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  1. Re:wow on Microsoft Tips the Scale In Favor of HTML 5 · · Score: 1

    Animation outside of video is largely inappropriate for the web to begin with.

  2. Re:With what host? on VirtualBox Beta Supports OS X As Guest OS On Macs · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Mac != Mac OSX

    Macs can run all kinds of OSs these days through boot camp.

  3. Re:Apple can kiss my shiny white ass on In Defense of Jailbreaking · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's QT native. You can use Fanboy's list. You can use greasemonkey scripts.

  4. Re:Only Apple on iPad Jailbroken · · Score: 1

    I don't buy this argument. I code for 8 hours a day. I do it on an LCD, and I get no eyestrain from it. Here's what I do:

    1) Turn DOWN the brightness and contrast. Default values are ridiculous
    2) Apply a low contrast color scheme. Since I'm programming, I use zenburn in both vim (*nix) and visual studio in win.
    3) Profit? Do those 2 things and LCDs won't bother you.

  5. Re:Slanted Wording on Cisco's New Router — Trouble For Hollywood · · Score: 1

    Did you note the date of the announcement on that website?

    April 1, 2006

  6. Re:[REFORMATED] Re:Sorry Anthony.... on Man Threatened Spam Attack In $200,000 Extortion Plot · · Score: 1

    Has this list EVER been pasted without "Asshats" being checked?

  7. Re:So? on Web Browser Grand Prix · · Score: 1, Informative

    Opera's got it built in!

    Preferences - Advanced - Content. Disable Javascript there.
    Visit a site you want whitelisted? Right click - Edit site preferences - Scripting - Enable Javascript.

    Easy!

  8. Re:Link on Web Browser Grand Prix · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Firefox with even just a couple extensions is WAY more bloated than Opera.

  9. Re:Always in america ... on Use Open Source? Then You're a Pirate! · · Score: 2, Insightful

    United Kingdom and France. Three Strikes, anyone?

  10. Re:Looking at the bigger picture... on IE 8 Is Top Browser, Google Chrome Is Rising Fast · · Score: 1

    Exactly. I'm an Opera user, and there are several sites (that work perfectly fine) that require click-through "Unsupported Browser" warnings, or worse, user agent spoofing.
    My bank's website was incompatible with Opera 9, works without any errors or warnings with Opera 10.
    My mom works in real estate. I bought her a mac. One of the real estate tools her company uses requires IE. I had to set up a windows VM for her, because it completely failed to work with safari, opera, firefox, even IE in wine (as it also needs Java). Absolutely ridiculous.

  11. Videoconferencing on What Will Apple Do With Swedish Eye-Tracking Technology? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    One of the big challenges in videoconferencing is the illusion that the subject, who is looking at your face on the screen, appears as if he or she isn't making eye contact with you, as the camera is not located in the middle of the screen. While this may seem minor at first glance (ha ha), it's actually a pretty important issue in videoconferencing, with significant demand for software that corrects it.

    A "gaze vector" is exactly the kind of information software would need to "correct" the illusion, to make it seem like the subject does have eye contact. I bet Apple is going to incorporate eye contact correction tech for videoconferencing in its products.

  12. Re:Atom on Apple Not Disabling OS X Atom Support After All · · Score: 1

    I have a Hackintosh netbook. MSI Wind U123, RAM upgraded to 2GB. I have run Photoshop Lightroom on it. It's not blazing fast, but it works fine. Atom's not the main limiting factor in this case. From my experience, the main limiting factor of OSX on netbooks is the screen resolution. OSX and the apps that run on it are not designed for a 1024x600 screen, and it shows.

  13. Re:Qt3...Good Job! Honestly why? on Opera 10.0 Released · · Score: 1

    QT4 builds are also available

  14. Re:Doesn't sound the same on Playing a First-Person Shooter Using Real Guns · · Score: 1

    There was a scene in Call of Duty 4 single player where you had to take a VERY long distance sniper shot to assassinate someone. It had severe wind and elevation effects. It's not common in most games, but is present in a few.

  15. xkcd on LimeWire's Mark Gorton Brings Open-Source To Urban Planning · · Score: 3, Funny

    As always, there's an appropriate xkcd for this situation. http://xkcd.com/277/

  16. Re:Valid election? on Can Static Electricity Generate Votes? · · Score: 1

    Simple. If the random sample looks fishy, audit the results using the paper record.

  17. Re:Electric Gas Cans? on Plug-in Hybrids May Not Go Mainstream, Toyota Says · · Score: 1

    Typical driving, so it would include regen breaking.

    infinite mpg for 40 miles, then generator kicks in
    After this, you get 50 MPG.

  18. Re:in DefenSe of Nintendo hardware on Pandora Console Ready For Pre-Orders · · Score: 1

    DeSmume has a linux port and is GPL'd. It's possible. Would probably take a lot of optimization, though.

  19. Re:GPL not strong enough. on IBM Exec Bemoans Lack of Industry-Specific Linux Apps · · Score: 1, Insightful

    If they "distribute" the binaries to their employees, they must also make available the source to those employees. I don't see how this weakens the original point. If they're not publicly distributing binaries, they don't have to publicly distribute source.

  20. Re:This is the way we're all headed on Big Six UK ISPs Capitulate To Music Industry · · Score: 1

    An immunity from prosecution subscription? I small a plan...

    1. Get subscribers, Record their names
    2. Increase price drastically
    3. If they pay, Profit! If not...
    4. They're downloaders and no longer subscribe to immunity; sue and Profit!

  21. Re:Way to go FF! on Firefox's Effect On Other Browsers · · Score: 1

    My problem with single button trackpads is that I use gpm a lot to copy/paste in simple ttys or xterms. This uses the middle click to paste. How am I supposed to do that on a single-button trackpad? Something like a three-finger tap? Don't give me strange interfaces. Give me multiple buttons. They are intuitive.

  22. Verizon Math? on Switching To Solar Power – One Month Later · · Score: 1
    FTFA:

    The baseline rate in March was 0.15566 cents per Kwh, and the baseline quantity was 390.6 Kwh. The next 30% beyond baseline gets charged at $0.13 per Kwh.

    That's a hell of a price increase!

  23. Re:IT'S ABOUT TIME on World's First Custom Firmware For Wii Released · · Score: 1

    Wrong. It allows you to load homebrew software from DVDs, -R, +R, -RW, whatever, as opposed to loading it from SD Card

  24. Re:How is this difficult? on What Does It Take To Get a PC With XP? · · Score: 1

    It must have been a Freudian slip; I read that as "Go to the Hell website"

  25. Another port available? on Nintendo Unveils Wii MotionPlus · · Score: 1, Interesting

    If there isn't another port on this device to daisy-chain another accessory, this can ONLY get used for wiimote-only games, most of which I'm not fond of.