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  1. Re:I can' t even imagine... on Nokia 3650 Released in US Market · · Score: 1

    6610 is the same phone with a more traditional design.

  2. Re:I can' t even imagine... on Nokia 3650 Released in US Market · · Score: 1

    The best cursor is that of Nokia 7110, which is basically a "wheel" exactly like in a wheel mouse. You can roll it up, down, and click it. It's strange that they never used the same method in any other phone.

  3. Re:In other words... on The Post-OOP Paradigm · · Score: 1

    Which is what everyone does anyway?

    Everyone does it but doesn't admit. That's the innovation of XP. XP insists that this is a better way to attack *some* type of problems. You (unwillingly) force yourself to assign more and more time for design in every next project, while XP sets you free.

  4. Re:Isn't this the compiler's job? on Java Performance Tuning, 2nd Ed. · · Score: 1

    Actually it does. When you concatenate two strings, the compiler (at least recent versions of Sun's javac) automatically changes the code so that it uses StringBuffers.

    See http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?StringBuffer

  5. Re:Stuff I usually carry on What Would You Put Into A Software Survival Kit? · · Score: 1

    http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

  6. Re:I'll pass. It really flimsy and stinks. on Gameboy Advance Clone Superemulator · · Score: 1

    Why didn't your friend ripped his CDs instead?

  7. Re:NOW I understand their blog move on Larry Page: Google Was an Accident · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It may soon be possible as Google recently purchased Blogger:

    http://weblog.siliconvalley.com/column/dangillmo r/ archives/000802.shtml

  8. Re:HDTV out on S3's DeltaChrome Examined · · Score: 1

    Where did you see a USR external sold for $200??? You can buy them for $40 or less...

  9. Re:IE's other trick: full DOM and JS caching on Why IE Is So Fast ... Sometimes · · Score: 1

    I have even heard of a rumour that says that IE is storing a bitmap image of previous pages, and displays it before actually re-rendering a page when you hit back. Again, it may be just a rumour.

  10. Re:Cut n Paste on Why IE Is So Fast ... Sometimes · · Score: 1

    It doesn't matter. They don't have to be in kernel level to be using some undocumented function of *their* TCP stack.

  11. Re:Yea but.... [OT] on CDRW Drives Hit 52X Speeds · · Score: 1

    I bought mine at about 250 USD in Europe (USA radio frequencies are incompatible here as you should know) in the summer. Only drawback is that you can't play VBR encoded MP3s (actually you can, but they pop and crack), but still great to have in the car.

  12. Re:Yea but.... [OT] on CDRW Drives Hit 52X Speeds · · Score: 1

    No, it's a Panasonic CQ-DFX572N. Pioneers were (maybe they still are) far too expensive at the time I bought it.

  13. Re:Slashdot has gotten stupid... on CDRW Drives Hit 52X Speeds · · Score: 1

    Just don't let your kids see you replying as an anonymous coward.

    24x (theoretically) means 24 times faster than a 1x drive. And 1x originally meant the same speed as a music CD player (74 or 80 minutes).

    Or look at in another way:
    24x = 24 * 150 kb/sec = 3.6 MB/sec

    700 MB / 3.6 MB/sec = 194 sec = 3.24 min

  14. Re:That's great and all, but... on CDRW Drives Hit 52X Speeds · · Score: 1

    Then buy a drive with good buffer. My Teac 40x has 8 MB internal buffer, and combined with good software (Nero Burning Rom bundled with it) I'm yet to see a coaster out of my 15 cent Princo 24x CD-Rs.

    I haven't extensively tested 40x cheap CD-Rs, though.

  15. Re:News for pirates. Stuff that's illegal on CDRW Drives Hit 52X Speeds · · Score: 1

    Buy another CD-RW instead... That's 100% speed increase.

  16. Re:Yea but.... on CDRW Drives Hit 52X Speeds · · Score: 1

    It could be something to do with your burner. I both write 24x and 40x on cheap media, and my Pioneer DVD-ROM never refused any of them.

    Only my MP3 Car stereo has issues with those cheap CD-Rs, but it is irrelevant of the burning speed.

  17. Re:Slashdot has gotten stupid... on CDRW Drives Hit 52X Speeds · · Score: 1

    80 / 24 = 3.33 min

    Even without lead-in/lead-out phase, you can't go down to 2.5 minutes with a 24x drive... In fact, you get something like 4 minutes or so.

  18. Re:How About The Games? on TheOpenCD Launches First Edition · · Score: 1

    Actually Mozilla is there, but within a different distribution (Beonex Communicator)...

  19. Re:YASE on Grokker Search Engine Provides Visual Search Results · · Score: 5, Informative

    Try Google sets, you'll be amazed.

  20. Didn't you get a spam about this? on Airborne Mouse · · Score: 1

    A few weeks ago I was spammed by someone advertising this mouse. Now they say that it is recently manufactured. Isn't it strange?

  21. Re:Slot Loader? on Pioneer DVR-A05 Review · · Score: 4, Informative

    Maybe because you can't write on a small CD with slot loading writers... But again, you can't read them using the Pioneer DVD's... Strange.

  22. Re:Looks Good on Pioneer DVR-A05 Review · · Score: 1

    I believe "online" means "burnt on a CD/DVD".

  23. Good old Slashdot on LOTR Director's Cut Reviewed · · Score: 1

    From the summary:
    the whole thing is reviewed dvd by dvd

    From the actual article:
    Please note that most of this is from memory, and there is always the possibility I may be describing a scene that was already in the standard version.

  24. Re:Phoenix is cool and all... on Phoenix 0.3 Is Out · · Score: 2, Interesting

    From the Phoenix FAQ:

    1. What can I do to help?

    We need all the distribution we can get. Tell your family. Tell your friends. Tell your coworkers. If you're a student, get it distributed at your college. Submit a story to Slashdot and other news sites about the release. Make some noise on your blog. Spread the word!

  25. Re:She's not the only one... on Microsoft Tries a "Switch" Campaign · · Score: 1

    print help:
    http://delivery.gettyimages.com/comp/dv1680 25a.jpg ?x=x&dasite=GETTYIMAGES&dareq=1F0B1E1F1B0F1A034C25 255F1417424548514146114D414D