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$200 PC Not what was expected, but a wonderful surprise!

Comment in News (9 diggs, 4 replies) - on 11/11/2007
I'm really suspicious of all the "anonymous" reviews that seem to all use the same wording and linux-fanboy attitude. Dont get me wrong.. I dont dislike Linux.. hell, I've got a Windows box, a new Macbook and a Ubuntu box here at home. They all have their … (see comment)
1716

$200 PC Not what was expected, but a wonderful surprise!

Comment in News (9 diggs, 1 reply) - on 11/11/2007
The cake is a lie. (see comment)
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What we learn from the dying

Comment in News (4 diggs, 0 replies) - on 11/07/2007
I've always been of the opinion that the reason death is (traditionally) such a traumatic thing is because we as human beings are conditioned (intentionally and unintentionally) to identify so strongly with our physical bodies (presence). We spend our ent … (see comment)
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Linux Jeolousy: My Wife Switched to Ubuntu

Comment in News (0 diggs, 2 replies) - on 10/18/2007
When Linux gets to the point where I can install it without having to do ANY command-line editing of various config files.. or spend 4 days fighting with video drivers , or find out some piece of hardware i need isnt supported.. someone please let me know … (see comment)
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Best 404 Messages Found on the Web

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 10/11/2007
dugg because jenni is the bomb. (see comment)
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Amazing 3D Animated gif

Comment in News (-1 diggs, 0 replies) - on 10/09/2007
I see what you did there. (see comment)
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Why Analysts Today Don't Get Linux on the Desktop

Comment in News (0 diggs, 1 reply) - on 10/05/2007
The author of the linked article has it totally wrong. Basically what he's saying is :.... Linux IS ready for the desktop, IF its a Linux user your giving it to. Linux isnt for Windows or Mac users... its for Linux users. So let me get this straight... … (see comment)
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Not Much Anonymity for Unprotected File-Sharers

Comment in News (0 diggs, 0 replies) - on 09/27/2007
That may be true, .....however (it seems to me) that Usenet is a lower priority target than P2P networks (atleast from the RIAA,etc's point of view). The RIAA (,et al) uses the same tactics that the Feds do on the War on Drugs. Find the easiest, biggest t … (see comment)
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The pupil bloodied and battered beyond recognition by teenage girls

Comment in News (-21 diggs, 4 replies) - on 09/23/2007
The first rule of Fight Club..... (see comment)
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Documentary: "Black Tar Heroin - Dark End Of The Street" [Full doc]

Comment in Videos (2 diggs, 0 replies) - on 09/11/2007
Wow. thats hardcore, and moving. hard to watch. very eyeopening. reminds me (even though i think I'm fairly odd) how "normal" my life really is. Such strange dichotomy to see people who are beautiful yet leading such tragic lives. (see comment)
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Is Comcast's BitTorrent filtering violating the law?

Comment in News (3 diggs, 0 replies) - on 09/05/2007
It sure is, and it (binary newsgroups) rocks. (see comment)
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Spectacular, Grand, Aw-Aw-Awesome View of Enormous Clouds on Planet Earth

Comment in News (3 diggs, 1 reply) - on 08/26/2007
Thats the most-est, best-est, cool-est, way awe-some-est headline ever. All your cloud belong to --> http://www.cloudappreciationsociety.org/ (see comment)
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MARIJUANA Smokers are terrorists!!!!!!!!

Comment in News (4 diggs, 0 replies) - on 07/15/2007
No.. there are no "massive protests".. for many of the reasons people listed in comments above. 1.) even when there are massive protests, it doesnt change anything because the government is gonig to do what it wants to do anyways. 2.) I think alot of peop … (see comment)
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Top 7 Things System Administrators Forget to Do

Comment in News (6 diggs, 0 replies) - on 05/04/2007
I hate how they use the word "forget". I think it would be more appropriate to say: "7 things System Administrators dont have time to do because they are vastly overworked and underappreciated." (see comment)
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Top 100 Most Influential People in IT

Comment in News (2 diggs, 0 replies) - on 04/30/2007
Thats one of the most predictable and cliche lists I think I've ever seen. It strikes me from reading the list that they define the word "influential" as "rich and popular" I can agree with people like : Tim Berners-Lee, Vinton Cerf, Vikram Akula or Lu … (see comment)
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Web Worker Emergency Survival Kit

Comment in News (4 diggs, 0 replies) - on 04/13/2007
Thats pretty much what I thought reading the article too. If you dont have these things already (or havent thought of them)..you dont deserve to be in IT. (see comment)
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This plan will make you LOVE paying taxes... really!

Comment in News (0 diggs, 0 replies) - on 04/07/2007
I've been saying this for years. (see comment)
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Google releases "MY MAPS" to goole maps. AWESOME

Comment in News (-2 diggs, 0 replies) - on 04/05/2007
FrogMuffin.... I'm building a city-map of my local city by using www.communitywalk.com You can setup multiple users (have everyone use the same Community Walk logon) .. AND.... CommunityWalk has editable Categories (of locations) (so you can make … (see comment)