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  1. Re:vim on Slashdot Asks: What's Your Preferred Note-Taking App? · · Score: 1

    "vi ~/notes.txt" shows in the history on every machine I use.

  2. I won't argue the merits of the prose or storytelling, but I always recall this post from 2003: http://marshallbrain.com/manna...

  3. Re:"Northern tip?" Seriously? on Tesla Presses Its Case On Fuel Standards · · Score: 1

    I actually had the thought, "Copper Harbor has major conference space/facilities?"

  4. MHA or MHN on Critics Say It's Time To Close La Guardia Airport · · Score: 1

    Mahdia, Guyana or Mullen, Nebraska might have to sell an airport code, but that should be the most difficult thing in solving this problem: http://manhattanairport.org/

  5. Re:Zombo com on Random Generator Parodies Vapid Startup Websites · · Score: 3, Informative
  6. Re:Oh, just great ... on Android 4.4 Named 'KitKat' · · Score: 1

    The Year Of The Depend Adult Undergarment is just around the corner.

  7. Re:Ugh, horrible bad usage, batman on Idaho Tops America's Most-Spammed States · · Score: 1

    I have evidence. My son's elementary school newsletter this week has a notice in it that as of next week they're "going paperless" and will only be posting future newsletters and other correspondence to the web site. A great idea that will probably help a bit with the budget shortfall. It says at the end, "Please contact us if you do not have web access so we can keep you in the loop." Really. In 2009.

  8. Re:More of a blog than an encyclopedia on Google's Knol, Expert Wiki, Goes Live · · Score: 2, Informative

    I read the article as well, but question his authority on the subject. While convenient, stoves are certainly not essential in all areas at all times. On the other hand, Bourbon is, which he fails to mention at all.

  9. Re:That's silly. on Data Loss Bug In OS X 10.5 Leopard · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, it's probably just that the automated Schnapps IV system that they have for maintaining the Ballmer Peak went awry one day. (Read the tooltip if you haven't seen this before.)

  10. Re:The next Big thing, again on Microsoft to Pay $240 Million for Stake in Facebook · · Score: 0, Redundant

    There's no selling of shares because FaceBook isn't public.

  11. Re:See also xkcd comic "Online Communities" on Full Net Census Takes a Hint From xkcd · · Score: 2, Informative

    There's even an xkcd about slash: http://xkcd.com/305/

  12. Re:What a load of wank on Radiohead Says Name Your Own Price for New Album · · Score: 1

    I know you were mostly downmodded into oblivion, but I'm with you on this. Some day people are going to start hearing what they've been missing and have to get everything again in a better format. If I'd paid for MP3s (rather than buying discs and ripping to FLAC), I'd be rather angry when that day arrived. We're already at the point where one can easily hold a decent sized collection (say 1000 discs) losslessly on a single hard drive for home use, and portable storage that cheap isn't far behind. Why people hold on to MP3 (especially as a primary source) I don't understand.

    I guess I'll download the MP3s, pay nothing, as that's what they're worth, and tell the band (if they allow comments when downloading) that I'll buy the lossless and normally priced CD when it comes out, assuming the music warrants such a purchase. I've not been disappointed in the past, though _Hail To The Thief_ was the last disc I've heard.

  13. Re:Money is important but not the only considerati on Annual IT Salary Survey Finds Dissatisfaction · · Score: 1

    I did this for a time when my first son was between 3 and 9 months, and only for the afternoons. It's much more difficult than you might think to get work done while watching kids. I ended up working into the evenings until my wife quit working to stay at home. I think it would be even more difficult now with two of them scampering about. Watching over kids is a full-time job, and I'm glad my wife is able to do it. (Though we'd be happy to switch if she could earn as much as me and/or we could reduce expenses. Hopefully after we pay off the house...)

  14. Re:Why not $200 store credit? on Apple Gives $100 Store Credit To iPhone Customers · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why not cut the price in November? Because it's September in 2007. The holiday season has already begun. By 2011 it will be starting in August.

  15. Re:The wave of the future. on How Small a PC Is Too Small? · · Score: 1

    Indeed, the amount of ridiculous marketing-teen-lingo surrounding any product is probably inversely proportional to the chance that it actually does anything.

  16. Re:The wave of the future. on How Small a PC Is Too Small? · · Score: 1

    That's about what I thought as well. The designer of the device is apparently off working on a version targeted at teens and adults. I think such a thing is too small.

  17. The wave of the future. on How Small a PC Is Too Small? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The Fly Pentop Computer! http://www.flypentop.com/

  18. Re:Apple Need To Do Something ORIGNAL! on Apple Console Rumour Resurfaces · · Score: 1

    I think you mean Appliicious, or maybe just Applii.

  19. What impact? on FTC Fines Xanga for Violating Kids' Privacy · · Score: 1

    What impact, if any, has COPPA had on anything?

  20. In the words of Egon Spengler... on Xerox Reveals Transient Documents · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Print is dead."

    He said that in 1984, mind you.

  21. Bad encoding. No thanks. on AOL Music Now Relaunches Music Service · · Score: 2, Informative

    I don't know how this is possible, but the encodings sound *worse* than XM streams. It's WMA, so of course it's going to sound bad at any bitrate below about 150kbps, but the clips I listened to were around 32. Why do they even bother?

  22. Re:Stupid? on P2P Defendant Destroys Evidence, Case Defaults · · Score: 1

    I didn't click, assuming I could just infer the contents from the ensuing slashdot comments. Definitely doing my part.

  23. Re:CDDA logo on EMI Launches Advertising-Supported P2P Service · · Score: 2, Informative

    Unfortunately, this only disables AutoPlay (another irritating "feature"). AutoRun is actually a completely separate thing, and disabling it requires a bit of registry-fu. Check out this page:
    http://features.engadget.com/2004/06/29/how-to-tue sday-disable-autorun-on-windows/

  24. Half the size on MS Proposes JPEG Alternative · · Score: 1

    If WMA is any indication, my hopes are not high. All the marketing on the subject says that WMA 64kbps sounds the same as MP3 128kbps, but the fact is that both formats sound like garbage at 64kbps. WMA @64 is certainly much worse than MP3 @128.