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  1. Re:makes you wonder... on VMware: Another Netscape? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It certainly won't come with PC-DOS anymore.

  2. Re:what could it be used for? on Konfabulator: Whatever You Want It To Be · · Score: 1

    The Finder is the application that shows you the files on the desktop and the file browser windows. You have to do it with a few Finder windows opened, as it's a minimize function.

    There is consistency: Some time, try option-clicking on the close box of a Finder window. The option and the cmd keys usually do the same thing everywhere.

  3. Re:what could it be used for? on Konfabulator: Whatever You Want It To Be · · Score: 1

    Do it in the Finder.

  4. Re:The first sentence of the article on Why Nerds Are Unpopular · · Score: 1

    Nowadays, that could probably get you arrested.

  5. Re:Commie. on Dave Barry Answers Alert Slashdot Readers' Questions · · Score: 1

    No, you aren't. I'm just surprised that I'm not the only one who thought that. Now I have to go cry alone.

  6. Re:karma whoring... on Should you Fear Google? · · Score: 1

    I think you miss the point. I did a search for 'geolocation' and got 15,100 results. I, for one, use a search engine like Google with the expectation that it will put the most helpful results first. I can access all 15,100, but I don't want to have to scroll down to 14,999 to get the one for which I'm looking just because it starts with 'y' and the engine sorted alphabetically. Ranking makes me happy.

  7. Re:Should you fear Google? on Should you Fear Google? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If you ask me, something worth reading is likely considered a "troll" by somebody. That's the nature of opinion and oversensitivity to disagreement. Interpret as you may.

  8. Re:Wager your privacy on Should you Fear Google? · · Score: 1

    Right. Lots of places have my credit card number. I'm secure in the knowledge that if it's used fraudulently, it would be irritating, but I'm protected against fraud. It really takes more than that to make me worried.

  9. Re:Should you fear Google? on Should you Fear Google? · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think it all stems from the fact that lots of geeks found Scully hot. The rest sort of fell into place.

  10. Re:Wager your privacy on Should you Fear Google? · · Score: 1

    Right -- those are also awful things (and I'd forgotten about them. Note that I'm not defending Wal*Mart -- I dont' shop there and I really hate the idea.) But they have nothing to do with my privacy. Wal*Mart knowing how much I spent on socks and correlating that to my ZIP code for more effective marketing just doesn't show up on my radar. Perhaps if we spent some of the energy that is currently expended on hand waving about people getting our e-mail addresses instead on remonstrations about locking employees in stores and fudging their hours downward (didn't they do that, too?), then the world might actually improve instead of just getting more worked up with no results.

  11. Re:Should you fear Google? on Should you Fear Google? · · Score: 2, Troll

    Why did I submit it? Because people like this irritate me and I like to see them thwacked by a lot of people. I'm happy to leave most people and their dumb ideas alone, but once in a while, it's fun to disabuse them of their peculiar notions. And heck, I could be wrong, and Google could in fact be evil.

    Why didn't I mention it in the submission? I dunno. I was tired and forgot.

  12. Re:Hey, France! on Should you Fear Google? · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I'm not France. I'm Belgium! Ha! Take that, NATO!

  13. Re:Wager your privacy on Should you Fear Google? · · Score: 1

    Whta's evil about Wal*Mart beside their nasty habit of destroying local businesses?

    I don't shop there, but I don't fear them outside the context of the local hardware store's fear for them. I couldn't care less what they do with my personal information, to tell you the truth.

  14. Re:Should you fear Google? on Should you Fear Google? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Well, I wanted to mention in the submission that it seems like the authors are pretty darned dumb. "They are able to easily access all the user information they collect and save"? Duh! They're a search engine. If they didn't easily access all the information that they collect and save, they'd be a pretty bad search engine.

    All of their practices that are decried in the webpage are either perfectly normal behavior (the cookies) or just not an issue (NSA, etc.)

  15. Re:Umm.... on Should you Fear Google? · · Score: 1

    Yes. I changed the text, but the URL points to Tom's hardware. Ha!

  16. Re:what could it be used for? on Konfabulator: Whatever You Want It To Be · · Score: 2, Informative

    Try cmd-option clicking the desktop. Blow your mind! And then if you're so inclined, cmd-option-m. Bam!

  17. Re:Beer! on Toms Hardware Reviews 65 CPU's, Past & Present · · Score: 1

    So my roommate and I had had a lot of beer last night (along with other things) and were watching the TV. An ad for that dumb Richard Gere movie about marital infidelity came on and I said "wasn't that movie released a year ago?" The commercial ended, then repeated as they often do. At the same time, I said "wasn't that movie released a year ago?" and my roommate freaked out. It was pretty cool.

  18. Re:I wish mine were stolen... on Cracker Gains Access to 2.2 Million Credit Cards · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you should review your credit card policies.

  19. Re:It's probably a matter of time... on Cracker Gains Access to 2.2 Million Credit Cards · · Score: 4, Informative

    From the article, it appears that Visa is saying that none of the flagged numbers have actually been used after the specified date and time.

  20. Re:Since a decade ago, on iTunes Tops Out At 32,000 Songs · · Score: 1

    ObjC has a runtime environment that permits for the cool dynamic binding capabilities. It's not emulation, per se.

  21. Re:You forgot on Jobs Earns More Than A Buck A Year · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You're. Stones, houses, glass, etc.

  22. Re:Mac User -- mee too... on Microsoft Switcher Ads: Part 2 · · Score: 1
    What's the long framed item under the Mac Cube poster in the beginning?

    I've cleaned and re-arranged since then, but this is why my desk typically looks like.

  23. Re:I actually met a reverse switcher today. on Microsoft Switcher Ads: Part 2 · · Score: 1

    Just about works in Safari.

    For an "advancing technology" university, they sure have a shit website.

  24. Re:Ellen "MS" Feiss on Microsoft Switcher Ads: Part 2 · · Score: 1

    He's already pretty cute, I have to say.

  25. Re:Ellen "MS" Feiss on Microsoft Switcher Ads: Part 2 · · Score: 1

    Oh no!