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Comment on First-past-the-post needs to burn in legislative hell. by Shaun Martin

Shaun Martin — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:03:46 +0000

No, I’m going to vote and try to get as involved as possible in promoting some form of proportional representation but to be perfectly honest, I bet it’ll be a cold day in hell before we ever see it happen.

Comment on First-past-the-post needs to burn in legislative hell. by lmath

lmath — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 20:24:59 +0000

Are you going to do something other than just not voting if you want proportional representation? 'Cause just not voting seems like a pretty ineffective solution to me.

Don't get me wrong, I can't stand FPTP either (my post-election blog post read simply, "Single Member Plurality ftl."), but it's still the sort of thing that needs to be put through by the government.

Comment on OpenSUSE 10.2 on a G4 iBook by SamSite :: OpenSUSE

SamSite :: OpenSUSE — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:25:11 +0000

[...] week I decided to give Linux another go on Beatrix, the iBook G4. Last year OpenSUSE 10.2 worked almost flawlessly on this very same machine so logically, I thought it’d be safe to assume that OpenSUSE 10.3 would perform similarly. [...]

Comment on Opera eats memory, but that's ok. by The Geeky Whiz

The Geeky Whiz — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:57:13 +0000

5 Things Right/Wrong With 5 Browsers...

Dear Browser Programmers,

I have been on many quests in my life but none have been as spiritual as the quest for the perfect browser. I have travelled across three operating systems, spent time with over a dozen different browsers and tried to make ...

Comment on OpenSUSE 10.2 on a G4 iBook by gizmoses@gmail.com

gizmoses@gmail.com — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 19:56:19 +0000

I have searched the internet regarding this problem and ended here in your blog … Sorry for interrupting. Just thinking if you might help.

Comment on OpenSUSE 10.2 on a G4 iBook by gizmoses@gmail.com

gizmoses@gmail.com — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 19:52:16 +0000

I press the Option button to list all possible bootable media … But only my HDD appeared. No bootable DVD is listed.

Comment on OpenSUSE 10.2 on a G4 iBook by Shaun Martin

Shaun Martin — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 18:05:27 +0000

What happens when you try to boot the disc? How are you trying to boot the disc? If you’re getting kernel panics then type (I think) linux no-apic when you boot. If you’re having video trouble then there should be a safe video mode style install process. It’s been a while, so I can’t remember the specific commands.

Comment on OpenSUSE 10.2 on a G4 iBook by gizmoses@gmail.com

gizmoses@gmail.com — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 14:16:15 +0000

I am a beginner … Do you mind if I ask you somethin ? Here is the problem. I have downloaded openSuse 10.2 PPC iso and then burn the image to DVDRW. I can’t boot the DVDRW on my iBook G4 for installation. Why is it ? I have double-checked the md5sum.

Comment on Cog Receives Mega-Updates by Shaun Martin

Shaun Martin — Fri, 25 May 2007 22:59:13 +0000

Testing some commenty goodness

Comment on Hacking an OSX Restore Disc by Primordial Ooze

Primordial Ooze — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:57:09 +0000

Hacking OS X Boot CD's...

In response to my lamentations about blowing away a perfectly good partition table in my last post, jschimpf mentioned a link where I could have fixed it if only I had consulted Google and poked around a bit more. The solution was so mind bogglingly co...