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  1. Re:Is one of those pics the goat guy? on Defeating Captcha · · Score: 1

    Oh horribly yes...

    That's some pretty impressive trolling to get the goatsex onto a front page article

  2. Re:Have you considered using... on Mambo CMS Dev Team Splits · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Lets see, its not Open Source, it seems to have very limited functionality, it only publishes HTML files (no dynamic content), looks to have limitations to layout and design because of its interface. It focuses on newsletters /journals /blogs, and it lacks anything other than basic website features (menu and content).

    No, thats exactly what I dont need. Dreamweaver in WYSIWYG already does much much more. I can code that up myself. I need something extremely flexible, customizable, has a large community for plugins for all the different kinds of features my clients request. And OSS is a huge plus because I can go in and fix bugs/problems without waiting for a developer (like I already have done several times in my Mambo component development) Sure, it seems fine for your common do it yourself website. But that is not a match for my or my clients' needs.

    Oh, and the Windows-only part ain't gonna cut it either. Most of my firm is on Mac, and quite a few of our clients are as well.

  3. Re:Aren't all media reports of internet viruses on ZOTOB Not Quite as Bad as Expected? · · Score: 1

    I remember that, My dad didn't understand (most people were even less comp savy than today) and insisted on turning off the answering machine, since the virus could get to you through the telephone lines and he didn't want it to get infected.

  4. Re:Perfect timing... not on Mambo CMS Dev Team Splits · · Score: 1

    Thats not as easy as it sounds.

    Mambo is heavily dependent on plugins to accomplish most website features (true, some of the most common needs are part of the core plugins), so if I have rolled out certain plugins for a client's needs, that aren't supported on one of the 2 forks, and other plugins for another client that isn't supported on the other fork, well... then I can't stick with only one fork now can I?

  5. Perfect timing... not on Mambo CMS Dev Team Splits · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Just what I need.

    I just started migrating my own site, and setting up seveal client sites using Mambo. It seemed the flexible/functional OSS CMS out there for my needs.

    Now I have to deal with a fork and worrying about patches to 2 different lines (not to mention all the plugins).

    This is not going to be fun.

  6. Re:What kind of legal standing, in the future.... on Mac OS X on x86 Videos Get Apple's Attention · · Score: 1

    Will it be a DMCA violation to edit config files in the OS, or patch a binary, to allow your OS to run on another machine?

    Nope, but it is against their EULA. The OSX EULA says that it can only be run on Apple branded hardware.

  7. Re:e-paper slow? on Update on the Optimus Keyboard · · Score: 1

    If you hit shift, caps-lock, ctrl, or any other modifier keys (which seems to be supported based on their imagery) then you don't have seconds to wait for the change.

  8. Re:Power Consumption on Update on the Optimus Keyboard · · Score: 1

    If you can run a scanner or a zip drive over USB power, something like this should be a piece of cake.

  9. Re:Unilateral Favoritism on Effects of China's Software Policy on World Economy? · · Score: 1

    "Most Favored" has nothing to do with "doing them a favor", it means that they are "in our favor" and have the same status as our "favorite" trading partner. Don't confuse "in favor" with "a favor".

  10. Re:This is what we get... on ISS Oxygen Generator Fails for Good · · Score: 1

    nstead, we're using Russian O2 generators with known issues, and doing things without much more advancement than what we used to go to the moon in 1969. It's 2005 and you'd figure a planet that can make civilian houses nearly air and energy tight could do as well with environmental support on an orbiting tin can.

    You think that "civilian houses" are "nearly air and energy tight"?? Wow...thats.....amazingly naive of you. Even cleanrooms are nowhere near air-tight, and they don't even have the problem of dealing with a vacuum. Ask yourself why your home can have roaches, rats, mold, termites, ants, or anyone of a million other "natural" occurances. Air=-tight....thats funny.

  11. Re:Limited term on What Would You Ask For in Copyright Law? · · Score: 1

    Increasingly copyright is owned by a corporation, not the particular artist (or software engineer) that did the actual "work".

    When is the death of a corporation?

  12. News? on CMU Professor's Rebuttal Against RIAA Propaganda · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Wow, a 10 sentence letter to the editor...thats breaking news and a clear-cut victory for the anti-**AA crowd.

  13. Re:They can't ever do the "right" thing. on Longhorn Beta is Disappointing · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Do you pick the color of paint before the foundation of your house has been laid?

    Obviously you have never built your own home or even seriously thought about architecture. Yes of course you pick the paint before you start the foundation. You don't want to be designing while in final production do you? That would be stupid.

  14. Re:Photoshop CS on Ready or Not, Here Comes Service Pack 2 · · Score: 1

    I'm running on XP64 with CS. Granted I have no-execute turned off because most programs don't work properly with it enabled.

  15. Re:Game Over on **No Title** · · Score: 1

    Hmm...interesting definition of most, considering Greenwich mean time just barely reached it.

  16. "Interesting new small form factor box" on Pentium M Goes SFF · · Score: 1

    Wow, it looks exactly like a shuttle with a different front panel...very interesting.

  17. Re:Simple Rule: on French Designer Ordered to Give up milka.fr · · Score: 1

    I'm sure CocaCola is going to give up coke.com....

  18. Re:Or... on Google Punishes Self for Cloaking · · Score: 1

    Yes, that episode of the Simpsons was on last night...lets see how many more refferences there are on the web today...

  19. Nothing New on Yahoo Turns 10; Free Ice Cream for America · · Score: 1

    Baskin Robins does this once a year (and some of the other chains like Ben & Jerry's does it too).

    They're just using Y! as an excuse to get more publicity (read free advertising) out of it.

  20. 10 Gold on What Do You Charge for Tech Support? · · Score: 1

    World of Warcraft.

    Seriously, I'm going to spend about an hour telling a friend how to put his old machine back togethor (simply put in a HD) and I get that much closer to getting my in-game horse.

    Penny Arcade's take on the horse situation

  21. Re:Representative of Microsoft's "vision" on iPod Most Popular Music Player on Microsoft Campus · · Score: 1, Insightful

    You're an idiot. Henry Ford invented the production line and applied the idea to automobile construction.

    And there were many MP3 players (both harddrive and otherwise) out before the iPod. Creative had at least half a dozen different models alone.

    But by your logic, Al Gore really invented the Internet.

  22. WinXP64 on 3D Sphere Interface for XP · · Score: 1

    Doesnt work on 64bit Windows.

  23. Re:Him2? on Bill Gates Handwriting Analyzed · · Score: 1

    Actually the article is about how the the British press thought the doodles were Blair's and provided an analysis that fit their editorializing. Subsequently it has been revealed that they were actually Gates' doodles.

  24. Sounds like a bad deal on Washington Post Buys Slate From Microsoft · · Score: 2, Interesting

    washingtonpost.com drew 4.5 million unique visitors last month, while Slate drew 4.8 million....Either way, Slate's audience is larger than the Post's online edition.

    And how much of that slate traffic is caused because slate is so tied in to MSN which is the default startpage for 90% of the home computer market?

    I have a strong suspicion that if slate is divorced from MS, its readership will decline drastically.

  25. Re:Software company, not bozos on IT Practice Within Microsoft · · Score: 1

    On the other hand, he's the biggest beta tester MS has. If the betatest environment assumes that all users have local admin of their machines, development for the contrary will be lacking (as we can readily see).