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Are you a doctor or otherwise qualified to make the above assertion? Not trying to be confrontational, but very tired of continually seeing people spout information they read somew…

I agree with this, I'm not sure that Linux is ready to beat Widnows for the desktop environment. However, I do prefer the bash shell and highly recommend cygwin (with mintty). To m…

Also: http://directory.apache.org/

Running ssh on a nonstandard port does NOT make ssh more secure. A better step would be setting up something like fail2ban. There is nothing wrong with outsourcing this to someone …

Similar posting regarding the state of the community at Ubuntu: http://www.fewt.com/2010/03/bye-ubuntu-it-could-have-been-fu...

At some point you'll be spending more to stop piracy than you're losing because of it.

Where is the story about how they actually declined? All I am seeing is their team resume.

"you've got a one-time offer from society that we're going to subsidize anything you do for the next four years and not have any expectation that you'll work for a living during th…

$500 is not for bidding, but for the listing fee and the "Success Fee" (commission). The creator of the auction pays this amount; if that happens to be the same as the winner of th…

Personally, when I am working on a project, I find it is easy to lose my way when I reach the point of knowing I am capable of finishing it -- even if still in planning. It interes…

Not to pick nits, but could you elaborate on how you manage 20 unix servers with a managed host?

Actually the retail markup on video games is relatively low, particularly when compared to books. This is why online prices don't vary much from brick and mortar and why the used g…

I've worked from home for a few years now and from a productivity standpoint its wonderful. For me at least, the ability to work from my desk, sitting in my chair, with my lightnin…

If you apply clockwise force of magnitude N to green gear, you would be applying +N. Which would apply -N to yellow (not +N as you stated), +N to blue, -N to red, and +N to green a…

Sure, if you're only reading a paragraph or two about a given personality type, it might seem like the words would apply to anyone. In my experience (and most others it seems), if …

See also: http://www.wired.com/print/medtech/drugs/magazine/17-09/ff_p...

http://marklaw.com/trademark-FAQ/benefits.htm "The owner of a federal trademark registration may sue in federal court more easily. It is worth noting that even without a federal tr…

Reminds me of the Lone Wolf series. In case anyone is interested, most of the series is available to download/read (play?) in browser: http://www.projectaon.org/en/Main/Books

About.com has been doing this for years. If you don't want anyone to link to your content, don't post it on the Internet.

Great idea in theory, but not everyone can afford the costs of spending as much time as they want without income (much less follow it up by traveling for two years). In the real wo…

I would try not to look at 'luck' as some random, mystical force that just happens to favor some people. Instead: "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." - Senec…

I don't really understand the merits of comparing the production of a few months in one country to that of several years in another, but then again I'm not an economist (is he?). F…

Either way deducts money from your checking account in the same method, but using it as debit requires your PIN and using it as credit requires your signature.