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  1. Re:"firefox 9 released" No it isn't on Firefox 9 Released, JavaScript Performance Greatly Improved · · Score: 1

    The build tends to be available by FTP a short while before the update all the documentation and front-end sites... ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/9.0/

  2. Re:Lovely! on ACTA To Be Signed This Weekend · · Score: 0

    you jealous?

    I feel sick, but not with jealousy.

  3. Re:It's all a lie! on New NASA Data Casts Doubt On Global Warming Models · · Score: 1

    Well said! This is perhaps the clearest and most concise summation of the subject I've ever read.

  4. Re:Just use the hardware you have on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Choose a Windows Laptop? · · Score: 1

    We have Windows 7 running on Mac Pros at my workplace, and the hard drives appear to the OS as connected via IDE Channels, i.e. in legacy mode. As for the touchpad, I guess that is more of a preference thing. But a lack of right click is naturally going to throw the average Windows user. I know it'd annoy me.

  5. Re:Just use the hardware you have on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Choose a Windows Laptop? · · Score: 1

    Isn't it the case that Windows can't use the machine's Intel storage controller in AHCI mode? This and other things like the trackpad make Macs fairly suboptimal Windows machines in my experience.

  6. Grammar on Air Force Supercomputer Made From PS3's · · Score: 1, Informative

    Supercomputer Made From PS3's what?

  7. Re:All too true on Why You Shouldn't Reboot Unix Servers · · Score: 1

    My several years experience with numerous Server 2008 (yes that's the same kernel as Vista) and, more recently, 2008 R2 based boxes suggests otherwise. Perhaps your servers are badly configured? Windows Server is a rock solid OS.

  8. Tablet PC note-taking on Should Colleges Ban Classroom Laptop Use? · · Score: 1

    When I was at uni, the best note-taking solution I found was the combination of a Tablet PC, MS OneNote, and the "Print to OneNote" feature that allowed me to import lecturers' slides into OneNote before lectures started. Having the slides in OneNote meant I didn't have to waste time copy the slides during the lecture, and could concentrate on what the lecturer was actually saying. The Tablet PC pen allowed for very flexible note-taking on top of each slide. Not trying to sound like a OneNote advertisement; I just think it's quite short-sighted to suggest banning a very valuable note-taking device in lecture halls.

  9. Re:Criticising typos was lame 20 years ago... on General Motors' NASA Robot On Tour · · Score: 1

    Care to explain why attempting to uphold high standards of spelling and grammar is "lame"?

  10. Enable by default on Microsoft's Ad Team Trumps IE Developers' Privacy Aims · · Score: 2, Informative
    InPrivate Filtering can be enabled by default with a little reg hack. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dmart/archive/2009/04/22/enable-inprivate-filtering-by-default.aspx

    1. Turn on InPrivate Filtering by hitting Ctrl+Shift+F 2. A registry key will be created: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Safety\PrivacIE 3. Create a DWORD (32-bit) called StartMode under this key 4. The following values for StartMode correspond to settings for InPrivate Filtering: (Off = 0, Auto = 1, Manual = 2)

  11. Re:Am I the only one? on 'Forest Bathing' Considered Healthful · · Score: 0

    Borest Fathing?

  12. Re:Am I the only one? on 'Forest Bathing' Considered Healthful · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nope, same here. Perhaps I haven't been Forest Bathing enough recently.

  13. DirectWrite on Firefox 4.0 Beta Candidate Available · · Score: 1

    It appears hardware accelerated rendering is disabled by default. To enable, navigate to about:config, set the following setting to true. gfx.font_rendering.directwrite.enabled

  14. Re:Google HTTPS not quite everywhere, for the reco on Firefox Extension HTTPS Everywhere Does What It Sounds Like · · Score: 1

    Neither Facebook nor PayPal worked properly for me with this extension enabled. Facebook Chat seems to be disabled on HTTPS (not a great loss I admit), and a PayPal transaction I attempted just failed.

  15. Re:Accessing copyrighted material - how to do it on Oz Pirate Party Tells the Elderly How To Bypass the Net Filter · · Score: 1

    Hate to break it to you

    You make it sound like you have arrived with sad news. I am fully aware that my post was not entirely technically accurate. However, I am sure most people understood what I meant. I agree that we should be clear with our terms, and I hope those writing the laws are (and haven't all got Internet Protocol and Intellectual Property mixed up too often). I thank you for your extensive list of copyrighted material, and will try to keep an eye out for any more I may find on my travels.

  16. DEBtastic on Oz Pirate Party Tells the Elderly How To Bypass the Net Filter · · Score: 3, Informative

    We may soon need similar lessons here in the UK when we want to access those filtered sites suspected of potentially hosting copyrighted material. Damn, that sounds sad.

  17. Re:Publicly available on Facebook Kills Dataset of Crawled Public Profiles · · Score: 1

    This is a good point. However, does a similar thing not occur in browsers caching data as one surfs the web?

  18. Re:Publicly available on Facebook Kills Dataset of Crawled Public Profiles · · Score: 1

    I see your points, and I guess it's the redistribution that's the main issue. Facebook clearly sees their users' activities as valuable property.

  19. Publicly available on Facebook Kills Dataset of Crawled Public Profiles · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Since this is publicly available information, and all he did was send a program to go grab it (much akin to asking your web browser to download it), does this mean Facebook has essentially threatened him for no more than reading too much of Facebook too quickly? Sounds absurd to me.

  20. Re:Degradation of Freedom on New Litigation Targets 20,000 BitTorrent-Using Downloaders · · Score: 1

    A fine rant sir. My thoughts entirely.

  21. Tabs settings on Memory Usage of Chrome, Firefox 3.5, et al. · · Score: 1

    IE 8 was not included "because the author could not find a way to prevent it from opening a new window on each invocation of the command."

    Did the author try Tools -> Internet Options -> Tabs -> Settings and change the option from the default "Always open pop-ups in a new window"?

  22. Re:Just like Mythbusters.... on NASA To Trigger Massive Explosion On the Moon In Search of Ice · · Score: 1

    Let's just hope the Moon isn't *actually* made of cheese

  23. Re:Oh come on! on Is Playing a DVD Harder Than Rocket Science? · · Score: 1

    I know this isn't a popular approach on Slashdot, but, I'm guessing they were using Windows XP. Vista can play DVDs out of the box.

  24. Re:Encryption on UK Government To Monitor All Internet Use · · Score: 1

    Sure, but if your traffic is encrypted then all anyone can know is that some communication occurred between machine A and machine B. Nobody can discern the nature of the traffic. Surely this is an improvement over the current situation.

  25. Encryption on UK Government To Monitor All Internet Use · · Score: 1

    So perhaps it's time for us to start encrypting all our communications? That would negate this issue, right?