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  1. Re:Best KDE 3.5 distro? on Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 "Lenny" Released · · Score: 1

    No GUI to adjust the clock, no GUI to set up your screens etc.

    My God, this is what Linux users are made of now?

  2. Re:Why? on The Pirate Bay Is Making a "Spectrial" of It · · Score: 1

    Exactly

    How many people remember the guy from lokitorrents?

    And for those that do, most see a pathetic sellout

  3. Re:Attention! on Abraham Lincoln the Early Adopter · · Score: 0, Troll

    Thank you.

    In San Antonio the bulk of the people are hispanic.

    The only one I know that was voting for McCain was treated as a sell out. No mention of issues just racial pride and loyalty were issues for a lot of minorities. (I guess that was considered an issue then.)

  4. Re:freely implementable standard? please on Moonlight 1.0 Brings Silverlight Content To Linux · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Um, portions of Silverlight are public source and moonlight *is* OSS.

    It may not be Richart Stallman perfect, but it works for even a jaded manager like me.

    This from the person who said Vista was faster than that bloated XP.

    http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1024039&cid=25706211

    I was curious to see what type of "jaded" manager would consider public source the same as open source so I checked your history.
    You're good at hiding your "true" feelings because most your posts seem very pro-vista and critical of OSS (usually, though, with the disclaimer that you use such and such linux app. Reminds me of the Seinfield epdisode where the guy could make fun of everyone because he used to be whatever his target was too.)

  5. Re:FYI: Can't have any adblocking on CBS Hosts Ad-Funded TV Series, Incl. Original Star Trek · · Score: 1

    Works in IceWeasel with adblock installed on on.

    I am using Linux (hence IceWeseal.) Maybe it is more forgiving for the Linux OS since we do not have IE?

    Hopefull, Netflix sees Hulu and CBS and decides to get off of quicksilver and IE so I can use it is well. I am getting close to canceling my subscription. The online thing is the only thing that seems interesting, and I don't like opening a Virtual machine for windows and using playon just to be able to watch it on my Linux XBMC

  6. Re:Wow on CBS Hosts Ad-Funded TV Series, Incl. Original Star Trek · · Score: 1

    Exactly. Block the ads, removing the ads, etc., will give the studios the chance to say this doesn't work.

    The ads (at least on Hulu) are 30 seconds timed were the normal comercial breaks would be.

    We finally get to watch a show on our timetable on what medium we want.

    The only alternative would be a subcription rate which would quickly turn to a cable system with premiums channels / shows.

  7. Re:Outside the US? on CBS Hosts Ad-Funded TV Series, Incl. Original Star Trek · · Score: 1

    You mean like the BBC shows?

  8. Re:Who is the bloodsucker? on $2 Billion For Broadband Cut From Stimulus Bill · · Score: 1

    1999? Wasn't that Clinton's era?

    It's incredible that you skip that detail and jump forward to Bush's time

  9. Re:Rebranding and relaunch on Windows 7 To Skip Straight To a Release Candidate · · Score: 1

    You replied to the wrong post dumbass

  10. Re:Before you start screaming about this. on Torvalds Rejects One-Size-Fits-All Linux · · Score: 1

    Nvidia's installer seems to work well across the disros.

    Hell, I installed ATI's drivers a few weeks ago and it worked great. It did not require me to use a certain distro or kernel.

    Can't say about other hardware because my kernel seems to support it just fine.

    For software, ID installers and Unreals seem pretty distro neutral and have always installed well for (as well as any .exe)

  11. Re:Rebranding and relaunch on Windows 7 To Skip Straight To a Release Candidate · · Score: 1

    the hype that's "affecting" me is the hype of people telling me just how much they like it.

    Then this is for you

    http://www.mojaveexperiment.com/

  12. Re:Woah on KDE 4.2 Is Released · · Score: 5, Informative

    Go to Settings --> Destop --> uncheck Desktop Effects.

    That was easy.

  13. Re:1 question on KDE 4.2 Is Released · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Get over 4.0. There is no changing what happened and it's too easy a bitch anyways.

    KDE 4.2 is functional and should work beyond expectations for most typical home users.

    It even intergrates google gadets into plasma!

  14. Re:How is this news? on SUSE Studio — Linux Customization For the Masses · · Score: 1

    Don't reply to those. Every linux article has to have someone say that Ybuntu has been doing x for years

  15. Re:IE not supported... on SUSE Studio — Linux Customization For the Masses · · Score: 1

    I don't have IE at home, but if this is true, my desire to try this has gone up.

    (BTW it works in Konqueror.)

  16. Re:um on Monster.com Data Stolen, Won't Email Users · · Score: 1

    I found my current job through monstor 5 years ago.

    Seems to be mainly juck jobs now (like how to be my own boss and how to make money on ebay.)

  17. Re:sample quality? on After Monty Python Goes YouTube, Big Jump In DVD Sales · · Score: 1

    I'm glad I'm not alone in not knowing these.

    According do acronyms.thefreedictionary.com it means "I Told You So" to save a search.

    There seems to be an acronyms for everything.

    They don't really flow aloud like they used to. No thought put into them anymore.

  18. Re:Tackle? on Battlestar Galactica's Last Days · · Score: 1

    That's why pencils have erasers

  19. Re:Tackle? on Battlestar Galactica's Last Days · · Score: 1

    We cared about the Russians?

    Or we didn't want them keeping a third or fourth of Japan like they did Germany?

  20. Re:Slow Justice is No Justice on EC Considering Removing Internet Explorer From Windows · · Score: 1

    Reducing IE's marketshare has already made the Web more standards compliant

  21. Re:Pity the (2) fools. on RIAA Walks Away From Another "Discovery" Case · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I guess you are not counting all those millions killed under the State as a "bad" thing.

  22. Re:Won't Help Big Three on Feds To Offer Cash For Your Clunker · · Score: 1

    Yes but you can only buy a 2004 or newer car with that money.

  23. Re:Won't Help Big Three on Feds To Offer Cash For Your Clunker · · Score: 1

    Gas back to $3.00+ kills the savings one is able to use to add to the voucher.

    It also increases the cost of groceries and other goods which ruins the saving you mentioned.

    If I have a car that gets 10 miles to the gallon and horrible credit, how am I suppose to build my savings to get the newer car?

    If I have a choice between buying a car that gets 20 miles to the gallon and having $500 left over or one that gets 25 miles and have none left over, what should I do? I know environmentally speaking, I would go for the 25 miles, but money wise, I will need that extra money for the first month's gas bill.

    In the long run, I would save money buying the 25 mile per gallon car, but for most of us living paycheck to paycheck, the long term options are not always feasible.

  24. Re:And then what? on Trying To Find White House Missing E-mails · · Score: 1

    And that's exactly why the executive branch gets so much power.

    Both sides want it for when it's their turn.

    When the Patriot Act passed I said that even if you have no reason to distrust Bush, what about the person who comes after him?

  25. Re:Contempt of Court on Trying To Find White House Missing E-mails · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Or the fact that people seem to think that Bush is the dumbest guy there is yet able to circumvent whatever backup and security precautions are in place.

    I never no which Bush people are talking about -the evil mastermind or the bumbling idiot.

    Bush is gone soon. Quit bitching and move on like we have done for Clinton and Carter and the rest