Comment Wait just a minute there... (Score 2, Funny) 334
I thought Windows 7 was being released later this year?
Comment Re:A pretty good one, actually (Score 2, Interesting) 821
Where does Joe get his Ubuntu Live CD?
Windows can't burn ISOs out of the box (or XP can't) and he likely doesn't know what a "ISO" is anyway.
Joe can always make a bootable USB. Joe has options.
Submission + - Full Circle Magazine - Issue 24 - The two year ann (fullcirclemagazine.org) 1
mrmonday1 writes: Full Circle Magazine — the independent magazine for the Ubuntu community — is proud to announce the release of its two year anniversary, issue 24. And to celebrate their second birthday, issue 24 boats a more colourful layout and more pages. The 43 page PDF has articles on cron, programming in C, installing and configuring MAME and a new series of articles on Inkscape. You could also win one of three copies of Ubuntu Unleashed!
Comment Re:Explains a lot (Score 1) 119
Oh, I agree, and it is quite funny. I would rather be playing the Diablo III though.
Comment Explains a lot (Score 4, Funny) 119
No wonder Blizzard games take so long to ship. Get back to work you hippies!
Comment I wish I had mod points (Score 1) 731
You, sir, deserve them.
Comment Re:Linux on the desktop 2009 ! (Score 1) 293
Are you crazy? That means Linux is doomed for sure!
Comment putty-knife action (Score 3, Funny) 95
Anything worth doing, is worth doing with a little putty-knife action.
Comment Re:It's sad to think of those affected (Score 1) 414
"people may actually prefer this layout and never realize the drawbacks."
Another way of saying this is; "we hope our users won't realize we are fucking them in the ass."
Comment Re:Exactly (Score 1) 1654
Wow, well then Verizon DSL is even more worthless than I thought it was. I know that with SBC or Qwest you can log onto the modem and connect via the firmware on the box. No Windows-only software required.
Comment Re:Delays my ass (Score 2, Insightful) 339
My thoughts exactly. Short of mailing every household in the US a converter box, there is no way to avoid some people receiving a snowstorm.
Correction; even if they mailed every household in the US a converter, you will still receive complaints of people not being able to watch <insert-crappy-show-here>.
Comment Carefully Timed Jerks, huh? (Score 1) 270
From the sound of the title, I thought they were going to synchronize the entire population of France to power the thing.
Comment Re:That's easy... (Score 1) 442
Right on! Now, if only they would let me drink at work.
Comment Re:Steps to surprising article everybody reads (Score 1) 289
"article everybody reads"?
Who do you think you are talking about? Slashdot is kind of like Playboy. We aren't here to read the articles.
Submission + - Carnegie Mellon gets $14.4M to build robo-tank (networkworld.com)
coondoggie writes: "Unmanned aircraft are showing up in the skies more often and today the US Army awarded $14.4 million to Carnegie Mellon to build a remote-controlled unmanned tank. A certain amount of the award will go toward significantly improving the Crusher, a 6.5-ton unmanned support vehicle Carnegie engineers developed in 2006 in conjunction with DARPA. Since its introduction, the Crusher has demonstrated unparalleled toughness and mobility during extensive field trials in extremely rugged terrain. Ultimately unmanned ground vehicles would be outfitted with anti-tank or anti-aircraft missiles and anti-personnel weapons to make them lethal. Part of the new award budget is also slated to help the university prove that autonomous ground vehicles are feasible in future combat situations.
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/22458"
