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  1. Re:Both Have Their Purposes on Subversion 1.8 Released But Will You Still Use Git? · · Score: 0

    You're confusing git and github...

  2. Re:It adds up on Microsoft Boasts of Tiny Energy Saving With IE · · Score: 1

    In other terms, which browser is the most power efficient ?

  3. Re:It adds up on Microsoft Boasts of Tiny Energy Saving With IE · · Score: 1

    Yes, but *time* adds up too ! I'd like to see the *total* consumption needed to run the benchmarks or render the pages. If IE is slower, not a surprise it consumes less instantaneous power. But in this case it would consume the power for a longer time.

  4. Re:PR is the death of rationality on Apple Now Working With the NYPD To Curb iPhone Thefts · · Score: 2

    there were 3,890 more Apple product thefts in 2012 than there were in 2011

    Wait... and there were 20 thousand more Apple product thefts in 2012 than there were in 1990 !

  5. Re:Hey, Shuttleworth, Listen up on Ubuntu Tablets: Less Jarring Than Windows 8? · · Score: 1
    I'd mod you +1 Funny but I'm not speaking of Unity here, only of the following sentence about the switch from tablet mode to desktop mode :

    just introduces window management, and it also introduces things like menus and dialog boxes

    It's quite clever, more than the Metro solution, and could be adopted by more desktop environments.

  6. Re:Hey, Shuttleworth, Listen up on Ubuntu Tablets: Less Jarring Than Windows 8? · · Score: 1

    Didn't read TFA, did you ? Well it's /. ... The point is : he's not mixing tablet apps and desktop apps like Windows 8. If you look at the video you'll see that if you use your tablet as a tablet, you see tablet UIs. But if you plug your tablet to a keyboard / mouse, the apps switch to desktop mode. That seems really nice.

  7. First Generation Photo Frame on What To Do With Those First Generation Photo Frames? · · Score: 1

    For me, a "first generation photo frame" is a... photo frame, like the ones you've used your entire life, you know... made of wood.

    how to give these old frames a second life?

    Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuurn !

  8. Re:Invulnerable? on The Pirate Bay Starts Using Virtualized Servers · · Score: 1

    Wanna bet on that?

    Challenge accepted

    Oh sorry, this is /., I thought I was on YouTube !

  9. Re:Simple on Apple Acknowledges iPhone 5 Camera Flaw · · Score: 1

    Nearly the same : "Our engineering team just gave me this information and we recommend that you angle the camera away from the bright light source when taking pictures"

  10. Re:What they are actually reporting an Issue. on Stubborn Intel Graphics Bug Haunts Ubuntu 12.04 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Oh, and I WILL be modded down for this, and it WILL validate my point even more.

    Good strategy for your karma, but now I can say your point is INVALID.

  11. Re:Bugs? on PayPal Starts Bug Bounty Program · · Score: 3, Insightful

    1) "software" isn't static, so newer bugs can be introduced 2) even properly written and managed software depends on libraries, compilers, systems, all of which can have bugs

  12. Re:Why is a third party manufacturer needed? on How One Man Helps Keep Game Controllers Accessible · · Score: 1

    Why is a manufacturer needed at all ? If I were quadriplegic, I'd build myself an appropriate controller. Oh, wait...

  13. Re:Supercomputer? Really? on Gitbrew Releases OtherOS++ PS3 Linux Dual Boot · · Score: 1

    They just say so because there's no better than the PS3 to crack MD5, but yes, that's not really a "supercomputer", just a "superchip".
    Unless you have a cluster of PS3s...
    http://www.gearfuse.com/md5-algorithm-hacked-by-playstation-3-cluster/

  14. Re:Exim - POP3/IMAP client for Linux? on Remote Exim Exploit In the Wild · · Score: 1

    Huh? Don't you mean POP3/IMAP server? Because the client is called a "Mail User Agent".

    But a POP3/IMAP server is rather an MDA. An SMTP server is an MTA.

  15. Re:not required already possible with RFC822 on IETF Drops RFC For Cosmetic Carbon Copy · · Score: 1

    Wow, amazing it took so many comments before this insightful one on a "tech" site ! SMTP is like it is : Simple !

  16. Re:Good Job guys on Google Apologizes For "Michelle Obama" Results · · Score: 3, Informative

    The first suggestion is "michelle obama monkey" even when I only type "miche" in the search field !

  17. To recover bandwidth... on How Can I Tell If My Computer Is Part of a Botnet? · · Score: 1

    I noticed on the Linksys' log that the laptop was making seemingly random connections to high-numbered ports on various IPs. I did a nslookup on the IPs to see that they were all either in Canada or US, with Comcast and other ISP addresses

    Hey dad, you see that donkey icon in the system tray, next to the time ? Now right click on it and choose "Quit".

  18. Won't be a good /. article without MS bashing on The Perils of DRM — When Content Providers Die · · Score: 1
  19. Re:Who remembers it? on L0phtCrack (v6) Rises Again · · Score: 1

    I bet that 90% of slashdotters are still wondering what is L0phtCrack and how can you eat it.

    Hmmm no. I'm just wondering how I can smoke it.

  20. Re:Failure to compare with XP on Windows 7 Hard Drive and SSD Performance Analyzed · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why did they fail to compare performance with Windows XP?

    Because Vista was really slower than XP, and 7 is only a little bit faster than Vista (but still a lot slower than XP). That's why it was not in the benchmarks. Marketing...
    If you search for XP vs Vista vs 7 (and, why not, vs Linux) disk/networking benchmarks, you'll see what I mean.

  21. oblig on World's "Fastest" Small Web Server Released, Based On LISP · · Score: 5, Funny

    In speed and elegance, perhaps.

    So you agree to the fact that emacs is faster and more elegant than vi, right ? You agree ?

  22. Re:Who watches the... on Malware Found On Brand-New Windows Netbook · · Score: 1

    You can already try this, and it's read-only (not malware-prone as a flash drive) once burnt.
    ftp://downloads2.kaspersky-labs.com/devbuilds/RescueDisk/

  23. It wasn't fake on Nuclear Testing Helps Identify Fake Vintage Whiskey · · Score: 1

    scientists burn the liquid and bombard the resulting gas with electrically charged particles

    After the lab test :

    Yes, it was a real one !

  24. 10000 binary years ? on Work Progresses On 10,000 Year Clock · · Score: 3, Funny

    We have been fooled ! This will last only 16 years !

    And I understand binary !

    --
    There are 10 types of people in the world : Those who understand binary, and those who don't...

  25. Version 4, really ? on Firefox 3.2 Plans Include Natural Language, Themes · · Score: 1

    "going straight to Firefox 4" Wow, THAT is a feature ! But I don't think it's enough, 4 is quite low. What I'm waiting for is Firefox 2009 !