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  1. Re:Leave it alone! on BitTorrent, Inc. Acquires uTorrent · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So why worry? If you keep the build you have right now I doubt it'll be incompatible with torrents any time soon. What I have right now does the job fine, and I don't really need any new features.

  2. Re:Funny on Bill Gates' Taxes Require Special Computer · · Score: 2, Funny

    Or iPenis if they did switch to Macs.

    Hmmm, can Apple sue over a translucent dildo?

  3. Re:Top 10 List on Voyager 1 Sends Messages from the Edge · · Score: 1
  4. Re:Clippy? on Under the Hood of Office 12 · · Score: 1

    You mean like typing "dir /b > list.txt" into a command prompt and opening list.txt in Word?

  5. Re:Not Surprising on More Mac OS X on Plain Old x86 Boxes · · Score: 1

    This said though, it could be a boost for the launch. So may people (ok, geeks) will run an OS on their machine purely because they're not supposed to be able to do it. Once they get the geeks, maybe they'll release a public version?

    Not my actual beliefs, but still it could be true...

  6. Re:3rd World? on loband - Killer App for Developing World? · · Score: 1

    And if you're a BT Internet customer you can use it for free - just download the client and use your BT account information.

    I find it works really well. The best feature is being able to adjust the compression yourself, so can basically choose to receive higher or lower quality images.

  7. Re:HHGG on Ask 'Hitchhiker's Guide' Exec. Producer Robbie Stamp · · Score: 1

    Mostly Harmless

    It's the final book where everything is wrapped up, maybe not to your liking. I enjoyed it though. I won't type a blurb in case you just don't want to know anything, but descriptions are Out There. Not that there aren't enough spoilers in this thread for people who haven't read any of the books...

  8. Re:I beg to differ ... on Ask 'Hitchhiker's Guide' Exec. Producer Robbie Stamp · · Score: 1

    It was a play, and in general I'd say it's far easier to port a play to the silver-screen than it is to port a book. tHGttG was turned into a book with the leopard joke intact - if it can survive play-to-book, then why not play-to-screen?

    Which brings up another interesting point. Does anyone know how the movie script was written? As in was the original radio script used as a reference, just the book or both?

  9. Re:They're just trying to filter out the females.. on Mandrakesoft Changes Name to Mandriva · · Score: 1

    Could that be because "alady" isn't Hebrew?

  10. They're just trying to filter out the females... on Mandrakesoft Changes Name to Mandriva · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can imagine it now.

    Mandriva? Man driva? Woman can drive just as well as men! Sexist company, I'll not be using their distro!

  11. Re:April 1st? on Gmail's Birthday Presents · · Score: 1

    ...and that'll be exactly the kind of thing that would kill Gmail.

    2GB is quite a bit considering they don't charge. I'm paying £17.99 GBP per month with my ISP, and they only give me 1GB.

    I'm hoping you were joking. Please don't ruin it for the rest of us...

  12. 1000 Cycles? on Toshiba's One-Minute-Recharge Li-ion Batteries · · Score: 1

    I can see this being a Good Thing, and 1% over 1000 cycles doesn't seem too bad. If it only takes 1 minute to quickcharge though, doesn't that mean that people will be charging more?

  13. Re:you think so? on Yahoo Ups Mail to Match Google's Gig · · Score: 2, Informative

    I had the same thing when I first logged in. I tend to keep all mail that's useful in a folder called "Reference" and delete the rest, and was confused when I realised that Gmail wouldn't let you make folders.

    A good way to do things is not change for your old system - use a label in place of where you would use a folder before. You could have a "Work", "Family" and "Friends" label and either apply them to mails manually or set up a filter, just like with the folders where you manually dropped them in or set a filter up.

    Th advantage is that you can apply multiple labels to a mail. You're best friend also works with you and wants to organise a night out with some people from work and more of your friends? Label it "Work" and "Friends". Using the folder system you could only have put it in one folder, unless you made a copy and put it in both.

