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Who Doesn't Believe in Evolution?
Comment in News (6 diggs, 0 replies) - on 05/04/2007
Hold on. You can't *believe* in evolution. Belief is not scientific. Evolution is just a scientific theory that explains certain phenomena, it can scrutinized and therefore possibly disproved or superseded by another theory in the future. You can *beli … (see comment)
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10 Reasons Why It Doesn’t Pay To Be “The Computer Guy”
Comment in News (4 diggs, 0 replies) - on 05/03/2007
You have my deepest sympathy. I think I'll stay in IT... (see comment)
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10 Reasons Why It Doesn’t Pay To Be “The Computer Guy”
Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 05/03/2007
@jawbreaker You must insist you don't know anything about windows... Then explain that they should try Ubuntu, or buy a Mac. Then go into some detailed comparisons between Linux and Mac to "help them with their choice"... (see comment)
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10 Reasons Why It Doesn’t Pay To Be “The Computer Guy”
Comment in News (2 diggs, 0 replies) - on 05/03/2007
Works for me too. Someone asked me (basically for a free lesson) to explain how to use some webpage editing tool on windows, so I told him: "I use vi on Linux, I hand code everything". Using vi and hand coding webpages doesn't seem to be something the ave … (see comment)
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A Firefox Bankcard! How cool is that?
Comment in News (48 diggs, 0 replies) - on 04/10/2007
The Bank is SEB Eesti Ühispank, which is a bank in Estonia, you can order it online if you have an account there (it's free until May 31st). But you can play around with the web tool to see how it works even if you don't have an account: http://www.seb.e … (see comment)
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A Firefox Bankcard! How cool is that?
Comment in News (23 diggs, 0 replies) - on 04/10/2007
There's at least one 8 in the number... (see comment)
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A Firefox Bankcard! How cool is that?
Comment in News (40 diggs, 0 replies) - on 04/10/2007
SEB Eesti Ühispank - It's a Swedish bank in Estonia. http://www.seb.ee/index/1301200521 (runs until May 31st) (see comment)
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A Firefox Bankcard! How cool is that?
Comment in News (80 diggs, 0 replies) - on 04/10/2007
Sorry, the bank doesn't allow that on their cards. (see comment)
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Isabella Stewart Gardner looked creepishly like Bill Gates (picture)
Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 03/28/2007
The face indeed has a striking resemblance to Bill Gates, at least when he was younger. (see comment)
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I love Firefox - this is my idea of how to make it even better.
Comment in News (2 diggs, 0 replies) - on 03/18/2007
I completely digg the idea to get people to get more out of Firefox. Though different from your method, here are two things that I have tried: Instead of showing a download Firefox button to Firefox users, show them a button to "get more out of Firefox". … (see comment)
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An AI Chatbot learns to speak almost fluently in a matter of weeks.
Comment in News (6 diggs, 0 replies) - on 03/12/2007
She revealed to me that she was created by somebody very clever, as I was pondering more existential questions to ask Digg managed to get her to shut up... Digg:1 Jeeney:0 (see comment)
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Map geeks only- Firefox Extension- "geo:" uri
Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 02/27/2007
Though not entirely convinced I am digging you for effort. (see comment)
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Map geeks only- Firefox Extension- "geo:" uri
Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 02/26/2007
Here is a much easier way: go to http://maps.google.com/ Right click on the search box and select "Add a Keyword for this search" Fill in the fields: Name: Google Maps Keyword: geo: And hit "Add" Then go to your location bar and enter: g … (see comment)
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Microsoft: The World's Biggest Cybersquatter?
Comment in News (2 diggs, 0 replies) - on 02/25/2007
"If you're entering a generic domain though (cameras.com), you're looking for content related to the term." If I am looking for content related to a term I use a search engine. (see comment)
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Microsoft: The World's Biggest Cybersquatter?
Comment in News (5 diggs, 0 replies) - on 02/25/2007
"Would you rather have a "Server Not Found" page that leads to a dead end" Yes, because it is immediately clear that I made a mistake, I can then go to the location bar and correct it. When my original URL with typo is replaced by one for live search i … (see comment)
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Did NoFollow Fail? Wikipedia and Most Blogs Use NoFollow; Digg Doesn't
Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 02/22/2007
I use nofollow for links to sites that use nofollow themselves. So I suggest to add nofollow to your wikipedia links if you are unhappy about them doing it. (see comment)
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The Seven Best Add-Ons for IE7
Comment in News (4 diggs, 4 replies) - on 02/22/2007
So the 10 year old Explorer can now finally stand up, while the 3 year old Firefox could already run at birth. (see comment)
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Pre-Installed Linux Tops Dell Customer Requests
Comment in News (3 diggs, 0 replies) - on 02/20/2007
@satertek - "How many of those people have actually bought a Dell?" I voted for Linux, OOo and Firefox pre-installed on Dell and I bought 2 computers from Dell in the last 2 years. 1 laptop and 1 PC. Both run Fedora, with no problems actually. I don … (see comment)
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Pre-Installed Linux Tops Dell Customer Requests
Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 02/20/2007
@akashra "Yeah, probably because Linux is so bloody hard to install and get everything working right that people want someone else to do it for them." Most people wouldn't be able to install windows on their system. I am willing to bet that if you ship … (see comment)
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Speeding Up FireFox
Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 02/18/2007
Before applying any of these tips, you should read this first: http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/archives/007164.html (see comment)

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