Slashdot Mirror


User: batkiwi

batkiwi's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
894
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 894

  1. Re:The problem I have with QT's licensing on Trolltech Adopts GPL 3 for Qt · · Score: 1

    Microsoft wins I guess. I can develop under VSExpress 2008 and then switch to a full copy of VS2008 if I want to go commercial and supported.

  2. Re:So what on Retail Store Scalping Wii Consoles on eBay · · Score: 1

    You didn't see that Nintendo has more than doubled output (perhaps tripled) due to shortages? They're doing everything they can as they make money on each one as is...

  3. Re:Western Digital drive is DRM-crippled on New Seagate Drives Have Real Difficulties With Linux · · Score: 1

    Their internet based file sharing service blocks those extensions, not the drive itself.

    You can store whatever you want on them.

    FUD is FUD no matter the source.

  4. WoW doesn't use the PhysX card... on Dell's World of Warcraft Laptop · · Score: 1

    See subject. How about I sell you a set of sparkplugs for your diesel car as well!

  5. Re:Not for Win32 compatibility on Native Windows PE File Loading on OS X? · · Score: 1

    .Net capability (and focus) could also explain the lack of Java updates.

  6. Re:I downloaded it on Futurama Returns! · · Score: 1

    So you've acquired Australia region distribution rights?

    OR are you talking about doing something that is technically just as illegal as downloading it...

  7. Re:Clearly you're mistaken on Leopard as the New Vista? · · Score: -1, Troll

    Gaming experience? Get an xbox or PS3.

    Surfing the web and working on documents? a P3 1ghz with 512mb should do you.

  8. Re:Where's the DRM? on Vista Makes CNET UK's List of "Worst Consumer Tech" · · Score: 1

    You're one of those idiots who logs into root on a linux box and doesn't see a problem with it, aren't you?

    Badly written apps are not MS's fault. If a linux app wrote (as a user) to random /usr directories it would not be seen as a linux fault that you had to run it as sudo, entering your password manually

  9. Re:as much as I dislike Vista on Vista Makes CNET UK's List of "Worst Consumer Tech" · · Score: 1

    So do you agree, then, that ubuntu should simply put the main user into the sudoers with the no-password no-prompt settings? That is exactly what you're suggesting.

  10. Re:Any hope? on California Sues E-Voting Vendor ES&S · · Score: 1

    That "system" also makes:
    -corruption/subversion trivial
    -counting error prone
    -counting OFTEN up to human judgement, which is never unbiased (hanging chad, etc)

    Great one, there.

  11. Chicken and Egg on High-Quality YouTube Videos Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    We use youtube for sharing clips of our son with friends and family (and anyone else who cares to see our corgi digging a hole on the beach and the my son falling in trying to "help").

    Using Adobe Premiere CS (or other tools) to pre-scale the videos to "youtube quality" gives us MUCH better results than uploading the original quality (which is 720x576p) and letting youtube resize it. It also (obviously) allows us to upload longer videos.

    The case of "not many high quality originals" is a chicken and egg issue, not a "people don't have high quality video" issue. EVERYONE resizes before uploading, because there was no reason not to!

  12. Re:And this is news why? on NASA Knows How To Party · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That's like saying the average household could save money by cutting down on postage stamp usage.

    While technically true it would have no bearing.

  13. Re:Cool stuff but what about safety? on MIT Reinvents Transportation With Foldable, Stackable Car · · Score: 1

    Be glad you didn't get one. Half the performance of your A class (or mini) at double the price. (obviously not literally half/double, you get the idea)

  14. Re:Another one? on Fedora 8 Released · · Score: 1

    Can you OFFICIALLY update a server (no X11, no physical access) yet?

    FC1->2, 2->3, 3->4 (I gave up then) the only supported way to upgrade was to boot to the CD, which is a no-go for those of us with hosted dedicated servers.

  15. Re:A tragic error in scale... on New Robots Hunt Pirates by Sea · · Score: 1

    Did you read the article?

    "And both the Navy and the Coast Guard have expressed interest in the Protector, a 30-ft.-long USV built by BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin and Israeli defense firm RAFAEL. "

    That is the trawler.

    "This past summer, Florida-based Marine Robotic Vessels International (MRVI) unveiled a USV that emphasizes reconnaissance over firepower. The 21-ft.-long Interceptor can travel at up to 55 mph, and is designed to be piloted both remotely and autonomously. "

    A smaller stealth based model

    Where have you seen a 21 or 30 foot jetski?

  16. Re:Software freedom is better. on GIMP 2.4 Released · · Score: 1

    I want to edit pictures.

  17. Re:Fool me once..... on Driver Update Can Cause Vista Deactivation · · Score: 1

    Why are you writing files to program files when not part of an installer? You are part of the problem. Imagine if idiots were writing to /usr in unix applications...

  18. Re:Fool me once..... on Driver Update Can Cause Vista Deactivation · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Any program hardcoding Documents and Settings would not work on non-english versions of XP anyways. There is an API call to get the proper user directory. It is not MS's fault that many programmers are idiots.

  19. Re:I doubt the 360 will be ahead. on 360 And Halo 3 Push Past the Wii's Sales · · Score: 1

    The person you're replying to has a .ca domain...

    I'm in Australia, and we DO NOT get the nunchuck packed in with Wiis. What you get at best buy is not always what the rest of the world gets.

  20. Re:Virtualised Legacy on First Details of Windows 7 Emerge · · Score: 1

    Third party vendors already have enterprise solutions for this, it's only a matter of time until the same thing is available for individual PCs.

  21. Re:Use? on ASUS Motherboard Ships With Embedded Linux · · Score: 1

    Plenty of people do this right now with mythtv. It's quite easy, look around on the mythtv wiki and mailing list.

  22. Re:Uhh on Wii Uses Elliptic Curve Cryptography For Saves · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is a save game, not in memory. It now takes 3.4 seconds to load/save instead of the 3.33339 it took without the crypto. Yippie fucking do?

  23. Re:Horny not allowed. "FingeredAnus" is O.K.! on Xbox Live Disallows Linux, Unix As Keywords · · Score: 1

    They likely pulled his tag because someone made a complaint. They have a basic filter for super-naughties, but rely on people complaining for most of the bans.

  24. Re:Doesn't mean two organisms combined on One Species' Genome Discovered Inside Another's · · Score: 1

    Was that code released GPL? If so, are we now entitled to the entire genome?

  25. Re:White Board on TorrentSpy Must Preserve Data In RAM For MPAA · · Score: 1

    The real question is, "Why can't slashdotters grasp the simple nature of this judgement."

    TorrentSpy is saying "We don't STORE IP addresses, they're only temporarily in RAM."
    The judge is saying "WHERE you store it isn't an issue, the fact is you DO have knowledge of the IP addresses means that it is discoverable evidence, so it's up to you how you comply with that discovery."

    The court is essentially ordering them to start logging IP addresses, NOT to hand over sticks of RAM. It's not that they CANNOT log the IP addresses, it's that they DON'T.

    To use your analogy, they're not saying "What did the conference whiteboard have on it 6 months ago," they're saying "You can no longer use the transient nature of the conference whiteboard as an excuse for not keeping proper records of business information kept on it." The company being discovered would then need to start taking pictures, using "faxprint" style whiteboards, etc, or face being in contempt.

    It's the same type of idea that you cannot purposefully get REALLY REALLY drunk before appearing in court so that you could say "I don't remember" without perjuring yourself. Willful misdirection is not a valid legal tactic.

    Make sense?