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  1. Re:I have to agree with MS on this one... on Microsoft Admits XP Has Same Bug As Win2K · · Score: 1

    What's even more fun is that someone went on to get angry about the reply I wrote to you... :-D

  2. Re:What's this news about again? on Suit Filed Over 'Halo 3 Incompatibility' · · Score: 1

    Given that his link home page is in... er... Spanish? - I'd guess English isn't his first language. Plus, he does have a point.

  3. Re:The link to the "killer app" on Microsoft Faces Fight Against Online Office Rival · · Score: 1

    Is here
    See for yourself. You must have better karma than Sirch, because he linked to the exact same page, only /. thought it prudent in his case to warn me of the url.

    Here it is: the Live Documents website [live-documents.com]. Odd.
  4. Re:I have to agree with MS on this one... on Microsoft Admits XP Has Same Bug As Win2K · · Score: 1

    ...
    I think you hit reply at the wrong place. My point was that someone who writes 'Abble' and 'Linuzzz' is so obviously a troll, that you shouldn't reply. That's... sort of not in vein with what you replied...

  5. Re:I have to agree with MS on this one... on Microsoft Admits XP Has Same Bug As Win2K · · Score: 2, Funny

    I believe the words you were looking for are:
    YHBT. YHL. HAND.

  6. Re:How are they measuring? on Comparing Memory Usage of Firefox 2 vs 3 · · Score: 1

    It was mostly a joke while pointing out that it wasn't Sysinternals any more, but free downloads can be a part of the 'embrace' and 'extend' parts of the process. ActiveX is a free part of IE, for instance.
    Later on they might make it a "full-featured separate product" ($$$) or slap WGA on it.

  7. Re:How are they measuring? on Comparing Memory Usage of Firefox 2 vs 3 · · Score: 2, Insightful
  8. Re:Interesting business in Germany? on Court Order Against German T-Mobile iPhone Sales · · Score: 1

    So if I get this straight, in Germany if Company A offers me $X dollars for my product, and Company B offers me $X+5, and I decide to do business only with Company B because I don't like Company A's deal, Company A can then sue me for anti-competitive practices? Sounds like I don't want to do business there... No, they're saying that they want to know whether Apple can say they don't want to trade with all comers who want to pay $X+5. What a smart competitor would usually do is buy the phones at $X+5 (more precisely, X+5) and then sell it with another price plan than T-Mobile. Maybe even (shock!) sell it without a price plan, like in France. They want to know whether it is legal to discriminate in that manner.
  9. Re:root listens to audio? on Multiple FLAC Vulnerabilities Affect Every OS · · Score: 1

    (grumblegrumblethenewdiscussionsystemdidn'tshowthepostyourepliedtowhenIwaswritingminegrumble)

    This answer goes a lot further in explaining what you were trying to express in your post, though the exploit does need the local user to also be the admin who uses sudo (though it's a pretty safe bet on most machines).
    My point below was also that you shouldn't hastily call people fools for not knowing something obscure you posted to insecure.org's bugtraq 5 months ago.

    Btw, congratulations on your marriage; I hope it leads to many happy years, which in turn will hopefully spread happiness.

  10. Re:Jailbreak!! on Multiple FLAC Vulnerabilities Affect Every OS · · Score: 1

    I installed this but never really use iTunes for anything except syncing my Audio books to my iPod, but here:
    Xiph.Org QuickTime Components. Should do the trick.
    HTH :)

  11. I think you misunderstand the post on Multiple FLAC Vulnerabilities Affect Every OS · · Score: 1

    How does the code get access to anything but the *executing user's* files? It gets the same privileges as the program has been granted by the user/admin, but unless something is really wonky in the system, it does not have an avenue of getting more rights.

    Please, instead of assuming that you have parsed other people's thoughts correctly and hastily call them ignorant fools, try to see it from their side. It adds nothing positive to a debate.

  12. Re:Just give us back Google Video on High-Quality YouTube Videos Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    I always use site:video.google.com when I need something usable through video.google.com.
    Also, I make use of their wonderful option to filter by length.
    HTH :)

  13. Re:SO how long on High-Quality YouTube Videos Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    You forgot redtube.com, but I don't blame you. Their bandwidth is ridiculously low, at least to Europe.

  14. Re:Quite a milestone on World of Warcraft Hits 9.3 Million Players · · Score: 1

    Even better, 9,314,159 subscribers. That'd make as much sense as this one, only make it funnier.

  15. Re:Well OS X has Klingon, so.. on Microsoft Windows 7 "Wishlist" Leaked · · Score: 1

    (sorry, seems the GF was logged on in the browser I used last; this *is* the same poster)
     
    If anything, it could be expected that a Quenya version of both Apple and Google were to surface as it has a bigger following.
    Btw, for proper linkg, just use regular HTML <a href="...">-type links. HTH :)

  16. Re:I Wish on Microsoft Windows 7 "Wishlist" Leaked · · Score: 2, Insightful
    For all I care, they can keep releasing ever-newer versions of Windows. My main beef is that most new computers are bundled with the newest flavour-of-the-decade. If it were small increments like OS X*, then it mightn't bother me so much.

    *:(yeah, I read the PR bs about 300 new features - so are you happy about the ability to spellcheck in Danish now? Did it change your life that you can now install in Polish or Russian?)

  17. Re:bittorent + web interface on Miro Turns 1.0 · · Score: 2, Informative

    It has a local interface. In the "GUI". I'm not even sure if they support a web interface.

  18. Re:Miro is a video domain trademark already on Miro Turns 1.0 · · Score: 1

    That seems to be a German trademark. GmbH does seem to imply so, anyway.

  19. Re:Okay that does it- I want Queens day to be hono on Google Honors Veterans Day, Finally · · Score: 1

    Goatse.

  20. Re:World Nut Daily on Google Honors Veterans Day, Finally · · Score: 1

    I do agree that Google is extremely Liberal though, 99% donating to Democrats all the time to the max limit and even heavily involved with Democrat Bill Clinton fund raising who is well known for corruption issues. And they have had accusations from posting only liberal based attack ads and not Republican or conservative. Either way the tail wags, can you tell me of a trustworthy politician? Really, today is election day in Denmark. If you had some pointers...
  21. Very off-topic on Google Honors Veterans Day, Finally · · Score: 1

    Groups of Americans are attacking Google over something asinine to distract the attention from the real, severe problems of the USA, such as an absolute lack of and desdain for ecology, corporativism (DRM, patents, digital AIDS in general), massive external debt (on par with many third world countries), and the fact that they have the redneck village idiot in the white house. I'm afraid calling him the village idiot doesn't make it true. He's held on to power for so long because he exudes that image, but he still mostly gets his way. That sounds more like a shrewd politician, no matter how stupid he seems.
  22. I'm confused on Google Honors Veterans Day, Finally · · Score: 1

    How did you end in here, then?

  23. Try this on your phone browser on Dvorak Says gPhone is Doomed · · Score: 1
  24. He's always trying to steal the hype on Ballmer Calls Android a "Press Release" · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Like when he faked laughter at the iPhone. What can you do? The guy has to try to sell his cruft, and when his competitors get a lot of attention, he has to do something.
    He obviously can't upstage them with functionality or stability (I have a Windows Mobile lying on a shelf, gathering dust), so he'll have to try name-calling.

  25. Re:Completely misses the point on Apple's "Time Machine" Now For Linux... Sort Of · · Score: 1

    It's a FOSS implementation of Time Machine. And it's v.0.2. They're probably going to get to the slick "gotta-get-me-that"-UI within a few years. This is just building off of rsync, so it's just a nicer UI for the users, not something new and revolutionary.