Posts by Johnny Canuck

sigh

Complete Linux noobs should stick to Mint. No screwing around getting codecs installed (though its not that tough - except if you know how then you're not a complete Linux noob).

Oh come on!

Didn't your mother warn you that playing with that thing will make you go blind? Hand icon for obvious reasons.

Turns itself off?

Already been done.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z86V_ICUCD4

Yeah but...

Will I be able to see through the ladies dresses with it?

fertigungstechnologist

sounds like a naughty word.

POP!

I don't know why but I feel a sudden urge to jab the thing with a large pin.

Fairies?

"But there are fairies flying around my desk, and I'll continue to believe that no matter how many millions of euros are spent trying to prove otherwise."

Maybe one of these.

http://www.wowwee.com/en/products/toys/flight/flytech/fairyfly

idiot

You can see he's wearing his security guard uniform under his hoodie.

F****

Software patents are stifling innovation. I agree with Greg that the rest of the world should firewall the US (but not us Canucks). Then the rest of the world can get on with advancing civilization while the US wallows in its legal mire.

I for one...

...won't say it.

Shadows?

I'm no conspiracy theorist but how come the rovers shadow is on the opposite side of all the other shadows?

I suggest

We get ISO to publish a standard for what is acceptable paper to be used in toilet paper - which will,of course, be known as the bog standard.

Just don't let

...the streams cross!

You may have it

If you've ever been infected with fake antivirus (2008, 2009, 2010) and fakealert.

Wahhh

I've bought the same music collection four times, LPs, 8 tracks, cassettes and CDs. I don't feel bad because I've replaced it all with mp3s I downloaded for free. I don't like any of the new crap that passes for music these days so I don't download it. The music industry will not be getting any more money from me unless they start putting out acts that have talent instead of cookie cutter good looks and juvenile pap.

I nominate

"the new normal"

bigdog

something about that thing creeps me out

happier with death

Of course you're happier if your spouse dies than you are if they divorce you. If they die they're not screwing you over in court.

Holy crap

Holy Mary mother of Jesus! Three minutes to boot the untouched machine! I'd be throwing the thing through a window. My XP machine takes 18 seconds from power on to an open browser window. I don't need no steenking optimization software.

no longer interested

Spent about 1/2 an hour trying to buy something then gave up - lost interest

Its true

KDE 4.3 is quite nice, especially opensuse's implementation. Gnome on the other hand looks quite dated. Gnome with compiz can still amaze your average windows user though. KDE 4.3 has a lot of the stuff that compiz does (just not as well done). Enlightenment is starting to look pretty interesting too.

Human female breasts are sexual

And you could make an argument that their secondary function is suckling. Other female ape species’ breasts consist mainly of large nipples pointed outward, making it easy for the infants to feed. Human females offer no visual clues for estrous and mating success such as other apes do (mating success being defined as procreation) and often don't know when they are in estrous themselves. Human female breasts are designed (by nature) to attract the attention of males so that they (the females) can have sex constantly thus increasing the odds of procreation.

We called it

nicky nicky nine doors when I was a kid.

Flame, for the flaming bag of poop trick - obviously.

How to slow your computer down to a crawl No.2

Install Compiz

There are significant problems with compositing desktops and video watching. I hope this was addressed in the new KDE.

might look something like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKBCEiAk5J4

What the internet is really for

NSFW

http://www.spike.com/video/my-name-is-earl/2822353

chipset

I think they are talking about the chipset, not the video.

Lost my vote

I've consistently voted for the Tories but will not if this passes.

Nickname

Well, since the U of T sports teams are named Varsity Blues and they bought the iron from Big Blue....lets see now...Blue and UT...I've got it! Big Blue But(t).

I propose

we call it Zed