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  1. Re:Office 2007 runs on Wine 1.0 too. on Wine 1.0 — Uncorked After 15 Years · · Score: 1
  2. Re:Office 2007 runs on Wine 1.0 too. on Wine 1.0 — Uncorked After 15 Years · · Score: 1

    Well, as a desktop Admin, you should be aware of Adintools and their Classic Menus for Office 2007 http://www.addintools.com/english/menuoffice/default.htm

  3. Wine is more secure than Windows on Wine 1.0 — Uncorked After 15 Years · · Score: 1

    There is also an enormous security difference, since virtualization retains all the security, virus, trojan and spyware claptrap of Windows.

  4. Re:What? on China Launches Antitrust Probe Vs. Microsoft · · Score: 4, Informative

    China isn't any more communist than for example the UK, Canada or Australia.

  5. Portable Apps on Mozilla Outage On Firefox 3 Record Launch Day · · Score: 4, Informative

    Three cheers for Portable Apps!

    I'm happily running Firefox 3 on my locked down corporate laptop.

    W00t!

  6. Turn his spam filter off for a day on How To Convince My Boss Not To Spam? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Easy - just turn his spam filter off for a day, then ask him whether he read any of it.

  7. 20kg for a single click... on Bezos Buries Patent Office in Paper · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It is a good thing that it is not a Double Click patent.

  8. Re:Zip cord.... on Denon's $499 Ethernet Cable · · Score: 1

    Mostly yes, but if you have a really high power system (300W or more), then 15A power cord will be better, since 300W is 8 Ampere into 4 ohm speakers.

  9. Re:What happens when everything is wireless? on Denon's $499 Ethernet Cable · · Score: 1

    Gold plated, low skin effect antennas...

  10. Re:RIAA on a suicide path with colletaral damage on RIAA Says "Wanna Fight? It'll Cost You!" · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What loyal customers? There aren't any CD shops anywhere anymore. The only remaining ones are online and they will eventually die out too.

  11. FTC? on Denon's $499 Ethernet Cable · · Score: 1

    This should be sent to the FTC for a fraud investigation.

  12. Re:The Real Ulysses on Groundbreaking Solar Mission Faces Chilly Death · · Score: 1

    No, I read the Odyssey - it is on my book shelf, together with many other classics. Odysseus did give the goat herd a sucker punch that cracked a bone in his face (for good reason), and the rest of what you said is simply not true. The suitors attacked Odysseus and he fought them off successfully. I suggest that you read the book. It is in every library.

  13. Plug in overnight on Japanese Company Says Laws of Physics Don't Apply — to Cars · · Score: 1

    My guess is that they plug the car in overnight to generate hydrogen, for use the next day. Air powered cars work the same way - plug in overnight to pump up a tank, then run the next day. Nothing particularly mysterious here.

  14. Re:Interbank Data Recovery Services on Using Distributed Computing To Thwart Ransomware · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why drag them out of the house first? That is very inefficient.

  15. Kneecaps... on Using Distributed Computing To Thwart Ransomware · · Score: 1

    It would be far more energy efficient to find the perp and lightly tap his kneecaps with a hatchet from the local hardware store...

  16. A ragtop... on BMW Introduces GINA Concept Car, Covered In Fabric · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Hmm, well, I can see that these ragtops will be very popular with petty criminals. Just zip her open and take whatever was left behind.

  17. Re:BSA on Boy Scouts Ask Open Source Community For Help · · Score: 1

    What has British Small Arms got to do with it?

  18. It is a Jeep thing on Efficiency? Think Racing Cars, Not Hybrids · · Score: 1

    I drive a Jeep because it is fun. I don't need to rationalize. It is a Jeep thing - you would not understand.

  19. Cast iron a.k.a. pig iron on Paper Stronger Than Cast Iron · · Score: 1

    Cast iron has about zilch tensile strength. So I want to award a big fat DUH there.

  20. No problem really... on The SUV Is Dethroned · · Score: 1

    I started an oil company. My Jeep gets 14 litres per hundred clicks and I laugh all the way to the bank with the oil cheques.

  21. Jeeps are selling well in Canada on The SUV Is Dethroned · · Score: 1

    I see new Jeeps everywhere and few new trucks. I guess the smaller (baby) trucks - which are what sells in the rest of the world - will dethrone the full size trucks in the USA.

  22. Re:do what now? on Acer Bets Big On Linux · · Score: 1

    Nevermind the cost of MS Office vs OpenOffice.org. Suddenly, your $200 MS laptop costs $500.

  23. Vista not all that different from XP on Microsoft Denies Call-in 'Save XP' Petition · · Score: 1

    I have used Vista a little bit and at first I didn't even realize that it was Vista. I'm so used to having to hunt around for the gawddamm network wizard in Control Panel, that I didn't even notice that things were a little different. I can't even say that I found the system to be noticeably more sluggish than XP either. In any case, whatever it is that is troubling a Vista system and chewing up cycles, can probably be turned off in similar fashion as on an XP system. The main thing is that most people have come to understand that whenever MS brings out a new product, it's performance is a little bit worse than the previous one, instead of better and consumers are revolting against that. Most consumers are not stupid and many know that Apple and Linux systems are improving and they are beginning to realize that you don't necessarily have to drink the MS Kool Aid. When a new product is worse and more expensive than another, then most consumers will eventually question it.

  24. iptables or squid-cache: ads -- /dev/null on Covert BT Phorm Trial Report Leaked · · Score: 1

    I'm sure there is a way to use IPtables of Squid-cache to remove any and all ads from packets. If they can be put in, then they can be taken out just as easily.

  25. Re:But what about quality of life on Bacteria Found Alive In Ice 120,000 Years Old · · Score: 1

    Hmm, what about the archaia that live several kilometers down in the crust of the earth, never to see the light of day? It has been calculated that there is just as much (or more) life in the upper 3 kilometers of rock, as there is on the surface of the earth.