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  1. Re:Outrage calibration on Ubuntu's New Firefox Is Watching You · · Score: 1

    sudo apt-get install abrowser

  2. Vendor Lock-in on Ubuntu's New Firefox Is Watching You · · Score: 1

    Too bad there are no operating systems other than Canonical's that properly support .do^H^Hodf, Excha^H^H^H^Hvolution^W IMAP, and Internet Ex^W^WFirefo^Wany standards compliant browser.

  3. Re:Stop the madness on Microsoft Patents XML Word Processing Documents · · Score: 3, Informative

    Red Hat love patents too.

    I'll just point you here.

  4. What type of planet? on NASA's New Telescope Finds Exoplanet Atmosphere · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Class I, J, or T?

  5. Buzzword compliant. on Microsoft Patents XML Word Processing Documents · · Score: 1

    Word-processing document stored in a single XML file...

    How many ways are there to store a document? Markup (Postscript, XML, LaTeX, etc) and Binary are the only two I can think of. Using a different markup language is hardly an earth-shattering new development.

  6. Re:What's wrong with America? on Microsoft Patents XML Word Processing Documents · · Score: 1

    The problem seems to be that we have too large a library of patents to wade through and not enough people that can both interpret obfuscated technobable and identify prior art. At least, not at patent examiner's wages.

  7. OpenDocument on Microsoft Patents XML Word Processing Documents · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So basically, OOXML was a way to acquire a patent that could kill ODF-using applications in the US (that can't get legal backing, anyways)

  8. Re:I am willing to accept unobstrusice ads on New Chrome Beta Adds Themes, Speed, & HTML 5 Video · · Score: 1

    Adblock outright prevents downloading of the ads it blocks, doesn't it? At the very least, they may notice that nobody's downloading their animated --BEEEEEEEEEEP--.

  9. Re:Still no Adblock though on New Chrome Beta Adds Themes, Speed, & HTML 5 Video · · Score: 1

    That was Google's time. I just did the same search and got 0.37 seconds.

  10. Re:I am willing to accept unobstrusice ads on New Chrome Beta Adds Themes, Speed, & HTML 5 Video · · Score: 2, Informative

    Give me static images or text and I won't block them.

    Adding @@|$image to your Adblock rules will allow image ads through on all sites. For specific sites, enter a URL before the $.

  11. Re:Nice title. on Windows Drains MacBook's Battery; Who's To Blame? · · Score: 1

    I doubt Apple supplies any drivers for Ubuntu.

  12. Re:Icon count on Preview the Office 2007 Ribbon-Like UI Floated For OpenOffice.Org · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure whether you're being sarcastic about the old interface, or comparing it favorably with the new one, or both at once. The screenshot you link to horrified me.

    The sidebar isn't there by default (yes, it is horrible). I was mainly referring to the top bars.

  13. Re:They Did Not 'Look At The Options' on Swiss Open Source Decision Going Microsoft's Way · · Score: 1

    For what? I've never seen MS Office do something that an all-OpenOffice shop couldn't emulate (OK, Sharepoint maybe).

    File format compatibility? It's the government. They can dictate the terms under which they interact with the private sector.

  14. Re:GIVE US LAN BACK on StarCraft II Delayed Until 2010 · · Score: 1

    I mean in general.

  15. Re:Just build in multiplayer over lan. on StarCraft II Delayed Until 2010 · · Score: 1

    Battle.net doesn't work very well in WINE.

  16. Icon count on Preview the Office 2007 Ribbon-Like UI Floated For OpenOffice.Org · · Score: 1

    In comparison, their traditional interface has more buttons taking up less screen real estate.

  17. At least MS Office's ribbon is pretty. OOo's ripoff is downright repulsive.

  18. Unlikely on StarCraft II Delayed Until 2010 · · Score: 1

    They say in the summary that the game is pretty much ready. Battle.net just isn't ready for it.

  19. Re:GIVE US LAN BACK on StarCraft II Delayed Until 2010 · · Score: 1

    It should. No LAN play means I can only play the campaigns and against AI. I don't especially like either.

  20. Re:Just build in multiplayer over lan. on StarCraft II Delayed Until 2010 · · Score: 1

    Not everyone has a house capable of holding 5v5 games unless you want to have smelly gamers packed in like sardines...

    Try a VPN.

  21. No on StarCraft II Delayed Until 2010 · · Score: 1

    Duke Nukem has been in the works for 12 years now. SC2 was announced not even a year ago.

  22. Re:shocked, just shocked on StarCraft II Delayed Until 2010 · · Score: 1

    Why would we have seen it coming? The Christmas rush would have made a great release time.

  23. 2010? on StarCraft II Delayed Until 2010 · · Score: 0

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

    Extra text to get past all-caps filter.

  24. Re:Treewalk or OpenDNS on Comcast the Latest ISP To Try DNS Hijacking · · Score: 1

    But isn't that how we vote for president? Lesser of two evils?

    Really, really bad example.

  25. Re:Serious question on Comcast the Latest ISP To Try DNS Hijacking · · Score: 1

    This is the opt out link: https://dns-opt-out.comcast.net/

    How kind of you to think of the /.ers that don't read the summary.