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  1. Re:At my computer store, XP outsells Vista 10 to 1 on DRAM Makers Suffer Due to Lackluster Vista Adoption · · Score: 1

    I have seen that too. The problem seems to be that MS designed Vista for home users and even home users don't like it. When will they learn and design a system for business users? That is where the money is after all.

  2. Re:Another Alternative on DRAM Makers Suffer Due to Lackluster Vista Adoption · · Score: 1

    Hmm, I work at an enormous company and IT upgraded me to a nice laptop with Vista and full disk encryption. So, now I run Puppy Linux off a CDROM and store my data on one of the servers. Since the HDD is encrypted I cannot use it at all. Fighting Windows just isn't worth it. Since my data is on a server, it gets backed up, so this is more secure and much faster.

  3. Re:Maybe on DRAM Makers Suffer Due to Lackluster Vista Adoption · · Score: 1

    Yup, I tried the nice rotating windows on Linux and after about 10 seconds went back to normal. Microsoft wasted their time copying that...

  4. How many trees are Europe planting? on Misuse of Scientific Data By the White House · · Score: 1, Interesting

    The USA alone plants more than 4 million trees *per day* - billions of trees per year. The US forest area has increased over the last several decades. How many trees are Europe planting?

  5. Wrong attitude... on Pro-ODF Legislation Loses In Six States · · Score: 1

    Ubuntu is "New and Shiny". Windows is "Old and Clunky and Plagued with Viruses".

  6. Leeches on TiVo Says It Could Suffer Under GPLv3 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Hmm, well, the whole purpose of the GPL is to discourage leeches and encourage co-operation. Nobody forced Tivo et al to mooch off GPL code. They are free to either re-invent it all, or to become honest players.

    He who keeps taking our ball and goes home with it, has to play alone or bring the ball back...

  7. Noah's Ark Found! on Wreck of Australian Warship HMAS Sydney Found? · · Score: 1

    This is obviously a hoax. The sea isn't even that deep in its deepest spots and there is no way that usable light will get down there and back up again and still yield a remotely usable image through all the turbulence and suspended muck.

    Noah's Ark Found! Noah's Ark!

  8. RCS on Linus on GIT and SCM · · Score: 2, Funny

    So what you are saying is that RCS was done right and everything done since is wrong...

  9. Hull shape... on Pimping Out a New House · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think that first of all you need to decide whether the house going to be mono hull or double hull. A double hull is more stable in large swells and you can make a nice open living room on the bridge.

  10. Re:ATT: Mathbots on Boys with Longer Ring Fingers are Better at Math · · Score: 1

    "...could lead to great difficulty making sex with most women." - and how would you know? ;)

  11. Re:Funny but stupid on The Ultimate Reset Button · · Score: 1

    Agreed, install Windows in VMware or Qemu on Linux and always copy the image file from backup before starting the virtual machine. That way you have a fresh system every time.

  12. VMware buttons on The Ultimate Reset Button · · Score: 1

    I think the buttons in the VMware management utility are big enough. A virtual machine on Linux is the only sane way to run Windows.

  13. Re:Wonderful! on Scientists Identify How the Body Senses Cold · · Score: 1

    I always wondered how Jerry Hall reacted when Mick wrote the song "I'm so hot and she's so cold..."

  14. Re:Painfully cold? on Scientists Identify How the Body Senses Cold · · Score: 1

    Hmm, even minus 20F is fairly tropical, almost T-shirt weather where I live.

  15. Re:Power Storage Alternative on 40% Efficiency Solar Cells Developed · · Score: 1

    "...power the dark side." ...so that is what Darth Vader was talking about...

  16. Re:Efficiency on 40% Efficiency Solar Cells Developed · · Score: 1

    ...and if you concentrate the sunlight 1000 times, then the thing will melt...

  17. No problem with sensing cold on Scientists Identify How the Body Senses Cold · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't have any problem sensing cold temperatures. When your eyelashes and nostrils freeze shut when you blink or breathe, it is fairly obvious...

  18. Wafer scale on Intel Shows Off 80-core Processor · · Score: 1

    I guess that eventually they'll just fire up a whole 300mm wafer. It'll be cookin...

  19. Known sites? on 10 Anti-Phishing Firefox Extensions · · Score: 0

    If you know which sites are 'bad', simply add them to the hosts file and loop them to the home address. No need for a plugin.

  20. Re:The results... on Music Listeners Test 128kbps vs. 256kbps AAC · · Score: 3, Funny

    "I could hear the lyrics clearly in a few places"

    Hmm, I guess that is only because you don't have low skin effect monster cables on your earbuds... ;)

    Anyhoo, if you can hear a difference, then you haven't gone to enough heavy metal shows.

  21. No Country music on Music Listeners Test 128kbps vs. 256kbps AAC · · Score: 4, Funny

    Both kinds of music were missing: They had neither Country nor Western music in the test.

    What is America coming to?

  22. Re:Touch? on New Anti-Forensics Tools Thwart Police · · Score: 1

    That is probably what timestomp is - a bash script.

  23. Re:Never trust the computer! on New Anti-Forensics Tools Thwart Police · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, alternatively one could just use Windows ME on a FAT file system. That screws things up all by itself - no need for fancy tools.

  24. Willunwhen the file istobe created... on New Anti-Forensics Tools Thwart Police · · Score: 2, Funny

    the modification date was'ntobe set the last time it shallhasbeen accessed...

    Uhh - got to work on my future imperfect past continuous tense.

  25. Quick! Unplug the internet! on Germany Declares Hacking Tools Illegal · · Score: 1

    Hmm, to stay legal, someone will have to pull the plug on Germany.