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  1. Re:Opera 3 on a Treo 700p is HORRIBLE on Opera Mini 3.0 Now Available · · Score: 1

    On my TX, I tried 3 different things:
    Installed the prc -- crashes instantly.
    Manually installed the advanced Midp jad and jar -- crashes instantly.
    Manually installed the basic midp jad and jar -- seems to work, but only with 320x320 screen. (Actually, it might be 160x160)

  2. Re:This begs the question... on Wi-Fi Exploits Coming to Metasploit · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  3. Re:How many people use it? on .mobi Websites Now Available to Register · · Score: 1

    I use blazer on a TX - try http://slashdot.org/palm/ (didn't see a link to it anywhere, but when a site looks horrible in blazer, I usually give that type of url a shot - works ocassionaly), wide page mode, or fast mode (CSS off).
    Netfront is also good, but caused stability problems for me.

  4. Re:Err, why? on Firefox VoIP Client · · Score: 4, Informative

    RTFA - you click on a phone number in a web page and it calls it. Not that cutting and pasting 10 digits would be that difficult, but there it is.

  5. Re:Yes, but ... on Enzyme Computer Could Live Inside You · · Score: 1

    Well, in Cory Doctorow's 0wnz0red, I think it did.

  6. Different Purposes on Unipage - A PDF Alternative? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Has everyone forgotten that the purpose of html is that the pages look different on different devices? The idea being that the information is what's important and the device should know how to best present it (given sufficient metadata). This is the exact opposite of the purpose of pdf, which looks the same no matter what. Of course some data could benefit from having part shown always the same and other parts shown according to device, and that's what this may do.

  7. Re:mobile internet, not much fun, even if improved on Should Businesses Have Mobile Friendly Websites? · · Score: 1

    I have a TX, and it does the same thing as your treo on the default page. Try slashdot.org/palm

  8. Re:One feature I need in GMail is this on 3 Email Chiefs Come to Dinner · · Score: 1

    You may be able to do that by signing up for 3 gmail accounts and using filters to forward them; there is a feature to change the "From" line. You could also use plus addressing to accomplish what you're going for.

  9. Re:A New Pseudo-Unit! on Interview With Gary Edwards of OpenOffice.org · · Score: 1

    When a measurement is given with these units, you're not actually going to use it to calculate anything, and it's usually only given with 1 significant digit, if that. So 90m, 100m, 100 yds, 120 yds - it's not going to make any difference.

  10. Focus follows Mouse on Fold 'n' Drop Window Interaction · · Score: 1

    This doesn't seem to do anything that letting the focus follow the mouse does. (Is that still the default behavior in KDE or Gnome?) I guess binding a key to switch between 'click to focus' and 'focus follows mouse' would do it without the eye candy.

  11. Difference Equations to Differential Equations on Five Free Calculus Textbooks · · Score: 1

    I have to disagree with a point in the review of this one. The reviewer claims it doesn't do any "real calculus" until p. 136 or so. This is just not true - the first chapter is about sequences and series, which is "real calculus." Most calculus courses leave that until the second semester, focusing on functions on the Reals first (which this book delays). However, starting with sequences is a more natural progression from a foundational point of view, and is what is normally done in more advanced classes on the theory of calculus taken by mathematicians (and the occasional physicist and engineer).

    Starting with sequences is probably a better way to understand what is actually going on, while the standard route will get you doing calculations for your physics class sooner.

  12. Re:Basic Dirty Martini on Cooking with the Internet? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Bah! Martinis are made with gin, which actually has flavor. Vodka mixes well with everything because it has no flavor. Not that there's anything wrong with a vodkatini, but its not a martini.

  13. Re:Big Deal... I have one. on New Microsoft Mouse Scrolls Both Ways · · Score: 1

    I also have a mouse with two wheels that I've had since my windows days. But since switching to Linux, the horizontal wheel acts the same as the vertical one. All the info I found when I switched seemed to indicate that X wouldn't deal with more than 5 buttons. Has this changed? If so, how do I make my horizontal button different from the vertical?

  14. forward on 3G phones: Send Anywhere, But Not Anything · · Score: 3, Funny

    I for one would be glad if forwarding were harder. I really could do without getting pseudo-religious right-wing pro-bomb-the-hell-out-of-country-X email from my grandparents that's more header than text.

  15. Re:Question of the Day on Another Breakthrough in Prime Number Theory · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Strictly speaking, negative numbers can be prime, however, -x is prime if and only if x is prime, so number theorists usually just deal with the positive ones.
    As for "counting as factors," one has to look at the definition. An irreducible is a number (well, non-unit element of a ring) such that every factorization has a unit as one of the factors. In the integers, 1 and -1 are the units.
    A prime is a number such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the factors. In the integers, these come down to the same thing.

  16. Re:The evolution of languages on The D Language Progresses · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well, once you have a language that is Turing-complete, it can do anything that any other Turing-complete language can do. Basic theorem of computer science (in the sense as a field of mathematics). And there aren't any languages (that I know of anyway) that are more than that, so yes, all languages are variations on a common theme in that anything you can do in one, you can do in another. It comes down to the question of which one is better for the task at hand.

  17. Re:I need something that can accomodate 8 inches.. on All-In-One Interface For All Your Retro/Legacy Drives · · Score: 2

    According to frink,, that would be $10.98 today.

  18. Re:there goes any real quality on Iowa College Goes Paperless · · Score: 2

    Had you read the article, you'd have seen that this is not a research university, but a community college. There's probably not very much, if any, research going on there - that's not their mission.

  19. Re:Water? on Hitachi's Water-cooled Laptop · · Score: 4, Informative

    Pure (distilled) water is actually a very poor conductor. It's all the impurities in solution that make most "water" into a conductor.

  20. Re:More than likeley it's just 1/2 downloads on Spoofing P2P Networks as Marketing Plot · · Score: 2

    I doubt it's that - what you've got there wouldn't repeat.

  21. not much on 5.2 Earthquake Shakes Up SF Bay Area · · Score: 1

    They didn't even stop the hockey game, eh?

  22. Futurama on Simpsons Guide to Math · · Score: 1

    Futurama (also a Matt Groening show) also has quite a few math references. The main characters go to Loew's Aleph-null plex to see a movie. I doubt too many people knew the symbol, so that one's a bit less overt than many of the Simpsons math references in the article.

  23. Re:Windows in South Korea on Questions over the Windows Trademark · · Score: 1

    Of course, most people with windows don't have paper manuals anymore anyway.

  24. wireless on Speed of Light Measurement Using Ping · · Score: 1

    I'd be interested to see what kind of results this technique would produce using a wireless network.

  25. Re:Each country has its own "bans" on Grand Theft Auto Still Banned Down Under · · Score: 1

    Some states ban oral/anal sex. However, it's extremely rarely enforced. If memory serves, the last few times it's been enforced, the courts have struck down the laws as unconstitutional.