  14. Re:Hurray! on Kazaa Outed Over 'Trust Fund' for Red Cross · · Score: 1

    No-one uses it? Tell that to the 2,742,680 people sharing 914,064,273 files on there riiight now...

  15. Re:If the court decides they should compensate... on Finding the Pits In CherryOS · · Score: 1

    Compensation is usually given out for exactly that - to compensate financially. Has PearPC actually lost money over this?

    Not that I agree with code theft, but it seems it's more of a moral issue.

  16. Re:PigeonRank(TM) on Google's Technology Explored · · Score: 1

    It explains all in the link - the Google white background is...err... maybe you should just read it ;-)

  17. Re:Is this true? on eXeem Lite Public Beta Released · · Score: 1

    Taken from the eXeem main site:

    "eXeem is a brand new Peer-To-Peer program, which is based on the BitTorrent idea. eXeem eliminates the need for trackers as nodes in the program will be taking their role. eXeem also features easy publication of files to the network as well as a rating and comments system. eXeem contains NO SPYWARE. eXeem is free and is ad-supported eXeem is currently still in its beta testing phase, which means that the network might not be completely stable yet. You are still very welcome to give eXeem a try and see how it is different from other Peer-To-Peer programs."

    So it claims not to use Spyware, and yet admits in the FAQ that it uses Cydoor. I'm confused :-/

  18. Re:Thank you gnome for not adding the "XP look" on Gnome 2.10 Sneak Peek · · Score: 1

    Point taken, but it's a little different. Once you've applied a theme you can keep it. You can customise the appearence of things and they never have to be updated, if you're happy you can stay happy. With security patches you play the game at the mercy of the people writing them. New vulnerabilities can be found.

  19. Re:Thank you gnome for not adding the "XP look" on Gnome 2.10 Sneak Peek · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Isn't this what themes are for though? I know you're probably talking about the default theme, but that's the whole point - if you don't like it, change it. Isn't that what Linux is about now?

    And who says Linux=KDE anyway, just don't use it if you don't like it.

  20. Re:Its GBP! on UK Trains Take WiFi Route To Connectivity · · Score: 1

    Doesn't that just mean to pass freely over the British border though? It's a statement to say you can be let out of the country and let back in again, not to demand entrance to the US.

  21. Re:WinAmp Use on WinAmp Security Hole Discovered, Patched · · Score: 1

    Me too, but aren't they the default keys anyway?

  22. Re:No kidding. on Corel To Test WordPerfect For Linux · · Score: 1

    You're being serious? Did your GIMP installation look anything like this? Hint: The toolbox is the main active window, highlighted with dark green on the titlebar.
    I've been using Photoshop for a while, but I feel that the GIMP functions superbly as a graphics app, and follows general standards...

  23. No charge for 'legitimate' advertising? on Microsoft, Yahoo Investigate Spam Solution · · Score: 1

    The idea may work, but I'm not in favour. I like email, I like that it's free, and it means I rarely have to use snail mail / faxes.

    One thing though - if Microsoft or Yahoo are approached by a company offering to pay for a bulk... er..., promotional mail sending spree, will they accept? I mean, if they are in it for the money like some of the posts on this topic suggest then maybe they can work in a reduced rate for known (high paying businesses) spammers?

  24. Re:Yo on Toner Cartridges new DMCA victim · · Score: 1

    Lexmark chose to do things simlar to the old Gillete/Kodak methods: By practically giving away razors/cameras you can make more money on highly priced blades/films.

    It works well, so long as there's no-one doing things cheaper than you. Lexmark sells fairly cheap printers (free in fact, if you go to freecolourprinters.co.uk, but their consumables are more pricey than most other companies. Just gotta find the right balance...

    Before you critisise a man, walk a mile in his shoes. Then he's a mile away and barefoot.

  25. Re:You guys are assholes! on Undernet In Serious Trouble: Any Suggestions? (Updated) · · Score: 1

    I don't agree with the assholes bit, but it is true that many a DoS attack is in reality just a slashdotted site ;-)