still my choice.

  18. Re:Can't they use water cooling on New Top500 List Released at Supercomputing '06 · · Score: 1

    Why limit yourself to water? The Cray-1 used liquid freon. wikipedia

  19. Backups? on Spain Adds 'Copyright Tax' to Blank Media · · Score: 1
    given to the "copyright holder."

    So does that mean that if I make backups of my data, I can expect to be able to deduct this from my income tax?

    Does it mean that I can make copies of copyrighted material as long as I don't sell them for profit? After all, each "copyright holder" is being reimbursed implicitly aren't they?

  20. Re:Can't Wait Until the Boomers Retire on What Mainstream Media Think of Gaming · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Bah, my mom is in her 70s and finished Baldur's Gate (and Baldur's Gate II). She's now trying her hand at slash'em.

    There are always exceptions to the rule..., or in other words, all generalizations are false.

  21. Re:Just for third world counties? on Working Model of MIT $100 Laptop a Hit · · Score: 1

    If you give a person a fish, they'll fish for a day. But if you train a person to fish, they'll fish for a lifetime. - Dan Quayle