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  1. Lowest Low on Superman 'Too Big' for the Big Screen · · Score: 4, Insightful
    "reports The Sun"



    This is the lowest low for Slashdot. Treating a piece of nonsense that was proved as un-true five days ago and the source is arguably the worst of the British tabloids, The Sun. Does the Slashdot name and tagline mean anything anymore?

  2. Maplin Use Linux Too on Major Retailer Chooses Linux for its Tills · · Score: 1

    Not that it's much of a surprise, but Maplin the biggest electronics retailer in the UK runs Red Hat on for their stock systems and tills. And when I say electronics I mean just that: PCBs, transistors, cables and everything else for the tinkering geek.

  3. I'm protected in three ways... on Mozilla UI Spoofing Vulnerability · · Score: 2, Interesting

    1. I use a custom theme (Qute as it happens) with small icons

    2. I've cutomised my toolbars to reduce them into one (plus bookmarks)

    3. I have Tab Browser Extensions installed and I run in Single Window mode so all pop-up windows get opened inside my one browser window.

    This is the power of Firefox!

  4. And the most popular search is now... on Microsoft Offers A Peek At New Search Engine · · Score: 3, Funny

    Linux just to p*ss off Bill, courtesy of all his friends at /.

  5. Family Guy Series 4 Already Confirmed on Futurama: Can it be True!? · · Score: 5, Informative

    For those who don't know, Family Guy will be back early next year for a fourth series. Alex Borstein (Lois) has recently commented on her first week back.

  6. Now I finally have something... on Scientists Grow Decaffeinated Coffee Plants · · Score: 1

    ...to put on my decafinated coffee table!

  7. Does anyone else find it curious... on Phoenix and Minotaur Get New Names · · Score: 1

    ...that a project called Mozilla (with a logo of a great big lizard) with the rendering engine called Gecko (a lizard) now renames the two main forks of the project *bird...

  8. Impressive Goldberg link... on 606 Takes To film Rube Goldberg-like car ad · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...I just thought he was a big dumb wrestler!

  9. Who says slashdot has gone down hill? on Lycoris Build 71 Beckons For Your Desktop · · Score: 2, Informative

    This announcement was sent out 5 days ago via email and is announcing the new release of a **beta** with their new daily build system. It was even posted to distrowatch two days ago.

    This is not "News for Nerds", this is old info which for those people who are interested will ahve already received via email or on other websites.

    On the plus side surely it makes it easier for /. to brush of the duplicate posting of this story in future as they can claim it is a new daily build ;-)

  10. Vote for bug to rename 1.5 to 2.0 on Mozilla's Major New Roadmap · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If you want the new release following this new roadmap to be called Mozilla 2.0 rather than 1.5 vote for the bug here

    http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2004 54

  11. How bad can this really get...? on New RFC Adds "Evil Bit" · · Score: 1

    Posted after 12pm and it's a duplicate! Maybe /. should consult the AprilFools man page...!

  12. Re:Secret? on Trail of Tears: MySQL, ODBC, & OpenOffice 1.0 · · Score: 5, Informative

    It has been completed and is ready for inclusion in the next release of OOo (1.1) - the beta of which is due out towards the end of this month.

  13. I hear the next version... on Buy a Moller SkyCar Prototype on eBay · · Score: 1

    ...is based on the DeLorean!

  14. The simplest way is using a shared drive... on Rolling Out Mozilla in an Organization? · · Score: 1

    I've done this too (same sized company). I created a samba share, mapped it as M: and then installed Mozilla on it. Edit the preference files by hand and install the extra bits (spell checker, calendar, flash plugin) then made the share read-only. On each machine all you have to do it create a shortcut to M:\Mozilla.exe on the desktop and run it! All your defaults will be there and users never have to do anything when you upgrade it to 1.3.

  15. Valid Business Model on Ask a Legal Expert How MS Ruling Affects Open Source · · Score: 5, Interesting

    In the settlement it talks about MS having to disclose information only to companies with a sound business model that meats critera set out by MS. Where does OSS fall? Can MS say OSS is not up to its standards and therefore not release the code?

    Additionally what effect will MS's right to charge have on OSS? Can MS only charge for developers to see the code or are they entitled to charge royalties for the implementation of the code? (Can you legally reverse engineer a software having seen the code?)

  16. In that case... on Latest IE Hole Lets Gopher Root You · · Score: 1

    Did I hear someone say Mozilla 1.0 was immenent :-)

  17. DMCA... on Keeping Secrets in Hardware: Xbox Case Study · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Doesn't this violate the DMCA?

  18. Orginal X Box Emulator on X-Box Emulated (Not) · · Score: 2, Funny

    The original X Box Emulator is available from this address:
    http://www.iamlost.com/features/x31/x-frame.html .

    Of course you need Windows 3.1 to run it!

  19. Does size really matter? on NEC Announces 61-inch Monitor · · Score: 1

    Okay it may be great for corporate presentations but how far away do you have to sit to work at it! Amiga DE: Coming Very Soon