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  1. Re:You don't have an argument on Cell Phone Jamming on the Rise · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Because one works? Have you been to a theater?

    (Also the copper mesh isn't traveling the airwaves)

  2. Re:Needless to say... on Netflix May Already Be Killing Blockbuster? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I would think that video rentals would help lead to piracy (renting then ripping - makes it more anonymous as well.)

  3. Re:I don't belive it. on Picture Passwords More Secure than Text · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Will we need to draw a new picture every 90 days?

  4. Re:Could be something good on FCC To End Exclusive Cable For Apartments · · Score: 1

    Same here and the lines are dilapidated.

    I get a good connection, but a non-constant one. The cable guy even told us that they had no incentive to repair or upgrade the lines.

    He went on to mention that the competition Grande Cable was better and had newer lines but did poorer with the apartment contracts.

    The apartment complex requires a $500 deposit and apartment insurance to cover at least a hundred thousand due to an increase chance of being stuck by lightning if you want to switch to satelite.

  5. Re:A better Youtube killer on Hulu Launches With Few YouTube Killing Qualities · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Hell, it even works in Konqueror and adds
    "For Linux support try Mplayer"

    Nice to see a non flash driven site

  6. Re:Could be something good on FCC To End Exclusive Cable For Apartments · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I may finally be able to leave TimeWarner.

    That alone makes this good.

  7. Re:SIOX ! on GIMP 2.4 Released · · Score: 3, Insightful

    For only $649

    http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/index.html

    I know if I was just starting which one I would try first. (And I mean try very very hard)

    I hate to bring in price as a selling point but that's almost two weeks (after tax) wage for me.

  8. Re:Bullshit... on ATI Releases AIGLX Linux Driver · · Score: 1

    How did that get modded insightful when it's not even true?

  9. Re:Bullshit... on ATI Releases AIGLX Linux Driver · · Score: 1

    None of what you said makes me have faith in the driver. Unoffical patches? What tweaking?

  10. Re:This CAN be stopped on Hellgate Beta's In-Game Ads Raise Eyebrows · · Score: 1

    Tell them that you don't feel comfortable buying their copy because of copy protection laws.

  11. Re:ODF for me, DOC for thee on Do OpenOffice Users Save In Microsoft Format? · · Score: 1

    Why would you want it to do that?

    Yes, sarcasm is lost on me

  12. Re:ODF for me, DOC for thee on Do OpenOffice Users Save In Microsoft Format? · · Score: 1

    It would also save the 2 or 3 files in a tarball

  13. Re:Good grief on Man Hacks 911 System, Sends SWAT on Bogus Raid · · Score: 1

    I never knew that slashdot had so many pro-gun members.

    (Not criticizing - I just assumed the opposite.)

  14. Re:Good grief on Man Hacks 911 System, Sends SWAT on Bogus Raid · · Score: 2, Funny

    The movies I watch say so

  15. Re:What does Grub Offer that Lilo Doesn't on Getting Grubby & Demystifying Linux Booting · · Score: 1

    damn!

  16. Re:What does Grub Offer that Lilo Doesn't on Getting Grubby & Demystifying Linux Booting · · Score: 1

    Still two years after grub supported it

  17. Re:What does Grub Offer that Lilo Doesn't on Getting Grubby & Demystifying Linux Booting · · Score: 2, Informative

    GRUB, unlike LILO, is able to read filesystems and recognize kernel images too

    Lilo probably overcame this a while ago but there is also problem reading beyond 1024 cylinders

  18. Re:An Article about init on Getting Grubby & Demystifying Linux Booting · · Score: 2, Informative

    I still am not sure that upstart will be in Debian anytime soon.

    It just seems to sit in experimental. The fact that sysvinit stays marked as required and tries to re-install itself and remove upstart doesn't help.

    Grub2, on the otherhand, has been offered for the past couple months during installation.

  19. Re:Peace Prize != Good Science on Al Gore Shares Nobel Peace Prize with UN Panel · · Score: 1

    Stop the knee-jerk reaction. He ended up being modded +5 insightful.

    Looks like the Gore lovers have the mod points today.

  20. Re:See this? on Linspire Releases Controversial Version 6.0 · · Score: 1

    You mean like klik?

    http://klik.atekon.de/

  21. Re:Thanks but... on Linspire Releases Controversial Version 6.0 · · Score: 1

    A Debian Sid is out every day!

    But this story is about Linspire.

  22. Re:Yay upgrade! on Linux Kernel v2.6.23 Released · · Score: 1

    I sure it had all the security updates available for it as well...

  23. Re:You know the drill... on Linux Kernel v2.6.23 Released · · Score: 1

    I been using it since the rc3 + releases. This kernel has given me no problems.

    I haven't noticed much of a difference in speed but then I am not sure why I expect each version to be the faster.

    Just a question to other users:

    I have been trimming my kernel and removing what I don't need from the stock 60 mb Debian kernels to a lean (for me since the rest of the config options to get it smaller are over my head) 8 mb one (and I do notice a difference there.)

    I have been using make oldconfig from each kernel to the next so I don't have to start over. How often do most of you start over from scratch (re-synce the config back to default?) I imagine that make oldconfig after awhile results in a dirty kernel as I keep pulling configs with me from old kernels.

  24. Re:Fakes? on Last Chance to Sign Up for 10-Year Anniversary Party · · Score: 1

    His wife is hot

    *ducks

  25. Re:Honestly on Coppola Loses All His Data · · Score: 1

    It's news because he had a 15 year old laptop. (Or he destroyed 15 years of material when he purchased his laptop.)