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  1. Re:Can't snag this with apt yet on Evolution Reaches A New Milestone · · Score: 3, Informative

    I hate to feed the trolls, but debian unstable has xfree 4.2.1 as a quick look at the xfree86 package page would reveal.

    Actually it's in testing as well.

  2. Re:Uh, those customers are same as shoplifters... on MPAA Goes After Its Customers · · Score: 1

    Worse, the DMV is at least quasi-governmental. Like it or not, part of the government's job is to make and enforce laws. This presure by the RIAA/MPAA on the ISPs amounts to little more than the making and enforcing of their own laws. If I defraud Taco Bell via the phone, do they call SouthWestern Bell and have my phone disconnected? No, they bring fraud charges against me in the courts. The DMCA bought the associations vigalante power to enforce the law.

  3. Re:Cultural Icon on I Believe You Have My Stapler · · Score: 1

    Southwest's corprate culture is a direct result of Herb, the founder, former ceo (I think), and sometimes company picnic elvis impersonator.

  4. Re:Not for long... on What Free Cable? · · Score: 1

    I just got off the phone with Time Warner Austin (at midnight, the hold time was non-existant, A tech actually picked up the phone as it was ringing). I just canceled my cable entirely but retained my cable modem service. He said it was not problem, I wonder if they'll really come out to install the trap?

  5. Re:List of over 300 case mod articles ... on Rootin' Tootin' Case Mod Roundup · · Score: 1

    I bet that thing is louder than my car.

  6. Big Pictures on MindStorms Madness · · Score: 2, Funny

    I know it's probably hard to kill a .edu, but those detail pictures are about 1.5MB each. /.ing here we come

  7. Re:Get Mozilla Now! on Mozilla 1.0 RC2 is out · · Score: 1

    Almost everyone who ever looks over my shoulder and sees the tabbed browsing becomes a mozilla user. Add the ability to prevent webpages from opening unwanted windows, and most people are converted entirely.

  8. Re:Is Walmart's PC a sell for Christina Ricci? on Slashback: Wal-Modem, Culpability, Misquotes · · Score: 1

    I'm sure I'd try, but I'm also pretty sure I wouldn't be able to accomplish much...

  9. Re:Debian Release Suggestion on Debian May 1 Release Delayed · · Score: 1

    Testing is built from unstable automatically by a script that takes the packages in unstable that don't have release critical bugs filed against them and do have their requires met in testing and moves them.

  10. Re:Debian needs shorter, incremental releases on Debian May 1 Release Delayed · · Score: 1

    Debian stable should be (IMHO) relegated to servers. My servers are headless, they don't have x they don't need KDE3. My boxes that come in direct contact with users have monitors (yep) and are pointed at testing, they'll have KDE3 a week after it has no RC bugs in unstable and thats soon enough for me.

  11. Re:one's pet projects versus faster releases on Debian May 1 Release Delayed · · Score: 1

    And this is my solution to the issue taking into account the way debian releases are currently (unstable->testing->(long delay)->stable) My sources.list will point to stable et al. (ie. not woody)
    Stable will run on my "servers" (mail, router, web...) They don't have X and I won't be hurt if KDE3 doesn't make it into Woody=Stable
    Testing will be on the box I use most. It will have X and I will be happy when KDE3 etc make their way in from sid
    Unstable will run on one box that I don't mind if it breaks for weeks at a time, the work I do will continue on the testing box.

    I guess this assumes you have several boxes, and that you have at least cable/dsl

  12. Re:Why???? on VoIP for the Masses! · · Score: 1

    Last time I checked voicestream gave you a certain number of "anytime" minutes and a certain (smaller) number of peak minutes

  13. Re:Democracy. on Bdale Garbee elected Debian Project Leader · · Score: 1

    Said person already has their hands on the source code. In case you didn't notice Debian develops an Open Source operating system. Perhaps you're new here.

  14. Re:Anti-spam on Behind The "Work-At-Home" Street Spam Signs · · Score: 1

    I walk past it everyday. It also has an arrow toward the guy and the word Murderer.

  15. Re:...Unless you are on the receiving end of it on iWarez · · Score: 1

    As a 'poor' teenager who has a clue and is looking for work: Don't put up with incompetence. There are plenty more knowledgable people ready to replace the morons who get fired.

  16. Re:Sick of this topic already ..... on Could Mono Kill Gnome? · · Score: 1

    A castrated rams? Is that like crosses between gnus and eunuchs (UNIX)?

  17. Re:wcIII on Blizzard Rains on Bnetd Project · · Score: 1

    better yet donate what ever money you would have spent on it to an orginization that is actively opposing the DMCA EFF DMCA Page

    P.S. Nice sig

  18. Re:What a coincedence! on Google Programming Contest · · Score: 1

    The point of googlewhacking (this bashing you speak of I don't know) is to find a two word combo that yields one and only one result like 'tmesis heisenberg' further if you want to play by the real rules both of them need to be underlined in the blue bar (meaning they exist in the dictionary.com)

  19. Re:Streaming, not downloading.. on The Napsterization of TV · · Score: 1

    You can save streaming media (rm and asf) with Streambox VCR. And while I think the company that made it got legally blown out of the water. It is still floating around.

  20. Re:How Long on New File Sharing Networks · · Score: 2, Informative

    As far as I know, Furthur (which is closed source I believe) receives a list of appropriate artists/bands and limits you to searches for those bands. So as long as no one reverse engineers the protocol and writes another client they should maintain control of their network. There are already plenty of places for people to get their non-taper-friendly music (in addition to warez and whatever else) hopefully they will use them and leave Furthur alone.

  21. Re:If you want lossless compression... on Non-MP3 Codecs? · · Score: 1

    By definition any of the lossless compression methods mentioned in the story allow you to uncompress and have an exact copy of the original data.

  22. Re:Ogg Vorbis on Non-MP3 Codecs? · · Score: 1

    A 256kbps mp3 is not cd quality by a long shot. Sorry it just isn't. Now if you want to use a 256 mp3 to save disk space thats up to you and if you think it sounds cd quality then lucky for your disk space

  23. Re:Free Codecs on Non-MP3 Codecs? · · Score: 1

    If you think that it still sounds great on mp3 then I guess its good for your storage space. I on the other hand think live Dave on mp3 sounds horrible and am happy to wait through the longer download for a shn file.

  24. Re:What to do: on KaZaa Suspends Downloads · · Score: 1

    Which is why you should always use your little finger for bio-metrics

  25. Re:If true, that's bad, I agree... on RMS: Putting an End to Word Attachments · · Score: 1

    I think (not sure but think): That it will trigger the email notice, but that the notice still says "A _User_ Moderated your post" or something along those lines (emphisis mine of course)