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  1. Re:that's it? on Black Screens For Unauthorized Copies of Windows · · Score: 1

    You can clear the CD key you are using and set it to

  2. Re:Notifications on Black Screens For Unauthorized Copies of Windows · · Score: 2, Informative
  3. Re:Notifications on Black Screens For Unauthorized Copies of Windows · · Score: 1

    Some of us have limited-enough bandwidth to appreciate the still-the-latest-version packages on the CD.

  4. Re:They already have your email address on Hashing Email Addresses For Web Considered Harmful · · Score: 1

    Most people seem to use webmail.

  5. Re:Notifications on Black Screens For Unauthorized Copies of Windows · · Score: 1

    5 Minutes? Discounting Holds and such, it takes damn near 5 minutes to type in the number they give you.

    --
    0xB315AA8D852DCD3F3DCA578FD2E0BF88

    Is that it (disguised as hexadecimal)?

  6. Re:Notifications on Black Screens For Unauthorized Copies of Windows · · Score: 1

    I've got an ubuntu CD ready for the day I just give up on Microsoft and their customer hating practices.

    Throw it away. Unless you plan to make the jump within the next two months. A Debian disk, on the other hand...

    OK, so the Debian disk may only be useful for 1 month, but it will remain useful for quite some time after that.

  7. Re:Email. on Hashing Email Addresses For Web Considered Harmful · · Score: 1

    Only old ones in South Korea.

  8. Re:They already have your email address on Hashing Email Addresses For Web Considered Harmful · · Score: 1

    When you have sent a couple emails out with a given address, you can figure that at least one of them will to sit around in someone's Outlook mailstore for the next couple years. (Someone you know uses Windows!)

    They may use Windows, but most use of Outlook I've seen are limited to work.

  9. Re:In a word... on Psystar Will Countersue Apple · · Score: 1

    In the case of TV firmware, nobody is saying that you aren't allowed to try.

  10. Re:In a word... on Psystar Will Countersue Apple · · Score: 1

    Who's denting Apple's marketshare? Mac clones could be replacing Windows PCs.

  11. Re:Fun fun fud on The Internet's Biggest Security Hole Revealed · · Score: 0

    I thought his alias was 'lordsid'?

  12. Re:Goodwill on Computer With UK Bank Customer Data Sold On eBay · · Score: 1

    B-B-but the passwords.doc file at my work is password-protected!

  13. Re:Practice What You Preach on Software Quality In a Non-Software Company? · · Score: 1

    Trolls must have gotten some modpoints.

  14. Re:Firefox Anyone? on IE8 Will Contain an Accidental Ad Blocker · · Score: 1

    I find NoScript a PITA until I turn off notifications. If I want to enable a site's scripts, I can right-click the icon in the corner.

  15. Re:Who the hell is drinking this cool-aid? on IE8 Will Contain an Accidental Ad Blocker · · Score: 1

    You can hide it in the Preferences. Or move it to the status bar, if you will ever unblock a site (slashdot).

  16. Re:Who the hell is drinking this cool-aid? on IE8 Will Contain an Accidental Ad Blocker · · Score: 1

    I am fine with non-flash ads. In fact, I have disabled Ablock on Slashdot, because I want to support this site (I am considering a subscription). Unfortunately for Slashdot, I am not willing to disable NoScript for doubleclick and google-analytics, so I still don't get served any ads. Maybe they should switch to text or static images. Or at least have a toggle switch option in the preferences.

  17. Re:Furthermore on Linux Not Supported For Democratic Convention Video · · Score: 1

    VP gets to vote on the tiebreakers. The current VP is a Republican. His state could always elect another Democrat to fill his slot, shifting the balance a little further to the left.

  18. Re:right up till... on Carbon-Neutral Ziggurat Could House 1.1 Million In Dubai · · Score: 1

    In a tower, increasing the height makes no difference to the ground area (and, thus, the number of exits). Increasing the height of a pyramid increases the ground area...

    You are assuming that when they increase the height, they keep the slope the same. This pyramid is much steeper than this one

  19. Third parties, hmm? on IE8 Will Contain an Accidental Ad Blocker · · Score: 1

    A third party like... Google?

  20. Re:Want to read every single technical detail...? on LHC Fully Documented Online · · Score: 1

    Sad thing is, that is what a lot of people hear when exposed to technobabble.

  21. Re:Wait a minute on Has Google Lost Its Mojo? · · Score: 1

    but maybe *Dad* could stay home...?

    They wouldn't survive.

  22. Re:Furthermore on Linux Not Supported For Democratic Convention Video · · Score: 1

    But with Congress in it's current state, a tiebreaker isn't all that unlikely.

  23. Re:right up till... on Carbon-Neutral Ziggurat Could House 1.1 Million In Dubai · · Score: 1

    The one actually on the article has a more accurate environment, but not as good of an angle for showing the segmentation that would prevent fires from spreading.

  24. Re:I'll Do It on Carbon-Neutral Ziggurat Could House 1.1 Million In Dubai · · Score: 1

    Or a low-cost housing one.

  25. Re:It is a horrible idea on Carbon-Neutral Ziggurat Could House 1.1 Million In Dubai · · Score: 1

    Half of a tech site such as this are dead set against anything with the N word attached, in the general green crowd it approaches 100% enough to ignore the outriders.

    Dubai isn't in America, and not subject to our politics (at least not those politics unrelated to oil). Our environmentalists can pout all they want.