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  1. Re:But there already IS something better on 40GB RCA Lyra: Apple Fans Needn't Fret · · Score: 1

    Erm? The iPod doesn't convert everything to .aac, if you throw a .mp3 at it, it will gladly swallow it. If you import a CD wit iTunes, you can set iTunes to convert it to .aac, but also to .mp3.

  2. Re:Doesnt Apple do the same thing? on Microsoft Clips Longhorn · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You seem to forget that Microsoft has a monopoly and Apple doesn't.

  3. Re:Linux much cheaper! on Energy Company Refutes Windows TCO Claims · · Score: 1

    "Movie production tools

    Really? I cant find ANYTHING for linux... even something I could buy that can do movie production..
    "

    Shake is also available for linux, from the apple site: (http://www.apple.com/shake)

    "Shake 3 is also available for Linux for a suggested retail price of $9,900 (US) with an annual maintenance of $1485 (US). Render-only versions of Shake 3 are free on Mac OS X and are available for Linux for a suggested retail price of $3,900 (US) with an annual maintenance of $585 (US). Contact an Apple Authorized Professional Film Reseller to purchase."

  4. Re:Finder on Tog Takes on Mac OS X 10.3 · · Score: 4, Informative

    If the sidebar is too wide for your taste, you can make it smaller by dragging the separator bar, down to the size of the icons. If you hover over them the names will popup immediately. (This handy tip came from http://www.macosxhints.com)

  5. Re:saw this article a few months back on other sit on Build Your Own Scanning Tunneling Microscope · · Score: 2, Informative

    In my universe, 1000 Angstrom is the same as 100 nanometers so that makes your statement zero orders of magnitude. My experience with a SEM that's cheaper than the $500k B&L is that you can get well below 100 nanometer.

  6. Re:Today I spent the good part of five hours.... on Apple Releases Darwin 6.7, 6.8 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    (reply to self:)

    At least here's one of them: http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=79362&ci d=7021925

  7. Re:Today I spent the good part of five hours.... on Apple Releases Darwin 6.7, 6.8 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Not only that, he already posted the exact same story twice in other comments belonging to other stories.

    (bweurgh, damned slashdot search function won't let me find them)

  8. Re:compile time? on Gentoo is Fast on New G5s · · Score: 4, Informative

    You can't even download all the KDE packages in 15 minutes

    If you would have read the thread, you would have known that it took him 3 hours to download kde.

  9. Re:To put this into perspective... on Apple Sells Two Million Songs in 16 Days · · Score: 1

    To put this into perspective you should get the apple userbase into account.

  10. Re:Typical Microsoft on Microsoft's iLoo Project A Hoax · · Score: 1

    Well in this case they shit a release date...

  11. Re:Models on 12" Powerbook: Slick and Sexy, But Not Without Issues · · Score: 1

    I don't have a problem with that?!?

  12. Re:Not quite EMP on U.S. Air Force Developing Microwave Weapon · · Score: 0

    Of course you're right, I need more coffee *sigh*...

  13. Re:Not quite EMP on U.S. Air Force Developing Microwave Weapon · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Except that MASER stands for MASS Amplification, not for MICROWAVE amplification.

  14. Re:gronk on Mysteries Of The CDRW and Backups Revealed · · Score: 1

    not only that, but the amiga also used to seek the drive to see if there was a disk in it, then read the label. this seeking made de grink/gronk noise mentioned in the dictionary.

  15. Re:Crikey, yet another meaning for "XP" on Physics in the Movies · · Score: 1

    addittion: you forgot to mention Athlon XP...

  16. Re:Reactions from Xiph on More on MPEG4 · · Score: 1

    Oggdrop works in MacOS X (for encoding), unsanity echo and mint audio (www.unsanity.com) are able to play .ogg

  17. Re:Linux != Gaming on GameCube Really And Truly For Sale · · Score: 1


    This is humping Linux for Linux' sake, but of course, it's FUD. Linux is not a gaming platform - we've seen a plethora of evidence for this. The Linux gaming companies can't turn sustained profits, games get released months (sometimes years) after their other-platform counterparts, and support is sketchy, at best.

