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  1. Re:Good Luck on Facebook & Myspace Taking Some Spammers To Court · · Score: 1

    Won't work. First, some people actually want to receive mail from people they do not know yet. Second, as soon as one of your friend's Windoze PC gets compromised and it sends junk to everyone in its address book, you get on the spam lists too.

  2. But so what? on Adobe Flash Ads Launching Clipboard Hijack Attacks · · Score: 1

    Most computer users don't even know that Windoze has a clipboard, let alone know how to press Ctrl-V to do something with it, nevermind getting some program to actually follow the link.

    It looks like a big ball of nothing to me.

  3. Re:That is great news! But.. on Dell's Subnotebook To Ship With Ubuntu · · Score: 2, Insightful

    A gadget like this doesn't need support. You install Linux and then you leave it alone - don't fix it if it ain't broke. It will keep running for many years and keep working just like the day you bought it.

    How often do you update the software in your refrigerator?

  4. Mandriva supports the Eee PC on Dell's Subnotebook To Ship With Ubuntu · · Score: 4, Informative

    Mandriva supports the Eee PC directly. Just get the latest version and install it. No big deal.

  5. If XP was easier to install... on One Third of New PCs Downgraded To XP? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    then 66% of Vista PCs would be downgraded.

  6. Re:Vista just isn't good with normal laptops yet on Vendors Rally While Windows Sleeps · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "Without Vista, anti-trust law suits and billions of dollars in fines, I don't think it would have been possible for Linux to get a foothold."

    --there, fixed it for you.

  7. $110 per month for 24 months on RIAA 'Elektra V. Barker' Case Is Settled · · Score: 1

    Not a lot of money, but much better than wasting more time in court.

  8. Re:Still doesnt solve jack on Americans Refusing To Wait For Mainstream EVs · · Score: 4, Funny

    Actually, cars are hydrogen powered already - liquid hydrocarbons.

  9. Re:Well let's just be honest here on Apple's Market Cap Exceeds Google's · · Score: 3, Informative

    Asus alone sells more Linux machines than Apple sells Macs. The Linux market share is totally overwhelming if you include embedded devices with sales of about 300 million units per year. Of course Apple sells more Macs and iPods than anyone else... ;)

  10. Thank you Russia. on Russian Invasion of Georgia Might Jeopardize Space Station · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Georgia is in a state of civil war. Russia needs to be commended for its swift action and putting the conflict down within hours, thus limiting the damage and casualties.

  11. Turd Polishing on Microsoft Tries a New Ad Agency · · Score: 1

    Hmm, considering that everything since about 1998 is just polishing of WinNT and 10 years later people are still buying it, their previous Ad agency must have been doing really well.

  12. Linux is killing IT jobs on Nearly 50,000 IT Jobs Lost In Past Year · · Score: 0, Troll

    As Linux takes over in the back rooms, the number of staff required to maintain the systems, reduces. This trend has been ongoing for years. Now that Linux is moving onto desktops and laptops, the trend is bound to accelerate. Microsoft types are doomed and need to upgrade their burger flipping skills.

  13. Re:North Pole? on New Map of Carved Up Arctic · · Score: 1

    Nope, Saint Nick lives in Spain.

  14. Circ de Soleil on New Olympics Scoring: No More Perfect 10.0 · · Score: 1

    The circus actors put all the Olympic gymnasts to shame and make the Olympic events look like kindergarten activities.

  15. "slashing the ad revenue" on Yahoo Blocks Venerable Email List Over False Positives · · Score: -1, Troll

    Sounds to me like it was correctly flagged as Spam.

  16. Many many holes to be drilled on Alaska Looks To Volcanos For Geothermal Energy · · Score: 1, Troll

    The problem with geothermal energy is that you need to drill hundreds of holes and then you end up with enormous quantities of toxic, heavy metal polluted water run-off. Drilling for oil requires orders of magnitude fewer holes and results in less water pollution.

  17. Re:Geyserville, CA on Alaska Looks To Volcanos For Geothermal Energy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That single setup produces about 5 times more geothermal energy than the much touted Iceland...

  18. Re:Heat + Air = Hot Air? on Alaska Looks To Volcanos For Geothermal Energy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Uhmm, you do realize that Iceland is a teenie, tiny little dot of an island in the northern ocean do you? The actual amount of energy produced from geothermal sources in Iceland is verrry small and about equal to a single fair sized coal fired (or nuclear) power station.

  19. Re:Just waterboard the guy... on SF Not an Exception In Giving IT Too Much Control · · Score: 1

    Actually he did not do any damage and left the system in a safe state. Since there was no damage done, SF has no claim against him.

  20. Geany + SVN, CVS or even RCS on Programmer's File Editor With Change Tracking? · · Score: 1

    Most any respectable programmer's editor has hooks for versioning and build systems. The nicest ones are Gedit and Geany.

  21. Re:People are still buying DRMd music. on Yahoo! Music Going Dark, Taking Keys With It · · Score: 1

    Considering how many millions of Linux machines there are in the MoD, DnD, DoD and Gov, your scenario is rather unlikely.

  22. Re:Man of science, my ass... on Pittsburgh Cancer Center Warns of Cell Phone Risks · · Score: 1

    Exactly. The microwave radiation from the sun is far more powerful than a cell phone. So don't walk outside!

  23. Re:I'll wait for the Fourth Generation on Ultra-Light Micro Air Vehicles · · Score: 0

    It is even more fun in person, with technology - something from her 'treasure chest' can make it way more fun. As Liza Minnelli put it: "Too much of a good thing can be wooonnnderful..."

  24. Re:Not BCE on World's Oldest Bible Going Online · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I would be surprised if anything older than 250 BCE is found, since that is when Aristotle wrote Poetics - a university text book on how to write religious texts. Obviously after he wrote Poetics, the bible texts blossomed as every two bit poet tried his hand at it.

  25. Vonage voice to text on Call Someone – Without Having To Talk To Them · · Score: 1

    Vonage can send you voicemail by email - either as a sound clip, or a voice to text conversion.