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  1. Re:Not a fan boi... on Bill Gates: Windows 95 Was 'A High Point' · · Score: 4, Informative

    Actually, the original quote is accurate. Apple considered licensing the NT kernel to run under their own interface.

  2. Re:Is this really news? on Changes In Store For PHP V6 · · Score: 1

    I forgot to point out the problem with manually indenting. Use this to auto-indent a block:

    :start,finish s/^/\t/

  3. Re:Is this really news? on Changes In Store For PHP V6 · · Score: 1

    I vi, therefore I am. Interesting. So you type, "if (0){esc", find the end of the block, and type, "i}esc" to end it. Wouldn't it be nearly equally complex but more readable to type, "esc : startline, endline s/^/\/\//" and comment the section? You can easily uncomment it again later by using s/\/\///.

  4. Re:What is the purpose of the Wonkette link? on Has Ron Paul Quit? · · Score: 1

    He isn't dropping out. The specifically say he is fighting on. He is cutting back on his national staff because so many of the primaries are over. He is focusing more on his congressional campaign because he can't lose both elections. Super Tuesday was the largest part of the campaign. With that over, any campaign that doesn't cut back is run by an idiot.

  5. Re:Yawn on Paramount to Drop HD DVD? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sad. I'm still using my DVDA player.

  6. Re:WARNING: Incredibly Morose Statement Following on MS To Push Silverlight Via Redesigned Microsoft.com · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Microsoft keeps shooting itself in the foot lately. Vista isn't even popular among pirates. MS Office 2008 for Mac removes the one feature that made it worthwhile in past versions (VBA support). MS Office 2007 removes support for older file formats.

    Mac sales are at an all time high and increasing. Linux usability is better than ever and drawing converts. OpenOffice and NeoOffice support VBA. Microsoft should be focusing on not pissing off its userbase and the potential users on who currently use other platforms, not making a product that annoys people by requiring a download from them and doesn't work properly on other platforms. They should try to make a decent product that people are willing to pay for and not remove right away. Silverlight won't become the dominant web development system. It is just another part in Microsoft's plan to drive themselves into irrelevance over the next decade. Maybe they'll go back to being an application developer for other systems, more like they were before Windows and DOS.

  7. Re:Ron Paul and the war on What Did You Change Your Mind About in 2007? · · Score: 1

    You started your second point in a good way. It is true that Ron Paul's creationism has no bearing on his ability to be a good president. Religious views do, however, have a huge bearing on one's ability to run the country. Look at Bush. He thinks that he takes orders from an invisible sky wizard. He's doing a terrible job running the country, largely as a result. Bush uses his god as an excuse to push his ideas on others. Paul knows that his ideas are not always right for everyone and would not force them on others. I don't mind a creationist president who won't try to control education. I don't mind a president who likes abstinence only education if he knows that he doesn't have the power to force it on everyone else. Ron Paul will follow the constitution, not his own warped view of a bronze age desert survival guide.

  8. Safe Mode on Leopard Upgraders Getting "Blue Screen of Death" · · Score: 5, Informative

    Anyone experiencing this should try holding shift while booting. Any additional frameworks, kexts, and whatever will be left out and the system will boot cleanly. If that works, then the offending software should show up in a log and can be identified and removed.

    There is no need to reinstall when something can be removed easily with a safe boot. Too bad Apple doesn't talk up safe booting more so people will know it is there.

  9. Re:MS boycotss XP? on Windows XP SP3 Build 3205 Released w/ New Features · · Score: 1

    Didn't they add instability and bugs years ago?

  10. Does it kill existing installs? on Windows XP SP3 Build 3205 Released w/ New Features · · Score: 1

    With SP2, to this day some machines that had existing installs would fail to work after updating. I recently had a machine that had to be completly reinstalled after installing SP2. I have a client running SP1 still because I'm too afraid to install SP2. Can we expect this with SP3?

  11. My list on What Do You Want In iPhone 2.0? · · Score: 1

    1. Ability to be a bluetooth modem.
    2. Terminal
    2.5 SSH client
    3. On screen ESC, Ctrl, and | keys
    4. Flash
    6. XCode SDK

  12. Re:More probably faster on Transistor Made From Bose-Einstein Condensate · · Score: 3, Funny

    Passing bowling balls sounds painful.

  13. Re:firearm bearers supporting Bush on US Attorney General Questions Habeas Corpus · · Score: 1

    But he doesn't support the right of people to carry firearms. He makes it look like that by not talking about taking them away, but when the assault weapons ban was nearing its expiration date, he was pushing for Congress to renew it. He is almost always on the side of the gun banners, even though he makes himself look like he is all for gun rights. He's a politician playing political games. You seem to believe what he wants you to believe.

  14. Re:A Better Name on The Death of the "Cell Phone" · · Score: 1

    I think you missed his point. Even if you take the cellular out of cell phones, you can still call them cell phones because there is still a cell involved. Of course, by that reasoning, any portable telephony device would qualify.

  15. Smoots on Americans Win 2006 Nobel Physics Prize · · Score: 1

    I wonder how tall Smoot is in Smoots.

  16. I, for one, won't buy from Walmart on Apple in Talks with Wal-Mart over Movies · · Score: 1

    I won't even go near the place. If they are taking profits from Apple, I won't help Apple get those profits. I won't be buying video from iTunes if they make this deal with Walmart. For the sake of the entire global economy, not just the US, I hope nobody else buys. I think the digital distribution model is a good idea in general, buy if I have to give money to Walmart, I won't bother with it.

  17. Safari crashed on Slashdot Discussion2 In Beta · · Score: 1

    I loaded D2 in the latest Safari on my G4. It loaded fine. I clicked preferences, then went back to the discussion. It crashed while loading. I sent the bug report to Apple. D2 loaded fine after restarting Safari. I'm using it to post this.