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  1. Re:1680 on The End of Non-Widescreen Laptops? · · Score: 1

    I don't need to have things side by side because I work in full screen; In my experience, only inexperienced users such as GRANDMOTHERS run everything full screen. The rest of us are quite comfortable with more than one thing on screen at once.

    (if you're going to be a dick and insult everyone who works differently than you then I'll be a dick right back at you.)
  2. Re:Ubuntu on HP beats Apple any day on The Wrath of the Apple Tribe · · Score: 1

    Yep. Anyone who disagrees with you must be a fanboy. Just like a Ford Mustang is the equivalent of a Lotus Elise roadster simply because it has similar "specs".

  3. Re:Ubuntu on HP beats Apple any day on The Wrath of the Apple Tribe · · Score: 1

    I run Ubuntu 7.10 on a dual core HP laptop. My hardware is effectively a clone of the Mac Book Pro at 1/3 of the price.

    No. It's not.

  4. Re:Safari on Firefox 3 Performance Gets a Boost · · Score: 1

    Um. Might I suggest pressing the keys Ctrl and N? Or you can use the menu entry File > New Window.

  5. Re:Jesus Fucking Christ on New Science Standards Approved in Florida · · Score: 1

    I am a scientist.

    If so, then you're a terrible one.

  6. Re:So when do we get its successor? on X Power Tools · · Score: 1

    Would you trust a analysis of Hamlet or King Lear if the author had no idea who Will Shakespeare was?

  7. Re:So when do we get its successor? on X Power Tools · · Score: 1
  8. Re:So when do we get its successor? on X Power Tools · · Score: 1

    In this case, yes. If you'd done *any* research on the issues you proclaim to have great knowledge about rather than just spouting out your ass, you'd know who they are.

  9. Re:So when do we get its successor? on X Power Tools · · Score: 1

    If you don't know enough to know who JG and KP are then you don't know enough to debate X's strengths and weaknesses.

  10. Re:Nothing wrong on Time for a Vista Do-Over? · · Score: 1

    Like the parent said, unacceptable. That is why I don't have adobe products installed.

  11. Re:It's also a cause of the problem described on Corporate Email Etiquette - Dead or Alive? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I also find it annoying that gMail...gMail...

    Personally, I find it annoying when people insist on weird capitalization for no reason.
    How does Google capitalize it? From mail.google.com: Gmail.

  12. Re:Lack of acknowledgment of my market segment on What Bugs Apple Fans About Apple · · Score: 1

    I don't dispute that it can be helpful to have two monitors, but I don't agree with parent's claim that it's "critical". I do all my web dev on an MBP with no external display. Virtual desktops (or 'spaces' as Leopard calls them) work just great. Code on one desktop, main testing with Firefox on another, IE, Opera and Safari to verify compatibility on another, etc.

    The ability to work at home, at the office, at the coffee shop, out in the yard, etc. are far more 'critical' than having two displays.

  13. Re:Lack of acknowledgment of my market segment on What Bugs Apple Fans About Apple · · Score: 0, Redundant

    why does building web sites *require* two monitors?

  14. Re:Leave it Forbes... on What Bugs Apple Fans About Apple · · Score: 1

    Your assertation of out-of-control memory leaks is bullshit. My MBP with Leopard is up for weeks at a time under very heavy use, even running XP in a vm half of the time. The only time it's ever rebooted is when a software update requires it (which is bs in itself, but that's another discussion).

    Since I put Leopard on (release day) I've had maybe 2 forced reboots and they had nothing to do with memory leaks.

  15. Re:All I need do is replace my whole OS on Startup Offers Instant-Boot Windows Alternative · · Score: 1

    needed stuff?

  16. Re:I love my Spy Remote on Long Term Effects of Gizmodo CES Prank · · Score: 1

    blow it out your ass, child.

    I haven't had a TV in years and I don't miss it. I prefer to engage my brain rather than force-feed it tripe.

  17. Re:Hmmm on TIOBE Declares Python the Programming Language of 2007 · · Score: 1

    I'll bite. Please explain what's so terrible about it.

  18. Re:The Answer is... on What's Wrong With the TV News · · Score: 2, Funny

    *ONLY* 2hrs of TV a week? Jesus, I think that if I watched that much TV, my brain would fall right out of my asshole.

  19. Re:Hmm... on Is the Dell XPS One Better than the Apple iMac? · · Score: 3, Funny

    I still don't get why you'd buy either an iMac *or* an XPS One when you can buy something like this instead, Because that is a Compaq. I prefer something that works.
  20. Re:Blah... on Your Worst IT Workshop? · · Score: 1

    once actually explained we could use <div> tags as line breaks That's not too terribly incorrect you know. A div is a block element which means that by default it takes up the full width of its parent. This means that <div>abc</div>abc appears to the end user just like abc<br />abc
  21. Re:They're only journalists on Babelfish Sparks Minor Diplomatic Row · · Score: 2, Informative

    and babelfish doesn't even do Hebrew ....

  22. Re:I don't want much more on What Do You Want In iPhone 2.0? · · Score: 1

    This service is available on my Verizon phone and it's pretty badass. Not only does it eliminate the need for 'print[ing] out a Google map beforehand,' but it gives you reasonably accurate verbal directions and it's remarkably easy to use. If I lived in a place where I didn't know the area inside and out, or if I traveled more, I'd be subscribing to it today.

  23. Re:of course it's not on Is Apple Doing All It Can to Beat Vista? · · Score: 1

    Nope. This is why you don't get a techie to run your business. Go read up on niche markets and the 'shotgun' vs. the 'rifle' approach.

    You might even figure out why Apple has become so successful.

  24. Re:world of hurt? on Is Apple Doing All It Can to Beat Vista? · · Score: 1

    if you call $100 a 'budget' video card, then you're already out of the league of the poster you're replying to.

  25. Re:Who cares how many times they sell it? on Bill Gates Should Buy Your Buffer Overruns · · Score: 1

    But what if the original seller leaks it to someone else before a fix, and this new bloke tries to sell the same hack independently to Microsoft? That's retarded. Follow these steps:
    1. Microsoft promises Alice $1,000 for a vuln
    2. Alice sells it to Bob for another $1,000
    3. Bob hawks it to Microsoft
    4. Microsoft then halves Alices payout
    5. Bob ends up paying $1,000 for a $500 payout and Alice makes $1,500


    Why would anyone buy a vuln to resell it?

    Or perhaps you meant that Alice accidentally leaked it to Bob. WHOOPS! Now it's worth half as much. Maybe she'll take better care next time, eh?