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  1. Re:Maybe KDE & Gnome Folk Will Read... on Independent Human Interface Guidelines · · Score: 1

    Just installed Pidgin 2.0.0 (what Gaim evolved into) on a friend's XP laptop today.

    Pidgin looks *quite* nice on XP, and fits in very well.

    The first thing my friend commented on was how clean Pidgin was (she had been using Windows Live Messenger.)

    So, yes, while Gaim did used to be an eyesore under Windows, they have fixed that problem, and fixed it quite well.

    Pidgin is quite competitive with the other, Windows native messengers in terms of UI consistence these days.

  2. Re:Telecomm on US No Longer Technology King · · Score: 1

    There aren't different species of dogs. Dogs are the name of the species, and they can all breed with each other. Arguing "microevolution" and "macroevolution" are different things, would be like arguing something like the Great Wall of China could not have been built by humans, because you have never seen somebody build a giant stone structure, even though you could observe someone constructing a house out of bricks, and could quite easily build one of your own.

  3. Re:Telecomm on US No Longer Technology King · · Score: 1

    "Macroevolution" is not different from "microevolution." The same biological processes (and many of the same genes even!) are shared between us and the bacteria which are used often in studies, and are admitted to evolve even by most critics of "macroevolution." Evolution is very much science, and quite easily repeatable, scientists do it all the time.

  4. Re:Things on the internet may be false? YOU DON'T on Sinbad Rises From Wikipedia Grave · · Score: 1

    I would argue that Wikipedia is actually a more reliable source than most of the rest of the Internet. Wikipedia gets read regularly, and edited by the public, so if something is wrong, there is a chance it will be corrected. For much of the rest of the web, there is no such system.

  5. Re:Ignorance is just so wonderful to see in action on Why Dell Won't Offer Linux On Its PCs · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Purchasing a new graphics card, opening your box, and installing it, is harder than editing the xorg.conf file. So, maybe you should also add "the user must NEVER EVER EVER, any any circumstances, have to either to upgrade hardware," in which case, I would like to where you buy your USB video cards.

  6. Re:DRM is a con trick on Why DRM Cannot Open Up New Business Models · · Score: 1

    But, you could never have a service like this without DRM. Radio.
  7. Re:Why make a stink? on Raymond Knocks Fedora, Switches to Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    Firefox 2 is in Fedora 7, or at least it's in the development repos, and Test 1.

  8. Re:At least Apple is consistent, I guess... on Jobs Favors DRM-Free Music Distribution · · Score: 1

    I'm a Linux user, and am having quite a lot of trouble installing Rockbox on my iPod. The new Naon 2G and the latest video iPods have new encryption and I think some hardware changes, so you basically have to use a Windows PC or a Mac to put music on them (and have it playable).

  9. Re:I call bullshit on this on Finding New Code · · Score: 1

    This doesn't quite apply if you have the source code, since his point was that you should rely on nobody else for your core business functions, and if you have the source code, you don't need to rely on anyone else.

  10. Re:Arrr! on Pirate Bay to Purchase Sealand? · · Score: 1

    Wait, you're saying downloading someone's song causes them to lose their copyright? Because otherwise I think "ignoring" would be more appropriate than "depriving."

  11. Re:Finite things can grow on Is the Universe a Hall of Mirrors? · · Score: 1

    Actually, the point of relativity is that nothing can have speed greater than that of the speed of light. Objects can move relative to each other faster than the speed of light however, provided space expands or contracts properly. If the acceleration of the expansion of the universe continues until the expansion of the universe exceeds the speed of light then it will be quite possible for photons to never reach us from various sources of light. Also the idea of warping space to achieve (functionally) faster than light speed travel is one of the basic concepts behind warp drive, so no, I'm not making this up myself.

  12. Re:What Linux can do and Windows cannot on The War Is Over, and Linux Has Won · · Score: 1

    Under linux you can actually just do a "rename .jpeg .jpg *" to get a similar result.

  13. Re:Two of my prayers for FireFox Improvement on Firefox 2.0 To Debut Tuesday · · Score: 1

    Keywords are really easy in Firefox, you just bookmark the search engine, and put %s where you want the search string to go.

    An example:
    Name: Google Quicksearch
    Location: http://google.com/search?q=%25s
    Keyword: g

    If you set up a bookmark like that and type "g slashdot", you'll find yourself with a google search for slashdot.

    And yeah, changing middlemouse.contentLoadURL to false does fix the loading a new page when you middle click. First thing I change when I make a new profile.

  14. Re:I disagree on Teens Don't Buy Legit MP3s Because They Can't? · · Score: 1

    You didn't have a radio?

  15. Re:I like this defintion on IAU Proposes 3 New Planets · · Score: 1

    In astrology I believe they go by the literal definition of planet (in I think Greek) which means "wandering star". So basically, if it looks like a point in the sky, and it moves against the background, astrologers consider it a "planet" for the purposes of their predictions.

  16. Re:Yea, but what's outside on An Older, Larger Universe · · Score: 1

    I believe that is the basic concept behind warp drive.