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  1. Mac Max on Top Ten Persistent Design Flaws · · Score: 1

    All I want to know is how to "maximise" a window in OSX. Pressing that damn green button just streches the screen vertically, but not on the horizontal.

    Would really help on a 800x600 screen. :-?

  2. Re:Hmm not that impressive. - mod parent up on Time Lapse of Lunar Eclipse · · Score: 1

    Didn't really have to do much in the lineing up, I just kept adding the next photo on top (and the moon would already be in the right place) and then use a "difference blend".

    I don't really know what I'm doing so it took a while to figure out how to do that in photoshop. :)

  3. Re:Captured in a single image... on Time Lapse of Lunar Eclipse · · Score: 3, Interesting

    That is truly awesome!!

    This http://www.deviantart.com/view/11794545/ (As I've pimped in another post) is what I was able to take from my balcony in Ottawa.

  4. Re:Hmm not that impressive. on Time Lapse of Lunar Eclipse · · Score: 4, Interesting

    While it might not be that great, I took this picture(s) on my balcony in Ottawa. You might like it more.

    http://www.deviantart.com/view/11794545/

    Set the camera up on a tripod and let it do all the work. :)

  5. Re:I quite like the Burnside mobile on New Inventions Featured at the BIS · · Score: 1

    Perhaps it's already been invented but I would think the exact opposite would be a good idea.

    Once you come home with your mobile it senses that it's in range of a basestation and any calls you make from that point on go out over a land line... basicly turning your mobile into a cordless phone.

    One address book to update. Maybe calls to your cell could be routed to your landline while you were home as well.

    I actually don't have a mobile so I don't quite keep up with these things. :)

  6. Re:Before somebody mentions it AGAIN... on 11,000 Words on the Star Wars Trilogy DVDs · · Score: 1

    Um... Ken Ralston was a visual effects guy for Jedi and New Hope.

    Are you sure you don't have subtitles for the commentary turned on?

  7. Re:Hmmm... on Miguel de Icaza Debates Avalon with an Avalon Designer · · Score: 1

    I believe the idea is that Ctrl-Alt-Del is hardwired at the lowest possible level, and that other programs can't use that key combo.

    If I remember correctly, it's called something like a "secure path" or something.

    I have no proof that it does or doesn't work.

  8. Re:How did they know? on Busted For Using Library Wi-Fi Outside The Library · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You are not a patron for simply sitting in front of the building with your card in your pocket.

    Um... why not?

  9. Re:consoles and freeware on In-Game Advertising Breaks Out · · Score: 1

    Judge my Photography.

    I judge your photos to be the high side of average, but they're still better then mine. :o)

    http://wiwijumbo.deviantart.com/gallery/

  10. Re:Family albums on 3D Printing in Stone, or Copy a Sculpture in Rock · · Score: 1

    For now, but add multiple lasers, increase their scanning speed, etc, etc... Stuff you could expect happening anyways....

    And someday you could have a 3D "photo". Complete scan done in 1/60 of a second - statue to take home while you wait.

    Awkward family albums ensue....
    "Look Kids, Mom really was a hottie!"
    "Little Stevie, it's o.k. to be curious, but don't touch your mother's statue there..."

  11. Re:Will this sell? on Ten-disc 'Matrix' DVD Box Set Planned · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I've heard that, but I don't really believe it.

  12. Re:Will this sell? on Ten-disc 'Matrix' DVD Box Set Planned · · Score: 1

    I'm the same only because I wouldn't trust the LoTR set to be the final... there'll always be another "New and Improved" DVD set around the corner...

  13. Re:GStreamer? on Real adds GPL to Helix Player, RedHat/Novell Join In · · Score: 2, Funny

    What does this mean for GStreamer, which, as I understand it, has similar goals and is being used by quite some OS software already.

    Well... Helix is a much cooler name then "GStreamer", so I'm guessing Helix will get all the attention from here on out.

  14. Re:Consider our spectacular lack of foresight... on Renewable Energy From Algae? · · Score: 1

    "I'll admit to being about as far "right-leaning" as one gets without actually wearing a firearm"

    Then you're not really right-wing, are you?

    ;-)

    Yeah, I'm shutting up now. :)

  15. Re:I can see myself using this on Successful PearPC/Mac OS X Install Documented · · Score: 1
    "but on mac os x, control-clicking the desktop and choosing "change wallpaper"


    ...is a dirty hack for right-clicking.

    :-)
  16. Re:Good news... on UPN Renews 'Star Trek: Enterprise' · · Score: 1

    Because the ones that like Ep. 1 & 2 where children.

    :-)

    Heck, I *enjoyed* the movies and I can tell they're crap. But I'm a sucker for lightsabers. ;)

    It's like that news story a month or so ago about the cow/goat/whatever that ate the bag of diamonds. You know you're looking through crap but it's worth it for the sparkles.

    :-D

  17. Re:What about African Canadians? on Scifi Channel to Make Ringworld Miniseries · · Score: 1

    Actually, I love it! Anytime I meet an American (Die-Hard) Republican I spring the line: "Castro is an American."

    Lot's of fun... :-)

  18. Re:If you're in Canada (like me) reminder her... on Canadian Minister Promises to Fix Copyright Law · · Score: 1

    *sigh*

    Growing up in St. John's and hearing one after another *canadian* artist announce a cross Canada tour.... "That's right! Vancouver to Halifax!!!"

    Now that I'm on the mainland the idea of going to a concert is alien to me... :-)

  19. Re:Not new news on Inside a Mechanical Parking Garage · · Score: 1

    Why base it on trains? Why not cars? People could get in their cars at home, drive to a station and then link with other cars to form a high speed chain. Whenever you get to your stop, you disengage and pull out. Automatically of course. :)

  20. Re:slashdot's been infected... on Profile of the Mind of a Virus Writer · · Score: 1

    I'm sorry, is this where I'm suppose to say:

    "You must be new here."?

  21. Re:I've thought of this. on Analog Approach to Displaying Data · · Score: 1

    I rememember reading an artical somewhere (Slashdot?) which took this basic concept and then "skined" it.

    For a jungle theme, processor load would be determined by how many crickets you hear, every time CodeRed tapped upon your port you'd hear a fly buzzing and the more traffic you were seeing the louder the tribal drums could be heard in the distance.

    Imagine that in 5.1 ;)

    A project I always wanted to build consisted of a small motor on the ceiling with a string attached. The more traffic your network is seeing the fast the motor spins. High loads look like a cut electrical wire in a movie. The project/art-thing was called "Live Wire." :)

    But I don't have skills in the areas needed for that. :-(

  22. Re:Speaking of Christmas Lights (OT) on Christmas Lighting in Abundance · · Score: 1

    Another niffty thing you can do is brush your teeth with a electric toothbrush... the vibrations travel up your skull into your eyes.. I glanced at my monitor from across my apartment and I thought the thing was about to burn out... :-)

  23. Re:ok time to spend some of that karma on SETI@Home Expanding Goals With Sun's Help · · Score: 1

    I don't know... even if we could just get their television I think it would be interesting to watch their news...

    Think of it this way, if we watch a planet destroy themselves one alien newscast at a time, it might help us to keep us from destroying ours...

    ???

  24. Re:Next stage ... on Breaking the Gigapixel Barrier · · Score: 1

    Yet, highly compressable... ;)

  25. Re:Firewall ports on Get to Know GnomeMeeting · · Score: 1

    Then again, my ISP charges an another $10-$15 for an extra IP address... I'll keep NAT for now. :)