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  1. Re:Loss of archives is going to be bad on AOL To Discontinue LISTSERV · · Score: 1

    Maybe they'll let Google archive it over on Groups. Or do they do that sort of thing? You'd think they would - more useful searches at Google.com as a benefit.

  2. Re:This is huge news! on AOL To Discontinue LISTSERV · · Score: 1

    GP didn't understand it either. Unless he meant to say: You just send an email to a server follow someone or unfollow.

    More likely, he meant ^W, and still forgot one ^W: You just send follow someone or unfollow.

  3. Re:Ummm... good? on Apple To Require Sandboxing For Mac App Store Apps · · Score: 1

    But what about Skitch (now owned by Evernote)? It's a screenshot utility. They are now available in the app store, I believe. The program is free, and allows easy screenshots with annotation and scribbling - and a great drag-and-drop to other programs feature.

  4. Re:When I was a kid we didn't have autism spectrum on When Geeks Meet, Are They More Likely To Have Autistic Kids? · · Score: 1

    That was implied by saying "each group." I'm too lazy to expand my text beyond that.

  5. Re:The real issue, the taboo one on No Windows 8 Plot To Lock Out Linux · · Score: 1

    My guess is just the fact that the CD you're booting off of to do it must be signed, and so you'd have to do the signing under windows before burning a disc. Kind of involved.

  6. Re:Your warranty is now void. on No Windows 8 Plot To Lock Out Linux · · Score: 1

    Unfair comparison - laptop parts crammed into a tiny case will last as long as a laptop. This isn't Apple's fault. The point is, anything with adequate cooling and bigger desktop parts will last a long time except for manufacturing defects on components. This is what the warranty is good for anyway.

  7. Re:nt on When Geeks Meet, Are They More Likely To Have Autistic Kids? · · Score: 1

    Frustrated by their child's autism, the young couple turned to becoming geeks. Tragic, really.

  8. Re:When I was a kid we didn't have autism spectrum on When Geeks Meet, Are They More Likely To Have Autistic Kids? · · Score: 1

    Wow, that's an incredibly interesting fact. The only ethical way of doing such a study is to grab a large sample of people who are not known to have a peanut allergy. Then, when people in each group have a reaction, it's not your fault.

  9. Re:There is always a way on Court To Prisoner: No Xbox 360 For You · · Score: 1

    Slavery? No. It earns them the food, clothing, and shelter they get as part of their arrangement. If anybody shouldn't be receiving the welfare of the state, it's people who have already tried to cheat their way to a living or worse.

  10. Re:PageRank no longer works on Google Starts Indexing Facebook Comments · · Score: 1

    And by having your personal webring, you (plural) increase the pagerank of that site, and Google works as designed.

  11. Re:PageRank no longer works on Google Starts Indexing Facebook Comments · · Score: 1

    Or just google "collegename wiki" (no quotes) and the city/state is usually in the summary text of the first result. Yeah, I'm lazy.

  12. Re:How can you patent counting? on White House Responds To Software Patents Petition · · Score: 1

    Oh, sure. And books are just really big base-127 numbers represented by letters, numbers, and spaces. It's just a number, you can't copyright a number. That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

  13. Re:My Prediction on White House Responds To Software Patents Petition · · Score: 1

    Can't wait to hear the response to this (signed).

  14. Re:I like usabiity on Are Power Users Too Cool For Ubuntu Unity? · · Score: 1

    Agreed. "Just work" in the mind of a power user is making it "just work" the way they like after configuration.

  15. Re:Why Unity/Gnome3/Windows8... on Are Power Users Too Cool For Ubuntu Unity? · · Score: 1

    Universal remotes are worse than most TV remotes. Took me forever to find one I liked and that could be easily understood by guests.

  16. Re:Why Unity/Gnome3/Windows8... on Are Power Users Too Cool For Ubuntu Unity? · · Score: 1

    If you're typing the whole name, you're doing it wrong. Ironically, even though it's a default feature of OS X/Windows now, I prefer Launcy on Windows and Quicksilver on Mac for this.

  17. Re:How old are you??? on Are Power Users Too Cool For Ubuntu Unity? · · Score: 1

    The older ones, I assume. Once the brain ages beyond a certain point, it is much harder to adapt to a new computing paradigm. Much of the time, it's claimed that the newer OSes are just somehow inferior, and mostly because they're different.

  18. Re:Power users should like usability and ease.... on Are Power Users Too Cool For Ubuntu Unity? · · Score: 1

    You say that like it's a bad thing. 98/XP/7 were all "good enough" for the entire time of their popularity. XP could go on for a lifetime if it weren't for needing new hardware support (mostly not being 64-bit). I love Windows 7, but the only people I'm encouraging to upgrade to it are the ones on Vista.

  19. Re:Support them from your own money on How Can I Justify Using Red Hat When CentOS Exists? · · Score: 1

    Of course, if Red hat were to die, CentOS suddenly has to do all the work.

  20. Re:Why not... on Apple's Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) Now Open Source · · Score: 1

    A lot of them say they won't charge, and charge anyway - although a lot slower. The iPad can take 2A at once, and PC USB ports are limited to .5A

  21. Re:Science: It works.... on Stars Found To Produce Complex Organic Compounds · · Score: 1
  22. Re:Why it doesn't matter on Redbox Raises Its Prices To $1.20 Per Day · · Score: 1

    Which is a bit ironic, since they're owned by Coinstar

  23. Re:Why not... on Apple's Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) Now Open Source · · Score: 1

    HDMI is a fairly smart suggestion, but only the very latest version of HDMI does it all - you need Ethernet (for file transfer), audio/video is already built-in, and instead of the Apple control protocol you have CEC. But Apple won't be the one doing it, until the docks are already ubiquitous. So someone needs to come up with a better media player first.

  24. Re:Why not... on Apple's Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) Now Open Source · · Score: 1

    Some iPads say that, even while charging off the unsupported charger. A lot of that is more to do with low amperage chargers.

  25. Re:halloween spookies on Ask Slashdot: How Are You Haunting Your House This Hallowe'en? · · Score: 1

    Now THAT would be a hilarious costume. Nobody would quite know for sure if you were trick-or-treating, or protesting.