    Timothy saying he'd rather have M:GE instead of a GameCube would be like me saying I'd rather use my bicycle to travel from LA to Boston instead of taking a plane. Sure they both serve essentially the same function, but one is more practical in an exponentially more obvious way.
    If you're going to parade Linux around, at least do so intelligently in markets where it actually has the edge


    your reasoning is flawed. first you say that linux will never be a good gaming because of the market, (and not because of technical arguments) then try to give an analogy which is based on a technical comparison. BZZZZZZT bad analogy. please don't mix up things when using analogies, and please don't close with "linux is a good server platform, let's not try to use it for gaming, that will never succeed!"

  18. Re:So what? on MP3Pro Released · · Score: 2

    I've never even heard of "Ogg Vorbis" (it's like all those naysayers that say "Amiga" had such a "wonderful GUI",

    Ignorance is no excuse.

  19. Re:This is complete BS. on Thomson Announces Royalties For MP3 Streaming · · Score: 1

    You missed the point. the licensing is about SERVING streaming mp3's, not about listening to mp3's that are served streaming.

  20. Re:Why, Sony? on Linux for the PlayStation2:It's Official · · Score: 2
    You obviously didn't read the editorial comment:

    The Kit is going to consist of an external HDD/Ethernet unit connected to the PCMCIA slot, found on early Japanese PS2 models, a VGA adapterplus USB Mouse and Keyboard.

    so it isn't un-'amazingly cool without a keyboard' and it's not just a distro, it's a hardware/software bundle...

  21. Copyright infringement is NOT piracy. on MPAA Goes After Gnutella · · Score: 1
    From WordNet (r) 1.6 [wn]: piracy n 1: robbery on the high seas; taking a ship away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it [syn: {buccaneering}] 2: the act of falsely representing the ideas or work of others as your own [syn: {plagiarization}, {plagiarisation}]
    I don't see where this description fits in your post...

    --Iwan
  22. Re:I'd like a big serving of EVIDENCE and PROOF pl on RMS Responds To Allchin's Comments · · Score: 1

    Having hacked around the binaries of the MS Kerberos implementation, I can find no evidence that they've used any of the MIT implementation of Kerberos. So what makes RMS so sure that it is using their source code? After all, the spec is out there online for anyone to implement for free. Why does he think they didn't do that?

    you obviously didn't read the article:

    In 2000, Microsoft undermined the Kerberos secure login software in this way. They added a small secret feature to their version of the Kerberos software, simply to make it incompatible. The standard, free software version of Kerberos cannot communicate with Microsoft's modified Kerberos server. The result: anyone who wants to communicate with the Microsoft server software has to run Windows on his desktop.

    nowhere did RMS say that they "used any of the MIT implementation of Kerberos".

    -Iwan

  23. Re:I don't care about users on Web Standards Project: Upgrade, Or Miss Out · · Score: 1
    My slashdot prefs:
    • Light (reduce the complexity of Slashdot's HTML for AvantGo, Lynx, or slow connections)
    • Deactivate Slashboxes (just the news ma'am)
    • No Icons (disable topic icon images on stories)
    pretty to the eyes, reads easy.

    no shit.

    -Iwan (using netscape 4.7x)
  24. Re:Why feet? on Monolith Appears In Seattle · · Score: 1

    No, alien species measure things in 'beerbottlethrows'. But actually, this doesn't really matter, as it's only about the 1:4:9 relationship... I do wonder, however, why alien species keep referring to this solarsystem as 'Sol' without ever speaking to a human before...

    -Iwan

  25. Re:Interesting but limited on The Top 15 PC Games Of All Time · · Score: 1

    >All of the games are personal computer games, meaning that
    >console and stand-up arcade games are completely ignored.

    Well DUH! The title clearly says: "The Top 15 PC Games Of All Time" so it is very logical to ignore consoles and arcades...