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  1. Remove Features... on Time for a Vista Do-Over? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I think that vista is good...
    *Ducks*
    But I think they need to remove most of the features in the initial install but include the option to install those features later. Or at the very least an option to select what features to install when first installing the OS from the disk. With these improvements in the installer than maybe the vista would seem faster because there are less features.

  2. Re:The next step... on Software Tool Strips Windows Vista To Bare Bones · · Score: 1

    There is nothing illegal about nLite or vLite. nLite is the XP version of vLite and has been around for a while. The only thing it does is provide a easy way to slipstream service packs updates and hotfixes along with other software(like Firefox). They added features that also allow you to easily include your serial # to make it so you do not have to watch the installer. It also allows you to change what features of windows are installed. Slipstreaming is a feature that Microsoft included with their OS and is a useful tool for installing XP or vista on a machine or many machines with ease.

  3. Re:The next step... on Software Tool Strips Windows Vista To Bare Bones · · Score: 5, Informative

    This tool works by modifying the original install disk and you make your own more compact version of the installer. It does not work by modifying your currently installed OS.

  4. Beta worked well on Software Tool Strips Windows Vista To Bare Bones · · Score: 4, Informative

    This software has been out for a while as a beta I have used it and it works well. I haven't used the newer version yet but I assume based on nLite that it can only get better from there.

  5. Re:Governments can suppress the videos on Suppresed Video of Japanese Reactor Sodium Leak · · Score: 1

    No thats what Mod points are for.

  6. Yea right... on Multitasking Makes You Stupid and Slow · · Score: 1

    It has never... OH look at the bight light... what was I saying again?

  7. Re:Every article on the front page... on Amazon MP3 Store to Go Global in 2008 · · Score: 1

    Does every single Slashdot article need to be tagged with "What could possibly go wrong?" They do now :P
  8. Space Cowboys on Defunct Spy Satellite Falling From Orbit · · Score: 2, Funny

    If the satellite was Russian and had nukes then we would have a Space Cowboy Situation

  9. Filters simple? on Warner Sues Search Engine, Tests DMCA Safe Harbor · · Score: 1

    Since when are the filters are simple. What are they talking about "-infringement" or "-illegal"? :P

  10. Patent wars on Court Says You Can Copyright a Cease-And-Desist Letter · · Score: 1

    The copyrighting of cease-and-desist letters is an easy way for law firms to bully small companies who have committed no wrong, but who have no real recourse to fight back against an attempt to shut them up via legal threat. So pretty much a cease-and-desist letter is the new patent infringement.
  11. Re:Transcript of the incident on Charter Accidentally Wipes 14K Email Accounts · · Score: 1

    System Operator: (clickety, clickety) "Sure! What's your username again?" This reminds me of something
  12. As soon as they can hold a controller on When Are Kids Old Enough to Play Videogames? · · Score: 1

    I think they should be giving video games(like Mario) as soon as they are able to play it. This is how I was raised and playing a game like Mario isn't going to do them any harm. Of course this would be in addition to games outside and playing with friends. I would most likely start them off on an Nintendo console(not the Wii) mainly because the system is simple enough for them to grasp the concept at an early age and it is very family friendly. I would start them off playing with them as a family activity and when I feel that they wont damage the systems or get too frustrated then I will allow them to play by themselves. I was raised on an NES and I always enjoyed playing the games even though I could never beat my teenage mutant ninja turtles game. As soon as they hit 14 I will allow them to play M rated games, as long as I buy the games for them and watch what kind of things they are doing with it. At 15 they can play online with a microphone and voice communication as longs as they keep "online talk" away from everyday life. The only experts on this topic are parents who grew up with video games and now have 13+ years old kids. Any "expert" who did not grow up with video games have no right to be talking about this issue because they have no personal experience on the topic. Right now I have no kids and this is all just an idea of how I might raise my kids but not having them play video games until they are 7 is a terrible idea.

  13. If I worked for the government... on More Federal Workers are Telecommuting · · Score: 1

    If I worked for the government I would too I mean all the easier to spend tax payers' money on improving my house :P

  14. Is there this Display Mode? on Microsoft Confirms IE8 Has 3 Render Modes · · Score: 1

    Is there a display mode for one that works? :P

  15. Re:Volcanos elsewhere... on First Evidence Of Under-Ice Volcanoes In Antarctica · · Score: 1

    The pun was intended

  16. Volcanos elsewhere... on First Evidence Of Under-Ice Volcanoes In Antarctica · · Score: 5, Funny

    There are thousands of volcanoes elsewhere on the globe I don't see why antarctic would be any different. I understand before we never had any proof and that is why it is news but I wouldn't say it is Earth shaking news.

  17. The reason... on World of Warcraft Gold Limit Reached, It's 2^31 · · Score: 1

    Blizzard though they would have even the smallest amount of a life(if you can call it that)

  18. Re:Discounting the price of a book? on French Fine Amazon For Free Shipping · · Score: 1

    Then shouldn't every book store be fined for offering "you walk/drive to us" shipping?

  19. just because... on The Impatience of the Google Generation · · Score: 2, Funny

    just because I am from the Google generation doesn't mean I am impat

  20. Re:My personal feelings.. on The State of Security in MMORPGs · · Score: 1

    I know with Runescape(I was young and it was free) using scripts is a very easy thing to do. Back when I played I would make my own scripts to do the mining and killing for me, there was always the risk of getting caught and banned but it was so easy to just make a new account and start again. I have to say making the scripts was more fun than playing the game in the first place. Also because the game is so simple I bet it wouldn't be too hard to just decompile and hack the game.

  21. Re:What consumers really want to know... on US FDA Deems Cloned Animals Edible · · Score: 1

    Just tell me when they become huge

  22. Re:Humans too... on Dinosaurs Grew Fast and Bred Young · · Score: 1

    It's that a huge number of people died when they were very young, dragging down the average. Is that not what I am saying they had many who died very very young and made the rest reproduce like rabbits to compensate for the death. It could have been similar for the Dinos but instead of miscarriages they kids were eaten.
  23. Re:Humans too... on Dinosaurs Grew Fast and Bred Young · · Score: 1

    I didn't mean to say that the whole group was sexually active I was trying to say that at least some of them would have been sexually active and instead of just saying that there could be people under 15 having sex and kids with no evidence is a little bit weaker than having a number that has strong links to unprotected sex which can lead to giving birth to children. And yes I know that HIV can be transmitted in other ways, such as tainted needles, bad transfusions, and parents who were infected, and any other form of bodily fluid contact between two people.

  24. Cant remember...but, on What Was Your First Gaming Experience? · · Score: 1

    It was either Super Mario 1,2 or 3 , Duck hunt, Castlevania, or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles all on the NES. Although something is making me think it was duck hunt.

  25. Re:Great... just great. on HD DVD Prices Slashed By Toshiba · · Score: 1

    Disney is a Blu-ray exclusive... For now. If I was a parent with 2 kids a small apartment or house with a mortgage on it. Which do you think I would buy the more expensive Blu-ray drive or an HD-DVD drive and anyway Ratatouille is on standard DVD and I don't think a kid will know the difference on an animated movie nor will/should they care. Personally I don't care either way because I don't intend to buy any of them yet unless I have a high paying job a nice care an a house I can afford, and if I can afford if after than plus emergency money then I would think about it and only if I had absolutely nothing else to spend it on.