Pardon my ignorance, but couldn't you just figure out which file is the sound file and replace it with say... a 1/6 of a second long sound clip of nothing at all?
The Mac startup sound is in ROM, so it cannot be changed. You hear it immediately after turning on the computer, before the hard disk has even spun up.
Given that a lot of torrents are copyrighted content, are ISPs really going to want to do this? The moment they start caching these files on their servers, they become a huge target for lawsuits.
Google's caches are full of copyrighted content. Are they a huge target for lawsuits? If not, why not?
to imagine that a company like Microsoft does not understand the principles of how to document protocols in order to achieve interoperability.
What's so hard to understand about this?
Nothing at all. I'm sure Ms. Kroes doesn't find it hard to imagine, either. I'm kind of amazed, on the other hand, that no one here seems to realize that Kroes's "hard to imagine" statement is simply diplomatic talk for "Microsoft are full of shit".
Hey clown, learn how to query DNS-based blacklists before you jump to conclusions, eh? Due to the hierarchical nature of DNS, you revert the IP address, you moron.
PERM_FAILURE: SMTP Error (state 9): 554 Sorry, your mail server (py-out-1112.google.com[64.233.166.178]) is rejected using sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org. See http://postmaster.frontiernet.net/error.html#sbl-x bl [frontiernet.net]
This "evidence" appears to be fabricated. The IP address 64.233.166.178 is in fact not listed on Spamhaus at all:
$ host 178.166.233.64.sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org Host 178.166.233.64.sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) $
If the baby is in the belly, the mother gets to excise it if she wishes.
Er, I meant baby girls murdered after birth. I wasn't going to get into the whole abortion debate.
But what the heck, I'll bite. If you think the fact that humans have no souls is an argument for allowing "excision" of babies from mother's bellies, at least then be consistent and advocate for legalizing killing humans of any age. The mere fact that it lives off of its mother's body doesn't make it any less human; they are still sentient beings (from just a few weeks after conception, in fact).
Just notice that even such "harmless" decisions as "1 child per family" program in China have some not-quite-expected consequences where there many, many more boys being born than girls.
I think you mean: many more baby girls being murdered than boys.
Anyone else using iRATE? For some reason it isn't listed in the article, but I've been using it for years and it's the best way I've found to (legally) get free tracks from the web and get new ones you like based on how you've rated previous ones.
He is just working on Linux kernel, there are thousands of other open source projects.
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Every article by Cringely, Dvorak, and the like needs to be instantly moderated '-1, Troll' with extreme prejudice. Too bad/. does not have article moderation.
Nobody buys Mac because of the hardware no matter what they say.
So says you. Have you ever seen recent Mac hardware from nearby (and I mean recent as in less than five years old)? It's not just beautiful, it's solid and durable. Look inside one and the attention to detail seems immediately obvious. I have never seen a PC box or laptop that comes close, although some try.
There are no flaming fanboys who defend, say, Wusthoff kitchen knives,
You may or may not be right about that, but I do know that there are definitely flaming fanboys who defend, say, Microsoft -- even Slashdot is full of 'em. So how is that anything special about Apple?
Once every while you have these people that are, as we say in our language, 'sticking'. They won't take hints that the conversation finished,
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Now what is the least rude, most helpful way and effective way to let them know?
When addressing an autistic person, I'd just be explicit and matter-of-factly, but in a nice way. Like: "I enjoyed the conversation but I want to go and do something else now. Talk to you later", or "Thanks for the chat but I'm tired now and want to rest. See you tomorrow". A person who can't read hints will appreciate getting unambigious communication for a change.
It is a common and long-standing principle in Western countries that providing aid and comfort to the enemy, most especially in terms of technical assistance, is a crime.
So has the UK declared war on anyone? Didn't think so. The whole concept of "enemy" doesn't enter into it.
Slashdot Mirror
I doubt that, since Linux supports HFS (and HFS+) just fine.
The Mac startup sound is in ROM, so it cannot be changed. You hear it immediately after turning on the computer, before the hard disk has even spun up.
Google's caches are full of copyrighted content. Are they a huge target for lawsuits? If not, why not?
Not any more than we'll see the US/Canadian telephone international code change from anything but 1. It's just not worth the hassle to change it.
OOo 1.1.5 can do this.
Sure they do. Windows is their rootkit.
Well, it's certainly not Emacs... nothing wrong with Gnus.
Hey clown, learn how to query DNS-based blacklists before you jump to conclusions, eh? Due to the hierarchical nature of DNS, you revert the IP address, you moron.
This "evidence" appears to be fabricated. The IP address 64.233.166.178 is in fact not listed on Spamhaus at all:
or see the web lookup query at spamhaus.org.
Er, I meant baby girls murdered after birth. I wasn't going to get into the whole abortion debate.
But what the heck, I'll bite. If you think the fact that humans have no souls is an argument for allowing "excision" of babies from mother's bellies, at least then be consistent and advocate for legalizing killing humans of any age. The mere fact that it lives off of its mother's body doesn't make it any less human; they are still sentient beings (from just a few weeks after conception, in fact).
I think you mean: many more baby girls being murdered than boys.
Oh dear. How unfortunate for these 408 people.
(And yes, the other ones you mentioned exist for real as well...)
Allright, so what's stopping you? Go for it.
Anyone else using iRATE? For some reason it isn't listed in the article, but I've been using it for years and it's the best way I've found to (legally) get free tracks from the web and get new ones you like based on how you've rated previous ones.
It's a hoax!
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Every article by Cringely, Dvorak, and the like needs to be instantly moderated '-1, Troll' with extreme prejudice. Too bad /. does not have article moderation.
So says you. Have you ever seen recent Mac hardware from nearby (and I mean recent as in less than five years old)? It's not just beautiful, it's solid and durable. Look inside one and the attention to detail seems immediately obvious. I have never seen a PC box or laptop that comes close, although some try.
Yeah, so I'm an Apple fanboi. Sosumi.
And here is the google mirror. The editor could have used something like that instead of slashdotting the main lkml site, eh? :-/
You may or may not be right about that, but I do know that there are definitely flaming fanboys who defend, say, Microsoft -- even Slashdot is full of 'em. So how is that anything special about Apple?
When addressing an autistic person, I'd just be explicit and matter-of-factly, but in a nice way. Like: "I enjoyed the conversation but I want to go and do something else now. Talk to you later", or "Thanks for the chat but I'm tired now and want to rest. See you tomorrow". A person who can't read hints will appreciate getting unambigious communication for a change.
So has the UK declared war on anyone? Didn't think so. The whole concept of "enemy" doesn't enter into it.
What is so special about that video? It's nothing compared to good-old-America Christina Aguilera (e.g. Dirrty ).
What the smeg were those smegheads thinking when they came up with that name?