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  1. Re:12 year old product compares to iPad, and couri on The iPad vs. Microsoft's "Jupiter" Devices · · Score: 1

    I can't believe Slashdot is having a serious conversation comparing iPad's OS to Windows CE. Touch screens have been around forever. That's now what happened here. Have you even used Windows CE?

  2. Re:How about? on Jeff Jaffe Named CEO of W3C · · Score: 1

    Couldn't have said it better myself.

  3. Re:HA! on Calendar Bug Disables Older PlayStation 3 Models · · Score: 1

    You're half right. This is DRM working, not DRM broken.

  4. Re:They all write the same stupid article..... on How Infighting Hampers Innovation At Microsoft · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Microsoft is, was, and always will be about profit for shareholders...

    I think that's the definition of a corporation.

  5. Just like in DOOM on Windows 7 Has Lots of "God Modes" · · Score: 1

    In Windows as in DOOM, GodMode helps you defeat UAC

  6. Re:Global Warming? on Mars Images Reveal Evidence of Ancient Lakes · · Score: 1

    Does the earth's magnetic field not also provide our atmosphere a degree of protection from solar wind that Mars does not benefit from?

  7. Re:Me too! on Monty Wants To Save MySQL · · Score: 1

    If I had a billion dollars I'd try to think of ways to make the world better too. Undoing what got you the $1B is a little strange, but whatev.

  8. Re:Office "open" XML on Microsoft Ordered To Pay $290M, Stop Selling Word · · Score: 5, Funny

    I like to think of it as "open" as in 'you need MS-Word to "open" the file'.

  9. Re:Yes it is terrible! on Is Linux Documentation Lacking? · · Score: 1

    The intersection of OSS developers and good technical writers is a small part of the Venn diagram. Nothing would ever be released if a project wasn't considered done until documentation was complete and well written. The strength of OSS is that each person can contribute the part they're good at. If someone makes a good piece of software, it'd be great if someone else came along to document it, and everybody wins.

  10. Let's see... on Is Linux Documentation Lacking? · · Score: 1

    # man linux
    No manual entry for linux

    Yup. It's lacking

  11. Re:Spite? on G-WAN, Another Free Web Server · · Score: 1

    He seems to be taking out his anger for Microsoft on PHP

  12. Rename it on Google Under Fire For Calling Their Language "Go" · · Score: 2

    They will have to call it GoToo!

  13. It's been done on Speech-to-Speech Translator Developed For iPhone · · Score: 1

    No HD projector, no shaver. Lame

    this is where it's at.

  14. The market on Can Nintendo Really Be Planning Another DS Variant? · · Score: 1

    If Nintendo thinks it'll sell and make them money, they'll made a DSi with the bigger screen. If Smith is truly satisfied with his 3.25" DSi screens then he should enjoy using it as he presumably does now, and get over the fact that he doesn't have "the latest" that Nintendo has to offer. Sheesh.

  15. Re:Good grief.. on Save the Planet, Eat Your Dog · · Score: 1

    I think the lesson to take away from this is to kill all animals, everywhere you find them. Only then can the environment be saved from their eco-footprints.

  16. Re:Fahrenheit 451 on What Belongs In a High School Sci-Fi/Fantasy Lit Class? · · Score: 1

    I just finished reading Fahrenheit 451 for the first time. It reminded me a lot of 1984, but didn't terrify me (in a good way) as much. Still, I thought it was a fantastic read and Bradbury's vision of a society lulled by TV into political complacence to be very relevant today, even prophetic.

  17. Pwning on Schneier On Un-Authentication · · Score: 2, Interesting

    In my office an unlocked computer is fair game for harmless pranks that have become known simply as pwning.

    Nothing too nasty happens as the shame is in having been pwnd, not in the severity of damage inflicted.

    There, my computer just announced "it's one thirty" in a robot voice. Nice. Thanks a lot, guys.

  18. Re:Admiral Ackbar says... on RIAA Spokesman Says DRM Is Dead · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Trouble is they spent all this money lobbying politicians to make DRM stick, and tampering with it a federal offense, so they'll keep going down that road while abandoning it in their business models

  19. Re:LaTeX on HTML Tags For Academic Printing? · · Score: 1

    And DocBook

  20. Re:That's a damn shame on Asus Slaps Linux In the Face · · Score: 1

    Then, wow. What a hack-job website Asus put together.

  21. Re:That's a damn shame on Asus Slaps Linux In the Face · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This website is such a hack-job. I can't believe MS or Asus was involved. The video player is FlowPlayer, the tracking uses Google Analytics, the fonts are all wrong for a MS job. There's no copyright, disclaimer, contact. Nothing. I call bullshit.

    That, and I don't believe MS would be encouraging people to use XP with Vista taking so much heat and Windows 7 just on the horizon.

  22. What would the control panel say? on Soy-Based Toner Cartridges? · · Score: 1

    Tofu low: order replacement

  23. Not for children on UK To Mull High Video Game Taxes — To Fight Knife Crime · · Score: 1

    There are rules about selling excessively violent games to children, and the problem is these rules aren't followed by parents and retailers. The tax should only be charged when games are illegally sold to children.

  24. Re:Pleb ;) on First Doom 4 Production Shots Revealed · · Score: 1

    I must agree with you on the forced depth of field thing: it's silly. I'm sure it looks neat in promo videos, but my eyes will automatically focus on what I'm looking at and "blur" that which is in the periphery.

  25. Re:Seriously... on iTunes DRM-Free Files Contain Personal Info · · Score: 1

    Don't worry. Next week we'll see a story like "Embedded personal information in iTunes songs returns lost iPod to rightful owner"