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Comment Re:UT3 on Linux? (Score 1) 234

by notanatheist (#27250611) Attached to: How Steam Revived a Dead Game
Don't worry, they promised to port it 18 months ago. Can you say "Epic FAIL!!"? Supposedly it works in Cedega but why pay a monthly fee to play a game or even a handful of games. If they can't port I don't play. Oh, and the reason it isn't ported.. some sort of crappy legal mumbo jumbo. Flippin' politics. I want UT3 on Linux LAST YEAR.

Comment Re:The firmware is on bittorrent (Score 1) 452

by notanatheist (#26498157) Attached to: Seagate Hard Drive Fiasco Grows
Well, you may think it is sad but it is very true and I've already downloaded and used the images. Just an FYI for just buying the drives, the firmware on the drive is printed on the label so you'll know right off the bat if you need to flash it or not. I had to flash one pair I ordered.

My next debacle is dealing with Adaptec who says "we don't support 1.5TB yet so don't buy them". Um, too late! Anyone got a spare 8 port SATA/SAS PCIe or PCI-X controller around?

Comment Scare it off! (Score 1) 2

by notanatheist (#25657235) Attached to: Did Someone Order a Bear?
Seriously, young bears scare easily. Run it off so it doesn't come foraging. The human species can be so dumb at times. While they may be cool to see the harm they can do to you or your belongings won't be funny. Oh, and don't threaten the young ones if mom is around. You'll get an ass beating for that.
NASA

Submission + - Lakes found under Antarctic ice using space lasers

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Reverse Gear
Reverse Gear writes: "There is a new study circling the media about these newly found big lakes found underneath the antarctic ice sheets that apparently empty and fills back up quite fast (study has been working in 3 years and has detected massive movements), from the article:

The scientists allay fears that global warming has created these pockets of water. They say these lakes lie some 2,300 feet below compressed snow and ice, too deep for environmental temperature to reach. However, it is necessary to understand what causes the phenomenon as it can facilitate an understanding of the impact of climate change on the ice sheet in Antarctica
NASA also has some information on the technique used to detect these lakes"
Microsoft

Submission + - Microsofts Office 2007 MLK setup annoys customers

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lukas84
lukas84 writes: "With Office 2007, Microsoft changed the rules for OEM versions again — they're now called MLK. You no longer get media with your MLK License, you will have to order them from Microsoft together with receipts of your new PC.

Not every reseller seems to obey these new rules, as i've written in my article about this particular problem."
Microsoft

Submission + - Cuba Adopts Open Source

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petro6
petro6 writes: "The AP wire released a story (you can find it on The Washington Post's website) stating, "Cuba's communist government is trying to shake off the yoke of at least one capitalist empire — Microsoft Corp...by converting its computers to open-source software." Sources say it is difficult to say how long the transition will take. Cuba cites cost and security as a main motivator, but Bill Gate's description of open source developers as "some new modern-day sort of communists" perhaps speaks to an idealogical impetus. They are joining Venezuela which announced a similar move last year, and other countries such as China, Brazil and Norway in a move away from proprietary software."
Microsoft

Submission + - Windows 95 and Vista: Why 2007 Won't Be Like 1995

Submitted by DECS
DECS writes: What if Microsoft threw a party, and nobody came? Despite its best efforts to create excitement for Windows Vista at release parties held in a variety of retail stores this last week, nobody seems to care about the product. Windows 95 and Vista: Why 2007 Won't Be Like 1995 explains why — just over a decade ago — things went very differently at the release of Windows 95, and what's killing Microsoft's party this time around.
The Courts

Repair Computer, Repurchase OS? 453

Posted by Cliff from the doesn't-sound-fair-does-it dept.
An anonymous reader asks: "Recently, I have been bit by a computer repair on an e-Machines computer that involved a system board replacement. Though this was strictly a repair, not an upgrade, neither MS or e-Machines will provide for activation of the system. Why should a user have to purchase another copy of XP after repairing a computer? The system board is listed on the e-Machines website, but costs 4x what an off-the-shelf board with the same chip-set/capabilities costs, and furthermore is not actually available. The e-Machines rep even said repurchasing XP was my only option. This seems to me patently unfair and of questionable legality. Is it possible that there are enough disgruntled consumers bit by this problem to generate a class-action lawsuit?"

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