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  1. Tied Selling is illegal in many states on Microsoft Sued Over Vista-To-XP Downgrade Fees · · Score: 5, Informative

    The issue is that in order to buy XP, people were forced to buy Vista as well. That practice is called Tied Selling and it is illegal in many states.

  2. Re:It was more than one bird on The Tech Behind Preventing Airplane Bird Strikes · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There is the little matter of the difference in speed between the plane and the bird too...

  3. Procedure is important on How To, When You Have To Encrypt Absolutely Everything? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The procedure for handling keys and data at rest is important. If you are worried about users forgetting their passwords, then use key tokens (USB memory sticks). This will work if the machine and the stick are not kept in the same bag. In other words, have the users clip the sticks to their key chains.

  4. Re:159357 popular with lefties? on Passwords From PHPBB Attack Analyzed · · Score: 1

    I'm a right paw and use mouse on the left, since that leaves my right hand on the keyboard at all times.

  5. Video Skype on Keeping in Contact With Family, From Afghanistan? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Video Skype on a Linux Netbook is the easiest way to do it.

  6. Re:And what exactly on Nanotube Memory Finally Beats Flash For Speed · · Score: 4, Funny

    Call Joe the Nanoplumber?

  7. Not in the UK on HP Releases New Netbook GUI For Ubuntu · · Score: 4, Informative

    The Register reports that this version will not be available in the UK. The Limeys have to run Billyware only.

  8. Re:I had a little glimmer of hope on Microsoft Caves, Will Change UAC In Windows 7 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yup, SELinux is designed to allow government computers to process data of different classification levels, without causing all data to adopt the highest level.

    For example, if you copy a confidential file onto an ordinary secret machine, that file then becomes secret. If SELinux is implemented, then a machine can be designed to process both confidential and secret data, without all confidential data becoming secret. However, setting something like this up and getting it certified by the NSA is a friggen huge PITA.

  9. Re:*rubs hands together* on WISPS Mean Cable and DSL Aren't the Only Choices · · Score: 2, Funny

    Complaining about Rogers? Gee, you haven't used Telus apparently...

  10. Re:I don't get it on VMware Releases Open Source Virtualization Client · · Score: 1

    It is a replacement for rdesktop and RDP on Windows. Why? I cannot fathom why. It makes no sense really.

  11. Re:Too late on VMware Releases Open Source Virtualization Client · · Score: 1

    Yup, some things are better *without* a web browser interface.

  12. Re:I never thought I'd see the day. on New Sidekick Will Run NetBSD, Not Windows CE · · Score: 2, Informative

    BSD is the only licence that is compatible with MS business practice.

    MS is no stranger to Unix, they wrote Xenix long ago.

  13. Re:even greener on RITI Printer Uses Your Coffee Grounds For Eco Ink · · Score: 1

    Hmm, most Sloshdatters are too young to recognize your innovative pencil design.

  14. Re:Time to tighten our belts on IBM Hides the Bodies, Eyes US Government Billions · · Score: 1

    Why? Cause they didn't have enough money to pay out their bonuses.

  15. Half moon on The First Moon Map, and Not By Galileo · · Score: 1

    These old guys didn't draw the whole moon. The rear of the moon wasn't observed till the 2nd half of the 20th century.

  16. Citadel on Exchange Comes To Linux As OpenChange · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Hmm, Citadel with the Bynari connector already does all that Exchange does. You can literally replace dozens of Excange servers with a single Citadel server and the users won't know the difference.

  17. Porn sites? on We're In Danger of Losing Our Memories · · Score: 3, Interesting

    These archives always neglect the porn sites. Our knowledge of Rome would have been much diminished without the preserved brothels of Herculaneum and Pompei.

  18. Commission stealing ware on Best Buy API Aims To Expand Store's Reach Online · · Score: 1

    Cool, now we shall get a whole new wave of DriveBuy Download commission stealing crapware for Windoze.

  19. Should be spectacular on Long-Term PC Preservation Project? · · Score: 1

    Plug in, turn on... Fzzzzzt!!! Kazap!!! Badaboom!!! I seriously don't expect a consumer grade PC to work after 50 years with no power. All the capacitors will be dry and shorted out for one.

  20. LXDE for me... on Linus Switches From KDE To Gnome · · Score: 1

    Has XFCE fixed the disappearing taskbar bug yet? That one made me move to LXDE, which is pretty good these days.

  21. Cause and effect confusion on Google's PageRank Predicts Nobel Prize Winners · · Score: 1

    Sorry, but links do not make a Nobel.

  22. Kubuntu? on Ubuntu Mobile Looks At Qt As GNOME Alternative · · Score: 1

    KDE uses QT, so what is so wonderful about this 'news'?

  23. Re:50 people? No problem on Can a Small Business Migrate Smoothly To OpenOffice.org v3? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The finance guys should use Gnumeric. OOo Calc just doesn't cut it. Gnumeric is more compatible with Excel, than Excel is with Excel...

  24. Gnumeric vs Calc on Can a Small Business Migrate Smoothly To OpenOffice.org v3? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I suggest that you also install Gnumeric, since it works a lot better with Excel spread-sheets than OOo Calc does.

  25. Exchange on Active Directory Comes To Linux With Samba 4 · · Score: 1

    You should try setting up Citadel with the Bynari Connector and Outlook. It works like a charm. Citadel is very efficient thanks to its Oracle BerkeleyDB back end, so you can replace dozens of Exchange servers with a single Citadel server.