BarneyRubble commented on Nick Denton: "Publishers are sleeping their way to extinction"

"@sample032: Are you saying that he has a "mom ass"?"

BarneyRubble commented on Nick Denton: "Publishers are sleeping their way to extinction"

"@Alaska Miller: Be careful to what you publicly admit to."

BarneyRubble commented on Google's complaint-prone perfectionist

"If you look at her in any candid snapshots (e.g., society events), she is *not* a looker."

BarneyRubble commented on LinkedIn chairman avoids layoff talk in BusinessWeek

"Ewww."

BarneyRubble commented on Wi-Fi's golden age ends as AT&T gobbles Wayport

"Those are some LOUD crickets!"

BarneyRubble commented on Yahoo Hack Day next week to reveal company's lack of a plan

"It's a bit like Tom Sawyer asking other kids to paint the fence for him, except he forgot to bring paint."

BarneyRubble commented on Phone companies can now care even less

"Dang, those crickets are LOUD."

BarneyRubble commented on Install a New Hard Drive in a MacBook

"Legweak is correct: the difficulty level of changing a notebook drive -- particularly on the Macbook -- is overstated. Some of the notebook computers from many years past had more inaccessible configurations, but those days are way past us now. I changed my Macbook's drive similarly when I got it two years ago."

BarneyRubble commented on What Bugs Newcomers About Linux

"I ran Linux from 1998 to 2002 (dual booting to Windows to run Quicken) and as KhaiJB wrote, the documentation just sucked. The basic configuration was often confounding (and I had a UNIX background, so this was even more troubling as my learning curve was much gentler than that of the typical Linux user). The system administration load was substantial."

BarneyRubble commented on PGP author forgives Joe Biden's anti-privacy legislation

"@macbeach: Just like any other day."