Comment Re:Explore2fs (Score 1) 569
Wow, that looks pretty handy! I've been looking to do something like this for a while, this will let me to use ext2 at college where I'm not allowed to install drivers :P Thanks :)
Comment Here's a handy guide (Score 1) 318
To anyone who wants to try it out on Ubuntu. I'm sure it will work for other platforms too :)
http://kagashe.blogspot.com/2009/06/uzbl-new-usable-browser-on-ubuntu-904.html
Comment Re:A more interesting variation should be done (Score 1) 309
I thought one of the things about cells was that it could take DNA strands and merge them into existing chromosomes? Correct my if I'm wrong, it's been a while since I've done biology.
Comment Re:Firefox may be one cause (Score 1) 907
I'd have to agree with you on that one because even on Windows, FireFox's (version 3.5.2) main thread is doing crap loads of context switches even when I'm not using it and have it minimized.
Comment Re:power saving tip: disable the optical drive (Score 1) 907
Except one doesn't have to go through those extra steps when using Windows which is kind of the point.
Comment XP netbooks (Score 5, Insightful) 907
Linux is a popular choice for netbooks, where battery life is paramount.
You mean "was", until Microsoft decided to keep Windows XP alive in the North American market for a few more years at bargain-basement prices per copy.
Comment A decade? (Score 1) 633
[quote]I still am quite happy with almost a decade old machines[/quote]
Really? A decade? That's sub-1Ghz. That's two years prior to the release of Windows XP. What modern software are you going to run on a machine that old? At least DirectX was out then, so there exists some software from that era that will run on modern computers (although likely not Vista).
Comment Re:Code ownership... (Score 1) 330
In other words, Linux is derivative, but not A derivative.
Comment Re:Pretty easy (Score 1) 633
this. Include a copy of ubuntu and you're covered. Trust me, in 17 years she'll b able to find a computer that will run it.
hell, if 17 years she'll probably be able to find someone still running windows 98.
You overestimate progress. Put them on DVD and be done with it.
the whole point of a time capsule is that it's old stuff. If I opened a time capsul from when i was born and it had CD's and flash drives, I'd feel cheated (and I'd wonder where they got those).
Submission + - Apple working on consumer abuse-detection tech 2
Toe, The writes: "Apple has submitted a patent application for technologies which would detect device-abuse by consumers. The intent presumably being to aid in determining the validity of warranty claims. "Consumer abuse events" would be recorded by liquid and thermal sensors detecting extreme environmental exposures, a shock sensor detecting drops or other impacts, and a continuity sensor to detect jailbreaking or other tampering. The article also notes that liquid submersion detectors are already deployed in MacBook Pros, iPhones and iPods. It does seem reasonable that a corporation would wish to protect itself from fraudulent warranty claims; however the idea of sensors inside your portable devices detecting what you do with them might raise eyebrows even beyond the tinfoil-hat community."
Comment Re:People just don't understand Linux (Score 3, Informative) 833
My favorite "useless feature" is track changes in Word. Do you have any idea how surprised people get when they send me a Word document and I send them back all my edits with cute little bubble comments next them? Does OO support track changes? Cause if they dont, that is a shame... it is a damn useful feature once somebody drops change-tracked document on your lap and you go "wow, I never knew this existed!". But I can only imagine the number of 37-signals followers who sit around and call it "useless bloat!!! off with its head!!"
OpenOffice does have track changes, under a slightly different name:
Edit -> Changes -> Record
Comment Re:The simple one. (Score 2, Insightful) 678
And on the same token, you'd better know what you're looking for when you search "Asian swallows" =P
