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  1. Background images and icon clutter on Transparent Displays Are Here, But They're Pretty Useless · · Score: 1

    I don't even like a background image on my desktop. Just a blank blue colour and a few key icons for programs and shortcuts to data.

  2. He can't even get the pronunciation of his own nam on McAfee Says He Lied About iPhone Hacking Method To Get Public Attention · · Score: 4, Informative

    Mc-Afee not MAC-A-fee

  3. Data Ownership on Don't Be a Server Hugger! (Video) · · Score: 2

    If you don't own your server, you don't own your data.

  4. Pronunciation on McAfee Brand Name Will Be Replaced By Intel Security · · Score: 1

    At least people will stop pronouncing it "MACAfee"

  5. Draft on Crazy Eric Schmidt, His Yacht Prices Are Insaaane! · · Score: 1

    She draws over 6 meters! That alone eliminates most of the places in the world I'd want to visit by boat.

  6. Old school on Ask Slashdot: Protecting Home Computers From Guests? · · Score: 1
  7. focus... on New Advance In 3D TV Technology · · Score: 1

    I don't think "3d" will work until you can actually change your focus to different depths, just like in the real world.

  8. Arrgh! Where's my 16:10 on LG Introduces Monitor With 21:9 Aspect Ratio · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You can find them, but they're expensive and harder and harder to find.

  9. Re:Board game night on Wil Wheaton's New Show: Tabletop · · Score: 1

    It was 50/50 (as any good party is!) - all friends or couples so no hookups out of the ordinary.

  10. Stay away from the kitchen on Ask Slashdot: What Are Your Tips For Working From Home? · · Score: 1

    Work as far away as you can from the kitchen! When you do eat, don't turn on the TV. There's always an episode of Star Trek or Seinfeld that while stop you for an hour (or more)

  11. Board game night on Wil Wheaton's New Show: Tabletop · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I just hosted a board game night for a a bunch of 20-30 somethings - it was a huge hit! I started each game off with giving players more than the standard loot, to get it going faster, and had an end after 1.5hrs so that they could all get 3 different games in in one night. We played, Masterpiece, Movie Maker, King Oil (all with 4 people) and then had a couple 2 person games for people who showed up late: Xomax and Polarity. We're looking forward to doing it again.

  12. JavaScript not found on Khan Academy Chooses JavaScript As Intro Language · · Score: 1

    Funny, a search for JavaScript on Khan Academy has no results!

    http://www.khanacademy.org/search?page_search_query=JavaScript

  13. Not always night... on Is the Canadian Arctic the Future of Astronomy? · · Score: 1

    "and endless nights" ...for maybe 1/4 of the year.
    For half the year its about 50% and then 1/4 of the year it's endless daytime.

  14. Re:Gmail problem on Domain Theft-for-Ransom Hits css-tricks.com and Others · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Exactly - why are you using a free email account to be the key to owning your domain name? Run your own email server! Become your own registrar - it's worth it if you have a bunch of domains.

  15. file sizes on Essential Open Source Tools For Windows Admins · · Score: 3, Informative

    This has been helpful (showing who/what is hogging disk space)
    Windirstat
    http://windirstat.info/

  16. Re:Kind of sad, but... on 'Homeless' Planets May Be Common In Our Galaxy · · Score: 1

    Thanks - another great find!

  17. Re:Kind of sad, but... on 'Homeless' Planets May Be Common In Our Galaxy · · Score: 1

    Thanks - I'll check it out

  18. Kind of sad, but... on 'Homeless' Planets May Be Common In Our Galaxy · · Score: 2

    At first I was kind of sad thinking about all those billions of frozen planets floating around out there, with no chance of the kind of life that could explore the universe (there may be life on a hot Jupiter type planet, but I doubt they could build telescopes and space ships)

    But then I thought about advanced civilizations - really advanced. They could use these wandering planets for their resources - it could be a good series of sci-fi books
    "The Planet Miners"

  19. Re:Still north of $12,000 on Graphs Show Costs of DNA Sequencing Falling Fast · · Score: 1

    Being a logarithmic graph, every tick in this range on the graph is $10,000, so the final number looks like it's over $20k right now...

  20. Re:If they do, I want options! on Toyota Adds External Speakers To Warn Pedestrians · · Score: 1

    12) Jetsons/Futurama car

  21. just 2 on How Do You Handle Your Keys? · · Score: 1

    One for my house, one for car
    Other work related keys are in a briefcase (with travels in the car or back at home/office)
    Other keys stay in the house (for the garage, etc...)

  22. Re:Why? on Giving Touch-Screen Buttons Depth and Height With Pneumatics · · Score: 1

    Nope - they're great because they can be ANY array of buttons, plus whatever else you want to display

  23. Re:So Where Exactly is this 'Leaked' Document? on Secret Copyright Treaty Leaks. It's Bad. Very Bad. · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Even drafts (for distribution) are legal documents - they all have to be exactly the same. How else could you sign off on it if everyone has a different copy?

  24. Re:So Where Exactly is this 'Leaked' Document? on Secret Copyright Treaty Leaks. It's Bad. Very Bad. · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Not much of a legal document if they're all a little different

  25. Re:So Where Exactly is this 'Leaked' Document? on Secret Copyright Treaty Leaks. It's Bad. Very Bad. · · Score: 1

    So scan it and OCR it - watermark gone