Comment Fossil is awesome (was: I am not going to convert) (Score 1) 245
I agree 100%
www.fossil-scm.org
Comment Re:Sureal Images (Score 1) 148
i ride a motorbike into the city each day from the hills district (about 30kms) and it was horrible, there was red dust everywhere. still tho' at about 0645 the traffic wasnt so bad, but my bike looked like i took it to the outback when i got to work.
Comment Re:Please let this be a trend (Score 1) 321
You don't do that? Why not?
Because they accidentally the whole thing?
Comment Re:Canonical Demos Early Stage Android-On-Ubuntu (Score 1) 165
while the nvidia driver does work, i have screen refresh problems in a CLI with compiz. I turn compiz off and no more problem!
Comment Re:All I have to say is... (Score 1) 859
good call. i just spent 6 years living in NL, for three of those as a motorcycle rider. In all that time there were _two_ instances of people deliberately attempting to cut me off. Pretty much as a bike rider, i thought people were more considerate on the road, and their situational awareness very good (compared to the ignorant drivers here in
if only we could become better at this ourselves, i'm sure road rage and all that crap would become less.
I also spent a bit of time on the autobahns in germany ans was amazed at how considerate people were. i expected people to be going as fast as they could. it turned out that about 160km/h was an average speed, with the occassional car cruzing by at (probably) > 200km/h. sadly i didnt have a bike at the time
Comment Re:Not just a commodity, a necessity (Score 1) 311
Of course its not linux (Symbian S60 infact), and you really, really dont want to copy a HD movie over BT
Comment Re:The Fed (Score 1) 458
If there's Lithium in the water, it's likely that the populace won't -revolt- either.
That's why Lithium is an important ingredient of Soylent Green.
Comment Re:why would a computer "jitter and freeze" (Score 1) 445
First they stutter, jitter and flicker.
Is this that jitter bug i've been hearing about?
Comment Re:Info from non-NYT (logins suck!) (Score 1) 370
GE's technology uses holograms, or three-dimensional patterns, made up of bits of data written into the disc, which can then be read out.
emphasis mine. probably the single handiest thing this disk has to offer!
Comment Re:Here's praying... (Score 1) 207
Where's all my cool Linux stuff on Solaris, though?
Linux by itself is "just" a kernel. Solaris has a decent kernel of its own, doesn't need Linux. Lots of GNU in userland though, about as much as in GNU/Linux.
Comment Re:His Holy etc. (Score 1) 470
I just call her HRH E2R.
That should be HRM, you insensitive clod! She'll ban you to the Falkland Islands.
Comment Re:Free the blue smoke! (Score 1) 357
stun guns, Van der Graaf Generator..."
That's far too exotic. A few seconds in a microwave oven will do, including sparks and blue smoke.