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Member since October 27, 2006

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    Allan Gabston-Howell

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  1. Comment - MS: Ability to Co-opt Pop-ups a 'Design Consideration'

    (Nov 1, 2006 - 11:28 PM)

    Heh...and how long has ms been saying, "It's not a bug. It's a Feature!"--a couple of decades?

  2. Comment - Photos: Vista, Office 2007 Packaging

    (Nov 1, 2006 - 11:15 PM)

    "The packaging has been completely revised and, we hope, foreshadows the great experience that awaits you once you open it," said Vista product manager Nick White. "Designed to be user-friendly, the new packaging is a small, hard, plastic container that’s designed to protect the software inside for life-long use."

    OK. I really *am* laughing my posterior-off at that bit of drivel.

    Pretty! Shiny!

    Yup! That's microsoft for ya. The packaging probably is the most valuable part of your purchase experience. Don't forget to bring your own can of grease.

  3. Comment - Vulnerability Affects Firefox and IE, New and Old

    (Nov 1, 2006 - 11:03 PM)

    "There needs to be a security level called 'insignificant' because alerts like this make Secunia no better than Chicken Little."

    Seems that way to me as well. The Secunia test doesn't do anything to my browsers, except Konq, which merely reports a script error in the page.

    http://www.securityprone...thMicrosoftOverIE7.html

  4. Comment - MS Office Validation Now Mandatory

    (Nov 1, 2006 - 6:13 PM)

    "By PC_Tool posted Oct 30, 2006 - 10:22 AM

    *lmao*
    Free!=Freedom.
    It just means you are willing to settle for less.
    Less ease of use. Less integration. Less features... "

    Hello, Fanboy.
    I commend you upon your choice of an unusually descriptive alias; which adequately serves as advance-warning of the depth and breadth of the ignorance contained in the text which immediately follows it.

    Please feel free to return and contribute further--as soon as you are able to obtain something approximating a clue.

    As a starting point, I suggest that you actually install a contemporary Linux distribution.

  5. Comment - MS Office Validation Now Mandatory

    (Oct 29, 2006 - 1:29 AM)

    Astroturfers: Nature's way of telling you that the baby's diaper is full.

    "...don't use sunoffice or open office! both programmes suck! I've been using both on linux mandrake and they are completely UNUSABLE! if you have to write something, switch to..."

    Yeah-sure-right!
    http://www.gabston-howel...7_OOo2.0.2_so8.png.html