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• I wish this was an April Fool's Joke
  Sadly, it's not. In reply to: "Office Open XML is an ISO standard: Now what?"

  April 1, 2008

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• gOS is a linux distribution
  RE:
  "Processors from Via Technologies also match up well with Linux and other alternative operating systems like the gOS."
  
  Isn't gOS just another Linux distribution with some google apps? I wouldn't put it under the category "other alternative operating systems". Not when comparing it to "Linux", anyhow. In reply to: "Linux destined for low-cost Intel Atom PCs"

  March 28, 2008

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• kai6novice,
  
  Did you read the article? The flash controllers already do wear-leveling. They are saying that most of the failures are in the CONTROLLER SILICON. At least thats what the guy from Samsung is claiming. In reply to: "Intel, Samsung comment on flash, SSD reliability"

  March 18, 2008

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• tiered pricing?
  dont they already have different service levels, like 6mbps and 8mpbs?
  
  As far as I'm concerned, if they advertise "unlimited internet", it should be unlimited and perform at the speeds they advertise. If they dont have the network capacity to handle those speeds, thats their problem-- they shouldn't advertise those speeds.
  
  By the way, what they are doing is not "reasonable network management". If it was reasonable, they would only throttle it down to like 20 k/s. Instead, as soon as you begin to seed a torrent, the upload rate drops to basically zero.
  
  What really bothers me is how often they denied it. If they're throttling what I'm paying for, they should at least tell me about it and not try to pretend their not doing it. In reply to: "BitTorrent firms: Comcast throttling is anticompetitive"

  February 14, 2008

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• Yeah. The hard part is the installation. Mac has it easy. They have like 5 product lines (not an exact count, cause i dont really care that much, so dont flame me about it). All with similar hardware. Try to get some generic x86 hardware and install OSX on it. I'm sure you'll run into a few headaches, while having to settle for something thats potentially illegal (OSX86).
  
  Linux has to support pretty much everything. So, obviously, it takes longer to setup a linux box for grandma-- because grandma probably didn't buy her linux pre-installed. I've never bought preinstalled linux and I'm sure there are different experiences, but if the manufacturer is competent, the system should be just as easy to use as osx.
  
  Once its setup, though, youre pretty much done. And when I have to support grandma, I don't even have to go to the house. I can just ssh in from home in most cases-- however rare those cases might be.
  
  And the great part is... everything was free. No new hardware to buy (MAC). Also, no need for a $200 security suite (Windows).
  
  If the person setting up the computer is competent, they can make it just as easy or easier to use than a mac.
  
  Even on installs, the hardest part is usually the video card and the wireless chipset. I have yet to run into a configuration that was impossible to setup. Most of the blame for this falls on the chipset makers and video card manufacturers for either (a) not releasing drivers for linux or (b) not releasing specs so the community can make their own. Thankfully, the video card manufacturers are beginning to rethink their models (Thanks ATI/AMD).
  
  Anyhow, if youre looking to do things on the cheap-- instead of buying grandma a $1200 macbook or imac, just take the worthless pentium 3 windows box she has now and install linux. Your pocketbook will thank you.
  
  I have a macbook pro at home. I had a powerbook before that. I like mac hardware, especially their laptops. I've had the mbp for 3 years and I beat the crap out of it. It still runs though. I might even think about getting a new mbp when they update the product line. I like to think I'm not particular or have the need to have control over everything. I use linux because it works for me. I've tried everything else and it doesn't. In reply to: "Why your grandma doesn't run desktop Linux"

  February 8, 2008

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• Maybe you just think the wine is better cause it costs more.
  http://www.news.com/8301-13580_3-9849949-39.html In reply to: "Vudu drops price to fend off resurgent Apple TV"

  January 24, 2008

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• GPL
  It's GPL now, which means that anyone can have the source. Even if they make proprietary add-ons, I think they will have to keep the part that was GPL'ed under the GPL and any changes to that part would have to be gpl'ed too. Thats if I understand the license correctly. In reply to: "Sun to fork out $1 billion for open-source firm MySQL"

  January 16, 2008

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• Funny Stuff
  You've been drinking too much of the Steve Ballmer Kool-aid. "Linux infringes on 235 Microsoft Patents".
  
  Oh yeah, Steve? Can you tell us which ones and how? "Uhh... no, I can't"
  
  Problem is, most of Microsofts software patents are probably bogus anyhow and wouldn't hold up in court. That's why they haven't pursued legal action against the open source community. In reply to: "KDE 4 gives Linux some Mac, Windows flavor"

  January 15, 2008

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• You can either cut a deeper slot in the head with a dremel or try drilling it out. You dont really need to try and re-tap it. One missing screw out of 4 probably won't harm anything. In reply to: "Got a new laptop? Get out your screwdriver"

  January 14, 2008

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• In my opinion, wifi-radar is 100x better. The whole idea of network-manager not being compatible with ifconfig scripts is a bad idea.
  
  Also, your connection with wifi-radar is already up when you boot into the system. It automatically connects to any profiles you have set up and is initiated by the time you get to the login screen. No waiting for network-manager to connect once you're already booted.
  
  If I want DHCP on one network and a static IP on another, I have that choice and its easy to setup. I never found a way to do that with network-manager. Not saying that there's no way to do it. Maybe I just didn't look hard enough. In reply to: "Linux users answer the call: Ubuntu wireless-adapter glitch resolved"

  January 14, 2008

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