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  1. The thing with these types of survey... on Best Places To Work In IT 2010 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Is that they are really lists of: "The 100 companies that are best at convincing their staff to fill in the questionnaire favourably for some vague promise of reward".

  2. Re:Something baffles me slightly on iOS 4 Releases Today · · Score: 1

    So they can release the iPad 2 with more ram and a new screen once the initial sales rush has died down?

  3. "It's that simple" on New iConji Language For the Symbol-Minded Texter · · Score: 5, Insightful

    She announces gleefully after spending nearly 2 minutes flicking through tabs and scrolling through mountains of icons to enter a message that would take most people a few seconds to type normally.

    Dumbest idea I've seen in a long time.

  4. Hardly news... on Microsoft Adopts SVG For Internet Explorer 9 · · Score: 1

    This was announced on the 16th of March:

    http://live.visitmix.com/MIX10/Sessions/KEY02

  5. Re:And the risk is??? on Germany Warns Against Using Firefox · · Score: 2, Informative

    A WOFF font is a Web Open Font Format font.

    http://hacks.mozilla.org/2009/10/woff/

    It's basically an extension of the @font-face rule with it's own compression and meta tagging. Please don't tell my designers about it.

  6. Re:Basically? on What Is Holding Back the Paperless Office? · · Score: 1

    In UK law at least, a public private key is perfectly acceptable.

    http://www.out-law.com/page-443

    UK contract law tends to be quite open about what constitutes a contract mind, verbal agreement is enough but obviously harder to prove in a court of law.

  7. Re:Am I missing something? on Apple Removes Wi-Fi Finders From App Store · · Score: 1

    I stated no approval, just pondered the value of such apps.

  8. Am I missing something? on Apple Removes Wi-Fi Finders From App Store · · Score: 1

    I don't understand why you would need a wi-fi "finder" app on an iPhone, the thing does a pretty good job of finding them by itself.

    I was in Paris a while back and needed to send a quick email, just flicked to the wireless settings page walked fifty yards down the road watching all the networks scrolling by until one popped up without a lock symbol next to it.

  9. Re:Streisand... on Nintendo Shuts Down Fan-Made Zelda Movie · · Score: 1

    Zelda Spirit Tracks only just came out for the DS.

  10. in other news today... on Nintendo Shuts Down Fan-Made Zelda Movie · · Score: 1

    ...torrent traffic sees huge spike for previously unheard of movie.

  11. Re:Dvorak is the enemy of slashdot on A Tale of Two Windows 7s · · Score: 1
  12. Re:Dvorak is the enemy of slashdot on A Tale of Two Windows 7s · · Score: 1
  13. Re:anonymous coward on The World's First Four-Screen Laptop · · Score: 1
  14. Re:anonymous coward on The World's First Four-Screen Laptop · · Score: 1

    Just sellotape your iPhone to your laptop and you'll have the same effect.

  15. Re:Disappointing... on The World's First Four-Screen Laptop · · Score: 1

    Yeah seriously I was imagining something like this http://www.gscreencorp.com/home.htm but with 4. That would have had some major geek kudos.

  16. Re:Not anytime soon on Time For Voice-Mail To Throw In the Towel · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Indeed as an Englishman I've only ever managed to get any speech recognition software to work by putting on a fake American accent. Considering people who leave voicemails for me regularly come from places such as The Netherlands, France or India, so are using a second language, I think it's going to be a long time before something like this is actually useful.

  17. Re:Rocket fuel for thought... on Europe's Biggest Amateur Rocket Completes Test-Firing · · Score: 1

    Perhaps because as yet the European amateurs haven't expressed a desire to wipe anyone "off the map".

  18. Re:Enact the assault sword ban! on Man Robs Convenience Stores With Klingon "Batleth" · · Score: 3, Funny

    So you have to drive along toting it out the window A-Team style?

  19. Re:Enact the assault sword ban! on Man Robs Convenience Stores With Klingon "Batleth" · · Score: 5, Funny

    Box-cutters make terrible weapons, unless your target is unarmed or can't fight back.

    or is a box

  20. Re:The Subject Is Video Games on The State of Video Game Regulation · · Score: 1

    Can you *imagine* what the MySpace game would be like?

    I guess you'd have to create your own levels - so you'd be playing against a back drop of crappy animated gifs and every single text element would be a different garish colour, size and font.

  21. Re:Suicide rate skyrockets on Researchers Test Whether Sharks Enjoy Christmas Songs · · Score: 1

    Yeah surely playing them Slade's Merry Christmas Everybody and Wham's Last Christmas is more likely to drive them mad than give them enjoyment. The guests of Holiday Inn Kensington would seem to agree: http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/latest/2008/12/09/slade-hit-merry-christmas-everybody-banned-by-hotel-115875-20957466/

  22. Re:Coding too on Brains Work Best At Age of 39 · · Score: 1

    I'm 34 and actively avoiding management. I wonder how long I can keep it up. /notpun

  23. Re:Midlife crisis on Brains Work Best At Age of 39 · · Score: 1

    You are a sick man but I'm taking notes.

  24. Re:dream on on Landing IT Work Overseas · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's actually quite easy for a US citisen to get into Europe. Many countries such as the UK, Ireland and Germany consider that they have a "special relationship" with the US and will grant working visas to virtually anyone that's coming over to do a job.

    There might be some issues in turning that permanent but I know a lot of guys who have managed that with a minimum of fuss.

    Land in a smaller state such as Belgium for example and you can get a passport after 3 years!

  25. Careful not to fall off the edge of the planet... on Landing IT Work Overseas · · Score: 1

    There are a lot of very smart and technically savvy people in the US but when "news" is posted that one can work outside the borders the rest of us to tend to raise an eyebrow and wonder.