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  1. Re:Competition on Firefox 3.5 Reviewed; Draws Praise For HTML5, Speed · · Score: 1

    What's really, really, really depressing about that chart is that there are apparently more people out there using obsolete, end-of-life versions of Netscape than there are Opera. :(

  2. Re:Let me get this straight... on Desktop As a Cellphone Extension? · · Score: 1

    You mean "Hotei." :P

  3. Re:Bush-era? on FBI Files a "Secret Justification" For Gag Order · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yes, it's a bit facetious to say "Bush-era" when talking about all government secrecy -- but you have to admit it was taken to all new levels after 9/11, if for no other reason than the fact that no one was willing to stop them for a while at risk of looking "unpatriotic."

  4. Re:I don't have anything really smart to say on Doctors Baffled, Intrigued By Girl Who Doesn't Age · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Meh, she'd still accumulate cellular damage and die of cancer eventually. Heart disease would also still be a possibility.

    She'd probably die at 85 of pancreatic cancer or something, but look good doing it.

    I'd take that deal.

  5. Re:NSFW on Hitler's Stealth Fighter · · Score: 1

    You don't need to live there to love it.

  6. Re:Man on Hitler's Stealth Fighter · · Score: 0

    Die with two testicles?

  7. Re:NSFW on Hitler's Stealth Fighter · · Score: 5, Funny

    Tell them you were reminding yourself about just how bad a person Hitler was. And then chomp down on a big banger while saluting a picture of the queen to let them know how much you love England.

  8. Re:what a laugh on Microsoft Launches New "Get the Facts" Campaign · · Score: 1

    Either that or the books -- this is very prevalent with people over the age of 50.

  9. Re:Can we come up with coherent rebuttals? on Microsoft Launches New "Get the Facts" Campaign · · Score: 1

    Not to needlessly self-promote, but I did a write-up on a point-by-point basis on my blog: http://mdm-adph.blogspot.com/2009/06/even-when-microsoft-gets-it-right-they.html

  10. Re:Who is the target audience? on Microsoft Launches New "Get the Facts" Campaign · · Score: 1

    It's for management, like always.

  11. Re:what a laugh on Microsoft Launches New "Get the Facts" Campaign · · Score: 2

    The problem is that for every one of us developers that hates IE, there are 10 more developers who know nothing else and think this Firefox thing

    Don't you meant that "Foxfire" thing

  12. Re:It's Too Late, I'm Done with IE on Microsoft Launches New "Get the Facts" Campaign · · Score: 1

    I know how you feel. I'm looking into having to support IE6 for a few more years, at least (thanks corporate mandates!).

  13. Way around net blocking? on Opera Unite is a Hail Mary · · Score: 1

    I saw someone talking about this recently and said it would be a good way to get around things like net filters and help with the spread of information (like with the current mess happening in Iran).

    I mean, that is until they all start blocking Operaunite.com, right?

  14. Re:Not buying Kindle books for my Kindle... on Kindle Pricing, Business Models and Source Code · · Score: 1

    Ah, but do you have it free of charge, forever and ever?

    (Yes, I know some of the price is more than likely bundled into the price of the Kindle, but the very fact that you have this capability, forever and ever, is pretty neat.)

  15. Re:Not buying Kindle books for my Kindle... on Kindle Pricing, Business Models and Source Code · · Score: 1

    I'm sure he's using the whispernet -- I've heard it's pretty nice.

  16. Re:Wrong. I take it you are an American? on Canada Telecoms Launch Mobile Payment Service · · Score: 1

    An American? He said "cheques" for goodness sakes. :P

  17. Re:mobile is where it's at on Canada Telecoms Launch Mobile Payment Service · · Score: 3, Informative

    Android/wifi/skype pls hrrythfckup.

    Try Sipdroid on Android. I think you'll find that it solves the problem somewhat nicely. It's not perfect, but then nothing ever is.

  18. Probably easier ways to do it... on Chinese Govt Spyware Puts Computers At Risk · · Score: 1

    ...but is the Chinese government just creating their own personal, huge botnet to use in DDOS attacks in the CYBERWARS OF THE FUTURE?

  19. Re:Seems pretty clear: on 26 Desktop Processors Compared · · Score: 1

    Was actually late versions of the original Socket A's, I think!

  20. Re:Seems pretty clear: on 26 Desktop Processors Compared · · Score: 1

    Well, the pre-customized racing versions (like the ACR, I think) were always great on the track, if you wanted to spend $100k+.

  21. Re:Upgrading a component at a time on 26 Desktop Processors Compared · · Score: 1

    Wish I could mod this up. That's the only component I never skimp on -- the motherboard. It's trivial to add a new CPU in the future if you need more speed -- you don't even have to reinstall Windows.

    Try doing that (reliably) with a new motherboard.

  22. Re:Seems pretty clear: on 26 Desktop Processors Compared · · Score: 1

    I have no idea what you are trying to convey with this analogy.

    That they're both almost equally fast, yet one costs almost 3 times the other. I tried to pick two very, very common cars.

  23. Re:Seems pretty clear: on 26 Desktop Processors Compared · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Well now, they are faster. They're just not $800 faster. Nowhere near it.

    Not to mention that the corresponding hardware you have to buy with a Core i7 (the expensive motherboard, the expensive triple channel ram) makes it even more not worth it.

  24. Re:Seems pretty clear: on 26 Desktop Processors Compared · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Not embarrassing, just not as fast. However, a Ferrari is vastly more powerful for the money, but a Corvette is still the much better deal -- do I really need to explain this on here?

  25. Re:Firefox just has too many useful addons on Opera 10 Benchmarked and Evaluated · · Score: 1

    And like I always tell people like you who respond, while Opera has ways to block JavaScript, it doesn't offer anywhere near the amount of control that NoScript offers me, which is the reason why I use it.

    I don't to "globally" block JavaScript. I don't want to block JavaScript "by site," manually, every time I go there. I don't want to have to use a toolbar -- I don't want to have to click a button every time I visit a site.

    I want all top-level JavaScript allowed, while all other JavaScript loaded on a web page from other domains other than the top one (like adservers) blocked. I want this done automatically, as it will continuously block new ad domains from loading -- having to constantly update a blacklist is a bother I don't want to deal with.

    Think Opera can do that?

    Please, I like Opera -- I think it's great. But it *does not* have a the functionality I'm looking for, and you're not helping things.